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Season 13, Episode 9 - The White Castle Nov 23, 2023

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Thanks for checking out another episode of The Board Boys Podcast! In this episode we check out The White Castle from Devir Games. Also in this episode we make like Harold and Kumar and wish we made it to the actual White Castle. This episode might as well been brought to you by Devir games as we also mention 2 more of their games as well. Cam became a padre so was out but you can still hear his editing prowess from beyond. Stay tuned until next episode live from BGGCon! We hope you like Board Games!

2:00 - White Castle and Uber Banter

6:00 - 3 Ring Circus

11:15 - Savernake Forest

12:20 - Red Cathedral Expansion

15:30 - World Wonders

20:00 - High Season: Grand Austria Hotel Roll and Write

22:15 - Humblebrag by CUT Games

25:30 - Main Review - The White Castle Overview

30:15 - Interlude

31:15 - Initial Thoughts - The White Castle

34:00 - Pros and Cons - The White Castle

53:09 - Final Thoughts - The White Castle

59:35 - Board Boys Bump or Dump - Virtu

1:03:25 - Patron Thanks, Shirts, and BGA Tournaments

1:06:11 - Outro

Season 13, Episode 8 - Pirates of Maracaibo Nov 09, 2023

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Board Boys are live at Cardboard Caucus 2023, Des Moines' premier board game convention, playing Pirates of Maracaibo with designer Ryan Hendrickson.

Season 13, Episode 7 - Carnival Zombie 2nd Ed Oct 26, 2023

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Boo-ard Boys are back just in time for Halloween with the bone chilling, spine tingling, water contaminating Carnival Zombie, a game about six best friends zombie battling their way through Venice in an attempt to escape the wrath of an undead lagoon monster. Beware the order of operations!

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

5:30 City of Horror

13:15 That Time You Killed Me

16:30 Sky Team

20:30 Timeline Twist

23:15 Witchstone expansion

25:45 Wind the Film!

32:15 Indiana Jones: Cryptic - A Puzzles & Pathways Adventure

38:45 Carnival Zombie: Overview

41:15 The Great Pumpkin Waltz - Vince Guaraldi

42:45 Carnival Zombie: Review

1:15:00 Carnival Zombie: Verdict

1:22:30 Board Boys Bump: Flamecraft

1:30:45 Thank You, Patrons

1:32:45 Zombie - Fela Kuti

Season 13, Episode 6 - 2 Player Extravaganza! Oct 12, 2023

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Board Boy Rob is back with special guest Joe! We hammer through all the 2 player games Blitzkrieg!, Ceasar!, and Dogfight! from PSC and Floodgate Games plus we get a little on the spooky side with BOOoop from Smirk and Dagger Games. Also in this episode we talk about the upcoming Spooktacular holiday, Point Salad and we get even scarier with a little Orthodontic work. Thanks for joining us for another episode and we hope you like boardgames!

0:00 - Intro, E.V.A. - Jean Jacques Perrey 2:35 - Intro to BB Joe 6:00 - Halloween 9:30 - Point City 14:05 - Scout and Orthodontics 16:30 - My Fathers Work 17:45 - App Based Games 20:05 - Barrage Nile Affair Expansion 24:30 - Blitzkrieg! 24:30 36:36 - Caesar! - 36:36 51:47 - Dogfight! 1:01:52 - PSC ! Final Thoughts 1:05:50 - BOOoop 1:14:15 - Bump or Dump - Twilight Inscription 1:18:30 - Wrap Up 1:20:00 - Bill Withers - Just the Two of Us

Season 13, Episode 5 - Thunder Road: Vendetta Sep 28, 2023

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Board Boys are back for another Rob's-coworker-Jack-guested, high octane, high voltage thriller as we take a look at Thunder Road: Vendetta from Restoration Games. Also in this episode- Finance Blurb with Cam (from Pyramid Ponzi Advisory Group), Rob rates a game twice, and several more minutes of Kazoo that Tune than anybody ever wanted.

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

2:30 Business Name/Shady Annuity Cam

6:00 Taylor Swift 4 Hour Performance/Dream Concert

13:15 Fit to Print

18:00 Blacksmiths of Steinheimer

22:45 CULTivate

26:00 Thunder Road: Overview

30:00 Vehicle - Ides of March

31:00 Thunder Road: Review

53:30 Thunder Road: Verdict

1:05:30 Board Boys Bump: My Father's Work

1:11:00 Thank You, Patrons

1:11:15 Kazoo That Tune: Vendetta

1:24:45 I Don't Want to Miss a Thing - Aerosmith

Season 13, Episode 4 - The Wolves Sep 14, 2023

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Den Daddies are back by which I mean to say Board Boys are back, here to alpha wolf dom out all the little soy boy baby dawgs in THE WOLVES, a game about growling and howling at your enemies to DOM THEM OUT. Who will snarl the meanest and win the wolf trophy?

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

5:30 Lords of Waterdeep

8:15 Cretaceous Rails Kickstarter preview and mini review with Alex from Spielcraft Games

Kickstarter Link - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/spielcraftgames/cretaceous-rails?ref=73dnqp&token=427fe60d - early peek at the KS page

24:00 After Us

31:30 Zoo Vadis, Ra revisited

36:00 Wild Tiled West

41:00 Baldur's Gate 3 commentary

47:00 Thanks Antofadude from Lil Wreckers Workshop

50:00 The Wolves: Overview

53:00 I am a Wolf, You are the Moon - Craig Wedren

54:30 The Wolves: Review

1:19:45 The Wolves: Verdict

1:24:15 Board Boys Bump: Carnegie

1:28:45 Thank You, Patrons

1:29:45 Dancing in the Moonlight - Thin Lizzy (The completely different song of the same name by King Harvest is worth listening to as well if you're reading this)

Season 13, Episode 3 - Barcelona Aug 31, 2023

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

5:45 Deep Dive

9:30 The Wolves

12:00 Moon River

16:15 Ra

20:00 Zoo Vadis

24:30 Rome in a Day

27:00 Forest Shuffle

32:15 Barcelona: Overview

36:00 We're From Barcelona - I'm From Barcelona

37:30 Barcelona: Review

1:08:30 Barcelona: Verdict

1:15:15 Board Boys Bump: Hansa Teutonica

1:20:00 Thank You, Patrons

1:23:00 Cantares (Caminante, No Hay Camino) - Joan Manuel Serrat (de Barcelona)

Season 13, Episode 2 - Sabika Aug 17, 2023

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Board Boy Bill is back in the saddle for a repeat appearance in Sabika, a game about balancing the lightning bolt with the infinity sign. Also, car fires, PP Rain, Chilling With My Pepsi Like Sheesh, Bowser's Back Door, and many other one episode catchphrases.

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

2:30 Cam's Top 2 Car Fires

11:15 Anomaly

15:30 The Logo Game

17:00 Frosthaven

25:30 Whistle Mountain

30:00 Burgle Bros

38:30 Sabika: Overview

43:45 I've Been Hurt - Bill Deal and the Rhondels

45:30 A Beaument with Mo: Unmatched

52:45 Sabika: Review

1:21:45 Sabika: Verdict

1:28:15 Board Boys Bump: Bitoku

1:33:15 Thank You, Patrons

1:34:30 The Ronettes - Be My Baby

Season 13, Episode 1 - Expeditions Aug 03, 2023

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Board Boys are back with a brand new season (for catalogue purposes) and playing the sequel to Scythe, Expeditions (Stonemaier Games). Also in this Episode, Board Boy Bill joins us for the first half of a Board Boy Bill double feature, Cam gets the podcast canceled again if anyone was listening, and Rob stands in his truth for the first time ever. (This is the first episode in about six months where there isn't 30 minutes of King's Dilemma and restaurant talk)

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

2:30 Cam's peanut-brained question about the theme

4:30 For Sale

9:45 The K Man Audits: Cam's Top 5 Luciani Games

15:30 Joan of Arc (Orleans roll and write)

18:30 Hadrian's Wall

23:30 QE

27:45 Expeditions: Overview

32:15 Ice Flow - The Mighty Boosh

33:45 Expeditions: Review

1:11:15 Expeditions: Verdict

1:23:15 Board Boys Bump: Agricola

1:29:00 Thank You, Patrons

1:30:00 Digging for Gold - Sally Oldfield

Season 12, Episode 13 - Newton Jul 21, 2023

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Board Boys are back for the season 12 finale, finally talking about Newton (Simone Luciani, Nestore Mangione) 5 years late. Also in this episode, 2GG or 2notGG?, plenty of mini reviews, and a little bit of restaurant talk, because of course there is.

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