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The Hungry Meeple is all about making connections with friends and family through food, drinks and games. Every episode we pick a game and host a dinner party themed around this game.
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Galactic Cruise 🚀 | Luxury Space Cruise… or Dinghy in Orbit? (opens the original)
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Is Galactic Cruise the next must-play heavy euro? In this episode of The Hungry Meeple, we review this worker placement / engine-building game where you compete to become CEO of a luxury space cruise company.We break down gameplay, strategy, player interaction, and whether the ship-building and launch system actually delivers a satisfying payoff.And of course—we pair it with a cocktail worthy of first-class space travel.⸻🍸 Fernet Fizz Cocktail RecipeIngredients* 1 oz bourbon* ¾ oz simple syrup*
Steeped in Strategy: Is Formosa Tea Worth Your Time? (opens the original)
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🍵 Formosa Tea Review | Strategy, Theme, and Tea Pairing | The Hungry MeepleCan you build the most prestigious tea empire in Taiwan?In this episode of The Hungry Meeple, we take a deep dive into Formosa Tea, the acclaimed economic board game by Kao Chu-Lan and Soso Studio. Set during the rise of Taiwan’s world-famous tea industry, Formosa Tea challenges players to harvest tea leaves, process Oolong, Black, Green, and Scented teas, improve production technology, fulfill export contracts, and domin
Are We Even Playing the Same Game? Hegemony Review (opens the original)
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In this episode of The Hungry Meeple , we take on Hegemony: Lead Your Class to Victory , a deeply asymmetric political and economic board game where the Working Class, Middle Class, Capitalist Class, and State all play by very different rules—but are constantly affected by one another. After multiple plays, every one of them running 4+ hours , we had a lot to unpack. Does Hegemony earn that kind of time commitment? Does the extreme asymmetry make the game feel brilliantly interconnected—or like
Endeavor Deep Sea - Mapping the sea, managing the discs, mixing something bold. (opens the original)
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🌊🍹 We’re diving deep… and bringing drinks! 🍹🌊In this episode of The Hungry Meeple, we plunge into Endeavor: Deep Sea — a gorgeous, brainy, ocean-exploration game where you’re not conquering the sea… you’re trying to save it.We build teams of specialists.We uncover mysterious new ocean zones.We debate the Impact board like it personally offended us.And yes — we absolutely overthink our disc economy.Does this sequel chart bold new waters?Is the scenario system as compelling as it looks?And can a b
Is Saltfjord the Dice-Drafting Euro We’ve Been Waiting For? (opens the original)
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🎲 Saltfjord Review + Saltfjord Catch Cocktail | Is This Dice-Drafting Euro Worth Your Time?Can a shared pool of dice create meaningful player interaction without sacrificing the deep planning Euro gamers love? In this episode of The Hungry Meeple, we set sail for Saltfjord, the acclaimed strategy game from Aporta Games and designers Kristian Amundsen Østby and Eilif Svensson.Set in a 19th-century Norwegian fishing village, Saltfjord challenges players to balance expanding their settlement with a
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