Bitewing Games Podcast – Details, episodes & analysis

Joe (Allplay) and Nick (Bitewing Games) look back on 2025 and share their Top 10 Highlights of the Year as publishers and gamers.

Check out the Kickstarter for Gold Country and Totally Human.

Check out the Kickstarter for Mountain Goats: Legacy and Enchanted Ivy.

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Nick shares 20 of his most anticipated board games of 2026!

Check out the Kickstarter for Gold Country and Totally Human here.

Preorder Moytura and Azure here.

Nick shares his 1st impressions of 5 new board games:

0:42 - Agent Avenue

5:13 - Altay: Dawn of Civilization

8:50 - The Fellowship of the Ring: Trick-Taking Game

12:34 - Nova Era

18:20 - SETI: Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence

Nick is coming to find that being a Reiner Knizia fan is much like being a fan of eating.  You're constantly hungry for more, and there's always new & exciting flavors to explore.  Today we'll sandwich Nidavellir between these hunks of Reiner bread as Nick shares his first impressions of the following:

0:56 - Whale Riders (the board game)
4:35 - Whale Riders: The Card Game
7:44 - Modern Art Card Game
10:12 - Nidavellir
13:09 - Royal Visit
16:08 - Yellow & Yangtze

Nick shares his insights and observations on Kickstarter board game bundles as Bitewing Games prepares their own bundle.  This episode will be particularly engaging for those who are interested or involved in the creation of board games (publishing, designing, etc.), so if you'd rather just skip to the big Reiner Knizia news then feel free to jump to 13:16 in the episode!

Nick is joined by his lovely wife, Camille, as they discuss their top 10 board games to play together.  Whether you have a SO, a friend, or a stranger willing to play a 2-player game with you, we think you'll find some killer suggestions within this discussion.

1:29 - Meet Camille
5:57 - About this list
7:53 - Cami's 1st pick
11:29 - Nick's Best Huge Sprawling Game
16:29 - Cami's favorite no brain required game & Nick's Most Prized Possession
20:46 - Nick's Best Cooperative Game
23:43 - Cami's next polyomino pick
25:08 - Nick's Most Addictive Game
28:48 - Cami's Chess-style preference
30:43 - Nick's Most Polarizing Game
34:43 - Cami's go-to card game
37:08 - Nick's Best Non-Confrontational Game
40:31 - Cami & Nick's Endlessly Entertaining Pick
44:17 - Nick's Best AP-Inducing Game(s) + Cami's similar alternative
50:13 - Cami's favorite classic
53:21 - Nick's Old Reliable Choice
56:03 - Cami's final pick
59:00 - Nick & Cami's Favorite New Game
1:06:11 - An exciting upcoming reveal... (Click here to follow along)

It's time for us to come clean and face the truth.... the best hobby is, in fact, tabletop gaming. Nick shares 10 reasons why! 

Let’s talk about the games that are leaving or entering my collection, and why!  For “surge” games, I’ll stick with titles that are not recent releases as I already cover those in my monthly New Release 1st Impressions series.

0:40 - PURGING Chill Vacation Games: PARKS & Tokaido
1:56 - SURGING The Knizian Flood: Ingenious, Yellow & Yangtze, Quo Vadis?
5:00 - PURGING Roll & Writes: Railroad Ink, Welcome To, On Tour
6:08 - SURGING Train Games: Age of Steam maps, Stephenson's Rocket expansion, Chicago Express
8:58 - PURGING Classics: Catan, Dixit, Clank!, Sushi Go!, Deep Sea Adventure
12:47 - SURGING Other Classics: Agricola, Bohnanza, Keyflower
14:16 - PURGING Old Friends: Dice Throne, Dragon Castle, Aerion

With some hot games getting a second print run and others making their initial splash, I've been able to try a fresh handful of new releases.  It's that time again to get candid with the cardboard by sharing my first impressions...

0:45 - The Search for Planet X
3:31 - Red Rising
9:57 - Blitzkrieg Nippon Expansion
12:36 - Railroad Ink Challenge (Lush Green and Shining Yellow Editions)
15:30 - Barrage
17:50 - How you can simultaneously support Bitewing Games and acquire 3 killer card games!

Welcome back to my Top 50 Board Games of All Time!  If you missed part 1 of this post, then head on over and check out games 50-26.  Today, we'll be finishing things out by discussing games 25-1.  That's right, the cream of the cream of the crop...