#222: Are You the Gatekeeper?

#222: Are You the Gatekeeper?

There are many ways that we can accidentally contribute to gatekeeping in the hobby - pushing those who want to embrace it away. Whether it's to those outside, or even, bizarrely, to those already in, we break down the subtle (and unsubtle) ways we do it, whether or not we mean to. Before we find the keymaster, we talk about San Marco, Gloomhaven: Jaws of the Lion, and Ghosts of Christmas.

02:28 - San Marco
10:57 - Gloomhaven: Jaws of the Lion
20:34 - Ghosts of Christmas
32:03 - Exploding Kittens
32:18 - Catan
33:17 - Wingspan
43:02 - Codenames

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#43: My Triumphs, My Mistakes

#43: My Triumphs, My Mistakes

We're getting introspective this week, weighing up the mistakes we've made in our collections, and reflecting on our earlier selves. Would you reset your board game collection? What games might you no...

22 Nov 201856min

#42: We've Been Co-opted

#42: We've Been Co-opted

Not everything has to be a competition, because this week we're talking about cooperation. I know, it's weird, in some games, you're not actually trying to beat the other players! We're counting down ...

15 Nov 201855min

#41: The First Cut Is the Deepest

#41: The First Cut Is the Deepest

There's no love like your first love, and this week we're talking about our early board game crushes. These are the games that first got us into the hobby, that made us want to shout our love for boar...

8 Nov 201859min

#40: Bling It On

#40: Bling It On

We're doing some upgrades this episode, because we're talking about improving and enhancing the board games we already own through accessories, new components, and fancy inserts. Before we sleeve our ...

1 Nov 201855min

#39: Essen SPIEL 2018 Preview

#39: Essen SPIEL 2018 Preview

Essen SPIEL 2018! Okay, we're not technically at Essen SPIEL, but we've got that Essen FEEL. We're each counting down the five games that we most wish we were in Germany to play this weekend. Before w...

25 Okt 201849min

#38: Six Things I Hate About You

#38: Six Things I Hate About You

Board game dealbreakers, we all have them, and they're enough to dissuade us from buying or even playing some otherwise great games. This week, we go around the table and talk about two things each th...

18 Okt 201859min

#37: Origin Story

#37: Origin Story

How do you meet other board game enthusiasts? Just loving and owning board games isn't enough if you don't have anyone to play them with! It's not always easy to turn your friends into board gamers, s...

11 Okt 201851min

#36: Your Unfulfilled Potential

#36: Your Unfulfilled Potential

What's your white whale? The one game you've been itching to get to the table for ages, but for whatever reason, just never have? Well, call me Ishmael, 'cause we're counting down not just one, not fi...

4 Okt 201847min

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