Welcome to our boardgame-centric podcast, where in each action-packed 30-minute episode, we delve into a variety of engaging topics and discussions for both seasoned and new players alike. Join us as we explore the exciting world of boardgaming and discover new strategies and insights. Whether you're a seasoned veteran or just starting out, our podcast is the perfect companion for all your gaming needs. So sit back, relax and let's roll the dice on an adventure of fun and discovery!
Listen as PJ chats with Sean & Michael from Glass House Games. They discuss the process of the launch of their first game: Whisker Wars. In addition, they dive deep into sharing their experiences starting a publishing company, launching their game during a trade war and facing high tariffs. They discuss vulnerability and openness at the game table.
Watch as PJ and Becky @mrs_getintogames talk about building community through hosting game days at their home or at gamer meetups. As Becky's solo debut, they discuss when PJ visited Craig & Becky in the UK, the games they played and the games they love to teach. They discuss Rebirth, Fromage, Thunder Road Vendetta, Obsession, Men Nefer and Valiant Wars. This is an epic episode of social magic.
Listen as PJ and Bo @PunchableGames talk about solo gaming experiences. Bo enlightens PJ to the joys and benefits of taking the time for solo gaming. They discuss Final Girl, Wingspan, Obsession, Cascadia, SETI and Galactic Cruise.
PJ & Michelle talk about their Easter traditions and Easter gaming. Listen as they discuss Bunny Kingdom, Wingspan, Piles and Jerusalem Anno Domini. #boardgames #eastertide #wingspan #bunnykingdom
Watch as PJ and Laura @ObsessedWithBoardGames discuss building community in the wake of the tariffs. They share their thoughts and opinions about the future of the boardgaming community. They also talk about their experiences at both the Great Plains Game Festival (Lincoln, NE) and Tennessee Game Days (Nashville, TN).
Listen as PJ and Ahmad discuss life in Perth, Australia. Ahmad describes the gaming community in western Australia, PAX Australia in Melbourne and his ne game Usolli, recently fulfilled on Kick starter.
Listen as PJ & Shelly @michianaboardgamery talk about building and nurturing a local board game community.
PJ and Tara talk about the most popular game of 2024, SETI by CGE Games.
Watch and listen as PJ talks with Josh from @modernmeeple about pointers for properly placing pieces and maintaining organization on your board game table. Hear about how ModernMeeple got started and the interesting explanation about his products and how they are made. Learn how to keep all your game pieces in its place.
Watch as PJ & Brynn, @runningboardgamer, as they discuss topics of Beauty and the concepts of what makes a board game beautiful. they also discuss their favorite beautiful board games. They cover: Sagrada, Tsuro, Tokaido, Wingspan, Scythe, Botany, Tabriz and Men Nefer.
Listen as PJ & Adam talk about their top games of 2025 that they are looking forward to. They discuss games like: Galactic Cruise, Critter Kitchen, Revenant, Brink, Luthier, Galileo Galielei, Speak Easy and many more.
Watch and Listen as PJ & Adam, from TabletopVibes, share their favorite games from 2024. They also discuss the virtues of circular boards in games. Listen as they talk about games such as: Weird Wood Manor, Fromage, ARCs, Kelp, Let's Go to Japan, Windmill Valley, Unconscious Mind, Minos: Dawn of the Bronze Age, Black Forrest, Caution Signs, Star Trek Lower Decks: Buffer Time, SETI and more.
Listen as PJ & guest co host, Phalgun discuss the intricacies of the gaming industry and community in India.
Listen as PJ and guest co-host, Kristen Mott talk about their favorite 2 player games for Valentine's Day!
A bonus episode where PJ shares with some games from his weekend of gaming at home
Listen as PJ chats with Nathan Jenne from Last Night Games. They discuss, publishing, designing and the relative ease of working with family.
Listen to this episode where PJ interviews Josh Wood (AEG Games) and they talk about his recent release of 2024, Let's Go To Japan.
It's finally Episode 107 where PJ teams up with Craig and Becky from Get Into Games On Air to chat about best practices for teaching boardgames, with theme vs mechanics. They also chat about Geekway mini and much much more!
It's episode 106 and PJ and Gareth catch up on all things holiday season! What's been going on in life, games they have been playing and board gaming highlights!
In this week's episode PJ and Gareth discuss which board games they would not part with from their collection….ever…! PJ and Gareth select just 3 to share and their reasons why that game deserves a place on the shelf forever. You can also hear which games some of the Instagram community would not cull from their collection either.
In this weeks episode PJ and Gareth chat to Angel Fischer, also known as @BoardGameAngel on Instagram who by is a freelance graphic designer whose portfolio crosses into the world of boardgames both with her range of boardgame related merchandise and boardgame logo designs for quite a few Instagram boardgame accounts. We talk about designs, the design process, our new logo, as well as some background on Angels own boardgame journey! Thank you Angel for both your time today and your logo, we love it!You can find Angels design on her Amazon shops, easiest way is to visit her profile on Instagram!
In episode 103 (not 104!) PJ and Gareth welcome Nick from Underdog Games to this week's episode. Nick recently posted about how a good strategy game has emergent qualities players can only discover with experience and we discuss this as well as top tips for boardgame design. Nick explains "Often, the first few times you play a strategy game, you'll think some action optimal, but then later discover you were misvaluing something, or missing a possibility. After realising this, you discover the game has richer and more complicated decisions than it seemed at first. Nick goes on to say "This is a key reason good strategy games tend to get better with more plays. However, we live among a tremendous abundance of games, where many of us won't play each game enough to experience it at its best."
Welcome to Episode 102, and for the first time ever PJ and Gareth are doing a Top 10 list! It's that time of year again to check out some spooky horror / scary games for Halloween, PJ and Gareth cover their favourites, some new and some old! Please like, subscribe and follow us for more boardgame content! #boardgamepodcast #meeple2meeple #halloweenboardgames
Listen as PJ interviews Carla Kopp, founder of Weird Giraffe Games and designer of the upcoming roll & write game, Reef & Ruins. They discuss the inspiration, design, theme and colors of the game as it launched on Kickstarter October 15, 2024
Welcome to Episode 100, yes 100 and from this episode on you can watch and well as listen to us! Enjoy! We have special guests Craig and Becky from @GetInToGames discussing all things podcasting, we have a special surprise guest….Dan Hallagan the designer of Obsession and Gareth and PJ share their favourites highlights of the last 99 episodes and whats to come in the next! #boardgamepodcast #meeple2meeple #episode100
Welcome to Meeple2Meeple Episode 99 (99!) where PJ and Gareth chat to Kathryn Hahn from Grod Games to talk about their upcoming Kickstarter campaign for her joint design Estate: Raise the Realm. Kathryn shares an overview of the game, the design process, Kickstarter readiness and some thoughts of future games. PJ and Gareth have both been fortunate to play a solid prototype and share their thoughts also. Big thanks to Kathryn for sharing her boardgame passion and development stories! ---- Meeple2Meeple - your regular boardgame fix via a podcast in only 30 minutes! IG: @Meeple2Meeple #boardgames #boardgamepodcast #meeple2meeple #estateraisetherealm #boardgamedesign #boardgamedesigner
Welcome to Episode 98 where PJ and Gareth chat with Tara (@tarastabletop on IG) all about parallel board games - those board games that get a Roll / Flip and Write edition. Hear about PJ and Gareths favourite games that fit this type as well as Tara's dedicated commitment to share all these wonderful games via her channel. Games include: Fleer the Dice Game, Lost Cities, Cascadito, High Season, Parks Roll and Write and many more! Worth a listen for sure! Choo Choo!#meeple2meeple #boardgamepodcast #rollandwrites #tarastabletop #boardgamecommunity #boardgamesareawesome
Welcome to Episode 97 where Gareth and PJ chat to their guest Christopher Preston and discuss the pros and cons of AI within the boardgame industry, especially from an artist perspective. Thanks Christopher for such a great conversation! Please leave a comment with your thoughts on this topic.#boardgamepodcast #boardgamedesigner #boardgamecontentcreator #meeple2meeple #boardgameAI #AIinboardgames
Welcome to Episode 96 where Gareth (no PJ!!) chats to Kristen (@family.boardgaming) and Laura (@obsessedwithboardgames) about their love of board games, how they got into the hobby, board game design with Kristen and board game content creation with Laura. Big thanks to both of them for such a great podcast chat!#boardgamepodcast #boardgamedesigner #boardgamecontentcreator #meeple2meeple
Listen as PJ interviews John from TW games as he talks about the launch of his upcoming game Can't Go to kickstart this week on September 6th 2024
Welcome to the Meeple2Meeple podcast Episode 94. PJ and Gareth talk all things holiday travel games now Gareth is back from his summer holiday. Hear about the games he packed, the games played with family and much much more!!Meeple2Meeple - your regular boardgame podcast in about 30 mins!@meeple2meeple on Instagram #boardgamepodcast #meeple2meeple #boardgamecommunity #boardgametravel #travelboardgames
Welcome to Episode 93 of Meeple2Meeple. This week PJ chats with Hannah (@han_playsgames) and Alex (@pink_meeple) from the UK Instagram Community all about their boardgame friendship as well as covering games like Rafter 5, Shadows of Camelot, Labyrinth, Kavengo and much much more! (Yes…Gareth is still on summer holiday!) #boardgamepodcast #meeple2meeple
E92. In this week's episode PJ chats to Caution Signs designer Danielle Reynolds with stand in co-host Kristen Matt (while Gareths soaks up the Greek sunshine!). Hear about the game, design and lots lots more #cautionsigns #meeple2meeple #boardgamepodcast
Welcome to Meeple2Meeple Episode 91 where PJ and Gareth chat all about PJ's Gen Con 2024 experience. Hear about how much PJ fitted into his ONE day visit! Lots of games, friends, promos and stats!! Meeple2Meeple - your regular boardgame podcast fix in 30 minutes! #boardgames #boardgamepodcast #meeple2meeples #crowdfunding #boardgamecrowdfunding #botanyuch
Welcome to Meeple2Meeple Episode 90 where PJ chats to Dusty and Amy from Dux Somnium Games talking about Botany, a Kickstarter in fulfilment as well La Fluer which recently funded. Meeple2Meeple - your regular boardgame podcast fix in 30 minutes! #boardgames #boardgamepodcast #meeple2meeples #crowdfunding #boardgamecrowdfunding #botany
Welcome to Meeple2Meeple Episode 89 where PJ and Gareth talk all things about crowdfunding boardgames, they talk about platforms, learnings from over 10 years of backing games, their top tips and things to consider. Meeple2Meeple - your regular boardgame podcast fix in 30 minutes! #boardgames #boardgamepodcast #meeple2meeples #crowdfunding #boardgamecrowdfunding
Welcome to Meeple2Meeple Episode 88 where PJ and Gareth talk about boardgame play testing, they share their experiences, recent play-tests and PJ's new feature..narrating boardgame rulebook intros… —— Meeple2Meeple - your regular boardgame fix via a podcast in only 30 minutes! IG: @Meeple2Meeple Linktree: Meeple2Meeple #boardgames #boardgamepodcast #meeple2meeple #boardgamecommunity #boardgamefriends #boardgamechat #boardgameteacher #learningboardgames #boardgameplaytesting #playesting
Welcome to Meeple2Meeple Episode 87 where PJ chats to Fritz Paull the designer of Prestige - a city building game live on Kickstarter now. Hear from Fritz on the design and PJs involvement. Worth a listen!! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/oakloungegames/prestige-a-city-building-game —— Meeple2Meeple - your regular boardgame fix via a podcast in only 30 minutes! IG: @Meeple2Meeple Linktree: Meeple2Meeple #boardgames #boardgamepodcast #meeple2meeple #boardgamecommunity #boardgamefriends #boardgamechat #boardgamekickstarter #prestigeboardgame #boardgamedesigner
Welcome to Meeple2Meeple Episode 86 where PJ and Gareth run through PJ's highlights from his day at Origins. Hear about PJs jam packed day, what he played and soundbites from fellow content creators and board game designers. Worth a listen!! —— Meeple2Meeple - your regular boardgame fix via a podcast in only 30 minutes! IG: @Meeple2Meeple Linktree: Meeple2Meeple #boardgames #boardgamepodcast #meeple2meeple #boardgamecommunity #boardgamefriends #boardgamechat #boardgameteacher #learningboardgames #boardgamejargon #boardgamecons #originsgamefair --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/meeple2meeple/message
Welcome to Meeple2Meeple Episode 85 where PJ (no Gareth) shares his thoughts on his upcoming trip to Origins game fair, what PJ is looking forward to and lots more!! —— Meeple2Meeple - your regular boardgame fix via a podcast in only 30 minutes! IG: @Meeple2Meeple Linktree: Meeple2Meeple #boardgames #boardgamepodcast #meeple2meeple #boardgamecommunity #boardgamefriends #boardgamechat #boardgameteacher #learningboardgames #boardgamejargon #boardgamecons #originsgamefair --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/meeple2meeple/message
Welcome to a Meeple2Meeple bonus episode where PJ chats with Ren Multamäki, designer of Verdun - a thematic card game set in the trenches of WW1. Verdun goes live on Kickstarter 23rd July 2024. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ddpgames/verdun-a-thematic-card-game-set-in-the-trenches-of-wwi?ref=1ez8dz ---- Meeple2Meeple - your regular boardgame fix via a podcast in only 30 minutes! IG: @Meeple2Meeple Linktree: Meeple2Meeple #boardgames #boardgamepodcast #meeple2meeple #boardgamecommunity #boardgamefriends #boardgamechat #verdun #kickstarter --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/meeple2meeple/message
Welcome to Meeple2Meeple Episode 84 where PJ and Gareth talk all things UK Games Expo. In this extended episode Gareth shares with PJ his UKGE experience of what he saw and played as well as playing sound bites he captured from designers and friends from the Instagram community. This was a lot of fun and we would both like to thank everyone who contributed. Meeple2Meeple - your regular boardgame podcast fix in 30 minutes! IG: @Meeple2Meeple Linktree: Meeple2Meeple #boardgames #boardgamepodcast #meeple2meeple #ukge #boardgameconvention #UKboardgameexpo #boardgamers #instagramboardgamers --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/meeple2meeple/message
Welcome to Meeple2Meeple Episode 83 where PJ & Adam (Gareth was attending the UKGE) talk to Andrew Bosley about his latest art project and collaboration with Stonemaier games. Hear all about Andrew's journey in board game art and lots more! —— Meeple2Meeple - your regular boardgame fix via a podcast in only 30 minutes! IG: @Meeple2Meeple Linktree: Meeple2Meeple #boardgames #boardgamepodcast #meeple2meeple #boardgamecommunity #boardgamefriends #boardgamechat #boardgameartist #boardgameart --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/meeple2meeple/message
Welcome to Meeple2Meeple Episode 82 where PJ & Gareth talk about boardgame expansions - which games need them and which games don't? As well as debating what makes an expansion and as ever AI's version of things! —— Meeple2Meeple - your regular boardgame fix via a podcast in only 30 minutes! IG: @Meeple2Meeple Linktree: Meeple2Meeple #boardgames #boardgamepodcast #meeple2meeple #boardgamecommunity #boardgamefriends #boardgamechat #boardgameteacher #learningboardgames #boardgamejargon #boardgameexpansions --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/meeple2meeple/message
Welcome to Meeple2Meeple Episode 81 where PJ & Gareth talk about their recent and upcoming visits to this Summer's boardgame conventions. Hear about the AI top tips, where to find them and lots more!! —— Meeple2Meeple - your regular boardgame fix via a podcast in only 30 minutes! IG: @Meeple2Meeple Linktree: Meeple2Meeple #boardgames #boardgamepodcast #meeple2meeple #boardgamecommunity #boardgamefriends #boardgamechat #boardgameteacher #learningboardgames #boardgamejargon #boardgamecons --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/meeple2meeple/message
Welcome to Meeple2Meeple Episode 80 where PJ & Jon from Trywin games (special guest appearance to cover for Gareths absence!) talk about our boardgaming hobby and how to engage and share the hobby avoiding the jargon, mechanics and those other complex and often baffling words! —— Meeple2Meeple - your regular boardgame fix via a podcast in only 30 minutes! IG: @Meeple2Meeple Meeple2Meeple on Podbean Linktree: Meeple2Meeple #boardgames #boardgamepodcast #meeple2meeple #boardgamecommunity #boardgamefriends #boardgamechat #boardgameteacher #learningboardgames #boardgamejargon --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/meeple2meeple/message
Welcome to Meeple2Meeple Episode 79 where PJ & Gareth talk about how they learn and teach boardgames. Hear about their approach, tips, experiences and teaching flow. —— Meeple2Meeple - your regular boardgame fix via a podcast in only 30 minutes! IG: @Meeple2Meeple Meeple2Meeple on Podbean Linktree: Meeple2Meeple #boardgames #boardgamepodcast #meeple2meeple #boardgamecommunity #boardgamefriends #boardgamechat #boardgameteacher #learningboardgames --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/meeple2meeple/message
Welcome to Meeple2Meeple Episode 78 where PJ & Gareth talk about having too many boardgames that are unplayed.. what do you call this pile? A backlog? an opportunity?, a pile of shame, shelf of shrink etc.. Hear about how many days games have been the collection between PJ and Gareth too! NOTE: Gareths longest game unplayed is an incorrect piece of data! His data was wrong! Will correctly share these stats in the next episode!! He should know better!!! (Shocking!) ---- Meeple2Meeple - your regular boardgame fix via a podcast in only 30 minutes! IG: @Meeple2Meeple Meeple2Meeple on Podbean Linktree: Meeple2Meeple #boardgames #boardgamepodcast #meeple2meeple #boardgamecommunity #boardgamefriends #boardgamechat #boardgamebacklog #boardgamecollection --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/meeple2meeple/message
Welcome to Meeple2Meeple Episode 77 where PJ & Gareth chat to Niki, head of community for Tossit, a family game that you can take anywhere. Hear all about the Tossit launch in the UK and across the globe as well as PJ & Gareth talk about other family games. ---- Meeple2Meeple - your regular boardgame fix via a podcast in only 30 minutes! IG: @Meeple2Meeple Meeple2Meeple on Podbean Linktree: Meeple2Meeple #boardgames #boardgamepodcast #meeple2meeple #boardgamecommunity #boardgamefriends #boardgamechat #tossit --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/meeple2meeple/message
Welcome to Meeple2Meeple Episode 76 where PJ (without Gareth) chats to Heather, the designer of Apistocracy about her upcoming Kickstarter campaign, hanging out at Cajun Con, her recent trip to the UK and lots more Apistocracy hits Kickstarts on the 23rd April 2024 ---- Meeple2Meeple - your regular boardgame fix via a podcast in only 30 minutes! IG: @Meeple2Meeple Meeple2Meeple on Podbean Linktree: Meeple2Meeple #boardgames #boardgamepodcast #meeple2meeple #boardgamecommunity #boardgamefriends #boardgamechat #boardgamecon #cajuncon #apistocracy --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/meeple2meeple/message
Welcome to Meeple2Meeple Episode 75 where PJ and Gareth for the first time record side by side, yes, thats face to face from the UK! Hear all about PJ's trip to the UK so far and Cajun Con, a gathering of friends to play games! Hear about the highlights, what we played, what we ate...and lots lots more!! ---- Meeple2Meeple - your regular boardgame fix via a podcast in only 30 minutes! IG: @Meeple2Meeple Meeple2Meeple on Podbean Linktree: Meeple2Meeple #boardgames #boardgamepodcast #meeple2meeple #boardgamecommunity #boardgamefriends #boardgamechat #boardgamecon #cajuncon --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/meeple2meeple/message