Episode 154: Our Anticipated Games of 2021 or Jason Gets the Vaudeville Hook While Playing Carnegie Hall

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Episode 154 - Anticipated Games of 2021:

Introduction:

News:

• Carnegie - 8 days, $80
• Owl bear plush - 16 days, $35

Games Played:

• Clue: The Great Museum Caper
• Bluffaneer
• Big Easy Busking

Anticipated Games of 2021:

• Jason - Weather Machine
• Katie - Grand Austria Hotel expansion - Let’s Waltz
• Jason - Darwin’s Journey
• Katie - Adventures in Neverland - Black Box Adventures
• Jason - Canvas
• Katie - Hanamakoji: Geisha’s Road Emperor S4
• Jason - Marvel United Infinity Gauntlet
• Katie - The Librarians Adventure Card Game
• Jason - Anno 1800
• Katie - Three Sisters

Honorable Mentions:

Dice Theme Park (run theme park, dice are customers, values reduce as they move)

Genotype (worker placement, dice drafting)

Moonshine Empire (redneck pickup and deliver)

Aqua Garden (stock aquarium tanks; rondel, set collection, drafting)

Shogun No Katana (craft swords, worker placement - different workers to collect resources, etc)

Caper: Europe - Same as Caper?

Dinosaur World - Card drafting, worker placement and driving a jeep around to admire your hard work...don’t let too many people get eaten

Galenus - Worker placement game where you decide which worker to resolve during the action phase. Blind bidding to compete in medical contests.

My Father’s Work - Worker placement game where players are competing mad scientists trying to complete their father’s masterwork.

Namiji (Tokaido universe) - Like Tokaido but a bit deeper with some different mechanisms but still has the same chill vibe

Merchants Cove - Rondel and commodity speculation

Museum: Pictura - More streamlined version of the original game. There is more intermittent scoring chances in this one as opposed to the original version.

Closing: