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[PREVIEW] The Die Jest, September 2026

Hot hogs! Hot Hogs! HOT HOGS! I have to come clean with you - this die jest features hot hogs. Admittedly, I am writing this description just to see how many times I can

[PREVIEW] The Die Jest, August 2026

Hark! The stars align, the constellations merge, the celestial bodies shake as the time is nigh for the die to be jest. Your only chance at salvation - roundup some board

[PREVIEW] The Die Jest, July 2026

The month is coming to an end - thus the die is jest. Join us for the monthly roundup of board games poked and proded by the ones at NPI. And what a roundup it is! On to

The Die Jest, June 26

Yes, this is the very last episode of Talk Cardboard. It's also the first episode of The Die Jest. Which is how Talk Cardboard will live on. Right here, on patreon. On t

[PREVIEW] Bonus Talk Cardboard | The Rest of Spiel

On this bonus episode of Talk Cardboard, seven more games we've played at Spiel Essen. On to the timestamps: 0:00 Intro 0:58 Skiwi 4:12 Petal Plotters 6:48 Milch mit

All the Games We Played at Spiel Essen 2025 Ranked - Talk Cardboard Version

Just for reference, the population of Klaipėda, the third largest city in Lithuania is approximately 161 000 people. The number of attendees in this year's Spiel Essen wa

Talk Cardboard | Panda Spin, Primates, Tycoon: India 1981

Spinning pandas, evolving primates, and... Capitalism! We have all three for you in this episode - thankfully not all in the same game. We could have had three games abo

Talk Cardboard | Magical Athlete, Identity, Out of Sorts

Only three games this episode? What gives? Well, in the tried and true brand tradition, we decided to go back to our original formula. But no sad trombone noises please -

Talk Cardboard | Brink

There are episodes where we bring as much knowledge as we can about whatever board game we are talking about. And then there are episodes where we just want to share why

[PREVIEW] Bonus Talk Cardboard | The Lord of the Rings: Fate of the Fellowship

Hey hey hey, how about that Fram and Sodo? How about the Legoloin and the Aragroin? Do you like Grampalf? Are you a fan of Perry and Mippin? I love those guys! They're ve

Talk Cardboard | Hot Streak

Well, Hot Dog! Do we have an episode for you! We peruse the lofty promises of Vantage, try to keep ourselves on track in Railroad Tiles, discuss whether selling doughnuts

[PREVIEW] Bonus Talk Cardboard | The Maximum Adventure Holiday Travelogue

We're back from our holiday and we brought you a souvenir!... of pictures and words. The words you can find in the audio file above. The pictures you can find below, whic

Talk Cardboard | Toy Battle

Pew pew kaboom! That's the sound of every child's living nightmare - their toys coming to life and unleashing an arsenal of deadly weaponry in their bedroom. Many a sleep

Talk Cardboard | Holiday Cast: Black Forest

Good news, we're still on holiday. Better news - we're still doing the holiday cast, which means more free podcast more delivered to more yo Good news, we're still on ho

Talk Cardboard | Holiday Cast: Moon Colony Bloodbath

Good news, we're on holiday. Better news, we're not leaving you without podcast. It's a smaller episode, yes, but it is Talk Cardboard deliv Good news, we're on holiday.

Talk Cardboard | The Old King's Crown

Sharpen your papercuts because it's time to put cards face down in front of you and simultaneously flip them face up! The Old King's Crown is maybe the year's most exciti

[PREVIEW] Bonus Talk Cardboard | Compile

If you've heard of Air, Land and Sea, Compile is more of that but different. If you've not heard of Air Land and Sea, have we got some cool games for you to recommend in

Talk Cardboard | Eternal Decks

Efka opens our review of Eternal Decks with "This is the main candidate for Game of the Year 2025" and if you need a better endorsement to l Efka opens our review of Ete

Talk Cardboard | Sunderfolk

You want me to do what now? Play a board game on the TV? Using my phone? Never! shakes fist at cloud shakes more fist at cloud picks up phon You want me to do what now?

Talk Cardboard | Rival Cities

Why duel with silly weapons when you can duel with whole cities? In Rival Cities, Hamburg and Altona go head to head to see who will be the Why duel with silly weapons