#364: Mechanism Matchup
There are two board game mechanisms you just can't escape, they're on everyone's mind, flooding the discourse. That's combat, and card draw...
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20 of 363 episodes#363: The Dark Depths of Mailbag
It's been a while since we've plumbed the depths of the bottomless chasm we call "fanmail", so this week we're reaching our hands as far as...
#362: Hot Takes About Board Games
The people demand takes, so get 'em while they're hot. We're weighing in on some possibly bad, certainly edgy opinions, and deciding where w...
#361: Collaborative Draft: Games of 2016
We had such fun collaboratively coming up with our definitive Top 50 list back in December, that we've decided to do it again. In the spirit...
#360: Guessing Golden Geeks Galore
It's long been said that we're the foremost experts in knowing which way the awards winds blow, so we're putting our talents to use guessing...
#359: Top Brass
There are big spiky moments that happen in the meta that is the board game hobby, and the Brass: Pittsburgh crowdfunding campaign feels like...
#358: Our Listeners' Top 20 Board Games of All-Time 2026
Oh man, oh man, it's time that we ask you (yes, you) to tell us (yes, us) what your favourite games are, because for one time a year, it doe...
#357: We Played a Mass of Games!
We made it back in one piece, and all told I think we did pretty well! We got through a heck of a lot of what we wanted to play, and we're h...
#356: On the Road Again
By the time you're listening to this, we're probably already in Vegas for Dice Tower West! We're going to hang about all day playing games -...
#355: Anticipation Auction: Games of 2026
I think it's fair to say that we crushed this last year (although some of us better than others), so it's only correct and right that we sho...
#354: Don't Call It a Comeback
All of this has happened before and will happen again. Everything comes back around, including games you could swear you've played before. W...
#353: Getting it Just Right
Sometimes you know the type of game you want to play, just not exactly which game quite fits the bill. Is that heavy Euro too heavy? That de...
#352: Combined Top 50 Games of All-Time 2025 Draft: 10-1
Well, we started this thing, so I guess we ought to finish it, as ill-advised as that might be. This is where all the chickens come home to...
#351: Combined Top 50 Games of All-Time 2025 Draft: 30-11
Happy new year! We're back to continue the very peaceful, collaborative, kind endeavour that is coming together to harmoniously assemble our...
#350: Combined Top 50 Games of All-Time 2025 Draft: 50-31
Okay, things are a bit different this year. In honour of our 350th episode (a very important milestone), we're going to combine forces, like...
#349: Anticipation Auction 2025 - And the Winner Is…
Remember way back at the beginning of the year when we took some bets on what we thought the games of the year were gonna be? Well, all thos...
#348: Got 'Em, Ghost Turkey
Somehow Ghost Turkey returned. And you never saw it coming! That might be because we forgot to remind people that it's Thanksgiving, but nev...
#347: Bob's Design
BGBBOB is back, and it's been long enough that you might need a reminder. Ten game designers enter the ring, and through the arduous process...
#346: It's One Bananagrams, How Much Could It Cost?
This episode is not about Bananagrams (at least, I don't think so), but it is about the price of things (though not Bananagrams specifically...
#345: Essen SPIEL 2025 Hype List
Not perturbed by Kellen's trip to Germany, we're all daydreaming about the motherlode of board game conventions, Essen SPIEL. There's a lot...