All the Games We Played at Spiel Essen 2025 Ranked
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Panda Spin, Primates, Tycoon: India 1981
Spinning pandas, evolving primates, and... Capitalism! We have all three for you in this episode - thankfully not all in the same game. We c...
Magical Athlete, Identity, Out of Sorts
Only three games this episode? What gives? Well, in the tried and true brand tradition, we decided to go back to our original formula. But n...
Brink
There are episodes where we bring as much knowledge as we can about whatever board game we are talking about. And then there are episodes wh...
Hot Streak
Well, Hot Dog! Do we have an episode for you! We peruse the lofty promises of Vantage, try to keep ourselves on track in Railroad Tiles, dis...
Toy Battle
Pew pew kaboom! That's the sound of every child's living nightmare - their toys coming to life and unleashing an arsenal of deadly weaponry...
Holiday Cast: Black Forest
Good news, we're still on holiday. Better news - we're still doing the holiday cast, which means more free podcast more delivered to more yo...
Holiday Cast: Moon Colony Bloodbath
Good news, we're on holiday. Better news, we're not leaving you without podcast. It's a smaller episode, yes, but it is Talk Cardboard deliv...
The Old King's Crown
Sharpen your papercuts because it's time to put cards face down in front of you and simultaneously flip them face up! The Old King's Crown i...
Eternal Decks
Efka opens our review of Eternal Decks with "This is the main candidate for Game of the Year 2025" and if you need a better endorsement to l...
Sunderfolk
You want me to do what now? Play a board game on the TV? Using my phone? Never! *shakes fist at cloud* *shakes more fist at cloud* *picks up...
Rival Cities
Why duel with silly weapons when you can duel with whole cities? In Rival Cities, Hamburg and Altona go head to head to see who will be the...
Ascending Empires: Zed-nith Edition
Get ready to flick your way to victory, or get the flick out of here because it's time to play Ascending Empires: Zenith Edition - a 4X game...
Deep Rock Galactic: The Board Game
Have you ever wanted to be a poorly paid miner? What about on an Alien Planet? Whilst being bothered by swarms of beasties? If you answered...
We're back! Here's how it's going to be.
Talk Cardboard returns tomorrow! Meanwhile, enjoy a mini psa on the format change and why the hiatus happened.
Thunder Road: Vendetta, Saltfjord, Fateforge: Chronicles of Kaan
Get your engines warmed up, your fishing rod at the ready, and your knee-pads on as we delve into a crash, bash racing game in Thunder Road:...
All the Games We Played at Essen Spiel RANKED
One thousand five hundred plus games released over four days is a HOT WEEKEND in board games and the Elaines and Efkas of this world were in...
Kronologic, Nucleum (+Australia), Cities
Folks, folks and folks, please come join us for a marvelous carboard celebration through time, energy and cities. Gaze your eyes to Paris in...
Joyride, Invincible, Wilmot’s Warehouse
Vroom vroom it’s time to kaboom! Or something along those lines because today’s feature game is all about smashing cars into other cars. It...
Harvest, War Story: Occupied France, Dorfromantik: The Duel
Cute, but deadly! We used to dance under that name but you could also use those three words to describe today’s selection of games. Harvest...