After getting caught up with our recent gaming, we dive into one of Eurogaming's leading designers, Wolfgang Kramer. With more than 100 games to his credit, Kramer has a diverse design portfolio, from meaty, complex games to lighter family and children's games. We discuss Kramer's design style, our favorite games he has designed and explore a number of his contributions.

In this podcast, we mention that the current contest will run until May 30th; however, Due to delays in editing, the contest will actually run until June 6th.

Enter the Contest!

Hosts
Mark Haberman (habermanm)
Jason Little (ynnen)
Jim Cote (ekted)

Index
00:00 Intro
01:03 Recent Gaming
25:14 Victory Points
32:18 Main Segment: Wolfgang Kramer
63:38 Contest Update
65:41 Outro

Games Mentioned
Recent Gaming: Struggle of Empires (Innovan's FAQ), Die Macher, Mr. Jack, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Shadows Over Camelot, Lord of the Rings, LotR: Sauron Expansion, Drunter & Druber, TRON Light Cycles!!, Heimlich & Company, Gulo Gulo, Hey! That's My Fish!, M is for Mouse (misnamed as Mouse to Mouse), Imperial, Antike, Fjords, Carcassonne, Through the Desert

Victory Points: El Grande, El Grande and even more El Grande!, San Marco.

Main Segment: El Grande, Maharaja, Java, Mexica, Tikal, Torres, Princes of Florence, Australia, Viva Pamplona, Midnight Party, Verflixxt (That's Life), 6 Nimmt, Category 5, Gulo Gulo, Colosseum, El Caballero, Venedig, Pueblo, Hacienda, Origo, Wildlife, Ticket to Ride, Through the Desert, Risk, Monopoly, Sorry, Trouble.

El Grande image by Propose

In this episode we discuss the finer points of RA with guest Alex Bove (montu), announce the winner of contest 2, and begin a new contest. 

There is a shorter Recently Played segment and no news due to the length of the main segment.  Enjoy!

Enter the Contest!

Hosts
Mark Haberman (habermanm)
Jason Little (ynnen)
Jim Cote (ekted)

Hosts
Alex Bove (montu)

Index
00:00 Intro
00:45 Contest Results
05:12 Recent Gaming
14:04 Main Segment: Ra
67:55 Outro

Games Mentioned
Recent Gaming: I'm the Boss, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Notre Dame, Yspahan, Mare Nostrum (w/Mythology Expansion)

Main Segment: Ra, http://www.partypoker.com/how_to_play/using-our-poker-table/game-fairness-and-security/, For Sale

RA image by JackRandom