Board Game Hot Takes

Love listening to this show, you guys are honest and candid about your feelings on boards games and when your feelings clash I am immensely entertained. I’ve loved board games my whole life but have only gotten serious about the hobby in the last few years. Thanks to your endorsement of Castles of Burgundy Tim, I decided to back the special addition from Alea and I am glad I did, it remains one of my favorite games to date…sorry Adam. I managed to then come across a copy of Ark Nova at half priced books for just $35 and then found out that it contained 3d printed pieces and sorting inserts, score! Thankfully I ended up loving that game as well…again sorry Adam. I finally decided to pull the trigger on Tapestry since Chris had it at #1 on the most recent top 50 games list, thank you Chris, I am loving it! Side note: Adam, I do love Azul and I really want to pick up March of the Ants, so thanks for pushing that game so hard. Quick question: I’m very interested in SETI, it’s very high on the top 100 but none of you had it your top 50, why is that? Too new, or not enough plays? You guys are the best, keep it up!

Board Game Hot Takes is absolutely top notch! If you are into hobby board gaming on any level, this award-winning podcast deserves your attention. Tim, Chris, and Adam consistently deliver a professional product in an authentic, easygoing manner. I initially cherry-picked episodes based on which game I was interested in learning about, but soon fell in love with the show and had to go back and listen to every episode from the beginning. Now I look forward to getting my fix every Monday when each new episode drops! The topics are entertaining, the format is fantastic, the discussion is insightful, and the hosts are phenomenal: kind, inclusive, socially conscious, and super fun! You can tell that in addition to being great podcast hosts, they are also just genuinely good people, and that makes it even more enjoyable to listen to them and engage with them on social media. I appreciate their ability to offer honest reflections while staying positive and respectful. Even after becoming familiar with the general game style preferences of each host, each episode manages to build some suspense! The “would you ask to play this game again” segment often springs little surprises, and is so helpful in evaluating whether or not a particular game may be a hit with my family. I have received so much joy and entertainment from this podcast. I encourage you to listen to a few episodes, and when you love what you hear too, come join us in the BGHT fan club on BGA/BlueSky/Discord/Patreon! I hope to run into these guys at a board game con some day. I’ll try to play it cool on the outside, but you can be sure I’ll be fangirling like crazy on the inside. Five extremely enthusiastic stars for BGHT!

I thought I would reward myself by leaving a review for THE podcast that activated and still enables my board game “problem.” You’ve probably seen a lot of the same things in most podcast reviews, and I’ll upvote them all: great production, consistent release, awesome hosts. So I’ll tell you why I listen to it. I listen to it for three primary reasons. First, I love the episodes that anthologize many of the hosts’ favorite games because they help me discover at least one new game every single time. As a bonus, I collect their hard-thought takeaways and pass them off as my own original insights to my board game group. I’ve been in the hobby two years. I own seven games. They think I’m a damned board game genius. Second, when I find something I like, there is a two-hundred and fifty episode (plus) archive of deeper dives that focus on one single game spanning almost six years. (and when I don’t like the game, they’ve got me covered with their ‘on the table this week’ segment which covers a grab bag of other titles) Third, as I’ve gotten to know the hosts’ experiences, I love how my time-skipping weaves only the best storylines together. There’s nothing like hearing how disappointed Chris is with Lords of Ragnarok, then, in the same listening session, time traveling back to learn about Spirit Island a year earlier, and hearing how EXCITED Chris is to try Lords of Ragnarok. Sorry future Chris, it’s all going up in flames. This episode deserves the Golden Geek award that it will soon win, and I couldn’t be happier listening to it. When I broke both arms in 2024 and had to pick up a board game habit, BGHT was there waiting for me. Can’t wait for the next one, and I appreciate you guys.

Regardless of whether they’ve received the Golden Geek award or not, this board game podcast is golden. Listening to these three guys discuss and banter about gaming is one of the highlights of my week. If you’re interested in the board gaming hobby, look no further than Board Game Hot Takes. Keep up the great work!!

I listened to a few episodes before dropping this podcast permanently. I listen to multiple board gaming podcasts and this one is very elitist and ignorant. The hosts definitely do not do their homework or have enough knowledge to talk about games, while expressing plenty of ignorant opinions about games they have never played. For example, one of the hosts talks about Davy Jones Locker and admits coop games are not his jam. The other two hosts, who did not play it or were not even aware this games exists, started comparing the game to Cthulhu Death May Die, which makes no sense as the games have nothing in common besides being coop games. They also start dumping and ranting about crowdfunding garbage and how you should avoid crowdfunded games. They state very matter of facts that the only reason why it’s rated highly is because people paid a decent amount of money for it. Well, they’re wrong. There are plenty of non-elitists who love unique coop games and also the game was not made as “crowdfunding garbage.” The hosts should stop being such board game snobs, talking down to those who enjoy games that they don’t. Or at least play a game before throwing in their terrible opinions. Bye terrible board game podcast. The podcast So Very Wrong About Games is much better and the hosts aren’t elitist ignoramuses.