The BoardGameGeek Podcast – Details, episodes & analysis

Game designer Matt Leacock joins Candice to discuss board games that make them feel creative.

• 00:00:00 Introduction
  • 00:02:08 Flickering Stars
• 00:05:11 Fresh Plays
  • 00:05:27 Heat: Pedal to the Metal
  • 00:07:30 Pagan: Fate of Roanoke
  • 00:15:16 Quartermaster General: East Front
  • 00:18:43 Call of Kilforth
• 00:28:17 Board Games That Make Us Feel Creative
  • 00:29:33 Poetry for Neanderthals
  • 00:31:35 Canvas Critters
  • 00:34:11 Wilmot's Warehouse
  • 00:39:54 Too Many Bones/The Elder Scrolls: Betrayal of the Second Era 
  • 00:43:22 CATAN
  • 00:45:49 For the Queen
  • 00:50:55 Telestrations
  • 00:54:47 Dixit
    • 00:58:00 Barbarossa
  • 00:58:42 Once Upon a Time
  • 01:01:10 Bonus Mentions (Till the last Gasp, I Guess This Is It, Thousand Year Old Vampire)
• 01:04:11 Sign-off

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Amy from ThinkerThemer joins Candice for a recap of Gen Con '24 and to highlight some special games they played.

• 00:00:00 Introduction
  • 00:06:38 Gen Con '24 Recap
• 00:18:12 Extended Fresh Plays: Gen Con '24
  • 00:18:50 Intarsia
  • 00:24:00 Spectacular
  • 00:33:40 MESOS
  • 00:38:46 Altay: Dawn of Civilization
  • 00:48:43 The Gang
  • 01:00:12 Middle Ages
  • 01:06:46 Comic Hunters
  • 01:20:01 Castle Combo
  • 01:25:21 Chandigarh
  • 01:29:54 Tower Up
  • 01:38:24 NOW!
  • 01:43:13 Seaside
  • 01:48:09 DroPolter
  • 01:52:02 The Elder Scrolls: Betrayal of the Second Era
  • 01:58:48 Lone Wolves
• 02:09:16 Sign-off

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Board game blogger Meeple Lady joins Candice to discuss their favorite board games based on TV shows.

• 00:00:00 Introduction
  • 00:01:19 Circle DC Recap
• 00:09:02 Fresh Plays
  • 00:09:28 Arcs
  • 00:15:19 Dune: Imperium - Uprising
  • 00:29:10 Rafter Five
  • 00:32:44 Flesh and Blood: Round the Table
• 00:44:02 Our Favorite Board Games Based on TV Shows
  • 00:45:37 Clue: The Golden Girls
  • 00:48:08 Narcos: The Board Game
  • 00:54:32 Jarl: The Vikings Tile-Laying Game
  • 00:57:01 Sons of Anarchy: Men of Mayhem
  • 01:04:38 The X-Files: Circle of Truth (re-implementation of Circle the Wagons)
  • 01:09:59 A Game of Thrones: The Board Game (Second Edition)
  • 01:16:02 The Expanse Board Game
  • 01:26:24 Battlestar Galactica: The Board Game
    • 01:32:18 Unfathomable
  • 01:33:44 Star Trek: Ascendancy
  • 01:35:20 Star Trek Discovery: Black Alert
• 01:37:17 Sign-off

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Efka from the No Pun Included joins Candice to discuss games they think should be ranked in BGG's top 100.

• 00:00:00 Introduction
  • 00:03:41 Flesh and Blood Pro Tour LA
  • 00:06:13 Efka,the MTG Tournament Organizer
  • 00:12:11 Worldbreakers
• 00:14:35 Fresh Plays
  • 00:14:50 Earthborne Rangers
    • 00:21:30 Kingdom Death: Monster
  • 00:23:24 Divinity Derby 
    • 00:30:17 Winner's Circle
  • 00:32:14 Arcs
  • 00:38:45 20 Strong (Solar Sentinels, Too Many Bones, Hoplomachus Victorum)
    • 00:53:42 One Deck Galaxy
• 00:56:12 Reshaping BGG's Top 100
  • 00:59:11 Sidereal Confluence
  • 01:04:54 SCOUT
  • 01:07:47 Age of Innovation
  • 01:10:52 Undaunted: Normandy/Undaunted: Stalingrad
  • 01:15:16 Ankh: Gods of Egypt
  • 01:22:01 Tyrants of the Underdark
  • 01:28:39 KLASK
  • 01:35:17 The Great Zimbabwe
  • 01:44:18 Pipeline
  • 01:53:39 Dune
    • 01:58:19 Dune: A Game of Conquest and Diplomacy
• 02:06:00 Sign-off

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Game designer David Thompson joins Candice to discuss their favorite board games for dipping your toes into historical board games.

• 00:00:00 Introduction
  • 00:01:51 Game Updates from David (War Chest: Nightfall, Undaunted 2200: Callisto, War Story Occupied France, Night Witches, and Zheng He)
  • 00:08:10 New GeekUp bits for War Chest & Tash Kalar
  • 00:08:34 The Hobby premiere at SXSW
  • 00:13:14 Cardboard Creations available on podcast platforms
• 00:18:03 Fresh Plays
  • 00:19:13 Mandala
  • 00:24:14 Triqueta + Hidden Wolves expansion
  • 00:30:56 Patterns
  • 00:34:29 Candice is getting back into Lord of the Rings: The Card Game
  • 00:35:33 Sea Salt & Paper
• 00:46:12 Dipping Your Toes into Historical Board Games
  • 00:46:17 What historical games are all about
  • 00:49:29 Why we're passionate about historical games
  • 00:52:19 Our Favorite Introductory Historical Board Games
    • 00:53:31 Candice's Honorable Mentions (Dual Powers: Revolution 1917, Twilight Struggle: Red Sea, Votes for Women, The Red Burnoose: Algeria 1857, Undaunted: Normandy, Valiant Defense Series )
    • 00:58:03 Versailles 1919
    • 01:01:45 Halls of Hegra
    • 01:06:43 The Battle of Versailles
    • 01:11:23 Border Reivers
    • 01:15:46 Stonewall Uprising
    • 01:20:13 Cuba Libre
      • 01:23:37 The British Way
      • 01:25:23 Liberty or Death
    • 01:27:11 Land and Freedom
    • 01:32:29 1815, Scum of the Earth
    • 01:36:32

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Game designer Antoine Bauza joins Candice to discuss their favorite roll-and-write games.

• 00:00:00 Introduction
  • 00:01:17 Captain Flip (PlayPunk)
• 00:04:25 Fresh Plays
  • 00:04:37 My Island
  • 00:06:33 Tyrants of the Underdark
  • 00:11:56 The White Castle
  • 00:15:33 Dinosaur Gauge
• 00:26:40 Roll-and-Write Games We Love
  • 00:27:01 What roll-and-write games are all about
  • 00:32:11 Roll Through the Ages
  • 00:34:29 That's Pretty Clever! (Ganz schön clever)
  • 00:38:11 Qwixx
  • 00:41:08 House of Cats
  • 00:47:01 Super-Skill Pinball: 4-Cade
  • 00:51:56 Trek 12
  • 00:55:07 Vengeance: Roll & Fight
  • 01:01:08 Qwinto
  • 01:04:10 Divvy Dice (Man muss auch gönnen können)
  • 01:10:13 Other roll-and-writes Candice wants to try (Twilight Inscription, Fleet: The Dice Game, Long Shot: The Dice Game)
• 01:13:42 Sign-off

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Stella from the Meeple University YouTube channel joins Candice to talk dragons, and geek out about game designer Alexander Pfister and their favorites of his games.

• 00:00:00 Introduction
  • 00:03:21 Random Spider Encounters (not a game!)
• 00:08:19 Fresh Plays
  • 00:08:43 Wyrmspan (Wingspan reimplementation)
    • 00:14:46 Apiary (Cardboard Creations)
  • 00:17:06 Pax Illuminaten
  • 00:36:53 Heroes of Might & Magic III: The Board Game
  • 00:47:29 Dragonkeepers
  • 01:00:13 Quick KeyForge Update (KeyForge Public Radio & Help From Future Self podcast appearances)
• 01:03:12 Designer Spotlight: Alexander Pfister 
  • 01:03:33 The Pfister Pformula
  • 01:13:09 His Heavier Games (Mombasa/Skymines, Great Western Trail, Blackout: Hong Kong, Maracaibo, Boonlake)
  • 01:20:12 His Midweight Games (Pirates of Maracaibo, CloudAge)
  • 01:25:40 His Lighter Games (Port Royal, Port Royal: The Dice Game, Broom Service, Isle of Skye, Tybor the Builder, Oh My Goods!, Expedition to Newdale, Monster Expedition)
  • 01:38:02 Freibeuter der Karibik
  • 01:39:58 Our Favorite Alexander Pfister Games
    • 01:40:22 Pirates of Maracaibo + Maracaibo
    • 01:44:18 Skymines

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Taylor Reiner from  the Taylor’s Trick-Taking Table YouTube channel joins Candice to discuss complexity in trick-taking games, as well as a variety of card games they played recently at a gaming event focused on trick-taking games. 

• 00:00:00 Introduction
  • 00:02:10 Taylor's Experience at Tokyo Game Market 
    • 00:03:52 Short Zoot Suit 
• 00:10:20 Fresh Plays
  • 00:10:41 Maze Makers
  • 00:15:05 Mindbug: First Contact
  • 00:20:29 Lines of Action
  • 00:23:42 Last Message
• 00:34:26 Complexity in Trick-Taking Games
  • 00:45:03 Lighter trick-taking games (Whist, Boast or Nothing, Hearts, The Crew)
• 00:49:27 Trick-Taking Games on Our Minds  
  • 00:51:08 The Kakapo: Buddy & Party
  • 00:56:22 Makai Fuda
  • 01:04:25 LOOP
  • 01:11:20 Trick Raiders
  • 01:20:07 Baronda
  • 01:25:12 Sumida River
  • 01:34:22 Iyadosu
  • 01:36:15 Extreme Tricks
  • 01:47:37 Tichu
  • 01:51:28 La bâtarde
• 02:09:23 Sign-off

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Elaine from the No Pun Included joins Candice to discuss games they're looking forward to in 2024. 

• 00:00:00 Introduction
  • 00:07:12 New Year's Resolutions
• 00:14:10 Fresh Plays
  • 00:14:33 Sleeping Gods: Distant Skies
  • 00:20:32 Freelancers: A Crossroads Game
  • 00:29:52 Spots
  • 00:35:13 Cyberion
• 00:48:22 2024 Releases on Our Radars
  • 00:50:11 Honorable Mentions (The Elder Scrolls: Betrayal of the Second Era + KeyForge: Grim Reminders)
  • 00:52:19 Molly House
  • 01:04:05 Ironwood
  • 01:09:07 Tycoon: India 1981
  • 01:15:01 Rock Hard: 1977
  • 01:18:06 Pax Penning
  • 01:24:01 Red Dust Rebellion (All Bridges Burning, and How GMT’s COIN Series Captured My Heart)
  • 01:37:05 Undergrove
  • 01:42:24 Gaia Project: The Lost Fleet
  • 01:47:01 The Morrison Game Factory
  • 01:51:30 Arcs
• 01:57:23 Sign-off

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Jess Cassady (Boardgame Girl/Heavy Cardboard) joins Candice to wrap up 2023 with a lovely chat about their favorite games of the year.

• 00:00:00 Introduction
• 00:05:50 Fresh Plays
  • 00:06:11 Sidereal Confluence
  • 00:13:30 Dealt! (Krass Kariert)
  • 00:18:08 Spicy
  • 00:24:28 Galactic Cruise
  • 00:31:00 Doubt Is Our Product
• 00:45:40 Our Favorite Games of 2023
  • 00:46:20 Favorite “New to Me” Games
    • 00:47:20 Packen Wir's!
    • 00:51:15 Die Mauer
    • 00:53:40 Minigolf Designer
    • 00:56:31 Fluxx: The Board Game
    • 00:59:24 Robotrick
    • 01:01:01 Nemesis
    • 01:04:31 KeyForge
    • 01:05:09 The Rich and the Good, Battlecrest, Cerebria, Revive
  • 01:05:59 2023 Games We Still Need to Play
    • 01:06:20 Septima, Charcuterie, Rafter Five, Dro Polter
    • 01:10:57 Too Many Bones: Unbreakable, Dune: Imperium Uprising, Earthborne Rangers
  • 01:13:31 Our Favorite 5 and Top 10  Games of 2023
    • 01:16:38 Jess's #5 
    • 01:20:02 Candice’s #10
    • 01:25:35 Candice’s #9
    • 01:27:11 Jess’s #4
    • 01:31:38 Candice’s #8
    • 01:33:40 Candice’s #7
    • 01:34:54 Jess’s #3
    • 01:38:37 Candice’s #6
    • 01:42:07 Candice’s #5
    • 01:44:46 Jess’s #2
    • 01:50:09 Candice’s #4
    • 01:52:28 Candice’s #3
    • 01:53:49 Jess's #1
    • 01:59:17 Candice’s #2
    • 02:01:31

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