Season 16, Episode 8 - Men-Nefer
The Board Boys Podcast
Board Boys are back in Ancient Egypt yet again for Men-Nefer, which is a board game and not a celebrity couple c. 2002. Speaking of 2002, prepare for a lot of millennial talk in this episode. 0:00 Intro, E.V.A. - Jean Jacques Perrey 19:30 YRO 23:00 Skara Brae 25:45 Jubako 30:00 Kronologic: Paris 1920 33:30 Calimala 37:00 Men-Nefer: Overview 41:00 Young Folks- Peter, Bjorn, & John 43:00 Men-Nefer: Review 1:09:00 Men-Nefer: Verdict 1:16:30 Board Boys Bump: El Grande 1:21:00 Thank You, Patrons 1:22:00 Burning - The Whitest Boy Alive
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Season 16, Episode 7 - Galactic Cruise
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Board Boys blast off into outer space with a bunch of tourists on board in Galactic Cruise, a game about assembling recreational spacecraft and visiting chilled out planets with them. 0:00 Intro, E.V.A. - Jean Jacques Perrey 16:00 The Taverns of Tiefenthal 22:50 Duck & Cover 24:30 Sardegna 27:00 Iwari 29:30 Automania 31:45 Endeavor: Deep Sea 43:45 Galactic Cruise: Overview 47:00 Space Cowboy - Jonzun Crew 48:00 Galactic Cruise: Review 1:22:45 Galactic Cruise: Verdict 1:29:00 Board Boys Bump: Kutna Hora 1:34:00 Thank You, Patrons 1:34:30 Fantastic Voyage - Lakeside
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Season 16, Episode 6 - Civolution
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Board Boys are back with the latest HUGE game from Mr. Stefan Feld - Civolution from Deep Print Games and Pegasus Spiele. Where you are take an exam about creating the best civilizations with your proctor Agera. Place dice, play cards, and so many strategies exist to victory in this one! Also in this episode Cam almost died, Rob talks about a lot of Roleplayer Universe games from Thunderworks Games, Jake talks about Power Vacuum which has a hilarious theme and then we have monumental review and rating of Civolution as well as a crazy Cam boing rating theorum. 0:00 - Intro...
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Season 16, Episode 5 - Finspan
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Board Boys are back with another span for ya, man, in Finspan from Stonemaier Games, a game about free range fish raising all the way down to the nightmare zone. 0:00 Intro, E.V.A. - Jean Jacques Perrey 18:00 Lowlands 20:30 Black Forest 26:00 Azul Duel 28:15 R-ECO+ 32:00 Potions of Azerland 35:45 Rebel Princesses 43:30 Finspan: Overview 46:15 Looking for Atlantis - Prefab Sprout 48:00 Finspan: Review 1:11:30 Finspan: Verdict 1:18:00 Board Boys Bump: Wyrmspan 1:26:00 Thank You, Patrons 1:27:00 Ocean Rain - Echo & The Bunnymen
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Season 16, Episode 4 - 2P Games ft: Lord of the Rings: Duel for Middle Earth
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Join us for a slightly irregular version of The Board Boys Podcast where Board Boy Rob is joined by Board Boy Beau and Jeremy to go over a bunch of 2 player games! Featuring Duel for Middle Earth from Repos Productions, King of Tokyo Duel from Iello, and Star Wars The Deckbuilding Game from Fantasy Flight Games! Beau also goes over a recent Christmas preset the ChessUp 2 board! 0:00 - Lord of the Rings Intro Music 4:20 - Plug or Beef with Beau 8:25 - Stamp Swap 12:25 - Eclipse Second Dawn for the Galaxy 15:30 - Lifeboats: Plank of Carneades 21:35 - ChessUp 2 25:10 - Lord of...
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Season 16, Episode 3 - Pampero
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Board Boys are playing yet another game about windmills (turbines I guess) on this episode, Pampero from Julian Pombo. Uruguay has all this wind evidently, each player will be trying to exploit that. The winner is the player who can harness the most wimpy, clean wind energy and become the king of hippies. 0:00 Intro, E.V.A. - Jean Jacques Perrey 8:30 Sundae Split 11:15 Isle of Cats: Duel 15:00 Little Alchemists again: Cam explains soup better than anyone ever, ever 20:30 Ito 22:00 Fellowship of the Ring: Trick-taking Game 25:45 Pampero: Overview 28:45 The Windmills of your Mind - Dusty...
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Season 16, Episode 2 - SETI: Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
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On this episode, we our feature review is SETI: Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence from Czech Games Edition and new designer Tomáš Holek. Also we dive into Cam's dreams and what they could mean, Cam accidentally orders our food delivery to the wrong house. We also talk about Little Alchemists also by CGE! Other games include, Mandalorian Adventures, Rebirth, Zenith, Dead Cells, and Sky Team. We also look back at Djinn for our bump or dump! 0:00 Intro, E.V.A. - Jean Jacques Perrey 12:30 The Mandalorian: Adventures 15:45 Rebirth 21:00 Zenith 25:15 Dead...
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Season 16, Episode 1 - Resafa
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Board Boys are back for an arbitrarily new season in Resafa (aka Refasa) from Delicious Games. Who will stack the most stuff on his camel? Find out after our long 2024 board gaming recap, where we talk top 5 games, BGA awards, surprises, and all the games we played last season. 0:00 Intro, E.V.A. - Jean Jacques Perrey 4:45 2024 Review 47:00 Resafa: Overview 49:15 A Horse with no Name - America 50:30 Resafa: Review 1:17:15 Resafa: Verdict 1:21:45 Board Boys Bump: Evacuation 1:27:45 Thank You, Patrons 1:30:30 Rock the Casbah - The Clash
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Season 15, Episode 13 - Unconscious Mind
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Board Boys are ready to shrink heads in Unconscious Mind, a game about defreuding people experiencing bad dreams until you have all their money and they are in love with their moms. 0:00 Intro, E.V.A. - Jean Jacques Perrey 16:00 Monkey Palace 20:15 Tales of Arthurian Knights 29:15 Clank! Expeditions: Temple of the Ape Lords 34:00 Dinosaur Island: Rawr and Write/ Draftosaurs Aerial Show and Marina expansions 41:00 Unconscious Mind: Overview 44:00 The Ballad of Sigmund Freud - The Chad Mitchell Trio 46:00 Unconscious Mind: Review 1:16:30 Unconscious Mind: Verdict 1:21:00 Board Boys Bump:...
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Season 15, Episode 12 - Fromage
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Board Boys are back to get all the cheese in Fromage, a game about making all the cheese by Ben Rosset and Michael O'Malley. 0:00 Intro, E.V.A. - Jean Jacques Perrey 8:00 Pirates of Maracaibo: Commanders 14:00 Welcome to the Moon 22:45 Planta Nubo 29:30 Hamster Roll 31:15 Harmonies 35:00 Fromage: Overview 40:00 MMM Cheese - Freddy 4X 41:00 Fromage: Review 1:08:00 Fromage: Verdict 1:14:00 Board Boys Bump: Rats of Wistar 1:20:00 Thank You, Patrons 1:20:30 This Will Be Our Year - The Zombies
info_outlineThis time on The Board Boys we take a look at governing some Italian cities in Virtu from Super Meeple and designer Pascal Ribrault. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all the listeners out there and our gift to you is a mega episode that went a little long! We do a Board Boys Secret Santa among the Boys and take a look at what we got! We slip back into some Halloween horror mode and talk about Final Girl and horror movies in general. We also talk about Akropolis, Ticket to Ride Europe, a deep dive of the So Clever 4-pack of games, Verdant, Chronicles of Avel, Jurassic World: The Legacy of Isla Nublar, Splendor Duel, and Caesar's Empire. We hope you like Boardgames!