BGB Podcast #245: Essen SPIEL 2022 Hype List

It’s convention season, which means we’re on the way to one convention, while talking about another. Every year a lot of new games get showed off at Essen SPIEL in Germany, and these are the ones we’re most excited to hear more about! Before we start messin’ with Essen, we talk about Plutocracy and Finca.

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Timecodes:

01:56 – Plutocracy
09:54 – Finca
19:09 – Essen SPIEL 2022 Preview
19:39 – The Great Split
21:57 – Time Capsules
23:45 – Heat: Pedal to the Metal
25:45 – La Famiglia: The Great Mafia War
27:49 – Applejack
29:22 – Rise & Fall
31:13 – Sauscharf
33:29 – Oros
35:08 – Tribes of the Wind
36:23 – Shark
38:34 – Tindaya
41:07 – Lacrimosa
42:43 – Virtù
46:38 – Revive
48:51 – Pilgrim

Thank you to Heart Society for generously letting us use What’s On Your Mind, Kid? from their album Wake the Queens.