#63: Hype Men

#63: Hype Men

The train's pulling into the station and you've got a ticket, because this week we're talking all about hype. Why do we get irrationally excited about games we know nothing about? How much should we listen to our overly excited inner selves? Before it's all aboard, we also talk about Reykholt, PUSH, and Great Western Trail.

01:51 - Reykholt
10:13 - PUSH
14:54 - Great Western Trail
30:50 - Hype and anti-hype
32:41 - Res Arcana
33:45 - The 7th Continent
35:32 - El Grande
38:29 - Gloomhaven
38:57 - Brass: Birmingham
40:09 - Blood on the Clocktower
42:43 - Terraforming Mars

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#341: A Little Bit of Mailbag

#341: A Little Bit of Mailbag

One, two, three, four, five, everybody in the car so come on let's ride ... to the mailbag! We're answering your pressing questions - and oh how they press - about all manner of things: Crowdfunding a...

21 Aug 202557min

#340: All by Myself

#340: All by Myself

Are board games best played multiplayer? Who can say, but whether it's because you can't get people together at the appropriate time, or you're just itching to play something on your lonesome, there's...

7 Aug 20251h 8min

#339: One and Done

#339: One and Done

Sometimes once is enough, you know? Doesn't mean it was bad, but it might just be that you can have too much of a good thing. We're talking about board games that we'd recommend everyone play once, bu...

24 Juli 202555min

#338: Gen Con 2025 Preview

#338: Gen Con 2025 Preview

Gen Con! Where all the cool games are, before you even know they're cool. Or hot! We've got you covered, if you want to know what all the best stuff coming out of Indianapolis is going to before befor...

10 Juli 202556min

#337: Our Listeners' Top 20 Board Games of All-Time 2025

#337: Our Listeners' Top 20 Board Games of All-Time 2025

It's time again to turn the tables and get your take, to feel out the collective tastes of you, the listeners of the show. It's the annual Listener Top 20! You've been sending in all of your lists (th...

26 Juni 202557min

#336: Happy Little Accidents

#336: Happy Little Accidents

When playing games it's easy to fall into the trap of over-anaylsing turns, or questioning whether the move we made was the right one, or even allowing people to roll back whole turns - so we're askin...

12 Juni 202555min

#335: A Cole New Wehrle

#335: A Cole New Wehrle

A dazzling place you never knew ... until now that is! We're diving deep on beloved designer Cole Wehrle in another designer spotlight. We dig back into his Roots, and explore the many Arcs that led t...

29 Maj 20251h 8min

#334: Nothing's Done It Better

#334: Nothing's Done It Better

Well, we finally did it. We played CATAN, and it was ... good! And then we started wondering, is there anything that's done quite the same thing that that game is doing? And then that got us wondering...

15 Maj 202551min

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