Shem Phillips Has Made a Great Game from Board Game Snobs

Shem Phillips Has Made a Great Game

37 minutes Posted Sep 1, 2026 at 11:00 pm.

– Intro

– Patreon plug / more music digressions

– They finally start talking about the biblical game

–15:40 – Long digression (massages, pedicures, feet, ticklishness, shoehorns, music, etc.)

– Back to the main topic: Ezra and Nehemiah (Shem Phillips + S.J. Macdonald)

– Discussion of Shem Phillips’ other games and “legit designer” threshold

– Full review and gameplay breakdown of Ezra and Nehemiah

– Side rant about Star Wars: The Phantom Menace “Duel of the Fates”

– Ratings and more thoughts on the game (Concordia-style play, feeding workers, etc.)

– Final rankings and verdict (“legit designers” declaration)

– More thoughts on theme vs. other West Kingdom games

– Closing comments and sign-off

– End

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