The BoardGameGeek Podcast

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Bi-weekly casual conversations with passionate gamers who geek out about board games, the mechanisms behind them, and the people who create them.

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Episode 56: BGG.CON ‘24 + BGG Holiday Gift Guide, with Steph Hodge
Steph Hodge from All the Meeples of the Rainbow joins Candice to discuss the 2024 BGG Holiday Gift Guide games, and games they played at BGG.CON 2024.00:00:00 Introduction00:05:49 Fresh Plays (BGG.CON '24)00:06:12 Civolution00:10:57 Pax Porfiriana00:21:35 Greenland00:25:22 Tales of the Arthurian Knights00:32:44 War of the Ring00:39:14 Sweet Lands00:43:05 Trick-Taking Games!00:43:25 Kansas City: The Trick-Taking Game00:45:25 BLOT00:49:48 FUCAZUL!00:51:29 Boo!00:52:13 Seas of Strife00:53:33 Mu & more: Revised edition00:56:29 Thorgal: The Board Game01:00:09 Décorum01:05:13 Endeavor: Deep Sea01:09:52 Katmai: The Bears of Brooks River01:16:58 What the Fog?! + Things in Rings01:18:24 The 2024 BGG Holiday Gift Guide Games01:18:33 Family and New Gamers (Castle Combo, Hamster Roll, Magic Maze Tower)01:21:44 Modern Classics (Cascadia, Earth, Wingspan)01:22:47 Stocking Stuffers (Confusing Lands, Lure, Seers Catalog)01:27:12 Kids Games (Animal Upon Animal, My First Adventure: Journey to Ochre Land, Ziggurat, Monkey Palace)01:30:25 Party Games (Adventure Party: The Role-Playing Party Game, DaDaDa, The Gang)01:37:07 Solo Games (Gloomhaven: Jaws of the Lion, Legacy of Yu, Sherlock Solitaire)01:38:54 Candice's Bonus Mentions (Aqua ROVE, For Northwood!, Kreel Manor, Cyberion, Spirit Island)01:40:25 Two-Player Games (Chu Han, The Lord of the Rings: Duel for Middle-earth, Pagan: Fate of Roanoke)01:46:38 Co-operative Games (Astro Knights: Eternity, Bomb Busters, Fateforge: Chronicles of Kaan)01:54:04 Midweight Games (Looot, River of Gold, Stonespine Architects)01:57:50 Heavy Games (Kutná Hora: The City of Silver, SETI, Marrakesh, Yokohama)02:04:16 Sign-offThank you to our sponsor, Fantasy Flight Games! Web: https://boardgamegeek.com/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@boardgamegeekTwitter: https://twitter.com/BoardGameGeekEmail: [email protected]
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Episode 55: Deduction Games We Love, with Emily from Man vs Meeple
Emily from Man vs Meeple joins Candice to discuss some of their favorite deduction games.00:00:00 Introduction00:03:57 Fresh Plays00:04:12 Unconscious Mind00:07:48 Snowcrest00:22:38 The Lord of the Rings: Duel for Middle-earth00:30:31 Operation Barclay00:41:42 Deduction Games We Love00:48:16 Hooky00:52:04 Tragedy Looper: New Tragedies00:56:29 Fiction01:01:22 Black Sonata01:05:27 Cryptid01:10:29 The Shipwreck Arcana01:18:44 The Search for Planet X, The Search for Lost Species, The Search for UAPS01:25:51 Pagan: Fate of Roanoke 01:32:13 Turing Machine01:35:07 Kronologic01:37:32 Bomb Busters01:48:50 Honorable Mentions (Revolver Noir, Belratti, Alchemists, Little Alchemists, Accuse!, Message from the Stars, The Crew, Décorum)02:02:25 Sign-offThank you to our sponsor, Atomic Mass Games!Web: https://boardgamegeek.com/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@boardgamegeekTwitter: https://twitter.com/BoardGameGeekEmail: [email protected]
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Episode 54: Extended Fresh Plays, with Johannes from Board Gaming Ramblings
Johannes from Board Gaming Ramblings joins Candice to discuss recent plays of a variety of new games, including SPIEL Essen '24 releases.00:00:00 Introduction00:03:25 5 Games for Doomsday (Spirit Island Cheat)00:05:19 Revisited For the Queen00:06:10 BGG SPIEL '24 Videos00:06:45 Extended Fresh Plays00:07:50 Civolution00:13:45 Speakeasy00:17:55 XOK00:24:32 The Yellow House00:29:21 Captain Flip00:36:56 Flip 700:43:40 AI: 100% Human00:53:01 Sweet Lands01:02:00 DerrocAr: The Week of Five Presidents01:18:30 Dirt and Glory01:24:10 SETI: Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence01:37:09 Tea Garden01:43:46 Red Dust Rebellion01:56:44 Sign-offThank you to our sponsor, Fantasy Flight Games!Web: https://boardgamegeek.com/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@boardgamegeekTwitter: https://twitter.com/BoardGameGeekEmail: [email protected]
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Episode 53: SPIEL Essen '24 Discoveries, with Jay from Cardboard East
Jay Bernardo (Cardboard East YouTube channel + Marketing Manager at Bézier Games) joins Candice to discuss their SPIEL Essen '24 highlights and discoveries.00:00:00 Introduction00:03:29 Cardboard East00:13:06 Corrupt Parliament00:14:53 Fresh Plays00:15:26 Shinjuku00:19:23 Inheritors00:28:32 Age of Civilization, Age of Galaxy, Eila and Something Shiny00:29:48 Nukumi Onsen Kaitakuki (Nukumi Onsen Hanjouki)00:37:17 Aqua ROVE00:45:14 SPIEL Essen '24 Highlights & Discoveries00:58:08 Tomáš Holek (SETI, Galileo Galilei, Tea Garden) 00:59:10 Giant Monkey Palace01:00:07 Andromeda's Edge01:01:46 Speakeasy01:08:23 Xylotar, Sandbag, Seers Catalog01:09:21 "Baby Shark" Games01:10:53 Last Penguin01:12:45 Stella Quest01:27:49 Snow Planner01:35:28 Grand Austria Hotel01:38:13 Dirt and Glory01:47:20 Formosa Tea01:58:06 Jay's Asian Publisher Map01:58:55 Thaloria Quest02:02:12 Gibberers02:11:16 Fishing02:20:22 The Scepter of Zavandor02:22:32 YUBIBO02:25:41 Beatz'n'Catz02:30:24 Sign-offThank you to our sponsor, Dotted Games!Web: https://boardgamegeek.com/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@boardgamegeekTwitter: https://twitter.com/BoardGameGeekEmail: [email protected]
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Episode 52: 2nd Anniversary + SPIEL Essen '24 Anticipation, with Aldie
Huzzah! It's the second anniversary of the BoardGameGeek Podcast! BGG Owner Scott Alden (aka Aldie) joins Candice to discuss the SPIEL Essen '24 releases they're most excited to play.00:00:00 Introduction00:02:24 Pinball Happenings00:07:10 BGG Updates00:07:24 BGG Booth 5F111 + Geek Buzz00:08:42 Upcoming Conventions00:16:41 Reflecting on our Top 5 SPIEL '23 Anticipation Games00:25:42 Fresh Plays00:27:07 Tamashi: Chronicle of Ascend00:35:48 Revisiting Unsettled + Pagan: Fate of Roanoke00:40:39 Joyride: Survival of the Fastest00:44:27 Fateforge: Chronicles of Kaan00:52:10 Duck & Cover00:59:46 SPIEL Essen '24 Releases We're Most Excited to Play01:00:40 Candice's Honorable Mentions (Pirates of Maracaibo: Commanders, Evenfall: The Crystal Path, Deep Sea Adventure Boost, Roads & Boats: Book of Scenarios Volume 1 , AI 100% Human, Kraftwagen: Age of Engineering) 01:04:38 Aldie's Honorable Mentions (Perspectives Blue, Nassau, Kathmandu, The Gang, Minecart Town, Tonga Bonga, War Story: Occupied France, Happy Home, Dead Cells: The Rogue-Lite Board Game, Ada's Dream, Endeavor: Deep Sea)01:12:07 Thorgal: The Board Game01:14:26 Intent to Kill01:15:52 Mantis Falls01:17:41 Battle Dentale01:19:53 The Lord of the Rings: Duel for Middle-earth 01:21:28 SETI: Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence01:23:35 Rebirth01:25:12 Altay: Dawn of Civilization01:33:48 Civolution01:38:26 Sign-offThank you to our sponsor, Dotted Games!Web: https://boardgamegeek.com/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@boardgamegeekTwitter: https://twitter.com/BoardGameGeekEmail: [email protected]
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