Board Game Hot Takes

I don’t really write reviews for podcasts (I know I should more) but i have listened enough that I feel the team deserves the review. I thought I loved board games, this crew is on a new level. Tim, Adam, and Chris are all great in their own way and balance each other out perfectly. We all owe them a lot for putting these episodes out so consistently and covering such a large volume of different games. They have opened my eyes to how great a weekly game night group can be.

BGHT to put it simply, is the best tabletop podcast out there. Many of my very favorite games have been discovered through listening to endless hours of well thought out reviews, mechanics breakdowns and rules explanations. There have also been times where light has been shed on a downfall or two that have saved my hard eared dollars for another box for the shelf. The different preferences between Adam, Tim and Chris give an excellent 3 point perspective on every review, and all though I typically align with them be more than the others, it’s a great way to understand how the game in question will appeal to my different game night groups, and not to others. Thank you for all the hours you’ve put into creating an amazing library of no less than critical information for my favorite hobby. I await the next episode each week eagerly.

As an avid board-gamer who pretty much just stuck to one type of game growing up (*cough* area-control *cough*), I’d force my friends to play through the type of games that could become slogs and last for hours. I liked what I liked, and as far as I knew, if it wasn’t Axis & Allies or Twilight Imperium, I didn’t want any part of it. Board Game Hot Takes has completely reignited my love of the hobby. I’ve discovered a ton of great games that I would have never thought to try before I started listening to this show. The way Tim, Chris, Adam, and their guests let their passion and varied (and often conflicting) tastes shine through in their well structured discussions really have really widened my personal tastes. It has also caused me to become a more thoughtful resident-board-game-guy-of-the-group; before I forced my poor friends to play games I liked, but now I’m able to force my friends to play games they just might like as well 😌 Favorite episode is #259 with Danielle! Super funny and I feel like my wife could really sympathize with her feelings on having a husband addicted to the hobby 😉😂

I’ve been playing BoardGames religiously for a couple years now and I’ve listened to a bunch of different board game podcast. Board game hot takes is the cream of the crop. It really doesn’t get any better than this podcast right here. I like how all three guys have different tastes in games and they playfully pick on each other for liking certain games without any harsh criticism. Also, I want to give my plus one to Adam. Although, I do enjoy feeding my people, this podcast wouldn’t be possible without Adam’s insights and humor. The three of you go together so well. Excellent job. Side note: check me out on Instagram. @boredalone_boardalone.

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.