Gaming Without Credentials

A podcast about board games and knowing which games can stand the test of time and deserve a spot in your collection. We like to play games a lot to see how they hold up which we call Taking Games to the Limit.

Episode 27 - Maple Syrup Pants 11/16/2022

Episode 27 - Maple Syrup Pants We do something a little different for this episode. We rank all the games that we have taken to the limit since the start of the podcast. Some opinions have changed over time and each of us need to use the juice to get our games moving forward. Also, Matt gets maple syrup on his pants and that is somehow hilarious. /episode/index/show/e0eba6ef-76b2-4c97-a9ea-40af47dba55e/id/25030881

Episode 26 - The Two Track is Shorter 10/26/2022

Episode 26 - The Two Track is Shorter This week we play some coop games where nothing bad ever happens e.g. FUSE followed by Atlantis Rising Second Edition. The rotation see us bringing in Tiny Towns and we push our luck playing our limit game and see if we Can't Stop playing it. /episode/index/show/e0eba6ef-76b2-4c97-a9ea-40af47dba55e/id/24803031

Episode 25 - Return of the Mike 10/19/2022

Episode 25 - Return of the Mike We double our hosts in this episode from the previous. Not a sustainable increase but we will try to manage. You can hear us talk about Pinata and Risk: Star Wars Edition (Or is it Star Wars: Risk Edition?) which we played. Our rotation game invitation is given to Hanamikoji and we talk about taking Blitzkrieg!: World War Two in 20 Minutes to the limit. /episode/index/show/e0eba6ef-76b2-4c97-a9ea-40af47dba55e/id/24731223

Episode 24 - Brown Tile 2: Cardboard Boogaloo 10/12/2022

Episode 24 - Brown Tile 2: Cardboard Boogaloo Life is what happens while we are making other plans. Mike has rightly decided to continue with renovations. Matt cobbles up another solo episode where he plays Orchard: 9 Card Solitare game, Toledo, Firefly: Shiny Dice and Dungeon Roll. Finishing of with some Badge updates. You will have to forgive us as we needed to reupload to get rid of 2 minutes of dead air. /episode/index/show/e0eba6ef-76b2-4c97-a9ea-40af47dba55e/id/24660003

Episode 23 - The Brown Tile 10/05/2022

Episode 23 - The Brown Tile This week's episode is a little different. We are down a host so there is a little less banter but still full of game talk. Matt talks about Burgen & Drachen, No Thanks! and On the Underground London/Berlin. Then just a little talk about the recent KanataCon in Ottawa, Ontario. While it's a shorter episode compared to most, it's no less important! Like the small brown tiles in Patchwork. /episode/index/show/e0eba6ef-76b2-4c97-a9ea-40af47dba55e/id/24585528

Episode 22 09/28/2022

Episode 22 On the light side we played Stellar and Point Salad. We ramp it up with Terraforming Mars: Ares Expedition which one of us liked more than the other. Lastly we discuss Splendor as our limit game. Love those poker chips. /episode/index/show/e0eba6ef-76b2-4c97-a9ea-40af47dba55e/id/24510141

Episode 21 09/21/2022

Episode 21 It appears we are still playing games and this week starts of with Scotland Yard, My City and 878 Vikings: Invasions of England which I didn't know used a colon until I wrote this description. I hope our listener enjoys beer themed games because we are putting Heaven & Ale into the rotation and then Azul leaves as our limit game. /episode/index/show/e0eba6ef-76b2-4c97-a9ea-40af47dba55e/id/24441594

Episode 20 09/14/2022

Episode 20 It's the "THE" week with us talking about Firefly: The Game, The Quacks of Quedlinburg and The Duke. Those looking forward to the Rotation and Limit will have to wait a week as we talk about our favorite mechanisms instead. Thanks for sticking with us for the double Xpisode! /episode/index/show/e0eba6ef-76b2-4c97-a9ea-40af47dba55e/id/24367644

Episode 19 09/07/2022

Episode 19 As you might have been able to guess we played The Quest for El Dorado, Machi Koro and Dominion this week. Innovation goes in the rotation and Santorini is our limit... even if it doesn't rhyme. /episode/index/show/e0eba6ef-76b2-4c97-a9ea-40af47dba55e/id/24297861

Episode 18 08/31/2022

Episode 18 These are the games we played this week, this week. These are the games we played this week. Silver & Gold, Calico and ROVE: Results-Oriented Versatile Explorer For our rotation and limit games we discuss Cubitos and Hive respectively. /episode/index/show/e0eba6ef-76b2-4c97-a9ea-40af47dba55e/id/24223002

Episode 17 08/24/2022

Episode 17 Come hang out and see This week we played Ohanami Matt talks about his current facination which of course is Age of Civilization We won't cower or hide as last we played Regicide Into the rotation we bring out all the challengers Just survivors playing Arctic Scavengers Lastly we muse about the limit game which does not irk Episode concludes with Uwe's Patchwork /episode/index/show/e0eba6ef-76b2-4c97-a9ea-40af47dba55e/id/24149913

Episode 16 08/17/2022

Episode 16 There is no time to waste. Listen as we discuss the games we played this week: King of Tokyo, Clank!(Explanation Point):(colon) A Deck-(hyphen) Building Adventure and Coup We put Twin Palms into the rotation (Another trick-taking game eh?). We end with another riviting discussion where we talk about the benefits and pitfalls of online gaming. We probably missed something..... /episode/index/show/e0eba6ef-76b2-4c97-a9ea-40af47dba55e/id/24007971

Episode 15 08/10/2022

Episode 15 We dive right into MicroMacro: Crime City, The Red Cathedral and Factory Funner which we played this week. Troyes enters our rotation and we talk about taking the trick-taking game Jekyll vs. Hyde to the limit. /episode/index/show/e0eba6ef-76b2-4c97-a9ea-40af47dba55e/id/24007887

Episode 14 08/03/2022

Episode 14 Greetings and salutations! Relax as we talk about the games Hera and Zeus, Honga and Disney Sidekicks that we played this week. Afterwhich we welcome Tigris & Euphrates, from the good doctor, into the rotation and say goodbye to Viticulture Essential Edition as our limit game. /episode/index/show/e0eba6ef-76b2-4c97-a9ea-40af47dba55e/id/23945391

Episode 13 07/27/2022

Episode 13 In this wacky and wild episode the hosts are talking about the games they played: the unambiguously named The Lord of the Rings, Baseball Highlights: 2045 and The Castles of Burgundy: The Card Game. Into the rotation Fleet: The Dice Game is invited and the hosts see Japiur leave the rotation as their limit game. /episode/index/show/e0eba6ef-76b2-4c97-a9ea-40af47dba55e/id/23871048

Episode 12 07/20/2022

Episode 12 This persistent podcast talks about the games we played this week as always. We play the prominent co-op Spirit Island, purposeful Copenhagen and the precise Ingenious. We followup with the promising Living Forest joining the rotation. We end with a discussion about when to buy expansions among the plethora therein. Hopefully not percieved to be pontificating or pedantic. /episode/index/show/e0eba6ef-76b2-4c97-a9ea-40af47dba55e/id/23801198

Episode 11 07/13/2022

Episode 11 It appears that there are a few games we haven't played yet. Tune in as we talk about our plays of That's Life and Eminent Domain. After some Badge Talk, we are excited to bring Memoir '44 into the rotation then finish with a discussion about Draftosaurus as our limit game. /episode/index/show/e0eba6ef-76b2-4c97-a9ea-40af47dba55e/id/23726735

Episode 10 07/06/2022

Episode 10 We travel by train and space ship with the games we played this week: Trains and Gravwell 2nd Edition. Since Matt has played Red Rising now we touch on that briefly. Into the rotation we bring the auction/engine builder Furnace. Last we discuss our many plays of Lost Cities as if we took it to the limit. /episode/index/show/e0eba6ef-76b2-4c97-a9ea-40af47dba55e/id/23644691

Episode 9 06/29/2022

Episode 9 This healthy podcast starts with plays of Ticket to Ride: London, Gheos and a dash of Tiny Epic Zombies which we played this week. Exercise is always good, so we start with a rep of Ashes Reborn to add in our rotation. Then, after enough plays of Targi, we talk about taking it toooo the limit. /episode/index/show/e0eba6ef-76b2-4c97-a9ea-40af47dba55e/id/23571989

Episode 8 06/22/2022

Episode 8 It was a dark and stormy night. Two credential-less gamers reminisce about the games they played this week including Air, Land & Sea, Drakon and Star Trek: Ascendancy. Then we nail down how often you have to play a game before you play without refering to the rules. We figure at least once to start. /episode/index/show/e0eba6ef-76b2-4c97-a9ea-40af47dba55e/id/23499284

Episode 7 06/15/2022

Episode 7 The recipe for this weeks episode is 3 played games this week: Red Rising, Dimension and Drakon 1 Rotation game: A Feast for Odin 1 Limit game: Sprawlopolis Listen for about an hour and we will have more games we can sink our teeth into. /episode/index/show/e0eba6ef-76b2-4c97-a9ea-40af47dba55e/id/23416652

Episode 6 06/08/2022

Episode 6 Back to the Future: Back in Time, Deus and Game of Thrones: Hand of the King..... these are the games we played this week. Then, when you likely expected it, we introduce our rotation game Kahuna. For the limit we see 7 Wonders Duel.... but will we see it ever again? /episode/index/show/e0eba6ef-76b2-4c97-a9ea-40af47dba55e/id/23360441

Episode 5 06/01/2022

Episode 5 We further our gaming adventures this week with Food Chain Island, Going Going Gone, Rush M.D. Into the rotation we welcome Paint the Roses and we take Res Arcana to the limit after 57 plays between us this year. /episode/index/show/e0eba6ef-76b2-4c97-a9ea-40af47dba55e/id/23289008

Episode 4 05/25/2022

Episode 4 Listen as we discuss Dinosaur Island: Rawr & Write, Sagrada and our first play of Orleans: Invasion. After that we try to nail down what makes a game fun. New theme song as well which is exciting. /episode/index/show/e0eba6ef-76b2-4c97-a9ea-40af47dba55e/id/23229173

Episode 3 05/18/2022

Episode 3 Sit around the fire as we talk about Cloaked Cats, Lord of the Rings: The Duel(s) and Raptor. Later we talk about Oceans which we put into the rotation and Kingdomino which we took to the limit. /episode/index/show/e0eba6ef-76b2-4c97-a9ea-40af47dba55e/id/23081894

Episode 2 05/11/2022

Episode 2 We talk about the games of On Tour, War of the Ring: Second Edition and Tash-Kalar: Arena of Legends that we played this week. We bring Clans of Caledonia into the rotation and about taking Race for the Galaxy to the limit.... base game at least. /episode/index/show/e0eba6ef-76b2-4c97-a9ea-40af47dba55e/id/23077949

Episode 1 05/04/2022

Episode 1 Inaugural episode where we discuss Betrayal at House on the Hill, Long Shot: The Dice Game and Samurai Spirit. Into the rotation we put The King is Dead and talk about Fugitive which we took to the limit. /episode/index/show/e0eba6ef-76b2-4c97-a9ea-40af47dba55e/id/22997522

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