It’s been a while since we’ve plumbed the depths of the bottomless chasm we call “fanmail”, so this week we’re reaching our hands as far as we can and pulling out some questions that have yet to see the light of say. Before we dig too greedily and too deep, we talk about Politrickers, Marvel Champions: The Card Game, and Banana Governance.
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Timecodes:
02:19 – Politrickers 10:47 – Marvel Champions: The Card Game 19:13 – Banana Governance 30:33 – Minimum expectations with new players? 40:59 – “Late to the Party” games? 47:19 – Stuff that we’re looking forward to! 47:45 – The Danes 56:57 – Purple Haze
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The people demand takes, so get ’em while they’re hot. We’re weighing in on some possibly bad, certainly edgy opinions, and deciding where we land (spoiler: we’re always right). Before we get heated, we talk about Diplomacy: The Golden Blade, and Cozy Stickerville.
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Timecodes:
01:46 – Diplomacy: The Golden Blade 12:33 – Cozy Stickerville 25:41 – Hot takes! 26:11 – Co-op games are just single player games with an audience 32:01 – Catch Up mechanics ruin competitive integrity 37:39 – Legacy games are a predatory waste of money 41:22 – If a game takes more than 30 minutes to teach, it’s a bad design 45:56 – Player elimination is actually a good mechanism 47:36 – Hidden victory points are a cowardly design choice 51:38 – Gateway games Like Catan or Monopoly should be actively avoided 52:44 – House ruling a game means you bought the wrong game 53:10 – Theme is a myth 54:13 – Kickstarter deluxe editions are actively ruining the hobby
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Timecodes:
01:46 – Diplomacy: The Golden Blade 12:33 – Cozy Stickerville 25:41 – Hot takes! 26:11 – Co-op games are just single player games with an audience 32:01 – Catch Up mechanics ruin competitive integrity 37:39 – Legacy games are a predatory waste of money 41:22 – If a game takes more than 30 minutes to teach, it’s a bad design 45:56 – Player elimination is actually a good mechanism 47:36 – Hidden victory points are a cowardly design choice 51:38 – Gateway games Like Catan or Monopoly should be actively avoided 52:44 – House ruling a game means you bought the wrong game 53:10 – Theme is a myth 54:13 – Kickstarter deluxe editions are actively ruining the hobby
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We had such fun collaboratively coming up with our definitive Top 50 list back in December, that we’ve decided to do it again. In the spirit of award season, we’re celebrating the games of yesteryear, or yester-ten-years to be precise. It’s the definitive best games of 2016, as decided cooperatively by us! Before we come together, we talk about Shady Lady, In the Shadows: Resistance in France 1943 – 1944, and Duel for Cardia.
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Timecodes:
03:02 – Shady Lady 09:58 – In the Shadows: Resistance in France 1943 – 1944 20:25 – Duel for Cardia 27:12 – Games of 2016 32:28 – Krazy Wordz 35:00 – New Angeles 37:20 – The Oracle of Delphi 39:50 – Great Western Trail 42:06 – Scythe 44:40 – Fuji Flush 46:38 – A Feast for Odin 51:42 – Insider 53:48 – Inis 55:57 – SiXeS
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Timecodes:
03:02 – Shady Lady 09:58 – In the Shadows: Resistance in France 1943 – 1944 20:25 – Duel for Cardia 27:12 – Games of 2016 32:28 – Krazy Wordz 35:00 – New Angeles 37:20 – The Oracle of Delphi 39:50 – Great Western Trail 42:06 – Scythe 44:40 – Fuji Flush 46:38 – A Feast for Odin 51:42 – Insider 53:48 – Inis 55:57 – SiXeS
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It’s long been said that we’re the foremost experts in knowing which way the awards winds blow, so we’re putting our talents to use guessing, nay, predicting, nay, deciding who the winners in the Golden Geeks are going to be. Before we geek out, we talk about Chronicles of Crime: 2400, Quarto, and Shackleton Base: A Journey to the Moon.
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Timecodes:
04:07 – Chronicles of Crime: 2400 12:00 – Quarto 16:13 – Shackleton Base: A Journey to the Moon 30:16 – Golden Geeks 2025
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Timecodes:
04:07 – Chronicles of Crime: 2400 12:00 – Quarto 16:13 – Shackleton Base: A Journey to the Moon 30:16 – Golden Geeks 2025
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There are big spiky moments that happen in the meta that is the board game hobby, and the Brass: Pittsburgh crowdfunding campaign feels like one of them. It is after all, a successor to the #1 ranked game on BGG. That’s something! Enough so that it sent Mark into a bit of an existential spiral, and we’re here to talk him down. Before we catch a falling Wallace, we talk about Hummingbirds, Fendo, and Soothsayers.
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Oh man, oh man, it’s time that we ask you (yes, you) to tell us (yes, us) what your favourite games are, because for one time a year, it doesn’t matter what we think about games, but you better be ready to tell us what you think about games. A lot of you did, so here it is, the listener top 20! Before we ask you to do all the work, we talk about Emberheart, Gods & Mortals, and Feya’s Swamp.
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Timecodes:
01:30 – Emberheart 14:11 – Gods & Mortals 23:46 – Feya’s Swamp 33:38 – Listener Top 20 37:14 – A Feast for Odin 37:55 – Agricola 38:32 – Terraforming Mars 39:17 – Guards of Atlantis II 40:09 – Concordia 42:05 – Tigris & Euphrates 43:16 – Blood on the Clocktower 44:00 – El Grande 44:47 – The Castles of Burgundy 46:12 – Inis 47:38 – Race for the Galaxy 48:06 – Arcs 49:08 – Ark Nova 49:30 – Root 50:06 – Innovation 51:11 – Spirit Island 52:05 – Ra 52:51 – Brass: Birmingham 53:26 – Dune: Imperium 54:04 – Hansa Teutonica
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Timecodes:
01:30 – Emberheart 14:11 – Gods & Mortals 23:46 – Feya’s Swamp 33:38 – Listener Top 20 37:14 – A Feast for Odin 37:55 – Agricola 38:32 – Terraforming Mars 39:17 – Guards of Atlantis II 40:09 – Concordia 42:05 – Tigris & Euphrates 43:16 – Blood on the Clocktower 44:00 – El Grande 44:47 – The Castles of Burgundy 46:12 – Inis 47:38 – Race for the Galaxy 48:06 – Arcs 49:08 – Ark Nova 49:30 – Root 50:06 – Innovation 51:11 – Spirit Island 52:05 – Ra 52:51 – Brass: Birmingham 53:26 – Dune: Imperium 54:04 – Hansa Teutonica
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We made it back in one piece, and all told I think we did pretty well! We got through a heck of a lot of what we wanted to play, and we’re here to tell you all about it – including Dark Pact, Totally Human, and Banana Governance, and more!
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Timecodes:
02:36 – Totally Human 14:04 – Dark Pact 20:56 – Gold Country 28:21 – Staked! 32:58 – Secret Tribe 41:34 – Habemus Papam 50:11 – 3 Chapters 55:22 – Banana Governance 1:02:29 – Hellapagos
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Timecodes:
02:36 – Totally Human 14:04 – Dark Pact 20:56 – Gold Country 28:21 – Staked! 32:58 – Secret Tribe 41:34 – Habemus Papam 50:11 – 3 Chapters 55:22 – Banana Governance 1:02:29 – Hellapagos
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By the time you’re listening to this, we’re probably already in Vegas for Dice Tower West! We’re going to hang about all day playing games – which naturally leads to the question of what we’re going to play? These are the games we came up with! Before we bite off more than we can chew, we talk about Ghost Lift, Cities, and I, Napoleon.
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Timecodes:
02:31 – Ghost Lift 08:13 – Cities 14:06 – I, Napoleon 24:40 – Dice Tower West anticipated games 26:05 – Biblios 27:04 – Feya’s Swamp / Kaivai 28:26 – Cheese Thief 29:03 – Habemus Papam 31:15 – Wroth 33:33 – Greed Incorporated 35:39 – Dark Pact 38:45 – Secret Tribe 39:52 – Eternal Decks 41:03 – All In: Predictions 42:04 – Cthulhu: Dark Providence 44:14 – Robo Rally Dice
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I think it’s fair to say that we crushed this last year (although some of us better than others), so it’s only correct and right that we should return to do it again. What are the best games of 2026 going to be? Well, only we know, but we’re willing to part with that information. Get your fat stacks ready. Before we set ourselves up for failure, we talk about Alibis, Mosaic: A Story of Civilization, and Cyclades: Legendary Edition.
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Timecodes:
03:02 – Alibis 09:18 – Mosaic: A Story of Civilization 23:25 – Cyclades: Legendary Edition 36:27 – Anticipation Auction 2026 41:18 – The Game Makers 44:25 – Cozy Stickerville 46:39 – Brass: Pittsburgh 50:35 – The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers – Trick-taking Game 54:04 – Revenant 56:21 – World Order 59:31 – Dark Pact 1:02:28 – The Great Library 1:03:56 – Spirited 1:05:25 – Realm of Reckoning 1:08:55 – Avalon: The Riven Veil 1:12:57 – La Pâtisserie Rococo 1:14:24 – Nippon: Zaibatsu 1:17:24 – Rewild: South America 1:18:44 – Movers & Shakers
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All of this has happened before and will happen again. Everything comes back around, including games you could swear you’ve played before. Whether they’re remakes, reimplimentations, or rejuvenations, we’re tackling the world of board game revivals. Before what’s old is new, we talk about Agent Avenue,7 Empires, and Stellar Ventures.
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Timecodes:
02:24 – Agent Avenue 07:25 – 7 Empires 18:26 – Stellar Ventures 33:52 – Remakes 39:01 – Blood on the Clocktower 40:55 – Zoo Vadis 48:03 – Dune Imperium – Uprising 54:14 – A Feast for Odin
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Sometimes you know the type of game you want to play, just not exactly which game quite fits the bill. Is that heavy Euro too heavy? That deck builder not builder-y enough? Before we sit down with Goldilocks, we talk about Rise and Fall, and JOYRIDE: Survival of the Fastest.
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Timecodes:
01:09 – Rise and Fall 12:53 – JOYRIDE: Survival of the Fastest 25:08 – Games that are Just Right 29:30 – Hanabi 29:57 – Wilmot’s Warehouse 30:13 – Bomb Busters 33:25 – Eternal: Chronicles of the Throne 37:59 – Lisboa 38:55 – SETI: Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence 42:58 – Dominion
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Well, we started this thing, so I guess we ought to finish it, as ill-advised as that might be. This is where all the chickens come home to roost, where we learn how badly we’ve set ourselves up to fail – but you never know, it might just all work out! It’s the top ten greatest board games … of all-time!
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Timecodes:
06:29 – #10 – Codenames 13:56 – #9 – The Resistance 18:15 – #8 – Age of Steam 23:09 – #7 – Troyes 27:52 – #6 – Hansa Teutonica 32:39 – #5 – Cthulhu Wars 33:48 – #4 – Hundreds of Horses 40:27 – #3 – Brass: Birmingham 44:40 – #2 – A Question of Scruples 52:05 – #1 – Time’s Up!
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Happy new year! We’re back to continue the very peaceful, collaborative, kind endeavour that is coming together to harmoniously assemble our top 50 games. It’s been nothing but chill, friendly vibes, and we expect that to continue into 2026. It’s the next twenty games on our definitive top 50 board games… of all-time!
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Timecodes:
01:20 – #30 – Tzolk’in: The Mayan Calendar 06:43 – #29 – Dominion 09:36 – #28 – Fuji Flush 11:13 – #27 – Innovation 12:53 – #26 – Blue Lagoon 14:27 – #25 – El Grande 15:11 – #24 – Dune 16:17 – #23 – Inis 19:16 – #22 – Decrypto 21:27 – #21 – The Estates 23:24 – #20 – Yellow & Yangtze 26:08 – #19 – Archipelago 27:34 – #18 – Agricola 30:04 – #17 – Guards of Atlantis II 31:33 – #16 – Taj Mahal 33:03 – #15 – The Voyages of Marco Polo 35:08 – #14 – I’m the Boss! 37:00 – #13 – Lords of Vegas 38:05 – #12 – A Feast for Odin 41:32 – #11 – Telestrations
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Okay, things are a bit different this year. In honour of our 350th episode (a very important milestone), we’re going to combine forces, like … Voltron. I’m the head, and my left and right feet are here with me to collaboratively (yes, you heard right) compile Board Game Barrage’s definitive (definitely definitive) top 50 board games… of all-time!
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Remember way back at the beginning of the year when we took some bets on what we thought the games of the year were gonna be? Well, all those good and bad decisions are back to help or haunt us, as we tally up where things stand with the end of the year results. Before we find a winner, we talk about Wriggle Roulette, Whale Street, and Scales of Fate.
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Timecodes:
04:45 – Wriggle Roulette 11:32 – Whale Street 19:12 – Scales of Fate 29:45 – Anticipation auction results
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Somehow Ghost Turkey returned. And you never saw it coming! That might be because we forgot to remind people that it’s Thanksgiving, but never mind that, the important thing is you’re fools. Not us though, we’re back with yet another juicy, cranberry soaked list of bird gaming goodness. Gobble gobble!
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Timecodes:
00:00 – ???
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BGBBOB is back, and it’s been long enough that you might need a reminder. Ten game designers enter the ring, and through the arduous process of one vs one battles, we arrive at our (and not just our, but the) definitive ranked list of … these particular designers. It’s science. Before we fight it out, we talk about Iliad, The Old King’s Crown, and Franchise.
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Timecodes:
03:29 – Iliad 13:56 – The Old King’s Crown 34:01 – Franchise 42:04 – BGBBOB: Game designers
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Not perturbed by Kellen’s trip to Germany, we’re all daydreaming about the motherlode of board game conventions, Essen SPIEL. There’s a lot of games coming to the show, and because we’re not going, and presumably you aren’t either, we’ll just tell you what’s going to be there instead! The good stuff, anyway. Before we Germinate, we talk about Calimala, Tír na nÓg, and Typewriter.
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Timecodes:
02:42 – Calimala 09:42 – Tír na nÓg 16:15 – Typewriter 26:15 – Essen SPIEL 2025 Preview 28:49 – Mission: Red Planet (Third Edition) 31:18 – The Other Side of the Hill 33:29 – Severton 36:12 – Harvest Valley 38:11 – Pulitzer 39:26 – Echoes of Time 41:14 – Oopsie 42:55 – Feya’s Swamp 43:46 – Baghdad: The City of Peace 45:25 – Ghost Lift 48:07 – Coming of Age 49:33 – The Presence 51:50 – Carnival of Sins 53:37 – The Republic of Rome: Remastered 55:22 – Theocratia
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Dreaded continuity! We’re following up Episode 41 from seven years ago about the games that started our love for board games! After those first loves, what really got our hearts aflutter with the joy that the hobby had to offer? Before we yearn, we talk about Der Fliegende Holländer, and The Hobbit: There and Back Again.
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Timecodes:
02:52 – Der Fliegende Holländer 16:03 – The Hobbit: There and Back Again 27:14 – The games that made us 29:11 – Deception: Murder in Hong Kong 32:54 – Mage Knight Board Game 36:33 – Francis Drake 39:33 – Two Rooms and a Boom 42:44 – Survive: Escape from Atlantis! 46:46 – Grand Austria Hotel 49:53 – Dead Last 55:26 – Rising Sun
Thank you to Heart Society for generously letting us use What’s On Your Mind, Kid? from their album Wake the Queens.
The draft’s back! This time it’s card games, and we’re picking the best of what ought to be a staple of any good collection. We love card games, we love drafting games, and you love winning money, so be sure to vote for whoever you think drafted the best set, and you could win a $100 gift card! Before deal everyone in, we talk about Money!, Venture, and Fishing.
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Timecodes:
03:02 – Money! 12:43 – Venture 20:27 – Fishing 28:39 – Card Games Draft 31:15 – Innovation 32:38 – Race for the Galaxy 34:20 – Hanabi 35:27 – Marvel Champions: The Card Game 36:21 – Dominion 37:47 – SCOUT 39:28 – Glory to Rome 40:58 – The Crew: Mission Deep Sea 41:50 – Arboretum 42:12 – Lost Cities 42:57 – Bohnanza 43:57 – Tichu 45:06 – Skull King 47:00 – Res Arcana 48:07 – That’s Not a Hat
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