Beyond the Board

Rieman and Sater are once again joined by their cursed friend Brian Gartland to talk about famous curses, right in theme with the pirate game, Dead Man's Doubloons! Produced by: Mike Rieman & Michael Sater, in association with The Nerdologues

Rieman and Sater stay a nice distance away from some of the most famous betrayals in history in our episode inspired by Coup! Produced by: Mike Rieman & Michael Sater, in association with The Nerdologues

Rieman and Sater dig deep into the process of a gem from mine to jewelry inspired by the themes of Splendor! Produced by: Mike Rieman & Michael Sater, in association with The Nerdologues

Want facts as fast as the soccer team from the Nethlands?! Sater and Rieman are joined by sports fan Brian Gartland as we go Dutch using the themes behind Dutch Blitz! Produced by: Mike Rieman & Michael Sater, in association with The Nerdologues

Rieman and Sater travel to where no person has gone before! ...rather they look at it through a telescope. This week we talk space and things in it which are themes behind the new R2i game, Afternova! Produced by: Mike Rieman & Michael Sater, in association with The Nerdologues

Rieman and Sater are joined by a very special guest Jordan Devenport, the designer of Crazy Cultists! (currently on Kickstarter!) They travel back to when everyone was talking about Satanic Death cults during the Satanic Panic (tm) during the early 90s! Produced by: Mike Rieman & Michael Sater, in association with The Nerdologues

Rieman and Sater share their top most interesting bugs they found (digitally); meanwhile, Mike realizes he is terrified of bugs. Can you guess which Mike? Produced by: Mike Rieman & Michael Sater, in association with The Nerdologues

Love is in the air and Beyond the Board! Taking from the theme of the hit game Love Letter, the Mike's recap the history of courting and dating from ancient Troy to modern day Tinder. Produced by: Mike Rieman & Michael Sater, in association with The Nerdologues  

Rieman and Sater are sent to your podcast feed to discover how killing their grandfathers would work. It's all explained in the episode... OF TIME STORIES! Produced by: Mike Rieman & Michael Sater, in association with The Nerdologues

They have so many new games to take apart and live inside! Mike Rieman is back with a new host Michael Sater and they can't wait to get your 'meta-feelings' going with talk of time travel, pirates, medieval courtship, and BEES! So, get your learnin' caps on and tune in every other week!  Produced by: Mike Rieman & Michael Sater, in association with The Nerdologues

Mike is bring you another expansion episode with his very own brother, Jake! (creator of the online comic Battlements) We explore what it was like traveling around NYC before modern day cabs and subways! Produced by: Mike Rieman & Spencer Campbell, in association with The Nerdologues

Mike and Spencer try to sum up duels in 20 min! Parry, thrust, and shoot your way through this one as we explore themes of Dice Throne! Produced by: Mike Rieman & Spencer Campbell, in association with The Nerdologues

Mike and Spencer attempt to explain CRISPR as well as they could while visiting Dinosaur island! Produced by: Mike Rieman & Spencer Campbell, in association with The Nerdologues  

Take a trip with Mike and Spencer to the ancient libraries of the world, and the knowledge they hold. It's like the internet on paper! Produced by: Mike Rieman & Spencer Campbell, in association with The Nerdologues  

Mike is flying solo and giving you our first expansion episode! We travel again to the wild west and talk from the hip about stagecoach robberies! Produced by: Mike Rieman & Spencer Campbell, in association with The Nerdologues

Mike and Spencer travel back to the good old days of people killing other people for fun! We draw swords at the coliseum while exploring gladiatorial combat with Cheaty Mages! Produced by: Mike Rieman & Spencer Campbell, in association with The Nerdologues.  

Mike and Spencer bare their teeth and scratch up some facts about real animal territories in the theme of Leder Games' new hotness, Root! Produced by: Mike Rieman & Spencer Campbell, in association with The Nerdologues Ad Comic: battlementscomic.com  

Mike and Spencer 'break' into the art of making stained glass with the dice drafting game Sagrada! Produced by: Mike Rieman & Spencer Campbell, in association with The Nerdologues  

Mike and Spencer bring their lanterns to the game Carcassonne, in pursuit of the highwaymen. The sexy princes of theives! Produced by: Mike Rieman & Spencer Campbell, in association with The Nerdologues Break Comic: BattlementsComic.com  

Mike and Spencer travel to not 1, not 2, but 7 ancient wonders of the world! Produced by: Mike Rieman & Spencer Campbell, in association with The Nerdologues  

Roll, flop, and grab a bamboo snack, cause Mike and Spencer hug some facts about pandas out with the game Takenoko! Produced by: Mike Rieman & Spencer Campbell, in association with The Nerdologues Battlements Comic: battlementscomic.com Panda Gif: https://i.imgur.com/0B3dbH6.gif  

Get cleaned up, cause Mike and Spencer are taking you to a shrine! While discussing the game Rising Sun, they take a look at the Shinto religion of Japan. Produced by: Mike Rieman & Spencer Campbell, in association with The Nerdologues Battlements Comic: battlementscomic.com  

Flop with Mike and Spencer into the long journey of salmon migration, and get 'hooked' on Happy Salmon! Produced by: Mike Rieman & Spencer Campbell, in association with The Nerdologues. Midshow Break Comic: battlementscomic.com

The history of Moorish tiles are laid out by Spencer and Mike as they explore the influence for the mosaic building game, Azul. Produced by: Mike Rieman & Spencer Campbell, in association with The Nerdologues  

Mike and Spencer channel the spirits to explain what a medium is and share some 'real life' crime solving psychic stories. (*insert spooky music here*) Produced by: Mike Rieman & Spencer Campbell, in association with The Nerdologues Break and Story Music: http://www.purple-planet.com  

Mike and Spencer talk about laying the groundwork for making Mars a habitable planet. (It's like Earth 2.0!) Produced by: Mike Rieman & Spencer Campbell, in association with The Nerdologues Break Music: http://www.purple-planet.com  

SEASON 2 PREMIERE. NEW TO THE NERDOLOGUES. Mike and Spencer cough up and spread some knowledge on some of the worst outbreaks and pandemics in history. (Just sanitize your game when you're done!) Produced by: Mike Rieman & Spencer Campbell, in association with The Nerdologues Break Music: http://www.purple-planet.com

Mike and Spencer are back with a whole new season of Beyond the Board! Get pumped for all new reasons to go back and play all your favorite games! Now part of the Nerdologues family of podcasts!

Panel by panel, Spencer and Mike look at the history of comic strips (sequential art?), taking inspiration from the comic-building, party game Joking Hazard! (Podcast safe for work, game is not!)

Mike and Spencer don their aprons and go head to head in the Iron Chef arena, where they learn all about the inspiration behind the card game Competition Kitchen! Join them after for a special interview with one of the creators of Competition Kitchen, Kevin Reader! (Kevin Reader is artistic director for Cards Against Humanity!) Kickstarter Link! https://goo.gl/FbQyaz Link for YouTube (mentioned in interview): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThqstRUNwRc

Outlaws, duels, and lawmen! Mike and Spencer find the perfect recipe for a good ol' fashioned shootout! With the help of Pretzel Game's Flick 'Em Up, they discuss the some of the Wests most famous standoffs! (Russel up some history...)

Spencer and Mike trek through the fields of Bohnanza, the bean farming card game, and stop in a patch of coffee beans! They dig through coffee bean farming, coffee bean processing, and coffee bean roasting in this caffeinated episode! (There are a lot of beans in Bohnanaza but, we picked our favorite bean!)

It’s a list episode! Mike and Spencer get sympathetic with some classic video game villains, as the check off their top 10 of those bad guys you love AND hate! (Put yourself in their monster shoes!)

Mike & Spencer go out of this world!!! ...mainly just right above the atmosphere, as we talk about the real dangers of living in space! All inspired by the dangerous situations in the cooperative space opera board game, The Captain is Dead!

Spencer and Mike pick apart how the brain can be not firing on all cylinders. Also, how it can screw you up playing the tense-friend revealing card game, Anomia! (It’s ah… what’s the word?... EDUCATIONAL!)

Spencer and Mike tinker with the gears and mechanics of Machine of Death, the card game! Then they talk about some real life wacky assassinations! (Because killing people for money is SO wacky!)

Flip back in your history books and discover the story of Santorini, as Spencer and Mike use their god-like powers and explore Roxley Games' hit strategy board game, Santorini! (Is there a board game god?)

Spencer and Mike take a crash course in desert survival while discussing the cooperative, ever-changing, survival game, Forbidden Desert! Don't get caught without your airship! (how embarrassing!)

Plug yourself in with Mike and Spencer as they discuss real life hacking and the history of electronic security, all inspired by the cyberpunk card game, Netrunner! (not LIFE hacking, but with computers!)

Spencer and Mike go undercover into the secret world of spies and try and decode the enigma machine! (Go go gadget podcast!)

Join Spencer and Mike in discovering how to rob a train and the romanticized wild west, while talking about the Spiel de Jahres award winning game Colt Express! (Stick ‘em up, for fun! ...and ‘cause I have a gun)

Spike and Mencer share their favorite mash ups from all types of media, with the HIT game Smash Up! (our names...! THEY’RE MASHED UP!!) Produced by: Spencer Campbell & Mike Rieman

Mike and Spencer pee their pants in fear as they talk about omens and some unsettling houses while exploring Betrayal at House on the Hill! (If we can get the name right…)

Choo Choo! Mike and Spencer hop aboard some famous trains and give you the scoop and CHOO(p) of what it’s like to ride them! (Coming to you at 700mph!) Produced by: Spencer Campbell & Mike Rieman

Grab your chopsticks as Mike and Spencer take you to the delicious past of sushi, with the party game Sushi Go! (Spencer wrote this one…) Produced by: Spencer Campbell & Mike Rieman