The Board Boys Podcast

The Board Boys
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The Board Boys Podcast

We play board games. We hope you like board games. New podcast episodes every other Thursday.

  1. FEB 13

    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

    1h 38m

  2. JAN 30

    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

    1h 34m

  3. JAN 16

    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

    1h 30m

  4. JAN 2

    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

    1h 22m

  5. 2024-12-20

    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

    1h 23m

  6. 2024-12-05

    Season 15, Episode 10 - MESOS

    In this special BGGCon episode Rob is joined by BJ from Board Game Gumbo and honorary Board Boys, Dave and Jeremy!  In this episode we talk about all the hotness we played at BGGCon including a giant game of War of the Ring!  We also feature Mesos from Cranio Creations and are favorite Simone Luciani!  We hope you like boardgames! 0:00 Intro, When The Saints Go Marching In - Louis Armstrong 3:00 Giant War of the Ring 9:30 Terrorscape 15:45 Hamlet expansion 19:00 Resafa 22:45 Rebel Princesses 25:45 Iron Forest 28:00 Civolution 31:30 Flip 7 35:00 Slay the Spire: The Board Game 40:30 MESOS: Overview 44:45 Caveman - Mike Oldfield 45:45 MESOS: Review 1:03:00 MESOS: Verdict 1:06:00 Top 3 Games of BGG 1:17:00 Board Boys Bump: Last Light 1:22:30 Thank You, Patrons 1:23:00 Walk the Dinosaur - Was not Was

    1h 27m

  7. 2024-11-22

    Season 15, Episode 9 - Andromeda's Edge

    Board Boys strike back in Andromeda's Edge from Cardboard Alchemy, a game about rolling five dice but losing to a guy who only rolled two.  We hope you like Board Games! 0:00 - Intro 3:50 - Favorite Sci Fi Stuff 10:45 - Two Game Called Halloween 15:50 - We're Sinking 18:20 - Auntie Mildred's List of Random Tasks 20:40 - Monsters on Board 22:35 - Shadow House Masquerade 24:45 - Getting Old and Family Talk 27:30 - Andromeda's Edge - Intro 30:25 - Interlude - Beastie Boys - Intergalactic 32:00 - Beastie Boys Chat 34:00 - Andromeda's Edge - Intitial Thoughts 37:35 - Andromeda's Edge - Pros 51:00 - Andromeda's Edge - Cons 1:09:30 - Andromeda's Edge - Final Thoughts 1:20:00 - Bump or Dump - The White Castle 1:23:45 - Outro - Patron Thanks 1:24:50 - Phoenix - Holding on Together

    1h 29m

  8. 2024-11-07

    Season 15, Episode 8 - Botanicus

    Board Boys are back to the old gardening chestnut in Botanicus from Hans im Glück , a game about growing very specific rows of plants for very particular old-timey (for some reason) visitors  Also in this episode we talk about games with large decks of cards, Rob steals Jakes intro...again and we take a visit to Sesame Street...oh yea and we talk about board games! 0:00 - Ice Cube Bop Gun (One Nation) 0:05 - Intro 4:30 - Large decks of Cards 9:00 - Robs Weird Rating Scale 12:45 - Sesame Street Characters 16:45 - Gnome Hollow 21:45 - King of Tokyo Duel 25:50 - Cities 29:30 - Septima 35:40 - Botanicus Intro 39:35 - Interlude - Simon and Garfunkel - Scarborough Far / Canticle 40:50 - Botanicus Initial Thoughts 43:00 - Botanicus Pros 55:30 - Botanicus Cons 1:03:20 - Botanicus Final Thoughts 1:13:30 - BB Bump or Dump - Pirates of Maracaibo 1:21:00 - Outro and Patreon Thanks 1:22:20 - Earth Wind and Fire - Where Have All The Flowers Gone

    1h 27m
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We play board games. We hope you like board games. New podcast episodes every other Thursday.

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  • Creator
    The Board Boys
  • Years Active
    2017 - 2025
  • Episodes
    212
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © The Board Boys 2017
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    The Board Boys Podcast

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