Welcome to the sixth episode of Under the Lid, a biweekly HippoCampus Games podcast!
In today's episode, Adam and Gimo will be discussing games from the BoardGameGeek top 100 all time! This episode we'll be looking at our favorites and least favorites from 71-80.
For today's main topic, we will be diving Under the Lid of Dominant Species by Chad Jensen (GMT Games, 2010)! Listen in as we rate and discuss one of both of our favorite games right now, and stay tuned until the end for our final thoughts!
BGG Top 100 (71-80)
01:37 (Adam) Dominion by Donald X. Vaccarino (Rio Grande Games, 2008, #72)
08:22 (Gimo) Stone Age by Bernd Brunnhofer (Z-Man Games, 2008, #79)
12:32 (Adam and Gimo) Alchemists by Matus Kotry (Czech Games Edition [CGE], 2014, #80)
24:00 (Adam) Descent: Journeys in the Dark by Daniel Clark, Corey Konieczka, Adam Sadler and Kevin Wilson (Fantasy Fight Games, 2012, #78)
27:23 (Gimo) Santorini by Gord! [Gordon Hamilton] (Roxley, 2016, #74)
29:49 Main topic - Under the Lid - Dominant Species
33:09 Theme: Adam 5/5 ,Gimo 5/5
38:12 Quality: Adam 5/5, Gimo 5/5
42:10 Art Work/Graphic Design: Adam 4.5/5, Gimo 5/5
48:42 Mechanics: Adam 5/5, Gimo 5/5
55:00 Rulebook: Adam 5/5, Gimo 5/5
58:48 Complexity vs Depth
1:02:18 Direct vs Indirect
1:05:54 Strategy vs Tactical
1:09:58 Randomness vs Definitive
1:16:31 What we like
1:20:23 What we dislike
1:23:43 Overall (Adam 5/5, Gimo 5/5) and Final Thoughts
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