Road to Essen - boardgaming and videogaming podcast

Road to Essen - boardgaming and videogaming podcast

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A weekly boardgaming podcast following a father and son as they plan to visit Spiel Essen in October 2020. Each week, Neil and Henry will share their thoughts on games they have played that week, news, reviews and some fun sections including "Better than Minecraft?"

Neil and Henry


    • Jan 29, 2020 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 26m AVG DURATION
    • 6 EPISODES


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    First we'll take Scarborough, then we'll take Essen

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2020 33:44


    Neil and Henry discuss the boardgames they have played over the last few weeks, including the brilliant Deep Sea Adventure, Villagers, Love Letter and others... and there is a winner in Better than Minecraft, but how long will it last for...?

    More boardgames and video games inc. Deep Sea Adventure, King of Tokyo, For the King and more!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 12, 2020 30:05


    Neil and Henry run through recent games, pulling some old games off the shelf including King of Tokyo.Henry explores For the King in depth in "Better than Minecraft" and we have some laughs along the way as Henry knows nothing about any pop culture pre-2015.We namecheck a few early supporters and friends and look forward some more to Essen 2020.

    Christmas episode featuring Minecraft boardgame, Altiplano, Letter Jam and some DnD

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 27, 2019 35:55


    Neil and Henry discuss their Christmas games - received and played including the Minecraft boardgame, Altiplano and Letter Jam and latest plans for Essen and other gaming conventions in 2020

    Episode 2 - finding our feet, Say Anything, Magic Maze, Altiplano and plans for Essen

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 17, 2019 31:43


    Neil and Henry start to find their feet podcasting. Some old games are revived from off of the games shelf, welook ahead to Christmas wish lists, revisit Overcooked on PS4 and share some of our initial plans for Essen Spiel 2020

    Playthrough - Magic the Gathering #1

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 16, 2019 22:21


    Neil and Henry sit down to record a game of Magic The GatheringAs you know, Henry and I have just started exploring Magic The Gathering. I am often asked if the game is complicated; it's not.I recorded this to give you an idea of how the game flows and aslo as an experiment to see how the recording works, what editing style suits it best and to se eif the content is useful.Be sure to let me know using neil@neildenny.com

    Road to Essen - trailer

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2019 6:26


    Trailer episode (episode one) where we introduce Road to Essen, a regular podcast from a father and son who love to play board games, card games and video games with - and against - each other.In this trailer we introduce ourselves and explain our plans to travel to Spiel Essen boardgame conference in 2020.Each week we will share news, the games we have tried that week and the plans we are putting into place to give you ideas about what to play and where to stay.

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