A dazzling place you never knew … until now that is! We’re diving deep on beloved designer Cole Wehrle in another designer spotlight. We dig back into his Roots, and explore the many Arcs that led to his Oath to revolutionize thematic board games. Before our traffic gets infamous, we talk about Toy Battle, Subjective, and Wild Tiled West.
Well, we finally did it. We played CATAN, and it was … good! And then we started wondering, is there anything that’s done quite the same thing that that game is doing? And then that got us wondering how many games there are like that, where it’s genuinely hard to say that nothing has done it better since. And then that got us wondering if, instead of all this wondering, we should record a podcast episode. Before we wander, we talk about Box Two, Catan: Cities & Knights, and An Infamous Traffic.
Happy 333! In honour of our three hundred and thirty third episode, BoardGameGeek has decided to host an emergency session of the Golden Geek Awards, and we’re here to tell you about all the nominees that satisfy the crucial conditions of being (1) good games (2) we played (3) last year. Before we open our third eye, we also talk about Einfach Genial 3D, Gazebo, and Stalk Exchange.
I would say that, for the most part, there’s very little we won’t play – but we also know what we like, and especially what we don’t like. Every so often a game gets suggested that we have to say “literally anything but” to. Before we pass hard, we talk about TRICKTAKERs, Iquazú, and Hubworld: Aidalon.
We’ve spent a lot of time over the years singing the praises of the games we love, but they can’t be perfect right? Surely there’s something, one little thing, that bugs us – a small blemish in our otherwise most beloved games? Before we come clean, we talk about Classified Information, Starline Hill, Panda Spin, and SHASN: AZADI.
We just got back from Dice Tower West, so you know what that means … bunches and bunches of games! Between the convention, and the meetup, and just hanging out at Mark’s place, we got a lot of great stuff played, and we’re going to give you all the highlights, with such treats as Moon Colony Bloodbath, Out of Sorts, and Feierabend.
I’m not sure why you’d make a hall of fame that’s not also a sidewalk, but that’s exactly what BoardGameGeek have gone and done – they’ve curated 25 games into their hall of fame, and we’re here to judge them for their choices. It’s weird that they didn’t come to us first, honestly. Before we deck the halls, we talk about Arborea, Beyond the Horizon, and Taiwan Night Market.
Okay, pay attention, this is gonna be different! We’re looking at the rest of 2025, deciding what we think the most well received games of the year are going to be – but then we’re going to be bidding on them, auction style. Whoever’s slate ends up performing best in their categories at the end of the year gets all the glory … and if you vote on who you think is going to win, you could get $50! Before we’re going, going, gone, we talk about Nyakuza, Hooky, and Altay: Dawn of Civilization.
It’s finally time to cap it all off with the cream of the cream, Mark and Neilan’s final set of ten games each! These are the games that we think are the pinnacle of our respective tastes, that we’d never turn down, that any person ought to try at least once. It’s the Top 10 Games of All-Time!
Neilan’s back to continue the journey down the lazy river of cardboard that is his top 50 board games of all time. It’s games 30 through 11! I just counted, and that’s twenty amazing games that I can’t wait to tell you all about!