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Season 16, Episode 8 - Men-Nefer May 08, 2025

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Board Boys are back in Ancient Egypt yet again for Men-Nefer, which is a board game and not a celebrity couple c. 2002. Speaking of 2002, prepare for a lot of millennial talk in this episode.

0:00 Intro, E.V.A. - Jean Jacques Perrey

19:30 YRO

23:00 Skara Brae

25:45 Jubako

30:00 Kronologic: Paris 1920

33:30 Calimala

37:00 Men-Nefer: Overview

41:00 Young Folks- Peter, Bjorn, & John

43:00 Men-Nefer: Review

1:09:00 Men-Nefer: Verdict

1:16:30 Board Boys Bump: El Grande

1:21:00 Thank You, Patrons

1:22:00 Burning - The Whitest Boy Alive

Season 16, Episode 7 - Galactic Cruise Apr 24, 2025

Show notes

Board Boys blast off into outer space with a bunch of tourists on board in Galactic Cruise, a game about assembling recreational spacecraft and visiting chilled out planets with them.

0:00 Intro, E.V.A. - Jean Jacques Perrey

16:00 The Taverns of Tiefenthal

22:50 Duck & Cover

24:30 Sardegna

27:00 Iwari

29:30 Automania

31:45 Endeavor: Deep Sea

43:45 Galactic Cruise: Overview

47:00 Space Cowboy - Jonzun Crew

48:00 Galactic Cruise: Review

1:22:45 Galactic Cruise: Verdict

1:29:00 Board Boys Bump: Kutna Hora

1:34:00 Thank You, Patrons

1:34:30 Fantastic Voyage - Lakeside

Season 16, Episode 6 - Civolution Apr 11, 2025

Show notes

Board Boys are back with the latest HUGE game from Mr. Stefan Feld - Civolution from Deep Print Games and Pegasus Spiele. Where you are take an exam about creating the best civilizations with your proctor Agera. Place dice, play cards, and so many strategies exist to victory in this one! Also in this episode Cam almost died, Rob talks about a lot of Roleplayer Universe games from Thunderworks Games, Jake talks about Power Vacuum which has a hilarious theme and then we have monumental review and rating of Civolution as well as a crazy Cam boing rating theorum.

0:00 - Intro

5:00 - Cam Almost Died from a Frozen Pizza

9:25 - Lockup and Lockup: Breakout

13:15 - Goblin Vaults

15:25 - Emerald Skulls

19:35 - Stalk Exchange

22:30 - Azul Duel

23:45 - Pax Games

26:35 - Power Vacuum

30:30 - Civolution Intro

34:50 - Civolution Initial Thoughts

40:00 - Civolution Pros and Cons

1:20:00 - Final Thoughts on Civolution

1:29:35 - Bump or Dump - Trismegistus

1:33:10 - Outro and Patron Thanks

Season 16, Episode 5 - Finspan Mar 27, 2025

Show notes

Board Boys are back with another span for ya, man, in Finspan from Stonemaier Games, a game about free range fish raising all the way down to the nightmare zone.

0:00 Intro, E.V.A. - Jean Jacques Perrey

18:00 Lowlands

20:30 Black Forest

26:00 Azul Duel

28:15 R-ECO+

32:00 Potions of Azerland

35:45 Rebel Princesses

43:30 Finspan: Overview

46:15 Looking for Atlantis - Prefab Sprout

48:00 Finspan: Review

1:11:30 Finspan: Verdict

1:18:00 Board Boys Bump: Wyrmspan

1:26:00 Thank You, Patrons

1:27:00 Ocean Rain - Echo & The Bunnymen

Season 16, Episode 4 - 2P Games ft: Lord of the Rings: Duel for Middle Earth Mar 13, 2025

Show notes

Join us for a slightly irregular version of The Board Boys Podcast where Board Boy Rob is joined by Board Boy Beau and Jeremy to go over a bunch of 2 player games! Featuring Duel for Middle Earth from Repos Productions, King of Tokyo Duel from Iello, and Star Wars The Deckbuilding Game from Fantasy Flight Games! Beau also goes over a recent Christmas preset the ChessUp 2 board!

0:00 - Lord of the Rings Intro Music

4:20 - Plug or Beef with Beau

8:25 - Stamp Swap

12:25 - Eclipse Second Dawn for the Galaxy

15:30 - Lifeboats: Plank of Carneades

21:35 - ChessUp 2

25:10 - Lord of the Rings: Duel for Middle Earth

37:45 - King of Tokyo Duel

48:55 - Star Wars The Deck Building Game

59:20 - Bump or Dump - Ticket to Ride Legacy: Legends of the West

1:06:00 - Outro and Patron Thanks

Season 16, Episode 3 - Pampero Feb 27, 2025

Show notes

Board Boys are playing yet another game about windmills (turbines I guess) on this episode, Pampero from Julian Pombo. Uruguay has all this wind evidently, each player will be trying to exploit that. The winner is the player who can harness the most wimpy, clean wind energy and become the king of hippies.

0:00 Intro, E.V.A. - Jean Jacques Perrey

8:30 Sundae Split

11:15 Isle of Cats: Duel

15:00 Little Alchemists again: Cam explains soup better than anyone ever, ever

20:30 Ito

22:00 Fellowship of the Ring: Trick-taking Game

25:45 Pampero: Overview

28:45 The Windmills of your Mind - Dusty Springfield

32:15 Pampero: Review

1:01:00 Pampero: Verdict

1:08:00 Board Boys Bump: Voidfall

1:14:30 Thank You, Patrons

1:15:00 Against the Wind - Bog Seger & The Silver Bullet Band

Season 16, Episode 2 - SETI: Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Feb 13, 2025

Show notes

On this episode, we our feature review is SETI: Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence from Czech Games Edition and new designer Tomáš Holek. Also we dive into Cam's dreams and what they could mean, Cam accidentally orders our food delivery to the wrong house. We also talk about Little Alchemists also by CGE! Other games include, Mandalorian Adventures, Rebirth, Zenith, Dead Cells, and Sky Team. We also look back at Djinn for our bump or dump!

0:00 Intro, E.V.A. - Jean Jacques Perrey

12:30 The Mandalorian: Adventures

15:45 Rebirth

21:00 Zenith

25:15 Dead Cells: The Rogue-Lite Board Game

18:30 Sky Team

36:45 Little Alchemists

43:00 SETI: Overview

47:00 No Doubt About It - Hot Chocolate

48:15 SETI: Review

1:20:30 SETI: Verdict

1:28:00 Board Boys Bump: Djinn

1:33:30 Thank You, Patrons

1:34:15 Here Come the Martian Martians - Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers

Season 16, Episode 1 - Resafa Jan 30, 2025

Show notes

Board Boys are back for an arbitrarily new season in Resafa (aka Refasa) from Delicious Games. Who will stack the most stuff on his camel? Find out after our long 2024 board gaming recap, where we talk top 5 games, BGA awards, surprises, and all the games we played last season.

0:00 Intro, E.V.A. - Jean Jacques Perrey

4:45 2024 Review

47:00 Resafa: Overview

49:15 A Horse with no Name - America

50:30 Resafa: Review

1:17:15 Resafa: Verdict

1:21:45 Board Boys Bump: Evacuation

1:27:45 Thank You, Patrons

1:30:30 Rock the Casbah - The Clash

Season 15, Episode 13 - Unconscious Mind Jan 16, 2025

Show notes

Board Boys are ready to shrink heads in Unconscious Mind, a game about defreuding people experiencing bad dreams until you have all their money and they are in love with their moms.

0:00 Intro, E.V.A. - Jean Jacques Perrey

16:00 Monkey Palace

20:15 Tales of Arthurian Knights

29:15 Clank! Expeditions: Temple of the Ape Lords

34:00 Dinosaur Island: Rawr and Write/ Draftosaurs Aerial Show and Marina expansions

41:00 Unconscious Mind: Overview

44:00 The Ballad of Sigmund Freud - The Chad Mitchell Trio

46:00 Unconscious Mind: Review

1:16:30 Unconscious Mind: Verdict

1:21:00 Board Boys Bump: Federation

1:25:15 Thank You, Patrons

1:26:15 Talking In Your Sleep - The Romantics

Season 15, Episode 12 - Fromage Jan 02, 2025

Show notes

Board Boys are back to get all the cheese in Fromage, a game about making all the cheese by Ben Rosset and Michael O'Malley.

0:00 Intro, E.V.A. - Jean Jacques Perrey

8:00 Pirates of Maracaibo: Commanders

14:00 Welcome to the Moon

22:45 Planta Nubo

29:30 Hamster Roll

31:15 Harmonies

35:00 Fromage: Overview

40:00 MMM Cheese - Freddy 4X

41:00 Fromage: Review

1:08:00 Fromage: Verdict

1:14:00 Board Boys Bump: Rats of Wistar

1:20:00 Thank You, Patrons

1:20:30 This Will Be Our Year - The Zombies

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