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Two Wood for a Wheat

Two Wood for Wheat is a board game podcast. We review and criticize board games, diving deep into the strategies and mechanisms that make them great or make them forgettable.

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7. Birders Anonymous - Wingspan and Obsession

7. Birders Anonymous - Wingspan and Obsession

Ever wondered what it feels like to fly? Us too. That's why we played Wingspan 10 times in a row. Find out whether this ... Read more

4 Feb 2019

1hr 5mins

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24. Paths to Victory and Paladins of the West Kingdom

24. Paths to Victory and Paladins of the West Kingdom

What are the paths we take? Why do we labor day to day, stuck on the road we chose, with no recourse but to accept our f... Read more

4 Nov 2019

1hr 47mins

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16. Worst Plays and Res Arcana

16. Worst Plays and Res Arcana

When you play hundreds of games and hundreds of plays of those hundreds of games, you're bound to get some bad ones. Tod... Read more

2 Jul 2019

1hr 14mins

Ranked #4

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11. Tiles & Tribulations - A Feast for Odin, the Norwegians, & Escape Plan

11. Tiles & Tribulations - A Feast for Odin, the Norwegians, & Escape Plan

In the ancient Norse lands, we pillage the coasts, whale the seas, craft hammers and mail, and play tetris on the front ... Read more

15 Apr 2019

56mins

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13. Whiny Towns - Tiny Towns and Downtime

13. Whiny Towns - Tiny Towns and Downtime

Just like Tiny Towns, here's a small package that's crammed with content.Tiny Towns is a 20 minute spatial planning game... Read more

20 May 2019

55mins

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6. Grognards and Grandmas - 7th Continent & 10 Gamery-Games to Play with Family

6. Grognards and Grandmas - 7th Continent & 10 Gamery-Games to Play with Family

We're stuffed. Full of too much turkey, tofurkey, and board games. Inspired by too much family time over break, we talk ... Read more

22 Jan 2019

50mins

Ranked #7

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23. Overpowered and Clans of Caledonia

23. Overpowered and Clans of Caledonia

Hey folks, sorry for the delay - we had some rough times with editing, but we are back on a regular schedule now.This we... Read more

25 Oct 2019

1hr 14mins

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29. Maracaibo & Top Games of 2019

29. Maracaibo & Top Games of 2019

We finish our 2019 coverage with our top 10 games of the year. We also review Euro-darling, Maracaibo, Alexander Pfister... Read more

13 Jan 2020

1hr 24mins

Ranked #9

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25. A Huge Mistake

25. A Huge Mistake

In the immortal words of Gob Bluth... I've made a huge mistake. We talk on the strategic, psychological, and social pain... Read more

18 Nov 2019

45mins

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8. Board Game Woke - Exploring Our Bias (aka Why Pat Hates Wingspan)

8. Board Game Woke - Exploring Our Bias (aka Why Pat Hates Wingspan)

So. Many. Games. On this episode, we talk about every single game that we played over the last three weeks. If you ever ... Read more

26 Feb 2019

1hr 31mins

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28. It's a Wonderful World & 2019 Games we Missed

28. It's a Wonderful World & 2019 Games we Missed

In which Tony and Pat sharply disagree over the hot new card drafting game, It's a Wonderful World, Pat gives first thou... Read more

30 Dec 2019

1hr 21mins

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14. Underwater Cities & Excruciating Decisions

14. Underwater Cities & Excruciating Decisions

We know it's not an excruciating decision to listen to this episode, especially when we're talking about a game as good ... Read more

3 Jun 2019

58mins

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26.Why Won't You Play My Game and Azul Summer Pavilion

26.Why Won't You Play My Game and Azul Summer Pavilion

Why won't you play my game? It's... Pipeline? It's a solid heavy economic game? There's... pipes... Yeah, okay, we can p... Read more

2 Dec 2019

40mins

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5. Originality is Overrated - Newton, Originality, and the Best Games of 2018

5. Originality is Overrated - Newton, Originality, and the Best Games of 2018

2018, What a good year. We both played between 200 and 300 games. Pat doubled the size of his collection. Tony began his... Read more

7 Jan 2019

53mins

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4. Day of the Carp - Carpe Diem, Teaching Games, and Empires of the Void II

4. Day of the Carp - Carpe Diem, Teaching Games, and Empires of the Void II

Seize the day! Or seize the fish? We are not sure. Stephan Feld's Carpe Diem has got us incredibly confused. We also shi... Read more

24 Dec 2018

54mins

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27. 2018 Retrospective and Silver & Gold

27. 2018 Retrospective and Silver & Gold

We look back at our best games of 2018 in our one year anniversary episode. Is Space Base still playable? Are we eternal... Read more

16 Dec 2019

47mins

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12. Old Frontiers - Race for the Galaxy, Roll, & New Frontiers Triple Review

12. Old Frontiers - Race for the Galaxy, Roll, & New Frontiers Triple Review

We couldn't help ourselves and review just one game. Instead, we looked at Race for the Galaxy, Roll for the Galaxy, and... Read more

29 Apr 2019

57mins

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19. Pilfering Putrescent Parts - Abomination: The Heir of Frankenstein

19. Pilfering Putrescent Parts - Abomination: The Heir of Frankenstein

Today, Two Wood for a Wheat gets a little nasty when we review Abomination, the Heir of Frankenstein, a game that comes ... Read more

26 Aug 2019

55mins

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3. Player Interaction - Architects of the West Kingdom and Expectations of Player Interaction

3. Player Interaction - Architects of the West Kingdom and Expectations of Player Interaction

Today on Two Wood for a Wheat, Pat & Tony talk about Player Interaction: the joys and oh-boys of a player's actions ... Read more

20 Nov 2018

1hr 2mins

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21. Deluge - Barrage Review & New Games

21. Deluge - Barrage Review & New Games

Welcome to Two Wood for a Wheat. Today's episode Deluge features the Dice Tower Retreat and Simone Luciani's new game Ba... Read more

23 Sep 2019

1hr 1min

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