Sam, Daz, Tristan and Leki nurture budding civilisations into thriving city states and play a little town planning Sudoku on the side playing Jamey Steigmaier's latest offering; Tapestry. We also find a little time to have a quick go at 1565: St Elmo's Pay, Tristan's alternate history card game based on the siege of Malta. How did you like Tapestry? Let us know your thoughts on the BoardChitless Facebook page or leave a comment. www.facebook.com/groups/428015890882352/

This week Leki talks to Tristan about the latest game he's brought to Kickstarter - 1565: St Elmo's Pay. A historical competitive card game for 1-2 players based on the events of the great siege of Malta. Check out 1565: St Elmo's Pay on Kickstarter today https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tristanhall/1565-st-elmos-pay-the-card-game-of-war-and-history Like the sound of Tristan's latest game? Let us know your thoughts on the BoardChitless Facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/groups/428015890882352/

At GenCon 2019 Tristan was lucky enough to talk with some titans of the industry about their upcoming games and new releases: 00:14 - Jason Hill of Flying Frog Productions/Shadows of Brimstone 05:44 - Isaac Childres of Cephalofair Games/Gloomhaven 08:16 - Board To Death video reviewers 11:18 - Adam and Brady Sadler of Black List Games/Altar Quest 14:50 - Caleb Grace of Fantasy Flight Games/The Lord of the Rings LCG and Marvel Champions It. Was. Awesome... This episode of Board Chitless is proudly sponsored byHall or Nothing Productions Ltd and "1565, St Elmo's Pay" - Live on Kickstarter now https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tristanhall/1565-st-elmos-pay-the-card-game-of-war-and-history?ref=nav_search&result=project&term=st%20elmos%20pay Want to hear more designer interviews on Board Chitless? Share your thoughts on the Board Chitless Facebook page. www.facebook.com/groups/428015890882352

Tristan and Leki speak to Sam Illingworth and Paul Wake about their game Carbon City Zero; a deck builder which sees mayors of rival cities race to be the first carbon neutral city. Sam and Paul have been working with 10:10 Climate Action to produce a game that engages players with the concept of what being a carbon zero city means. Check out Carbon City Zero on Kickstarter. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1010climateaction/carbon-city-zero Like what you hear about Carbon City Zero? Share your thoughts on the Board Chitless Facebok page. www.facebook.com/groups/428015890882352 Thanks again to our listeners for tuning in each week. Please, please, please head over to iTunes and leave us a lovely rating and review. itunes.apple.com/nz/podcast/board…d1227891466?mt=2

This week Tristan, Leki, Daz and Sam get together to play The Ancient World and Call to Adventure but talk about them in the opposite order. Call to Adventure is a card based fantasy game from Johnny O'Neale and Christopher O'Neale that challenges each player to evolve a character by completing several challenges and each challenge succeeds or fails by rolling runes. The Ancient World is a worker placement/civ builder game from veteran games designer and illustrator extraordinaire Ryan Laukat. Each player must build up a civilisation under the constant threat of attack from mythical Titans who are poised to destroy all that you've built. We played the 1st edition game with the 2nd edition component upgrade. Does this mean we played the 2nd edition game? We think so. Have you raised a banner for The Ancient World 2nd edition or are you a 1st edition connoisseur? Let us know your thoughts by posting on the BoardChitless Facebook group: www.facebook.com/groups/428015890882352 Thanks again to our listeners for tuning in each week. Please, please, please head over to iTunes and leave us a lovely rating and review. itunes.apple.com/nz/podcast/board…d1227891466?mt=2

This week Leki, Tristan, Daz and Sam grab their binoculars, head for the aviary and have a go at Stonemaier Games' eagerly anticipated Wingspan. Wingspan is a card based engine builder from designer Elizabeth Hargrave. Did Wingspan leave you feeling eggcited (sorry) then let us know how you got on with Wingspan by posting to the BoardChitless Facebook group: www.facebook.com/groups/428015890882352 Thanks again to our listeners for tuning in each week. Please, please, please head over to iTunes and leave us a lovely rating and review...or feel free to complain about the quality of the puns! itunes.apple.com/nz/podcast/board…d1227891466?mt=2

Leki, Tristan and Sam don their finest denim and saddle up for an adventure across The Great Western Trail; a worker placement and deck building game from Alexander Pfister. Have you also had a ridiculous amount of fun driving cattle or did it leave you in a moooooo-d (sorry!) share your thoughts on Great Western Trail by posting to the BoardChitless Facebook group: www.facebook.com/groups/428015890882352 Thanks again to our listeners for tuning in each week. Please, please, please head over to iTunes and leave us a lovely rating and review...or even a mediocre one :) itunes.apple.com/nz/podcast/board…d1227891466?mt=2

This week Sam, Tristan and Leki revisit 7 Wonders, Anotoine Bauza's card drafting civ builder this time dipping our toes in the Armada naval expansion. Then we talk about our investigations into the hellish and paranormal playing Mantic Games' Hellboy: The Board Game, a co=operative dungeon crawler for 1-4 players. To hear more about 7 Wonders check out episode 37 where we talk more about the base game. https://soundcloud.com/boardchitless/episode-37-7-wonders-and-loads-moar-vikings As always let us know how your thoughts on this week's games by posting to the BoardChitless Facebook group: www.facebook.com/groups/428015890882352 Thanks again to our listeners for tuning in each week. Big love to Mesterio Mann for leaving a lovely review! Please, please, please head over to iTunes and leave us a lovely rating and review...or even a mediocre one :) itunes.apple.com/nz/podcast/board…d1227891466?mt=2

Leki spent a weekend roaming the exhibition halls of UK Games Expo 2019 interviewing loads people inside and around the UK's board game industry. Interviewees include (in order of appearance, timecodes included for interview fast travel, and all links included in description :); 01:03 Mark McKinnon, designer of Wreck and Ruin and founder of Dream Big Games https://www.facebook.com/dreambiggames https://wreckandruingame.co.uk 07:18 Rob Harris from Playtest UK www.playtest.co.uk www.meetup.com/playtest 15:58 David Brashaw CEO of Backspindle Games www.backspindlegames.co.uk 23:43 Ross Connell from More Games Please - game art blogger and photographer www.moregamesplease.com Insta - @moregamesplease Twitter - @moregamespls 31:06 Paul Grogan of Gaming Rules! https://www.youtube.com/user/GamingRulesVideos https://boardgamegeek.com/forums/guild/2258/gaming-rules https://gridcon.co.uk/ Were you at UK Games Expo this year? Share some photos on the BoardChitless Facebook page and tell us what games you saw. www.facebook.com/groups/428015890882352 Thanks again to our listeners for tuning in each week. Please, please, please head over to iTunes and leave us a lovely rating and review...or even a mediocre one :) itunes.apple.com/nz/podcast/board…d1227891466?mt=2

This week Tristan, Leki and Sam follow leads, comandeer vehicles and chase bad guys all in the name of keeping the streets of Brook City clean! Brook City is a brand new game from Blacklist Games featuring their modular deck system designed by Adam and Brady Sadler that sees the player take on the role of cops out to solve various crimes. Thanks again to our listeners for tuning in each week. Please, please, please head over to iTunes and leave us a lovely rating and review...or even a mediocre one :) itunes.apple.com/nz/podcast/board…d1227891466?mt=2 Want to share your thoughts with us? Head over to the #BoardChitless Facebook group: www.facebook.com/groups/428015890882352