This week I talk with Mike & Olga Rimer of Caravel games. They have been making video game content for years and years in the excellent D.R.O.D. series (Deadly Rooms of Death). A few years ago, they released a solo puzzle game called Twisty Little Passages. Now they have Time Fenix coming to Kickstarter in a month or so. We talk about all their games and then have a bit of a chat about tariffs and how they are trying to deal with so much uncertainty.

• 01:30 Caravel Games
• 05:00 D.R.O.D.: King Dugan's Dungeon (Caravel Games, G.O.G.)
• 12:05 Twisty Little Passages (Kickstarter)
• 20:15 Time Fenix (Kickstarter)
• 41:27 Tariffs

This week Julius and I talk about dexterity games. It's not a category you see often when talking about solo games, but there are a few fun ones we've tried (mostly).

• 02:04 Flip Ships (BGG)
• 05:47 Nekojima (BGG)
• 09:50 What Lies Beneath (BGG)
• 12:30 Hunted: Mining Colony 415 (BGG)
• 15:43 Slide Quest (BGG)
• 21:20 Hoverkraft (BGG)
• 25:36 Menara (BGG)
• 31:14 Jenga (BGG) & Clever Girl (RPG Geek)
• 34:55 For Science! (BGG)

This week Julius and I talk about the smaller version of Terraforming Mars. Well, one of the smaller versions. The game is the very lovely love-child of Terraforming Mars & Race for the Galaxy, Ares Expedition. In this game, you are working to make Mars a habitable planet by managing the temperature & oxygen levels while raising oceans. The theme is straight out of Terraforming Mars. However, you do it by choosing actions and playing cards simultaneously, just like Race for the Galaxy.

• Terraforming Mars: Ares Expedition (BGG)
• Terraforming Mars (BGG, Fryx Games)
• Race for the Galaxy (BGG)