Dave is back with our Halloween inspired special show, we just hope you remember what happened 7 years ago...
This Game is Broken is a comedy board game panel show with Matthew Jude, Dave Luza, Paula Deming, Nick Murphy and Mike Murphy. We play a lot of nonsense games full of role playing and trivia as well as other fun stuff which can be found at the links below.
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Nothing captures the fundamental duality for which SVWAG strives than our two patron saints, Vasily Arkhipov and Honky Chonk Beardonkadonk. We aspire to be both enlightening and diverting, embracing both the ridiculous and the sublime, while trying to be simultaneously erudite and stupid. It's a daunting endeavour, but then again, both Arkhipov and The Beardonkadonk put in the work.
02:12 AYURIS: Thunder Road: Vendetta--Maximum Chrome (Dave Chalker, Noah Cohen, Rob Daviau, Justin D. Jacobson, Brett Myers, and Brian Neff, Restoration Games, 2023)
Games Played Last Week:
04:41 -Star Wars: Imperial Assault (Justin Kemppainen, Corey Konieczka, and Jonathan Ying, Fantasy Flight, 2014)
07:48 -Blood Rage: Valhalla (Eric M. Lang, Tycoon Games, 2026)
15:15 -Falling (Kentaro Yazawa, SUNNY BIRD, 2026)
18:19 -Regicide Inferno (Paul Abrahams, Luke Badger, and Andy Richdale, Badgers from Mars, 2026)
24:06 -Alibis (Yusuke Sato, Allplay, 2025)
28:02 -Starts With Ends With (Uncredited, Relatable)
30:27 -Bookshelf (Caezar Al-Jassar, Alley Cat Games, 2026)
33:08 -Opera Magna (Tommaso Battista & Stefano Castelli, Ludus Magnus Studio, 2026)
39:29 -Feya's Swamp (Helge Ostertag & Anselm Ostertag, Fractal Juegos, 2025)
44:19 -Got Five! (Yoann Levet, Blue Orange, 2026)
News (and why it doesn't matter):
47:06 Creature Caravans expansion--more creatures, longer caravan
47:42 Feya's Swamp does mushrooms, and the ducks would like a word
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Perhaps inspired by our recent embracing of minimalism a month ago, Kellen's going all in on reducing his games. In fact, he's already done it, and is here to tell all about everything that's left his collection and why. Before we recover shelf space, we talk about Epona, and Cheops.
04:42 - Epona 15:59 - Beast Mode? 19:33 - Cheops 29:11 - Kellen's Kull
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The first game in Fantasy Flight Games vault series is Arkham Horror Remastered. This is a full update on a classic 20 year old game.
We talk with designer, Richard Launius about this history of this game including the concept, design, release and re-release of the game.
The game can be found over at Gamefound.
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Today, we look forward to the games being released at Spiel 2026 in Essen, Germany. We'll share insights on the games we've played already, and let you know what's at the top of our wishlists.
00:00 - Introduction
00:52 - Dogs vs. Inflatables
02:00 - Dice Tower Cruises (Plural!), Dice Tower West and East
03:43 - Eric at Tabletop Utopia (and G.I. Joe Deckbuilding Game)
05:39 - Off to Spiel! Dice Tower Booth 3R315, Cephalofair 3R200
08:41 - BGG's Spiel Preview
10:58 - Queen Alice
12:36 - Expansions: Faraway: Beyond the Veil, Lost Ruins of Arnak: Surprise Shipment, Harmonies: Crescendo, The White Castle: Boeki
13:54 - Timespan
15:24 - Sixty Below
17:12 - Endeavor Deep Sea: Uncharted Waters
17:34 - Kingdom Come Deliverance
19:14 - ASHES Blackout Protocol
20:20 - Night at the Zoo
21:43 - Gaudi
23:16 - Entropy
24:12 - Drillers
24:50 - Carl von Linné
26:32 - Harmonies: Pulse
26:50 - Nijar
28:16 - Inferno 1348
29:05 - Wildscape
29:42 - Similo Essen Deck
30:17 - Prague Unseen
31:53 - Diables
32:39 - Chronocritters
33:56 - Greylune
35:03 - Axia: Slayer Combo
35:49 - Inferno: Virgil, Charon, & Lucifer
36:11 - Enchanted Ivy
36:42 - Take Time: Mirage
37:15 - Avalon: The Riven Veil
38:20 - Forest Shuffle: Smokey Mountains
39:16 - Schadenfreude
40:08 - Medico
40:38 - Fishing 2
42:16 - The Glasgow Train Robbery
42:33 - Thessaloniki
44:26 - Greenwood
47:10 - Revenge of the Seven Dwarfs
47:44 - Maleficium: Fall of the Witch Hunters
49:06 - Mechs vs. Minions
49:44 - Carpet Racers
50:24 - Fearsome Floors
50:47 - Class of '89
51:18 - Fragments: Solara
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Walker claims that his grandfather invented Crokinole, just because no one else is given credit. Next he'll be saying someone in his family invented poutine, or calculus even before Leibniz and Newton got to it. Heck, let's say an ancient Walker formalized Linear B and call it a day.
01:44 -Crokinole (Uncredited, Mayday, 2025)
04:40 -Spaggetin (Franco Spardo, Alley Cat Games, 2026)
07:34 -Galileo Galilei (Tomáš Holek, Pink Troubadour, 2024)
10:36 -Gunsen: The Battle for Toshi Ranbo (Matthew O'Malley & Ben Rosset, Office Dog, 2026)
19:16 -Regicide: Crown Duels (Paul Abrahams & Sketchgoblin, Badgers from Mars, 2026)
25:31 -Into the Machine (Kasper Lapp, AEG, 2026)
28:37 -Grabble (Naoki Fukuda, CMYK, 2026)
31:45 -Railroad Tiles (Hjalmar Hach & Lorenzo Silva, Horrible Guild, 2025)
News (and why it doesn't matter):
35:30 Arkhipov Day! In recognition of Vasily Arkhipov saving the entire world on October 27, 1962, we celebrate Arkhipov Day on October 27th.
35:58 TurnSignal
38:37 Feature Game: The LOOP (Maxime Rambourg and Théo Rivière, Pandasaurus Games, 2020)
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00:01:00 Intro
00:08:15 Trajan Bridge
00:10:30 New Intro Song
00:13:45 Puerto Rico Special Edition
00:20:00 Fantasy Basketball using Topps Cards
00:22:00 Machi Koro Life
00:24:00 Taste Buds
00:29:30 Game Toppers
00:31:00 Ostia: Mariner Edition
00:48:00 Miniature Market
00:49:30 Robo Run
00:55:30 Outro
For fans of deep, euro-style economic strategy, both Puerto Rico Special Edition and Ostia: Mariner Edition deliver rich, engaging experiences centered around trade and development. Puerto Rico Special Edition revitalizes the legendary role-selection classic with upgraded components, striking art, and refined themes, keeping its crisp, non-luck engine-building core as rewarding as ever. Meanwhile, Ostia: Mariner Edition takes players back to ancient Rome, blending mancala-style action selection with naval expansion, resource management, and tile placement. Both titles shine in their ability to turn clever planning and player interaction into tight, competitive engine building, making them standout additions to any strategist’s shelf.
If you prefer lighter setup times, high interaction, and quick table turns, Machi Koro Life and Robo Run offer vibrant, fast-moving fun. Machi Koro Life breathes new life into the beloved city-building series by tweaking the dice-rolling mechanics and introducing fresh landmark goals, making each roll of the dice feel impactful and exciting But Robo Run is all about cooperation with your partner as you try and get the robots out of the maze before being found. Both games are fast playing and easy to set up for a quick filler during game name.
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Episode 372 — The Board Game BBQ Podcast
Tune in for our PAX Aus 2026 special! This year, Joe, Conor, Jules, Dana are joined by some of our new additions to the team Nelly, Maddie and Swells. Listen in as we're live on the showroom floor bringing you exclusive hands-on impressions and interviews with some of Australia's most exciting up-and-coming game designers. We dive deep into their latest prototype projects, and share our takes on some standout established titles we got to experience at the event.
A huge thanks to PAX Aus for the continued support and for giving us the opportunity to celebrate the local gaming scene. It's always a highlight of our year, and we're already looking forward to what next year brings!
Games discussed:
Some Assembly Required: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/468115/some-assembly-required
Skute: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/459923/skute
Things on Strings: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/468113/things-on-strings
Yotei: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/456860/yotei
Raas - A Dance of Love: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/358912/raas-a-dance-of-love
French Toast: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/312633/french-toast
Blood on the Clocktower: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/240980/blood-on-the-clocktower
Riftbound: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/436560/riftbound-the-league-of-legends-trading-card-game
Magic the Gathering: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/463/magic-the-gathering
SPONSORS
Our podcast is proudly sponsored by Advent Games and More Than Meeples.
Advent Games is an Australian online board game store based in Sydney, NSW. http://www.adventgames.com.au/
More Than Meeples is an Australian retail and online game store based in Brisbane, QLD.
https://morethanmeeples.com.au/
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On this episode of On Board Games, Erik talks with The Podfather of Gaming, Stephen Buonocore about games (and other things) they've played lately.
Games discussed are:
You can get a discount on Zencastr.com using this link.
(32:14) Then, the two talk about Stephen's new Lord of the Rings game coming out: Circle of Conflict.
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