Podcast Episodes

Every episode of the Board Game Barrage podcast:

up Episode 362: Hot Takes About Board Games

up Episode 361: Collaborative Draft: Games of 2016

up Episode 360: Guessing Golden Geeks Galore

up Episode 359: Top Brass

up Episode 358: Our Listeners' Top 20 Board Games of All-Time 2026

up Episode 357: We Played a Mass of Games!

up Episode 356: On the Road Again

up Episode 355: Anticipation Auction: Games of 2026

up Episode 354: Don't Call It a Comeback

up Episode 353: Getting it Just Right

up Episode 352: Combined Top 50 Games of All-Time 2025 Draft: 10-1

up Episode 351: Combined Top 50 Games of All-Time 2025 Draft: 30-11

up Episode 350: Combined Top 50 Games of All-Time 2025 Draft: 50-31

up Episode 349: Anticipation Auction 2025: And the Winner Is…

up Episode 348: Got 'Em, Ghost Turkey

up Episode 347: Bob's Design

up Episode 346: It’s One Bananagrams, How Much Could It Cost?

up Episode 345: Essen SPIEL 2025 Hype List

up Episode 344: ... But the Second Leaves a Mark

up Episode 343: Fantasy Draft: Card Games

up Episode 342: Oops! All Foreplay

up Episode 341: A Little Bit of Mailbag

up Episode 340: All by Myself

up Episode 339: One and Done

up Episode 338: Gen Con 2025 Preview

up Episode 337: Our Listeners’ Top 20 Board Games of All-Time 2025

up Episode 336: Happy Little Accidents

up Episode 335: A Cole New Wehrle

up Episode 334: Nothing's Done It Better

up Episode 333: Golden G33ks

up Episode 332: Hard Pass!

up Episode 331: One Thing I Hate About You

up Episode 330: We Played a Load of Games!

up Episode 329: All the Stars Are Here!

up Episode 328: Anticipation Auction: Games of 2025

up Episode 327: Top 50 Games of All-Time 2024: 10-1

up Episode 326: Top 50 Games of All-Time 2024: Neilan's 30-11

up Episode 325: Top 50 Games of All-Time 2024: Mark's 30-11

up Episode 324: Top 50 Games of All-Time 2024: Neilan's 50-31

up Episode 323: Top 50 Games of All-Time 2024: Mark's 50-31

up Episode 322: And What a Year It’s Been

up Episode 321: Fire Away, Ghost Turkey

up Episode 320: We Played A Clump of Games!

up Episode 319: One Exception To Rule Them All

up Episode 318: A Mix of Things We’d Like To See with Mike DiLisio

up Episode 317: Fantasy Draft: Overrated Games

up Episode 316: Four Heads Are Better Than One

up Episode 315: Essen SPIEL 2024 Hype List

up Episode 314: Bringing Out the Best in People

up Episode 313: That Don't Impress Me Much

up Episode 312: Fantasy Draft: Spiel des Jahres Winners

up Episode 311: Of Lovers and Travel

up Episode 310: Bob's Decade Delights

up Episode 309: Moretuary

up Episode 308: Fantasy Draft: Games To Last a Decade

up Episode 307: Gotta Guess More Golden Geeks

up Episode 306: We Could All Use a Little Change

up Episode 305: Hook, Line, and Sinker

up Episode 304: Our Listeners’ Top 20 Board Games of All-Time 2024

up Episode 303: We Played a Pile of Games!

up Episode 302: A Lotta Prattle About Vlaada Chvátil

up Episode 301: Our Most Anticipated Games of 2024

up Episode 300: Resolutions and Ruminations

up Episode 299: Top 50 Games of All-Time 2023: 10-1

up Episode 298: Top 50 Games of All-Time 2023: 20-11

up Episode 297: Top 50 Games of All-Time 2023: 30-21

up Episode 296: Top 50 Games of All-Time 2023: 40-31

up Episode 295: Top 50 Games of All-Time 2023: 50-41

up Episode 294: We Played a Stack of Games!

up Episode 293: The Great Epochs Of Board Gaming

up Episode 292: Lightning Round

up Episode 291: Fantasy Draft: Reiner Knizia

up Episode 290: Stuck in the Mid With You

up Episode 289: Essen SPIEL 2023 Hype List

up Episode 288: Less is More

up Episode 287: There's a Time and Place for Everything

up Episode 286: The Worst Duo, Kellen & Mark

up Episode 285: Starting is Easy, Finishing is Hard

up Episode 284: Gen Con 2023 Preview

up Episode 283: Good Artists Copy, Great Artists Steal

up Episode 282: A Soupçon of Sackson

up Episode 281: Fantasy Draft: BoardGameGeek 901-1000

up Episode 280: Equal and Opposite Interactions

up Episode 279: Let the Golden Age Begin

up Episode 278: Check Check Check

up Episode 277: Definitely Not a Mailbag Episode

up Episode 276: Fantasy Draft: BoardGameGeek 801-900

up Episode 275: Building and Breaking Conventions

up Episode 274: Guessing Golden Geeks

up Episode 273: Bob Chat

up Episode 272: Cool Story, Bro

up Episode 271: The Un-Episode

up Episode 270: You May Feel a Little Discomfort

up Episode 269: Keep On Rollin', Bob

up Episode 268: We Played a Slew of Games!

up Episode 267: Our Listeners’ Top 20 Board Games of All-Time 2023

up Episode 266: Don't Mess with Cathala

up Episode 265: Fantasy Draft: BoardGameGeek 701-800

up Episode 264: Kellen

up Episode 263: Our Most Anticipated Games of 2023

up Episode 262: The Sweet Sound of Mailbag

up Episode 261: Resolutions and Ramifications

up Episode 260: Top 50 Games of All-Time 2022: 10-1

up Episode 259: Top 50 Games of All-Time 2022: 20-11

up Episode 258: Top 50 Games of All-Time 2022: 30-21

up Episode 257: Top 50 Games of All-Time 2022: 40-31

up Episode 256: Top 50 Games of All-Time 2022: 50-41

up Episode 255: Kellen Played a Hop of Games!

up Episode 254: A Celebration of Innovation

up Episode 253: The Ghost of Turkeys Past

up Episode 252: Digital Killed the Tabletop Star

up Episode 251: Tabling the Teach

up Episode 250: The Times They Are a-Changin'

up Episode 249: The Essence of Excess

up Episode 248: The Need for Theme

up Episode 247: We Played A Heap of Games!

up Episode 246: SHUX 2022 Live with Tom Brewster

up Episode 245: Essen SPIEL 2022 Hype List

up Episode 244: Quick Count

up Episode 243: We’re on Each Other’s Team

up Episode 242: Second Time's the Charm

up Episode 241: Fantasy Draft: BoardGameGeek 601-700

up Episode 240: The Pillars of Recreation

up Episode 239: We're Back and We Brought Lots of Games

up Episode 237: Where Are They Now?

up Episode 236: Gen Con 2022 Preview

up Episode 235: The Twin Game Showdown

up Episode 234: It’s About Family with Ambie Valdés from Board Game Blitz

up Episode 233: A Decade of Missed Games: 2010-2019

up Episode 232: Transcontinental Mailbag Express

up Episode 231: Why Fight When You Can Negotiate?

up Episode 230: Worth the Weight

up Episode 229: The Positives of Being Negative

up Episode 228: Bob Is Beautiful

up Episode 227: Board Games: The Sequel: Part II: Electric Boogaloo

up Episode 226: Metapod

up Episode 225: Itchy, Tasty

up Episode 224: Golden Geek Awards 2021

up Episode 223: Ye Olden Games with Mark Bigney from So Very Wrong About Games

up Episode 222: Are You the Gatekeeper?

up Episode 221: P-P-P-Party Questions

up Episode 220: Fantasy Draft: BoardGameGeek 501-600

up Episode 219: A Perfect Ten

up Episode 218: Our Listeners’ Top 20 Board Games of All-Time 2022

up Episode 217: We Got Rid of a Bunch of Games!

up Episode 216: We’re Doing This Together!

up Episode 215: Some Like It H-H-H-Hot

up Episode 214: Bob's Alright (For Fighting)

up Episode 213: Approach Without Caution

up Episode 212: Two Can Play At That Game

up Episode 211: Our Most Anticipated Games of 2022

up Episode 210: No One Man Should Have All That Power

up Episode 209: Holiday Hits and Hot Questions

up Episode 208: Top 50 Games of All-Time 2021: 10-1 (ft. Tom Brewster)

up Episode 207: Top 50 Games of All-Time 2021: 20-11 (ft. Ambie Valdés)

up Episode 206: Top 50 Games of All-Time 2021: 30-21 (ft. Mike Walker)

up Episode 205: Top 50 Games of All-Time 2021: 40-31 (ft. Monique & Naveen)

up Episode 204: Top 50 Games of All-Time 2021: 50-41 (ft. Mike Dilisio)

up Episode 203: You Don't Have to Say You Love Me

up Episode 202: Your Fulfilled Potential

up Episode 201: I Choose You, Ghost Turkey!

up Episode 200: The Big 200 Spectacular

up Episode 199: Amerigames and Eurotrash

up Episode 198: Making Memories

up Episode 197: Fantasy Draft: BoardGameGeek 401-500

up Episode 196: Question Time with Jeremy

up Episode 195: Eric, Eric, He's Our Lang

up Episode 194: Essen SPIEL 2021 Hype List

up Episode 193: Three Dimensions of Space

up Episode 192: Fantasy Draft: BoardGameGeek 301-400

up Episode 191: Take Off Every Zig

up Episode 190: Why Are You the Way That You Are?

up Episode 189: Uwe Baby

up Episode 188: Whatever It Takes

up Episode 187: Fantasy Draft: BoardGameGeek 201-300

up Episode 186: Don’t Knock It Till You Try It

up Episode 185: The Most Important Meal of the Day

up Episode 184: Science Based Friction

up Episode 183: Catch a Falling Wallace ...?

up Episode 182: Fantasy Draft: BoardGameGeek 101-200

up Episode 181: Save Dat Money

up Episode 180: The Rules of Investing

up Episode 179: Ignorance Is Bliss

up Episode 178: The Power of Production

up Episode 177: Fantasy Draft: BoardGameGeek Top 100

up Episode 176: Sweet Summer Lovin'

up Episode 175: Cute As a Button

up Episode 174: Live Your Legacy

up Episode 173: Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Games

up Episode 172: Don't Hate the Player, Hate the Game

up Episode 171: A Complimentary Compilation

up Episode 170: Friedemann Friese Frenzy

up Episode 169: Our Most Anticipated Games of 2021

up Episode 168: Board Games Suck with Dan Hughes from Sporadically Board

up Episode 167: Cleanin’ Out My Closet

up Episode 166: You’ve Got to Iterate to Innovate

up Episode 165: Thriving or Barely Surviving?

up Episode 164: Get Uncomfortable

up Episode 163: Our Listeners' Top 20 Board Games of All-Time 2021

up Episode 162: God Does Not Play Dice

up Episode 161: Mechanically Bullish

up Episode 160: Resolutions and Revisitations

up Episode 159: Picking Favorites

up Episode 158: Top 50 Games of All-Time 2020: 10-1

up Episode 157: Top 50 Games of All-Time 2020: 20-11

up Episode 156: Top 50 Games of All-Time 2020: 30-21

up Episode 155: Top 50 Games of All-Time 2020: 40-31

up Episode 154: Top 50 Games of All-Time 2020: 50-41

up Episode 153: Never Look Back at 2020

up Episode 152: Bob's Holiday Gift Guide

up Episode 151: Your Attention Please

up Episode 150: Revenge of the Ghost Turkey

up Episode 149: Have You No Shame?

up Episode 148: Your Comfort Zone

up Episode 147: The Great Compromise

up Episode 146: Essen SPIEL 2020 Hype List

up Episode 145: Zero to One Hundred: $100 Collection Triple Triumph

up Episode 144: Zero to One Hundred: Red Tank’s $100 Collection

up Episode 143: Pace Yourself

up Episode 142: Play Me a Memory

up Episode 141: Expectations Great and Small

up Episode 140: All About Auctions

up Episode 139: Bugbear Brawl

up Episode 138: Life's Lessons Learned

up Episode 137: Past Its Prime

up Episode 136: H-h-h-hot Hot Hot

up Episode 135: Social Climbing

up Episode 134: CHAOS!

up Episode 133: Light It Up

up Episode 132: Heavy Duty with Monique from Before You Play

up Episode 131: But At What Cost?

up Episode 130: And the Award Goes To ...

up Episode 129: Fight for Your Right to Party

up Episode 128: The Means of Production with Richard Simpson

up Episode 127: No Stupid Questions

up Episode 126: So Very Wrong About Games

up Episode 125: REwrite the Stars

up Episode 124: Constraints You Can See

up Episode 123: Filler Up

up Episode 122: Strongest Starter

up Episode 121: FANTASTIC Four with Mike Walker from So Very Wrong About Games

up Episode 120: Light on the Horizon

up Episode 119: The Seven Week Itch

up Episode 118: Of the Utmost Importance

up Episode 117: All Decked Out

up Episode 116: The Cyber Reloaded

up Episode 115: Gone But Not Forgotten

up Episode 114: Let It Grow

up Episode 113: Trust is Good, Area Control is Better

up Episode 112: We Played a Bunch of Games!

up Episode 111: Conventional Wisdom

up Episode 110: One Small Thing

up Episode 109: Harshing My Buzz

up Episode 108: We Have to Go Back

up Episode 107: Get It Right the First Time

up Episode 106: Popcorn Time with Mike DiLisio

up Episode 105: Resolutions and Revelations

up Episode 104: Top 50 Games of All-Time 2019: 10-1

up Episode 103: Top 50 Games of All-Time 2019: 20-11

up Episode 102: Top 50 Games of All-Time 2019: 30-21

up Episode 101: Top 50 Games of All-Time 2019: 40-31

up Episode 100: Top 50 Games of All-Time 2019: 50-41

up Episode 99: Sore Today, Strong Tomorrow

up Episode 98: Thanks, Ghost Turkey!

up Episode 97: Eleven Herbs and Biases

up Episode 96: The House of Bounce

up Episode 95: Holiday Hits

up Episode 94: Even When You're Losing

up Episode 93: Tap Tap, No Take-Backs

up Episode 92: Chasing the MacGuffin

up Episode 91: SHUX 2019 Live with Quintin Smith

up Episode 90: Timmy, Jenny, Spike

up Episode 89: Classified Information

up Episode 88: Essen SPIEL 2019 Preview

up Episode 87: The Game of Life

up Episode 86: Shame! Shame! Shame!

up Episode 85: Episode Too: Attack of the Adjectives

up Episode 84: Best With Two

up Episode 83: Dexterous Laboratory

up Episode 82: Tales from the Tables

up Episode 81: Gen Con 2019 Day Three

up Episode 80: Gen Con 2019 Day Two

up Episode 79: Gen Con 2019 Day One

up Episode 78: You Gotta Get a Gimmick

up Episode 77: What You Don’t Know Can’t Hurt You

up Episode 76: Gen Con 2019 Preview

up Episode 75: Failing Forward

up Episode 74: Story Time with Paula Deming

up Episode 73: Dictionary Attack

up Episode 72: The Long and the Short of It

up Episode 71: A Hate-Love Relationship

up Episode 70: Spiel des Jahres! The Games War!

up Episode 69: Bang for Your Buck

up Episode 68: A Mailbag of Biblical Proportions

up Episode 67: Shelf Life

up Episode 66: The Only Winning Move

up Episode 65: Board Games and Chill

up Episode 64: Are Games Even Fun?

up Episode 63: Hype Men

up Episode 62: A Melange of Games to Play Again

up Episode 61: Beware of the Cyber

up Episode 60: Tabling the Discussion

up Episode 59: Ain't Nothing Like It

up Episode 58: Game Board Confessional

up Episode 57: Where There's a Will, There's a Gateway

up Episode 56: Shelf of Shape Up or Ship Out

up Episode 55: Answerversary

up Episode 54: 2019: An Up and Coming Year

up Episode 53: Objection!

up Episode 52: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Theme

up Episode 51: The Best of Times

up Episode 50: Top 50 Games of All-Time 2018: 10-1

up Episode 49: Top 50 Games of All-Time 2018: 20-11

up Episode 48: Top 50 Games of All-Time 2018: 30-21

up Episode 47: Top 50 Games of All-Time 2018: 40-31

up Episode 46: Top 50 Games of All-Time 2018: 50-41

up Episode 45: Green Letter Episode?

up Episode 44: Red Letter Episode

up Episode 43: My Triumphs, My Mistakes

up Episode 42: We've Been Co-opted

up Episode 41: The First Cut Is the Deepest

up Episode 40: Bling It On

up Episode 39: Essen SPIEL 2018 Preview

up Episode 38: Six Things I Hate About You

up Episode 37: Origin Story

up Episode 36: Your Unfulfilled Potential

up Episode 35: The Power of Balance

up Episode 34: You Know the Rules and So Do I

up Episode 33: You Can't Win 'Em All

up Episode 32: Are We Having Fun Yet?

up Episode 31: Logged and Loaded

up Episode 30: Party Party Party

up Episode 29: Cult of the You Do You

up Episode 28: Dance Like Nobody’s Watching

up Episode 27: Gen Con 2018 Day Three

up Episode 26: Gen Con 2018 Day Two

up Episode 25: Gen Con 2018 Day One

up Episode 24: Gen Con 2018 Preview

up Episode 23: Are You Feeling Lucky?

up Episode 22: Baby's First Social Interaction

up Episode 21: The Beautiful Game

up Episode 20: Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger

up Episode 19: What Are You Made Of?

up Episode 18: You Get What You Give

up Episode 17: The Best Things in Life Are $20 or Less

up Episode 16: How to Win Friends Area Control People

up Episode 15: Keep Your Hands to Yourself

up Episode 14: Do You Want to Know a Secret?

up Episode 13: We're Still Right

up Episode 12: More Isn't Always Better

up Episode 11: Heavy is the Head that Wears the Crown

up Episode 10: Everyone is Wrong and We are Right

up Episode 9: PhD in Legacy

up Episode 8: Just Deserts

up Episode 7: Kicking and Screaming

up Episode 6: Today's Theme: Pronunciation

up Episode 5: It's Good To Be Kingmaker

up Episode 4: Buy Buy Buy

up Episode 3: Double Dragonfly

up Episode 2: Catching Trains and Mathing Trades

up Episode 1: I'm Not Upset, I'm Just Disappointed