The Spiel - MP3 Version
A show about games and the people who love them
Host: Stephen@thespiel.net
Website: http://www.thespiel.net
The Spiel is a show about games and the people who love them. Each episode, we review and discuss a new board game or card game from our massive collection. We also highlight overlooked classics, answer rules questions, give tips on deals and collecting, and play a stump-the-band style quiz, the Game Sommelier, trying to match the right game with the right crowd. Games are great catalysts for interaction, imagination, and just plain fun. Fun is quirky little beast. It's hard to pin down, but we know it when we see it or play it. The Spiel takes a long hard look at fun and games by having fun playing games. Our goal is to expose our audience to the widest variety of games and to show you how to have fun with the greatest variety of games.
| Episode Name | Time | Release Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Spiel #57 - Spiel des Schpiel 2008 - Part 2 | 1:28:43 | 06/19/2008 | I'd like to thank the Academy... Part 2 of our special Spiel des Jahres (Game of the Year), coverage. We play all five nominees and try to predict the winner. |
| The Spiel #56 - Spiel des Schpiel 2008 | 1:19:04 | 06/18/2008 | Envelope, please. In anticipation of the Spiel des Jahres (Game of the Year), one of the most prestigious awards in the board game world, we play all five nominees and try to predict the winner. |
| The Spiel #55.5 - When It Rains, It Pours | 16:00 | 06/08/2008 | Timber! A tree falls on our padded cel, so the next full episode will be in two weeks. We discuss our upcoming summer schedule, including the Spiel des Jahres spectacular, Origins, Gen Con, and Listener's Choice shows. |
| The Spiel - Scribbler #1 - BGG Top 50 | 06/08/2008 | A new feature for The Spiel! Print and play puzzles. First up, a word search. | |
| The Spiel #55 - Just For The Halibut | 1:33:00 | 05/25/2008 | Gone fishin'. The bait: wooden penguins and little rubber worms. We strike bargains with talking fish and dive under the ice looking for the big catch playing If Wishes Were Fishes and Hey! That's My Fish! |
| The Spiel #54 - The Short List | 1:40:00 | 05/11/2008 | Eight quickies. Whether you need a game for a lunch break at work or to play with your kids for half an hour, it's good to have some filler games in your bag of tricks. We reach into our bag give you the scoop on eight titles, each reviewed in 5-7 minutes |
| The Spiel #53 - Reds & Feds | 2:07:00 | 04/27/2008 | Stand down from DEFCON 2! We rewrite history, replaying the Cold War not once, but twice in this superpower sized episode. We tackle Twilight Struggle and Cold War: CIA v KGB. |
| The Spiel #52 - Noble Niblicks | 1:50:00 | 04/13/2008 | Break out your nine iron and flibberty-gibbets. The Spiel turns two! We take on Coppertwaddle a medieval card game with a rich (fake) history and we roll our way through Box of Golf in all its wooden splendour. |
| The Spiel #51 - Take Me Out to Olympus | 1:48:00 | 03/30/2008 | Play ball! But forget the steroids; we've got Divine Intervention. Just in time for Spring Training, we play Pizza Box Baseball, a light card-driven simulation. Then we ascend to the heavens to protect four mythical races in Age of Gods. |
| The Spiel #50 - It's In The Bag | 1:38:00 | 03/16/2008 | Much better than a pig in a poke. We reach into our bag of tricks and find two light but surprising little games: the abstract award-winning Qwirkle and the latest from German designer Freidemann Freise, Felix the Cat in the Sack. |