Alex Kruse and Kaz Gable choose a theme to review a series of board games around. Then at the end of the run of episodes they present their top 10 choices. The first theme is "Best Games to Take Out to a Restaurant or Bar".
This week Alex and Kaz head to garden with the colorful roll and write, Three Sisters
This week Alex and Kaz attempt the coup of coups in the challenging coop game, Regicide.
Oink Games is known for odd name and publishing pocket games that actually fit in your pocket! This week Alex and Kaz try out one of the best in the line, Scout. Let's go to the circus!
If only someone would design a fully modular roll and write! Well, calm your nerves my friends, because we have the game for you. This week Alex and Kaz take a look at the Phil Walker-Harding mash-up, Explorers.
This week Alex and Kaz hit the road on the most epic of road trips following the most questionable of routes in the flip and write, On Tour.
The apocalypse has never been more neon! This week Alex and Kaz attempt to become the leaders of the brave new world of punks in the colorful and action packed, Radlands.
A great game doesn't have to be complex. This week Alex and Kaz check out the simple and addictive, Push.
Can't beat an original. This week Alex and Kaz take on the ancient game of Ludus Latrunculorum.
This week Alex and Kaz trek up into the mountains of the Pacific Northwest to play the splendid, Cascadia.
These days we're doing everything from home, working, fraternizing, and now escape rooms! This week Alex and Kaz take a crack at the challenging escape room in a box series, Unlock!
You can't beat a classic. This week Alex and Kaz play one of the best. The Uwe Rosenberg origina, Bohnanza.
Everyone has a favorite season. But do they have a favorite roll and write for every season? Probably not. Well, now your quarter year conundrum is over. This week Alex and Kaz play the roll and write for every season, Rustling Leaves.
This week Alex and Kaz blow the dust off the classic of classics, the ancient and engaging Royal Game of Ur.
Some of the best things in life are free. Like this week's game! This week Alex and Kaz play the well done and completely free roll and write, Rats High Tea at Sea.
This week Alex and Kaz battle their inner demons head to head in the surprisingly fresh, Jekyll vs Hyde.
At last they did it. They made a dinosaur park. The secret? Teeny tiny dinosaurs! This week Alex and Kaz make their own dino them parks in the quick and colorful, Draftosaurus.
The watering hole is the place to wet your beak after a long day in the African heat. However, you've got to be on guard because not every animal is there to just drink water. This week Alex and Kaz try to sneak a sip before getting too spooked by that rustling nearby in the Reiner Knizia family game, Kariba.
First elevators and now a bus route. This week Alex and Kaz check out the Saashi and Saashi classec, Let's Make a Bus Route.
Nothing beats a great cup of coffee in the morning and the perfect companion to morning roasty goodness is this week's game, Viva Java: The Coffee Game: The Dice Game. Roll and write your way to the specialty roast to beat all specialty roasts.
Nothing is so frustrating to a gardener as to have their beautiful vegetable patch overtaken by an uninvited plant. This week Alex and Kaz grab their spades and weed out the invasive artichokes in the quick and fun, Abandon All Artichokes.
The exciting life of the medieval farmer! Subsistence life at its best. This week Alex and Kaz check out the Uwe Rosenberg classic, Agricola All Creatures Big and Small. Let's breed some sheep!
This week Alex and Kaz take an abstract dive into 3D puzzley madness in the challenging game, NMBR 9.
Bugs. They're a tricky bunch. What if you could master them for your own purposes? Why, you'd rule the world! However, let's start small and try to defeat just one other person. Oh crap, they are a master of bugs too. To arms, bugs! To countless arms! This week Alex and Kaz try to outsmart each other in the battle of creepy crawlies that is, Hive.
Captains of industry. Was their ever a time they shone more brightly than the late 1800s? This week Alex and Kaz get to don their tophats and wool suits and attempt to make the most efficient industrial engine the world has ever seen in the fantastic, Furnace.
Clues clues clues. This week's game is full of clues. Alex and Kaz attempt to discover the answer to these clues in the tricky game, Just One.
Alex and Kaz plot the perfect subway lines, in the the simple and addictive, Metro X.
Ah, Timeline. You tricky little game. You seem so simple and easy, and then you make me look like a fool! This week Alex and Kaz test the history recall in the fun and challenging game, Timeline.
Suspicions are high this week as Alex and Kaz determine if everyone is who they say they are, in the exciting social deduction game, Spyfall.
Alex and Kaz experience the span of civilization in the clever and colorful, Hadara.
Alex and Kaz charge the battle lines in the excellent coop game, The Grizzled.
Spooky season is upon us and Alex and Kaz are reviewing the perfect game to kick it off. The macabre and quirky card game, Gloom.
This week Alex and Kaz head off (hahaha) to the French Revolution in the tongue in cheek game, guillotine.
This week Alex and Kaz shrink themselves down to visit the small and clever locale that is, Tiny Towns.
This week Alex and Kaz run straight past numbers 1-4 in the abstract card game, Take 5!
Here we are again. How time flies when you're having. This week Alex and Kaz are rounding up the last 25 games they're reviewed and ranking them for your listening pleasure. Enjoy!
Finally. Finally! They made the game we've all been clamoring for. The game with all our favorite sugary breakfast cereal creatures, BooBerry, Count Chocula, FrankenBerry, et al. The biggest surprise? It's actually pretty good! The game that is, the cereal is of course delicious. But you already knew that. This week Alex and Kaz pour themselves a heaping bowl of, Monster Crunch! The Breakfast Battle Game.
This week Alex and Kaz play the goofy game, LLAMA. Can math, abstract gameplay, and llamas mesh together into a great game? They can if Reiner Knizia is involved!
This week Alex and Kaz take down a game you've probably never played but should. The Bruno Cathala overlooked gem, Dice Stars. Abstract euro roll and write for the win!
Ah, 1980s era communism; rationing, shortages, unrest. Sounds like a great theme for a game, right?! Well, this week Alex and Kaz find out as they play the surprising, Kolejka. Finally, history CAN be fun!
A quick mind is something to be admired. Testing your mental speed and acuity is what makes board gaming fun. This week Alex and Kaz play a game that has this in spades and yet is simple, fun, and easy for anyone to pick up. That game of course is, Spot it!.
For some gamers "salad" is a thing to be avoided at all costs. In the land of delicious pub food, why would you waste precious space on your plate reserved for more satisfying choices? But what, I ask you, if your salad scored you points? HA! Is this some new genetically modified vegetable concoction you ask. No! It is not. It is a this weeks game. Listen in as Alex and Kaz play the aptly named in all ways, Point Salad.
Pirates are notorious for pushing their luck. This week Alex and Kaz channel that urge to play the very piratey, luck pushing game, Port Royal. Assemble your people!