Garrett's Games 694 - Bloom Town and Essen Preview L-Z

Shelley and I spend a few minutes discussing and reviewing  Bloom Town by Asger Harding Granerud and Daniel Skjold Pedersen from Sidekick Games which is releasing at Essen and (I just found out) will be a WalMart exclusive title here in the US (here's the pre-order link if you're interested in getting it that way: https://www.walmart.com/ip/Sidekick-Games-Bloomtown-Board-Game/929325378 Then we delve into the Essen Preview from L-Z (you'll find A-K in last week's episode). Here's a list of the games mentioned: Category 1: Pre-Ordered Post Scriptum: Florenza The Dice Game  Ostia Spiele: Vilnius Te oder Cafe Quined Games: Terramara Taiwan Board Games: Electropolis Formosa Tea UBike Tours Taiwan Category 2: Check out & Possibly Buy Laurapelit.fl 3-J115 Amul: Another one by the Manitoba designer Lookout Games 1-F135 Newdale: Pfister Foothills: Boydell Mandala: 2-player Looping Games 5-J114 1942 USS Yorktown: 1-4 players 1987 Channel Tunnel: 2-player only Ludonova 5-D112 Babylonia: Knizia Yukon Airways: Interesting theme Lumberjack's Studio 4-D119 -The Isle of Pan: Only available in English at Spiel/looks beautiful Matagot 3-E102 Paris New Eden: Could be interesting/Dice Drafting/Beautiful MEBO Games 5-E120 Carrossel: Cool mechanism that was used in a different way in Arraial Porto: City center building and tile laying Next Move Games Azul Summer Pavilion NSV The Mind Extreme Pandasaurus Games 4-J114 Wayfinders: Cool tile movement and planes PD-Verlag 2-F110 Concordia Expansion (2 different versions) Quined Games 3-M117 La Stanza: Paulo & Nuno (Kickstarted) City of Big Shoulders: Kickstarted Schmidt Spiele 3-H102 Die Inseln in Nebel: Islands, landscapes, and hot air balloons Sidekick Games 5-F106 Bloom Town: Tile Laying and City Building Spielefaible 1-B126 Vejen: Looks like a classic German game Spielworxx 2-B112 Throne of Allegoria: Spielworxx's Essen releases tend to be exactly what we like. Stronghold Games 3-O107 Aftershock San Francisco & Venice: Alan Moon & earthquakes Fast Sloths: 2F Terraforming Mars Turmoil Expansion Sunrise Tornado Games Studio 5-C122C123 Promenade (suggestion to get) Surprised Stare Games 4-F121 Alubari – Reworking & developing of many of the Snowdonia mechanisms Lux Aeterna: 1-player game with amazing graphics Tasty Minstrel Games 4-F106 Dawn of Mankind: Designer of Manitoba & Historia Thunderworks Games 5-G108 Cartographers: A Role Player Game: Looks like another cool addition to the draw & write genre.  XVgames 5-F105 Chartae: Yet another Knizia game about cartographers Zoch 3-J108 Menara expansion Voll verasselt   Category 3: Curiosities to Peruse La Boite de Jeu 3-O106 It's A Wonderful World (Could be a big game from Blackrock Neta Tanka Lost Games Entertainment 5-H116 Medieval Realms: Big & beautiful LudiCreations 1-D129 On The Underground + Expansion Massif Games 5-D130 Mountaineers: 3-D Mountain to climb in the game Medieval Lords 5-L126 Volleyball High: Sports game of a different sort/players are a high school team PYTHAGORAS 4-108 6 Castles: Tile-laying by Rola (Jose) Garum: Players make fish sauce with spices! Queen Rune Stones: Rudiger Dorn Ravensburger Big Money: Quick Dice Game Renegade Game Studios First Light: Looks like a cool Sci-Fi game Paladins of the West Kingdom: Follow up of Architects… RUDY3 Publishing 5-M116 Envyra: Looks beautiful Sit Down! 3-O121 Space Bowl: Simultaneous Play Strawberry Studio 2-C112 Bon Appetit! Rescue Animals ThunderGryph Games 2-F116 Hats Rolling Ranch TWOPLUS Games 5-C122 Kingdom of Middag: looks gorgeous Wizkids 6-I110 Flotilla: Looks gorgeous & big Wood Games 5-E112 Board Game Café Frenzy: love the theme!