Podcast #61: Board games that get us HYPED, our shelves of "opportunity" (guest: Paula Deming)
Listen to us talk about the games that really get us riled up (in good and bad ways).
Podcast #60: Pet peeves, animal games, Capstone Games (guest: Board Games in a Minute)
Things we hate around learning or teaching games. Pay attention, people we learn games from or teach games to!
Podcast #59: Video game licenses, deckbuilding, separating art from artist (guest: Boards Alive)
We discover there aren't...that many licensed video-game-licensed board games that we love; Christina loves deckbuilding; and Aaron from Boards Alive! asks if we can/should separate the art from the artist in board games.
Podcast #58: Fave things to do w/ board games (besides play 'em), best components, and...jigsaws??
This episode features our biggest argument yet: Why are we discussing jigsaw puzzles on a board game podcast?
Podcast #57: The 2020 Games of the Year episode
Party game of the year! Light game of the year! Medium-weight game of the year! Heavy game of the year!
Podcast #56: Party games, "old" games, genres we love/avoid (guest: comedian Grant Lyon)
A professional comedian (and board game designer/content creator) appears!
Podcast #55: Party + gateway games, childhood memories, and house rulin' (guests: Plaid Hat)
Plaid Hat Games power couple Niki and Donald Shults reveal deep, dark childhood gaming secrets and spicy hot takes on Catan, party games, gateway games, and house rules.
Podcast #54: Inclusivity, themes + innovation, learning stuff (guest: Elizabeth Hargrave)
The designer of Wingspan and Mariposas stops by for a chat, but it ends up being a lot of us asking her a lot of questions....
Podcast #53: 3 games we're dying to play, the board game café business (guest: Meepleville)
Running a board game café is already tough work. Now try doing it during a global pandemic.
Podcast #52: Spiel des Jahres 2020, Euro vs. Ameritrash...fight! (guest: Roy Cannaday)
Dice Tower's Roy Cannaday joins the crew to discuss...The Crew and other Kennerspiel and Spiel des Jahres nominees and winners. And what's a "Euro" or "Ameritrash" game these days, anyways?