Episode 56: BGG.CON ‘24 + BGG Holiday Gift Guide, with Steph Hodge

Steph Hodge from All the Meeples of the Rainbow joins Candice to discuss the 2024 BGG Holiday Gift Guide games, and games they played at BGG.CON 2024.

• 00:00:00 Introduction
• 00:05:49 Fresh Plays (BGG.CON '24)
  • 00:06:12 Civolution
  • 00:10:57 Pax Porfiriana
  • 00:21:35 Greenland
  • 00:25:22 Tales of the Arthurian Knights
  • 00:32:44 War of the Ring
  • 00:39:14 Sweet Lands
  • 00:43:05 Trick-Taking Games!
    • 00:43:25 Kansas City: The Trick-Taking Game
    • 00:45:25 BLOT
    • 00:49:48 FUCAZUL!
    • 00:51:29 Boo!
    • 00:52:13 Seas of Strife
    • 00:53:33 Mu & more: Revised edition
  • 00:56:29 Thorgal: The Board Game
  • 01:00:09 Décorum
  • 01:05:13 Endeavor: Deep Sea
  • 01:09:52 Katmai: The Bears of Brooks River
  • 01:16:58 What the Fog?! + Things in Rings
• 01:18:24 The 2024 BGG Holiday Gift Guide Games
  • 01:18:33 Family and New Gamers (Castle Combo, Hamster Roll, Magic Maze Tower)
  • 01:21:44 Modern Classics (Cascadia, Earth, Wingspan)
  • 01:22:47 Stocking Stuffers (Confusing Lands, Lure, Seers Catalog)
  • 01:27:12 Kids Games (Animal Upon Animal, My First Adventure: Journey to Ochre Land, Ziggurat, Monkey Palace)
  • 01:30:25 Party Games (Adventure Party: The Role-Playing Party Game, DaDaDa, The Gang)
  • 01:37:07 Solo Games (Gloomhaven: Jaws of the Lion, Legacy of Yu, Sherlock Solitaire)
  • 01:38:54 Candice's Bonus Mentions (Aqua ROVE, For Northwood!, Kreel Manor, Cyberion, Spirit Island)
  • 01:40:25 Two-Player Games (Chu Han, The Lord of the Rings: Duel for Middle-earth, Pagan: Fate of Roanoke)
  • 01:46:38 Co-operative Games (Astro Knights: Eternity, Bomb Busters, Fateforge: Chronicles of Kaan)
  • 01:54:04 Midweight Games (Looot, River of Gold, Stonespine Architects)
  • 01:57:50 Heavy Games (Kutná Hora: The City of Silver, SETI, Marrakesh, Yokohama)
• 02:04:16 Sign-off

Thank you to our sponsor, Fantasy Flight Games! 

We hope you will come join us for fun games with all the fun people at BGG.CON 2026. https://boardgamegeek.com/bggcon or https://tabletop.events/conventions/bgg.con-2026

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