The Board Boys Podcast

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

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

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      

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

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

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

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

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  

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

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 35:15 - Coimbra Initial Thoughts 38:35 - Coimbra Pros 50:00 - Coimbra Cons 1:08:00 - Coimbra Final Thoughts 1:10:00 - Bump or Dump - Sabika 1:14:00 - Outro, BGA, Patreon, and Discord 1:15:08 - Red Red Wine - UB40