Cosmic Frogs (ft. Tablenauts)
Today we discuss Cosmic Frog by Devious Weasel Games designed by Jim Felli! In Cosmic Frogs, Cosmic Frog is a game of collection, combat, and theft on a planetary scale. Each player controls a two-mile-tall, immortal, invulnerable frog-like creature that exists solely to gather terrain from the Shards of Aeth, the fragments of a long-ago shattered world.
Merv (ft. Board Games In A Minute)
Today we discuss Merv: The Heart of the Silk Road designed by Fabio Lopiano and published by Osprey Games featuring Sarah Shaw from Board Games In a Minute! Merv: The Heart of the Silk Road is a tense economic game charting the rise and fall of the greatest city in the world. In Merv, players are vying to amass power and wealth in the prosperous heart of the Silk Road. Through careful court intrigue, timely donations to the grand mosque, and favorable trade deals, players attempt to redirect as much of that prosperity as possible into their own pockets. Meanwhile, beyond the city walls Mongol hordes approach. If you help construct the city walls, you give up on precious opportunities to build up your own stature, but leave it unprotected and you will burn with the city. The player with the most victory points by the third year wins! (Description provided by the publisher.)
Tang Garden (ft. Natanel Apfel)
Today we discuss Tang Garden by ThunderGryph Games, a tile laying, set collection and vista building game. The Tang dynasty was considered the first golden age of the classical and now iconic Chinese gardens. You will act as an Imperial Garden Designer challenged to build the most incredible garden while balancing the elements of Nature. On your turn you’ll decide to continue expanding the communal garden or add stunning decorations to further enhance the landscape. As you do, you’ll gain familiarity with the elements, allowing you to commune with nature inspiring noblemen to visit your section of the growing garden. At the end of the game, the player with the most prestige wins.