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Episode 45: Filler Games We Love, with Matthew Jude
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06/21/24 • 129 min
Matthew Jude from This Game is Broken and Watch It Played joins Candice to discuss their favorite filler games.
- 00:00:00 Introduction
- 00:01:55 YesLand
- 00:05:42 Fresh Plays
- 00:06:11 Skate Summer
- 00:12:17 Merlin
- 00:27:06 Some of Matthew's favorite Feld games (Trajan, Castles of Burgundy, Carpe Diem , Bora Bora, Macao, Amerigo, The Oracle of Delphi)
- 00:29:04 Civolution
- 00:31:02 Camino a Xibalba: Pitz
- 00:40:06 Mythic Mischief, That Time You Killed Me
- 00:41:21 Tragedy Looper: New Tragedies
- 00:49:30 Alchemists
- 00:56:20 Filler Games We Love
- 00:58:15 No Thanks!
- 01:03:40 For Sale
- 01:09:16 Qin
- 01:14:36 Bullet♥︎
- 01:15:16 Sea Salt & Paper
- 01:20:19 Pixies
- 01:21:58 Cabanga!
- 01:26:32 Abandon All Artichokes
- 01:27:59 Arboretum
- 01:31:29 Lost Cities
- 01:36:10 Null & Nichtig
- 01:40:24 Stick 'Em
- 01:41:25 Schadenfreude
- 01:46:16 Too Many Cooks (Foodie Forest)
- 01:54:44 Biblios
- 02:01:48 Matthew's Honorable Mentions (Fuji Flush, Newsboys, Captain Flip, Drop It)
- 02:02:40 Biblios: Quill and Parchment
- 02:02:58 Candice's Honorable Mentions (Trick and Trade, Little Tavern, Spicy, Potato Man, Faraway, Eggs & Empires)
- 02:07:18 Sign-off
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Episode 44: Board Game Hobby Pet Peeves, with Alan Moon
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06/07/24 • 85 min
Ticket to Ride designer Alan Moon joins Candice to discuss what they've been playing recently and their board game hobby pet peeves.
- 00:00:00 Introduction
- 00:04:46 My Island
- 00:05:33 Union Pacific
- 00:08:46 Candice's BGG.Spring Recap
- 00:09:14 Arcs
- 00:09:38 KeyForge with Roy
- 00:10:05 Border Reivers
- 00:11:18 Ryan Courtney's New Light Puzzle Game Series (Five Boroughs)
- 00:12:44 Gems of Iridescia
- 00:15:15 Turnip
- 00:17:22 Forum Trajanum
- 00:20:40 Fresh Plays
- 00:21:04 Path of Civilization
- 00:23:55 Little Tavern
- 00:28:24 Ancient Knowledge
- 00:31:44 La Famiglia
- 00:44:38 The Adventures of Robin Hood
- 00:49:11 Garden Guests
- 00:55:20 Our Board Game Hobby Pet Peeves
- 00:55:56 Alan's Pet Peeve #1
- 01:02:09 Candice's Pet Peeve #1
- 01:03:51 Alan's Pet Peeve #2
- 01:08:50 Candice's Pet Peeve #2
- 01:11:43 Alan's Pet Peeve #3
- 01:17:17 Candice's Pet Peeve #3
- 01:23:33 Sign-off
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Episode 40: Our Favorite Board Games Based on TV Shows, with Meeple Lady
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04/12/24 • 99 min
Board game blogger Meeple Lady joins Candice to discuss their favorite board games based on TV shows.
- 00:00:00 Introduction
- 00:01:19 Circle DC Recap
- 00:09:02 Fresh Plays
- 00:09:28 Arcs
- 00:15:19 Dune: Imperium - Uprising
- 00:29:10 Rafter Five
- 00:32:44 Flesh and Blood: Round the Table
- 00:44:02 Our Favorite Board Games Based on TV Shows
- 00:45:37 Clue: The Golden Girls
- 00:48:08 Narcos: The Board Game
- 00:54:32 Jarl: The Vikings Tile-Laying Game
- 00:57:01 Sons of Anarchy: Men of Mayhem
- 01:04:38 The X-Files: Circle of Truth (re-implementation of Circle the Wagons)
- 01:09:59 A Game of Thrones: The Board Game (Second Edition)
- 01:16:02 The Expanse Board Game
- 01:26:24 Battlestar Galactica: The Board Game
- 01:32:18 Unfathomable
- 01:33:44 Star Trek: Ascendancy
- 01:35:20 Star Trek Discovery: Black Alert
- 01:37:17 Sign-off
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Episode 37: Roll-and-Write Games We Love, with Antoine Bauza
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02/16/24 • 75 min
Game designer Antoine Bauza joins Candice to discuss their favorite roll-and-write games.
- 00:00:00 Introduction
- 00:01:17 Captain Flip (PlayPunk)
- 00:04:25 Fresh Plays
- 00:04:37 My Island
- 00:06:33 Tyrants of the Underdark
- 00:11:56 The White Castle
- 00:15:33 Dinosaur Gauge
- 00:26:40 Roll-and-Write Games We Love
- 00:27:01 What roll-and-write games are all about
- 00:32:11 Roll Through the Ages
- 00:34:29 That's Pretty Clever! (Ganz schön clever)
- 00:38:11 Qwixx
- 00:41:08 House of Cats
- 00:47:01 Super-Skill Pinball: 4-Cade
- 00:51:56 Trek 12
- 00:55:07 Vengeance: Roll & Fight
- 01:01:08 Qwinto
- 01:04:10 Divvy Dice (Man muss auch gönnen können)
- 01:10:13 Other roll-and-writes Candice wants to try (Twilight Inscription, Fleet: The Dice Game, Long Shot: The Dice Game)
- 01:13:42 Sign-off
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Episode 35: Trick-Taking Extremes, with Taylor Reiner
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01/19/24 • 131 min
Taylor Reiner from the Taylor’s Trick-Taking Table YouTube channel joins Candice to discuss complexity in trick-taking games, as well as a variety of card games they played recently at a gaming event focused on trick-taking games.
- 00:00:00 Introduction
- 00:02:10 Taylor's Experience at Tokyo Game Market
- 00:03:52 Short Zoot Suit
- 00:02:10 Taylor's Experience at Tokyo Game Market
- 00:10:20 Fresh Plays
- 00:10:41 Maze Makers
- 00:15:05 Mindbug: First Contact
- 00:20:29 Lines of Action
- 00:23:42 Last Message
- 00:34:26 Complexity in Trick-Taking Games
- 00:45:03 Lighter trick-taking games (Whist, Boast or Nothing, Hearts, The Crew)
- 00:49:27 Trick-Taking Games on Our Minds
- 00:51:08 The Kakapo: Buddy & Party
- 00:56:22 Makai Fuda
- 01:04:25 LOOP
- 01:11:20 Trick Raiders
- 01:20:07 Baronda
- 01:25:12 Sumida River
- 01:34:22 Iyadosu
- 01:36:15 Extreme Tricks
- 01:47:37 Tichu
- 01:51:28 La bâtarde
- 02:09:23 Sign-off
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Episode 34: 2024 Releases on Our Radars, with Elaine from No Pun Included
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01/05/24 • 119 min
Elaine from the No Pun Included joins Candice to discuss games they're looking forward to in 2024.
- 00:00:00 Introduction
- 00:07:12 New Year's Resolutions
- 00:14:10 Fresh Plays
- 00:14:33 Sleeping Gods: Distant Skies
- 00:20:32 Freelancers: A Crossroads Game
- 00:29:52 Spots
- 00:35:13 Cyberion
- 00:48:22 2024 Releases on Our Radars
- 00:50:11 Honorable Mentions (The Elder Scrolls: Betrayal of the Second Era + KeyForge: Grim Reminders)
- 00:52:19 Molly House
- 01:04:05 Ironwood
- 01:09:07 Tycoon: India 1981
- 01:15:01 Rock Hard: 1977
- 01:18:06 Pax Penning
- 01:24:01 Red Dust Rebellion (All Bridges Burning, and How GMT’s COIN Series Captured My Heart)
- 01:37:05 Undergrove
- 01:42:24 Gaia Project: The Lost Fleet
- 01:47:01 The Morrison Game Factory
- 01:51:30 Arcs
- 01:57:23 Sign-off
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Episode 32: BGG.CON '23 Gaming Highlights, with Tim from Board Game Hot Takes
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12/08/23 • 120 min
Tim from the Board Game Hot Takes podcast joins Candice to discuss their gaming highlights from BGG.CON 2023.
- 00:00:00 Introduction
- 00:01:28 Board Game Hot Takes
- 00:05:22 The BGG.CON Vibe
- 00:07:59 Hot Games Room + HUGE Game Library
- 00:10:18 Exhibit Hall + Open Gaming Areas
- 00:12:43 Panels + Special Guests
- 00:14:29 "Board Game Celebrities"
- 00:17:20 Fresh Plays
- 00:17:54 Ark Nova: Marine Worlds
- 00:26:55 Raising Robots
- 00:38:49 Grand Austria Hotel
- 00:46:53 Forest Shuffle
- 01:01:50 Our BGG.CON '23 Gaming Highlights
- 01:02:25 New Games Played - (Evacuation, Kutna Hora, Arboretum)
- 01:03:20 Federation
- 01:11:13 Arboretum
- 01:12:55 Prototypes & Unreleased Games Played
- 01:13:31 Martin Wallace prototypes (Steam Power, Animal Rules Football, "Chinese Whist")
- 01:24:15 Raas: A Dance of Love
- 01:28:13 Galactic Cruise
- 01:31:17 Wilmot's Warehouse
- 01:35:19 Teaching Games I Love (Scythe, Voidfall, Outlive)
- 01:37:35 Clank! Catacombs
- 01:41:22 Shifty Eyed Spies
- 01:46:11 Late Night Party Games - (Challengers!, Letter Jam, Ricochet Robots)
- 01:46:48 Fun Facts
- 01:50:34 KeyForge (Winds of Exchange)
- 01:02:25 New Games Played - (Evacuation, Kutna Hora, Arboretum)
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Episode 31: The 2023 BGG Holiday Gift Guide, with Steph Hodge
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11/24/23 • 98 min
Steph Hodge from All the Meeples of the Rainbow joins Candice to discuss the 2023 BGG Holiday Gift Guide games.
- 00:00:00 Introduction
- 00:02:34 Nemesis at BGG.CON
- 00:06:36 Fresh Plays
- 00:06:53 Empire's End
- 00:12:14 Revive
- 00:24:03 Challengers!
- 00:31:20 The Rich and The Good
- 00:39:51 Divinity Derby
- 00:42:14 The 2023 BGG Holiday Gift Guide Games
- Modern Classics
- 00:46:53 Azul
- 00:47:19 CATAN
- 00:48:18 Sagrada
- 00:49:55 Bonus Mention (Ra)
- Stocking Stuffers
- 00:50:52 Noobs in Space
- 00:52:48 Ohanami
- 00:53:51 Romi Rami
- 00:55:28 Bonus Mentions (Button Shy wallet games/Battlecrest,Wizards Cup)
- Kids Games
- 00:57:41 Capt'n Pepe: Treasure Ahoy!
- 00:58:42 Forbidden Desert
- 00:59:57 Ticket to Ride: First Journey (U.S.)
- Solo Games
- 01:00:43 Arkham Horror: The Card Game (Revised Edition)
- 01:03:10 Cartographers
- 01:05:21 Marvel Champions: The Card Game
- 01:06:42 Bonus Mentions (20 Strong, Hoplomachus Victorum)
- Two-Player Games
- 01:12:15 Fiction
- 01:14:37 Sky Team
- 01:16:12 Wingspan Asia
- 01:17:16 Bonus Mentions (Splendor Duel, 7 Wonders Duel, Jaipur, Targi, General Orders: World War II, Blitzkrieg!: World War Two in 20 Minutes, Tokaido Duo)
- Family Games
- 01:19:31 Cascadia
- 01:19:40 PARKS
- 01:20:08 Trekking Through History
- 01:20:42 Bonus Mentions (Challengers!, Polynesia)
- Party Games
- 01:21:49 Blank Slate
- 01:22:23 Codenames + One Night Ultimate Werewolf
- 01:22:38 Bonus Mentions (Green Team Wins, Just One , Sides, Ready Set Bet)
- Midweight Games
- 01:24:22 Marvel Dice Throne
- 01:25:05 My City (or My Island)
- 01:25:53 Terraforming Mars: The Dice Game
- 01:26:43 Bonus Mentions (The Princes of Florence, IKI, Apiary)
- Heavy Games
- 01:28:07 Ark Nova
- 01:28:14 Carnegie
- 01:28:36 Teotihuacan: City of Gods
- 01:29:23 Bonus Mentions (Age of Innovation, Skymines, any version of Great Western Trail)
- Cooperative Games
- 01:31:08 Exit: The Game – Advent Calendar: The Silent Storm
- 01:31:46 Indiana Jones: Sands of Adventure
- 01:32:53 KuZOOkA
- 01:34:23 Bonus Mentions (The Crew
- Modern Classics
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Episode 30: Extended Fresh Plays, with Justin Bell from Meeple Mountain
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11/10/23 • 155 min
Meeple Mountain board game reviewer Justin Bell joins Candice to discuss their recent plays of new releases from SPIEL '23 and more.
- 00:00:00 Introduction
- 00:02:43 Historical Board Game Conventions (GMT Weekend at the Warehouse + SD Hist Con)
- 00:06:00 Extended Fresh Plays
- 00:07:15 Kutna Hora: The City of Silver
- 00:16:17 Rebel Princess
- 00:27:14 StegegetS Moomin
- 00:32:51 Septima
- 00:55:03 Zhanguo: The First Empire
- 01:06:52 Land and Freedom
- 01:22:54 Nucleum
- 01:35:28 Border Reivers
- 01:52:35 Rats of Wistar
- 02:02:28 Arcs
- 02:20:48 Quicksand
- 02:26:07 Evacuation
- 02:33:44 Sign-off
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Episode 64: Cozy Games We Love, with Jenna from The Board Game Garden
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03/14/25 • 97 min
Jenna from The Board Game Garden joins Candice to discuss some of their favorite cozy games.
- 00:00:00 Introduction
- 00:05:36 Fresh Plays
- 00:06:06 Raiders of Scythia
- 00:12:02 Whistle Mountain
- 00:24:58 Reforest
- 00:30:57 Black Rose Wars: Rebirth
- 00:48:16 Cozy Games We Love
- 00:52:30 Mind Space
- 00:55:40 Finding Calm
- 00:56:44 River Valley Glassworks
- 00:58:17 A Gentle Rain
- 01:00:33 Rivages
- 01:04:31 Patchwork
- 01:06:55 Creature Comforts
- 01:08:48 Chakra
- 01:13:10 Nusfjord
- 01:15:28 Le Havre
- 01:17:17 Tangram City
- 01:20:50 Beer & Bread
- 01:21:32 Hamlet: The Village Building Game
- 01:22:33 Fountains
- 01:23:15 Conservas
- 01:27:33 Bonus Mentions (Flamecraft, Everdell, Meadow, Lands of Galzyr, Tokaido, Let's Go to Japan, Three Sisters, Fleet: The Dice Game, Coffee Roaster, Café, Harmonies, Paupers' Ladder)
- 00:52:30 Mind Space
- 01:35:23 Sign-off
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How many episodes does The BoardGameGeek Podcast have?
The BoardGameGeek Podcast currently has 66 episodes available.
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The episode title 'Episode 46: The Best Board Games Based on Movies, with Eleni/Cardboard Rhino from CGE' is the most popular.
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The average episode length on The BoardGameGeek Podcast is 108 minutes.
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