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Fortnightly casual conversations with passionate gamers who geek out about board games, the mechanisms behind them, and the people who create them.
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Episode 81: Jay Bernardo, Talk Conventions + Games by Asian Publishers / Designers
vendredi 7 novembre 2025 • Duration 54:51
Jay Bernardo is back to talk about conventions we go to and games from Asian Publishers / Designers. Please note that this episode was recorded before Spiel 2025 but released after Spiel 2025.
- Introduction - Jay Bernardo
- Anticipation for Essen and other Board Game Conventions we go to
- Exploring Asian Board Games (Amanda talks about 5 of her favorite games from Asian publishers / designers and Jay talks about 5 games that were recently fulfilled from crowdfunding that are from Asian publishers/ designers.)
- Cat Rescue (and Cat Sudoku)
- Sweet Lands
- Wok and Roll
- Jisogi: Anime Studio Tycoon
- Scout (and Revolve!)
- Shallow Sea
- Remember Our Trip
- Snow Planner
- Steam Up: A Feast of Dim Sum (and Moon Bunny)
- Grow Sky
- Celebrating Achievements: Moments of Wow / Joy or Bright Spots (Let us know in the comments what the name of this segment should be.)
- Where to find Jay
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/cardboardeast
- https://linktr.ee/cardboardeast
- Playte Video: https://youtu.be/fF_EegbJjz8?si=swkE0msHi2NhAJ5S
- Spiel 2025 Preview: https://youtu.be/uvtdiN8HBgo?si=KQdwHb33iwaIhTbN
- Outro
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Web: https://boardgamegeek.com/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@boardgamegeek
Twitter: https://twitter.com/BoardGameGeek
Email: podcast@boardgamegeek.com
Episode 80: John D. Clair, Card Crafting & Deckbuilders
vendredi 24 octobre 2025 • Duration 01:07:00
Amanda Panda is excited to host John D. Clair, who shares insights about his upcoming game, Mystic Lands, launching soon on Kickstarter. Together, they also highlight their favorite deck-building games. Check it out!
- Introduction
- Amanda welcomes John D. Clair to the podcast
- John talks about card crafting and and how he came to develop it
- Inspiration for card crafting and being inspired by game components
- Kinetic design and how he uses it to solve ideas in his games
- How he works on multiple game designs and the same time
- They talk about Mystic Lands a stand alone sequel to Mystic Vale
- Mystic Lands comes to Kickstarter in November 2025
- Challenges for Mystic Lands art direction with card crafting
- Ramping up the customization of your deck with an additional layer
- Challenges of foreground and background art in card crafting
- Changes to the game that differentiate it from Mystic Vale
- Expansions and when John develops them
- Deckbuilding
- John - Hexarchy a Digital 4X Civilization Deckbuilder from Main Tank Software
- Amanda - Star Realms from Wize Wizard Games
- John & Amanda - Shards of Infinty from Stone Blade Entertainment
- John - Dominion from Rio Grande Games
- Amanda - Mystic Vale from AEG
- John - Dune Imperium from Dire Wolf
- Amanda - Clank (In Space) from Dire Wolf
- John - War Chest from AEG
- John - Eminent Domain from Tasty Minstrel Games
- Amanda - Lost Ruins of Arnak from Czech Games Edition
- Amanda - Orléans from Capstone Games
- Where can you find us next?
- Sign off
Live Stream Schedule: https://boardgamegeek.com/live
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Web: https://boardgamegeek.com/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@boardgamegeek
Twitter: https://twitter.com/BoardGameGeek
Email: podcast@boardgamegeek.com
Episode 71: "Thematic" Abstract Strategy Games for 2 Players, with Ruel Gaviola
Episode 71
vendredi 20 juin 2025 • Duration 01:25:44
Ruel Gaviola joins Candice to discuss abstract strategy board games with a hint of theme, that play well with 2 players.
- 00:00:00 Introduction
- 00:01:51 LFG Con
- 00:07:03 Ticket to Ride 20th Anniversary video
- 00:09:42 Fresh Plays
- 00:09:59 Conservas
- 00:13:16 Hot Streak
- 00:20:15 Hits & Outs (Baseball Highlights: 2045, Kaosball)
- 00:25:44 Typeset
- 00:30:04 Chakra
- 00:37:44 Coloretto
- 00:39:22 Abstract Strategy Games w/ a Hint of Theme for 2 Players
- 00:44:05 DONUTS
- 00:48:08 Ironwood
- 00:51:32 Miyabi
- 00:54:24 Tash Kalar
- 00:57:48 Azul
- 01:00:44 War Chest
- 01:04:38 Spirits of the Wild
- 01:06:53 Toy Battle
- 01:10:42 Samurai
- 01:14:03 Mythic Mischief
- 01:17:34 Santorini
- 01:20:34 Bonus Mentions (Summoner Wars, Project L, Leaders)
- 01:23:27 Sign-off
You can flip your game night by picking up DNUP.
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Web: https://boardgamegeek.com/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@boardgamegeek
Twitter: https://twitter.com/BoardGameGeek
Email: podcast@boardgamegeek.com
Episode 70: Unexpected Hits, with Eric from What’s Eric Playing
Episode 70
vendredi 6 juin 2025 • Duration 01:03:01
Eric Yurko joins Candice to discuss board games that were unexpected hits.
- 00:00:00 Introduction
- 00:01:46 Video Games?!
- 00:06:20 Life Beyond Board Games Podcast + Table Scraps
- 00:08:57 BGG.Spring Highlights (Dogs of War, Guards of Atlantis II, Presages)
- 00:17:15 Fresh Plays
- 00:17:31 Zenith
- 00:20:20 Scream Park
- 00:24:44 Rivages
- 00:28:06 Clash of Clans: The Epic Raid
- 00:35:45 Unexpected Hits
- 00:37:24 The Shipwreck Arcana
- 00:40:02 Stomp the Plank
- 00:43:05 Cat Sudoku: Summer Festival
- 00:44:22 Decorum
- 00:46:22 Nine Tiles Panic
- 00:47:46 Inheritors
- 00:49:46 Turing Machine
- 00:51:18 Polynesia
- 00:54:44 Obsession
- 00:56:25 Tower Up
- 01:00:48 Sign-off
Thank you to our sponsor, Rebel Studio!
You can flip your game night by picking up DNUP.
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Web: https://boardgamegeek.com/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@boardgamegeek
Twitter: https://twitter.com/BoardGameGeek
Email: podcast@boardgamegeek.com
Episode 69: Extended Fresh Plays: Paris-Étourvy, with Pénélope from Penelope Gaming
Episode 69
samedi 24 mai 2025 • Duration 01:55:30
Pénélope from Penelope Gaming joins Candice to discuss board games that they enjoyed in Paris and Étourvy.
- 00:00:00 Introduction
- 00:02:18 Penelope Gaming + Festival International des Jeux - Cannes
- 00:08:09 Fun in France!
- 00:15:46 Extended Fresh Plays
- 00:17:54 Zenith
- 00:24:10 Revolve!
- 00:29:54 CVLT
- 00:35:40 Stupor Mundi
- 00:43:49 Take Time
- 00:49:29 Tir Na Nog
- 00:56:40 Map Masters
- 01:02:09 Toy Battle
- 01:13:15 Behind
- 01:17:32 Star Wars: Battle of Hoth
- 01:19:52 Hues & Cues
- 01:22:53 Treasure of the Dwarves
- 01:26:54 Quick Mentions (We Need to Talk, Looping Louie, Stomp the Plank, Detective Club)
- 01:28:14 DaDaDa
- 01:30:58 Ticket to Ride 20th Anniversary in Paris
- 01:36:20 Presages
- 01:42:40 Odin
- 01:53:14 Sign-off
Thank you to our sponsor, Lookout Games!
You can flip your game night by picking up DNUP.
https://www.dnup.game/en/
Register for Brave & Bold Learn-to-play events at Gen Con
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Web: https://boardgamegeek.com/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@boardgamegeek
Twitter: https://twitter.com/BoardGameGeek
Email: podcast@boardgamegeek.com
Episode 68: Heavy Games: When the Juice is Worth the Squeeze, with Edward from Heavy Cardboard
Episode 68
vendredi 9 mai 2025 • Duration 01:57:53
Edward from Heavy Cardboard joins Candice to discuss the appeal of heavy board games, the ones they've been diggin, and the ones where the juice is worth the squeeze.
- 00:00:00 Introduction
- 00:15:38 Fresh Plays
- 00:16:35 Ayar: Children of the Sun
- 00:25:38 Cosmic Frog
- 00:31:54 Speakeasy
- 00:40:23 Dungeon Degenerates
- 00:54:25 Heavy Games: When the Juice is Worth the Squeeze
- 00:56:15 The Heaviness in Board Games
- 01:16:59 Age of Steam
- 01:22:22 Leaving Earth
- 01:26:20 Crystal Palace
- 01:30:52 Black Rose Wars: Rebirth + Age of Innovation
- 01:34:04 Stress Botics: Odyssey
- 01:40:25 Feudum
- 01:42:53 Edward's List of Games Worth the Squeeze (Stress Botics Odyssey, Age of Steam, Antiquity, Pax Transhumanity, Reef Encounter, Weimar: The Fight for Democracy, Tales of the Northlands: The Sagas of Noggin the Nog, Mr. President, Die Macher, John Company, Dilluvia Project, The Colonists, For-Ex, Sekigahara)
- 01:46:24 Candice's List of Games Worth the Squeeze (Feudum, Too Many Bones, Spirit Island, Mage Knight, COIN & ICS series, War of the Ring: Second Edition, TI4, Cerebria, Here I Stand, Fields of Fire)
- 01:51:08 D-Day at Omaha Beach
- 01:55:38 Sign-off
Thank you to our sponsor, CATAN Studio!
You can flip your game night by picking up DNUP.
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Register for Brave & Bold Learn-to-play events at Gen Con
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Web: https://boardgamegeek.com/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@boardgamegeek
Twitter: https://twitter.com/BoardGameGeek
Email: podcast@boardgamegeek.com
Episode 67: Game Market West + Indie Games Appreciation, with Johnny Chin
Episode 67
vendredi 25 avril 2025 • Duration 01:32:35
Game Designer Johnny Chin joins Candice to discuss Game Market West and a variety of indie board games.
- 00:00:00 Introduction
- 00:07:12 Fresh Plays
- 00:07:28 My Favourite Things
- 00:11:10 Alice is Missing
- 00:20:21 Mot Coin (Cryptrick & Trick and Trade)
- 00:27:53 Libertalia: Winds of Galecrest
- 00:37:16 Game Market West + Indie Games Appreciation
- 00:46:25 Golpher
- 00:49:23 Kansas City: Trick-taking Game
- 00:53:06 We Need to Talk
- 00:58:02 Oishii: Food Stall Clash (Hotpot Havoc)
- 01:02:28 Trickarus
- 01:07:42 Juven Isle
- 01:11:06 Tag You're It!
- 01:18:49 Dungeon Post
- 01:21:08 FUCAZUL! + Spring Cleaning/Haunted Mouse
- 01:25:08 Matcha
- 01:30:18 Sign-off
Thank you to our sponsor, Lookout Games!
You can flip your game night by picking up DNUP.
https://www.dnup.game/en/
Register for Brave & Bold Learn-to-play events at Gen Con
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Web: https://boardgamegeek.com/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@boardgamegeek
Twitter: https://twitter.com/BoardGameGeek
Email: podcast@boardgamegeek.com
Episode 66: Awesome Board Games for 6 Players, with Jamie from Foster the Meeple
Episode 66
samedi 12 avril 2025 • Duration 02:12:13
Jamie from Foster the Meeple joins Candice to discuss some of their favorite board games to play with 6 players.
- 00:00:00 Introduction
- 00:01:22 Foster the Game-a-thon
- 00:06:46 Circle DC
- 00:14:21 Fresh Plays
- 00:15:18 Crafting the Cosmos
- 00:22:43 Argent: the Consortium
- 00:36:49 Silver Fang
- 00:43:32 Molly House
- 00:59:22 Grunling: Fantastic Fruit
- 01:02:16 Awesome Board Games for 6 Players
- 01:03:18 Deception: Murder in Hong Kong
- 01:08:01 Lovestruck
- 01:11:10 Dune: Imperium - Uprising + Dune
- 01:15:19 Camel Up (Second Edition)
- 01:19:41 Border Reivers
- 01:23:07 Leaping Lemmings
- 01:24:56 Challengers!
- 01:30:06 Sidereal Confluence
- 01:33:52 Awkward Guests
- 01:37:57 Dûhr: The Lesser Houses
- 01:49:33 Cursed Court
- 01:55:56 Guards of Atlantis II
- 02:09:54 Sign-off
Thank you to our sponsor, Lookout Games!
You can flip your game night by picking up DNUP.
https://www.dnup.game/en/
Register for Brave & Bold Learn-to-play events at Gen Con
https://resurrection.games/products/brave-bold-bag-building-combat-game?variant=48030270587112&UTM_medium=referral&UTM_source=bggpodcast&UTM_campaign=gencon26
Web: https://boardgamegeek.com/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@boardgamegeek
Twitter: https://twitter.com/BoardGameGeek
Email: podcast@boardgamegeek.com
Episode 65: Midweight Euro Games We Love, with Ben from Five Games For Doomsday
vendredi 28 mars 2025 • Duration 02:09:10
Ben from Five Games For Doomsday joins Candice to discuss some of their favorite midweight euro games.
- 00:00:00 Introduction
- 00:01:34 Five Games for Doomsday
- 00:10:45 Fresh Plays
- 00:12:15 Fellowship of the Ring: Trick-Taking Game
- 00:16:58 Tip of the Diceberg
- 00:27:13 Tricky Time Crisis
- 00:32:42 Skull Queen
- 00:40:21 Board Game Burnout, Black Rose Wars: Rebirth, & Cold Teaches
- 00:56:24 Midweight Euro Games We Love
- 01:03:35 Fresco
- 01:07:27 Pirates of Maracaibo + GWT: El Paso
- 01:14:27 Lancaster
- 01:18:44 IKI
- 01:26:21 Nusfjord
- 01:29:20 Whistle Mountain
- 01:37:32 Hansa Teutonica
- 01:41:46 River of Gold
- 01:53:13 Concordia
- 01:59:07 Bonus Mentions (Windmill Valley, The Artemis Project, Galileo Galilei, Shakespeare, Lewis & Clark, Glass Road, Spyrium, Castles of Burgundy, Heaven & Ale)
- 02:06:54 Sign-off
Thank you to our sponsor, CATAN Studio!
You can flip your game night by picking up DNUP.
https://www.dnup.game/en/
Register for Brave & Bold Learn-to-play events at Gen Con
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Web: https://boardgamegeek.com/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@boardgamegeek
Twitter: https://twitter.com/BoardGameGeek
Email: podcast@boardgamegeek.com
Episode 64: Cozy Games We Love, with Jenna from The Board Game Garden
Episode 64
vendredi 14 mars 2025 • Duration 01:37:40
Jenna from The Board Game Garden joins Candice to discuss some of their favorite cozy games.
- 00:00:00 Introduction
- 00:05:36 Fresh Plays
- 00:06:06 Raiders of Scythia
- 00:12:02 Whistle Mountain
- 00:24:58 Reforest
- 00:30:57 Black Rose Wars: Rebirth
- 00:48:16 Cozy Games We Love
- 00:52:30 Mind Space
- 00:55:40 Finding Calm
- 00:56:44 River Valley Glassworks
- 00:58:17 A Gentle Rain
- 01:00:33 Rivages
- 01:04:31 Patchwork
- 01:06:55 Creature Comforts
- 01:08:48 Chakra
- 01:13:10 Nusfjord
- 01:15:28 Le Havre
- 01:17:17 Tangram City
- 01:20:50 Beer & Bread
- 01:21:32 Hamlet: The Village Building Game
- 01:22:33 Fountains
- 01:23:15 Conservas
- 01:27:33 Bonus Mentions (Flamecraft, Everdell, Meadow, Lands of Galzyr, Tokaido, Let's Go to Japan, Three Sisters, Fleet: The Dice Game, Coffee Roaster, Café, Harmonies, Paupers' Ladder)
- 00:52:30 Mind Space
- 01:35:23 Sign-off
Thank you to our sponsor, Next Move Games!
You can flip your game night by picking up DNUP.
https://www.dnup.game/en/
Register for Brave & Bold Learn-to-play events at Gen Con
https://resurrection.games/products/brave-bold-bag-building-combat-game?variant=48030270587112&UTM_medium=referral&UTM_source=bggpodcast&UTM_campaign=gencon26
Web: https://boardgamegeek.com/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@boardgamegeek
Twitter: https://twitter.com/BoardGameGeek
Email: podcast@boardgamegeek.com
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