Caylus

One of the first worker placement games, in Caylus, players build a castle and locations in the surrounding city. Better locations lie farther down the road but are more susceptible to being canceled by the roaming Provost.

Featured Episodes

Episode 329: All the Stars Are Here! Episode 329 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.

Released: March 6, 2025

Episode 250: The Times They Are a-Changin' Episode 250 Two hundred and fifty episodes. That's ... a lot of episodes. That's a lot of time! And, boy, things have changed around here. Well some things. We look at what's different in the hobby since we started doing this whole thing. Before we cast our minds back, we talk about Stone Age, Blood on the Clocktower, Hansa Teutonica, and Aegean Sea.

Released: November 3, 2022

Episode 125: REwrite the Stars Episode 125 Once loved board games will often circle back into the limelight with reprints, but we're also starting to see a lot more get remasters and remakes too. We take a look at this trend, and discuss some re-imaginings our favourite board games, whether it's a full on new version, or just a new coat of paint. Before we re-re-re-repeat, we talk about Cities: Skylines, Colorful, and Maharaja.

Released: June 4, 2020

Episode 116: The Cyber Reloaded Episode 116 To make it through quarantine, we take another look at digital games in a time when it might just be our only option. We've got to get our board game fill somehow! We investigate how our relationship to the electronic side of the hobby has changed, and give our recommendations for the many options. Before we plug in, we talk about Remember Our Trip, Castell, and Caylus 1303.

Released: April 2, 2020

Episode 103: Top 50 Games of All-Time 2019: 20-11 Episode 103 A new year, a new decade, a new podcast, and a new batch of games that we love talking about. It's the fourth in our five part series of our 50 favourite board games of all-time, and appropriately, we're kicking off 2020 by breaking into the top twenty. Synergy.

Released: January 1, 2020

Episode 71: A Hate-Love Relationship Episode 071 There's nothing sweeter than the softening of a heart, that precious feeling when all of the things you thought you'd dislike, suddenly become endearing. We're counting down our favourite games that we thought we were going to hate, but ended up loving. Before we go full tsundere, we talk about Indian Summer, Richard the Lionheart, and X nimmt!

Released: June 6, 2019

Episode 49: Top 50 Games of All-Time 2018: 20-11 Episode 049 The end is nigh! If you squint just right you can see it from here. We're almost done counting down our favourite fifty games of all time, so join us in the penultimate part of our five part series.

Released: January 3, 2019

Episode 21: The Beautiful Game Episode 021 World Cup fever sweeps the podcast, as we consider the analogies between board gaming and sport. We also talk about Harvest, Caylus, Exit: The Game, and Trajan.

Released: July 5, 2018