I have never seen such a fantastical theme. Cats that desire order over chaos, patterns over randomness, and who can see in reds and pinks. Today we're reviewing Calico, a powerful tile-laying pattern-matching game in a small box. After that, it's the strength of our favorite and least favorite board game names. Which ones perfectly capture the essence of these games and which junk them up with their garbage words. Leave us a review on Apple podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/y2eyvquxRead Tony's blog: https://boardgamegeek.com/user/maxlongstreet/blogsListen to more episodes on Spreaker: https://www.spreaker.com/show/two-wood-for-a-wheatVisit our website: http://twowood4awheat.com/01:05 Tekhenu04:44 Kingdom Builder06:38 Coatl09:44 Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon19:30 FEATURE REVIEW Calico38:52 FEATURE DISCUSSION What's in a Name?39:08 Medium (and a game of Medium)43:09 Point Salad, Wavelength, Just One44:14 Bananagrams, Flick 'em Up, Flick 'em Up: Dead of Winter45:18 Cat Lady45:45 HATE46:25 Bus46:54 Mandala47:15 Barenpark and Parks47:36 Orleans, Maracaibo, Great Western Trail47:53 Space Empires: 4x48:23 Wingspan, Scythe, Pendulum49:06 Between Two Cities and Heaven & Ale49:42 Above & Below49:57 Bunny Kingdom50:07 Rococo50:27 Photosynthesis, Petrichor, Pipeline, and Mariposas50:57 Junk Art51:13 A Fake Artist Goes to New York51:35 Demon Worker52:30 Dogs of War52:42 Blood Bowl and Baseball Highlights: 204553:13 Castles of Mad King Ludwig53:49 Space Empires: 4x, Eclipse, and Twilight Imperium55:16 Paths of Glory55:24 18xx56:10 Kingsburg, the King's Guild, Fantasy Realms, and the King's Dilemma56:51 Harvest57:49 Museum57:57 Biblios and Ex Libris58:13 Nova Luna58:41 Herbaceous 59:08 Maracaibo, Castles of Burgundy, Tekhenu: Obelisk of the Sun, Tawanitsu: The Inca Empire, and Tzolkin: The Mayan Calendar59:34 Root, Vast, Fort, and Oath59:42 Azul, Reef, Century: Spice Road, Century: Golem Edition01:00:28 Brass: Birmingham and Brass: Lancashire01:00:42 Clank!: A Deck Building Adventure01:01:07 Caverna: The Cave Farmers01:01:16 Cerebria: The Inside World01:01:40 Endeavor: The Age of Sail01:01:50 The Crew: The Quest for PLanet Nine01:02:00 Through the Ages: A New Story of Civilization and Through the Ages: A Story of Civilization01:02:09 Roll through the Ages: The Bronze Age and Roll through the Ages: The Iron Age01:02:41 Star Wars: Rebellion01:04:33 A Game of Thrones: The Board Game01:05:14 This War of Mine: The Board Game01:05:55 Bang! The Dice Game01:06:50 7 Wonders Duel and 7 Wonders Duel: Pantheon01:06:55 Marvel Champions: The Card Game01:07:17 Keyforge01:07:22 Keyflower, Keythedral, and Key Market01:08:02 Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon01:11:00 Tiny Epic...01:11:55 Tally Ho!, Ingenious, Fresh Fish01:12:03 L.L.A.M.A., That's Pretty Clever, 6nimmt01:12:20 The Rise of Queensdale01:12:46 Carpe Diem01:13:14 My City01:13:42 Between Two Castles of Mad King Ludwig01:14:23 Trismegistus: The Ultimate Formula01:15:19 Oh My Goods!