The BoardGameGeek Podcast

Ruel Gaviola joins Candice to discuss 2-player abstract strategy board games with a hint of theme.00:00:00 Introduction00:01:51 LFG Con00:07:03 Ticket to Ride 20th Anniversary video 00:09:42 Fresh Plays00:09:59 Conservas00:13:16 Hot Streak00:20:15 Hits & Outs (Baseball Highlights 2045, Kaosball)00:25:44 Typeset00:30:04 Chakra00:37:44 Coloretto00:39:22 2-Player Abstract Strategy Games w/ a Hint of Theme00:44:05 Donuts00:48:08 Ironwood00:51:32 Miyabi00:54:24 Tash Kalar00:57:48 Azul01:00:44 War Chest01:04:38 Spirits of the Wild01:06:53 Toy Battle01:10:42 Samurai01:14:03 Mythic Mischief01:17:34 Santorini01:20:34 Bonus Mentions (Summoner Wars, Project L, Leaders)01:23:27 Sign-offWeb: https://boardgamegeek.com/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@boardgamegeekTwitter: https://twitter.com/BoardGameGeekEmail: podcast@boardgamegeek.com

Eric Yurko joins Candice to discuss board games that were unexpected hits.00:00:00 Introduction00:01:46 Video Games?!00:06:20 Life Beyond Board Games Podcast + Table Scraps00:08:57 BGG.Spring Highlights (Dogs of War, Guards of Atlantis II, Presages)00:17:15 Fresh Plays00:17:31 Zenith00:20:20 Scream Park00:24:44 Rivages00:28:06 Clash of Clans: The Epic Raid00:35:45 Unexpected Hits00:37:24 The Shipwreck Arcana00:40:02 Stomp the Plank00:43:05 Cat Sudoku: Summer Festival00:44:22 Decorum00:46:22 Nine Tiles Panic00:47:46 Inheritors00:49:46 Turing Machine00:51:18 Polynesia00:54:44 Obsession00:56:25 Tower Up01:00:48 Sign-offThank you to our sponsor, Rebel Studio!Web: https://boardgamegeek.com/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@boardgamegeekTwitter: https://twitter.com/BoardGameGeekEmail: podcast@boardgamegeek.com

Pénélope from Penelope Gaming joins Candice to discuss board games that they enjoyed in Paris and Étourvy.00:00:00 Introduction00:02:18 Penelope Gaming + Festival International des Jeux - Cannes00:08:09 Fun in France!00:15:46 Extended Fresh Plays00:17:54 Zenith00:24:10 Revolve!00:29:54 CVLT00:35:40 Stupor Mundi00:43:49 Take Time00:49:29 Tir Na Nog00:56:40 Map Masters01:02:09 Toy Battle01:13:15 Behind01:17:32 Star Wars: Battle of Hoth01:19:52 Hues & Cues01:22:53 Treasure of the Dwarves01:26:54 Quick Mentions (We Need to Talk, Looping Louie, Stomp the Plank, Detective Club)01:28:14 DaDaDa01:30:58 Ticket to Ride 20th Anniversary in Paris01:36:20 Presages01:42:40 Odin01:53:14 Sign-offThank you to our sponsor, Lookout Games!Web: https://boardgamegeek.com/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@boardgamegeekTwitter: https://twitter.com/BoardGameGeekEmail: podcast@boardgamegeek.com

Edward from Heavy Cardboard joins Candice to discuss the appeal of heavy board games, the ones they've been diggin, and the ones where the juice is worth the squeeze.00:00:00 Introduction00:15:38 Fresh Plays00:16:35 Ayar: Children of the Sun00:25:38 Cosmic Frog00:31:54 Speakeasy00:40:23 Dungeon Degenerates00:54:25 Heavy Games: When the Juice is Worth the Squeeze00:56:15 The Heaviness in Board Games01:16:59 Age of Steam01:22:22 Leaving Earth01:26:20 Crystal Palace01:30:52 Black Rose Wars: Rebirth + Age of Innovation01:34:04 Stress Botics: Odyssey01:40:25 Feudum01:42:53 Edward's List of Games Worth the Squeeze (Stress Botics Odyssey, Age of Steam, Antiquity, Pax Transhumanity, Reef Encounter, Weimar: The Fight for Democracy, Tales of the Northlands: The Sagas of Noggin the Nog, Mr. President, Die Macher, John Company, Dilluvia Project, The Colonists, For-Ex, Sekigahara)01:46:24 Candice's List of Games Worth the Squeeze (Feudum, Too Many Bones, Spirit Island, Mage Knight, COIN & ICS series, War of the Ring: Second Edition, TI4, Cerebria, Here I Stand, Fields of Fire)01:51:08 D-Day at Omaha Beach01:55:38 Sign-offThank you to our sponsor, CATAN Studio!Hope you can join us for our 2025 BGG conventions! For more details and to register for your badge: BGG.Spring May 22-26BGG.CON November 19-23Web: https://boardgamegeek.com/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@boardgamegeekTwitter: https://twitter.com/BoardGameGeekEmail: podcast@boardgamegeek.com

Game Designer Johnny Chin joins Candice to discuss Game Market West and a variety of indie board games.00:00:00 Introduction00:07:12 Fresh Plays00:07:28 My Favourite Things00:11:10 Alice is Missing00:20:21 Mot Coin (Cryptrick & Trick and Trade)00:27:53 Libertalia: Winds of Galecrest00:37:16 Game Market West + Indie Games Appreciation00:46:25 Golpher00:49:23 Kansas City: Trick-taking Game00:53:06 We Need to Talk00:58:02 Oishii: Food Stall Clash (Hotpot Havoc)01:02:28 Trickarus01:07:42 Juven Isle01:11:06 Tag You're It!01:18:49 Dungeon Post01:21:08 FUCAZUL! + Spring Cleaning/Haunted Mouse01:25:08 Matcha01:30:18 Sign-offThank you to our sponsor, Lookout Games!Hope you can join us for our 2025 BGG conventions! For more details and to register for your badge: BGG.Spring May 22-26BGG.CON November 19-23Web: https://boardgamegeek.com/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@boardgamegeekTwitter: https://twitter.com/BoardGameGeekEmail: podcast@boardgamegeek.com

Jamie from Foster the Meeple joins Candice to discuss some of their favorite board games to play with 6 players.00:00:00 Introduction00:01:22 Foster the Game-a-thon00:06:46 Circle DC00:14:21 Fresh Plays00:15:18 Crafting the Cosmos00:22:43 Argent: the Consortium00:36:49 Silver Fang00:43:32 Molly House00:59:22 Grunling: Fantastic Fruit01:02:16 Awesome Board Games for 6 Players01:03:18 Deception: Murder in Hong Kong01:08:01 Lovestruck01:11:10 Dune: Imperium - Uprising + Dune01:15:19 Camel Up (Second Edition)01:19:41 Border Reivers01:23:07 Leaping Lemmings01:24:56 Challengers!01:30:06 Sidereal Confluence01:33:52 Awkward Guests01:37:57 Dûhr: The Lesser Houses01:49:33 Cursed Court01:55:56 Guards of Atlantis II02:09:54 Sign-offThank you to our sponsor, Lookout Games!Hope you can join us for our 2025 BGG conventions! For more details and to register for your badge: BGG.Spring May 22-26BGG.CON November 19-23Web: https://boardgamegeek.com/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@boardgamegeekTwitter: https://twitter.com/BoardGameGeekEmail: podcast@boardgamegeek.com

Ben from Five Games For Doomsday joins Candice to discuss some of their favorite midweight euro games.00:00:00 Introduction00:01:34 Five Games for Doomsday00:10:45 Fresh Plays00:12:15 Fellowship of the Ring: Trick-Taking Game00:16:58 Tip of the Diceberg00:27:13 Tricky Time Crisis00:32:42 Skull Queen00:40:21 Board Game Burnout, Black Rose Wars: Rebirth, & Cold Teaches00:56:24 Midweight Euro Games We Love01:03:35 Fresco01:07:27 Pirates of Maracaibo + GWT: El Paso01:14:27 Lancaster01:18:44 IKI01:26:21 Nusfjord01:29:20 Whistle Mountain01:37:32 Hansa Teutonica01:41:46 River of Gold01:53:13 Concordia01:59:07 Bonus Mentions (Windmill Valley, The Artemis Project, Galileo Galilei, Shakespeare, Lewis & Clark, Glass Road, Spyrium, Castles of Burgundy, Heaven & Ale)02:06:54 Sign-offThank you to our sponsor, CATAN Studio!Hope you can join us for our 2025 BGG conventions! For more details and to register for your badge: BGG.Spring May 22-26BGG.CON November 19-23Web: https://boardgamegeek.com/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@boardgamegeekTwitter: https://twitter.com/BoardGameGeekEmail: podcast@boardgamegeek.com

Jenna from The Board Game Garden joins Candice to discuss some of their favorite cozy games.00:00:00 Introduction00:05:36 Fresh Plays00:06:06 Raiders of Scythia00:12:02 Whistle Mountain00:24:58 Reforest00:30:57 Black Rose Wars: Rebirth00:48:16 Cozy Games We Love00:52:30 Mind Space00:55:40 Finding Calm00:56:44 River Valley Glassworks00:58:17 A Gentle Rain01:00:33 Rivages01:04:31 Patchwork01:06:55 Creature Comforts01:08:48 Chakra01:13:10 Nusfjord01:15:28 Le Havre01:17:17 Tangram City01:20:50 Beer & Bread 01:21:32 Hamlet: The Village Building Game 01:22:33 Fountains01:23:15 Conservas01:27:33 Bonus Mentions (Flamecraft, Everdell, Meadow, Lands of Galzyr, Tokaido, Let's Go to Japan, Three Sisters, Fleet: The Dice Game, Coffee Roaster, Café, Harmonies, Paupers' Ladder)01:35:23 Sign-offThank you to our sponsor, Next Move Games!Hope you can join us for our 2025 BGG conventions! For more details and to register for your badge: BGG.Spring May 22-26BGG.CON November 19-23Web: https://boardgamegeek.com/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@boardgamegeekTwitter: https://twitter.com/BoardGameGeekEmail: podcast@boardgamegeek.com

Banzainator joins Candice to discuss to share a bunch of games they've been enjoying recently.00:00:00 Introduction00:01:16 Manor Lords (video game)00:08:48 Cult of the New + Revisiting Older Games00:12:50 Extended Fresh Plays00:13:08 Azul Duel00:17:07 BGG Pod "Total Recall" (Whitehall Mystery, Road to Canterbury, Rock Hard: 1977, Downfall of Pompeii, Serenissima)00:30:00 Ready Set Bet: High Roller Edition00:35:12 Banana Boy VS Uni-Cone + Sky Towers00:45:17 Holiday Hills (Christmas Tree, Gingerbread House)00:51:31 Kaosball00:57:57 Tea Garden + Galileo Galilei + SETI01:09:41 Innovation Ultimate01:18:30 Village: Big Box01:25:25 Vagrantsong01:38:11 Castles of Burgundy: Special Edition01:45:40 Guards of Atlantis II01:58:17 Sign-offThank you to our sponsor, Next Move Games!Web: https://boardgamegeek.com/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@boardgamegeekTwitter: https://twitter.com/BoardGameGeekEmail: podcast@boardgamegeek.com

Twitch Streamer Amanda Panda joins Candice to discuss co-operative games they've recently been diggin' into.00:00:00 Introduction00:05:18 BGG@Sea WestMex00:08:44 Fresh Plays00:09:00 Darwin's Journey00:12:31 Fives00:18:20 Dice Cards00:21:08 Bullet♥︎00:23:49 Awesome Co-op Discoveries00:24:20 Unstoppable00:30:36 Defenders of the Wild00:42:04 Buffer Time00:44:50 Conquest Princess: Fashion is Power 00:47:13 The Fellowship of the Ring: Trick-Taking Game00:53:26 Burgle Bros 3: Future Flip00:56:17 Sail01:01:47 Epilogue01:05:28 Leviathan Wilds01:13:03 Good Dog, Bad Zombie01:16:37 The LOOP01:27:18 Apropos: Of Board Games01:29:36 Candice's Honorable Mentions (Cthulhu: Death May Die, Purple Haze, Peacemakers: Horrors of War, Bomb Busters, Décorum, Eternal Decks, Fateforge)01:33:02 Amanda's Honorable Mentions (The Night Cage, The Spill, Corps of Discovery, Horrified: Greek Monsters & World of Monsters, Sky Team)01:38:59 Sign-offThank you to our sponsor, Repos Production!Web: https://boardgamegeek.com/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@boardgamegeekTwitter: https://twitter.com/BoardGameGeekEmail: podcast@boardgamegeek.com

Jack from The Cardboard Herald joins Candice to discuss some of their favorite hidden movement games.00:00:00 Introduction00:08:29 BGG's 25th Anniversary + Hall of Fame00:13:23 TrickTakeuary (Mü & more: Revised Edition)00:16:40 Fresh Plays00:17:55 Star Wars: Unlimited00:21:13 Crown of Ash00:32:27 Mistborn00:39:20 Panda Spin00:50:09 Hidden Movement Games We Love00:52:23 Scotland Yard00:56:41 Mind MGMT01:00:34 Star Wars: Rebellion + Liberation01:05:03 Ninja: Legend of the Scorpion Clan01:11:39 Sniper: Elite01:16:25 Hunt for the Ring01:22:07 Sabotage01:26:47 Beast01:32:29 Kelp01:33:32 Black Sonata01:40:07 Whitehall Mystery01:44:55 Atlantic Chase01:51:52 Narcos: The Board Game01:54:09 Sign-offThank you to our sponsor, Repos Production!Web: https://boardgamegeek.com/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@boardgamegeekTwitter: https://twitter.com/BoardGameGeekEmail: podcast@boardgamegeek.com

Dan Thurot from Space-Biff! joins Candice to discuss some of their favorite board and card games that hit different.00:00:00 Introduction00:05:28 Fresh Plays00:05:48 The 7th Citadel00:09:22 The Lost Expedition00:20:07 Kinfire Chronicles: Night's Fall00:25:04 Mage Knight: Ultimate Edition00:38:20 Board & Cards Games That Hit Different00:40:53 Propaganda00:51:29 Witch's Shot Delivery Service01:00:28 Endurance01:05:56 Heading Forward01:09:52 Bronze Age01:14:36 Pariahs01:17:48 Peacemakers: Horrors of War (interview w/ Sami Laakso)01:28:34 Scape Goat01:34:07 Doubt Is Our Product01:39:04 For-Ex/For-Ex II: She Made Another One 01:40:57 The Road to Canterbury01:46:08 Zimby Mojo01:53:49 Sign-offThank you to our sponsor, Repos Production!Web: https://boardgamegeek.com/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@boardgamegeekTwitter: https://twitter.com/BoardGameGeekEmail: podcast@boardgamegeek.com

Maggie from ThinkerThemer joins Candice to discuss the best games they played in 2024.00:00:00 Introduction00:05:35 Fresh Plays00:06:02 Slay the Spire00:09:29 Gosu X00:17:14 Disney Lorcana (Pokémon...and other TCG rabbit holes)00:31:13 I'm Kind of a Big Dill00:35:35 That Escalated Quickly00:37:52 The Best Games We Played in 202400:39:14 Bottle Imp00:42:52 Attack on Titan: Deck-Building Game00:45:23 Life of Amazonia00:48:22 Tyrants of the Underdark00:51:08 Ginkgopolis00:53:00 Unsettled00:56:38 DroPolter00:58:08 Dune: Imperium - Uprising01:00:44 Le Havre01:05:46 Cthulhu: Death May Die01:13:48 Mü & more: Revised Edition 01:16:20 Our Top 10 2024 Releases01:18:07 Maggie's #1001:20:04 Candice's #1001:21:16 Maggie's #901:23:52 Candice's #901:26:18 Maggie's #801:30:11 Candice's #801:33:19 Maggie's #701:35:05 Candice's #701:39:43 Maggie's #601:43:56 Candice's #601:47:27 Maggie's #501:51:38 Candice's #501:53:22 Maggie's #401:55:49 Candice's #402:00:07 Maggie's #302:02:25 Candice's #302:03:57 Maggie's #202:07:01 Candice's #202:09:09 Maggie's #102:13:04 Candice's #102:19:05 Sign-offThank you to our sponsor, Office Dog Games!Web: https://boardgamegeek.com/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@boardgamegeekTwitter: https://twitter.com/BoardGameGeekEmail: podcast@boardgamegeek.com

Alex from BoardGameCo joins Candice to discuss a variety of adventure games and why they find them so appealing.00:00:00 Introduction00:01:40 PAX Unplugged Highlights (Great Western Trail: El Paso, Azul Duel, Crafting the Cosmos)00:09:10 Fresh Plays00:09:48 Arydia: The Paths We Dare Tread00:14:43 Re;Act - The Arts of War 00:22:57 Unconscious Mind00:27:38 Star Trek: Ascendancy00:33:58 A Gentle Rain00:36:40 Exploring Adventure Games00:44:43 Kingdom Death: Monster00:46:55 Oathsworn00:48:28 Vagrantsong00:49:48 Primal: The Awakening00:52:54 Rogue Dungeon, Mini Rogue00:54:11 Mage Knight, Gloomhaven, Frosthaven00:55:20 Cthulhu: Death May Die01:00:55 Iron Helm01:02:30 Fateforge01:05:12 Agemonia01:07:40 Call of Kilforth01:09:11 Kreel Manor01:15:02 Thorgal01:15:48 Dragons Down01:17:22 Unsettled01:19:12 Purple Haze01:20:14 The Witcher: Old World01:22:10 Arydia: The Paths We Dare Tread01:22:28 Dungeon Degenerates, Fallen Land, Earthborne Rangers, The 7th Citadel, Paupers' Ladder, Tamashii01:24:55 Rise of Moloch, Lands of Galzyr, Tales of the Arthurian Knights, Elder Scrolls, 20 Strong, Shadows of Malice, S.T.A.L.K.E.R., Slay the Spire, Robinson Crusoe01:29:07 Sign-offThank you to our sponsor, Atomic Mass Games!Web: https://boardgamegeek.com/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@boardgamegeekTwitter: https://twitter.com/BoardGameGeekEmail: podcast@boardgamegeek.com

Rolling Reggie joins Candice to discuss a variety of board and card games that are great for traveling.00:00:00 Introduction00:05:00 Fresh Plays00:05:17 Favor: Gods of Oethera00:11:44 Star Wars: The Deckbuilding Game00:22:26 Tapple00:26:46 Concordia: Solitaria00:41:42 Travel-Friendly Games We Love00:44:29 IOTA00:46:34 nana (Trio)00:49:30 Sardegna00:58:58 Silver & Gold01:04:34 Age of Civilization + Age of Galaxy01:07:54 Knarr01:14:03 RNSM01:20:31 Skulls of Sedlec, Tussie Mussie, Food Chain Island, Forest Sky01:26:33 Deep Sea Adventure01:34:53 Coloretto01:40:28 Seaside01:44:33 Honorable Mentions (Insider, Sea Salt & Paper, The Crew: Mission Deep Sea, Pax Transhumanity, The Shipwreck Arcana, Mini Rogue)01:47:58 Sign-offThank you to our sponsor, Fantasy Flight Games! Web: https://boardgamegeek.com/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@boardgamegeekTwitter: https://twitter.com/BoardGameGeekEmail: podcast@boardgamegeek.com

Steph Hodge from All the Meeples of the Rainbow joins Candice to discuss the 2024 BGG Holiday Gift Guide games, and games they played at BGG.CON 2024.00:00:00 Introduction00:05:49 Fresh Plays (BGG.CON '24)00:06:12 Civolution00:10:57 Pax Porfiriana00:21:35 Greenland00:25:22 Tales of the Arthurian Knights00:32:44 War of the Ring00:39:14 Sweet Lands00:43:05 Trick-Taking Games!00:43:25 Kansas City: The Trick-Taking Game00:45:25 BLOT00:49:48 FUCAZUL!00:51:29 Boo!00:52:13 Seas of Strife00:53:33 Mu & more: Revised edition00:56:29 Thorgal: The Board Game01:00:09 Décorum01:05:13 Endeavor: Deep Sea01:09:52 Katmai: The Bears of Brooks River01:16:58 What the Fog?! + Things in Rings01:18:24 The 2024 BGG Holiday Gift Guide Games01:18:33 Family and New Gamers (Castle Combo, Hamster Roll, Magic Maze Tower)01:21:44 Modern Classics (Cascadia, Earth, Wingspan)01:22:47 Stocking Stuffers (Confusing Lands, Lure, Seers Catalog)01:27:12 Kids Games (Animal Upon Animal, My First Adventure: Journey to Ochre Land, Ziggurat, Monkey Palace)01:30:25 Party Games (Adventure Party: The Role-Playing Party Game, DaDaDa, The Gang)01:37:07 Solo Games (Gloomhaven: Jaws of the Lion, Legacy of Yu, Sherlock Solitaire)01:38:54 Candice's Bonus Mentions (Aqua ROVE, For Northwood!, Kreel Manor, Cyberion, Spirit Island)01:40:25 Two-Player Games (Chu Han, The Lord of the Rings: Duel for Middle-earth, Pagan: Fate of Roanoke)01:46:38 Co-operative Games (Astro Knights: Eternity, Bomb Busters, Fateforge: Chronicles of Kaan)01:54:04 Midweight Games (Looot, River of Gold, Stonespine Architects)01:57:50 Heavy Games (Kutná Hora: The City of Silver, SETI, Marrakesh, Yokohama)02:04:16 Sign-offThank you to our sponsor, Fantasy Flight Games! Web: https://boardgamegeek.com/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@boardgamegeekTwitter: https://twitter.com/BoardGameGeekEmail: podcast@boardgamegeek.com

Emily from Man vs Meeple joins Candice to discuss some of their favorite deduction games.00:00:00 Introduction00:03:57 Fresh Plays00:04:12 Unconscious Mind00:07:48 Snowcrest00:22:38 The Lord of the Rings: Duel for Middle-earth00:30:31 Operation Barclay00:41:42 Deduction Games We Love00:48:16 Hooky00:52:04 Tragedy Looper: New Tragedies00:56:29 Fiction01:01:22 Black Sonata01:05:27 Cryptid01:10:29 The Shipwreck Arcana01:18:44 The Search for Planet X, The Search for Lost Species, The Search for UAPS01:25:51 Pagan: Fate of Roanoke 01:32:13 Turing Machine01:35:07 Kronologic01:37:32 Bomb Busters01:48:50 Honorable Mentions (Revolver Noir, Belratti, Alchemists, Little Alchemists, Accuse!, Message from the Stars, The Crew, Décorum)02:02:25 Sign-offThank you to our sponsor, Atomic Mass Games!Web: https://boardgamegeek.com/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@boardgamegeekTwitter: https://twitter.com/BoardGameGeekEmail: podcast@boardgamegeek.com

Johannes from Board Gaming Ramblings joins Candice to discuss recent plays of a variety of new games, including SPIEL Essen '24 releases.00:00:00 Introduction00:03:25 5 Games for Doomsday (Spirit Island Cheat)00:05:19 Revisited For the Queen00:06:10 BGG SPIEL '24 Videos00:06:45 Extended Fresh Plays00:07:50 Civolution00:13:45 Speakeasy00:17:55 XOK00:24:32 The Yellow House00:29:21 Captain Flip00:36:56 Flip 700:43:40 AI: 100% Human00:53:01 Sweet Lands01:02:00 DerrocAr: The Week of Five Presidents01:18:30 Dirt and Glory01:24:10 SETI: Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence01:37:09 Tea Garden01:43:46 Red Dust Rebellion01:56:44 Sign-offThank you to our sponsor, Fantasy Flight Games!Web: https://boardgamegeek.com/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@boardgamegeekTwitter: https://twitter.com/BoardGameGeekEmail: podcast@boardgamegeek.com

Jay Bernardo (Cardboard East YouTube channel + Marketing Manager at Bézier Games) joins Candice to discuss their SPIEL Essen '24 highlights and discoveries.00:00:00 Introduction00:03:29 Cardboard East00:13:06 Corrupt Parliament00:14:53 Fresh Plays00:15:26 Shinjuku00:19:23 Inheritors00:28:32 Age of Civilization, Age of Galaxy, Eila and Something Shiny00:29:48 Nukumi Onsen Kaitakuki (Nukumi Onsen Hanjouki)00:37:17 Aqua ROVE00:45:14 SPIEL Essen '24 Highlights & Discoveries00:58:08 Tomáš Holek (SETI, Galileo Galilei, Tea Garden) 00:59:10 Giant Monkey Palace01:00:07 Andromeda's Edge01:01:46 Speakeasy01:08:23 Xylotar, Sandbag, Seers Catalog01:09:21 "Baby Shark" Games01:10:53 Last Penguin01:12:45 Stella Quest01:27:49 Snow Planner01:35:28 Grand Austria Hotel01:38:13 Dirt and Glory01:47:20 Formosa Tea01:58:06 Jay's Asian Publisher Map01:58:55 Thaloria Quest02:02:12 Gibberers02:11:16 Fishing02:20:22 The Scepter of Zavandor02:22:32 YUBIBO02:25:41 Beatz'n'Catz02:30:24 Sign-offThank you to our sponsor, Dotted Games!Web: https://boardgamegeek.com/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@boardgamegeekTwitter: https://twitter.com/BoardGameGeekEmail: podcast@boardgamegeek.com

Huzzah! It's the second anniversary of the BoardGameGeek Podcast! BGG Owner Scott Alden (aka Aldie) joins Candice to discuss the SPIEL Essen '24 releases they're most excited to play.00:00:00 Introduction00:02:24 Pinball Happenings00:07:10 BGG Updates00:07:24 BGG Booth 5F111 + Geek Buzz00:08:42 Upcoming Conventions00:16:41 Reflecting on our Top 5 SPIEL '23 Anticipation Games00:25:42 Fresh Plays00:27:07 Tamashi: Chronicle of Ascend00:35:48 Revisiting Unsettled + Pagan: Fate of Roanoke00:40:39 Joyride: Survival of the Fastest00:44:27 Fateforge: Chronicles of Kaan00:52:10 Duck & Cover00:59:46 SPIEL Essen '24 Releases We're Most Excited to Play01:00:40 Candice's Honorable Mentions (Pirates of Maracaibo: Commanders, Evenfall: The Crystal Path, Deep Sea Adventure Boost, Roads & Boats: Book of Scenarios Volume 1 , AI 100% Human, Kraftwagen: Age of Engineering) 01:04:38 Aldie's Honorable Mentions (Perspectives Blue, Nassau, Kathmandu, The Gang, Minecart Town, Tonga Bonga, War Story: Occupied France, Happy Home, Dead Cells: The Rogue-Lite Board Game, Ada's Dream, Endeavor: Deep Sea)01:12:07 Thorgal: The Board Game01:14:26 Intent to Kill01:15:52 Mantis Falls01:17:41 Battle Dentale01:19:53 The Lord of the Rings: Duel for Middle-earth 01:21:28 SETI: Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence01:23:35 Rebirth01:25:12 Altay: Dawn of Civilization01:33:48 Civolution01:38:26 Sign-offThank you to our sponsor, Dotted Games!Web: https://boardgamegeek.com/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@boardgamegeekTwitter: https://twitter.com/BoardGameGeekEmail: podcast@boardgamegeek.com

Sunniva from Board Gaming Ramblings joins Candice to discuss their favorite city-building games.00:00:00 Introduction00:04:38 Lone Wolves, Chu Han, and Game Shows with Mama Harris00:06:50 TeaForge Martian Civil War Episode00:10:30 Fresh Plays00:10:48 Shackleton Base: A Journey to the Moon00:14:53 Unsettled00:24:36 Phoenix New Horizon00:30:43 Concilium Urbis00:31:44 Gaia Project: The Lost Fleet00:44:35 City-Building Games We Love00:50:40 Electropolis00:54:36 Discordia01:01:32 My City01:06:33 Carson City01:10:09 Oranienburger Kanal01:16:16 Magnate: The First City01:20:37 Quadropolis01:26:33 Gateway Island01:27:44 Kutná Hora01:34:32 Small City01:41:20 Underwater Cities01:45:33 Honorable Mentions (Suburbia, Ginkgopolis, Roads & Boats, Metropolys, Dilluvia Project, Lisboa)01:50:02 Sign-offThank you to our sponsor, Rebel Studio!Web: https://boardgamegeek.com/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@boardgamegeekTwitter: https://twitter.com/BoardGameGeekEmail: podcast@boardgamegeek.com

Game designer Matt Leacock joins Candice to discuss board games that make them feel creative.00:00:00 Introduction00:02:08 Flickering Stars00:05:11 Fresh Plays00:05:27 Heat: Pedal to the Metal00:07:30 Pagan: Fate of Roanoke00:15:16 Quartermaster General: East Front00:18:43 Call of Kilforth00:28:17 Board Games That Make Us Feel Creative00:29:33 Poetry for Neanderthals00:31:35 Canvas Critters00:34:11 Wilmot's Warehouse00:39:54 Too Many Bones/The Elder Scrolls: Betrayal of the Second Era 00:43:22 CATAN00:45:49 For the Queen00:50:55 Telestrations00:54:47 Dixit00:58:00 Barbarossa00:58:42 Once Upon a Time01:01:10 Bonus Mentions (Till the last Gasp, I Guess This Is It, Thousand Year Old Vampire)01:04:11 Sign-offThank you to our sponsor, Unexpected Games!Web: https://boardgamegeek.com/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@boardgamegeekTwitter: https://twitter.com/BoardGameGeekEmail: podcast@boardgamegeek.com

Amy from ThinkerThemer joins Candice for a recap of Gen Con '24 and to highlight some special games they played.00:00:00 Introduction00:06:38 Gen Con '24 Recap00:18:12 Extended Fresh Plays: Gen Con '2400:18:50 Intarsia00:24:00 Spectacular00:33:40 MESOS00:38:46 Altay: Dawn of Civilization00:48:43 The Gang01:00:12 Middle Ages01:06:46 Comic Hunters01:20:01 Castle Combo01:25:21 Chandigarh01:29:54 Tower Up01:38:24 NOW!01:43:13 Seaside01:48:09 DroPolter01:52:02 The Elder Scrolls: Betrayal of the Second Era01:58:48 Lone Wolves02:09:16 Sign-offThank you to our sponsor, Lookout Games!Web: https://boardgamegeek.com/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@boardgamegeekTwitter: https://twitter.com/BoardGameGeekEmail: podcast@boardgamegeek.com

Comedian and game designer Grant Lyon joins Candice to discuss Gen Con '24 releases they're most excited to play.00:00:00 Introduction00:03:56 Curmudgeon00:04:46 I'm Kind of a Big Dill00:08:00 Candice's 10x10 Games (The Great Zimbabwe, Concordia, Gaia Project, Spirit Island, Root, War Chest, Paupers' Ladder, Too Many Bones, HUANG, Kreel Manor)00:16:27 Fresh Plays00:16:58 River of Gold00:20:36 Too Many Bones: Unbreakable00:28:24 Champions of Midguard00:31:29 Evenfall00:37:50 Banners00:41:33 Dawn of Ulos00:47:28 Dungeon Degenerates: Hand of Doom00:52:50 Gen Con '24 Releases We're Most Excited to Play00:54:11 Grant's Honorable Mentions (The Cat Mitt Game, Gateway Island, Jewels for the Emperor Penguin, Café Baras)00:59:17 Candice's Honorable Mentions (Rock Hard: 1977, Battle Dentale, Fateforge, Rebel Princess Deluxe Edition, Wilmot's Warehouse, Pirates of Maracaibo, Galactic Renaissance, Undaunted 2200: Callisto, Arcs)01:06:16 Nestlings01:08:38 Cities01:11:39 Reef Project01:15:22 Stalk Exchange01:17:04 Rock Hard: 197701:20:45 Card Games! (Murray the A**hole Frog, Xylotar, Seers Catalog, The Gang, Lone Wolves)01:27:42 The Gang01:30:46 Pagan: Fate of Roanoke01:33:18 Arcs01:37:43 Gaia Project: The Lost Fleet01:39:25 War Chest: Night Fall & War of the Ring: The Card Game Fire and Swords01:47:25 Sign-offThank you to our sponsor, Edge Studio!Web: https://boardgamegeek.com/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@boardgamegeekTwitter: https://twitter.com/BoardGameGeekEmail: podcast@boardgamegeek.com

Rock bassist and game designer Jackie Fox joins Candice to discuss music-themed board games and Jackie's debut board game release, Rock Hard: 1977.00:00:00 Introduction00:03:17 Rock Hard: 197700:07:05 TeaForge Debut00:10:05 GameNight! DateNight!00:13:09 Fresh Plays00:13:22 Blood on the Clocktower00:20:43 A Gest of Robin Hood00:35:31 Twilight Struggle00:37:11 Dune: Imperium – Uprising00:44:56 Railways of the Lost Atlas00:53:38 Exploring Music Through Board Games00:54:46 On Tour00:57:13 Symphony No.901:06:13 Rockband Manager01:08:25 Lacrimosa01:13:43 DropMix01:15:42 Wingspan01:19:51 Lisboa01:28:25 Vinyl01:29:13 Rap Godz01:31:31 Big Easy Busking, Draft & Write Records01:36:05 Come Together01:40:30 HiFi, Luthier, Monster Rock, PhilharmoniX01:42:17 Lord of the Chords, Symphony, Upstaged01:47:25 Sign-offThank you to our sponsor, Rebel Studio!Web: https://boardgamegeek.com/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@boardgamegeekTwitter: https://twitter.com/BoardGameGeekEmail: podcast@boardgamegeek.com

Eleni (Cardboard Rhino) from CGE joins Candice to discuss their favorite board games based on or inspired by movies.00:00:00 Introduction00:05:12 Fresh Plays00:05:28 Faraway00:10:26 Undaunted: 2200 Callisto00:21:28 For the Queen00:27:08 Mini Rogue00:28:14 Mythic Mischief, Caper Europe, The Dungeon Dive00:37:53 RPG & Adventure Game Experiences00:40:54 Paupers' Ladder00:43:03 The Best Board Games Based on Movies00:44:41 Vengeance00:49:39 Vengeance: Roll & Fight00:51:15 The Godfather: Corleone's Empire01:03:56 Final Girl01:13:20 Star Wars: Rebellion01:16:30 Star Wars: Outer Rim 01:20:19 Horrified01:25:05 Dune: Imperium - Uprising + Dune: Imperium 01:40:03 War of the Ring01:45:24 War of the Ring: The Card Game01:48:21 Nemesis01:56:11 Dune: War for Arrakis02:00:55 Candice's Honorable Mentions (Dune, Legendary Encounters: An Alien Deck Building Game, Legendary Encounters: The Matrix, Dawn of the Zeds, Plum Island Horror)02:06:22 Sign-offThank you to our sponsor, Zygomatic!Web: https://boardgamegeek.com/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@boardgamegeekTwitter: https://twitter.com/BoardGameGeekEmail: podcast@boardgamegeek.com

Matthew Jude from This Game is Broken and Watch It Played joins Candice to discuss they're favorite filler games.00:00:00 Introduction00:01:55 YesLand00:05:42 Fresh Plays00:06:11 Skate Summer00:12:17 Merlin00:27:06 Some of Matthew's favorite Feld games (Trajan, Castles of Burgundy, Carpe Diem, Bora Bora, Macao, Amerigo, The Oracle of Delphi)00:29:04 Civolution00:31:02 Camino a Xibalba: Pitz00:40:06 Mythic Mischief, That Time You Killed Me00:41:21 Tragedy Looper: New Tragedies00:49:30 Alchemists00:56:20 Filler Games We Love00:58:15 No Thanks!01:03:40 For Sale01:09:16 Qin01:14:36 Bullet♥︎01:15:16 Sea Salt & Paper01:20:19 Pixies01:21:58 Cabanga!01:26:32 Abandon All Artichokes01:27:59 Arboretum01:31:29 Lost Cities01:36:10 Null & Nichtig 01:40:24 Stick 'Em01:41:25 Schadenfreude01:46:16 Too Many Cooks (Foodie Forest)01:54:44 Biblios02:01:48 Matthew's Honorable Mentions (Fuji Flush, Newsboys, Captain Flip, Drop It)02:02:40 Biblios: Quill and Parchment 02:02:58 Candice's Honorable Mentions (Trick and Trade, Little Tavern, Spicy, Potato Man, Faraway, Eggs & Empires)02:07:18 Sign-offThank you to our sponsor, Fantasy Flight Games!Web: https://boardgamegeek.com/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@boardgamegeekTwitter: https://twitter.com/BoardGameGeekEmail: podcast@boardgamegeek.com

Ticket to Ride designer Alan Moon joins Candice to discuss what they've been playing recently and their board game hobby pet peeves.00:00:00 Introduction00:04:46 My Island00:05:33 Union Pacific00:08:46 Candice's BGG.Spring Recap00:09:14 Arcs00:09:38 KeyForge with Roy00:10:05 Border Reivers00:11:18 Ryan Courtney's New Light Puzzle Game Series (Five Boroughs)00:12:44 Gems of Iridescia00:15:15 Turnip00:17:22 Forum Trajanum00:20:40 Fresh Plays00:21:04 Path of Civilization00:23:55 Little Tavern00:28:24 Ancient Knowledge00:31:44 La Famiglia00:44:38 The Adventures of Robin Hood00:49:11 Garden Guests00:55:20 Our Board Game Hobby Pet Peeves00:55:56 Alan's Pet Peeve #101:02:09 Candice's Pet Peeve #101:03:51 Alan's Pet Peeve #201:08:50 Candice's Pet Peeve #201:11:43 Alan's Pet Peeve #301:17:17 Candice's Pet Peeve #301:23:33 Sign-offThank you to our sponsor, Days of Wonder!Web: https://boardgamegeek.com/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@boardgamegeekTwitter: https://twitter.com/BoardGameGeekEmail: podcast@boardgamegeek.com

Ian O'Toole joins Candice to discuss the board games they've played the most.00:00:00 Introduction00:02:14 Speakeasy00:03:19 Sausage Sizzle!00:06:54 Fresh Plays00:07:08 Oathsworn00:14:30 Arcs00:16:16 By Stealth and Sea00:26:13 Nemo's War00:26:58 The Hunters00:30:55 Age of Innovation00:38:20 Attack on Titan: Deck-Building Game00:48:40 Attack on Titan The Last Stand00:50:40 Our Most Played Board Games00:51:17 Most Played Card Games + Bonus Mentions00:55:25 Newton 00:59:05 Arctic Scavengers01:00:24 Spyfall + One Night Ultimate Werewolf01:04:36 Viticulture01:07:48 Race for the Galaxy01:11:11 Quacks of Quedlinburg01:13:20 Battle Line01:16:55 Wingspan01:19:29 Forum Trajanum01:24:39 Santiago01:28:09 The Voyages of Marco Polo + Marco Polo II01:31:34 Gaia Project01:33:20 Pax Pamir01:38:47 Castles of Burgundy01:41:40 Great Western Trail01:46:50 Azul: Queen's Garden01:50:09 Clank!01:51:57 Glory to Rome (Innovation, Impulse, Red7, Uchronicle, Uchronia, Mottainai, Aegean Sea)02:02:03 Citadels02:09:17 Maybe Next Time... (The Great Zimbabwe + Concordia)02:12:06 Sign-offThank you to our sponsor, Office Dog Games!Web: https://boardgamegeek.com/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@boardgamegeekTwitter: https://twitter.com/BoardGameGeekEmail: podcast@boardgamegeek.com

Roy Cannaday from the Dice Tower (and game designer of Last Light) joins Candice to discuss their favorite board games with asymmetric factions.00:00:00 Introduction00:04:43 Fresh Plays00:04:59 Let's Go! To Japan00:09:31 Tindahan (Filipino Fruit Market)00:13:44 Trick and Trade00:14:26 Like Cain and Abel00:16:56 Fortitude00:17:29 Star Wars: Unlimited00:22:31 Ironwood00:35:58 Asymmetric Faction Satisfaction00:36:02 The Asymmetric Faction Secret Sauce00:41:34 Dune 00:44:56 Heavy Euros (Age of Innovation, Gaia Project, Terra Mystica)00:48:33 Twilight Imperium (Fourth Edition) 00:51:29 Cooperative Games (Spirit Island, Too Many Bones)00:54:06 Root00:56:12 Historical Games (The COIN Series, Here I Stand)01:01:53 Heroes of Land, Air & Sea01:05:08 Two-player Epics (Dune: War for Arrakis, War of the Ring, Star Wars: Rebellion)01:12:12 Cosmic Encounter01:15:35 Multiplayer Games (TI4, Root, Dune, Hegemony)01:17:29 Two-player Card Games (Android: Netrunner, 1815 Scum of the Earth)01:20:12 Honorable Mentions (Vijayanagara, Defence of Procyon III, Vast, Crescent Moon, Red Dust Rebellion)01:23:57 Sign-offThank you to our sponsor, Lookout Games!Web: https://boardgamegeek.com/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@boardgamegeekTwitter: https://twitter.com/BoardGameGeekEmail: podcast@boardgamegeek.com

Suzanne Sheldon from Salt and Sass Games joins Candice to discuss meaty games in small packages.00:00:00 Introduction00:07:22 Fresh Plays00:07:49 Tangram City00:14:11 Dune: War for Arrakis00:23:33 Kemet00:24:58 Come Sail Away!00:30:51 Heat: Pedal to the Metal00:37:52 Flamme Rouge00:41:33 Meaty Games in Small Packages00:43:21 Arboretum00:44:45 Oh My Goods!00:47:18 Tybor the Builder00:47:40 Targi00:50:07 7 Wonders Duel00:50:29 Beer & Bread00:50:45 Village Rails00:53:45 1902 Méliès00:58:50 Demeter01:02:02 Fleet: The Dice Game & Rajas of the Ganges: The Dice Charmers01:03:03 Battlecrest01:07:38 Joraku01:11:56 Innovation01:14:39 Aegean Sea01:17:28 1987: Channel Tunnel01:25:19 Pax Transhumanity01:31:51 Tichu01:34:44 Sign-offThank you to our sponsor, Gamegenic!Web: https://boardgamegeek.com/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@boardgamegeekTwitter: https://twitter.com/BoardGameGeekEmail: podcast@boardgamegeek.com

Board game blogger Meeple Lady joins Candice to discuss their favorite board games based on TV shows.00:00:00 Introduction00:01:19 Circle DC Recap00:09:02 Fresh Plays00:09:28 Arcs00:15:19 Dune: Imperium - Uprising00:29:10 Rafter Five00:32:44 Flesh and Blood: Round the Table00:44:02 Our Favorite Board Games Based on TV Shows00:45:37 Clue: The Golden Girls00:48:08 Narcos: The Board Game00:54:32 Jarl: The Vikings Tile-Laying Game00:57:01 Sons of Anarchy: Men of Mayhem01:04:38 The X-Files: Circle of Truth (re-implementation of Circle the Wagons)01:09:59 A Game of Thrones: The Board Game (Second Edition)01:16:02 The Expanse Board Game01:26:24 Battlestar Galactica: The Board Game01:32:18 Unfathomable01:33:44 Star Trek: Ascendancy01:35:20 Star Trek Discovery: Black Alert01:37:17 Sign-offThank you to our sponsor, Atomic Mass Games!Web: https://boardgamegeek.com/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@boardgamegeekTwitter: https://twitter.com/BoardGameGeekEmail: podcast@boardgamegeek.com

Efka from the No Pun Included joins Candice to discuss games they think should be ranked in BGG's top 100.00:00:00 Introduction00:03:41 Flesh and Blood Pro Tour LA00:06:13 Efka,the MTG Tournament Organizer00:12:11 Worldbreakers00:14:35 Fresh Plays00:14:50 Earthborne Rangers00:21:30 Kingdom Death: Monster00:23:24 Divinity Derby 00:30:17 Winner's Circle00:32:14 Arcs00:38:45 20 Strong (Solar Sentinels, Too Many Bones, Hoplomachus Victorum)00:53:42 One Deck Galaxy00:56:12 Reshaping BGG's Top 10000:59:11 Sidereal Confluence01:04:54 SCOUT01:07:47 Age of Innovation01:10:52 Undaunted: Normandy/Undaunted: Stalingrad01:15:16 Ankh: Gods of Egypt01:22:01 Tyrants of the Underdark01:28:39 KLASK01:35:17 The Great Zimbabwe01:44:18 Pipeline01:53:39 Dune01:58:19 Dune: A Game of Conquest and Diplomacy02:06:00 Sign-offThank you to our sponsor, CATAN Studio!Web: https://boardgamegeek.com/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@boardgamegeekTwitter: https://twitter.com/BoardGameGeekEmail: podcast@boardgamegeek.com

Game designer David Thompson joins Candice to discuss their favorite board games for dipping your toes into historical board games.00:00:00 Introduction00:01:51 Game Updates from David (War Chest: Nightfall, Undaunted 2200: Callisto, War Story Occupied France, Night Witches, and Zheng He)00:08:10 New GeekUp bits for War Chest & Tash Kalar00:08:34 The Hobby premiere at SXSW00:13:14 Cardboard Creations available on podcast platforms00:18:03 Fresh Plays00:19:13 Mandala00:24:14 Triqueta + Hidden Wolves expansion00:30:56 Patterns00:34:29 Candice is getting back into Lord of the Rings: The Card Game00:35:33 Sea Salt & Paper00:46:12 Dipping Your Toes into Historical Board Games00:46:17 What historical games are all about00:49:29 Why we're passionate about historical games00:52:19 Our Favorite Introductory Historical Board Games00:53:31 Candice's Honorable Mentions (Dual Powers: Revolution 1917, Twilight Struggle: Red Sea, Votes for Women, The Red Burnoose: Algeria 1857, Undaunted: Normandy, Valiant Defense Series )00:58:03 Versailles 191901:01:45 Halls of Hegra01:06:43 The Battle of Versailles01:11:23 Border Reivers01:15:46 Stonewall Uprising01:20:13 Cuba Libre01:23:37 The British Way01:25:23 Liberty or Death01:27:11 Land and Freedom01:32:29 1815, Scum of the Earth01:36:32 Votes for Women01:40:04 Zenobia Award Games01:41:28 Sign-offThank you to our sponsor, CATAN Studio!Web: https://boardgamegeek.com/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@boardgamegeekTwitter: https://twitter.com/BoardGameGeekEmail: podcast@boardgamegeek.com

Game designer Antoine Bauza joins Candice to discuss their favorite roll-and-write games.00:00:00 Introduction00:01:17 Captain Flip (PlayPunk)00:04:25 Fresh Plays00:04:37 My Island00:06:33 Tyrants of the Underdark00:11:56 The White Castle00:15:33 Dinosaur Gauge00:26:40 Roll-and-Write Games We Love00:27:01 What roll-and-write games are all about00:32:11 Roll Through the Ages00:34:29 That's Pretty Clever! (Ganz schön clever)00:38:11 Qwixx00:41:08 House of Cats00:47:01 Super-Skill Pinball: 4-Cade00:51:56 Trek 1200:55:07 Vengeance: Roll & Fight01:01:08 Qwinto01:04:10 Divvy Dice (Man muss auch gönnen können)01:10:13 Other roll-and-writes Candice wants to try (Twilight Inscription, Fleet: The Dice Game, Long Shot: The Dice Game)01:13:42 Sign-offThank you to our sponsor, Repos Production!Web: https://boardgamegeek.com/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@boardgamegeekTwitter: https://twitter.com/BoardGameGeekEmail: podcast@boardgamegeek.com

Stella from the Meeple University YouTube channel joins Candice to talk dragons, and geek out about game designer Alexander Pfister and their favorites of his games.00:00:00 Introduction00:03:21 Random Spider Encounters (not a game!)00:08:19 Fresh Plays00:08:43 Wyrmspan (Wingspan reimplementation)00:14:46 Apiary (Cardboard Creations)00:17:06 Pax Illuminaten00:36:53 Heroes of Might & Magic III: The Board Game00:47:29 Dragonkeepers01:00:13 Quick KeyForge Update (KeyForge Public Radio & Help From Future Self podcast appearances)01:03:12 Designer Spotlight: Alexander Pfister 01:03:33 The Pfister Pformula01:13:09 His Heavier Games (Mombasa/Skymines, Great Western Trail, Blackout: Hong Kong, Maracaibo, Boonlake)01:20:012 His Midweight Games (Pirates of Maracaibo, CloudAge)01:25:40 His Lighter Games (Port Royal, Port Royal: The Dice Game, Broom Service, Isle of Skye, Tybor the Builder, Oh My Goods!, Expedition to Newdale, Monster Expedition)01:38:02 Freibeuter der Karibik01:39:58 Our Favorite Alexander Pfister Games01:40:22 Pirates of Maracaibo + Maracaibo01:44:18 Skymines01:47:43 The Great Western Trail Trilogy (GWT, GWT: Argentina, GWT: New Zealand)01:57:40 Sign-offThank you to our sponsor, Days of Wonder!Web: https://boardgamegeek.com/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@boardgamegeekTwitter: https://twitter.com/BoardGameGeekEmail: podcast@boardgamegeek.com

Taylor Reiner from  the Taylor's Trick-Taking Table YouTube channel joins Candice to discuss complexity in trick-taking games, as well as a variety of card games they played recently at a gaming event focused on trick-taking games. 00:00:00 Introduction00:02:10 Taylor's Experience at Tokyo Game Market 00:03:52 Short Zoot Suit 00:10:20 Fresh Plays00:10:41 Maze Makers00:15:05 Mindbug: First Contact00:20:29 Lines of Action00:23:42 Last Message00:34:26 Complexity in Trick-Taking Games00:45:03 Lighter trick-taking games (Whist, Boast or Nothing, Hearts, The Crew)00:49:27 Trick-Taking Games on Our Minds  00:51:08 The Kakapo: Buddy & Party00:56:22 Makai Fuda01:04:25 LOOP01:11:20 Trick Raiders01:20:07 Baronda01:25:12 Sumida River01:34:22 Iyadosu01:36:15 Extreme Tricks01:47:37 Tichu01:51:28 La bâtarde02:09:23 Sign-offThank you to our sponsor, Fantasy Flight Games!Web: https://boardgamegeek.com/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@boardgamegeekTwitter: https://twitter.com/BoardGameGeekEmail: podcast@boardgamegeek.com

Elaine from the No Pun Included joins Candice to discuss games they're looking forward to in 2024. 00:00:00 Introduction00:07:12 New Year's Resolutions00:14:10 Fresh Plays00:14:33 Sleeping Gods: Distant Skies00:20:32 Freelancers: A Crossroads Game00:29:52 Spots00:35:13 Cyberion00:48:22 2024 Releases on Our Radars00:50:11 Honorable Mentions (The Elder Scrolls: Betrayal of the Second Era + KeyForge: Grim Reminders)00:52:19 Molly House01:04:05 Ironwood01:09:07 Tycoon: India 198101:15:01 Rock Hard: 197701:18:06 Pax Penning01:24:01 Red Dust Rebellion (All Bridges Burning, and How GMT's COIN Series Captured My Heart)01:37:05 Undergrove01:42:24 Gaia Project: The Lost Fleet01:47:01 The Morrison Game Factory01:51:30 Arcs01:57:23 Sign-offThank you to our sponsor, Rebel Studio!Web: https://boardgamegeek.com/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@boardgamegeekTwitter: https://twitter.com/BoardGameGeekEmail: podcast@boardgamegeek.com

Jess Cassady (Boardgame Girl/Heavy Cardboard) joins Candice to wrap up 2023 with a lovely chat about their favorite games of the year.00:00:00 Introduction00:05:50 Fresh Plays00:06:11 Sidereal Confluence00:13:30 Dealt! (Krass Kariert)00:18:08 Spicy00:24:28 Galactic Cruise00:31:00 Doubt Is Our Product00:45:40 Our Favorite Games of 202300:46:20 Favorite “New to Me” Games00:47:20 Packen Wir's!00:51:15 Die Mauer00:53:40 Minigolf Designer00:56:31 Fluxx: The Board Game00:59:24 Robotrick01:01:01 Nemesis01:04:31 KeyForge01:05:09 The Rich and the Good, Battlecrest, Cerebria, Revive01:05:59 2023 Games We Still Need to Play01:06:20 Septima, Charcuterie, Rafter Five, Dro Polter01:10:57 Too Many Bones: Unbreakable, Dune: Imperium Uprising, Earthborne Rangers01:13:31 Our Favorite 5 and Top 10  Games of 202301:16:38 Jess's #5 01:20:02 Candice's #1001:25:35 Candice's #901:27:11 Jess's #401:31:38 Candice's #801:33:40 Candice's #701:34:54 Jess's #301:38:37 Candice's #601:42:07 Candice's #501:44:46 Jess's #201:50:09 Candice's #401:52:28 Candice's #301:53:49 Jess's #101:59:17 Candice's #202:01:31 Candice's #102:06:58 Honorable Mentions02:15:45 Sign-offThank you to our sponsor, Plan B Games! Web: https://boardgamegeek.com/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@boardgamegeekTwitter: https://twitter.com/BoardGameGeekEmail: podcast@boardgamegeek.com

Tim from the Board Game Hot Takes podcast joins Candice to discuss their gaming highlights from BGG.CON 2023.00:00:00 Introduction00:01:28 Board Game Hot Takes00:05:22 The BGG.CON Vibe00:07:59 Hot Games Room + HUGE Game Library00:10:18 Exhibit Hall + Open Gaming Areas 00:12:43 Panels + Special Guests 00:14:29 "Board Game Celebrities"00:17:20 Fresh Plays00:17:54 Ark Nova: Marine Worlds00:26:55 Raising Robots00:38:49 Grand Austria Hotel00:46:53 Forest Shuffle01:01:50 Our BGG.CON '23 Gaming Highlights01:02:25 New Games Played - (Evacuation, Kutna Hora, Arboretum)01:02:25 Federation01:02:25 Arboretum01:12:55 Prototypes & Unreleased Games Played01:13:31 Martin Wallace prototypes (Steam Power, Animal Rules Football, "Chinese Whist")01:24:15 Raas: A Dance of Love01:28:13 Galactic Cruise01:31:17 Wilmot's Warehouse01:35:19 Teaching Games I Love (Scythe, Voidfall, Outlive)01:37:35 Clank! Catacombs01:41:22 Shifty Eyed Spies01:46:11 Late Night Party Games - (Challengers!, Letter Jam, Ricochet Robots)01:46:48 Fun Facts01:50:34 KeyForge (Winds of Exchange)01:58:53 Sign-offThank you to our sponsor, Unexpected Games! Web: https://boardgamegeek.com/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@boardgamegeekTwitter: https://twitter.com/BoardGameGeekEmail: podcast@boardgamegeek.com

Steph Hodge from All the Meeples of the Rainbow joins Candice to discuss the 2023 BGG Holiday Gift Guide games.00:00:00 Introduction00:02:34 Nemesis at BGG.CON00:06:36 Fresh Plays00:06:53 Empire's End00:12:14 Revive00:24:03 Challengers!00:31:20 The Rich and The Good00:39:51 Divinity Derby00:42:14 The 2023 BGG Holiday Gift Guide GamesModern Classics00:46:53 Azul00:47:19 CATAN00:48:18 Sagrada00:49:55 Bonus Mention (Ra)Stocking Stuffers00:50:52 Noobs in Space00:52:48 Ohanami00:53:51 Romi Rami00:55:28 Bonus Mentions (Button Shy wallet games/Battlecrest,Wizards Cup)Kids Games00:57:41 Capt'n Pepe: Treasure Ahoy!00:58:42 Forbidden Desert00:59:57 Ticket to Ride: First Journey (U.S.)Solo Games01:00:43 Arkham Horror: The Card Game (Revised Edition)01:03:10 Cartographers01:05:21 Marvel Champions: The Card Game01:06:42 Bonus Mentions (20 Strong, Hoplomachus Victorum)Two-Player Games01:12:15 Fiction01:14:37 Sky Team01:16:12 Wingspan Asia01:17:16 Bonus Mentions (Splendor Duel, 7 Wonders Duel, Jaipur, Targi, General Orders: World War II, Blitzkrieg!: World War Two in 20 Minutes, Tokaido Duo)Family Games01:35:28 Cascadia01:35:28 PARKS01:20:08 Trekking Through History01:20:42 Bonus Mentions (Challengers!, Polynesia)Party Games01:21:49 Blank Slate01:22:23 Codenames + One Night Ultimate Werewolf 01:22:38 Bonus Mentions (Green Team Wins, Just One, Sides, Ready Set Bet)Midweight Games01:24:22 Marvel Dice Throne01:25:05 My City (or My Island)01:25:23 Terraforming Mars: The Dice Game01:26:43 Bonus Mentions (The Princes of Florence, Iki, Apiary)Heavy Games01:28:07 Ark Nova01:28:14 Carnegie01:28:36 Teotihuacan: City of Gods01:29:23 Bonus Mentions (Age of Innovation, Skymines, any version of Great Western Trail) Cooperative Games01:31:08 Exit: The Game – Advent Calendar: The Silent Storm01:31:46 Indiana Jones: Sands of Adventure01:32:53 KuZOOkA01:34:23 Bonus Mentions (The Crew: Mission Deep Sea, Race to the Raft) 01:37:08 Sign-offThank you to our sponsor, Fantasy Flight Games! Web: https://boardgamegeek.com/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@boardgamegeekTwitter: https://twitter.com/BoardGameGeekEmail: podcast@boardgamegeek.com

Meeple Mountain board game reviewer Justin Bell joins Candice to discuss their recent plays of new releases from SPIEL '23 and more.00:00:00 Introduction00:02:43 Historical Board Game Conventions (GMT Weekend at the Warehouse + SD Hist Con)00:06:00 Extended Fresh Plays00:07:15 Kutna Hora: The City of Silver00:16:17 Rebel Princess00:27:14 StegegetS Moomin00:32:51 Septima00:55:03 Zhanguo: The First Empire01:06:52 Land and Freedom01:22:54 Nucleum01:35:28 Border Reivers01:52:35 Rats of Wistar02:02:28 Arcs02:20:48 Quicksand02:26:07 Evacuation 02:33:44 Sign-offThank you to our sponsor, Atomic Mass Games! Web: https://boardgamegeek.com/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@boardgamegeekTwitter: https://twitter.com/BoardGameGeekEmail: podcast@boardgamegeek.com

Game designer Elizabeth Hargrave joins Candice to discuss family-friendly games they love.00:00:00 Introduction00:05:33 Fresh Plays00:05:47 Leaf00:09:02 Kutná Hora: The City of Silver00:22:58 Undergrove00:30:06 Arborea00:47:05 Family-Friendly Games We Love00:51:39 Just One00:55:19 Pit01:01:05 Telephone Pictionary (Eat Poop You Cat)01:06:20 Can't Stop 01:09:29 Spicy Farkel 01:10:10 Las Vegas01:11:27 Junk Art 01:14:44 Nuts a GoGo!01:16:15 How Dare You? 01:19:40 Fun Facts01:24:49 Illusion01:28:24 Just One...more time 01:30:23 Wits & Wagers01:31:32 MonsDRAWsity  01:35:04 Tattoo Stories01:36:51 Insider01:43:22 Romi Rami01:44:38 Ready Set Bet01:46:01 Sign-offThank you to our sponsor, Days of Wonder! Web: https://boardgamegeek.com/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@boardgamegeekTwitter: https://twitter.com/BoardGameGeekEmail: podcast@boardgamegeek.com

Paula Deming from Things Get Dicey! joins Candice to discuss their SPIEL '23 experiences.00:00:00 Introduction00:03:46 Paula Leveled Up in Pathfinder00:04:29 Pathfinder Adventure Card Game00:05:49 Paula's Dice Curse00:08:48 We completely missed each other at SPIEL00:11:52 Fresh Plays00:12:05 Acquire00:16:57 Big Boss00:19:52 Battlecrest00:27:44 nana/Trio00:34:03 Discordia00:48:21 Our SPIEL '23 Experiences00:48:38 Vibe of the show00:52:08 Traveling to Essen00:53:02 Castles of Mad Ludwig00:57:56 Bumping into people at the show + designer encounters01:03:03 La bâtarde01:03:42 Jonathan Cox's climbing/shedding games (Peaks & Valleys and Spring Cleaning) 01:05:22 Romi Rami01:05:43 Zong-Hua Yang (Taiwan Night Market, Vegetable Stock, Christmas Tree)01:06:34 Content Creator Encounters01:08:15 Impressive Booths01:08:42 ttRPG demo booth01:10:10 The Gerhard's booth01:11:28 Triad01:12:42 Board&Dice booth decked out for Nucleum01:13:15 Nightmare Before Christmas: Take Over the Holidays!01:13:51 Memorable Demos01:14:15 MLEM: Space Agency01:16:34 Sankoré: The Pride of Mansa Musa01:21:05 Game Discoveries01:21:36 Rebel Princess01:26:23 Stich für Stich01:30:49 Fruitoplay01:37:05 Faraway01:41:42 Other Games Played01:42:00 General Orders: World War II01:44:55 Accuse!01:47:57 Tipperary01:49:50 Evenfall01:54:45 Wizards Cup01:57:32 Future Releases on Our Radars01:57:52 Blueprints of Mad King Ludwig02:00:59 Nemesis: Retaliation02:04:31 Sign-offThank you to our sponsor, Lookout Games! Web: https://boardgamegeek.com/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@boardgamegeekTwitter: https://twitter.com/BoardGameGeekEmail: podcast@boardgamegeek.com

It's our first anniversary! BGG Owner Scott Alden (aka Aldie) joins Candice to discuss the SPIEL '23 games they're most excited for.00:00:00 Introduction00:08:10 Memories from Year 100:15:13 Reflecting on our Top 5 SPIEL '22 Anticipation Games00:21:58 Fresh Plays00:22:40 World Wonders00:25:59 Star Trek: Discovery – Black Alert00:41:41 Unlock!: Heroic Adventures00:43:49 Voidfall00:58:04 SPIEL '23 Releases We're Most Excited For00:58:48 Perspectives01:01:25 Wizard's Cup01:03:52 The Cathedral of Orléans01:06:22 1902 Méliès + The Battle of Versailles01:12:33 The Fox Experiment01:15:39 Nucleum01:21:31 Comet01:25:40 Kutná Hora: The City of Silver01:30:40 Evenfall01:34:50 Evacuation01:39:01 Aldie's Honorable Mentions (Trio, FTW?!, Freaky Frogs From Outaspace)01:41:47 Candice's Honorable Mentions (Triad, Voidfall, The White Castle, Expedition to 5X, Havalandi, Cyberion, Jekyll & Hyde vs Scotland Yard)01:50:01 Sign-offThank you to our sponsor, Space Cowboys! Web: https://boardgamegeek.com/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@boardgamegeekTwitter: https://twitter.com/BoardGameGeekEmail: podcast@boardgamegeek.com

Game designer Corey Konieczka from Unexpected Games  joins Candice to discuss board games with unique themes.00:00:00 Introduction00:03:44 Fresh Plays00:04:08 Forbidden Jungle00:06:41 Quirky Circuits: Penny & Gizmo's Snow Day00:13:14 Make the Difference00:16:33 Savage Bowl00:25:52 Board Games with Unique Themes00:27:32 Tak00:31:36 Petrichor00:40:55 Blood Bowl00:44:26 Fort00:50:01 Hostage Negotiator00:53:50 Stonewall Uprising01:01:03 Sky Team01:04:40 Heading Forward01:13:30 X-Bugs01:21:08 Castell01:28:59 Honorable Mentions (Votes for Women, Molly House, The Cost, An Infamous Traffic, Cerebria, Voices In My Head, High Treason, Baseball Highlights: 2045, Tragedy Looper, Comanauts, Holding On: The Troubled Life of Billy Kerr)01:37:27 Whoops! Corey's audio wasn't fully uploaded when he left the call, so we missed his "bye and thank you" on the recording.01:37:37 Sign-offThank you to our sponsor, Libellud! Web: https://boardgamegeek.com/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@boardgamegeekTwitter: https://twitter.com/BoardGameGeekEmail: podcast@boardgamegeek.com

Ryan from Man vs Meeple joins Candice to discuss game designer Vital Lacerda and their favorite Lacerda games.00:00:00 Introduction00:06:12 Fresh Plays00:06:43 Sky Team00:09:57 Making up for lost time...games "I'm not going to talk about"00:10:22 Nemesis00:11:29 Frosthaven00:11:59 Great Western Trail: New Zealand00:12:20 Gaia Project00:13:45 Here I Stand00:22:02 Barcelona00:28:48 Lands of the Mesozoic00:38:59 Vital Lacerda Games00:39:30 What are Lacerda games all about?00:41:31 Ian O'toole Artwork00:43:58 Lacerda-Lite Games00:44:23 Mercado de Lisboa00:45:01 Bot Factory00:46:26 House of Fado00:47:17 Our Favorite Lacerda Games00:47:47 Kanban EV00:55:17 On Mars00:59:46 Lisboa01:05:58 Inventions: Evolution of Ideas01:10:48 CO₂: Second Chance01:23:08 Weather Machine01:29:08 Vinhos01:38:01 Sign-offThank you to our sponsor, Fantasy Flight Games! Web: https://boardgamegeek.com/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@boardgamegeekTwitter: https://twitter.com/BoardGameGeekEmail: podcast@boardgamegeek.com

Monique from Before You Play joins Candice to discuss some of their favorite board games that are 15+ years old.00:00:00 Introduction00:01:55 Gen Con Recap00:08:14 Fresh Plays00:08:30 Oranienburger Kanal00:15:12 Romi Rami00:22:14 Inheritors00:28:10 Terra Nova00:33:27 Age of Innovation00:40:23 Veilwraith00:45:23 Kreel Manor00:49:11 Oldies but Goodies00:50:20 Monique's Honorable Mentions (The Princes of Florence, Goa)01:02:54 Candice's Honorable Mentions (Tichu, Battlestar Galactica, Hansa Teutonica, Twilight Struggle)01:05:19 Modern Art (1992)01:09:23 Santiago (2003)01:18:38 Bohnanza (1997)01:22:02 Dahlias (new version of Bohnanza)01:24:01 Tigris & Euphrates (1997)01:28:04 Yellow & Yangtze/HUANG01:31:32 For Sale (1997)01:36:11 El Grande (1995)01:44:48 The Downfall of Pompeii (2004)01:49:45 Polynesia01:51:29 Dune (1979)01:58:07 Sign-offThank you to our sponsor, Plan B Games! Web: https://boardgamegeek.com/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@boardgamegeekTwitter: https://twitter.com/BoardGameGeekEmail: podcast@boardgamegeek.com

Rob Oren from Rob's Tabletop World joins Candice to discuss Gen Con '23 releases they're most excited to play.00:00:00 Introduction00:06:21 Fresh Plays00:06:35 Awakening The Bear (Third Edition)00:13:19 21Moon00:19:39 Shadows of Brimstone: Gates of Valhalla00:27:40 1815: Scum of the Earth00:35:28 Veilwraith00:38:29 Ricky Royal (Box of Delights) Shout-out00:40:42 Gen Con '23 releases we're excited to play00:41:02 Race to the Raft00:44:19 Expeditions00:52:26 Legendary Encounters: The Matrix00:55:26 Castle Panic: Deluxe Collection 01:02:54 War of the Ring: The Card Game – Against the Shadow01:04:20 Cosmic Frog: Find Muck01:07:52 Spirit Island: Nature Incarnate01:09:10 IKI: Akebono01:11:06 Monster Pit01:12:17 Table Golf Association01:17:44 Sky Team01:19:35 Too Many Bones: Unbreakable01:28:19 Age of Innovation01:32:57 Tales of the Red Dragon Inn01:42:20 Great Western Trail: New Zealand01:49:44 Sign-offThank you to our sponsor, Mixlore! Web: https://boardgamegeek.com/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@boardgamegeekTwitter: https://twitter.com/BoardGameGeekEmail: podcast@boardgamegeek.com

Spielworxx owner Uli Blennemann joins Candice to discuss their favorite card-driven games.00:00:00 Introduction00:04:04 PGC Con (trick-taking game convention)00:06:17 Robotrick00:07:42 Trick-taking in Black and White00:08:51 The Barracks Emperors00:10:51 Le Plateau00:11:07 Touchdown Heroes & Savage Bowl00:11:14 Inside Job00:11:58 Diamonds00:12:46 Bridge City Poker & Five-Three-Five00:13:48 Bacon00:14:10 Dual Gauge: Denmark00:14:50 An Infamous Traffic00:17:28 Blood on the Clocktower00:21:55 Fresh Plays00:22:11 Land and Freedom00:25:59 Peak Oil: Profiteer00:35:27 Votes for Women00:38:57 Moonrakers00:50:54 Card-driven Games (CDGs) We Love00:51:04 What CDGs are all about00:55:49 We the People (Mark Herman)00:58:50 Forged in Steel00:59:22 No Motherland Without00:59:54 Twilight Struggle01:02:02 1979: Revolution in Iran01:03:46 Paths of Glory01:05:53 Twilight Struggle: Red Sea01:08:42 Clash of Monarchs01:11:08 Clash of Sovereigns01:11:57 Brotherhood & Unity01:18:39 Washington's War01:21:04 Labyrinth: The War on Terror, 2001 – ? 01:25:25 Here I Stand & Virgin Queen01:30:58 Hegemony: Lead Your Class to Victory01:34:29 Empire of the Sun01:40:47 Wir sind das Volk!01:47:46 Uli's Honorable Mentions - No Motherland Without, Twilight Struggle, Wilderness War, Unhappy King Charles, For the People, Pursuit of Glory01:49:24 Candice's Honorable Mentions - Dual Powers: Revolution 1917, Red Flag Over Paris, 13 Days, Watergate, Successors, Verdun 1916: Steel Inferno, Europe Divided, Siege of Vienna01:52:43 Weimar: The Fight for Democracy01:55:41 Sign-offThank you to our sponsor, Lookout Games!Web: https://boardgamegeek.com/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@boardgamegeekTwitter: https://twitter.com/BoardGameGeekEmail: podcast@boardgamegeek.com

Ben Mandelker from the Game Brain podcast joins Candice to geek out about the 18xx genre of railroad-themed stock market and tile-laying board games, in addition to sharing their initial impressions of 1880: China (2022 Lookout Games edition). 00:00:00 Introduction00:06:12 Fresh Plays00:06:26 ZhanGuo00:11:15 Imperial Struggle00:27:30 Skymines00:27:59 Gold West00:37:03 Undaunted: Stalingrad 00:44:32 Mind MGMT00:48:55 Twilight Imperium (Fourth Edition)01:06:44 Why 18xx Might Be Your Next Obsession 01:07:02 What 18xx games are all about01:19:48 What we love about 18xx games01:25:34 The challenges/barriers of getting into 18xx01:32:55 New ways to think about 18xx to demystify it and embrace it01:39:44 Dipping your toes in 18xx:01:40:07 Dual Gauge01:40:35 18Chesapeake01:41:07 18xx.games01:42:49 City of the Big Shoulders01:43:25 Shikoku 188901:43:30 Diving a little deeper:01:43:37 1846: The Race for the Midwest01:44:17 18 Los Angeles01:44:24 18MEX01:44:37 1882: Assiniboia 01:45:12 1848: Australia 01:45:33 1849: The Game of Sicilian Railways01:46:01 18Ireland01:46:40 181701:47:08 1822: The Railways of Great Britain01:47:21 If trains aren't your thing:01:47:37 City of the Big Shoulders01:47:45 21Moon01:48:14 Rolling Stock Stars01:48:35 Poseidon01:49:20 18Mag: Hungarian Railway History01:51:30 Our initial impressions of 1880: China02:12:17 Sign-offThank you to our sponsor, Bezzerwizzer Studio! Web: https://boardgamegeek.com/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@boardgamegeekTwitter: https://twitter.com/BoardGameGeekEmail: podcast@boardgamegeek.com