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July 3, 2023 55 mins
Shake Box. Shakey Boy Box. Randomness Plunger. Infinite Input Randomness Generator. What the hell do we call this thing?

Today we're reviewing Shake that City, the new city building game published by AEG with a box like no other. Nearly without fail, it produces a three-by-three grid of colored cubes to lay onto your city board. Does this box make a game? Come find out.

Along those lines, we discuss different design elements that engender input randomness.

Join us in the conversation on discord: https://tinyurl.com/2wood4wheat

Ask us a question at TwoWoodForAWheat@gmail.com

Leave us a review on Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/two-wood-for-a-wheat/id1447901771

Read Tony's blog: https://boardgamegeek.com/user/maxlongstreet/blogs

Thanks to God Street Wine for our intro and outro music: https://www.facebook.com/GodStreetWine/

00:04:26 Frosthaven
00:05:29 War of the Ring: The Card Game
00:07:46 Just One
00:08:19 Concept
00:09:36 FEATURE REVIEW Shake that City
00:15:04 Tiny Towns
00:27:33 Calico
00:23:19 Tiny Towns
00:24:24 Planet Unknown
00:26:39 FEATURE DISCUSSION Design Elements that Engender Input Randomness
00:30:09 Amerigo
00:30:50 Race for the Galaxy
00:31:14 7 Wonders, It's a Wonderful World
00:33:28 War of the Ring: The Card Game
00:35:34 Underwater Cities, Woodcraft
00:36:15 Agricola
00:40:59 Tyrants of the Underdark, Dominion
00:41:16 Shakespeare
00:42:52 Lorenzo il Magnifico
00:43:37 Race for the Galaxy, Ark Nova
00:44:49 Terraforming Mars
00:46:00 Quacks of Quedlinberg, Orleans, Wonderland's War
00:47:51 7 Wonders: Duel
00:51:21 Argent the Consortium, It's a Wonderful Kingdom, Acquire
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