Podcast Episodes

Every episode of the podcast:

• 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