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Board Game Barrage

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Frequency: 1 episode/9d. Total Eps: 369

Join Kellen, Neilan, Mark, and Christina for a podcast about board games, the latest hotness, and how to have fun with your friends even when you're losing.

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#370: On Brand

Thursday, September 24, 2026 • Duration 55:01

It's a designer spotlight, which means we're turning the focus away from us, and putting it on some prestigious designers instead! This week it's Inka and Markus Brand, whose story apparently has a whole enemies to lovers angle I did not see coming. Before we power duet, we talk about Party House: The Deckbuilding Game, Land and Freedom: The Spanish Revolution and Civil War, and Baba Is You: The Board Game.

01:50 - Party House: The Deckbuilding Game
06:35 - Land and Freedom: The Spanish Revolution and Civil War
13:03 - Baba Is You: The Board Game
28:53 - Designer spotlight: Inka & Markus Brand
32:10 - Catan
36:58 - The Great Dinosaur Game
37:40 - Village
40:56 - The Enchanted Tower
41:52 - Exit: The Game
46:22 - La Boca

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#369: The Life-Changing Magic of a Minimalist Board Game Collection

Thursday, September 10, 2026 • Duration 55:15

We're downsizing, imagining a brighter future where we don't have hundreds of games to fret about not playing, but a very slight, extremely manageable twenty. Some say it can't be done, but that's never stopped us before. Before we get low, we talk about After you, Betobeto-san, Skull Queen, and Star Trek: Captain's Chair - To Boldly Go.

01:53 - After you, Betobeto-san
09:11 - Skull Queen
17:21 - Star Trek: Captain's Chair - To Boldly Go
28:12 - Minimalist board game collections

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#368: I Will Always Love You

Thursday, August 27, 2026 • Duration 01:04:28

We love a good old game - there are a lot that of games over a decade old that we'd happily sing the praises of, but if we were being brutally honest, how many of them do we think would make it in today's markets? How much have tastes really moved on since these games were in their prime? Before we let nostalgia get the better of us, we talk about I'm Out, Evenglow, and Trials of Maya.

03:08 - I'm Out
09:28 - Evenglow
13:32 - Trials of Maya
29:40 - If old games were released today
31:29 - Pandemic Legacy: Season 1
39:14 - War of the Ring: Second Edition
42:22 - Terraforming Mars
44:30 - Star Wars: Rebellion
46:41 - Twilight Struggle
48:01 - The Castles of Burgundy
50:08 - Through the Ages: A New Story of Civilization
52:37 - Great Western Trail
54:02 - Brass: Lancashire
57:52 - 7 Wonders Duel
59:51 - Scythe

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#367: One vs. Many

Thursday, August 13, 2026 • Duration 58:33

We play a lot of games. Which is great, because a lot of games get made, and we get to play them ... but it does come at the cost of always having to learn (and teach) something new, grappling with rules, and gets in the way of enjoying the game. Would it be better if we just devoted ourselves to one game? Before we join a Mahjong club, we talk about Wingspan Pocket, Greylune, and Marrakesh.

01:53 - Wingspan Pocket
09:16 - Greylune
19:11 - Marrakesh
36:53 - Sticking with one game

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#366: Collaborative Draft: Games of 2017

Thursday, July 30, 2026 • Duration 01:09:46

We're back to collaborate (and listen) to figure out together what the best games of 2017 were. Are? It's a collaborative draft, and if you haven't heard one of these before, get ready for an honest to goodness mess. Before we draw up treaties, we talk about Prosciutto and Melon Game, and Steel Driver.

03:00 - Prosciutto and Melon Game
12:24 - Steel Driver
22:26 - Best games of 2017
25:35 - Calimala
30:48 - Ethnos
34:15 - The Thing: Infection at Outpost 31
39:37 - Nusfjord
42:39 - Sidereal Confluence
46:35 - Startups
48:44 - Codenames: Duet
51:12 - Heaven & Ale
52:51 - The Quest for El Dorado
56:15 - Rumble Nation
58:09 - Azul
1:03:03 - Iberian Gauge
1:04:21 - Cursed Court

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#365: Gen Con 2026 Preview

Thursday, July 16, 2026 • Duration 59:54

Gen Con is Gen Coming, so we're looking in our wizard's glasses to tell you what's what. Whether you're going or not, you're gonna want to know what the hot games are, and we've got you covered. Before we Indianapolize, we talk about Koinobori, Compania, and Mood Swings.

02:32 - Koinobori
09:50 - Compania
19:52 - Mood Swings
25:39 - Gen Con preview
24:57 - Prague Unseen
28:27 - Triangulation
30:24 - All Mine!
32:25 - Hell of a Deal
34:51 - Night at the Zoo
36:22 - Stonk Market
39:45 - Bullseye
41:57 - Jibber Jabble
44:38 - The Lord of the Rings: Circle of Conflict
46:05 - Revenant
48:11 - FaeKin
49:32 - Mythologies
50:18 - World Order
52:28 - Greylune
57:22 - Corps of Discovery Duo

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#364: Mechanism Matchup

Thursday, July 2, 2026 • Duration 01:10:18

There are two board game mechanisms you just can't escape, they're on everyone's mind, flooding the discourse. That's combat, and card draw mitigation. Everyone won't stop talking about them. So we had to weigh in too, not just with what we feel are the best examples of games that have done them best, but some other quirky takes on them too. Before we mitigate our card draws, we talk about Rolling Deep, Eureka!, dnup, and Grinivil.

03:59 - Rolling Deep
15:12 - Eureka!
16:48 - dnup
24:48 - Grinivil
40:10 - Combat mechanisms
41:07 - Kemet
45:00 - Dune
48:40 - Shogun
52:42 - Forbidden Stars
53:51 - Dead Reckoning
54:48 - Gloomhaven
55:12 - Card draw mitigation
56:09 - Dark Pact
57:19 - La Granja
58:26 - Glory to Rome
59:58 - Through the Ages: A New Story of Civilization
1:02:07 - Race for the Galaxy
1:02:57 - 7 Wonders Duel
1:06:28 - The Vale of Eternity

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#363: The Dark Depths of Mailbag

Thursday, June 18, 2026 • Duration 01:00:34

It's been a while since we've plumbed the depths of the bottomless chasm we call "fanmail", so this week we're reaching our hands as far as we can and pulling out some questions that have yet to see the light of say. Before we dig too greedily and too deep, we talk about Politrickers, Marvel Champions: The Card Game, and Banana Governance.

02:19 - Politrickers
10:47 - Marvel Champions: The Card Game
19:13 - Banana Governance
30:33 - Minimum expectations with new players?
40:59 - "Late to the Party" games?
47:19 - Stuff that we're looking forward to!
47:45 - The Danes
56:57 - Purple Haze

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#362: Hot Takes About Board Games

Thursday, June 4, 2026 • Duration 57:58

The people demand takes, so get 'em while they're hot. We're weighing in on some possibly bad, certainly edgy opinions, and deciding where we land (spoiler: we're always right). Before we get heated, we talk about Diplomacy: The Golden Blade, and Cozy Stickerville.

01:46 - Diplomacy: The Golden Blade
12:33 - Cozy Stickerville
25:41 - Hot takes!
26:11 - Co-op games are just single player games with an audience
32:01 - Catch Up mechanics ruin competitive integrity
37:39 - Legacy games are a predatory waste of money
41:22 - If a game takes more than 30 minutes to teach, it's a bad design
45:56 - Player elimination is actually a good mechanism
47:36 - Hidden victory points are a cowardly design choice
51:38 - Gateway games Like Catan or Monopoly should be actively avoided
52:44 - House ruling a game means you bought the wrong game
53:10 - Theme is a myth
54:13 - Kickstarter deluxe editions are actively ruining the hobby

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#361: Collaborative Draft: Games of 2016

Thursday, May 21, 2026 • Duration 01:07:44

We had such fun collaboratively coming up with our definitive Top 50 list back in December, that we've decided to do it again. In the spirit of award season, we're celebrating the games of yesteryear, or yester-ten-years to be precise. It's the definitive best games of 2016, as decided cooperatively by us! Before we come together, we talk about Shady Lady, In the Shadows: Resistance in France 1943 - 1944, and Duel for Cardia.

03:02 - Shady Lady
09:58 - In the Shadows: Resistance in France 1943 - 1944
20:25 - Duel for Cardia
27:12 - Games of 2016
32:28 - Krazy Wordz
35:00 - New Angeles
37:20 - The Oracle of Delphi
39:50 - Great Western Trail
42:06 - Scythe
44:40 - Fuji Flush
46:38 - A Feast for Odin
51:42 - Insider
53:48 - Inis
55:57 - SiXeS

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