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The Broken Meeple

The Broken Meeple - a UK Board Games blog and podcast that reports on board and card games. I hope you enjoy what you hear as I'm always happy to record them and trying to improve on them in...

Episodes

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Broken Meeple Podcast 143 - Why Play With Other Players?

Broken Meeple Podcast 143 - Why Play With Other Players? Been a while due to holidays and conventions and well that ain't going to change fo...

00:58:41Oct 18, 2026

Broken Meeple Podcast 142 - Essen Spiel Preview 2026

Broken Meeple Podcast 142 - Essen Spiel Preview 2026 LONGEST EPISODE EVER! :-) In this episode after my quick updates, I give an extensive f...

01:51:56Sep 13, 2026

Broken Meeple Podcast 141 - Where's the Excitement Gone?

Broken Meeple Podcast 141 - Where's the Excitement Gone? Back to business as usual - quick update on health and the channel and industry wit...

00:58:48Aug 30, 2026

Broken Meeple Podcast 140 - I'm Back Baby!!

Broken Meeple Podcast 140 - I'M BACK BABY!! I'm back everybody!! Sort of! I'm still recovering from my recent appendectomy surgery and thank...

00:52:57Aug 16, 2026

Broken Meeple Podcast 139 - What's Bad About Conventions

Broken Meeple Podcast 139 - What's Hurting Conventions Now? Plenty to talk about here, my usual musings, two conventions I've been to recent...

01:16:33Jul 27, 2026

Broken Meeple Podcast 138 - THe H-Index

Broken Meeple Podcast 138 - The H-Index Too damn hot! But thankfully it's cooled down enough to get a podcast out! People have asked me to d...

00:52:39Jun 28, 2026

Broken Meeple Podcast 137 - Longform vs Shortform

Broken Meeple Podcast 137 - Longform vs Shortform Content It's been a very emotionally draining couple of weeks for me. Stressful work, a ha...

01:06:02Jun 14, 2026

Broken Meeple Podcast 136 - UK Games Expo 2026 Review

Broken Meeple Podcast 136 - UK Games Expo 2026 Review A full disclosure of everything I was doing at the UK GAMES EXPO 2026! ***************...

01:42:09May 31, 2026

Broken Meeple Podcast 135- Golden Geek Awards & UK Games Expo Preview

Broken Meeple Podcast 135- Golden Geek Awards & UK Games Expo Preview Big bumper episode today! Firstly I talk about another failed year of...

01:15:59May 17, 2026

Broken Meeple Podcast 134 - What Theme Works For You?

Broken Meeple Podcast 134 - What Theme Works For You? After some general updates and my impressions of Helionox - a subpar deck builder that...

01:11:32May 3, 2026

Broken Meeple Podcast - Episode 133 - Stat Recording & Challenges

Broken Meeple Podcast - Episode 133 - Stat Recording & Challenges Among gamers there's a trend online and offline of board game challenges a...

00:49:08Apr 19, 2026

Broken Meeple Podcast - Episode 132 - So I Played Speakeasy. . .

Broken Meeple Podcast - Episode 132 - So I Played Speakeasy. . . For this special bumper Easter birthday episode, I share my initial first i...

01:23:22Apr 4, 2026

Broken Meeple Podcast - Episode 131 - When Does Player Interaction Become Frustrating?

Broken Meeple Podcast - Episode 131 - When Does Player Interaction Become Frustrating? I like player interaction in games.......for the most...

01:01:49Mar 22, 2026

Podcast 130 - What Makes A Game Truly Replayable?

Broken Meeple Podcast - Episode 130 - What Makes A Game Truly Replayable? My throat is a bit iffy today so a shorter episode sorry, but enou...

00:46:17Mar 8, 2026

Broken Meeple Podcast - Episode 129 - Are Modern Games Lacking A Personality?

Broken Meeple Podcast - Episode 129 - Are Modern Games Lacking A Personality? An interesting debate here, are modern games lacking a persona...

01:11:26Feb 22, 2026

Broken Meeple Podcast 128 - Too Generous

Broken Meeple Podcast - Episode 128 - Was I Too Generous? Let's play Devil's Advocate and flip the last podcast on its head. Are there games...

01:11:09Feb 8, 2026

Podcast 126 - 2026 Anticipated Games

Broken Meeple Podcast - Episode 126 - Nothing To Look Forward To? Like I said, not doing anticipated lists, so let's take a brief look at 20...

00:56:10Jan 29, 2026

Broken Meeple Podcast 127 - Forgiveness

Broken Meeple Podcast - Episode 127 - Can I Forgive These Games? Updates, Handycon and then as I'm running out of ideas, let's look at some...

01:09:34Jan 29, 2026

Broken Meeple Podcast - Episode 125 - Revisiting The 2025 Anticipated List

Broken Meeple Podcast - Episode 125 - Revisiting The 2025 Anticipated List I don't want to do any more Anticipated Lists any more so for the...

01:07:34Dec 15, 2025

Episode 124 - Do You Want Fixed Turns or Variable Endgames?

Broken Meeple Podcast - Episode 124 - Do You Want Fixed Turns or Variable Endgames? My plays at Gridcon 6 followed by a question to discuss?...

01:01:30Nov 30, 2025