Podcast Episodes

Every episode of the podcast!

• Episode 366: Collaborative Draft: Games of 2017
• Episode 365: Gen Con 2026 Preview
• Episode 364: Mechanism Matchup
• Episode 363: The Dark Depths of Mailbag
• Episode 362: Hot Takes About Board Games
• Episode 361: Collaborative Draft: Games of 2016
• Episode 360: Guessing Golden Geeks Galore
• Episode 359: Top Brass
• Episode 358: Our Listeners' Top 20 Board Games of All-Time 2026
• Episode 357: We Played a Mass of Games!
• Episode 356: On the Road Again
• Episode 355: Anticipation Auction: Games of 2026
• Episode 354: Don't Call It a Comeback
• Episode 353: Getting it Just Right
• Episode 352: Combined Top 50 Games of All-Time 2025 Draft: 10-1
• Episode 351: Combined Top 50 Games of All-Time 2025 Draft: 30-11
• Episode 350: Combined Top 50 Games of All-Time 2025 Draft: 50-31
• Episode 349: Anticipation Auction 2025: And the Winner Is…
• Episode 348: Got 'Em, Ghost Turkey
• Episode 347: Bob's Design
• Episode 346: It’s One Bananagrams, How Much Could It Cost?
• Episode 345: Essen SPIEL 2025 Hype List
• Episode 344: ... But the Second Leaves a Mark
• Episode 343: Fantasy Draft: Card Games
• Episode 342: Oops! All Foreplay
• Episode 341: A Little Bit of Mailbag
• Episode 340: All by Myself
• Episode 339: One and Done
• Episode 338: Gen Con 2025 Preview
• Episode 337: Our Listeners’ Top 20 Board Games of All-Time 2025
• Episode 336: Happy Little Accidents
• Episode 335: A Cole New Wehrle
• Episode 334: Nothing's Done It Better
• Episode 333: Golden G33ks
• Episode 332: Hard Pass!
• Episode 331: One Thing I Hate About You
• Episode 330: We Played a Load of Games!
• Episode 329: All the Stars Are Here!
• Episode 328: Anticipation Auction: Games of 2025
• Episode 327: Top 50 Games of All-Time 2024: 10-1
• Episode 326: Top 50 Games of All-Time 2024: Neilan's 30-11
• Episode 325: Top 50 Games of All-Time 2024: Mark's 30-11
• Episode 324: Top 50 Games of All-Time 2024: Neilan's 50-31
• Episode 323: Top 50 Games of All-Time 2024: Mark's 50-31
• Episode 322: And What a Year It’s Been
• Episode 321: Fire Away, Ghost Turkey
• Episode 320: We Played A Clump of Games!
• Episode 319: One Exception To Rule Them All
• Episode 318: A Mix of Things We’d Like To See with Mike DiLisio
• Episode 317: Fantasy Draft: Overrated Games
• Episode 316: Four Heads Are Better Than One
• Episode 315: Essen SPIEL 2024 Hype List
• Episode 314: Bringing Out the Best in People
• Episode 313: That Don't Impress Me Much
• Episode 312: Fantasy Draft: Spiel des Jahres Winners
• Episode 311: Of Lovers and Travel
• Episode 310: Bob's Decade Delights
• Episode 309: Moretuary
• Episode 308: Fantasy Draft: Games To Last a Decade
• Episode 307: Gotta Guess More Golden Geeks
• Episode 306: We Could All Use a Little Change
• Episode 305: Hook, Line, and Sinker
• Episode 304: Our Listeners’ Top 20 Board Games of All-Time 2024
• Episode 303: We Played a Pile of Games!
• Episode 302: A Lotta Prattle About Vlaada Chvátil
• Episode 301: Our Most Anticipated Games of 2024
• Episode 300: Resolutions and Ruminations
• Episode 299: Top 50 Games of All-Time 2023: 10-1
• Episode 298: Top 50 Games of All-Time 2023: 20-11
• Episode 297: Top 50 Games of All-Time 2023: 30-21
• Episode 296: Top 50 Games of All-Time 2023: 40-31
• Episode 295: Top 50 Games of All-Time 2023: 50-41
• Episode 294: We Played a Stack of Games!
• Episode 293: The Great Epochs Of Board Gaming
• Episode 292: Lightning Round
• Episode 291: Fantasy Draft: Reiner Knizia
• Episode 290: Stuck in the Mid With You
• Episode 289: Essen SPIEL 2023 Hype List
• Episode 288: Less is More
• Episode 287: There's a Time and Place for Everything
• Episode 286: The Worst Duo, Kellen & Mark
• Episode 285: Starting is Easy, Finishing is Hard
• Episode 284: Gen Con 2023 Preview
• Episode 283: Good Artists Copy, Great Artists Steal
• Episode 282: A Soupçon of Sackson
• Episode 281: Fantasy Draft: BoardGameGeek 901-1000
• Episode 280: Equal and Opposite Interactions
• Episode 279: Let the Golden Age Begin
• Episode 278: Check Check Check
• Episode 277: Definitely Not a Mailbag Episode
• Episode 276: Fantasy Draft: BoardGameGeek 801-900
• Episode 275: Building and Breaking Conventions
• Episode 274: Guessing Golden Geeks
• Episode 273: Bob Chat
• Episode 272: Cool Story, Bro
• Episode 271: The Un-Episode
• Episode 270: You May Feel a Little Discomfort
• Episode 269: Keep On Rollin', Bob
• Episode 268: We Played a Slew of Games!
• Episode 267: Our Listeners’ Top 20 Board Games of All-Time 2023
• Episode 266: Don't Mess with Cathala
• Episode 265: Fantasy Draft: BoardGameGeek 701-800
• Episode 264: Kellen
• Episode 263: Our Most Anticipated Games of 2023
• Episode 262: The Sweet Sound of Mailbag
• Episode 261: Resolutions and Ramifications
• Episode 260: Top 50 Games of All-Time 2022: 10-1
• Episode 259: Top 50 Games of All-Time 2022: 20-11
• Episode 258: Top 50 Games of All-Time 2022: 30-21
• Episode 257: Top 50 Games of All-Time 2022: 40-31
• Episode 256: Top 50 Games of All-Time 2022: 50-41
• Episode 255: Kellen Played a Hop of Games!
• Episode 254: A Celebration of Innovation
• Episode 253: The Ghost of Turkeys Past
• Episode 252: Digital Killed the Tabletop Star
• Episode 251: Tabling the Teach
• Episode 250: The Times They Are a-Changin'
• Episode 249: The Essence of Excess
• Episode 248: The Need for Theme
• Episode 247: We Played A Heap of Games!
• Episode 246: SHUX 2022 Live with Tom Brewster
• Episode 245: Essen SPIEL 2022 Hype List
• Episode 244: Quick Count
• Episode 243: We’re on Each Other’s Team
• Episode 242: Second Time's the Charm
• Episode 241: Fantasy Draft: BoardGameGeek 601-700
• Episode 240: The Pillars of Recreation
• Episode 239: We're Back and We Brought Lots of Games
• Episode 237: Where Are They Now?
• Episode 236: Gen Con 2022 Preview
• Episode 235: The Twin Game Showdown
• Episode 234: It’s About Family with Ambie Valdés from Board Game Blitz
• Episode 233: A Decade of Missed Games: 2010-2019
• Episode 232: Transcontinental Mailbag Express
• Episode 231: Why Fight When You Can Negotiate?
• Episode 230: Worth the Weight
• Episode 229: The Positives of Being Negative
• Episode 228: Bob Is Beautiful
• Episode 227: Board Games: The Sequel: Part II: Electric Boogaloo
• Episode 226: Metapod
• Episode 225: Itchy, Tasty
• Episode 224: Golden Geek Awards 2021
• Episode 223: Ye Olden Games with Mark Bigney from So Very Wrong About Games
• Episode 222: Are You the Gatekeeper?
• Episode 221: P-P-P-Party Questions
• Episode 220: Fantasy Draft: BoardGameGeek 501-600
• Episode 219: A Perfect Ten
• Episode 218: Our Listeners’ Top 20 Board Games of All-Time 2022
• Episode 217: We Got Rid of a Bunch of Games!
• Episode 216: We’re Doing This Together!
• Episode 215: Some Like It H-H-H-Hot
• Episode 214: Bob's Alright (For Fighting)
• Episode 213: Approach Without Caution
• Episode 212: Two Can Play At That Game
• Episode 211: Our Most Anticipated Games of 2022
• Episode 210: No One Man Should Have All That Power
• Episode 209: Holiday Hits and Hot Questions
• Episode 208: Top 50 Games of All-Time 2021: 10-1 (ft. Tom Brewster)
• Episode 207: Top 50 Games of All-Time 2021: 20-11 (ft. Ambie Valdés)
• Episode 206: Top 50 Games of All-Time 2021: 30-21 (ft. Mike Walker)
• Episode 205: Top 50 Games of All-Time 2021: 40-31 (ft. Monique & Naveen)
• Episode 204: Top 50 Games of All-Time 2021: 50-41 (ft. Mike Dilisio)
• Episode 203: You Don't Have to Say You Love Me
• Episode 202: Your Fulfilled Potential
• Episode 201: I Choose You, Ghost Turkey!
• Episode 200: The Big 200 Spectacular
• Episode 199: Amerigames and Eurotrash
• Episode 198: Making Memories
• Episode 197: Fantasy Draft: BoardGameGeek 401-500
• Episode 196: Question Time with Jeremy
• Episode 195: Eric, Eric, He's Our Lang
• Episode 194: Essen SPIEL 2021 Hype List
• Episode 193: Three Dimensions of Space
• Episode 192: Fantasy Draft: BoardGameGeek 301-400
• Episode 191: Take Off Every Zig
• Episode 190: Why Are You the Way That You Are?
• Episode 189: Uwe Baby
• Episode 188: Whatever It Takes
• Episode 187: Fantasy Draft: BoardGameGeek 201-300
• Episode 186: Don’t Knock It Till You Try It
• Episode 185: The Most Important Meal of the Day
• Episode 184: Science Based Friction
• Episode 183: Catch a Falling Wallace ...?
• Episode 182: Fantasy Draft: BoardGameGeek 101-200
• Episode 181: Save Dat Money
• Episode 180: The Rules of Investing
• Episode 179: Ignorance Is Bliss
• Episode 178: The Power of Production
• Episode 177: Fantasy Draft: BoardGameGeek Top 100
• Episode 176: Sweet Summer Lovin'
• Episode 175: Cute As a Button
• Episode 174: Live Your Legacy
• Episode 173: Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Games
• Episode 172: Don't Hate the Player, Hate the Game
• Episode 171: A Complimentary Compilation
• Episode 170: Friedemann Friese Frenzy
• Episode 169: Our Most Anticipated Games of 2021
• Episode 168: Board Games Suck with Dan Hughes from Sporadically Board
• Episode 167: Cleanin’ Out My Closet
• Episode 166: You’ve Got to Iterate to Innovate
• Episode 165: Thriving or Barely Surviving?
• Episode 164: Get Uncomfortable
• Episode 163: Our Listeners' Top 20 Board Games of All-Time 2021
• Episode 162: God Does Not Play Dice
• Episode 161: Mechanically Bullish
• Episode 160: Resolutions and Revisitations
• Episode 159: Picking Favorites
• Episode 158: Top 50 Games of All-Time 2020: 10-1
• Episode 157: Top 50 Games of All-Time 2020: 20-11
• Episode 156: Top 50 Games of All-Time 2020: 30-21
• Episode 155: Top 50 Games of All-Time 2020: 40-31
• Episode 154: Top 50 Games of All-Time 2020: 50-41
• Episode 153: Never Look Back at 2020
• Episode 152: Bob's Holiday Gift Guide
• Episode 151: Your Attention Please
• Episode 150: Revenge of the Ghost Turkey
• Episode 149: Have You No Shame?
• Episode 148: Your Comfort Zone
• Episode 147: The Great Compromise
• Episode 146: Essen SPIEL 2020 Hype List
• Episode 145: Zero to One Hundred: $100 Collection Triple Triumph
• Episode 144: Zero to One Hundred: Red Tank’s $100 Collection
• Episode 143: Pace Yourself
• Episode 142: Play Me a Memory
• Episode 141: Expectations Great and Small
• Episode 140: All About Auctions
• Episode 139: Bugbear Brawl
• Episode 138: Life's Lessons Learned
• Episode 137: Past Its Prime
• Episode 136: H-h-h-hot Hot Hot
• Episode 135: Social Climbing
• Episode 134: CHAOS!
• Episode 133: Light It Up
• Episode 132: Heavy Duty with Monique from Before You Play
• Episode 131: But At What Cost?
• Episode 130: And the Award Goes To ...
• Episode 129: Fight for Your Right to Party
• Episode 128: The Means of Production with Richard Simpson
• Episode 127: No Stupid Questions
• Episode 126: So Very Wrong About Games
• Episode 125: REwrite the Stars
• Episode 124: Constraints You Can See
• Episode 123: Filler Up
• Episode 122: Strongest Starter
• Episode 121: FANTASTIC Four with Mike Walker from So Very Wrong About Games
• Episode 120: Light on the Horizon
• Episode 119: The Seven Week Itch
• Episode 118: Of the Utmost Importance
• Episode 117: All Decked Out
• Episode 116: The Cyber Reloaded
• Episode 115: Gone But Not Forgotten
• Episode 114: Let It Grow
• Episode 113: Trust is Good, Area Control is Better
• Episode 112: We Played a Bunch of Games!
• Episode 111: Conventional Wisdom
• Episode 110: One Small Thing
• Episode 109: Harshing My Buzz
• Episode 108: We Have to Go Back
• Episode 107: Get It Right the First Time
• Episode 106: Popcorn Time with Mike DiLisio
• Episode 105: Resolutions and Revelations
• Episode 104: Top 50 Games of All-Time 2019: 10-1
• Episode 103: Top 50 Games of All-Time 2019: 20-11
• Episode 102: Top 50 Games of All-Time 2019: 30-21
• Episode 101: Top 50 Games of All-Time 2019: 40-31
• Episode 100: Top 50 Games of All-Time 2019: 50-41
• Episode 99: Sore Today, Strong Tomorrow
• Episode 98: Thanks, Ghost Turkey!
• Episode 97: Eleven Herbs and Biases
• Episode 96: The House of Bounce
• Episode 95: Holiday Hits
• Episode 94: Even When You're Losing
• Episode 93: Tap Tap, No Take-Backs
• Episode 92: Chasing the MacGuffin
• Episode 91: SHUX 2019 Live with Quintin Smith
• Episode 90: Timmy, Jenny, Spike
• Episode 89: Classified Information
• Episode 88: Essen SPIEL 2019 Preview
• Episode 87: The Game of Life
• Episode 86: Shame! Shame! Shame!
• Episode 85: Episode Too: Attack of the Adjectives
• Episode 84: Best With Two
• Episode 83: Dexterous Laboratory
• Episode 82: Tales from the Tables
• Episode 81: Gen Con 2019 Day Three
• Episode 80: Gen Con 2019 Day Two
• Episode 79: Gen Con 2019 Day One
• Episode 78: You Gotta Get a Gimmick
• Episode 77: What You Don’t Know Can’t Hurt You
• Episode 76: Gen Con 2019 Preview
• Episode 75: Failing Forward
• Episode 74: Story Time with Paula Deming
• Episode 73: Dictionary Attack
• Episode 72: The Long and the Short of It
• Episode 71: A Hate-Love Relationship
• Episode 70: Spiel des Jahres! The Games War!
• Episode 69: Bang for Your Buck
• Episode 68: A Mailbag of Biblical Proportions
• Episode 67: Shelf Life
• Episode 66: The Only Winning Move
• Episode 65: Board Games and Chill
• Episode 64: Are Games Even Fun?
• Episode 63: Hype Men
• Episode 62: A Melange of Games to Play Again
• Episode 61: Beware of the Cyber
• Episode 60: Tabling the Discussion
• Episode 59: Ain't Nothing Like It
• Episode 58: Game Board Confessional
• Episode 57: Where There's a Will, There's a Gateway
• Episode 56: Shelf of Shape Up or Ship Out
• Episode 55: Answerversary
• Episode 54: 2019: An Up and Coming Year
• Episode 53: Objection!
• Episode 52: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Theme
• Episode 51: The Best of Times
• Episode 50: Top 50 Games of All-Time 2018: 10-1
• Episode 49: Top 50 Games of All-Time 2018: 20-11
• Episode 48: Top 50 Games of All-Time 2018: 30-21
• Episode 47: Top 50 Games of All-Time 2018: 40-31
• Episode 46: Top 50 Games of All-Time 2018: 50-41
• Episode 45: Green Letter Episode?
• Episode 44: Red Letter Episode
• Episode 43: My Triumphs, My Mistakes
• Episode 42: We've Been Co-opted
• Episode 41: The First Cut Is the Deepest
• Episode 40: Bling It On
• Episode 39: Essen SPIEL 2018 Preview
• Episode 38: Six Things I Hate About You
• Episode 37: Origin Story
• Episode 36: Your Unfulfilled Potential
• Episode 35: The Power of Balance
• Episode 34: You Know the Rules and So Do I
• Episode 33: You Can't Win 'Em All
• Episode 32: Are We Having Fun Yet?
• Episode 31: Logged and Loaded
• Episode 30: Party Party Party
• Episode 29: Cult of the You Do You
• Episode 28: Dance Like Nobody’s Watching
• Episode 27: Gen Con 2018 Day Three
• Episode 26: Gen Con 2018 Day Two
• Episode 25: Gen Con 2018 Day One
• Episode 24: Gen Con 2018 Preview
• Episode 23: Are You Feeling Lucky?
• Episode 22: Baby's First Social Interaction
• Episode 21: The Beautiful Game
• Episode 20: Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger
• Episode 19: What Are You Made Of?
• Episode 18: You Get What You Give
• Episode 17: The Best Things in Life Are $20 or Less
• Episode 16: How to Win Friends Area Control People
• Episode 15: Keep Your Hands to Yourself
• Episode 14: Do You Want to Know a Secret?
• Episode 13: We're Still Right
• Episode 12: More Isn't Always Better
• Episode 11: Heavy is the Head that Wears the Crown
• Episode 10: Everyone is Wrong and We are Right
• Episode 9: PhD in Legacy
• Episode 8: Just Deserts
• Episode 7: Kicking and Screaming
• Episode 6: Today's Theme: Pronunciation
• Episode 5: It's Good To Be Kingmaker
• Episode 4: Buy Buy Buy
• Episode 3: Double Dragonfly
• Episode 2: Catching Trains and Mathing Trades
• Episode 1: I'm Not Upset, I'm Just Disappointed