Release Date: Dec. 12, 2011 Running Time:  116 min. Listen Now: Download: Enhanced Version  MP3 Version Subscribe via iTunes: Enhanced - MP3 See sidebar for other subscription options

Lemon squeezy. Two surveys of games everyone can play. First, the Easy Play game series from Schmidt Spiele with reviews of Burgen Land and Finito. Second, we trace the ancestry of Finnish Lawn Bowling.

News & Notes:  Pastiche Int. Version, Wiz War, 1st & Goal, Top Promoter
The List:   Burgen Land, Finito
Back Shelf Spotlight:  Kyykka, Gorodki, Kubb, Molkky
Game Sommelier:  5 American games that would benefit from Euro mechanics
Mail Bag:   Durak history, Meeple plate, Elder Sign correction

Complete Show Notes continue after the break.

From Discworld to the French & Indian War to orangutan filled forests, Martin discusses the development of his most recent designs: Ankh Morpork, A Few Acres of Snow, and Old Men of the Forest.

Rafal introduces Pret-a-Porter, a game about the competitive world of high fashion and New Era, the latest game set in the world of Neuroshima Hex.

Bernd Keller gives a tour of four new games from Amigo: The City, Friesematenten: Die Schattenmanner, Rio d'Oro, and Carre.

From Rhino poop to the streets of ancient Rome, Alfredo Berni gives us a tour of eight games from Zoch enjoyable by a wide range of players young and old. Titles include: Das Is Der Wurm Drin, Fuchs und Fertig, Kalimambo, Schnapp's, Wollmilchsau, Tante Trudel's Trodel, Avanti, and Aquileia.

Janko Franke shows us Noris' first board game using the ToyStick pen to enhance gameplay.

Designer and publisher Philippe des Pallières talks about the anniversary edition off Werewolf, and a new edition of the bluffing game Skull & Roses.

Norwegian designer Kristian Østby talks about Mammut, a stone age game where players must decide how best to divide up the spoils of a great hunt.

Bears, blisters, and heavy backpacks. The trail can be a dangerous place! Max Michael from Stratamax games introduces their newest family card game.

Mattias Wagner talks about new editions of the classic dice game Spiel and gives an overview of Airlines Europe.