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Episode 366: Collaborative Draft: Games of 2017
Episode 366
Episode 366

We're back to collaborate (and listen) to figure out together what the best games of 2017 were. Are? It's a collaborative draft, and if you haven't heard one of these before, get ready for an honest to goodness mess. Before we draw up treaties, we talk about Steel Driver, and Prosciutto and Melon Game.

Released: July 30, 2026

Episode 314: Bringing Out the Best in People
Episode 314
Episode 314

It's about people, right? Below all the mechanics, after all the rules explanations, beyond every crushing loss and glorious win, what really matters is people we're playing with. Some games make that more apparent than others, and we're here to celebrate that. Before we realize it's about the friends we made along the way, we talk about Arcs, and Luthier.

Released: August 22, 2024

Episode 198: Making Memories
Episode 198
Episode 198

If you've ever been a board game host, then you know it's not always just about playing games, it's about creating lasting memories for everyone playing. We'd never leave that to chance though, so of course we're often going out of our way to make a board game experience memorable. Before we do the unforgettable, we talk about Khôra: Rise of an Empire, Dune: Betrayal, and Santa Maria.

Released: November 4, 2021

Episode 135: Social Climbing
Episode 135
Episode 135

It's a Social Deduction BGBBOB! For those that don't know what that means, it's a Board Game Barrage Battle of (the) Board...games, where we pit all of the best social deduction games against each other in a fight to the DEATH! Or at least, a fight to be on our definitive ranked list. Before we release our social butterflies, we talk about Gemblo, and Quest.

Released: August 13, 2020

Episode 126: So Very Wrong About Games
Episode 126
Episode 126

I know this is going to come as a shock, but sometimes we get things wrong. As we've worked our way through the hobby, we've discovered that some positions we once held, aren't ones we still do. So it's time to revisit our past transgressions and come clean. Before we admit our mistakes, we talk about Tang Garden, Fast Forward: FORTRESS, and Race for the Galaxy.

Released: June 11, 2020

Episode 115: Gone But Not Forgotten
Episode 115
Episode 115

There's only so much space on our shelves, so games don't always stick around forever, but that doesn't always mean that we don't like them. There are many reasons that a good game might get the boot, so let's talk about them. We count down our top five favourite games we got rid of! Before we pay our respects, we talk about Through the Desert, Lords of Hellas, Troyes, and Watergate.

Released: March 26, 2020

Episode 73: Dictionary Attack
Episode 073
Episode 073

You don't need no education, but you're getting one anyway. This week we're going to be explaining the meaning of some common but unclear board game words, for we are nothing if not your humble servants. Before we define our terms, we talk about The Shipwreck Arcana, Kingdom Death: Monster, and Vinhos Deluxe Edition.

Released: June 20, 2019

Episode 68: A Mailbag of Biblical Proportions
Episode 068
Episode 068

Letters! You love writing them, and we love reading them! This week, we look at portable and licensed games, why reviewers love social games, and give advice for your first board game convention. Before we break out the letter opener, we also talk about Fool!, Aerion, and Fireball Island: The Curse of Vul-Kar.

Released: May 16, 2019

Episode 20: Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger
Episode 020
Episode 020

We're counting down games that replace other games in our collections! We also talk about Chimera Station.

Released: June 28, 2018

Episode 10: Everyone is Wrong and We are Right
Episode 010
Episode 010

Did you know that sometimes the internet is wrong? Thankfully we're here to tell you what's up, and right the wrongs that BoardGameGeek hath wrought. You see, there are some games in their database that are just ranked way too low for how good they are. So, to fix these injustices, we each count down our top five games that BoardGameGeek got wrong, and we got right.

Released: April 19, 2018

Episode 1: I'm Not Upset, I'm Just Disappointed
Episode 001
Episode 001

We each talk about a game we liked from 2017, a game that let us down, and what we're looking forward to in 2018, including When I Dream, Gloomhaven, Charterstone, Battle For Rokugan, and more.

Released: February 15, 2018