Episode 156: Kennerspiel des Schpiel 2012
Release Date: July 9, 2012 Running Time: 197 min. Listen Now: Download: Subscribe via iTunes: See sidebar for other subscription options |
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Use your grey cells. The Kennerspiel des Jahres recognizes the best strategy game of the year. From a deadly mountain peak to the bandit filled desert to the workshops of a medieval town, we review the 3 nominated games and try to predict the winner.
Kennerspiel des Jahres Recommended Games: Hawaii, Friday, Ora et Labora
Kennerspiel des Jahres Nominees: K2, Targi, Village
Predictions: our favorite, our selection, our prediction
Complete Show Notes continue after the break.
Kennerspiel des Jahres Recommended Games
Hawaii BGG | Hans im Gluck
Ora et Labora BGG | Lookout Games
Kennerspiel des Jahres Nominees
Village BGG | Eggertspiele
Our Predictions
We divide our selections into three categories: our favorite game, the game we would select if we were on the jury, and finally the game we think the jury will selection (our "official" prediction).
Want to know what we think? Listen in and find out!
Music
Music credits include
The Twisters by Mel Henke | the song
Big Rock Candy Mountain by Harry McClintock | the song
Porque Te Vas by Los Super Elegantes | the song
Litigation by Mariachi El Bronx | the song
My Village by Viktor Schulz
See the USA in Your Chevrolet by Mel Henke | the song
Errata
I'm sure there are some goofs in there somewhere. Let us know if (when?) you find one!
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