This week on The Vintage Gamer, there is a distinctly non-vintage theme as I review or give impressions of many of the games I saw at Origins. A bit late in coming, but hopefully still appreciated. Start your timers as I cover 14 games in about half an hour…

Show Notes (and links to Board Game Geek):

• 00:00 – Intro
• 02:48 – Thurn and Taxis/Thurn und Taxis
• 07:34 – Buccaneer/Seeräuber
• 09:24 – Aqua Romana/Aqua Romano
• 10:11 – Reiner Knizia!
• 10:28 – Funny Friends/Fiese Freunde Fette Feten
• 15:22 – Blue Moon City
• 17:24 – Arkham Horror – Curse of the Dark Pharaoh Expansion
• 19:19 – Enemy Chocolatier
• 22:29 – Bear’s Grove Bumper
• 22:41 – Scurvy Musketeers of the Spanish Main
• 24:31 – Ticket to Ride – Märklin Edition/Zug um Zug Märklin
• 27:00 – Abridged
• 29:21 – Fish Eat Fish
• 30:51 – Blink!
• 32:03 – Wallamoppi
• 33:11 – Beetlez

Other Links:

• My Origins 2006 Geeklist
• The Dice Tower Origins Show, with my Top Ten List
• Paul Tevis’ review of Ticket to Ride
• My review of Rook

Final Thoughts:

Yes, I know that Eurorails and other crayon rail games aren’t terribly heavy. But they’re heavier and usually have a greater time commitment than Ticket To Ride. And given a choice among train games, they’re at the top for me.

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