They Really Want 80,000 People At Gen Con? Book of Blades Review - Boards & Swords #291
That's....a lot of people. And I'm talking about the 74,000 that were at Gen Con this year, not the 80,000 the convention wants to get to. A...
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Will This Be The Best Dungeons & Dragons Expansion Ever? - Boards & Swords #290
All sorts of new stuff coming to D&D5.5, a board game version of Satisfactory, and a new version of Vampire the Masquerade? Plus, Wil Wheato...
Because We Needed An Excuse To Be Lazy with Mike Shea - Boards & Swords #289
Remember last episode when we talked about the new Lazy Gamemaster Kickstarter campaign? Well, now you can hear it from the man himself! Mik...
Sew Ewe Want To Be A Game Master - Boards & Swords #288
Wingspan will soon fit in your pocket, Spirit Island is getting a new publisher, and the Lazy Gamemaster has a brand new kickstarter campaig...
Apparently People Are Zombicide Themselves To Get The New Version - Boards & Swords #287
One of the pillars of 40K has passed away, Asmodee is making buckets from CMONs failures, and apparently D&D is a big deal? Who knew!?! Also...
Getting a Hand-le On Our Quests With Marc-André and Martin Lavoie - Boards & Swords #286
Hasbro's CEO apparently has a lot of thoughts about D&D and how you should be playing the game. (Methinks maybe he should keep his mouth shu...
Capitalism Be Capitalizing, D&D Drops Like Its Hot - Boards & Swords #285
We've got ad managers denying Satanic board games, D&D flying into outer space, and *possibly* a Dragon Ball Z board game coming to fruition...
CMON is an NFTease, Monster Vault 2 Review, the Best Way to Deal with a TPK - Boards & Swords #284
CMON apparently has enough money for NFTs, we get convinced to give Brass: Pittsburgh a try, and Philip finds his new favorite barbarian opt...
Don't Be Suspicious with Alex from Hootenanny Games - Boards & Swords #283
BackerKit has a huge selection of great RPG campaigns this month, speaking of crowdfunding, CMON might be back? And also, time to get danger...
Just The Tips, Warhammer 11th Edition Annoucements, Ask A Dirtbag GM - Boards & Swords #282
Lots of great announcements at Adepticon - you know, like that BattleTech new lineup of products? That’s what has the internet abuzz, defini...
Our Excessive Baggage, Gates of Krystalia Interview - Boards & Swords #281
Gundam Assemble details are here! Drama in the board game sphere appears to heat up, and the Neopets TTRPG gets cancelled! Plus, we've got a...
Royally Learning The History of Tarot Cards with Grant Howitt - Boards & Swords #280
AEG guy learns his actions have consequences, Hasbro trying to mess with D&D again, and goodbye Star Wars Shatterpoint? We barely knew thee....
Looking at 2025 and forward to 2026 (FREE Bonus Bits!)
Some free (but delayed) bonus bits talking about last year and what we want to do this upcoming year!
De-mist-ifying Airbrushing with Ulianov from Spraygunner - Boards & Swords #279
Where won’t they put a Pokemon vending machine next? Also, Female custodes are coming along with new Starcraft minis. Plus, we’ve got Uliano...
New Year, New Studio, New....sapalooza. Also, 2025 Pax Unplugged Recap - Boards & Swords 278
I just love it when CEO’s bless us with their “wisdom”, Warcrow is about to get more mechanical, and a Total War is coming to 40k. Plus, we...
A Christmas Haunting with Chris Spivey from Darker Hue Studios - Boards & Swords #277
Halloween might be over, but that doesn’t mean we can’t still get our horror gaming in! This week, we’ve got Chris Spivey from Darker Hue St...
Crowning Toys 'R Us As The Rightful Spirit of Christmas - Boards & Swords #276
What world am I living in? Munchkin second edition? Catan sponsoring basketball? The Dice Tower saying something inappropriate? Actually, th...
Left Holding our Bags with Erin Zipperle from Rollacrit - Boards & Swords 275
Remember the ThinkGeek Bag of Holding? Meet the crew that brought it back! (Surprise, its actually some of the same people!) Also, more info...
Stomping Around in Power Armor with Drew from One Inch Heroes - Boards & Swords #274
What’s it like to get paid to paint someone else’s models? Or to dress up as your favorite characters? Get your magnifying glass out, becaus...
Stamping Out Our Units with Brent from Goblin Hobbies - Boards & Swords #273
If you’ve ever used waterslide decals on minis, you know they kinda suck. Brent from Goblin Hobbies (https://goblinhobbies.com/) is here to...