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Every episode of the Board Game Barrage podcast:

Episode 362: Hot Takes About Board Games:

Episode 361: Collaborative Draft: Games of 2016:

Episode 360: Guessing Golden Geeks Galore:


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 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 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 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 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 291: Fantasy Draft: Reiner Knizia:

Episode 290: Stuck in the Mid With You:

Episode 289: Essen SPIEL 2023 Hype List:


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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 142: Play Me a Memory:

Episode 141: Expectations Great and Small:

Episode 140: All About Auctions:


Episode 138: Life's Lessons Learned:


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




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 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 116: The Cyber Reloaded:

Episode 115: Gone But Not Forgotten:


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

Episode 112: We Played a Bunch of Games!:

Episode 111: Conventional Wisdom:


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 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 86: Shame! Shame! Shame!:

Episode 85: Episode Too: Attack of the Adjectives:


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 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 66: The Only Winning Move:

Episode 65: Board Games and Chill:

Episode 64: Are Games Even Fun?:


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 54: 2019: An Up and Coming Year:


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 39: Essen SPIEL 2018 Preview:

Episode 38: Six Things I Hate About You:


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 7: Kicking and Screaming:

Episode 6: Today's Theme: Pronunciation:

Episode 5: It's Good To Be Kingmaker:



Episode 2: Catching Trains and Mathing Trades:

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