The Board Boys Podcast

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Season 15, Episode 11 - Explorers of Navoria /The Best Medicine feat. GLiB Games Dec 20, 2024

Show notes

Board Boys boooooost down some tracks and pick up some cards in Explorers of Navoria, a game by Meng Chunlin. Also in this episode we talk with local designers GLiB games about their awesome new game, The Best Medicine.

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

13:30 The Best Medicine w GLiB Games

29:30 Middle Ages

31:30 Only Murders in the Building: The Game

37:00 Explorers of Navoria: Overview

40:30 Ms. Jackson - Outkast

41:30 Explorers of Navoria: Review

1:04:00 Explorers of Navoria: Verdict

1:10:00 Board Boys Bump: Nucleum

1:17:15 Thank You, Patrons

1:18:00 Children Go Where I Send Thee - The Roches

Season 15, Episode 10 - MESOS Dec 05, 2024

Show notes

In this special BGGCon episode Rob is joined by BJ from Board Game Gumbo and honorary Board Boys, Dave and Jeremy! In this episode we talk about all the hotness we played at BGGCon including a giant game of War of the Ring! We also feature Mesos from Cranio Creations and are favorite Simone Luciani! We hope you like boardgames!

0:00 Intro, When The Saints Go Marching In - Louis Armstrong

3:00 Giant War of the Ring

9:30 Terrorscape

15:45 Hamlet expansion

19:00 Resafa

22:45 Rebel Princesses

25:45 Iron Forest

28:00 Civolution

31:30 Flip 7

35:00 Slay the Spire: The Board Game

40:30 MESOS: Overview

44:45 Caveman - Mike Oldfield

45:45 MESOS: Review

1:03:00 MESOS: Verdict

1:06:00 Top 3 Games of BGG

1:17:00 Board Boys Bump: Last Light

1:22:30 Thank You, Patrons

1:23:00 Walk the Dinosaur - Was not Was

Season 15, Episode 9 - Andromeda's Edge Nov 22, 2024

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Board Boys strike back in Andromeda's Edge from Cardboard Alchemy, a game about rolling five dice but losing to a guy who only rolled two. We hope you like Board Games!

0:00 - Intro

3:50 - Favorite Sci Fi Stuff

10:45 - Two Game Called Halloween

15:50 - We're Sinking

18:20 - Auntie Mildred's List of Random Tasks

20:40 - Monsters on Board

22:35 - Shadow House Masquerade

24:45 - Getting Old and Family Talk

27:30 - Andromeda's Edge - Intro

30:25 - Interlude - Beastie Boys - Intergalactic

32:00 - Beastie Boys Chat

34:00 - Andromeda's Edge - Intitial Thoughts

37:35 - Andromeda's Edge - Pros

51:00 - Andromeda's Edge - Cons

1:09:30 - Andromeda's Edge - Final Thoughts

1:20:00 - Bump or Dump - The White Castle

1:23:45 - Outro - Patron Thanks

1:24:50 - Phoenix - Holding on Together

Season 15, Episode 8 - Botanicus Nov 07, 2024

Show notes

Board Boys are back to the old gardening chestnut in Botanicus from Hans im Glück , a game about growing very specific rows of plants for very particular old-timey (for some reason) visitors Also in this episode we talk about games with large decks of cards, Rob steals Jakes intro...again and we take a visit to Sesame Street...oh yea and we talk about board games!

0:00 - Ice Cube Bop Gun (One Nation)

0:05 - Intro

4:30 - Large decks of Cards

9:00 - Robs Weird Rating Scale

12:45 - Sesame Street Characters

16:45 - Gnome Hollow

21:45 - King of Tokyo Duel

25:50 - Cities

29:30 - Septima

35:40 - Botanicus Intro

39:35 - Interlude - Simon and Garfunkel - Scarborough Far / Canticle

40:50 - Botanicus Initial Thoughts

43:00 - Botanicus Pros

55:30 - Botanicus Cons

1:03:20 - Botanicus Final Thoughts

1:13:30 - BB Bump or Dump - Pirates of Maracaibo

1:21:00 - Outro and Patreon Thanks

1:22:20 - Earth Wind and Fire - Where Have All The Flowers Gone

Season 15, Episode 7 - Inferno Oct 24, 2024

Show notes

Board Boys bounce into Des Moines' own Capital City Gaming Con (formerly Cardboard Caucus) to rip a ton of games, especially the creepy and scary Inferno, a "soul management" game very loosely about Dante's travels in heck. Also in this episode, Rob has a discussion with Jaime Brown, designer of Amoebunnies for a chat about the upcoming Kickstarter.

Amoebunnies KS Link - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/wrongcauldron/amoebunnies

BoardBoy Video Review Link - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjERH_f0MT8&t

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

4:00 Lord of the Rings: Duel for Middle Earth

9:00 Wizards & Co.

10:30 Amoebunnies with Jaime Brown

26:00 Altered

29:15 Kavango

32:15 Inferno: Overview

37:00 I'm on Fire - Bruce Springsteen

38:30 Inferno: Review

1:03:00 Inferno: Verdict

1:09:15 Board Boys Bump: Carnival Zombie

1:13:15 Thank You, Patrons

1:14:00 Through the Fire: Chaka Khan

Season 15, Episode 6 - Doggerland Oct 10, 2024

Show notes

Board Boys are back to cave paint underneath the English Channel in Doggerland, a game about sending a bunch of your friends out of their warm huts to try to gank a mammoth in the middle of winter.

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

6:15 Inferno

12:00 Weirdwood Manor

19:00 Doggerland: Overview

23:00 Snoopafella - Snoop Doggy Dogg

24:30 Doggerland: Review

55:00 Doggerland: Verdict

58:00 Board Boys Bump: Blitzkreig!, Dogfight, Caesar!, and BOOoop.

1:05:15 Thank You, Patrons

1:05:30 Vapors - Snoop Doggy Dogg

Season 15, Episode 5 - Windmill Valley Sep 26, 2024

Show notes

Board Boys bounce back from the First Tulip Financial Crisis in Windmill Valley from Board and Dice, a game about spinning the water wheel as hard as you can to until you have more black tulips than even the Smiths would think is cool

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

6:00 Mycelia

12:30 18 Holes

20:45 Creature Caravan

27:45 Stonespine Architects

31:30 Reef Project

36:00 Windmill Valley: Overview

39:00 The Wind - Cat Stevens

40:00 Windmill Valley: Review

1:09:15 Windmill Valley: Verdict

1:15:30 Board Boys Bump: Thunder Road: Vendetta

1:23:45 Thank You, Patrons

1:25:00 Summer Breeze - Isley Brothers

Season 15, Episode 4 - Evenfall + Capital City Gaming Con Preview w/David Kuntz Sep 12, 2024

Show notes

Board Boys are back, baby, to play Evenfall from new dev Stefano de Silva as well as chat with pal David Kuntz about this year's Capital City Gaming Con (formerly Cardboard Caucus) coming up Oct 11-13

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

12:00 Capital City Gaming Con Preview w/David Kuntz

23:30 Ziggurat

26:45 Arcs

29:45 Cats and Quilts of Calico

36:45 Bomb Busters

40:15 Evenfall: Overview

44:15 Bring Me To Life - Evanescence (karaoke from Bob and Bev)

45:15 Evenfall: Review

1:13:00 Evenfall: Verdict

1:19:30 Board Boys Bump: The Wolves

1:26:15 Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now - DJ Steve Walsh

Season 15, Episode 3 - Rock Hard: 1977 Aug 29, 2024

Show notes

Board Boys rock out as hard as humanly possible for a dork hobby podcast with Rock Hard: 1977, a sick game about becoming a rockstar by designer/rock legend Jackie Fox. Also in this episode, a long lookback on Barcelona, plus naming all the Beastie Boys and their DJ.

Cam's Rock Hard: 1977 playlist:

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1DpICN2f9sqhbVQ4VNISKP?si=8bb2e0dcbdd6425a

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

2:00 - Music Chat

19:00 - CDSK

21:25 - Lifeboats: Planks of Carneades

25:10 - Harvest

29:25 - Cities

31:30 - Jorvik

34:30 - Bomb Busters

38:35 - Rock Hard 1977 - Intro

43:10 - Interlude: Cherry Bomb - The Runaways

44:50 - Rock Hard 1977 - Initial Thoughts

48:00 - Rock Hard 1977 - Pros

1:01:30 - Rock Hard 1977 - Prawns

1:07:30 - Rock Hard 1977 - Cons

1:18:50 - Rock Hard 1977 - Final Thoughts

1:28:15 - Bump or Dump - Barcelona

1:38:15 - Wrap up and Patron Thanks

1:39:45 - Outro: Success - Iggy Pop

Season 15, Episode 2 - Coimbra Aug 15, 2024

Show notes

Board Boys are back with "oldie" but goldie, Coimbra from Eggertspiel: a game about patrons and influence and merchants or something in the Renaissance Era which is basically the greatest theme of all time. So grab your floppy hats and join us at the table for this and more!

0:00 - Intro

4:00 - Peru and Weather Talk

6:00 - Finders Creepers

7:40 - Things in Rings

12:35 - Wrath of Fire Mountain

15:30 - Race to the Raft

18:20 - Coop QB Discussion

21:00 - Azul Summer Pavilion

23:00 - Age of Innovation

25:30 - Botanicus

31:25 - Coimbra Stats and Intro

34:16 - Informer - MC Shan and Snow