The Board Boys Podcast
We play board games. We hope you like board games. New podcast episodes every other Thursday.
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Season 15, Episode 6 - Doggerland
10/10/2024
Season 15, Episode 6 - Doggerland
Board Boys are back to cave paint underneath the English Channel in Doggerland, a game about sending a bunch of your friends out of their warm huts to try to gank a mammoth in the middle of winter. 0:00 Intro, E.V.A. - Jean Jacques Perrey 6:15 Inferno 12:00 Weirdwood Manor 19:00 Doggerland: Overview 23:00 Snoopafella - Snoop Doggy Dogg 24:30 Doggerland: Review 55:00 Doggerland: Verdict 58:00 Board Boys Bump: Blitzkreig!, Dogfight, Caesar!, and BOOoop. 1:05:15 Thank You, Patrons 1:05:30 Vapors - Snoop Doggy Dogg
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Season 15, Episode 5 - Windmill Valley
09/26/2024
Season 15, Episode 5 - Windmill Valley
Board Boys bounce back from the First Tulip Financial Crisis in Windmill Valley from Board and Dice, a game about spinning the water wheel as hard as you can to until you have more black tulips than even the Smiths would think is cool 0:00 Intro, E.V.A. - Jean Jacques Perrey 6:00 Mycelia 12:30 18 Holes 20:45 Creature Caravan 27:45 Stonespine Architects 31:30 Reef Project 36:00 Windmill Valley: Overview 39:00 The Wind - Cat Stevens 40:00 Windmill Valley: Review 1:09:15 Windmill Valley: Verdict 1:15:30 Board Boys Bump: Thunder Road: Vendetta 1:23:45 Thank You, Patrons 1:25:00 Summer Breeze - Isley Brothers
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Season 15, Episode 4 - Evenfall + Capital City Gaming Con Preview w/David Kuntz
09/12/2024
Season 15, Episode 4 - Evenfall + Capital City Gaming Con Preview w/David Kuntz
Board Boys are back, baby, to play Evenfall from new dev Stefano de Silva as well as chat with pal David Kuntz about this year's Capital City Gaming Con (formerly Cardboard Caucus) coming up Oct 11-13 0:00 Intro, E.V.A. - Jean Jacques Perrey 12:00 Capital City Gaming Con Preview w/David Kuntz 23:30 Ziggurat 26:45 Arcs 29:45 Cats and Quilts of Calico 36:45 Bomb Busters 40:15 Evenfall: Overview 44:15 Bring Me To Life - Evanescence (karaoke from Bob and Bev) 45:15 Evenfall: Review 1:13:00 Evenfall: Verdict 1:19:30 Board Boys Bump: The Wolves 1:26:15 Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now - DJ Steve Walsh
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Season 15, Episode 3 - Rock Hard: 1977
08/29/2024
Season 15, Episode 3 - Rock Hard: 1977
Board Boys rock out as hard as humanly possible for a dork hobby podcast with Rock Hard: 1977, a sick game about becoming a rockstar by designer/rock legend Jackie Fox. Also in this episode, a long lookback on Barcelona, plus naming all the Beastie Boys and their DJ. Cam's Rock Hard: 1977 playlist: 0:00 - Intro: E.V.A. - Jean Jacques Perrey 2:00 - Music Chat 19:00 - CDSK 21:25 - Lifeboats: Planks of Carneades 25:10 - Harvest 29:25 - Cities 31:30 - Jorvik 34:30 - Bomb Busters 38:35 - Rock Hard 1977 - Intro 43:10 - Interlude: Cherry Bomb - The Runaways 44:50 - Rock Hard 1977 - Initial Thoughts 48:00 - Rock Hard 1977 - Pros 1:01:30 - Rock Hard 1977 - Prawns 1:07:30 - Rock Hard 1977 - Cons 1:18:50 - Rock Hard 1977 - Final Thoughts 1:28:15 - Bump or Dump - Barcelona 1:38:15 - Wrap up and Patron Thanks 1:39:45 - Outro: Success - Iggy Pop
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Season 15, Episode 2 - Coimbra
08/15/2024
Season 15, Episode 2 - Coimbra
Board Boys are back with "oldie" but goldie, Coimbra from Eggertspiel: a game about patrons and influence and merchants or something in the Renaissance Era which is basically the greatest theme of all time. So grab your floppy hats and join us at the table for this and more! 0:00 - Intro 4:00 - Peru and Weather Talk 6:00 - Finders Creepers 7:40 - Things in Rings 12:35 - Wrath of Fire Mountain 15:30 - Race to the Raft 18:20 - Coop QB Discussion 21:00 - Azul Summer Pavilion 23:00 - Age of Innovation 25:30 - Botanicus 31:25 - Coimbra Stats and Intro 34:16 - Informer - MC Shan and Snow 35:15 - Coimbra Initial Thoughts 38:35 - Coimbra Pros 50:00 - Coimbra Cons 1:08:00 - Coimbra Final Thoughts 1:10:00 - Bump or Dump - Sabika 1:14:00 - Outro, BGA, Patreon, and Discord 1:15:08 - Red Red Wine - UB40
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Season 15 - Beau-nuss Episode - Gencon 2024!
08/08/2024
Season 15 - Beau-nuss Episode - Gencon 2024!
In this Beau-Nuss episodes of The Board Boys Podcast, Rob and Beau attend GenCon 2024! We see and do lots of cool stuff including things from CGE, Renegade Game Studios, Devir Games, Hachette Games, and we participated in the Rolling Dice and Taking Names Strike tournament lots of fun to be had! We were super tired for some of the recording especially Beau but he was a trooper - which was awesome... We hope you like board games! 0:00 - Intro and Day 0 8:17 - Day 1 8:45 - Catchables 10:20 - CGE Room 11:00 - Lifeboats 11:45 - Allplay 13:15 - Mandolorian Adventures 13:45 - Marvel Crisis Protocol 15:50 - RDTN Strike Event 18:35 - Day 3 and 4 19:35 - Rock Hard 1977 20:00 - AllPlay Small Card Games and Kabuto Sumo Tournament 23:40 - Tales of Arthurian Knights 25:00 - TNMT Unmatched 27:00 - Dabba Walla 28:00 - Lord of the Rings Duel for Middle-Earth 29:45 - Spotlight from Horrible Guild 30:45 - Lucas Oil Stadium and Boop The Halls 32:10 - Marvel Multiverse Roleplaying Game 32:35 - Doomlings and the pinata 32:55 - Magic Maze Tower and Octocube 34:35 - King of Tokyo Duel 35:55 - Heroscape from Renegade Game Studios 36:50 - Blood on the Clocktower 38:20 - After the Empire with Evan 39:11 - Hewns 39:50 - Rumbleslam 40:40 - Ziggurat 41:12 - Civolution 41:54 - Crossbows and Catapults vs Catapult Feud 42:48 - Madcala 44:25 - Kill Team Laser Tag 44:45 - S.E.T.I. 46:35 - Adas Dream and Tinderblox 47:10 - Quoridor Pacman, CDSK, Doggerland, Nekojima 49:22 - Keep The Heroes Out 50:20 - Everdell Duo 50:30 - Trick or Treat Studios 50:20 - The OP 55:00 - Heroscape again 55:30 - Wrath of Fire Mountain 57:15 - Bomb Busters 57:50 - Witness 58:20 - Capstone Games 1:00:00 - Top 3 Experiences 1:01:43 - Top 3 Games to Play Next 1:02:30 - Outro
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Season 15, Episode 1 - Inventions: Evolution of Ideas
07/31/2024
Season 15, Episode 1 - Inventions: Evolution of Ideas
Today on The Board Boys we check out Inventions: Evolution of Ideas by Mr. Lacerda himself from Eagle Gryphon Games. Also on this episode we take a look back on Season 14. We also have a discussion about games we have played a bunch but never won. Intro - 0:00 Nocturne - 2:00 5 Towers - 6:30 Season 14 Lookback - 10:30 - Evacuation - 11:28 - Djinn - 12:40 - Voidfall - 14:25 - Ticket to Ride Legacy - 17:15 - Wyrmspan - 18:00 - Trismegistus - 20:00 - Kutna Hora - 20:10 - El Grande - 23:10 - Obsession - 24:00 - Anunnaki - 25:30 - Ezra and Nehemiah - 26:50 - Skyrise - 28:00 - Cascadero - 29:00 - Beyond the Sun - 30:20 Games We Have Played The Most and Never Won - 31:30 Favorite/Least Favorite Game From Last Season - 33:20 Inventions - Intro - 35:40 Interlude - I Love Technology - Kip Inventions - Initial Thoughts - 39:20 Inventions - Pros/Cons/Prawns - 42:00 Inventions - Final Thoughts - 1:03:30 Bump or Dump - Expeditions - 1:07:20 Outro - Patron Thanks/BGA/Discord Talk - 1:13:15 Oingo Boingo - Weird Science - 1:14:48
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Season 14, Episode 13 - Beyond the Sun
07/18/2024
Season 14, Episode 13 - Beyond the Sun
In this episode we deep dive Beyond the Sun from Rio Grande Games! We also pontificate space travel, talk some older games, and Rob gives his Game Challenge update! 0:00 - Intro 5:35 - BGA Chat with Cam 7:30 - Video Game Chat 14:25 - Jake Game Speed Run - Whistle Mountain, Isle of Cats, Castles of Burgandy, Wind the Film, MLEM, Faraway 15:25 - Coimbra 20:00 - Ponzi Scheme 23:25 - Five Tribes 26:30 - KingDomino 28:35 - Rob Game Challenge Update 29:25 - Megaland 32:35 - Beyond the Sun - Intro 35:15 - 2001: A Space Odyssey 36:30 - Beyond the Sun - Initial Thoughts 40:30 - Beyond the Sun - Pros 51:20 - Beyond the Sun - Cons 58:45 - Beyond the Sun - Final Thoughts 1:04:15 - Bump or Dump - Newton 1:08:30 - Outro, Patron Thanks, Website Plugs 1:09:10 - Kate Bush - Hello Earth
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Season 14, Episode 12 - Skyrise/Cascadero
07/04/2024
Season 14, Episode 12 - Skyrise/Cascadero
Join Board Boys for a twofer in: Skyrise - one of those games that has nice looking molded buildings with a fun auction wrinkle and cool scoring Cascadero - a game about surrounding the villages to talk about how nice you are while going up tracks on tracks on tracks
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Season 14 - Beau-nuss Episode 1: BGGCon Spring Recap!
06/28/2024
Season 14 - Beau-nuss Episode 1: BGGCon Spring Recap!
Hey everyone welcome to another Beau-nuss episode of The Board Boys Podcast. In this one Beau and I discuss what we thought of our first time at BGGCon Spring in Dallas, TX! Intro - 0:00 1:45 - Cosmoctopus 2:30 - Everdell: Farshore 3:00 - Kabuto Sumo w/ Expansions 3:55 - MLEM Space Agency 5:00 - The Same Game 7:15 - Kitty Paw 8:25 - Captain Flip (SdJ Nominee) 9:45 - Tumblin' Dice 10:55 - Dodos Riding Dinos 13:15 - Indiana Jones Sands of Adventure 15:30 - Cascadero 17:00 - Beaument with Mo - Werewolf 18:30 - Little Alchemists 22:50 - Amoebunnies 27:10 - RA and Skyrise Auction Games 28:00 - Star Wars Bounty Hunters w/ Tom Vasel from The Dice Tower 31:30 - The Lord of the Rings: Adventure to Mount Doom 32:50 - Djinn 32:30 - Marvel United Spidergeddon 33:52 - Emerge 36:10 - Anunnaki: Dawn of the Gods 37:00 - Thunder Road Vendetta 39:30 - Top Convention Activities 41:00 - Top 3 Games of the Con 42:40 - Looking forward to Gen Con
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Season 14, Episode 11 - Ezra and Nehemiah
06/20/2024
Season 14, Episode 11 - Ezra and Nehemiah
Board Boys are back and polite enough to listen to Cam talk for large chunks of the episode about some of his favorite books of the Bible in conjunction with a play of Ezra and Nehemiah, a game about rebuilding the temple, teaching the Torah, and making the walls around the city kino l33t again. 0:00 Intro, E.V.A. - Jean Jacques Perrey 5:30 Faraway 9:00 Hegemony 13:15 Emerge 16:15 Everdell Farshore 21:15 Ezra and Nehemiah: Overview 27:30 Rivers of Babylon - The Melodians 28:45 Ezra and Nehemiah: Review 57:00 Ezra and Nehemiah: Verdict 1:02:45 Board Boys Bump: Challengers! 1:07:00 Thank You, Patrons 1:09:15 Israelites - Desmond Dekker
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Season 14, Episode 10 - Anunnaki: Dawn of the gods
06/06/2024
Season 14, Episode 10 - Anunnaki: Dawn of the gods
Board Boys get goofy with some big brain alien superpowers in Annunaki, a Looch joint (w/Danilo Sabia). 0:00 Intro, E.V.A. - Jean Jacques Perrey 12:45 An Age Contrived 16:45 Patzcuaro 21:00 Fromage 27:30 Anarchy Pancakes 31:45 Kabuto Sumo: Total Mayhem 36:00 Next Station: Paris 41:15 Anunnaki: Overview 45:15 Rapture - Blondie 46:45 Anunnaki: Review 1:17:45 Anunnaki: Verdict 1:26:45 Board Boys Bump: Darwin's Journey 1:33:00 Thank You, Patrons 1:33:30 Attack of the Name Game - Stacey Lattisaw
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Season 14, Episode 9 - Obsession
05/23/2024
Season 14, Episode 9 - Obsession
Board Boys are back with another Camless episode (minus editor's notes) to play a game about fancy society, Obsession (Kayenta Games). Who will be the most posh? Stick around and find out. 0:00 Intro, Obsession - Animotion 4:00 Camp Refresh recap 10:00 Glory to Rome 12:30 Lords of Baseball 21:30 Cascadero/Cascadito 25:45 Nucleum: Australia 29:00 Foundations of Rome: Roads of Fortune 31:00 Necromolds: Monster Battles 33:30 Obsession: Overview 38:00 A New England - Kirsty MacColl 39:30 Obsession - Review 58:15 Obession - Verdict 1:03:15 Board Boys Bump: Earth 1:12:30 Thank You, Patrons 1:13:15 A New England - Billy Bragg
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Season 14, Episode 8 - El Grande
05/09/2024
Season 14, Episode 8 - El Grande
0:00 Intro, E.V.A. - Jean Jacques Perrey 13:15 Salton Sea 16:30 Glass Road 19:15 Draft & Write Records 25:15 Matches 27:30 Slings 29:00 Skyrise 35:45 Honeydew Farmer ver 1.6 38:15 El Grande: Overview 41:45 Magazine 60 - Don Quichotte 42:45 El Grande: Review 1:09:00 El Grande: Verdict 1:20:15 Board Boys Bump: Atiwa 1:26:30 Thank You, Patrons 1:27:30 "Weird Al" Yankovic - Taco Grande
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Season 14, Episode 7 - Kutna Hora
04/25/2024
Season 14, Episode 7 - Kutna Hora
Board Boys are back, baby, to check out Kutna Hora from CGE, a game about collecting cold, hard silver and fiddling around with a cardboard computer. Also in this episode, we reveal our all-time top ten lists (not legally binding) and that takes up a LOT of the episode. 0:00 - Intro 4:50 - The Boardboys Official Top 10 List 1:07:35 - Kutna Hora Intro 1:11:10 - Silver Dollar by Teresa Brewer 1:12:05 - Kutna Hora Initial Thoughts 1:14:30 - Kutna Hora Pros 1:29:35 - Kutna Hora Cons 1:42:05 - Kutna Hora Final Thoughts and Ratings 1:47:30 - Bump or Dump - Beast 1:50:55 - Outro - Discord - BGA - Patreon - Visit theboardboys.com and leave us iTune Reviews! 1:51:55 - White Silver Sands - Don Rondo
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Season 14, Episode 6 - Trismegistus: The Ultimate Formula
04/11/2024
Season 14, Episode 6 - Trismegistus: The Ultimate Formula
Board Boys are back for another one, this time playing 2019's (ancient history) Trismegistus: The Ultimate Formula, technically a T game, from Daniele Tascini and Frederico Pierlorenzi. Who can make straw into gold first? Not Cam, he missed this episode. 0:00 Intro, E.V.A. - Jean Jacques Perrey 5:00 Dark Ages: Holy Roman Empire 9:30 Gloomhaven: Buttons and Bugs 12:30 Daybreak 15:45 Fliptown 19:00 Balatro 21:30 Trismegistus: Overview 25:15 You Can Do Magic - America 26:15 Trismegistus: Review 50:00 Trismegistus: Verdict 59:45 Board Boys Bump: Marrakesh 1:08:00 Thank You, Patrons 1:09:45 Sister Golden Hair - America
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Season 14, Episode 5 - Wyrmspan ft. Camp Refresh preview
03/28/2024
Season 14, Episode 5 - Wyrmspan ft. Camp Refresh preview
Board Boys are back to make birds out of dragons in Wyrmspan from Stonemaier Games. Also in this episode, Joe Roth of the Dealt Hand shares his thoughts on the game and talks about upcoming (late April '24) Camp Refresh, a sleepaway camp/gaming retreat in the Des Moines area- check out his segment for a coupon code! 0:00 Intro, E.V.A. - Jean Jacques Perrey 10:30 Trellis 11:45 Knight 19:00 Amalfi: Renaissance 26:30 Dune Imperium (the app) 35:45 Turing Machine 40:15 Wyrmspan: Overview 43:00 The Dragon - Biz Markie 44:15 Wyrmspan: Review 1:09:00 Camp Refresh Preview with Joe from the Dealt Hand 1:31:45 Wyrmspan: Verdict 1:42:45 Board Boys Bump: Revive 1:49:30 Thank You, Patrons 1:50:00 Time out of Mind - Steely Dan
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Season 14, Episode 4 - Ticket to Ride Legacy: Legends of the West
03/14/2024
Season 14, Episode 4 - Ticket to Ride Legacy: Legends of the West
On this episode of the podcast we dig into Ticket To Ride Legacy: Legends of the West from Days of Wonder. We give a high level overview and then after some warnings dive right into spoiler territory. Check the timestamps for this episode for specifics. Also in this episode we talk about Legacy Games in general. Cam suprises us with a return of Beef Watch (TM). TimeStamps 0:00 - Words of apology from Board Boy Rob :30 - Intro, E.V.A. - Jean Jacques Perrey 3:30 - Legacy Game Talk 11:50 - MLEM Space Agency 18:15 - Karvi 22:00 - Neuroriders 25:30 - 7 Wonders Architects: Medals Expansion 26:35 - Star Wars - Unlimited CCG 30:00 - Mercurial 32:45 - Splendor Duel 35:15 - Return of the Beef Watch 40:30 - Ticket to Ride Legacy Intro (Spoiler Free) 42:26 - Sheena East - Morning Train 44:05 - Ticket to Ride Legacy Initial Thoughts (Spoiler Free) 48:00 - Ticket to Ride Legacy Game Conversation (Spoiler Free) 1:00:00 - Ticket to Ride Legacy Final Thoughts (Spoiler Free) 1:07:45 - Ticket to Ride Legacy SPOILERS! 1:33:35 - Bump or Dump - Deal With The Devil 1:39:08 - Outro, Patreon, Discord, Website Info 1:40:08 - Roger Miller - King of the Road
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Season 14, Episode 3 - Voidfall
02/29/2024
Season 14, Episode 3 - Voidfall
Board Boys blast off into outer space yet again to play the big, bad game of Voidfall from Mindclash Games, but can the TI4 fans at the table cope with a spacefaring 4x that doesn't involve threat-laced, hour-long trade discussions that end with hurt feelings all around? Maybe.
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Season 14, Episode 2 - Djinn
02/15/2024
Season 14, Episode 2 - Djinn
Board Boys cork the bottle and get on the no no train to no no ville in Djinn, by Benjamin Schwer. Also in this episode, TV talk, more BGA reviews, and Cam beats Rob on a movie quote, chew on that, Rob. 0:00 Intro, E.V.A. - Jean Jacques Perrey 3:15: Game Show Review Minute with Rob and Cam 16:00 Ten More BGA mini reviews 26:30 20 Strong 32:00 The Search for the Lost Species 33:45 Unlock!: Extraordinary Adventures 36:30 My Island 42:45 Djinn: Overview 47:30 We Genie - Shaquille O'Neal and Wade Robson 48:30 Djinn: Review 1:12:15 Djinn: Verdict 1:23:30 Board Boys Bump: Bonfire 1:29:15 Thank You, Patrons 1:31:00 I Wish - Skee-Lo
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Season 14, Episode 1 - Evacuation
02/01/2024
Season 14, Episode 1 - Evacuation
Board Boys are back to kick of season 14, probably time to stop counting, with Evacuation, the new Suchy joint from Delicious games. Also in this episode: Cam's BGA advent speed review and Super Board Boys Bump: Season 13 lookback 0:00 Intro, E.V.A. - Jean Jacques Perrey 6:00 Cam's Spectacular BGA Advent Calendar Microreview 17:45 Pokemon Splendor 21:30 Gloomhaven: Jaws of the Lion 25:30 Evacuation: Overview 28:30 We Gotta Get out of This Place - The Animals 29:30 Evacuation: Review 1:05:00 Evacuation: Verdict 1:17:30 Board Boys Bump: Season 13 Lookback 1:33:15 Thank You, Patrons 1:34:00 Leaving on a Jet Plane - John Denver and Cass Elliot
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Season 13, Episode 13 - Federation
01/18/2024
Season 13, Episode 13 - Federation
Board Boys are back (minus Cam so skip to next), baby, to play Federation from Eagle-Gryphon Games. Also in this episode, Jake, Tim, and Rob talk their top games of 2023. 0:00 Intro, E.V.A. - Jean Jacques Perrey 2:45 Pies 4:00 Amsterdam 5:45 Santa's Workshop 8:45 Tricky Dicks (This is a game about pictures of Richard Nixon) 10:15 Without Fail 13:00 Flip Town 16:15 Federation: Overview 19:00 Anus of Uranus - Klaatu 20:15 Federation: Review 45:30 Federation: Verdict 49:30 Board Boys Bump Special - Year in Review 1:13:00 Thank You, Patrons 1:13:45 Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft (The Recognized Anthem of World Contact Day) - The Carpenters (but written by Klaatu)
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Season 13, Episode 12 - Rats of Wistar
01/04/2024
Season 13, Episode 12 - Rats of Wistar
Board Boys are back with another Cranio Creation, Rats of Wistar by Danilo Sabia and Simone Luciani, a game about lab rats bustin loose. Is the rat game to end all rat games? Find out more just following the 45 minute intro to this episode (my bad). 0:00 Intro, E.V.A. and The Rose and the Cross - Jean Jacque Perrey 8:15 Scholars of the South Tigris 11:45 Halloween (A Hidden Movement Game) 17:30 The Stifling Dark 22:30 Hollywood 1946 26:45 Rats of Wistar: Overview 29:30 Rat Race - Bob Marley and the Wailers 31:00 Rats of Wistar: Review 1:01:00 Rats of Wistar: Verdict 1:09:00 Board Boys Bump: Woodcraft 1:15:00 Thank You, Patrons 1:15:30 Rat in Mi Kitchen - UB40
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Season 13, Episode 11 - Nucleum
12/21/2023
Season 13, Episode 11 - Nucleum
All the Board Boys are back together again (thanks to a little Christmas magic) to play Nucleum, a game about slamming little green cubes against a big green cube to power your retrofuturistic city. Also in this episode, first impressions on TTR Legacy, Cam admits he likes a game everyone hates, and we take a look back at Autonahn.
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Season 13, Episode 10 - Last Light LIVE from BGGcon
12/07/2023
Season 13, Episode 10 - Last Light LIVE from BGGcon
Welcome to another episode of the podcast this time LIVE from BGGCon 2023. Boardboy Rob is joined by BJ from Boardgame Gumbo and a couple of our friends and lovely patrons Bayou Dave and my roomie Jeremy. Lots of con shenanigans come get your Board Boy Shirts and think about coming to the con next year! Rob gets an opportunity to read BJs Tiletum Bump or Dump thoughts post and boy was it flowery. Until next time we hope you like Boardgames! 2:45 - The Perfect Wave 4:40 - Cathedral of Orleans 8:20 - After Us 12:50 - 3 Ring Circus 15:00 - Newton 17:00 - Challenders Beach Cup 19:00 - Kolaches 20:50 - Rats of Wistar 24:00 - Top Rat Games 25:15 - Sea Salt and Paper 28:30 - Top 3 New to You Games 38:15 - Can't Stop and Lil Wreckers Workshop 47:00 - Last Light Introduction 54:30 - Last Light Main Review 1:21:30 - Last Light Final Thoughts 1:28:05 - Board Boys Bump or Dump - Tiletum 1:37:00 - Patron Thanks and Outro
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Season 13, Episode 9 - The White Castle
11/23/2023
Season 13, Episode 9 - The White Castle
Thanks for checking out another episode of The Board Boys Podcast! In this episode we check out The White Castle from Devir Games. Also in this episode we make like Harold and Kumar and wish we made it to the actual White Castle. This episode might as well been brought to you by Devir games as we also mention 2 more of their games as well. Cam became a padre so was out but you can still hear his editing prowess from beyond. Stay tuned until next episode live from BGGCon! We hope you like Board Games! 2:00 - White Castle and Uber Banter 6:00 - 3 Ring Circus 11:15 - Savernake Forest 12:20 - Red Cathedral Expansion 15:30 - World Wonders 20:00 - High Season: Grand Austria Hotel Roll and Write 22:15 - Humblebrag by CUT Games 25:30 - Main Review - The White Castle Overview 30:15 - Interlude 31:15 - Initial Thoughts - The White Castle 34:00 - Pros and Cons - The White Castle 53:09 - Final Thoughts - The White Castle 59:35 - Board Boys Bump or Dump - Virtu 1:03:25 - Patron Thanks, Shirts, and BGA Tournaments 1:06:11 - Outro
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Season 13, Episode 8 - Pirates of Maracaibo
11/09/2023
Season 13, Episode 8 - Pirates of Maracaibo
Board Boys are live at Cardboard Caucus 2023, Des Moines' premier board game convention, playing Pirates of Maracaibo with designer Ryan Hendrickson.
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Season 13, Episode 7 - Carnival Zombie 2nd Ed
10/26/2023
Season 13, Episode 7 - Carnival Zombie 2nd Ed
Boo-ard Boys are back just in time for Halloween with the bone chilling, spine tingling, water contaminating Carnival Zombie, a game about six best friends zombie battling their way through Venice in an attempt to escape the wrath of an undead lagoon monster. Beware the order of operations! 0:00 Intro, E.V.A. - Jean Jacques Perrey 5:30 City of Horror 13:15 That Time You Killed Me 16:30 Sky Team 20:30 Timeline Twist 23:15 Witchstone expansion 25:45 Wind the Film! 32:15 Indiana Jones: Cryptic - A Puzzles & Pathways Adventure 38:45 Carnival Zombie: Overview 41:15 The Great Pumpkin Waltz - Vince Guaraldi 42:45 Carnival Zombie: Review 1:15:00 Carnival Zombie: Verdict 1:22:30 Board Boys Bump: Flamecraft 1:30:45 Thank You, Patrons 1:32:45 Zombie - Fela Kuti
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Season 13, Episode 6 - 2 Player Extravaganza!
10/12/2023
Season 13, Episode 6 - 2 Player Extravaganza!
Board Boy Rob is back with special guest Joe! We hammer through all the 2 player games Blitzkrieg!, Ceasar!, and Dogfight! from PSC and Floodgate Games plus we get a little on the spooky side with BOOoop from Smirk and Dagger Games. Also in this episode we talk about the upcoming Spooktacular holiday, Point Salad and we get even scarier with a little Orthodontic work. Thanks for joining us for another episode and we hope you like boardgames! 0:00 - Intro, E.V.A. - Jean Jacques Perrey 2:35 - Intro to BB Joe 6:00 - Halloween 9:30 - Point City 14:05 - Scout and Orthodontics 16:30 - My Fathers Work 17:45 - App Based Games 20:05 - Barrage Nile Affair Expansion 24:30 - Blitzkrieg! 24:30 36:36 - Caesar! - 36:36 51:47 - Dogfight! 1:01:52 - PSC ! Final Thoughts 1:05:50 - BOOoop 1:14:15 - Bump or Dump - Twilight Inscription 1:18:30 - Wrap Up 1:20:00 - Bill Withers - Just the Two of Us
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Season 13, Episode 5 - Thunder Road: Vendetta
09/28/2023
Season 13, Episode 5 - Thunder Road: Vendetta
Board Boys are back for another Rob's-coworker-Jack-guested, high octane, high voltage thriller as we take a look at Thunder Road: Vendetta from Restoration Games. Also in this episode- Finance Blurb with Cam (from Pyramid Ponzi Advisory Group), Rob rates a game twice, and several more minutes of Kazoo that Tune than anybody ever wanted. 0:00 Intro, E.V.A. - Jean Jacques Perrey 2:30 Business Name/Shady Annuity Cam 6:00 Taylor Swift 4 Hour Performance/Dream Concert 13:15 Fit to Print 18:00 Blacksmiths of Steinheimer 22:45 CULTivate 26:00 Thunder Road: Overview 30:00 Vehicle - Ides of March 31:00 Thunder Road: Review 53:30 Thunder Road: Verdict 1:05:30 Board Boys Bump: My Father's Work 1:11:00 Thank You, Patrons 1:11:15 Kazoo That Tune: Vendetta 1:24:45 I Don't Want to Miss a Thing - Aerosmith
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