Podcast Episodes

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