45. Parks & the New Essential Intro Games

Who needs an intro when you have intro games? Today we review Parks, the gloriously beautiful light strategy game that supports our nation's national park system. Is it anything more than a pretty face? Does it hide a 2 million year old supervolcano inside of it? We'll find out.
We also talk the best intro games for the modern era. And for some reason a significant number of them look edible.

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01:05 Macao, Bruges, Amsterdam, Hamburg
04:56 Nidavellir
08:16 On Mars
09:55 Gloomhaven: Jaws of the Lion, Gloomhaven, & Frosthaven
11:31 FEATURE REVIEW Parks
25:10 FEATURE DISCUSSION The New Essential Intro Games
25:24 Ticket to Ride, Carcassonne, Codenames, 7 Wonders, Pandemic, Splendor
27:35 Just One
28:41 Hit Z Road
29:57 High Society
30:08 Point Salad
31:05 Pan Am
32:57 Hanabi, Pandemic, Pandemic: Iberia, Pandemic: Fall of Rome, Pandemic: Season 1
34:38 Mandala
35:59 Everdell
37:03 Stone Age
37:45 Cat Lady
39:34 Wingspan
41:37 Just One
42:35 Through the Desert
43:48 Clank
44:35 Isle of Skye
45:03 Abyss
45:50 Cyclades
46:48 Eclipse, Space Base, Catan, Machi Koro
47:47 Fantasy Realms, Inuit, Sea of Clouds