Games Explained in The Spiel
Andrés F. Pabón L.
Colombia
Bogotá
DC
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Many of you have listened to The Spiel. For those of you who haven't, The Spiel is a great boardgaming podcast conducted by Stephen Conway and David Coleson, in which they not only talk about boardgames, but actually come to explain and review several of them per episode.
Now, that's not all. They take great lengths of effort to deliver the episodes in m4a format. This is a format that can be played by any MP3 software or device, but under most of them it also shows pictures as the audio rolls by. Thus, their explanations are completely audio-visual, and just as good as your regular video podcast (say, Board Games with Scott, or Obsessed Board Gamers).
They have several sections in the show, the main one being The List, where they go to great lengths to explain a game completely, and give very thoughtful opinions on it. On most shows, they manage to get 2 games explained (although under special circumstances, this might vary).
However, they also do give some brief insight onto games with their Backshelf Spotlight (a section devoted to older games), and Truckloads of Goober (games with great and unique components) sections, even if they're not as extensive as The List.
Also, they have a new section, Table Talk, which briefly describes newer games (almost as if they were doing the Backshelf Spotlight for new games). Only 2 games have been featured in the section thus far, and are included in this list.
Finally, they make an excellent annual show, where they play all Spiel des Jahres nominees, and try to predict the winner. These go in a special section, Spiel des Jahres Nominees, that is only present in such special shows.
With 76 episodes and counting, it's quite hard to remember all games they have covered through their 3 and ongoing years doing this. As I really enjoy listening (and watching) at their explanations, I decided to make this list, ordered alphabetically, of all the games they have talked about in the show, with reference to the episode number and the section they were mentioned in.
I'm not including games in the Game Sommelier section, as these only get a very brief mention usually. Also, I'm excluding the conventions and holiday episodes, as they do include a very large amount of games each, but with only passing reference to each.
Spiel On!
Page Index
[ # | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M |
| N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z ]
UPDATE: June 8 2010
All episodes updated, up to number 104.
NOTES: Some items might be duplicated, and the letter index references might not be updated. Still workin' on it! 
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Andrés F. Pabón L.
Colombia
Bogotá
DC
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Episode: 74 - Can't We All Just Get Along?
Section: Backshelf Spotlight
Listen to it here.
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Andrés F. Pabón L.
Colombia
Bogotá
DC
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Episode: 72 - Viva Los Juegos
Section: The List
Listen to it here.
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Andrés F. Pabón L.
Colombia
Bogotá
DC
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Episode: 6 - Monkey Pirates
Section: Backshelf Spotlight
Listen to it here.
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Andrés F. Pabón L.
Colombia
Bogotá
DC
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Episode: 76 - A King Word & A Gun
Section: The List
Listen to it here.
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Andrés F. Pabón L.
Colombia
Bogotá
DC
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Episode: 86 - Parimutuel Acquaintances
Section: Backshelf Spotlight
Listen to it here.
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Board Game: Fauna
[Average Rating:7.20 Overall Rank:342]
Andrés F. Pabón L.
Colombia
Bogotá
DC
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Episode: 80 - Spiel des Schpiel 2009, Part 2
Section: Spiel des Jahres Nominees
Listen to it here.
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Episode: 91 - Present & Accounted For: 2009 Holiday Gift Guide
Section: Animals
Listen to it here.
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Episode: 91 - Present & Accounted For: 2009 Holiday Gift Guide
Section: Gambling
Listen to it here.
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Andrés F. Pabón L.
Colombia
Bogotá
DC
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Episode: 20 - Lore & Ladders
Section: Backshelf Spotlight
Listen to it here.
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Andrés F. Pabón L.
Colombia
Bogotá
DC
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Episode: 43 - Unwrapped: 2007 Holiday Gift Guide
Section: Stephen's Wish List
Listen to it here.
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Episode: 50 - It's In the Bag
Section: The List
Listen to it here.
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Andrés F. Pabón L.
Colombia
Bogotá
DC
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Episode: 18 - 2006 Holiday Gift Guide
Section: Strategy/War Games
Listen to it here.
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Andrés F. Pabón L.
Colombia
Bogotá
DC
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Episode: 30 - The Golden Hippo
Section: Backshelf Spotlight
Listen to it here.
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Board Game: Finca
[Average Rating:7.08 Overall Rank:282]
Andrés F. Pabón L.
Colombia
Bogotá
DC
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Episode: 80 - Spiel des Schpiel 2009, Part 2
Section: Spiel des Jahres Nominees
Listen to it here.
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Episode: 91 - Present & Accounted For: 2009 Holiday Gift Guide
Section: Gardening & Farming
Listen to it here.
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Andrés F. Pabón L.
Colombia
Bogotá
DC
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Episode: 28 - Listener's Choice
Section: Truckloads of Goober
Listen to it here.
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Episode: 38 - Valhalla or Bust!
Section: The List
Listen to it here.
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Board Game: FITS
[Average Rating:6.75 Overall Rank:578]
Andrés F. Pabón L.
Colombia
Bogotá
DC
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Episode: 80 - Spiel des Schpiel 2009
Section: Spiel des Jahres Nominees
Listen to it here.
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Episode: 91 - Present & Accounted For: 2009 Holiday Gift Guide
Section: Puzzles
Listen to it here.
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Andrés F. Pabón L.
Colombia
Bogotá
DC
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Episode: 18 - 2006 Holiday Gift Guide
Section: Spiel de Stephen
Listen to it here.
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Andrés F. Pabón L.
Colombia
Bogotá
DC
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Episode: 7 - Power to the Meeples
Section: The List
Listen to it here.
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Andrés F. Pabón L.
Colombia
Bogotá
DC
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Episode: 29 - My Hacienda For A Vowel!
Section: Backshelf Spotlight
Listen to it here.
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Andrés F. Pabón L.
Colombia
Bogotá
DC
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Episode: 18 - 2006 Holiday Gift Guide
Section: Teen Games
Listen to it here.
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Andrés F. Pabón L.
Colombia
Bogotá
DC
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Episode: 19 - Cold Fusion
Section: The List
Listen to it here.
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Andrés F. Pabón L.
Colombia
Bogotá
DC
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Episode: 103 - Earth, Wind & Fire
Section: The List
Listen to it here.
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Andrés F. Pabón L.
Colombia
Bogotá
DC
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Episode: 91 - Present & Accounted For: 2009 Holiday Gift Guide
Section: Cars
Listen to it here.
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Andrés F. Pabón L.
Colombia
Bogotá
DC
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Episode: 14 - Nosferatu
Section: Backshelf Spotlight
Listen to it here.
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Andrés F. Pabón L.
Colombia
Bogotá
DC
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Episode: 39 - Changelings
Section: Backshelf Spotlight
Listen to it here.
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Andrés F. Pabón L.
Colombia
Bogotá
DC
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Episode: 41 - Boo!
Section: Backshelf Spotlight
Listen to it here.
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Andrés F. Pabón L.
Colombia
Bogotá
DC
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Episode: 101 - How You Like Them Apples?
Section: The List
Listen to it here.
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Andrés F. Pabón L.
Colombia
Bogotá
DC
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Episode: 91 - Present & Accounted For: 2009 Holiday Gift Guide
Section: Books
Listen to it here.
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Toronto
Ontario
Now if you really want to put a strain on the BGG database, try The Dice Tower games references next.....
Bogotá
DC
Now if you really want to put a strain on the BGG database, try The Dice Tower games references next.....
Now, that would be a huge effort. I've only listed the games explained through the 76 episodes of The Spiel... not the ones merely mentioned (which would make really high amount of games, probably more than a GeekList can handle).
To draw the line, I just used the different sections... The Spiel is a very well structured show, so it was just a matter of choosing sections and getting the games mentioned in them.
Now, The Dice Tower is an altogether different issue. How to draw a line? Because without it, the list of games mentioned in The Dice Tower would probably be well into the quadruple digits!
Indianapolis
Indiana
Thanks for compiling this uber-list (complete with links to the shows!)
It'll be fun to see the list grow as we rush headlong into year four of the show.
Evanston
Illinois
Briarcliff Manor
New York