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34 | Finspan (Familiar Moves, Under the Sea) Mar 31, 2025

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Today on the show, we discuss Finspan, the latest title in the Wingspan series by Stonemaier Games!

1:01 – wine discussion
4:21 – what we’ve been playing (Castles of Burgundy, Wingspan and Wyrmspan, The Great Zimbabwe)
9:39 – Finspan (overview and in-depth discussion)
48:50 – Final ratings

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If you’d like to support the show, you can find us on Patreon. We appreciate the wine money!

33 | Caylus (Worker Placement with a Mean Streak) Mar 14, 2025

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Today on the show, we discuss the classic, award-winning, worker placement game, Caylus!

1:01 – wine discussion
5:04 – what we’ve been playing
10:01 – Caylus overview and history
14:48 – Caylus (in-depth discussion)

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If you’d like to support the show, you can find us on Patreon. We appreciate the wine money!

32 | Whose Turn 2025 (Gaming Reunion) Mar 01, 2025

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We’re back – it’s like no time has passed at all! Lots of things have changed for us since our last episode, over FOUR years ago. One thing that hasn’t is our love for gaming with friends. On this episode, we introduce some new friends who recently joined us for the 2025 Whose Turn Is It Anyway gaming con in Durham, NC. We all had a blast playing lots of games with friends, old and new.

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If you’d like to support the show, you can find us on Patreon. We appreciate the wine money!

31 | Second Chance (The Game and Let’s Just Call This Season 2) Aug 03, 2020

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We’re back! It’s been almost a year since our last episode. What did we miss? We’ll just say the first 30 episodes were Season 1, and like any TV show worth its salt, we wanted you to wait a year for the next season. Ok not really… we got busy, things got crazy, 2020 happened, but here we are and we’re looking forward to talking with you again about wine and board games!

This week’s featured game is á propos, Second Chance , a flip-and-write tetris-fest by legendary game designer, Uwe Rosenberg. What started as an impulsive beach-week purchase turned into a game we’ve played an awful lot over the past month. Are we still eager to give it a go or ready to bury on the back of the shelf? We discuss this, as well as our recent foray (along with the rest of the world) into online gaming including our experiences playing 18xx games online with 18xx.games.

All this while enjoying one of our favorite wines of the quarantine, the Paris Valley Road Founders’ Blend.

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If you’d like to support the show, you can find us on Patreon. We appreciate the wine money!

30 | Circle the Wagons and Sprawlopolis (Fit in Your Pocket) Aug 23, 2019

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One of our most pleasant surprises over the past few months is discovering Button Shy Games, producers of microgames that consist of 18 cards (or fewer) and come in a minimalistic bi-fold wallet. Certainly the small footprint of these titles is welcome for those of us whose Kallax shelves runneth over. But how much gameplay and fun could really be packed into only 18 cards?

This week on the show, we discuss our time with Circle the Wagons and Sprawlopolis . We can fit them both in our pocket, but would we want to carry them around? Also, we discuss recent plays of Container, Fabled Fruit, and Shipwreck Arcana while “enjoying” a red wine blend, fermented with a special ingredient!

Connect with us: Follow us on Instagram @cardboardandwine or join us in our BGG Guild! If you’d like to support the show, you can find us on Patreon. We appreciate the wine money!

29 | Euphoria (Dystopian Bliss) Jul 28, 2019

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When you pop the shrink on a Stonemaier game, you know you will be treated to premium components and thoughtful game design. Pair that with a quirky, unique dystopian theme, and we are certainly intrigued!

In this episode, we share our thoughts on Euphoria and break into the cellar to take a look back at Azul. During our discussion, we enjoy the 2017 Tierra Brisa Malbec. No dystopia over here!

Connect with us: Follow us on Instagram @cardboardandwine or join us in our BGG Guild! If you’d like to support the show, you can find us on Patreon. We appreciate the wine money!

Photo courtesy of Stonemaier Games.

28 | Tiny Towns (Regular-Sized Meeples, Tiny Towns) Jun 03, 2019

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When we saw the box art and components for Tiny Towns, it just looked like our type of game. There are plenty of wooden bits, oversized cards, friendly and approachable artwork, and a rulebook that’s streamlined and to the point. Maybe this game could scratch the same itch that Kingdomino scratched a year ago. Don your construction hats and join us as we disassemble Tiny Towns!

Connect with us: Follow us on Instagram @cardboardandwine, or join us in our BGG Guild.

If you’d like to support the show, you can find us on Patreon. We appreciate the wine money!

27 | Concordia (Venus and Salsa Expansions, Oh My!) May 03, 2019

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Who doesn’t love a peaceful game of economic development set in the Mediterranean? Find out if we do, this week on the show as we dive deep into the quintessential eurogame, Concordia! We also discuss the most recent version of the game, Concordia Venus as well as the expansion, Concordia Salsa.

Also on the show, we enjoy a random Pinot Noir that we found in a box at our house (seriously). Lastly, check out this amazing wine stopper etched from a Napa Valley wine barrel stave sent by our amazing listener and patron, Kyle!

Connect with us: Follow us on Instagram @cardboardandwine, or join us in our BGG Guild.

If you’d like to support the show, you can find us on Patreon. We appreciate the wine money!

26 | Favorite Weeknight Games (Most Days are Weekdays!) Apr 10, 2019

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If we look back over our gaming stats, most of our board gaming happens during the week. However, after a long day of work, dinner, and kid bedtimes, your brain and energy tank might be running on fumes. That doesn’t mean there’s nothing left for gamin…

25 | Century Eastern Wonders (Different, Yet Similar, Cube Trading) Mar 20, 2019

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There are few game mechanics more satisfying than trading sets of cubes for more better cubes. Even more fantastic is trading them for victory points! On a previous episode, we discussed our enjoyment of the cube-trading, perfect-for-a-weeknight,

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