Category Archives: Podcast Episode

In Episode 47 we discuss our picks for the top 5 board games expansions! Tim, Chris, and Adam list off our picks for the best expansions of all time.  We discuss how we feel about expansions, why publishers might release expansions, and why these are our picks for the best expansions. Timestamps:00:00 Introduction00:49 Poll: FavoriteContinue reading “Top 5 Board Game Expansions”

In Episode 46 we provide our hot take review of Kemet: Blood and Sand covering the mechanisms, the production, exciting moments in play, and our overall feelings of the game.  We also discuss our favorite places to play board games and discuss poll results around this topic. Chris provides a recipe for a Kemet: BloodContinue reading “Kemet: Blood and Sand”

In Episode 45 we provide our hot take review of Power Grid covering the mechanisms, the production, exciting moments in play, and our overall feelings of the game.  We also discuss board game collection sizes and some of the thoughts our listeners have about their board game collections. We also discuss some games we’ve beenContinue reading “Power Grid”

In Episode 44 we provide our hot take review of Carpe Diem covering the mechanisms, the production, exciting moments in play, and our overall feelings of the game.  We also discuss why dry euro games may not fit for us all and compare Carpe Diem to Stefan Feld’s most popular game with some similar mechanisms:Continue reading “Carpe Diem”

In Episode 43 we discuss our picks for the top 10 board games OF ALL TIME! Tim, Chris, and Adam list off our picks for the best games of all time.  We discuss how we made those picks and if there were any surprises to us on our lists. Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction 01:30 How weContinue reading “Top 100 Board Games of All Time”

In Episode 42 we provide our hot take review of Rap Godz covering the mechanisms, the production, exciting moments in play, and our overall feelings of the game. We also discuss some games we’ve been playing including Dice Throne, Doughnut Drive-Thru and Terraforming Mars and some games we’re excited about including Paperback Adventures and AuZtralia.Continue reading “Rap Godz”

In Episode 41 we provide our hot take review of Lost Ruins of Arnak covering the mechanisms, the production, exciting moments in play, and our overall feelings of the game.  We briefly compare Lost Ruins of Arnak and Dune: Imperium to let you know which of these deck building/worker placement games we recommend. We alsoContinue reading “Lost Ruins of Arnak”

In Episode 40 we provide our hot take review of AuZtralia covering the mechanisms, the production, exciting moments in play, and our overall feelings of the game. We also discuss some games we’ve been playing including Kemet: Blood and Sand and Lost Ruins of Arnak and some games we’re excited about including an expansion toContinue reading “AuZtralia”

In Episode 39 we discuss house rules and fan variants in board games.  We talk about why people may use them, how we feel about that, and what games we’ve house ruled with some notable examples including Orleans, Wingspan, Scythe, Castles of Burgundy, Eclipse: 2nd Dawn for the Galaxy, Dune: Imperium, My Little Scythe, DiceContinue reading “House Rules and Variants”

In Episode 38 we discuss the top 10 games on boardgamegeek.com.   We talk about whether we’ve played them, whether we want to, and how we’ve rated the best games of all time according to BGG user ratings.  We also discuss some games that we think might make a run for the top 10. Timestamps:00:00Continue reading “BGG Top 10”