What Did You Play This Week Productions

A weekly podcast about the games we play and other tabletop gaming topics.

Patrick and Eric return to their designer spotlight series – Reiner Knizia

Reiner Knizia

– Recent Plays

– My City
– Tutankhamun

– Auction Games

– Ra
– Modern Art

– “Numbers on Art”

– En Garde
– Shotten Totten
– Lost Cities
– Llama

“Reiner Knizia is also criticized that his games are all dry, mathematical affairs, and unfortunately, he can’t dodge the bullet completely on this one.” – Some person on BGG

How does theme impact his games?

– Abstracts

– Ingenious
– Tigris and Euphrates

“Kenizia scoring” i.e. lowest track scores.

Misc games

– Star Trek Expeditions
– Through The Desert (or Dessert if you eat the camels)
– Quest of El Dorado
– Age of War/Risk Express
– En Garde in detail

Awards and nominations –

– Kinder – Who Was It?
– Speil – Keltis

Co-operative games

– Lord of the Rings

“Remember: When playing a game, the goal is to win, but it is the goal that is important, not the winning…”