Episode 78: 3rd Anniversary + SPIEL Essen '25 Anticipation, with Aldie

It's our third anniversary! BGG Owner Scott Alden (aka Aldie) joins Candice to catch up on the past year and discuss SPIEL Essen '25 games they're most excited to play.

• 00:00:00 Introduction
• 00:02:37 Pinball Happenings
• 00:05:27 BGG Booth 4-J200 (BGG IPA Gameshop Online (https://ipa-gameshop.com/en/publisher...) )
• 00:10:38 Thank you for your support!
• 00:16:23 Fresh Plays
• 00:16:50 Vantage
• 00:26:07 Startups
• 00:32:48 Jungo
• 00:36:53 Imperium: The Contention
• 00:46:22 SPIEL Essen '25 Games We're Most Excited to Play
• 00:47:22 Reflecting on our Top 5 SPIEL '24 Anticipation Games
• 00:54:31 Bohemians (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/4...)
• 00:57:09 Durian Smuggler (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/4...) + Food Alley
• 01:00:32 Children of Morta (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/3...)
• 01:02:17 Deckers (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/4...)
• 01:04:16 Fantasy Brewers (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/4...)
• 01:05:57 Habemus Papam (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/4...)
• 01:07:37 Keyside (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/4...)
• 01:09:02 Severton (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/4...)
• 01:10:31 Rise of the Wastelands (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/4...)
• 01:12:07 Expansions! Data Era, Allies, Paradise Islands, Nemed (demo)
• 01:13:24 Pilgrims: Curious Adventures (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/4...)
• 01:16:27 The Battle of the Divas (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/4...)
• 01:17:04 Take Time (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/4...)
• 01:19:53 Jisogi: Anime Studio Tycoon (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/4...)
• 01:21:44 A Very Civil Whist (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/3...)
• 01:23:12 Thesauros (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/4...)
• 01:25:09 Stupor Mundi (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/3...) + Feya's Swamp (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/4...)
• 01:29:55 (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/4...)

Uprising - Legendary Big Box & True Solo Mode (https://gamefound.com/en/projects/nem...) is coming to Gamefound from Nemesis games (https://gamefound.com/creators/nemesi...) . 


If you missed getting the game or are learning about it for the first time, you can now get the Legendary Big Box with all the expansions!


https://gamefound.com/en/projects/nem...






You can check out Dewan, (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/4...) before the world wide release in January 2026, at Essen Spiel 2025.


https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/4...


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