Episode 147: The Yellow Cake Is A Lie

Release Date: Mar. 5, 2012

Running Time: 166 min.

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Gone fission. We review The Manhattan Project, a game where players race to build an atomic bomb, plus we look back at an influential classic: Advanced Civilization.

News & Notes: Lords of Waterdeep, 2011 industry sales
The List: The Manhattan Project
Back Shelf Spotlight: Advanced Civilization
Playbill: Santiago de Cuba

Game Sommelier: Games to play over Skype
Mail Bag: Sharks, Spiel song entry, Gregor the intern

Complete Show Notes continue after the break.

News & Notes

Lords of Waterdeep BGG | Wizards of the Coast

Hybrid adventure/euro game set in the Forgotten Realms.

ICv2's Game Industry Sales 2011 Link

Purple Pawn's Game Industry Survey Link

The List

The Manhattan Project BGG | Minion Games

Train workers, refine Uranium and amass the funding needed to push your nation to the front of this nuclear arms race!

Playbill

Santiago de Cuba BGG | Gryphon Games | Eggertspiele

Drive through the streets of Santiago to find the right combinations of people and buildings so you can ship goods with each boat that leaves the port. A rondel/worker placement game.

Back Shelf Spotlight

Advanced Civilization BGG

Write the beginnings of human history all in the course of a day! In addition to being great fun, Civilization and its later expansion are very influential to the evolution of modern board game design.

The Game Sommelier

The Challenge: Five games that can be played over Skype. (challenge courtesy of Erik Ingram).

Stephen's Selections

Tales of the Arabian Nights

Mail Bag

Thanks to Daniel Jensen for the emergency shark delivery.

1st grader Gregor "The Ancient One" Duffy wants to be The Spiel's first new employee. We'll keep a seat and microphone warm for you!