Let's keep it simple. This is the 2023 Essen Top 10 Most Anticipated Games episode, the games that we're most excited for, many of which we'll play in 2024. Join us in the conversation on discord: https://tinyurl.com/2wood4wheatAsk us a question at TwoWoodForAWheat@gmail.comYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwV0sl_H14NfaB8SpL9tg9gLeave us a review on Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/two-wood-for-a-wheat/id1447901771Read Tony's blog: https://boardgamegeek.com/user/maxlongstreet/blogsThanks to God Street Wine for our intro and outro music: https://www.facebook.com/GodStreetWine/00:01:34 Forest Shuffle00:01:49 Pioneer Rails, WIld Tiled West00:05:01 ESSEN 2023 TOP 10 MOST ANTICIPATED00:05:34 Tucana: Builders00:05:49 Santa Maria, The Magnificent, Revive, Trails of Tucana00:06:59 Karuba00:27:33 Aldebaran: Duel00:09:55 Splendor: Duel00:10:00 Ancient Knowledge00:11:34 Celtae00:12:11 Tabannusi00:12:46 Apiary00:14:37 Sankore00:15:53 Teotihuacan, Tekhenu00:16:15 Rats of Wistar00:18:00 Apiary00:18:55 A.R.T. Society00:19:25 Modern Art, High Society00:20:35 Pirates of Maracaibo, Orleans: Joan of Arc: Draw and Write,00:23:13 Evacuation00:23:29 Woodcraft, Messina: 134700:24:41 Kutna Hora00:26:51 Nucleum00:27:40 Evacuation00:29:00 Age of Innovation, Terra Mystica, Gaia Project00:30:38 Civolution00:31:51 Planta Nurbo, Planta Nubo00:32:36 Uh you mean Michael Kiesling? Azul, Heaven & Ale, A Feast for Odin, Agricola, La Granja, Cooper Island00:33:45 Nucleum, Barrage, Brass00:35:51 Tangram City00:36:13 World Wonders00:38:47 My City00:40:22 Gaia Project, A Feast for Odin, Carpe Diem00:42:53 HONORABLE MENTIONS00:43:10 Patterns: A Mandala Game, Mandala00:45:00 Arborea, Septima, The White Castle00:45:13 The Hunt00:45:58 Forest Shuffle, Three Ring Circus00:46:10 Weimar: The Fight for Democracy, Watergate, Twilight Struggle00:46:43 Kutna Hora00:46:50 Skyteam00:47:25 Bamboo00:48:04 Pampero00:48:25 Books of Time00:48:35 Tekhenu, Tabannusi00:48:44 Founders of Teotihuacan00:49:15 Neotopia00:50:18 Artemis Project00:51:18 Nidavellier, Mstery of the Abby00:51:24 Zoo Tycoon, NY Zoo00:51:54 Tangram City00:53:02 Bonsai00:53:42 Emerge00:54:29 Evenfall00:55:38 Kelp00:56:36 Amristar00:57:44 Stressbotics00:58:36 Sea Dragons00:59:36 Barcelona01:00:14 Lisboa