BGB Podcast #315 – Essen SPIEL 2024 Hype List
We may or may not be going to Germany (who can say), but that’s where all the good gaming is gonna be, so that’s what we’re gonna talk about. It’s almost Essen SPIEL! That sure is a lot of games debuting there though, so which ones should you care about? Don’t worry, we’ve done the hard work for you. Before you go back to being eine faule socke, we talk about Nekojima, We’re Sinking!, Hues and Cues, and Colorful.
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Timecodes:
02:46 – Nekojima
09:01 – We’re Sinking!
15:31 – Hues and Cues
15:31 – Colorful
22:09 – Essen SPIEL 2023 Preview
22:57 – Æterna
25:32 – Babylon
27:17 – Bus & Stop
28:55 – COSCA: Take Over the Mafia
31:54 – Galileo Galilei
33:41 – SETI: Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
34:39 – Fishing
37:19 – AI Space Puzzle
38:59 – Zero to Hero
40:51 – The Gang
42:46 – Golden Cup
45:09 – Black Forest
50:02 – Battalion: War of the Ancients
53:01 – Beyond the Horizon
56:10 – Asian Tigers: A Story of Prosperity
58:16 – Skull Queen
58:38 – King of Tokyo: Origins
59:15 – Penguin Airlines
1:00:18 – Dungeon Exit
Thank you to Heart Society for generously letting us use What’s On Your Mind, Kid? from their album Wake the Queens.
