#280: Equal and Opposite Interactions
We're veering into the dark roads of board game classification, but this time with a goal in mind - how to best highlight games that feature strong interaction. Shouldn't BoardGameGeek have a scale fo...
8 Kesä 202345min
#279: Let the Golden Age Begin
Are we living in a golden age of board games? It's a simple question, but there's a lot to unpack - what even qualifies as a golden age, have we already had one, and if we are living in one, when does...
1 Kesä 20231h 1min
#278: Check Check Check
We're lucky to have covered wide swathes of the board game world, but there was a time when some of those things were aspirational. Like achievements to cross off on the great board game check list .....
25 Touko 202356min
#277: Definitely Not a Mailbag Episode
It's just two of us, so we turn our attention to the burning questions that you've been asking us, in a feature we're calling Topic Talk Back. This is not to be confused with the format we've used bef...
18 Touko 202351min
#275: Building and Breaking Conventions
Any creative work is built on a lot of conventions - things that we take as granted, the unspoken rules that must be followed. We get a lot of really great games by following design conventions, but s...
4 Touko 202351min
#274: Guessing Golden Geeks
We can all agree the Golden Geeks peaked last year, but I suppose we can continue the facade if we must. Nominees are out for BoardGameGeek's annual awards, and as the presiding champions of taste, we...
27 Huhti 20231h 2min
#273: Bob Chat
Board games are a social medium, which is a big part of their appeal for us. It's not just about being heads down solving a puzzle, they facilitate conversation. Some games are better at this than oth...
20 Huhti 20231h 20min
