#169: Our Most Anticipated Games of 2021
We're starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel, and with the exciting possibility of actually being able to play games together again, we cast our minds forward to all the wonderful games ye...
15 Apr 20211h 14min
#168: Board Games Suck with Dan Hughes from Sporadically Board
Dan Hughes from Sporadically Board joins us to flip the podcast on its head. Now that we've spent a hundred and sixty seven episodes raving about board games, it's only fair that we discuss all the re...
8 Apr 20211h 8min
#167: Cleanin' Out My Closet
As important as it is to talk about that which we have received, so must we mark the loss of the games whose time has passed. Board games leave our collections for many reasons, so we're going to revi...
1 Apr 202153min
#166: You've Got to Iterate to Innovate
Design often builds heavily on what has come before, but some designers, have made an art of iteration, taking their own beloved designs, and frequently reinventing them in new ways. We dig into this ...
25 Mar 202157min
#165: Thriving or Barely Surviving?
There are two good ways to create engagement in a board game: One is to let the player feel like they're achieving something constantly, the other is to keep them feeling like any wrong move could tan...
18 Mar 202158min
#164: Get Uncomfortable
It's getting a bit too comfortable around here. Time to put stones in our shoes, tighten our belts, and get out of our comfort zones. We talk about the times that we've found ourselves in unfamiliar o...
11 Mar 20211h 6min
#163: Our Listeners' Top 20 Board Games of All-Time 2021
Wow! We asked for your top twenty lists, and boy did you deliver. We've crunched the numbers on the hundreds of submissions, and created what we think is the definitive list of BGB listeners' favourit...
4 Mar 20211h
#162: God Does Not Play Dice
We're seeing a lot more versions of games that are X: The Dice Game or Y: The Card Game. These are (usually) simplified takes on beloved classics, but often end up changing the feel of the game dramat...
25 Feb 202157min
