Today on Two Wood for a Wheat, we review the Guild of Merchant Explorers, the medium weight flip and place filler about exploring new lands and creating settlements before the end of the age. Then we’re discussing ugly ducklings, the ugly board games that we love.00:02:23 Merchants of the Dark Road00:04:11 Wonderland's War, Rising Sun, Quacks of Quedlinberg00:05:41 Space Station Phoenix, Race for the Galaxy, Beyond the Sun00:06:32 Messina: 134700:08:06 FEATURE REVIEW The Guild of Merchant Explorers00:16:27 Kingdom Builder, Trails of Tucana00:17:52 Tiny Towns00:19:34 Hallertau00:22:14 Gloomhaven00:28:52 FEATURE DISCUSSION Ugly Ducklings00:29:23 Acquire00:29:59 Anno: 180000:31:22 My City00:32:02 Kingdom Builder00:33:04 Beyond the Sun00:34:06 Tasty Humans00:34:57 Castles of Burgundy00:35:59 Terra Mystica00:36:51 Boonlake, Cloudage, Maracaibo00:38:47 Signorie00:39:58 Imperial Steam00:42:40 Steam, 18XX00:43:28 Beyond the Sun00:44:32 Coffee Trader00:46:57 Carpe Diem00:48:56 Food Chain Magnate00:49:37 Horseless Carriage00:50:38 Tyrants of the Underdark00:52:59 Race for the Galaxy00:56:53 Space Station PhoenixAsk us a question at TwoWoodForAWheat@gmail.comLeave us a review on Apple podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/y2eyvquxRead Tony's blog: https://boardgamegeek.com/user/maxlongstreet/blogs