Which Game First: A Board Game Podcast

Welcome to Which Game First where we boldly explore the hilariously huge world of board games. Did we unearth any hidden treasures you've been missing out on? Let's find out! First up: We make a bee-line, with felines, up the treelines in Cat CaféNext:  We look for the humongous fungus among us in UndergroveAnd lastly: […]

Welcome to Which Game First where we boldly explore the hilariously huge world of board games. Did we unearth any hidden treasures you've been missing out on? Let's find out! First up: We light up the city sky with colorful fireworks in FestivalNext: We're planners of the future competing to build the most impressive city […]

Welcome to Which Game First where we boldly explore the hilariously huge world of board games. Did we unearth any hidden treasures you've been missing out on? Let's find out! First up: We travel forward in time so we can shop in a mall from the 1990's in Superstore 3000Next: We build pyramids to honor […]

Welcome our Annual Firsties Award Show. It is a look back at board gaming in 2024, where we review our reviews, thereby awarding some very special board games with the accolades they most certainly earned. Best Strategy Game – This Award goes to the game that keeps you up late at night, wondering what strategy you'll […]

Welcome to Which Game First where we boldly explore the hilariously huge world of board games. Did we unearth any hidden treasures you've been missing out on? Let's find out! First up: We use a cast of strange creatures to capture trophies in Challengers! Next: We roll the dice and hit the gas in Rallyman: DIRTAnd […]

Welcome to Which Game First where we boldly explore the hilariously huge world of board games. Did we unearth any hidden treasures you've been missing out on? Let's find out! First up: We find out just how many Vikings can duke it out at once in OdinNext: We go for a stroll, then duck for […]

Welcome to Which Game First where we boldly explore the hilariously huge world of board games. Did we unearth any hidden treasures you've been missing out on? Let's find out! First up: We let our spirits soar, and gain colorful favors in InoriNext: We help sleepwalkers awaken to a world of dreams in RoamAnd lastly: […]

Welcome to Which Game First where we boldly explore the hilariously huge world of board games. Did we unearth any hidden treasures you've been missing out on? Let's find out! First up: We sharpen our pencils to fluff pillows, await guests in High Season: Grand Hotel Roll & WriteNext: We gather Materia and feed our […]

Welcome to Which Game First where we boldly explore the hilariously huge world of board games. Did we unearth any hidden treasures you've been missing out on? Let's find out! First up: We we plant flowers for the king, or become mulch ourselves in GardenersNext: We hurl devastating weapons and deadly insults as the walls […]

Welcome to Which Game First where we boldly explore the hilariously huge world of board games. Did we unearth any hidden treasures you've been missing out on? Let's find out! First up: We invent definitions one random word at a time in HaiclueNext: We're ace pilots in gambling our way to the finish line in […]

Welcome to Which Game First where we boldly explore the hilariously huge world of board games. Did we unearth any hidden treasures you've been missing out on? Let's find out! First up: We try to dodge drowning by outsmarting fate in The Shipwreck ArcanaNext: We lay down tracks for the longest ride we can in […]

Welcome to Which Game First where we boldly explore the hilariously huge world of board games. Did we unearth any hidden treasures you've been missing out on? Let's find out! First: We get our palace staff running smoothly one flipped card at a time in Castle ComboNext: We provide a rainbowy paradise for our furry […]

Welcome to Which Game First where we boldly explore the hilariously huge world of board games. Did we unearth any hidden treasures you've been missing out on? Let's find out! First: We find out if the dry erase pen is mightier than the sword in: Dungeon ScrawlersNext: We put the petals to the meadow in: […]

Welcome to Which Game First where we boldly explore the hilariously huge world of board games. Did we unearth any hidden treasures you've been missing out on? Let's find out! First up: We press the gas pedal and our luck in The Mother Road: Route 66Next: We build up rome and our architectural reputations in […]

Welcome to Which Game First where we boldly explore the hilariously huge world of board games. Did we unearth any hidden treasures you've been missing out on? Let's find out! First up: We seek tangy prestige as we age cream to stinky perfection in FromageNext: We take rock monsters to polyominoes heights in GrumbleStoneAnd lastly: […]

Welcome to Which Game First where we boldly explore the hilariously huge world of board games. Did we unearth any hidden treasures you've been missing out on? Let's find out! First up: We shuffle up and deal a path to the great outdoors in TrailblazersNext: We peel out and puzzle our way to the finish […]

Welcome to Which Game First where we boldly explore the hilariously huge world of board games. Did we unearth any hidden treasures you've been missing out on? Let's find out! First up: We ravage the English countryside to build our Viking homesteads in LoootNext up: We attempt to raise strong and loveable kits for SCIENCE! […]

Welcome to Which Game First where we boldly explore the hilariously huge world of board games. Did we unearth any hidden treasures you've been missing out on? Let's find out! First up: We cruise for Orca sightings on a card filled sea in Whale to LookNext: It's 2075 and we're cats in charge of the […]

Welcome to Which Game First where we boldly explore the hilariously huge world of board games. Did we unearth any hidden treasures you've been missing out on? Let's find out! First up: We're trying our hand at urban development one tile at a time in StreetsNext: We show the gods how much our royal blood […]

Welcome to Which Game First where we boldly explore the hilariously huge world of board games. Did we unearth any hidden treasures you've been missing out on? Let's find out! First: We try to catch the last cart out of town as we scramble away from black death in Bristol 1350  Next: We draft rather unique […]

Welcome to Which Game First where we boldly explore the hilariously huge world of board games. Did we unearth any hidden treasures you've been missing out on? Let's find out! First up: We puff out our feathered chests for mating season as we scoop up seeds for the win in PiepmatzNext: We scramble for woodland […]

Welcome to Which Game First where we boldly explore the hilariously huge world of board games. Did we unearth any hidden treasures you've been missing out on? Let's find out! First up: It's pesticide warnings be damned as we grow big in Mutant Crops Next: We collect the finest breeds of man's best friend to take […]

Welcome to Which Game First where we boldly explore the hilariously huge world of board games. Did we unearth any hidden treasures you've been missing out on? Let's find out! First up: We dig up the ancient past to discover long forgotten games in UnboxedNext: We chip away at an ominous cube to save the […]

Welcome to Which Game First where we boldly explore the hilariously huge world of board games. Did we unearth any hidden treasures you've been missing out on? Let's find out! First up: We call on our tribesmen to settle the land in VaalbaraNext: We call forth our Shamen to shape the land in RauhaAnd lastly: […]

Evan hosts Alexander, Christian and Tatsiana from the iDventure Team for an interview about their upcoming board game called Cryptic Nature.    Check out the Kickstarter at: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/idventure-games/cryptic-nature

Welcome to Which Game First where we boldly explore the hilariously huge world of board games. Did we unearth any hidden treasures you've been missing out on? Let's find out! First up: We try to outserve our fellow coffee shop owners one delicious cup and treat at a time in FikaNext:  We partner up aiming […]

Welcome to Which Game First where we boldly explore the hilariously huge world of board games. Did we unearth any hidden treasures you've been missing out on? Let's find out! First: We slap our wigs on and jockey for jobs with our incompetent monarch in For the King (and Me)Next: We develop our beach front […]

Welcome to Which Game First where we boldly explore the hilariously huge world of board games. Did we unearth any hidden treasures you've been missing out on? Let's find out! First up: We build cradles of diversity one tile at a time to repopulate the ecosystem in RainforestNext: We deal cards and try not to […]

Welcome to Which Game First where we boldly explore the hilariously huge world of board games. Did we unearth any hidden treasures you've been missing out on? Let's find out! First: We smashing our way to success one particle at a time in Quirky QuarksNext: We see a chance for glory amid the wreckage of […]

Welcome to Which Game First where we boldly explore the hilariously huge world of board games. Did we unearth any hidden treasures you've been missing out on? Let's find out! First up this week: We grab some d6's and ignore our better judgment in Don't Go In ThereNext up:  We are long ago architects building […]

Welcome to Which Game First where we boldly explore the hilariously huge world of board games. Did we unearth any hidden treasures you've been missing out on? Let's find out! First: We try to send brain waves of phrase to each other one card at a time in Subtext ShowdownNext: We roll to rally resources, […]

Welcome to Which Game First where we boldly explore the hilariously huge world of board games. Did we unearth any hidden treasures you've been missing out on? Let's find out! First: We test our techniques as we stack our artistic styles in … CanvasNext: We take a stroll through lush greenery filled with deciduous denizens […]

Welcome to Which Game First where we boldly explore the hilariously huge world of board games. Did we unearth any hidden treasures you've been missing out on? Let's find out! First up: We roll dice to roll out our trains full of cargo in SteamRollersNext: We race to plant orchards but the real prize is […]

Welcome to Which Game First where we boldly explore the hilariously huge world of board games. Did we unearth any hidden treasures you've been missing out on? Let's find out! First up: We yell at each other alphabet style in LetterpoolNext up: We hug the corners and upshift the straightaways one card at a time […]

Welcome to Which Game First where we boldly explore the hilariously huge world of board games. Did we unearth any hidden treasures you've been missing out on? Let's find out! First: It's a paleo draft-off as you go for the best dinos in CubosaursNext: We tinker with peoples slumber one robot shift at a time […]

Welcome to Which Game First where we boldly explore the hilariously huge world of board games. Did we unearth any hidden treasures you've been missing out on? Let's find out! First: We race to scale lofty mountain heights while  leaving no trace in Annapurna   Next: We're putting cloak rooms next to mold rooms next to bottomless […]

Welcome to Which Game First where we boldly explore the hilariously huge world of board games. Did we unearth any hidden treasures you've been missing out on? Let's find out! First up: It's D6's all around cuz that's how we roll in … Gang of DiceNext: We're hopping all around the board to become the […]

Welcome to Which Game First where we boldly explore the hilariously huge world of board games. Did we unearth any hidden treasures you've been missing out on? Let's find out! First: We bring our best Vulcan minds to the table for some logic games in Turing Machine Next: We set sail to collect rare specimens one […]

Welcome to Which Game First where we boldly explore the hilariously huge world of board games. Did we unearth any hidden treasures you've been missing out on? Let's find out! First: We bounce around like cats on a bed in … boop. Next: We explore islands, looking for animals in …The Search for Lost SpeciesAnd lastly: […]

Welcome to Which Game First where we boldly explore the hilariously huge world of board games. Did we unearth any hidden treasures you've been missing out on? Let's find out! First up: We lay tiles in the light of the silvery moon in Nova Luna Next: We pray tiles don't fail us in the shadow of […]

Welcome to Which Game First where we boldly explore the hilariously huge world of board games. Did we unearth any hidden treasures you've been missing out on? Let's find out! First up: We find out if it's hip to be square and even hipper to be cubed in Minecraft: Heroes of the VillageNext: We hunt […]

Welcome to Which Game First where we boldly explore the hilariously huge world of board games. Did we unearth any hidden treasures you've been missing out on? Let's find out! First: We do what soccer does best, balance emotional states, in the Ted Lasso Party GameNext: We balance our habitats one pair of animals at […]

Welcome to Which Game First where we boldly explore the hilariously huge world of board games. Did we unearth any hidden treasures you've been missing out on? Let's find out! First up: We embrace springtime by growing our garden one lovely card at a time in FlourishNext up: We cram as many eager thrill riders […]

The panel hands out the Firsties Awards to the best games on our show in 2022. Best Ice-breaker or Party game – This award goes to the game that is quick and easy to play in a casual setting.  Nominations: Connected Clues, Regicide, Stella – Dixit Universe, The Crew: Mission Deep Sea, Town 66WINNER: The […]

Welcome to Which Game First where we boldly explore the hilariously huge world of board games. Did we unearth any hidden treasures you've been missing out on? Let's find out! First up: We shuffle up the side shows and deal out the circus in Scout Next: We neatly navigate neighborly needs in Between Two CitiesLastly: We […]

Welcome to Which Game First where we boldly explore the hilariously huge world of board games. Did we unearth any hidden treasures you've been missing out on? Let's find out! First up: We put pen and paper against pixels for an old school alien showdown in RetrogradeNext: We Take the reigns for the glory of […]

Welcome to Which Game First where we boldly explore the hilariously huge world of board games. Did we unearth any hidden treasures you've been missing out on? Let's find out! First: It's phrase mash-up time in the hint heavy game of Connected Clues Next:  We search for riches and power while dodging sharks and worse in […]

Evan talks with designers Ben Rosset & Matthew O'Malley about their new game The Search for Lost Species.

Welcome to Which Game First where we boldly explore the hilariously huge world of board games. Did we unearth any hidden treasures you've been missing out on? Let's find out! First up: We are rolling higher and higher and hoping we won't blow up in Balloon Pop! Next: We expand our empires one card at a […]

Welcome to Which Game First where we boldly explore the hilariously huge world of board games. Did we unearth any hidden treasures you've been missing out on? Let's find out! First: We write narrative masterpieces one card at a time in HardbackNext:  We gather in the forest to bet on which of our magic animals […]

Welcome to Which Game First where we boldly explore the hilariously huge world of board games. Did we unearth any hidden treasures you've been missing out on? Let's find out! First: We build our army one card at a time in Battle Line: Medieval Next: We traverse a noir world hoping to tell friend from foe […]