The Board Game Triangle

We discuss games based on existing IP, whether they are good, bad, or ugly, with guest Jared from Meeple Mentor returning to share an informed viewpoint.

Due to the mysterious connections of Ken, we were able to score an interview way outside our weight class with Jared of the Meeple Mentor! We discuss his favorite games, how he built his channel, and his new book, Push Your Luck: The Board Game Dictionary.

More Board Game Geek top 100 content. Because sometimes you want to hear about games from people who haven't played them.

We talk about board game expansions, including when and why you might consider contracting your wallet size for a few or twenty.

We continue working down the list, and offer to play some games with you if you have them!

We talk about game length, what we like and dislike about different lengths, and how that impacts our collection and what we get to the table.

We talk about what game complexity even is, and whether there is such a thing as too complex.

In a worrying trend riveting followup, the gang continues to profess their ignorance of the Board Game Geek: Top 100.Come learn how equally uncultured you are!This will be 2023's last episode; see you in January!

In a topic as old as time, we frolic through the Board Game Geek: Top 100, and discuss our feelings about the games on the list.Look mom, we made it!

A continuation of Episode 3's introduction to game categories and it's first deep-dive follow up (Episode 5); we further explore some other popular game types in detail. One more part to follow in the future.

We spill the tea about the spoken (and unspoken!) rules of getting along with others while playing games together.Oh, and don't spill any actual tea on our games please.

We have on our first guest and we talk about Kickstarter games, including why you should definitely get them...and also why you should never get them!POST RECORDING: Unfortunately we lost a decent chunk of Toms recording due to network issues that we didn't know until editing. So, in case you are wondering why we talked tons rather than Tom, it's because we lost his audio so we had to edit around it. :(

After introducing several popular game categories, The trio further explore games they like with respect to role playing, social deduction, and worker placement.The start of a multi-part series.

We discuss some useful things to know and consider when it comes to hosting a board game night, including: planning, invitations, food, teaching/piloting a game, and overall general execution tips for your event. Your friends will definitely want to come over and play again!

We assess what kinds of board gamers exist, their play styles, and how these game types might appeal to certain players!Games Generally Mentioned:Twilight Imperium 4th Edition, Ark Nova, Terraforming Mars, Spirit Island, Magic: The Gathering, Talisman, Heroes of Might and Magic III: The Board Game, Two Rooms and A BoomGame Categories:Social Deduction - Ultimate Werewolf, Avalon, Secret HitlerWorker Placement - Viticulture, Lords of Waterdeep, Champions of Midgard, Dune: Imperium, Atlantis RisingDeck Builders - Magic: The Gathering, Dune: Imperium, Arkham Horror: The Card Game, NetRunner, DominionBag Builders - The Quacks of Quedlinburg, Clank!: A Deck-Building AdventureTableau/Engine-Builders - Mechs vs Minions, Everdell, Terraforming Mars, Wingspan, Beyond the SunCooperative - Mechs vs Minions, Atlantis Rising, Spirit IslandRPG - Dungeons and Dragons (D&D), Gloomhaven (and Jaws of the Lion), Descent: Journeys in the Dark4X (Explore, Exploit, Expand, Exterminate)/Area-Control : Risk, Kemet, Twilight Imperium 4th Edition[roll/flip] N' Write - Railroad Ink

POST-RELEASE NOTE: The current upload is a little buggy in a couple spots (some editor issues), so please bear with us until we can get a fixed version re-uploaded. Thanks!We talk about our favorite games for introducing friends and loved ones who aren't into board games into our hobby!Introductory games mentioned:Codenames, Mysterium, Paleo, Skull, Fog of Love, Lost Cities, Patchwork, Cryptid, Chronicles of Crime, Railroad InkOther games mentioned:Scythe, Terraforming Mars, [Settlers of] Catan, BANG!, Stone Age, Dominion, Magic: The Gathering (MTG), Trivial Persuit, Talisman, Cash and Guns, Wingspan, Twilight Imperium, Pictionary, Apples to Apples, Pandemic, Uno

We welcome all of you to learn a bit about us as we talk about what kind of games we like, what makes a game outstanding to each of us, and of course...what our favorite games are!POST-RELEASE NOTES: We plan on eventually doing an improved cut of this episode, and audio quality greatly improves in general as we fix issues in episodes 3+ (especially Tim...microphone was inconsistent distances for first few episodes). Thanks for giving us a listen, and be sure to check out our later episodes!