The BoardGameGeek Podcast

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Bi-weekly 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 58: Exploring Adventure Games, with Alex from BoardGameCo
Alex from BoardGameCo joins Candice to discuss a variety of adventure games and why they find them so appealing.00:00:00 Introduction00:01:40 PAX Unplugged Highlights (Great Western Trail: El Paso, Azul Duel, Crafting the Cosmos)00:09:10 Fresh Plays00:09:48 Arydia: The Paths We Dare Tread00:14:43 Re;Act - The Arts of War 00:22:57 Unconscious Mind00:27:38 Star Trek: Ascendancy00:33:58 A Gentle Rain00:36:40 Exploring Adventure Games00:44:43 Kingdom Death: Monster00:46:55 Oathsworn00:48:28 Vagrantsong00:49:48 Primal: The Awakening00:52:54 Rogue Dungeon, Mini Rogue00:54:11 Mage Knight, Gloomhaven, Frosthaven00:55:20 Cthulhu: Death May Die01:00:55 Iron Helm01:02:30 Fateforge01:05:12 Agemonia01:07:40 Call of Kilforth01:09:11 Kreel Manor01:15:02 Thorgal01:15:48 Dragons Down01:17:22 Unsettled01:19:12 Purple Haze01:20:14 The Witcher: Old World01:22:10 Arydia: The Paths We Dare Tread01:22:28 Dungeon Degenerates, Fallen Land, Earthborne Rangers, The 7th Citadel, Paupers' Ladder, Tamashii01:24:55 Rise of Moloch, Lands of Galzyr, Tales of the Arthurian Knights, Elder Scrolls, 20 Strong, Shadows of Malice, S.T.A.L.K.E.R., Slay the Spire, Robinson Crusoe01:29:07 Sign-offThank you to our sponsor, Atomic Mass Games!Web: https://boardgamegeek.com/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@boardgamegeekTwitter: https://twitter.com/BoardGameGeekEmail: [email protected]
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Episode 57: Travel-Friendly Games We Love, with Rolling Reggie
Rolling Reggie joins Candice to discuss a variety of board and card games that are great for traveling.00:00:00 Introduction00:05:00 Fresh Plays00:05:17 Favor: Gods of Oethera00:11:44 Star Wars: The Deckbuilding Game00:22:26 Tapple00:26:46 Concordia: Solitaria00:41:42 Travel-Friendly Games We Love00:44:29 IOTA00:46:34 nana (Trio)00:49:30 Sardegna00:58:58 Silver & Gold01:04:34 Age of Civilization + Age of Galaxy01:07:54 Knarr01:14:03 RNSM01:20:31 Skulls of Sedlec, Tussie Mussie, Food Chain Island, Forest Sky01:26:33 Deep Sea Adventure01:34:53 Coloretto01:40:28 Seaside01:44:33 Honorable Mentions (Insider, Sea Salt & Paper, The Crew: Mission Deep Sea, Pax Transhumanity, The Shipwreck Arcana, Mini Rogue)01:47:58 Sign-offThank you to our sponsor, Fantasy Flight Games! Web: https://boardgamegeek.com/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@boardgamegeekTwitter: https://twitter.com/BoardGameGeekEmail: [email protected]
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Episode 56: BGG.CON ‘24 + BGG Holiday Gift Guide, with Steph Hodge
Steph Hodge from All the Meeples of the Rainbow joins Candice to discuss the 2024 BGG Holiday Gift Guide games, and games they played at BGG.CON 2024.00:00:00 Introduction00:05:49 Fresh Plays (BGG.CON '24)00:06:12 Civolution00:10:57 Pax Porfiriana00:21:35 Greenland00:25:22 Tales of the Arthurian Knights00:32:44 War of the Ring00:39:14 Sweet Lands00:43:05 Trick-Taking Games!00:43:25 Kansas City: The Trick-Taking Game00:45:25 BLOT00:49:48 FUCAZUL!00:51:29 Boo!00:52:13 Seas of Strife00:53:33 Mu & more: Revised edition00:56:29 Thorgal: The Board Game01:00:09 Décorum01:05:13 Endeavor: Deep Sea01:09:52 Katmai: The Bears of Brooks River01:16:58 What the Fog?! + Things in Rings01:18:24 The 2024 BGG Holiday Gift Guide Games01:18:33 Family and New Gamers (Castle Combo, Hamster Roll, Magic Maze Tower)01:21:44 Modern Classics (Cascadia, Earth, Wingspan)01:22:47 Stocking Stuffers (Confusing Lands, Lure, Seers Catalog)01:27:12 Kids Games (Animal Upon Animal, My First Adventure: Journey to Ochre Land, Ziggurat, Monkey Palace)01:30:25 Party Games (Adventure Party: The Role-Playing Party Game, DaDaDa, The Gang)01:37:07 Solo Games (Gloomhaven: Jaws of the Lion, Legacy of Yu, Sherlock Solitaire)01:38:54 Candice's Bonus Mentions (Aqua ROVE, For Northwood!, Kreel Manor, Cyberion, Spirit Island)01:40:25 Two-Player Games (Chu Han, The Lord of the Rings: Duel for Middle-earth, Pagan: Fate of Roanoke)01:46:38 Co-operative Games (Astro Knights: Eternity, Bomb Busters, Fateforge: Chronicles of Kaan)01:54:04 Midweight Games (Looot, River of Gold, Stonespine Architects)01:57:50 Heavy Games (Kutná Hora: The City of Silver, SETI, Marrakesh, Yokohama)02:04:16 Sign-offThank you to our sponsor, Fantasy Flight Games! Web: https://boardgamegeek.com/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@boardgamegeekTwitter: https://twitter.com/BoardGameGeekEmail: [email protected]
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Episode 55: Deduction Games We Love, with Emily from Man vs Meeple
Emily from Man vs Meeple joins Candice to discuss some of their favorite deduction games.00:00:00 Introduction00:03:57 Fresh Plays00:04:12 Unconscious Mind00:07:48 Snowcrest00:22:38 The Lord of the Rings: Duel for Middle-earth00:30:31 Operation Barclay00:41:42 Deduction Games We Love00:48:16 Hooky00:52:04 Tragedy Looper: New Tragedies00:56:29 Fiction01:01:22 Black Sonata01:05:27 Cryptid01:10:29 The Shipwreck Arcana01:18:44 The Search for Planet X, The Search for Lost Species, The Search for UAPS01:25:51 Pagan: Fate of Roanoke 01:32:13 Turing Machine01:35:07 Kronologic01:37:32 Bomb Busters01:48:50 Honorable Mentions (Revolver Noir, Belratti, Alchemists, Little Alchemists, Accuse!, Message from the Stars, The Crew, Décorum)02:02:25 Sign-offThank you to our sponsor, Atomic Mass Games!Web: https://boardgamegeek.com/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@boardgamegeekTwitter: https://twitter.com/BoardGameGeekEmail: [email protected]
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Episode 54: Extended Fresh Plays, with Johannes from Board Gaming Ramblings
Johannes from Board Gaming Ramblings joins Candice to discuss recent plays of a variety of new games, including SPIEL Essen '24 releases.00:00:00 Introduction00:03:25 5 Games for Doomsday (Spirit Island Cheat)00:05:19 Revisited For the Queen00:06:10 BGG SPIEL '24 Videos00:06:45 Extended Fresh Plays00:07:50 Civolution00:13:45 Speakeasy00:17:55 XOK00:24:32 The Yellow House00:29:21 Captain Flip00:36:56 Flip 700:43:40 AI: 100% Human00:53:01 Sweet Lands01:02:00 DerrocAr: The Week of Five Presidents01:18:30 Dirt and Glory01:24:10 SETI: Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence01:37:09 Tea Garden01:43:46 Red Dust Rebellion01:56:44 Sign-offThank you to our sponsor, Fantasy Flight Games!Web: https://boardgamegeek.com/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@boardgamegeekTwitter: https://twitter.com/BoardGameGeekEmail: [email protected]
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