Board Game Barrage

#369: The Life-Changing Magic of a Minimalist Board Game Collection

We're downsizing, imagining a brighter future where we don't have hundreds of games to fret about not playing, but a very slight, extremely manageable twenty. Some say it

#368: I Will Always Love You

We love a good old game - there are a lot that of games over a decade old that we'd happily sing the praises of, but if we were being brutally honest, how many of them do

#367: One vs. Many

We play a lot of games. Which is great, because a lot of games get made, and we get to play them ... but it does come at the cost of always having to learn (and teach) so

#366: Collaborative Draft: Games of 2017

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 bef

#365: Gen Con 2026 Preview

Gen Con is Gen Coming, so we're looking in our wizard's glasses to tell you what's what. Whether you're going or not, you're gonna want to know what the hot games are, an

#364: Mechanism Matchup

There are two board game mechanisms you just can't escape, they're on everyone's mind, flooding the discourse. That's combat, and card draw mitigation. Everyone won't sto

#363: The Dark Depths of Mailbag

It's been a while since we've plumbed the depths of the bottomless chasm we call "fanmail", so this week we're reaching our hands as far as we can and pulling out some qu

#362: Hot Takes About Board Games

The people demand takes, so get 'em while they're hot. We're weighing in on some possibly bad, certainly edgy opinions, and deciding where we land (spoiler: we're always

#361: Collaborative Draft: Games of 2016

We had such fun collaboratively coming up with our definitive Top 50 list back in December, that we've decided to do it again. In the spirit of award season, we're celebr

#360: Guessing Golden Geeks Galore

It's long been said that we're the foremost experts in knowing which way the awards winds blow, so we're putting our talents to use guessing, nay, predicting, nay, decidi

#359: Top Brass

There are big spiky moments that happen in the meta that is the board game hobby, and the Brass: Pittsburgh crowdfunding campaign feels like one of them. It is after all,

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

Oh man, oh man, it's time that we ask you (yes, you) to tell us (yes, us) what your favourite games are, because for one time a year, it doesn't matter what we think abou

#357: We Played a Mass of Games!

We made it back in one piece, and all told I think we did pretty well! We got through a heck of a lot of what we wanted to play, and we're here to tell you all about it -

#356: On the Road Again

By the time you're listening to this, we're probably already in Vegas for Dice Tower West! We're going to hang about all day playing games - which naturally leads to the

#355: Anticipation Auction: Games of 2026

I think it's fair to say that we crushed this last year (although some of us better than others), so it's only correct and right that we should return to do it again. Wha

#354: Don't Call It a Comeback

All of this has happened before and will happen again. Everything comes back around, including games you could swear you've played before. Whether they're remakes, reimpl

#353: Getting it Just Right

Sometimes you know the type of game you want to play, just not exactly which game quite fits the bill. Is that heavy Euro too heavy? That deck builder not builder-y enoug

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

Well, we started this thing, so I guess we ought to finish it, as ill-advised as that might be. This is where all the chickens come home to roost, where we learn how badl

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

Happy new year! We're back to continue the very peaceful, collaborative, kind endeavour that is coming together to harmoniously assemble our top 50 games. It's been nothi

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

Okay, things are a bit different this year. In honour of our 350th episode (a very important milestone), we're going to combine forces, like ... Voltron. I'm the head, an