In this episode, we fight zombies and frostbite and maybe stab our friends in the back in Dead of Winter! In Dead of Winter, a 2014 game designed by Isaac Vega and Jonathan Gilmour with art by Fernanda Suarez, players take on the role o...

In this bonus episode, I share an extended cut of my recent interview with Jonathan Chaffer, designer of the Holiday Hijinks series of 18-card escape room games. Jonathan had a lot to say about the design constraints he faced in creating these ...

In this episode, we save Christmas and a lot of other holidays from potential catastrophe in Holiday Hijinks! Holiday Hijinks is a line of 18-card holiday-themed escape room games designed and illustrated by Jonathan Chaffer and publish...

In this episode, we load up our donkey carts with fruit to deliver around the island in Finca!In Finca, players take on the role of farmers at harvest time on the Spanish island of Mallorca. Move your farmers around the windmill to gene...

Today we have a FIRST PLAY review of Sirens, a 2024 game for two players designed by Art Casey with illustrations by Gabi Naftaly and published by Envy Born Games. In Sirens, players take on the role of the sirens of Greek myths, those creature...

Usually when I review and recommend a board game here on the podcast, I’ve played that game at least ten times. That way I know the game well and I know it has some staying power. That means I usually review older games, but I like to play new ...

In this episode, we build the technologies and societies needed to fight climate change in Daybreak!Daybreak is a 2023 game published by CMYK and designed by Matt Leacock and Matteo Menapace. In this cooperative board game, up to four p...

In this episode, we celebrate four years (and 50 episodes) of the podcast by recommending my top five games to start your board game collection!I started First Player Token to provide some advice to people who like playing board games wi...

Usually when I review and recommend a board game here on the podcast, I’ve played that game at least ten times. That way I know the game well and I know it has some staying power. That means I usually review older games, but I like to play new ...

In this episode, we put on our funny Viking hats and go plundering in Raiders of the North Sea!Raiders of the North Sea is a two to four player game published in 2015 by Garphill Games. It was designed by Shem Phillips with art by Mihaj...

In this episode, we board the Jolly Roger and steal from treasure from a Spanish galleon in Tortuga 1667!In Tortuga 1667, players take on the role of pirates attacking Spanish ships near the island of Tortuga and stealing their gold. Ha...

In The Wolves, we build our packs and carve out our territory!The Wolves is a 2022 game designed by Ashwin Kamath and Clarence Simpson with art by Pauliina Linjama and a quality production from publisher Pandasaurus Games. In The Wolves...

In this episode, we try to save the planet from a relentless alien invasion in Under Falling Skies!Under Falling Skies is a 2020 board game designed by designed by Tomáš Uhlíř published by Czech Games Edition with art by Petr Boháček an...

In The Blood of an Englishman, we see if Jack can steal the goose that lays golden eggs from the giant at the top of the beanstalk!In 2016, Renegade Games published a two-player card game inspired by “Jack and the Beanstalk” called The ...

In this episode, I try out a new format by giving very brief reviews of ten games I played at our local board game convention, Tennessee Game Days, earlier this fall!Tennessee Game Days is an event held each spring and fall here in Nashv...

In this episode, we try to figure out if our opponent put the poison in our glass or in his glass in the game In Vino Morte!In Vino Morte is a 2016 game designed by Chris Anderson with art by Ben Toz and published by Button Shy Games. It...

Usually when I review and recommend a board game here on the podcast, I’ve played that game at least ten times. That way I know the game well and I know it has some staying power. That means I usually review older games, but I like to play new ...

 In this episode, we see what happens when heroes from stories and legends battle it out in Unmatched!Unmatched is actually a series of games from Restoration Games. That company specializes in taking older games and redesigning the...

 Usually when I review and recommend a board game here on the podcast, I’ve played that game at least ten times. That way I know the game well and I know it has some staying power. That means I usually review older games, but I like to pla...

 In this episode, we battle for the honor of hosting the king in our chateaus in Royal Visit!Royal Visit is a 2021 game designed by Reiner Knizia with art by Karl James Mountford and published by Iello Games. It’s a two-player game,...

In this episode, we become Scottish chieftains expanding our lands in… Isle of Skye: From Chieftain to King!The Isle of Skye is one of the large islands off the northwest coast of Scotland, famous for its stunningly beautiful landscape a...

 Usually when I review and recommend a board game here on the podcast, I’ve played that game at least ten times. That way I know the game well and I know it has some staying power. That means I usually review older games, but I like...

 We reviewed the game Mysterium in our last episode, and Emily and I had a great time recording her “color commentary” about the game. Mysterium is all pictures and no words, and my artist wife had a lot to say about the game! I only used ...

 In this episode, we work together to solve a murder in the game with no words… Mysterium!Mysterium is the English name for a 2013 Polish game called Tajemnicze Domostwo designed by Oleksandr Nevskiy and Oleg Sidorenko. It’s a coope...

Usually when I review and recommend a board game here on the podcast, I’ve played that game at least ten times. That way I know the game well and I know it has some staying power. That means I usually review older games, but I like to play new ...