Boardgames and Blank Willie and Alexa

Willie: Today, we're talking about recent boardgames we've been playing, and then talking about a game about making plans to go to Japan called Let's Go to Japan, by Josh Wood! Just hear us out, the game sounds like it's boring, but it's very fun and beautiful and is a challenging solo game as well!
Alexa: I want the bowls from your fancy deluxe edition!!! >:D
Willie: Leave my bowls alone!

Willie: Hi everyone! We go over a lot of games we've played since the last episode, and talk about a wonderfully-abstract game with glorious components called Lacuna!
Alexa: I like how in the photo for the episode includes our crooked flower (pink). And yes, it is a wonderfully abstract game with GLORIOUS components. :D
Willie: Why do you sound like me? Did I raise a parrot?
Alexa: Can I have a cracker?

Willie: Today, we talk about an underrated game that deserves more plays, Tiny Towns! A game that requires strategy in resource-placement on a limited 4 x 4 grid to create the building meeples that you require for the best score possible.
Alexa: It's always so satisfying to see your completed tiny town... full of wells.
Willie: Well, well, well...

Willie: Happy New Year! We're starting 2024 with a game we played in 2023 in both recent plays and in the main episode...Nana: Christmas Edition!
Alexa: It sounds like we should've started it weeks ago but actually we just took a long time editing. :\
Willie: Secrets...revealed!

Willie: It's the holidays! Taking a fun break from the norm of talking about a game and a page from an awesome boardgame podcast Boardgame Blitz and listing five games we'd like to play before Christmas! Not necessarily a "top" list or in any particular order, but something different this time around. Also, because I anticipate others are interested in one of Alexa's picks, it's here.
Alexa: But your list is in a particular order. You're always too organized. But my room is totally super neat :P
Willie: Riiiiiight. See you all in 2024!

Alexa: Hi, I am Alexa and I'm the only person doing the description today. :=( We will be talking about our 1,000,000 (??) ButtonShy games. How many do we have? Let's find out! And... hopefully find all of them.
Willie: Excuse you, there are 31+ games in my ButtonShy collection, thank you very much, along with some interesting stories here and there. It's fitting, then, that this MASSIVE episode is  almost an HOUR of edited audio that we should've split into two, but we didn't...so please enjoy! It also comes with a sudden end thanks to Lenny walking all over my keyboard.
Alexa: Good work, Lenny! Hey, wasn't I supposed to be the only one typing this?

ButtonShy Games: https://buttonshygames.com/