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BOARD GAME BROS
We are Jeffrey Craig and Matthew Craig - brothers in real life and board game designers in real life. This is our board game hobbyist/design podcast where we talk about our favorite games. We start every episode talking about how the game is played, and then we examine how game design was used to assist the player and enhance the gameplay.
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Return to Dark Tower
The Board Game Bros are back from their hiatus, and what better game to discuss upon their return than Return to Dark Tower! Listen for Jeffrey and Matthew's strategy tips, then stick around for a discussion on what an app can bring to a tabletop gaming experience.
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That's Pretty Clever!
This episode the board game bros discuss Wolfgang Warsch's roll-and-write-er That's Pretty Clever! Listen for tips on investing early, fox tips, and stick around for a discussion on player expression in a game with no flavor.
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Overboss
This week the Board Game Bros cover the evil-realm-building tile placement game Overboss. Listen for Jeff and Matt's thoughts on the pixel art style, strategies for going big, and a continuation on the discussion on board game spin-offs.
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Pictures
This episode the Board Game Bros review Spiel Des Jahres winner Pictures! Listen for tips on using each of the game's 5 sets of objects, then stick around after the break for a discussion on the game's laid-back vibe and how to add your own objects.
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Quarriors
This week the Board Game Bros discuss the dice-bag-building classic Quarriors. Learn how to out-pace your opponents in a race for glory, then listen for Jeff and Matt's thoughts on why a couple lacking design elements make this game feel like autopilot.
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Clank!
This week the Board Game Bros Cover Clank!: A Deck-building Adventure. Listen for Jeff and Matt's 3 strategies for winning and which they think is best, then stick around and listen as Matt reckons with deck-building design principles.
Customer Reviews
Enjoyable show
Good show. I wish there were more podcasts that spend the whole show talking about a game. However, I did did myself yelling at my phone when they had some rule errors in Terraforming Mars. They mentioned you did not have to subtract energy production to play the card if you don’t have it. This is incorrect.
Effects that remove your own resources are mandatory, while effects that remove resources from any player (marked by a red border around the resource icon) are voluntary and may be performed in full, in part or not at all. Only one player or card may be targeted at a time with the effects of a card. Removing production is always mandatory.
Low effort, low value, and uninformative reviews
The information quality and content provided by these board game reviewers is poor, and how the brothers deliver the podcast makes it hard to follow along and contribute to its extreme incoherence. I was hoping for a refreshing podcast but alas not this one.
The podcast opens up by explaining the core rules of the game, followed by a discussion on strategy. During the exposition, the brothers frequently misspeak rules, contradict each other, and often leave me more confused about the game.
In the strategy discussion, the brothers clearly have spent 0 research effort, and instead simply cite how to play a game by experience or intuition. There are numerous resources online that provide proven strategies for many games (BGG, Reddit, etc.). The brothers should research these rather go off their own small sample size of playthroughs.
I’ve given them a listen a few times but I simply have to stop an episode because they get so many things wrong with whatever game they are reviewing. I strongly recommend listening to other board game podcasts.