This Board Game Life

Fatigue 131

Mark and Rob are back discussing news, recent gaming, and then go on to talk about burning out from gaming. Enjoy! Games discussed in this episode include: 20 Strong: Ne

Evolution 130

Mark and Rob discuss the news, recent gaming, and how games have evolved over the years. Games discussed in this episode include: Star Trek: Space Hunt and King of Tokyo

Intellectual Props 129

Rob and Mark discuss the news, some recent games that they played and then discuss how they have been pleasantly surprised with IP games lately. Games discussed in this

Crowdfunding Too Costly? 128

Mark and Rob discuss the news, recent gaming, and some of the surprise hidden costs of a crowdfunding campaign. Enjoy! Games discussed in this episode include: Star Trek

GenCon 2026 The Aftermath 127

Rob and Mark talk about recent news, recent gaming, and have the Gen Con 2026 debrief. Games discussed in this episode include: Pandemic Legacy: Season 2, Sniper Elite:

GenCon 2026 126

Mark and Rob hit the mics discussing recent gaming, some news, the SDJ award winners for 2026, and the releases that they’re anticipating for Gen Con 2026. Games discuss

Express Crowdfunding Insanity 125

Mark and Rob are back with another game filled episode. We start off with what we have been playing lately, dive into some news, then Mark gets a little heated over some

The Deluxification of Games 124

Mark and Rob are back talking about recent gaming, news, Origins Awards, and dive in on deluxifying games. Games discussed in this episode include: Space Hulk: Death Ang

Expansioning 123

Mark and Rob talk about the recent games that they’ve played, go over some newsworthy items from the past two weeks, and do a deep dive discussion on game expansions. Ga

TBL CON 2026 122

Rob and Mark discuss the news, the SDJ2026 nominees, and TBLCON2026. Games discussed in this episode include: Dungeons, Dice & Danger, Spooktacular, Spite ‘N’ Malice, Zo

Golden Geek 2026 Winners 121

Mark and Rob discuss recent gaming, the news, and then go over the Golden Geek award winners. Games discussed in this episode include: Dark Pact, King of New York, Forest

Gateway Games 120

Mark and Rob discuss news, recent gaming, and then go into a discussion on what games to play when introducing people to the tabletop gaming hobby in 2026. Games discusse

Reprint vs. Reboot 119

Mark and Rob talk about the games they played in the past two weeks, cover the recent news, and then go into a discussion on reprints and reboots of various games. Games

The Neurochemical Reward System 118

Mark and Rob discuss recent gaming, the news, and do a deep dive on winning in games. Games discussed in this episode include: Rack-O, Flip 7: With A Vengeance, Blood on

Socializing 117

Mark and Rob discuss the games they've been playing, cover recent news, and then discuss the social aspect of the board game hobby. Enjoy! Games discussed in this episode

Publisher Roadmaps 2026 116

Mark and Rob discuss games they played recently, the news, and what some publishers posted as 2026 roadmap releases. Enjoy! Games discussed in this episode include: The S

Awarding 115

Mark and Rob talk about the games that they played recently, cover recent news, and then discuss game awards. Enjoy! Games discussed in this episode include: Nemesis: Ret

Gaming Hopes for 2026 114

Mark and Rob discuss recent gaming news, some games they played recently, and what they would like to see happen in 2026 within our hobby. Games discussed in this episode

Media Influence 113

Mark and Rob talk about the games that they played lately, some recent news, and then discuss how influencers can affect our hobby. Games discussed in this episode includ

Crowd Craziness 112

Mark and Rob discuss the games that they played recently as well as the news and then they talk about how big crowdfunding campaigns and games affect the hobby. Games dis