The Board Boys Podcast

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Season 14, Episode 6 - Trismegistus: The Ultimate Formula Apr 11, 2024

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Board Boys are back for another one, this time playing 2019's (ancient history) Trismegistus: The Ultimate Formula, technically a T game, from Daniele Tascini and Frederico Pierlorenzi. Who can make straw into gold first? Not Cam, he missed this episode.

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

5:00 Dark Ages: Holy Roman Empire

9:30 Gloomhaven: Buttons and Bugs

12:30 Daybreak

15:45 Fliptown

19:00 Balatro

21:30 Trismegistus: Overview

25:15 You Can Do Magic - America

26:15 Trismegistus: Review

50:00 Trismegistus: Verdict

59:45 Board Boys Bump: Marrakesh

1:08:00 Thank You, Patrons

1:09:45 Sister Golden Hair - America

Season 14, Episode 5 - Wyrmspan ft. Camp Refresh preview Mar 28, 2024

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www.camprefresh.com

Board Boys are back to make birds out of dragons in Wyrmspan from Stonemaier Games. Also in this episode, Joe Roth of the Dealt Hand shares his thoughts on the game and talks about upcoming (late April '24) Camp Refresh, a sleepaway camp/gaming retreat in the Des Moines area- check out his segment for a coupon code!

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

10:30 Trellis

11:45 Knight

19:00 Amalfi: Renaissance

26:30 Dune Imperium (the app)

35:45 Turing Machine

40:15 Wyrmspan: Overview

43:00 The Dragon - Biz Markie

44:15 Wyrmspan: Review

1:09:00 Camp Refresh Preview with Joe from the Dealt Hand

1:31:45 Wyrmspan: Verdict

1:42:45 Board Boys Bump: Revive

1:49:30 Thank You, Patrons

1:50:00 Time out of Mind - Steely Dan

Season 14, Episode 4 - Ticket to Ride Legacy: Legends of the West Mar 14, 2024

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On this episode of the podcast we dig into Ticket To Ride Legacy: Legends of the West from Days of Wonder. We give a high level overview and then after some warnings dive right into spoiler territory. Check the timestamps for this episode for specifics. Also in this episode we talk about Legacy Games in general. Cam suprises us with a return of Beef Watch (TM).

TimeStamps

0:00 - Words of apology from Board Boy Rob

:30 - Intro, E.V.A. - Jean Jacques Perrey

3:30 - Legacy Game Talk

11:50 - MLEM Space Agency

18:15 - Karvi

22:00 - Neuroriders

25:30 - 7 Wonders Architects: Medals Expansion

26:35 - Star Wars - Unlimited CCG

30:00 - Mercurial

32:45 - Splendor Duel

35:15 - Return of the Beef Watch

40:30 - Ticket to Ride Legacy Intro (Spoiler Free)

42:26 - Sheena East - Morning Train

44:05 - Ticket to Ride Legacy Initial Thoughts (Spoiler Free)

48:00 - Ticket to Ride Legacy Game Conversation (Spoiler Free)

1:00:00 - Ticket to Ride Legacy Final Thoughts (Spoiler Free)

1:07:45 - Ticket to Ride Legacy SPOILERS!

1:33:35 - Bump or Dump - Deal With The Devil

1:39:08 - Outro, Patreon, Discord, Website Info

1:40:08 - Roger Miller - King of the Road

Season 14, Episode 3 - Voidfall Feb 29, 2024

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Board Boys blast off into outer space yet again to play the big, bad game of Voidfall from Mindclash Games, but can the TI4 fans at the table cope with a spacefaring 4x that doesn't involve threat-laced, hour-long trade discussions that end with hurt feelings all around? Maybe.

Season 14, Episode 2 - Djinn Feb 15, 2024

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Board Boys cork the bottle and get on the no no train to no no ville in Djinn, by Benjamin Schwer. Also in this episode, TV talk, more BGA reviews, and Cam beats Rob on a movie quote, chew on that, Rob.

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

3:15: Game Show Review Minute with Rob and Cam

16:00 Ten More BGA mini reviews

26:30 20 Strong

32:00 The Search for the Lost Species

33:45 Unlock!: Extraordinary Adventures

36:30 My Island

42:45 Djinn: Overview

47:30 We Genie - Shaquille O'Neal and Wade Robson

48:30 Djinn: Review

1:12:15 Djinn: Verdict

1:23:30 Board Boys Bump: Bonfire

1:29:15 Thank You, Patrons

1:31:00 I Wish - Skee-Lo

Season 14, Episode 1 - Evacuation Feb 01, 2024

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Board Boys are back to kick of season 14, probably time to stop counting, with Evacuation, the new Suchy joint from Delicious games. Also in this episode: Cam's BGA advent speed review and Super Board Boys Bump: Season 13 lookback

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

6:00 Cam's Spectacular BGA Advent Calendar Microreview

17:45 Pokemon Splendor

21:30 Gloomhaven: Jaws of the Lion

25:30 Evacuation: Overview

28:30 We Gotta Get out of This Place - The Animals

29:30 Evacuation: Review

1:05:00 Evacuation: Verdict

1:17:30 Board Boys Bump: Season 13 Lookback

1:33:15 Thank You, Patrons

1:34:00 Leaving on a Jet Plane - John Denver and Cass Elliot

Season 13, Episode 13 - Federation Jan 18, 2024

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Board Boys are back (minus Cam so skip to next), baby, to play Federation from Eagle-Gryphon Games. Also in this episode, Jake, Tim, and Rob talk their top games of 2023.

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

2:45 Pies

4:00 Amsterdam

5:45 Santa's Workshop

8:45 Tricky Dicks (This is a game about pictures of Richard Nixon)

10:15 Without Fail

13:00 Flip Town

16:15 Federation: Overview

19:00 Anus of Uranus - Klaatu

20:15 Federation: Review

45:30 Federation: Verdict

49:30 Board Boys Bump Special - Year in Review

1:13:00 Thank You, Patrons

1:13:45 Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft (The Recognized Anthem of World Contact Day) - The Carpenters (but written by Klaatu)

Season 13, Episode 12 - Rats of Wistar Jan 04, 2024

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Board Boys are back with another Cranio Creation, Rats of Wistar by Danilo Sabia and Simone Luciani, a game about lab rats bustin loose. Is the rat game to end all rat games? Find out more just following the 45 minute intro to this episode (my bad).

0:00 Intro, E.V.A. and The Rose and the Cross - Jean Jacque Perrey

8:15 Scholars of the South Tigris

11:45 Halloween (A Hidden Movement Game)

17:30 The Stifling Dark

22:30 Hollywood 1946

26:45 Rats of Wistar: Overview

29:30 Rat Race - Bob Marley and the Wailers

31:00 Rats of Wistar: Review

1:01:00 Rats of Wistar: Verdict

1:09:00 Board Boys Bump: Woodcraft

1:15:00 Thank You, Patrons

1:15:30 Rat in Mi Kitchen - UB40

Season 13, Episode 11 - Nucleum Dec 21, 2023

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All the Board Boys are back together again (thanks to a little Christmas magic) to play Nucleum, a game about slamming little green cubes against a big green cube to power your retrofuturistic city. Also in this episode, first impressions on TTR Legacy, Cam admits he likes a game everyone hates, and we take a look back at Autonahn.

Season 13, Episode 10 - Last Light LIVE from BGGcon Dec 07, 2023

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Welcome to another episode of the podcast this time LIVE from BGGCon 2023. Boardboy Rob is joined by BJ from Boardgame Gumbo and a couple of our friends and lovely patrons Bayou Dave and my roomie Jeremy. Lots of con shenanigans come get your Board Boy Shirts and think about coming to the con next year! Rob gets an opportunity to read BJs Tiletum Bump or Dump thoughts post and boy was it flowery. Until next time we hope you like Boardgames!

2:45 - The Perfect Wave

4:40 - Cathedral of Orleans

8:20 - After Us

12:50 - 3 Ring Circus

15:00 - Newton

17:00 - Challenders Beach Cup

19:00 - Kolaches

20:50 - Rats of Wistar

24:00 - Top Rat Games

25:15 - Sea Salt and Paper

28:30 - Top 3 New to You Games

38:15 - Can't Stop and Lil Wreckers Workshop