Ezra & Nehemiah: Game of the Year?

What is brown and tan and puzzly all over? A Euro!... what more could Toph like? Well, he didn't play it and, well, I passed on the Kickstarter... not my jam (or so I thought)!

Ezra and Nehemiah is the 2024 game by S J Macdonald and Shem Phillips, and published by Garphill Games/Renegade Games Studio. We played it this week in our gaming group, and I've got some thoughts about it. Let's take a deep look at what this game has to offer.

Could it be game of the year?

What are your thoughts? We'd love to know!

00:00 - Start
00:16 - Why Watch?
00:59 - Theme
01:08 - Mechanics
01:31 - Player Count / Time to Play
02:39 - Game Rounds
03:17 - Didn't feel like a long game
03:29 - Turn Overview
05:03 - Trading Action
05:49 - Boost Action
10:56 - Summarize Turn
11:24 - Pros Lots!
11:58 - Pro 2
13:15 - Pro 3
13:58 - Pro 4
14:49 - Pro 5
15:25 - Multiple Ways to win
16:15 - Cons
16:55 - Con #2
18:25 - Con #3
18:47 - Con #4
19:46 - Game Weight
20:46 - Marker 23
21:35 - BGG Rating
22:04 - Marker 25
23:35 - Who is this for?
24:55 - Things to Watch out for
25:36 - What do you think?
25:55 - Game of the Year?