Organised Fun

Exploding Kittens, but with more headgear! Highlights include: - We try to do a Giles... - Who can look the stupidest? - What exactly is a barking kitten? - If it helps, it's wipe clean...

This week, we're back in the Oniverse, trying to balance the good dreams and the bad dreams, so everyone can get a good night's sleep! Highlights include: - Sorry, who exactly am I? - It's census time! - Balancing equations: The game... - Have you accepted chaos into your life? - It's a lot of effort just to look at it... - There's seven expansions, if you fancy it? - What colour is this door?

This week, it's a classic battle of capture the flag! Highlights include: - 200 games! - I accidentally blocked myself in with bombs... - So many tactics! - Face the wrath of Admiral No-Waist! - I have 20/20 eyeshite...

This week, the Doctor battles Missy across time and space and... magic? Highlights include: - I would have loved 'Magic Club...' - You can only play this if you already know how... - Everyone knows the basic elements: Earth, Water... Forest? - Stuck for a strategy? Just drive a tank into them! - It's the harsh reality of space combat... - That is a WIDE hand... - Mark can't fold leaflets... - What's the opposite of 'win?'

This week, we must band together to save Sunnydale from The Master! Highlights include: - Does anybody know Anthony Stewart Head? - There are many Arkham Horror comparisons... - The town is overrun with vampires? Never mind, have a cake... - Xander: 25% more go! - It has an interesting checkanism... - Ah shit, we accidentally traded the Glove of Myhnegon... - Musical interlude! - How to kill literally any boss: Go there. Hit him. - Sorry, I can't help right now, I'm currently evil... - Omg did you see Spike's makeup? Such a bad blend... - We get some last minute technical issues...

This week, we've been sentenced to some serious time in Alcatraz- hate it when that happens! But, don't worry, there's a plan to escape -IF we can work together and avoid being the scapegoat! Highlights include: - Barry Scott and Kevin Bacon have actually nothing to do with this episode... - Harry goes off on so many tangents... - Shout out to Poland! - It's the harsh reality of prison life... - I'm so proud of the term 'Goaty Votey.' - That well known prison feature, The Sniffage Room... - The more people that play, the more people there are to pick on you... - Have you ever seen a smoking goat?

This week, we're trying to destroy a random monster with a random item in a random place - all in a dubiously constructed haunted house! Highlights include: - It's as old as I am! - Patrick: The original minion... - Even minions have performance management targets... - What do you mean, your house doesn't have a well in it? - Welcome to the morchard - it's not for everyone... - Better to have an item than not... - Cool strategy, but it was completely accidental... - Do we score it for 1985 or 2025? - Who designed this kitchen?

In our first episode of Year 8, I talk to Riley and actual legit game designer Skye Larsen about their upcoming release: Paperback Adventures Volume 2! Check it out on Gamefound!

We made it through seven whole years! Highlights include: - That well known game we just played, Deep Fishing... - We successfully baited 4 countries! - Mark is definitely not sponsored by Wall-Zap... - I have no idea how much a kilogram is... - Even Mark didn't remember which the fake episode was... - People are born knowing the rules to Uno... - We'll have none of that dirty energy here, thank you very much... - John is the king of the callbacks... - Derek Ring is alive and well, and Mark's new crush by the sounds of it... - Is it possible to be a podcast slag? - Did we miss a twick? - Cassie got too busy to bother us... - Germany is closer than America. Fact. - We seal it with a diss...

This week, we're looking for the Lost Ruins of Arnak - who can make the most of their limited time and resources to get the best expedition score? Highlights include: - BGA does a lot of the heavy lifting... - Turns are limited: you can't afford to waste one... - When everything scores points, does it really matter what you do? - Mark doesn't listen... - Mark has already planned the ultimate expedition games night... - Cimerosa is a person not a thing... - In many ways, it's a musical disappointment...

This week, we're off to Comoros. It's a VERY short stay... - Turns out we mis-dinked... - Such Comoros. Very confluence. - Where are all the Euro-Afro-Ottoman games? - Do sheep have hooves? - Which is worse, sheep or zombies? - The alphabet has gone literally crazy...

This week, we're whisked off to Oz! Can we get Dorothy and friends through the magical land, whilst avoiding the Wicked Witch? Highlights include: - I foolishly put the box away... - For those of you who don't know, a video is an old fashioned way of watching a movie... - Wait, it's a book?? - We can all agree, Return To Oz was horrible... - I commit a notebook crime... - It has 'local' replayability... - We went past Meriel's bedtime...

This week, we're competing to catch the best fish in an ocean full of... not fish. Highlights include: - The deeper you go, the worse things get... - A pram??? - Why would anybody want regret cards? - Mark forgets how to FRAG...

This week, you can hear all about mine and Matt's adventures at the UKGE! Highlights include:  - Slowpokes and Lollygaggers need not apply... - The first rule of Bring and Buy is don't talk about Bring and Buy... - So. Many. Dice! - I was actually very sensible, thank you very much... - We missed an entire Medieval village!

This week, we vaguely talk about Chad... ish. Highlights include: - Do you mean Chad the person, or Chad the country? - No offence, but Chad sounds well boring... - How did a country so small have such a massive civil war? - Why isn't there a Tremors board game?

This week, the Sanderson sisters are trying to bewitch the children of Salem, and we're the only ones who can stop them! Basically, they're screwed! Highlights include: - We don't acknowledge the sequel... - Mark is shocked by the idea of the cinema... - How could anybody get it wrong? - Harry doesn't know the difference between orange and yellow... - Jack is a notorious cauldron wrecker... - Honestly, you make one mistake and nobody let's you forget it... - It's NOT a cauldron! - Harry likes it big... - You don't play the box... - Yeah, but is there a graph? - I don't know the website...

This week, I've been shrunk, and must fight for my life to restore myself back to normal size - I hate it when that happens! Highlights include: - Add an extra 20 minutes for bumbling... - I have yet to visit any of the havens... - Is Cragheart my name or my species? - Crater fail!

This week, we're off to The Central African Republic, what do you think? Highlights include: - We begin with a google... - Prepare to take a token from the Hole of Cthulhu... - Nobody got Bijd at the weekend... - It's all about the Mancala... - Anyone for a game of Housewives and Kitchens? - Guys, have you heard of... boxes? - I confuse Mark with pedantry...

This week, we're rival telescopes trying to be the first to find the elusive ninth planet (gutted, Pluto). Highlights include: - We're searching for massive Assteroids... - Asteroids hate to be lonely... - Target shit, get banged... - Research the D! - Ooh, that's a nice Mitch... - Space Cluedo! - There's a lot of suspicious gas clouds in this part of space... - Comets can't be everywhere! - Meteorites aren't even a thing...

This week, we're off to Cambodia! Highlights include: - How do you all store your Legendary? - If the whole of Arkham Horror happened to one person, that would suck... - Man chess is very different to lady chess, apparently... - Temples + Jungles + Rice + Monkeys = Cambodia! - Save the doucs/Kill the doucs - it's up to you! - The Lost Expedition has dinosaurs??? - £14 for delivery from Ireland?? You can literally see it! - Watch out for douche-monkeys...

This week, we're off to Cabo Verde to sample their board game delights... oh, who are we kidding? Highlights include: - A super smooth opening to this one... - Silent games? They're nothing to shout about... - Once again, Mark mentions the famous game of Sub Zero... - I'm basically Cabo Verdean... - How many different ways can Mark say 'Mysthea?'

This week, Burundi gets the Countrybait treatment... ish. Highlights include: - Mark forgets the episodes are numbered... - Any game can be silent if you hate it enough... - My war is more important than your war... - Less than 5 minutes in and Burundi gets ditched... - Risk goes to Mars!

It's a fantasy themed heist as we have to rob stuff and then escape from... a shopping mall? Highlights include: - It's not for girls... - Is 7 the golden number? No! - How do you work out a strategy when you can't discuss it? - What kind of shopping centre is this?? - But... why a shopping centre??? - Everyone's entitled to their opinion, even if it's wrong... - Allow me to classify... - Moo tries to take credit for inventing Spaceteam...

This week, we're apprentice Deaths trying to prove ourselves by killing a load of victims! Highlights include: - The Twilight movies would definitely make you want to die... - Turns out there's loads of pop culture references that I don't know... - If in doubt, what would a bastard do? - Fucking zombies... - The shuffling was particularly bad this week...

This week, we're trying to guess quotes from the Harry Potter movies! Highlights include: - Second time lucky? - Watch out for silly accents! - I keep getting my Rons and my Hermiones mixed up... - McGonagall? Slag! - Stick to the script, yeah? - The most fun thing wasn't actually part of the game... - YES!

A miracle has occurred on Aquaria! But how did it happen? And is the mysterious white light connected to the long lost Eternians?

This week, we have to stop the notorious Bandido from escaping by blocking off all his tunnels! Highlights include: - Oops, I accidentally made three new routes! - Expandido! - Every time, the tactics question catches Mark by surprise... - Why did BGA let Mark ruin the game? - Do we have a new etiquette rule? - What did the cat destroy?

This week we've gone full Autumn as we try to score the most acorns doing Autumnal things! Highlights include: - Accents are at an all time low this week... - To bonus or not to bonus? - Prepare for cuteness overload!

This week we're off to see what's crackalackin' in Burkina Faso! Highlights include: - Same game, different name! - Everyone knows, you can't slide a peg... - Let's play a round of 'Don't Get Pregnant!' - A bit sexual, but not in a cool way... - We don't need THAT in board games!

This week, we're doomed camp counsellors at Crystal Lake - can we find enough supplies to fend off the dreaded Jason Voorhees? Highlights include: - Horror or Terror? - My country list is a total mess... - I do, We do, You do... - Who won, I can't remember? - Why are there so many frying pans? - There wasn't actually much horror... - All Jason wanted was a frying pan... - Everyone looks well old...

The Lost Expedition gets a bit supernatural with zombies and were-beasts! Highlights include: - Fountain Of Youth > Lost City Of El Dorado, surely? - A few zombies never hurt anyone... - Stuck? Just wound the dog! - Is it good to be a Were-beast? - In the apocalypse, nobody cares about gourmet food...

This week we're trading rude sounding cards to avoid being the Dik Dik! Highlights include: - It's Chase the Ace, but with Diks... - Cousins is legal, right? - You could actually play this quite strategically... - Dik Dik takes the bins out!

Bulgaria was so much fun that we stayed an extra week to play Battalia! Highlights include: - We didn't do Brunei dirty... - Stock up on Battle People! - Pegasi? Pegasuses? - It's all Tabletopia's fault...

This week we're off (metaphorically) to Bulgaria! Highlights include: - 31% of Belgians love board games! - Spam alert! - Bet you didn't know that Bridge could solve climate change? - Remember all the real world applications of Gnome Day? - Coming soon - Brian Reynolds: Bridge Infiltrator... - Give me your lettuce! - Does anybody know how to play Magic?

This week, I'm a Greek vampire. Here's my life! Highlights include: - Lonely? I'm not lonely! - Sorry best friend, I choose to forget you... - Never trust Apollo... - I'm like a history buff now, so... - Social mores? Internecine? - Everyone I know is going to die... - Do you want a climax event? - People's lives don't follow the story mountain...

It's time for the Exit Advent Calendar again! This time we're a humble pizza delivery guy caught up in the scandal of the missing Hollywood star - can we find her and work out what the hell is going on?

Just another day in Crime City... As the name would suggest, many a crime has happened, and it's up to us to solve them! Highlights include: - Our first episode from a sofa... - You have to play this game if you want to become a detective... - Watch out for pigeons. And eroticism. - Is it a game though? - One mango mojito and I can't even speak... - Expert mode: play it with the lights off... - There weren't enough sweets... - What are the rules of this world? - We exist in multiple lounges...

This time we're off to Brunei to check out their games. Or not. Highlights include: - It's a whole lot of Christmas and a little bit of Brunei... - Brunei is not where I thought it was... - Jingle All The Way has a sequel - who knew?? - Santa is basically Christmas Postman Pat... - Mark forgets the term for 'play a card.' - More nightmare, less Christmas... - Brunei: Needs a website... - I keep messing up the ending...

This week, we're off to Botswana. Have they got any game? Highlights include: - You can now check us out on Bluesky! - I over Christmas... - Throwing pebbles? Fuck that! - First one to shout 'Malala' wins! - Mark fails to find the actual game called actual Botswana. Actually... - You can find Botswana in America and Japan... but not Botswana...

The crew are reunited just in time to celebrate Gnome Day, but amid the festivities, they discover a new lead in the quest to save Aquaria's polluted waters...

This week, we've discovered a magical (?) land and we're setting off to explore as much as possible! Highlights include: - Congratulations to Sue! - Welcome to the world of Levita Ting... - It's a magical world... now find some apples! - It has over a million combinations, don't you know! - Exactly how fantastical can you get with an apple? - Someone needs to realign the printers...

Strap in for another half hour of prime insults, as the diss track returns! 

This week, we have completed our epic Seafall legacy campaign! Highlights include: - Turns out the box told us what would happen all along... - Buying treasure is a dick move... - Turns out we're the bad guys... - Scallywagging for the narrative!!! - We accidentally found hell. Hate it when that happens... - If your men say they saw a demon, you should listen to them... - Maybe it needed more... hell?

This week, we're jetting off to Bosnia and Herzegovina to check out their board game sitch! Highlights include: - Turns out Sir Walter Raleigh was a bit of a douche... - General consensus on El Dorado: it's a no, I'm afraid... - Turns out Mark already explained Chabcha ages ago... - War. Again. - Does Purple Pineapple Games actually exist, or is it some kind of trap?

Famous explorer, Percy Fawcett has gone missing in the jungle (true story) - can we follow in his footsteps and discover the lost city of El Dorado? Highlights include: - Time to explore, FOR YOUR LIFE!!! - It's similar to a deckbuilder, in the sense that it has cards... - Turns out the Bushmaster is not a nice helpful man, it's a huge fucking snake... - Why are insects so positive? - Roy: What a lad! Bessie: Such a pioneer! Isabelle: Oh... - Mark's world is completely rocked by a hinged box...

This week, we're off to Bolivia... Highlights include: - Chabcha... we still don't get it! - Lost Expedition is actually lost... - Mark just gave Postman Pat his own multiverse... - Titicaca will never not be funny... - New, from 'Goods of the Land...' - Llamas don't care about borders...

Team JJP are joined by Harry to play the winner of the 2023 Bristol Chance And Counters Game Jam! Highlights include: - What is the sexiest board game? - We don't give change in this sweet shop... - Get ready for lots of 'bag' innuendos... - Apparently, the game is too mean... - Pick N Fuck Off - No babies, no whiners! - You haven't got enough money... here's a bean! - Is it a sweet or a penis?

This time we're off to Bhutan! It has a cool flag! Highlights include: - Bhutan is home to Chewbacca... - We can count, so we should be able to play Chabcha... - You may only play this game after early dinner... - The men play with dice while the girls throw rocks at each other... - Not war, not exploration, but stumpy little cow things! - Does Tintin have a board game? - Come on guys, don't ride the Takins...

While the rest of the crew were raiding the Crystal Mines, time to find out what happened to Merlin! 

This week, we're (metaphorically) headed to Benin, which we didn't even know existed until now! Highlights include: - Why would I want a load of rulebooks for games I don't own? - Well done Benin, you've not really been embroiled in any major wars... - Space? Ocean? Benin! - Hey Alice, OMG where are you?

I catch up with Thatcher to talk all things Witchbound, Dark Doll, and the latest project, Rune Rite!