The Board Boys Podcast

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Season Nine, Episode Eight: Chronicles of Crime Oct 15, 2021

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Only 3 Board Boys this week for our review of the app driven, mystery, deduction game Chronicles of Crime from Lucky Duck Games as Josh came down with a serious migraine but is doing much better now! Also, in this episode, Rob adds some B-Roll, Cam tries to re-invent his image through a new name, Ben brings back an old segment, and PFO Cam also does some unofficial Dungeons Gate ads. We hope you like board games!

Season Nine, Episode Seven: Dice Hospital Oct 01, 2021

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Your favorite boys are back, tackling the intricate world of healthcare management in Dice Hospital from Alley Cat Games. We admitted, treated and discharged patients (dice) with the best of 'em - recruiting new staff and expanding our hospitals to treat a wide range of patients (again ... dice). Also this episode: Cam has a new job and is almost PFO; the boys learn the meaning of ELO; Rob hates new music but is older than 33 so it's okay; Ben and Josh talk vending machines; Flava Flav!

Season Nine, Episode Six - Cascadia Sep 20, 2021

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Your favorite boys are back to tackle the latest, greatest from Flatout Games, Cascadia. In Cascadia players take turns drafting tiles and tokens to fill out their environment with as much synergy as possible. Five different species must all coexist in five unique landscapes to score as many points as possible. Also this episode: Rob is obsessed with Applebees and winning money; Cam finally gets a new phone ... after a lot of shenanigans, Josh was able to finally play a board game ... well ... kinda.

Season Nine, Episode Five: Merchants Cove Sep 03, 2021

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Your favorite boys are back to tackle the latest, greatest from Final Frontier Games, Merchants Cove. It's crazy to think that a game has eight unique, asynchronous players but someone this game manages to pull it off really, really well. Also this episode: the boys spend a little too much time talking about their fast food jobs growing up; Josh sucks at math; the boys make their NFL predictions for their favorite teams; and Rob rips a stinker that somehow gets blamed on Josh. We hope you like board games!

Season Nine, Episode Four: Ankh - Gods of Egypt Aug 20, 2021

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Your favorite boys are back, tackling the final installment in Eric Lang's CMON trilogy, Ankh - Gods of Egypt. The boys waged war as Egyptian Gods and Goddesses, sacrificing followers and raising temples, obelisks and pyramids along the way. Normally we'd say only one player wins, but with a clever merge mechanism anythings possible. Also this episode: Josh reminds us that the soundtrack to The Prince of Egypt friggin' slapped; Ben forgot he played games; and Cam gives Rob the 411 on pumping and dumping.

Season Nine, Episode Three - Destinies Aug 05, 2021

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Today one of the Board Boys will walk away knowing their fate is sealed...at least in a board game with a digital app. In this episode we play Destinies from Lucky Duck Games! Also in this episode, we talk about Iowa crops and potential "crop circles" out west. We manage to keep Haiku Cam away from the podcast but instead we get DJ Cam. Josh didn't get to play but showed up anyway to enlighten us in the world of board games while Ben tries to steal his job.

Season Nine, Episode Two - Tigris and Euphrates Jul 23, 2021

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Your favorite boys are back tackling what has been dubbed as Reiner Knizia's masterpiece, Tigris & Euphrates. It isn't often that we play a game on the Top 100 that is over 20 years old. It is even less often that we play a game based on a recommendation from a listener, thanks Todd K., but boy are we glad we did. Also this episode: the boys test their wit attempting to guess ReviewGeek's "Six Alternatives to Catan"; Josh and Cam revisit alt. christian record labels; and Board Boy Ben wins again ... almost!

Season Nine, Episode One - Western Legends Jul 09, 2021

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Yeehaw! Gather round cowpoke as y'all's favorite boys tackle the wild, wild west in Western Legends from Kolossal Games. Ride along as we prospect, pillage, loot and boot scoot boogie our way across the western frontier. Also this episode: The Haiku Kid stops by to drop knowledge in short form poetry; Board Boy Rob revisits our Season Eight finale, On Mars; Board Boy Ben started a game (not we didn't say finish!); and Board Boy Josh thinks back about a top ONE podcast moment. We hope you like board games.

Season Eight, Episode Thirteen: On Mars Jun 17, 2021

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"I admit it's fairly dangerous, but I'd get to fly around like Iron Man." -Mark Watney

Like Mark Watney from The Martian we go On Mars this week from Eagle Gryphon Games! On this weeks episode we are missing Board Boy Josh but listen closely and maybe you will hear him! Cam wants BGG to have better editing on it's game description page and check out our new restaurant named "4 Bens". Also Ben challenges Cam to a Haiku and he goes way to far as usual. Also Rob pops up with a fairly spoiler light review of the puzzliest puzzle game The Initiative!

Season Eight, Episode Twelve: Dwellings of Eldervale Jun 03, 2021

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Your favorite boys are back this week to tackle, recent Kickstarter mega-success, Dwellings of Eldervale. This game has it all: colors, elements, big freakin' miniatures THAT TALK, a clever combat system, tile placement, cards and so much more! Surely with so many quality mechanisms one would think this game a great time ... right? Also this episode: Cam practices his Spanish, Ben tries, fails and tries again to perfect the ultimate segue, Rob gets really into geometric symbols and Josh bones out (again).

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