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 17, Episode 12 - Vantage
01/01/2026
Season 17, Episode 12 - Vantage
Hey everyone, on this episode of The Board Boys Podcast we review Vantage from Stonemaier Games and we take a take a lookback at Fromage and the recently arrived Fromaggio from R2i Games - the cheese no longer stands alone! Also on this episode we are joined by Prison Cam who has discovered adulthood can be busy he talks about revisiting old games. We also talk about some game shows, we hear a ChatGPT version of a Cam review and we discuss boardgame baby names. Until next time - we hope you like boardgames! 0:00 - Intro 3:15 - Dewan 4:15 - Tranquility 11:30 - Underwater Cities: Data Era Expansion 15:40 - Epona 17:35 - Trio 20:45 - Game Show Chat 23:55 - Vantage Main Review 45:15 - Bump or Dump - Fromage and Fromaggio Discussion 1:03:25 - Outro and Gaming Baby Names
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Season 17, Episode 11 - Ayar: Children of the Sun
12/18/2025
Season 17, Episode 11 - Ayar: Children of the Sun
Hey everyone! On this episode of The Board Boys Podcast we deep dive a review of Ayar: Children of the Sun from Osprey Games and Fabio Lopiano. Also, in this episode, Beau joins us for a mini review and takes a great crack at usurping the position of intro master. We do a little legacy game discussion by discussing plans for Queen's Dilemma and dip into Clank Legacy 2 with a few spoilers. Rob also has a real tough time with some last name pronunciations. Until next time - we hope you like board games! 0:00 - Intro 1:45 - TNMT Unmatched Adventures 10:00 - Unmatched - Lee vs Ali 12:15 - R-Eco+ 17:45 - Clank Legacy 2 (Spoilers) 23:00 - SETI Expansion 41:10 - Origin Story 36:00 - Ayar: Children of the Gods 1:13:30 - Bump or Dump - Explorers of Navoria 1:16:40 - Outro and Patreon Thanks
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Season 17, Episode 10 - BGGCon and The Hobbit: There and Back Again
12/04/2025
Season 17, Episode 10 - BGGCon and The Hobbit: There and Back Again
Welcome to another episode of The Board Boys Podcast! This time around we are live from BGGCon and introducing a couple of new voices with a suprise guest swap in the middle of the episode! We talk about a slew of new hotness played at the convention and we do a main review of The Hobbit: There and Back Again from Office Dog and Reiner Knizia! Also on this episode, Jeremy has a hard time with slide puzzles we stumble over some words, is it Bouba or is it a Kiki? We talk about a really fun BB Dave throwback story and why can't Rob pronounce "boing"? As always we hope you like Board Games! 0:00 - Intro 2:10 - Echoes of Time and Etherstone 9:40 - Aquaria 11:50 - Ants 15:40 - Orloj: The Prague Astronomical Clock 18:30 - Recall 23:55 - Luthier 25:15 - Ayar: Children of the Sun 30:00 - Coming of Age 34:30 - Baghdad City of Peace 38:30 - Ada's Dream 40:10 - Bouba/Kiki 43:40 - Stroop 45:10 - Magical Athlete and Hot Streak 46:30 - R-Eco+ 50:10 - Dewan 55:30 - Popcorn 59:00 - The Hobbit: There and Back Again Overview 1:00:57 - Interlude 1:01:36 - The Hobbit: There and Back Again Review 1:24:40 - The Hobbit: There and Back Again Final Thoughts 1:29:07 - Bump or Dump - Mesos 1:32:35 - Outro and Patron Thanks
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Season 17, Episode 9 - Tend
11/20/2025
Season 17, Episode 9 - Tend
On this episode of The Board Boys Podcast we till into Tend from IV Studio! Rob also talks about a couple of new banger expansions as well as some hyped up Predator movies. We also talk about the current season of The Floor and Cam drops a joke that totall bombs. We also look back at Andromeda's Edge in this episodes Bump or Dump and there was a lot of feedback on this one! Until next time, we hope you like Board Games! 0:00 - Intro 9:06 - The Hobbit: There and Back Again 15:50 - Storyfold: WildWoods 20:40 - Critter Kitchen 27:10 - Rob Tangents Off 33:50 - Lost Ruins of Arnak - Twisted Paths Expansion 35:50 - Clank Catacombs - Underworld Expansion 41:22 - Tend Overview 46:05 - Interlude 46:35 - Tend Review 1:12:00 - Tend Final Thoughts 1:16:30 - Bump or Dump - Andromeda's Edge 1:23-50 - Outro and Patron Thanks
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Season 17, Episode 8 - Moon Colony Bloodbath
11/06/2025
Season 17, Episode 8 - Moon Colony Bloodbath
Hey, everybody on this episode of The Board Boys Podcast we discuss Moon Colony Bloodbath from Donald X Vaccarino and Rio Grande Games! On this episode we also try to get Cam to flex his Monopoly knowledge, talk about a LOAD of games played at Capital City Gaming Con as well as some upcoming Essen Spiel releases! Also Jake has a proud parent moment and we talk about why we have reviewed so many space games lately. Lastly there are some minor audio issues during the last half of the podcast so we apologize in advance for that! 0:00 - Intro 2:00 - Dominion Talk 8:15 - Stationfall 13:40 - Tidal Blades 20:00 - Corp of Discovery 20:45 - A Place For All My Books 24:00 - Speakeasy 27:45 - Dark Moon 33:30 - This Game is Killer: Aliens on Board and Frozen Horror 35:50 - Saltfjord 39:40 - Essen Preview List 54:30 - Moon Colony Bloodbath Initial Thoughts 1:15:20 - Moon Colony Bloodbath Final Thoughts 1:22:36 - Bump or Dump - Botanicus 1:26:35 - Outro and Patron Thanks
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Season 17, Episode 7 - Terrorscape
10/23/2025
Season 17, Episode 7 - Terrorscape
Happy Spooktober to all the listeners out there! On this episode we do a mini-deep dive review of Spooktacular from Level 99 Games and our feature review is Terrorscape from ICE Makes. We also get a chance to talk to Alex Wolf from Spielcraft Games about their current and future projects! We also take a look back as we Bump or Dump Inferno from Red Mojo! Also in this episode, Cam tries to rename someone as well as talks about his indifference to cool stuff. We also talk a bit about Rob's favorite things in boardgames. As always, until next time, we hope you like boardgames. Boing Boing Boing. 0:00 - Intro 1:30 - Introductions 4:00 - Capital City Gaming Con and Iowa Talk 8:17 - Alex Wolf Cretaceous Rails Expansion and Primacy 22:00 - Spooktacular Mini Review 37:40 - Terrorscape Intro 39:50 - Interlude 40:35 - Terrorscape Initial Thoughts 43:40 - Terrorscape Review 59:00 -Terrorscape Final Thoughts 1:08:10 - Bump or Dump - Inferno 1:17:35 - CCGC Talk Outro and Patron Thanks
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Season 16, Episode 6 - Civolution
10/09/2025
Season 16, Episode 6 - Civolution
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 5:00 - Cam Almost Died from a Frozen Pizza 9:25 - Lockup and Lockup: Breakout 13:15 - Goblin Vaults 15:25 - Emerald Skulls 19:35 - Stalk Exchange 22:30 - Azul Duel 23:45 - Pax Games 26:35 - Power Vacuum 30:30 - Civolution Intro 34:50 - Civolution Initial Thoughts 40:00 - Civolution Pros and Cons 1:20:00 - Final Thoughts on Civolution 1:29:35 - Bump or Dump - Trismegistus 1:33:10 - Outro and Patron Thanks
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Season 17, Episode 6 – Shackleton Base
10/09/2025
Season 17, Episode 6 – Shackleton Base
It is time for a new episode of The Board Boys Podcast - in this installment we are joined by Board Boy Jeremy again and we are live from our remote studio at Dungeons Gate. In this one we play Shackleton Base from Pandasaurus Games and Sorry We Are French. We also guess how many games Cam is in on BGA - also if you remember Aqua Teen Hunger Force we talk about that too as well as come join us at Capital City Gaming Con! Until next time, we hope you like Board Games. 0:00 - Intro 6:45 - Alibis 9:00 - How to Save a World 15:00 - Sea Salt and Paper Expansions 20:00 - Coffee Rush 25:00 - BGA Talk 31:00 - Arnak with Twisted Paths Expansion 33:40 - Arydia 37:50 - Shackleton Base Overview 40:37 - Interlude 41:07 - Initial Thoughts - Shackleton Base 45:10 - Review - Shackleton Base 1:11:00 - Final Thoughts - Shackleton Base 1:19:00 - Bump or Dump - Doggerland 1:20:54 - Outro and Patron Thanks 1:22:50 - Capital City Gaming Con!!
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Season 17, Episode 5 - Daitoshi
09/25/2025
Season 17, Episode 5 - Daitoshi
Welcome to another episode of The Board Boys Podcast. In this episode, we take on Daitoshi, part of the Kemushi Saga, from Dani Garcia and Devir Games! In this one we also take a look at a log jam of games we have played and you get a minor look behind the scenes at Dungeon's Gate as The Board Boys try to recommend a proper Dune Imperium expansion. As always we hope you like boardgames! 0:00 Intro 5:00 Quacks 7:30 Bare Bones 10:15 FlipToons 12:30 Tag Team 17:30 Suna Valo 20:00 Moon Colony Bloodbath 24:00 Terrorscape 28:45 Daitoshi: Overview 29:25 Dune Imperium Chat with Rob from Dungeons Gate! 35:00 Interlude 26:00 Daitoshi: Review 1:05:45 Daitoshi: Verdict 1:13:00 Board Boys Bump: Windmill Valley 1:19:15 Thank You, Patrons 1:21:30 Outro
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Season 17, Episode 4 - Galileo Galilei and Tea Garden
09/04/2025
Season 17, Episode 4 - Galileo Galilei and Tea Garden
Hey everybody! We had a tough decision so we didn't make one in typical Board Boys fashion! We have not 1 but 2 main reviews in this episode both released by Capstone Games in the US and both are by Tomáš Holek! We are also joined by special guest Board Boy Jared as we are once again live from Dungeons Gate in Ankeny, IA! Also in this episode, we talk about how refreshing it is to play all games everyone knows at a game night..rarity for us, can you tell how many different ways Rob pronounces Tomáš, and what crazy beverage does Jake like when its warm? Lastly we all give our definitive ranking of all 3 games by this designer thus far! This and more on this episode of The Board Boys Podcast! As always, we hope you like boardgames! 0:00 - Intro 3:00 - Galileo Galilei Introduction 6:00 - Interlude 6:15 - Galileo Galilei Initital Thoughts 8:00 - Galileo Galilei Pros and Cons 31:45 - Galileo Galilei Final Thoughts 35:00 - Tea Garden Introduction 40:15 - Tea Garden Intitial Thoughts 42:15 - Tea Garden Pros and Cons 59:10 - Tea Garden Final Thoughts 1:04:05 - Bump or Dump - Evenfall 1:07:10 - Patron Thanks and Outro
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Season 17, Episode 3 - Endeavor Deep Sea
08/28/2025
Season 17, Episode 3 - Endeavor Deep Sea
Hey Everybody! In this episode of The Board Boys Podcast we take an actual deep dive into Endeavor Deep Sea from Grand Gamers Guild and Burnt Island Games! We are joined by a guest host Bryce Bickham from Bickham Games and we talk about their upcoming game Dreyfall coming to Kickstarter on September 23rd! We also have some submarine talk, Jeremy2 plays Lucy to Rob's Charlie Brown with his copy of Endeavor Deep Sea, Cam revisits his Pillars of Cam Gaming, and we talk Vilisca axe murderer house while discovering what a group of squirrels is called. As always we hope you like boardgames! 0:00 - Intro 5:00 - Dreyfall from Bickham Games 18:00 - Battle of Hoth 21:30 - The Game Makers 25:26 - Logic and Lore 28:00 - Game of Thieves 29:00 - Endeavor Deep Sea Overview 32:55 - Interlude 33:30 - Endeavor Deep Sea Initial Thoughts 38:50 - Endeavor Deep Sea Pros 50:20 - Endeavor Deep Sea Cons 55:35 - Endeavor Deep Sea Final Thoughts 1:02:36 - Bump or Dump - Rock Hard 1977 1:06:30 - Squirels and Vilisca Murder House 1:08:45 - Patron Thanks and Outro
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Season 17, Episode 2 - Alma Mater
08/14/2025
Season 17, Episode 2 - Alma Mater
In this episode we explore Alma Mater from some companies that dont exist anymore. Also a visit from BB Joe and Cam gives us a Latin Lesson. We are also LIVE from once again and I hope Cam doesn’t mind the use of exclamation points in this blurb! Joe also shows us that he can’t remember what games he plays. Cam also flexes at how good he is at making playlists – I bet he made the best mixtapes. 0:00 - Intro 2:00 - Cam Latin Lessons 4:10 - Hutan Life in the Rainforest 8:45 - Clank Legacy Season 2 10:25 - Spooktacular 14:00 - Hot Streak 17:10 - Vantage 20:50 - Tekken The Boardgame 23:10 - TI4 on BGA 25:40 - Alma Mater Intro 27:10 - Interlude 27:45 - Alma Mater Initial Thoughts 32:05 - Alma Mater Pros 43:00 - Alma Mater Cons 52:10 - Alma Mater Final Thoughts 59:10 - Bump or Dump - Coimbra 1:02:30 - Patron Thanks and Outro
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Season 17 - Beau-nuss Episode - GenCon 2025
08/08/2025
Season 17 - Beau-nuss Episode - GenCon 2025
Day 0 - Wednesday 0:00 - Intro and Traveling 1:00 - Asmodee Media Event - Battle for Hoth, Brick Like This - Two Tower Tricking taking Game - Clash of Clans 3:10 - All Play Event - Soda Jerk - Tearable Quest Day 1 - Thursday 6:25 - Ace of Spades 7:10 - Tianxia 9:30 - Star Wars Super Teams 11:30 - Thebai 12:15 - Good Dog Bad Zombie 12:40 - Moose Games - Poppy Playtime, Menagerie - Hello Kitty & Friends Reach for the Stars 16:05 - Dicey Devices 17:00 - Logic and Lore 17:45 - Too Many Cats 18:35 - Purrramid 19:40 - The Dealers Tarot and Spooktacular 21:15 - Strike Tournament Day 2 - Friday 23:20 - All Play Games - 3 Witches, The Networks, Sail Legacy - Mountain Goats The Fabled Lands, Kabuto Sumo Dice - River Valley Jewel Craft, French Toast, Enchanted Ivy - Jibber Jabble, Pinata 27:50 - Formaggio 28:00 - Chip Theory Kids Games 29:30 - Castle Raisers 30:30 - Galaxy Trucker Event - Do What Expansion! 35:00 - Blood Rage Valhalla 35:40 - Battle Monsters 36:00 - Forbidden Island Legacy 36:42 - CGE Games - SETI Expansion, Wispwood 38:00 - Tiny Tina's Wonderland 38:40 - Neopets TCG 40:43 - Screwball Scramble 3 - Level Up 40:50 - Transgalactica 41:20 - Hot Streak 42:30 - Poppy's Playtime Day 3 - Saturday 43:40 - Lowlands 45:45 - Doom Game from Modiphius 47:10 - Four Doors 47:40 - Land vs Sea 48:45 - Enemies of Gotham City 49:35 - Battle for Hoth 50:00 - Zenith 50:32 - Yokohama Duel 51:15 - Polaris 51:50 - Gone to Gaia 53:30 - Dead by Daylight 54:00 - Nature Day 4 - Sunday 56:00 - Horrified Dungeons and Dragons 57:20 - Heroscape Event 58:40 - The Game Makers Part 2 59:55 - NEW Chronicles of Crime 1:00:50 - There and Back Again 1:02:30 - 12 Rivers 1:05:30 - Tea Garden 1:07:30 - Outro
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Season 17, Episode 1 - Wroth
07/31/2025
Season 17, Episode 1 - Wroth
Hey welcome to another episode of The Board Boys Podcast and thanks joining in Season 17! This time we main review Wroth from Chip Theory Games. We also talk about what would happen if this game had a finance theme! Rob also talks about his vacation and work trip and all the games played. We take a sneak peak at the expansion for Civolution and we wrape it up with a look back at Inventions from Eagle Gryphon Games! Until next time we hope you like board games! 0:00 - Intro 1:20 - Finance and LOTR Orcs 4:55 - Robs Road Trip and The Board Room Washington, DC 8:50 - Slambo 12:15 - Praga Caput Regni 13:20 - Rebel Princess 14:15 - Startups 18:15 - Carpe Diem 21:05 - Civolution Expansion Talk 23:45 - Odin 25:20 - Pergola 28:30 - Twilight Inscription 29:50 - Wroth Intro 32:00 - Interlude 32:35 - Wroth Main Review 56:00 - Wroth Final Thoughts 1:06:05 - Bump or Dump - Inventions 1:11:25 - Patron Thanks and Outro
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Season 16, Episode 13 - Corps of Discovery
07/17/2025
Season 16, Episode 13 - Corps of Discovery
Welcome to the Season 16 finale! Our feature review this week is Corp of Discovery: A Game Set in the World of Manifest Destiny from Off The Page Games. Also, in this one we talk about Rob not finishing his challenges. We record live from Dungeon's Gate in Ankeny, IA and we deep dive into Trickerion with all the fixins from Mindclash Games. There is also some talk about Square One from the makers of Project L and we also do some astronomy with Galileo Galilei from Capstone Games. Finally, we look back at Beyond the Sun from Rio Grande Games! Thanks, and we hope you like boardgames. 0:00 - Intro 2:00 - Robs Not Played Stuff 7:25 - Live From Dungeon's Gate 8:00 - Trickerion w/ Expansions, Variant and KS Talk 15:45 - Square One 18:40 - Galileo Galilei 29:30 - Corps of Discovery Intro 35:15 - Interlude 35:45 - Corps of Discovery - Initial Thoughts 38:50 - Corps of Discovery - Pros 54:40 - Corps of Discovery - Cons 1:01:05 - Corps of Discovery - Final Thoughts 1:06:05 - Bump or Dump - Beyond the Sun 1:10:00 - Thanks and Outro
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Season 16, Episode 12 - Transgalactica
07/03/2025
Season 16, Episode 12 - Transgalactica
It is another episode of The Board Boys Podcast and on the docket for this one was Transgalactica from Devir Games and our boy Daniele Tascini! We also have some new official music from Marcelo F(@resetcubestudio)! Join us as we tackle the tracks on tracks as well as some errata as well as some video game talk and some smaller box games from All Play and Bezier Games with Oddland and Rebel Princess. Also we gush over Toy Battle from Repos Productions some more! 0:00 - Intro 2:00 - New music and Civolution Boings 4:30 - Sunderfolk 7:30 - Split Fiction 11:00 - The Anarchy (Solo Talk) 14:00 - Oddland 16:00 - Rebel Princess + Expansion 17:50 - Toy Battle 24:10 - Transgalactica Overview 27:20 - Transgalactica Initial Thoughts 29:00 - Transgalactica Pros 42:00 - Transgalactica Cons 1:00:00 - Transgalactica Final Thoughts 1:05:50 - Bump or Dump - Skyrise and Cascadero 1:07:35 - Outro
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Season 16, Episode 11 - A Gest of Robin Hood
06/19/2025
Season 16, Episode 11 - A Gest of Robin Hood
Board Boys are back to play a Robin Hood game, but it's not your father's Robin Hood, or so they say. Warning, A Gest of Robin Hood is gritty and dark and real and raw, if you have an excellent imagination. If you don't, (like Cam), it's basically carriage pushin: the game. 0:00 Intro, E.V.A. - Jean Jacques Perrey 2:30 Spaceballs and Game Show talk 16:30 Anachrony 21:45 Money! 26:00 A Beaument with Mo 36:15 A Gest of Robin Hood: Overview 40:30 Spaceballs Main Theme - John Morris 41:30 A Gest of Robin Hood: Review 59:00 A Gest of Robin Hood: Verdict 1:03:00 Board Boys Bump: Ezra and Nehemiah 1:07:15 Thank You, Patrons 1:07:45 Yoda - "Weird Al" Yankovic
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Season 16, Episode 10 - Tales of the Arthurian Knights
06/05/2025
Season 16, Episode 10 - Tales of the Arthurian Knights
Board Boys travel through all the realm in search of adventure in Tales of the Arthurian Knights, an exciting narrative light rpg adventure and reimplementation of the classic Tales of the Arabian Nights. 0:00 Intro, E.V.A. - Jean Jacques Perrey 5:00 Spiel des Jahres talk 10:00 Scooby Doo the Board Game 12:00 Bloomchasers 16:15 Meeple Circus 21:00 Cretaceous Rails 23:50 Kinfire Delve 29:00 Mind the Gap 32:00 Tales of the Arthurian Knights: Overview 34:45 The Wizard - Uriah Heep 36:15 Tales of the Arthurian Knights: Review 1:14:00 Tales of the Arthurian Knights: Verdict 1:26:30 Board Boys Bump: Anunnaki: Dawn of the Gods 1:29:00 Thank You, Patrons 1:30:00 Lady Fantasy - Camel
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Season 16, Episode 9 - The Anarchy
05/22/2025
Season 16, Episode 9 - The Anarchy
Board Boys are back with two giant spreadsheets and a set of small blocks in the Anarchy, from Garphill Games and designer Bobby Hill. If you like Hadrian's Wall, you'll probably love this one. 0:00 Intro, E.V.A - Jean Jacques Perrey 18:00 Apiary 21:30 Gentle Rain 24:30 Corps of Discovery: A Game Set in the World of Manifest Destiny 29:00 Karvi 32:00 Forest Shuffle 35:00 Old Salt 38:15 The Anarchy: Overview 41:00 Firestarter: The Prodigy 42:00 The Anarchy: Review 1:12:30 The Anarchy: Verdict 1:27:00 Board Boys Bump: Obsession 1:31:30 Thank You, Patrons 1:32:30 Praise You - Fatboy Slim
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Season 16, Episode 8 - Men-Nefer
05/08/2025
Season 16, Episode 8 - Men-Nefer
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
04/24/2025
Season 16, Episode 7 - Galactic Cruise
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
04/11/2025
Season 16, Episode 6 - Civolution
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 5:00 - Cam Almost Died from a Frozen Pizza 9:25 - Lockup and Lockup: Breakout 13:15 - Goblin Vaults 15:25 - Emerald Skulls 19:35 - Stalk Exchange 22:30 - Azul Duel 23:45 - Pax Games 26:35 - Power Vacuum 30:30 - Civolution Intro 34:50 - Civolution Initial Thoughts 40:00 - Civolution Pros and Cons 1:20:00 - Final Thoughts on Civolution 1:29:35 - Bump or Dump - Trismegistus 1:33:10 - Outro and Patron Thanks
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Season 16, Episode 5 - Finspan
03/27/2025
Season 16, Episode 5 - Finspan
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
03/13/2025
Season 16, Episode 4 - 2P Games ft: Lord of the Rings: Duel for Middle Earth
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 the Rings: Duel for Middle Earth 37:45 - King of Tokyo Duel 48:55 - Star Wars The Deck Building Game 59:20 - Bump or Dump - Ticket to Ride Legacy: Legends of the West 1:06:00 - Outro and Patron Thanks
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Season 16, Episode 3 - Pampero
02/27/2025
Season 16, Episode 3 - Pampero
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 Springfield 32:15 Pampero: Review 1:01:00 Pampero: Verdict 1:08:00 Board Boys Bump: Voidfall 1:14:30 Thank You, Patrons 1:15:00 Against the Wind - Bog Seger & The Silver Bullet Band
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Season 16, Episode 2 - SETI: Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
02/13/2025
Season 16, Episode 2 - SETI: Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
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 Cells: The Rogue-Lite Board Game 18:30 Sky Team 36:45 Little Alchemists 43:00 SETI: Overview 47:00 No Doubt About It - Hot Chocolate 48:15 SETI: Review 1:20:30 SETI: Verdict 1:28:00 Board Boys Bump: Djinn 1:33:30 Thank You, Patrons 1:34:15 Here Come the Martian Martians - Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers
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Season 16, Episode 1 - Resafa
01/30/2025
Season 16, Episode 1 - Resafa
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
01/16/2025
Season 15, Episode 13 - Unconscious Mind
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: Federation 1:25:15 Thank You, Patrons 1:26:15 Talking In Your Sleep - The Romantics
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Season 15, Episode 12 - Fromage
01/02/2025
Season 15, Episode 12 - Fromage
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
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Season 15, Episode 11 - Explorers of Navoria /The Best Medicine feat. GLiB Games
12/20/2024
Season 15, Episode 11 - Explorers of Navoria /The Best Medicine feat. GLiB Games
Board Boys boooooost down some tracks and pick up some cards in Explorers of Navoria, a game by Meng Chunlin. Also in this episode we talk with local designers GLiB games about their awesome new game, The Best Medicine. 0:00 Intro, E.V.A. - Jean Jacques Perrey 13:30 The Best Medicine w GLiB Games 29:30 Middle Ages 31:30 Only Murders in the Building: The Game 37:00 Explorers of Navoria: Overview 40:30 Ms. Jackson - Outkast 41:30 Explorers of Navoria: Review 1:04:00 Explorers of Navoria: Verdict 1:10:00 Board Boys Bump: Nucleum 1:17:15 Thank You, Patrons 1:18:00 Children Go Where I Send Thee - The Roches
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