Two Wood for a Wheat

Patrick Flannery
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Two Wood for Wheat is a board game podcast. We review and criticize board games, diving deep into the strategies and mechanisms that make them great or make them forgettable.

  1. 08/19/2024

    B-Sides 55. 2024 Tony's Adventures at GenCon & Rock Hard 1977

    Tony and Mitch discuss Tony's trip to Indianapolis for GenCon and talk about Rock Hard 1977 as well as other games player at GenCon 2024.

    56 min

  2. 02/19/2024

    126. Top 10 Games of 2023

    Pat & Tony return to deliver their top 10 games of 2023. Solo Voidfall app: https://voidfall-33a59.web.app/ Thoughts on Ark Nova after 586 solo plays: https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/3245967/ranking-ark-novas-maps-after-586-solo-plays 00:01:38 Ark Nova 00:02:32 Marine Worlds 00:03:37 Wyrmspan 00:05:56 Artisans of Splendent Vale, Legacy of Dragonholt, Gloomhaven 00:08:05 Bloodstones 00:11:38 Pirates of Maracaibo, Maracaibo 00:27:33 Top 10 00:17:52 Faraway 00:20:00 Orichalchum, Queenz 00:20:14 Fit to Print 00:22:32 Nucleum 00:25:48 Pirates of Maracaibo 00:29:44 Alice's Garden 00:32:05 Federation, Calico 00:35:01 Junk Drawer 00:36:43 Daybreak 00:40:43 Forest Shuffle 00:45:28 Darwin's Journey... (wax seals, whoops) 00:50:00 Nucleum 00:52:07 Apiary 00:55:14 Evacuation 00:58:10 Nova Roma 01:02:07 Legacy of Yu 01:04:25 Hadrian's Wall 01:06:09 Rats of Wistar 01:09:44 War of the RIng: The Card Game 01:15:02 Life of the Amazonia 01:20:39 Voidfall, Imperium: Classics 01:27:39 Forest Shuffle, Nova Roma, White Castle, Revive 01:29:12 Evacuation 01:31:16 World Wonders 01:31:41 Age of Innovation, Freelancers 01:32:13 Horseless Carraige 01:33:49 Art Society 01:35:34 Earth 01:36:22 Blood on the Clocktower

    1h 41m

  3. 02/12/2024

    B-Sides 54. The 2024 LevelUp Con / 2024 Most Anticipated Games

    Tony and Mitch discuss their games played at the 2024 Level Up Con in Woodbridge, NJ. Also, Tony and Mitch discuss their top 10 most antcipated games for 2024. Join us on Discord: https://tinyurl.com/2wood4wheat

    1h 10m

  4. 01/01/2024

    B-Sides 53. Games We Didn't Play 2023

    Tony and Mitch discuss the games we didn't get to play in 2023. As well as discussion about PAX Unplugged 2023 in Philadelphia. What games did we want to play? Join us on this special episode.

    57 min

  5. 10/09/2023

    125. So long and thanks for all the games

    Today is Two Wood for a Wheat's final episode of regularly scheduled programming and we go out with a critical flourish. We review and offer first impressions on eight hot games before diving deep into our understanding of the state of the hobby, and our continued stake in it as shaped by our time as gamers and our time on the podcast. Thank you for listening with us for all these years. We hope to be back with more reviews whenever our passions can't keep us away from the microphone. Join us in the conversation on discord: https://tinyurl.com/2wood4wheat Ask us a question at TwoWoodForAWheat@gmail.com Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwV0sl_H14NfaB8SpL9tg9g Leave us a review on Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/two-wood-for-a-wheat/id1447901771 Read Tony's blog: https://boardgamegeek.com/user/maxlongstreet/blogs Thanks to God Street Wine for our intro and outro music: https://www.facebook.com/GodStreetWine/ 00:00:50 Horror movie discussion (for those who are horror averse!) 00:05:05 Dedicating this last episode to Tina and Joyce, our wives 00:07:44 Apiary, Federation 00:08:14 FEATURE REVIEWS Mini-Review Extravaganza 00:08:46 Forest Shuffle 00:13:58 Nucleum 00:21:10 Dawn of Ulos 00:27:33 Point City 00:33:31 Bonsai 00:38:19 My Island 00:43:29 Hamburg 00:50:59 Voidfall 00:59:44 FEATURE DISCUSSION State of the Industry and our personal stake in it 01:05:11 Golem 01:05:46 Voidfall, Ark Nova, Nucleum 01:05:54 Point City, Fit to Print, My Island, Forest Shuffle 01:07:28 Underwater Cities, Woodcraft, Messina: 1347 01:07:33 A Feast for Odin, Agricola, Atiwa, Le Havre, Reykholt 01:07:37 Great Western Trail, Expedition to Newdale, Maracaibo 01:07:48 Pandemic, Pandemic: Fall of Rome, Pandemic: Iberia, Pandemic: Legacy, Daybreak 01:07:57 Tekhenu, Tabannusi, Tawantinsuyu 01:08:03 Frosthaven, Gloomhaven, Gloomhaven: Jaws of the Lion 01:11:11 Revive, Earth 01:11:35 Legacy of Yu, Skymines, Splendor: Duel 01:15:43 Eclipse

    1h 19m

  6. 09/25/2023

    124. 2023 Essen Top 10 Most Anticipated

    Let's keep it simple. This is the 2023 Essen Top 10 Most Anticipated Games episode, the games that we're most excited for, many of which we'll play in 2024. Join us in the conversation on discord: https://tinyurl.com/2wood4wheat Ask us a question at TwoWoodForAWheat@gmail.com Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwV0sl_H14NfaB8SpL9tg9g Leave us a review on Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/two-wood-for-a-wheat/id1447901771 Read Tony's blog: https://boardgamegeek.com/user/maxlongstreet/blogs Thanks to God Street Wine for our intro and outro music: https://www.facebook.com/GodStreetWine/ 00:01:34 Forest Shuffle 00:01:49 Pioneer Rails, WIld Tiled West 00:05:01 ESSEN 2023 TOP 10 MOST ANTICIPATED 00:05:34 Tucana: Builders 00:05:49 Santa Maria, The Magnificent, Revive, Trails of Tucana 00:06:59 Karuba 00:27:33 Aldebaran: Duel 00:09:55 Splendor: Duel 00:10:00 Ancient Knowledge 00:11:34 Celtae 00:12:11 Tabannusi 00:12:46 Apiary 00:14:37 Sankore 00:15:53 Teotihuacan, Tekhenu 00:16:15 Rats of Wistar 00:18:00 Apiary 00:18:55 A.R.T. Society 00:19:25 Modern Art, High Society 00:20:35 Pirates of Maracaibo, Orleans: Joan of Arc: Draw and Write, 00:23:13 Evacuation 00:23:29 Woodcraft, Messina: 1347 00:24:41 Kutna Hora 00:26:51 Nucleum 00:27:40 Evacuation 00:29:00 Age of Innovation, Terra Mystica, Gaia Project 00:30:38 Civolution 00:31:51 Planta Nurbo, Planta Nubo 00:32:36 Uh you mean Michael Kiesling? Azul, Heaven & Ale, A Feast for Odin, Agricola, La Granja, Cooper Island 00:33:45 Nucleum, Barrage, Brass 00:35:51 Tangram City 00:36:13 World Wonders 00:38:47 My City 00:40:22 Gaia Project, A Feast for Odin, Carpe Diem 00:42:53 HONORABLE MENTIONS 00:43:10 Patterns: A Mandala Game, Mandala 00:45:00 Arborea, Septima, The White Castle 00:45:13 The Hunt 00:45:58 Forest Shuffle, Three Ring Circus 00:46:10 Weimar: The Fight for Democracy, Watergate, Twilight Struggle 00:46:43 Kutna Hora 00:46:50 Skyteam 00:47:25 Bamboo 00:48:04 Pampero 00:48:25 Books of Time 00:48:35 Tekhenu, Tabannusi 00:48:44 Founders of Teotihuacan 00:49:15 Neotopia 00:50:18 Artemis Project 00:51:18 Nidavellier, Mstery of the Abby 00:51:24 Zoo Tycoon, NY Zoo 00:51:54 Tangram City 00:53:02 Bonsai 00:53:42 Emerge 00:54:29 Evenfall 00:55:38 Kelp 00:56:36 Amristar 00:57:44 Stressbotics 00:58:36 Sea Dragons 00:59:36 Barcelona 01:00:14 Lisboa

    1h 3m

  7. 09/11/2023

    123. Fit to Print & Time Restrictions

    Extra! Extra! Step right up to the latest scoop on Two Wood for a Wheat! Join us in the rollicking rumpus of the gaming parlors as we bring you the skinny on "Fit to Print," the real deal in real-time tile-laying amusements. It's a hootin' good time where you'll be puttin' together the front page of your weekend newspaper, not by the book, but with cunning and swiftness, the cat's pajamas of newspaper layout, if you will! But hold on to your fedoras, folks, for that's not all she wrote! In the back pages, we're dishing on the bee's knees of gaming: time restrictions! We'll spill the beans on how these time tickers can turn your game on its head, and what it means for all you gaming jitterbugs out there. So, gather 'round, you fine folks of leisure and strategy, and take a gander at "Fit to Print" and the time's-a-tickin' twist it brings to the table. This here edition's gonna be a real humdinger, packed with the lowdown on gaming antics and more! Join us in the conversation on discord: https://tinyurl.com/2wood4wheat Ask us a question at TwoWoodForAWheat@gmail.com Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwV0sl_H14NfaB8SpL9tg9g Leave us a review on Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/two-wood-for-a-wheat/id1447901771 Read Tony's blog: https://boardgamegeek.com/user/maxlongstreet/blogs Thanks to God Street Wine for our intro and outro music: https://www.facebook.com/GodStreetWine/ 00:00:55 Baldur's Gate 3 00:01:27 Divinity: Original Sin 00:02:01 Diablo, Witcher, Skyrim 00:05:22 Harvest: 2nd Edition 00:09:37 Everdell, Creature Comfort, Root 00:16:18 Twilight Imperium 4 00:27:33 Eclipse 00:20:22 Nucleum 00:21:28 Barrage, Discordia, Hadrian's Wall 00:22:20 interstitial 00:23:26 Knarr 00:26:45 FEATURE REVIEW Fit to Print 00:26:56 Point Salad, Cascadia, Verdant, Calico 00:27:04 Tiny Towns, Wormholes 00:29:59 Galaxy Trucker 00:48:04 FEATURE DISCUSSION Timing Restrictions 00:48:57 Eclipse 00:51:17 War Machine 00:52:32 Gaia Project, Terra Mystica 00:53:32 A Feast for Odin 00:55:53 The Voyages of Marco Polo 00:59:06 Barrage 01:00:03 Orleans 01:01:15 Federation, Mosaic, Point City, Deep Dive

    1h 3m

  8. 08/28/2023

    122. Forest Shuffle & Card Cost Curves

    Today we're reviewing Tony's favorite game of GenCon, Forest Shuffle, a small box game card game with a big deck and an even bigger depth of play. Then, we're discussing Card Cost Curves, how games with large decks structure the costs and benefits of their cards. Join us in the conversation on discord: https://tinyurl.com/2wood4wheat Ask us a question at TwoWoodForAWheat@gmail.com Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwV0sl_H14NfaB8SpL9tg9g Leave us a review on Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/two-wood-for-a-wheat/id1447901771 Read Tony's blog: https://boardgamegeek.com/user/maxlongstreet/blogs Thanks to God Street Wine for our intro and outro music: https://www.facebook.com/GodStreetWine/ 00:00:52 FYFE 00:02:59 Nucleum 00:03:33 Barrage 00:04:49 Brass, Gaia Project 00:06:10 Underwater Cities 00:08:13 Hallertau, Discordia, Hadrian's Wall, Tapestry 00:11:27 Federation 00:17:05 FEATURE REVIEW Forest Shuffle 00:28:51 Race for the Galaxy 00:36:42 Living Forest, Meadow, Ecosystem 00:36:59 Ark Nova, Terraforming Mars 00:38:06 Race for the Galaxy 00:44:54 FEATURE DISCUSSION Card Cost Curves & Power 00:48:19 Ark Nova 00:53:39 Blood Rage 00:54:33 Magic the Gathering 00:58:16 Ark Nova: Marine 00:59:35 Forest Shuffle 01:02:10 Tyrants of the Underdark, Earth 01:02:45 Fit to Print, Point City, Deep Dive

    1h 5m
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Two Wood for Wheat is a board game podcast. We review and criticize board games, diving deep into the strategies and mechanisms that make them great or make them forgettable.

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  • Creator
    Patrick Flannery
  • Years Active
    2018 - 2024
  • Episodes
    184
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Copyright Patrick Flannery
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    Two Wood for a Wheat