#57: Where There's a Will, There's a Gateway

#57: Where There's a Will, There's a Gateway

Gateway games are an often requested topic, but we wouldn't be us without a big old debate about them first. Are they important? Should you be trying to convert your friends at all? Isn't every game a gateway game if you just talk slowly enough? Before we raise the portcullis, we also talk about Targi, and Catan.

01:25 - Targi
07:19 - Catan
09:35 - Gateway games
17:11 - Forbidden Island
18:38 - Codenames
19:01 - Sushi Go!
22:23 - A Fake Artist Goes to New York
24:56 - Bärenpark
27:47 - Biblios
32:16 - Splendor
35:31 - The Quest for El Dorado
38:12 - Blue Lagoon
41:05 - Dominion
43:57 - Wingspan
47:32 - Converting non-gamers?

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#219: A Perfect Ten

#219: A Perfect Ten

Does the perfect game exist? Probably not, but is that even the point? This week we discuss the elusive 10/10 rating, whether it makes sense to apply it, and what that means for rating games in genera...

31 Mars 202245min

#218: Our Listeners' Top 20 Board Games of All-Time 2022

#218: Our Listeners' Top 20 Board Games of All-Time 2022

Wow, hundreds of you sent in your favourite games, and it was absolute chaos. But we got all the data together, cleaned up the typos, and crunched the numbers via a super secret algorithm, and here we...

24 Mars 20221h 1min

#217: We Got Rid of a Bunch of Games!

#217: We Got Rid of a Bunch of Games!

There is a joy as equal in receiving a game, as moving it onto another person to enjoy. Especially, if you're Mark, when there's cash involved. We reflect on the many games that got left behind recent...

17 Mars 202255min

#216: We're Doing This Together!

#216: We're Doing This Together!

Waiting your turn is so 2021.  Simultaneous play is where it's at now. Fortunately, we got a chance to try A BUNCH of games featuring the mechanism at Dice Tower West! So, before we all hold hands and...

10 Mars 202253min

#215: Some Like It H-H-Hot

#215: Some Like It H-H-Hot

We're on the way to Dice Tower West, so we're keeping this one easy breezy with just a hot question. How many games on your shelf do you think you could teach without looking at the rulebook? Before w...

3 Mars 202239min

#214: Bob's Alright (For Fighting)

#214: Bob's Alright (For Fighting)

Return of the Bob! If you don't know what a BGBBOB, boy you've missed out. Twelve games enter, and, well, they all exit, but only once they've been arranged in the appropriate order via a series of on...

24 Feb 20221h 25min

#213: Approach Without Caution

#213: Approach Without Caution

Approachability and accessibility are incredibly important to a wide swathe of gamers, but for those experienced in the hobby, it can often get overlooked. We investigate how games can aid those both ...

17 Feb 202255min

#212: Two Can Play At That Game

#212: Two Can Play At That Game

It's the triumphant return of the terrific trio - you know exactly who we mean - to talk about games where one of us would have to be left out. That's right, it's two players only at this table, and w...

10 Feb 202247min

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