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  1. Jul 10

    The Die Jest, June 26

    Yes, this is the very last episode of Talk Cardboard. It's also the first episode of The Die Jest. Which is how Talk Cardboard will live on. Right here, on patreon. On to the timestamps! 5:33 The Queen's Dilemma 14:32 Oath 16:03 Torchlit 19:40 Hanami 24:30 Sovereign: Fall of Wormwood 29:37 Strange Slot Simulator 34:26 Container 39:15 Foxglove Farm 42:46 The Old King's Crown 44:46 Typeset

    The Die Jest, June 26

  2. 11/25/2025

    [PREVIEW] Bonus Talk Cardboard | The Rest of Spiel

    On this bonus episode of Talk Cardboard, seven more games we've played at Spiel Essen. On to the timestamps: 0:00 Intro 0:58 Skiwi 4:12 Petal Plotters 6:48 Milch mit Abführmittel 10:29 GODŌ: The Five Paths 12:54 Carnival of Sins 18:40 Whirly Derby 25:14 Winning Ticket 32:43 Tornado Splash

    [PREVIEW] Bonus Talk Cardboard | The Rest of Spiel

  3. 11/08/2025

    All the Games We Played at Spiel Essen 2025 Ranked - Talk Cardboard Version

    Just for reference, the population of Klaipėda, the third largest city in Lithuania is approximately 161 000 people. The number of attendees in this year's Spiel Essen was 220 000 people, meaning they managed to cram the entirey of Klaipėda and much more into just eight convention halls and every one of those people were buying board games. I appreciate that that is maybe not everybody's jam, and aspects of it are not our jam either. But getting our mitts into a jar of Bonne Maman filled with gooey new board game releases - put a bib on me and fire up the toaster! In this special joint episode of No Pun Included and Talk Cardboard we cover 16 new releases from Spiel Essen 2025, which you can either listen to here or partake in the video version https://youtu.be/NHVLn-ZxVWs SHIRTS! Find them on https://no-pun-included-shop.fourthwall.com/ On to the timestamps: 0:00 Cold Open 2:46 Intro 5:42 Night Soil (Unranked) 9:11 Bouba Kiki 14:14 Nocturnis 17:56 Formidable Farm/Formidabel! 22:00 Tax the Rich 27:44 Echoes of Time 36:30 Fearless 41:30 National Economy 48:23 Thesauros 1:00:34 biD Coin 1:07:20 Kikai/Bricolage Heads 1:16:46 Tag Team 1:26:59 Recall 1:36:14 ??? 1:56:10 ?? 2:03:33 ? 2:14:53 Outro

    All the Games We Played at Spiel Essen 2025 Ranked - Talk Cardboard Version

  4. 10/16/2025

    Talk Cardboard | Panda Spin, Primates, Tycoon: India 1981

    Spinning pandas, evolving primates, and... Capitalism! We have all three for you in this episode - thankfully not all in the same game. We could have had three games about mammals, but we didn't think this through. Onto the time stamps: 00:00 Cold open 02:09 Intro 03:45 Panda Spin 18:34 Primates 32:51 Tycoon India 1981 48:25 Correspondence

    Talk Cardboard | Panda Spin, Primates, Tycoon: India 1981

  5. 10/09/2025

    Talk Cardboard | Magical Athlete, Identity, Out of Sorts

    Only three games this episode? What gives? Well, in the tried and true brand tradition, we decided to go back to our original formula. But no sad trombone noises please - we're really, definitely, honestly going to make it work this time... On this episode, we have Identity - a trick taking game that promises personality, Out of Sorts - a game of inventing a cataloguing system for books in an alien library, and Magical Athlete - a game of racing a banana, a giant baby, and various other quirky things round a track. On to the time stamps: 00:00 Cold open & intro 05:50 Identity 14:16 Out of Sorts 28:57 Magical Athlete 42:03 Correspondence

    Talk Cardboard | Magical Athlete, Identity, Out of Sorts

  6. 08/29/2025

    Talk Cardboard | Brink

    There are episodes where we bring as much knowledge as we can about whatever board game we are talking about. And then there are episodes where we just want to share why something didn't click so much that we didn't want to go beyond game one. Apropos of nothing, today we'll be chatting about Brink, a "trading cubes in space" game that conceptually riffs on Catan but in execution whiffs on us. SHIRTS! Find them on https://no-pun-included-shop.fourthwall.com/ On to the time stamps: 00:00 Cold Open & Intro Work in Progress:  2:08 Tenby 7:26 Railroad Tiles 10:42 Rumble Nation 18:53 Winter Rabbit Audience Correspondence: 25:05 Vantage, Neurodivergence in Board Games Main Feature: 31:23 Brink

    Talk Cardboard | Brink

  7. 08/29/2025

    [PREVIEW] Bonus Talk Cardboard | The Lord of the Rings: Fate of the Fellowship

    Hey hey hey, how about that Fram and Sodo? How about the Legoloin and the Aragroin? Do you like Grampalf? Are you a fan of Perry and Mippin? I love those guys! They're very fun. Almost as fun as deliberately mistyping the names of famous fantasy franchise characters to pretend like you're cool and above it. Well, we are not above it. We are suckers for Saruman, we sip from the founts of Rivendel, we lick the moss that hobbit feet have trod on, we wish we were half as cool as Farmer Maggot. It's just gonna be full on Lord of the Rings fananza and when the game is as good as Fate of the Fellowship, I mean, why not? Right? Why not indeed.

    [PREVIEW] Bonus Talk Cardboard | The Lord of the Rings: Fate of the Fellowship

  8. 08/07/2025

    Talk Cardboard | Hot Streak

    Well, Hot Dog! Do we have an episode for you! We peruse the lofty promises of Vantage, try to keep ourselves on track in Railroad Tiles, discuss whether selling doughnuts at night is really worth your time in Taiwan Night Market, and Efka tells us about angry dice you can chuck about in the bath, in Wroth.  But wait! That's not all! The main game on our podium is Hot Streak - which not only has a hot dog, but also a fish, a bear, and HM the Queen herself in a game of racing, falling down, getting back up again, and trying all over again. Phew.  On to the time stamps: 00:00 Cold Open & Intro Work in Progress:  00:54 Vantage 19:14 Railroad Tiles 25:01 Taiwan Night Market 28:26 Wroth Audience Correspondence: 36:19 Gaming Tables Main Feature: 41:23 Hot Streak

    Talk Cardboard | Hot Streak
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  • Creator
    No Pun Included
  • Years Active
    2016 - 2026
  • Episodes
    79
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