Board Game Buffet

This is a filler episode of the Board Game Buffet podcast with Graeme and Lella. We start as normal with some banter where I give you an update on the podcast and our plans (don't worry, Dean and Graeme will be back). Lella and I discuss some of our recent plays then we go through our Top 5 of 2021. This is just a filler episode as Graeme and Dean know it has been a while since you have heard anything from us and Lella was kind enough to step in and fill in so Graeme is not just talking to himself.

Join Graeme and Dean as they discuss First Bites of Calimala, New Haven, Catan and Qwuirkle!  What have they been playing all these years? Plus a Top 5 "BGG Top 100 Ranked Games We Don't Enjoy" ***Apologies for the delay in getting this one posted, but life interrupted in a big way!*********

Join Graeme and Dean as they discuss recent plays of the supply/pickup and deliver game Broadhorns, the very accessible wargame War Along the Great Lakes (War of 1812) and the civ game Patchistory. Top 5 "Filler Games Redux" It's been a couple years since we did this list, so time for an update. Time Stamps: Banter: 12:00 ;Broadhorns: 13m:16s                          War Along the Great Lakes: 27m:05s ; Patchistory: 39m:29s              Top5: 1h:02m                                                                                    Outro: 1h:42m

Join Graeme and Dean as they discuss the closing of TMG, how listeners can contribute to Episode 100 and why Mr. Mechanics over theme, has an issue with story modes in games like Cloudage and Expedition to Newdale. Top 5 "BGG Ranked Games That We Have Never Heard of"!

Join Graeme and Dean as they discuss the soon to be released Bonfire Expansion: Trees and Creatures; the supply and logistics game Supply Lines of the American Revolution: Southern Strategy. We look at some Leftovers with Roads and Boats and a dark look at the future in Tomorrow.

Join Graeme and Dean as they discuss their plays of Nemesis, The Shores of Tripoli and Venice. Then they rank their Top 5 Games Introduced to Them By Others!

Join Graeme and Dean as they discuss First Bites of Vienna Connection by Portal, Imperial Struggle by GMT, Skeptics by Usiak and Masters of the Night by Ares Games. We also discuss whether the hobby forces designers and publishers to chase their tails.

***We apologize ahead of time for the background wind in a couple areas**** Join Graeme and Dean as they discuss four recent plays, pontificate about whether heavy euro games are becoming more rare and share a Top 5 Games We Want to Master!

Join Graeme and Dean as they discuss a roll and write in Floor Plan, a trick-taking game in Herrlof and a cube tower management game in The Stygian Society. They also look back at some games played in 2017 and Dr. Graeme tries to figure out why Dean buys games if he doesn't know if they will get played.

Join Graeme and Dean as they discuss recent plays of Castles of Burgundy, Botanik and the trick taking game Nyet! They have a Top 5 Games That Are Going to the Vault!  What does that mean? Tears will be shed!    

Join Graeme and Dean as they discuss The Red Cathedral, Solar Storm and Dominant Species: Marine. They have a Top 3 Games that they dread having to roll the dice/die. Finally they debate whether "seasoned" gamers misjudge what a gateway/intro game is or should be. Apologize ahead of time, as this episode is raw and unedited due to unexpected work spike.

Join Graeme and Dean as they discuss the joys of introducing a new player to gaming, re-invigorating oneself in the hobby and Graeme's Logic Puzzles. They also discuss Ruins of Mars. Lost Ruins of Arnak and 7 Summits. Then a Draft of the their Favorite games that start with the letter C.

Graeme and Dean discuss First Bites of Oink Games "Moneybags" and GenX Games "Alien: Perfect Organism. Top 5 "Mean Euro Games"

Join Graeme and Dean as they discuss First Bites of Praga Caput Regni and Pandemic: Fall of Rome.  They also bring back If You Like That, You May Like This: Gloomhaven

Join Graeme and Dean as they discuss First Bites of Tungaru, Tumble Town and Polynesia. They also dig into some Leftovers of Honshu and Quadropolis. 

Join Graeme and Dean as they discuss their recent plays of Pacific Rails Inc., Too Many Bones and Tipping Point. They also talk about some upcoming things on the channel, so don't miss out!

Join Graeme and Dean as they discuss new plays of New York Zoo and Viscounts of the West Kingdom. Top5 "Games from 2013" and delve into the Graeme's deepest secrets from childhood, sports, television and finally learn who the one celebrity is he wants to thrash in a board game!

Join Dean as he chats with Lella and Graeme regarding their live stream gaming on the Dice Tower's No Strings Attached.  They share their tips and tricks, getting over your fears and what goes into the preparation for live streams.

Join Graeme and Dean as they discuss Taverns of Tiefenthal and Empyreal: Spells and Steam. Top 5 "Games from 2010" and a couple of Leftovers from the back of the shelf.

Join Graeme and Dean as they discuss Village Green, take a look back at 2020 and talk 2021 Resolutions! Top 5 Most Anticipated Games of 2021

Join Graeme and Dean as they discuss the newest Feld release Bonfire, the video game IP Horizon Zero Dawn board game and the VanRyder Graphic Novel Adventure Loup Garou. Plus they look at their Top 3 "Potential Hidden Gems of BGG Ranked 8200-8000"  

Join Graeme, Dean and Erick as they revisit their Top Games from 2019. Which games will remain on their lists? Who are the new contenders? 

Join Graeme and Dean as they discuss Seastead, Blue Skies and Villagers.  Top 5 "Games That Start with the Letter P"

Join Graeme and Dean as they discuss recent plays of Plunder: A Pirates Life; Crusader Kingdoms: The War for the Holy Land and Wild Space. A Top 5 Draft "Card Games" and finally discuss if there is an optimal player count for a new game play or Euro games in general.

Join Graeme and Dean as they discuss why total strangers can persuade his wife to play games, determine if Graeme needs a more active lifestyle and recent plays of Mercado de Lisboa and Mythos Tales. They have a Top 5 "Potential Hidden Gems of BGG ranked 8400-8200" and round it out with an Ask the Chef question.

Graeme and Dean discuss recent plays of Rurik: Dawn of Kiev, Automania, Trial of the Temples and Merlin's Beast Hunt. They bring back If You Like That, You May Like This with a look at the theme of Norway and Sweden. Finally, a discussion about House Rules!

Join Graeme and Dean as they take a look at Ishtar: Garden of Babylon; Zorro the Dice Game and discuss: - What does it take to get and keep a game into your collection - Rules Etiquette - Can you base a game rating off a virtual game play? Top 5 "Games with a City in the Title"

Graeme and Dean discuss their recent plays of Mangrovia, On The Underground: London/Berlin, The Arkham Horror Card Game and playing Werewolf on Zoom. Plus the Top 5 "Potential Hidden Gems of BGG Ranked 8600-8400"

Finally! Graeme and Dean reveal their Top 10-1 favorite games of all this very moment! Are they still accurate?

Join Graeme and Dean as they discuss getting together for face to face gaming, Ride the Rails, Agatha Christie: Death on the Cards, Maracaibo and Dragon Castle. Top 10 "Most Important Games from 2010-2019"

The countdown continues on the Top 100 Favorite Games! 

Join Graeme and Dean as they discuss why everyone else loves music so much, online cons and SIX First Bites!  Parfum, Ettin, Truck Off: The Food Truck Frenzy R&W, Endangered, Sonora and Lockup: A Roll Player Tale.

We are sooooo close to the end. Join us as we narrow down your ultimate guess as to our Top 10.

Graeme and Dean continue to slug it out over the better Top 100 Favorite Games!

Graeme and Dean continue the countdown of their Top 100 Favorite Games that could be seriously outdated by now.  #50-41

Join Graeme and Dean as they take some First Bites out of Intrepid, Shelfie Stacker, Traintopia and The Great Race. They drone on during the banter about guilting their family into playing games on Father's Day and finish out with a Top 5 "Second Chance Games".

Join Graeme and Dean as they continue the countdown of their Top 100 Favorite Games of All Time!    

The choices have to get better....right? Graeme and Dean continue their Top 100 Favorite Games countdown with #70-61!

Join Graeme and Dean as they take a First Bite out of Grind House, Inoka and Masters of the Renaissance: Lorenzo Il Magnifico Card Game.   Enjoy the banter and Can I Hear the Specials! Top 5 "Potential Hidden Gems BGG Ranked 8800-8600"

Graeme and Dean continue their countdown of "Top 100 Favorite Games" #80-71

Join Graeme and Dean as they discuss Isle of Cats, Cinque Terre, Patchwork Doodle and Spy Tricks. Plus a couple leftovers in Royals and Thurn and Taxis. Short and Sweet this episode!

Graeme and Dean continue counting down their Top 100 Favorite Games 90-81.

Join Graeme and Dean as they discuss Grand Trunk Journey, ArchRavels, Mystery House and Robin of Locksley. Top 5 "Games that Start with the Letter K" and some Leftovers in Custom Heroes and Carson City.

Join Graeme and Dean as they share their Top 100 lists! This is the audio portion from the videos.  If you want to see the video version go to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-R0oWRljfUo

Join Graeme and Dean as they discuss Extraordinary Adventures- Pirates; Rollecate; Nanga Parbat and Dwarven Miner Reforged. Top 5 "Potential Hidden Gems BGG Ranked 9000-8800" Plus a discussion on their Top 100!

Join Graeme and Dean as they venture into unknown waters with a discussion about reviewers, virtual options, their Origin story and some games played and purchased. Not the typical topics, but we were under a time crunch!

Join Graeme and Dean as they discuss recent plays of Railroad Rivals, HEXplore It, School of Sorcery and some kickstarter projects. They have a Top 5 "Games that Start with the Letter N" and then discuss some Leftovers of Favor of the Pharaoh and Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective.

Join Graeme and Dean as they banter about their recent gaming and travel, discuss Raccoon Tycoon, Stellar, Zona: The Secret of Chernobyl, 1775:Rebellion and 1812: Invasion of Canada. The discuss the previous Leftover games that have actually made it to the table and a Top 5 "Games That Made Us Angry"

Join Graeme and Dean as they discuss some Kickstarter projects that look interesting and delve into "how much is too much for shipping?" They also discuss recent plays of Star Wars: Outer Rim, the card game 5211 and an Essen release that they played on Tabletopia called Escape Pods. Top 5 list of "Potential Hidden Gems on BGG Ranked 9200-9000" and finally some leftovers in League of Six and Concordia.

Join Graeme and Dean as they welcome a Buffet listener, Tom, on this episode to discuss some games and a Draft of their current Top 5 Worker Placement Games they want to get back to the table. The debate breaks out over what exactly constitutes a worker placement game. They also discuss "How Many Times Do You Need to Play a Game Before You Can Cull", "Playing Time on Games." and "Game Groups"

Join Graeme and Dean as they discuss some KS nonsense, Patreon, celebrations needed in board games. Plus they talk about some First Bites with Pact, Animal Kingdoms and Paris: La Cite de la Lumiere. A Top 5 "Potential Hidden Gems on BGG Ranked 9400-9200" and some Leftovers/Comfort Food in Merkator and Rhein River Trade.