Shelf Stable: A Board Game Podcast

Latest Episodes:

#26 BGG Hall of Fame Feb 04, 2025

Show notes

We give the hall of fame three BOOMs all day and a double chocolate cookie. If you're a Blood on the Clocktower fan or a member of the secret society of Knizias, please skip this episode. Speaking of Knizia, did you know they made a tv show based on him where he solves medical mysteries?

Games we played:

4:35 - The Red Cathedral (2020, Isra C. & Shei S., Devir)

9:25 - Hive Mind (2016, Richard Garfield PhD, Calliope)

14:34 - Royal Visit (2006, Reiner Knizia, Iello)

18:21 - Res Arcana (2019, Thomas Lehmann, Sand Castle)

100 games before you die:

24:44 - The Resistance Avalon (2012, Don Eskridge, Indie Boards & Cards)

https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/321471/100-tabletop-games-to-play-before-turning-100

Topic:

33:39 - BGG Hall of Fame

https://boardgamegeek.com/geekpreview/72/the-boardgamegeek-hall-of-fame

Join us:

SaltCON Spring, Feb 27 - Mar 2 https://saltcon.com/spring

Podfort, Mar 26 - Mar 30 https://treefortmusicfest.com/podfort-2025/

Songs:

100 Games to Play Before You Die by Michael, Tyler, Devon, and Josh of The Boise RainBeaus

ROT by Bone Haus https://bonehaus.bandcamp.com/album/in-mourning

All our socials https://linktr.ee/shelfstablecast

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#25 Carl Chudyk Tuckstravaganza Jan 28, 2025

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Tuck, meld, then splay. Repeat but return the card, then draw and score to the waiting area and do so additional times for every clientele. If this sounds like gobbledegook, you have yet to be indoctrinated into the cult of Chudyck. Join us on an adventure that is out of this world and tuck yourself into an alien landscape full of magic.

Games we played:

5:39 - Risk Express (2006, Reiner Knizia, Hasbro)

13:33 - Blockbuster (2019, uncredited, Big Potato)

18:55 - Import / Export (2017, Jordan Draper, Dark Flight)

25:38 - Unlock! Secret Adventures - A Noside Story (2018, Vincent Goyat, Space Cowboys)

100 games before you die:

34:28 - Flamme Rouge (2016, Asger Harding Granerud, Lautapelit)

https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/321471/100-tabletop-games-to-play-before-turning-100

Topic:

39:26 - Carl Chudyk Tuckstravaganza

https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgamedesigner/6001/carl-chudyk

Glory to Rome Black Box story https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2018/09/how-a-ceo-fiddled-while-beloved-board-game-glory-to-rome-crashed-and-burned/

Custom Glory to Rome print - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvmXYEjP234

Join us:

SaltCON Spring, Feb 27 - Mar 2 https://saltcon.com/spring

Podfort, Mar 26 - Mar 30 https://treefortmusicfest.com/podfort-2025/

Songs:

100 Games to Play Before You Die by Michael, Tyler, Devon, and Josh of The Boise RainBeaus

ROT by Bone Haus https://bonehaus.bandcamp.com/album/in-mourning

All our socials https://linktr.ee/shelfstablecast

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#24 Mass Market Tier List Jan 21, 2025

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Probably our wildest episode yet. Hope you like Park Place cause we're going to be stuck on it for about 35 minutes paying rent in the form of words.

Games we played:

4:02 - Clank Legacy (2019, Andy Clautice & Paul Dennen, Dire Wolf)

8:41 - Fantasy Realms (2017, Bruce Glassco, WizKids)

15:09 - Root (2018, Cole Wehrle, Leder)

21:10 - Smash Up (2018 og2012, Paul Peterson, AEG)

100 games before you die:

28:11 - Hanabi (2010, Antoine Bauza, R&R)

https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/321471/100-tabletop-games-to-play-before-turning-100

Topic:

32:14 - Mass Market Tier List

Join us:

SaltCON Spring, Feb 27 - Mar 2 https://saltcon.com/spring

Podfort, Mar 26 - Mar 30 https://treefortmusicfest.com/podfort-2025/

Songs:

100 Games to Play Before You Die by Michael, Tyler, Devon, and Josh of The Boise RainBeaus

ROT by Bone Haus https://bonehaus.bandcamp.com/album/in-mourning

All our socials https://linktr.ee/shelfstablecast

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#23 Don't Eat the Pieces, How to Get Reinvited to Game Night Jan 14, 2025

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Enough is enough. You've been the Donnie Thornberry of far too many game nights. It's time to wipe up that drool and extract those d20s from your nostrils. Today is the day you become a true gamer. (Forward this episode to 10 newbs or you will have bad luck all week.)

Games we played:

7:03 - ICECOOL (2016, Brian Gomez, Brain)

10:40 - Downforce (2017, Rob Daviau & Justin D. Jacobson & Wolfgang Kramer, Restoration)

15:40 - Wingspan (2019, Elizabeth Hargrave, Stonemaier)

20:46 - Karuba (2015, Rudiger Dorn, Haba)

100 games before you die:

24:48 - Hanamikoji (2013, Kota Nakayama, EmperorS4)

https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/321471/100-tabletop-games-to-play-before-turning-100

Topic:

29:53 - Don't Eat the Pieces, How to Get Reinvited to Game Night

Join us at SaltCON Spring, Feb 27 - Mar 2 https://saltcon.com/spring

Songs:

100 Games to Play Before You Die by Michael, Tyler, Devon, and Josh of The Boise RainBeaus

ROT by Bone Haus https://bonehaus.bandcamp.com/album/in-mourning

All our socials https://linktr.ee/shelfstablecast

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#22 Resolutions and The Pantry Jan 07, 2025

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Dust... dust everywhere as far as the eye can see. The only sign of life: a few candy-colored camels and some chain-smoking elderly throwing down in a Microsoft classic. Desperate for a drink of board games, you make your way down to the infamous bunker. The Pantry... that's what the elders called it after you threw them a few fish for pay. But what is it and how does one harness its power?

Games we played:

4:06 - Cribbage (1630, Sir John Suckling, public domain)

8:45 - Scene It? (2002, Craig Kinzer and Dave Long, Mattel)

14:02 - Riichi Mahjong (1920, uncredited, public domain)

23:05 - Through the Desert (1998, Reiner Knizia, Z-Man)

100 games before you die:

27:21 - Patchwork (2014, Uwe Rosenberg, Lookout)

https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/321471/100-tabletop-games-to-play-before-turning-100

Topic:

32:45 - Resolutions

2025 Challenges - https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/344861/2025-boardgaming-challenges-overview

48:25 - The Pantry

https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/350266/shelf-stable-the-pantry

Join us at SaltCON Spring, Feb 27 - Mar 2 https://saltcon.com/spring

Songs:

100 Games to Play Before You Die by Michael, Tyler, Devon, and Josh of The Boise RainBeaus

ROT by Bone Haus https://bonehaus.bandcamp.com/album/in-mourning

Join the convo https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/3424399/shelf-stable-ultrathread

All our socials https://linktr.ee/shelfstablecast

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#21 Year In Review v24 Dec 31, 2024

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The Sphinx eyes you with a cunning smirk, "If you are so wise human, then answer me this: what has four rules in morning, twelve thousand rules in the afternoon, and three rules at night?" Without a moments hesitation you respond: "A board gamer! A board gamer starts on Catan, devolves into madness with Lacerta, and becomes grounded once more in Knizia!" The Sphinx affirms that you have the correct answer but doesn't appreciate your gatekeepy tone. They gobble you up in a single bite.

Year In Review v24

2:46 - Top games we played

19:45 - Bottom games we played

27:03 - Unexpected and got rid of

35:12 - Lookback at 2019

53:28 - Outside the scope

56:52 - Predictions 2024

Songs:

100 Games to Play Before You Die by Michael, Tyler, Devon, and Josh of The Boise RainBeaus

ROT by Bone Haus https://bonehaus.bandcamp.com/album/in-mourning

Join the convo https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/3424399/shelf-stable-ultrathread

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#20 Gaming With Family Dec 24, 2024

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It seems today, that all you see, is Food Chaining Magnates and Kanban EV. But where are those good old fashioned Knizias, on which we used to rely? Happy holidays!

Games we played:

2:30 - Ethnos (2017, Paolo Mori, CMON)

10:16 - KingDomino (2016, Bruno Cathala, Blue Orange)

15:03 - Glory to Rome (2012 og2005, Carl Chudyk, Cambridge Games Factory)

23:27 - Food Chain Magnate (2015, Jeroen Doumen & Joris Wiersinga, Splotter)

100 games before you die:

32:57 - Dread (2004, Nathaniel Barmore & Epidiah Ravachol, The Impossible Dream)

https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/321471/100-tabletop-games-to-play-before-turning-100

Topic:

38:21 - Gaming With Family

Gaming with kids https://www.dicebreaker.com/categories/board-game/opinion/trying-to-get-kids-into-board-games-its-what-not-how-you-play

How to teach board games https://youtu.be/P5fjDaFuft8?feature=shared

Songs:

100 Games to Play Before You Die by Michael, Tyler, Devon, and Josh of The Boise RainBeaus

ROT by Bone Haus https://bonehaus.bandcamp.com/album/in-mourning

Join the convo https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/3424399/shelf-stable-ultrathread

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#19 ft. Nick Bentley of Underdog Games, Getting the Most Out of Games Dec 17, 2024

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New game idea, shake the hands of as many former presidents as possible while being completely nude. Standard handshake is 1 vp. Fist bump is 2vp. Partially nude does NOT receive any partial points. You might be thinking, "this is a bad idea," to which I would respond, "have you tried it?" And you would respond "yes, and it didn't end well," to which I would respond, "but have you tried it more than once?"

2:26 - Intro Nick Bentley of Underdog Games

https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgamedesigner/7958/nick-bentley

Bluesky @nickbentley.bsky.social

https://www.underdoggames.com

Games we played:

7:33 - Irish Gauge (2016, Amabel Holland, Capstone)

12:50 - Skyjo (2015, Alexander Bernhardt, Magilano)

19:18 - Sprawlopolis (2018, Steven Aramini & Danny Devine & Paul Kluka, Button Shy)

100 games before you die:

21:33 - Camel Up (2018, Steffen Bogen, Pretzel)

https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/321471/100-tabletop-games-to-play-before-turning-100

Topic:

26:04 - Getting the Most Out of Games

https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/142757/the-100-play-challenge-in-support-of-deeper-explor

Songs:

100 Games to Play Before You Die by Michael, Tyler, Devon, and Josh of The Boise RainBeaus

ROT by Bone Haus https://bonehaus.bandcamp.com/album/in-mourning

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#18 Print and Play Dec 10, 2024

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This episode is equipped with state of the art print technology. If you print this episode on your printer you can actually listen to it by rubbing the paper on your ears. Sounds you may hear: Kenny and Tom mispronouncing designer names like the ignorant Americans they are.

Games we played:

2:09 - Bus (1999, Jeroen Doumen & Joris Wiersinga, Splotter)

8:43 - Le Havre (2008, Uwe Rosenberg, Lookout)

13:54 - 7 Wonders Duel (2015, Antoine Bauza & Bruno Cathala, Repos)

20:30 - Imperial Settlers (2014, Ignacy Trzewiczek, Portal)

100 games before you die:

26:39 - Jaipur (2009, Sébastien Pauchon, GameWorks)

https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/321471/100-tabletop-games-to-play-before-turning-100

Topic:

31:32 - Print and Play

Songs:

100 Games to Play Before You Die by Michael, Tyler, Devon, and Josh of The Boise RainBeaus

ROT by Bone Haus https://bonehaus.bandcamp.com/album/in-mourning

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#17 I Should Have Won Dec 03, 2024

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Imagine just being absolute trash. Like get good. I was playing blindfolded and my little brother was holding the controller and there was glare on my screen and I wasn't sitting in my gaming chair and I was using a Wiimote that didn't even have the nunchuck instead of my state of the art Logitech mouse. Some folks just don't know how to take an L am I right?

Games we played:

2:39 - Through the Desert (1998, Reiner Knizia, Z-Man)

8:03 - Love Letter (2016 og2012, Seiji Kanai, AEG)

12:17 - Tongiaki: Journey into the Unknown (2004, Thomas Rauscher, Schmidt Spiele)

16:29 - Brass Lancashire (2007, Martin Wallace, Roxley)

100 games before you die:

24:01 - The Quiet Year (2013, Avery Alder, Buried Without Ceremony)

https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/321471/100-tabletop-games-to-play-before-turning-100

Topic:

30:03 - I Should Have Won

Songs:

100 Games to Play Before You Die by Michael, Tyler, Devon, and Josh of The Boise RainBeaus