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. 5 DAYS AGO

    Season 15, Episode 6 - Doggerland

    Board Boys are back to cave paint underneath the English Channel in Doggerland, a game about sending a bunch of your friends out of their warm huts to try to gank a mammoth in the middle of winter. 0:00 Intro, E.V.A. - Jean Jacques Perrey 6:15 Inferno 12:00 Weirdwood Manor 19:00 Doggerland: Overview 23:00 Snoopafella - Snoop Doggy Dogg 24:30 Doggerland: Review 55:00 Doggerland: Verdict 58:00 Board Boys Bump: Blitzkreig!, Dogfight, Caesar!, and BOOoop. 1:05:15 Thank You, Patrons 1:05:30 Vapors - Snoop Doggy Dogg

    1h 10m

  2. SEP 26

    Season 15, Episode 5 - Windmill Valley

    Board Boys bounce back from the First Tulip Financial Crisis in Windmill Valley from Board and Dice, a game about spinning the water wheel as hard as you can to until you have more black tulips than even the Smiths would think is cool   0:00 Intro, E.V.A. - Jean Jacques Perrey 6:00 Mycelia 12:30 18 Holes 20:45 Creature Caravan 27:45 Stonespine Architects 31:30 Reef Project 36:00 Windmill Valley: Overview 39:00 The Wind - Cat Stevens 40:00 Windmill Valley: Review 1:09:15 Windmill Valley: Verdict 1:15:30 Board Boys Bump: Thunder Road: Vendetta 1:23:45 Thank You, Patrons 1:25:00 Summer Breeze - Isley Brothers

    1h 30m

  3. SEP 12

    Season 15, Episode 4 - Evenfall + Capital City Gaming Con Preview w/David Kuntz

    Board Boys are back, baby, to play Evenfall from new dev Stefano de Silva as well as chat with pal David Kuntz about this year's Capital City Gaming Con (formerly Cardboard Caucus) coming up Oct 11-13 0:00 Intro, E.V.A. - Jean Jacques Perrey  12:00 Capital City Gaming Con Preview w/David Kuntz 23:30 Ziggurat  26:45 Arcs 29:45 Cats and Quilts of Calico 36:45 Bomb Busters 40:15 Evenfall: Overview 44:15 Bring Me To Life - Evanescence (karaoke from Bob and Bev) 45:15 Evenfall: Review 1:13:00 Evenfall: Verdict 1:19:30 Board Boys Bump: The Wolves 1:26:15 Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now - DJ Steve Walsh

    1h 32m

  4. AUG 29

    Season 15, Episode 3 - Rock Hard: 1977

    Board Boys rock out as hard as humanly possible for a dork hobby podcast with Rock Hard: 1977, a sick game about becoming a rockstar by designer/rock legend Jackie Fox. Also in this episode, a long lookback on Barcelona, plus naming all the Beastie Boys and their DJ. Cam's Rock Hard: 1977 playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1DpICN2f9sqhbVQ4VNISKP?si=8bb2e0dcbdd6425a 0:00 - Intro: E.V.A. - Jean Jacques Perrey 2:00 - Music Chat 19:00 - CDSK 21:25 - Lifeboats: Planks of Carneades 25:10 - Harvest 29:25 - Cities 31:30 - Jorvik 34:30 - Bomb Busters 38:35 - Rock Hard 1977 - Intro 43:10 - Interlude: Cherry Bomb - The Runaways 44:50 - Rock Hard 1977 - Initial Thoughts 48:00 - Rock Hard 1977 - Pros 1:01:30 - Rock Hard 1977 - Prawns 1:07:30 - Rock Hard 1977 - Cons 1:18:50 - Rock Hard 1977 - Final Thoughts 1:28:15 - Bump or Dump - Barcelona 1:38:15 - Wrap up and Patron Thanks 1:39:45 - Outro: Success - Iggy Pop

    1h 45m

  5. AUG 15

    Season 15, Episode 2 - Coimbra

    Board Boys are back with "oldie" but goldie, Coimbra from Eggertspiel: a game about patrons and influence and merchants or something in the Renaissance Era which is basically the greatest theme of all time.  So grab your floppy hats and join us at the table for this and more!   0:00 - Intro 4:00 - Peru and Weather Talk 6:00 - Finders Creepers 7:40 - Things in Rings 12:35 - Wrath of Fire Mountain 15:30 - Race to the Raft 18:20 - Coop QB Discussion 21:00 - Azul Summer Pavilion 23:00 - Age of Innovation 25:30 - Botanicus 31:25 - Coimbra Stats and Intro 34:16 - Informer - MC Shan and Snow 35:15 - Coimbra Initial Thoughts 38:35 - Coimbra Pros 50:00 - Coimbra Cons 1:08:00 - Coimbra Final Thoughts 1:10:00 - Bump or Dump - Sabika 1:14:00 - Outro, BGA, Patreon, and Discord 1:15:08 - Red Red Wine - UB40

    1h 18m

  6. AUG 8

    Season 15 - Beau-nuss Episode - Gencon 2024!

    In this Beau-Nuss episodes of The Board Boys Podcast, Rob and Beau attend GenCon 2024!  We see and do lots of cool stuff including things from CGE, Renegade Game Studios, Devir Games, Hachette Games, and we participated in the Rolling Dice and Taking Names Strike tournament lots of fun to be had!  We were super tired for some of the recording especially Beau but he was a trooper - which was awesome...  We hope you like board games! 0:00 - Intro and Day 0 8:17 - Day 1 8:45 - Catchables 10:20 - CGE Room 11:00 - Lifeboats 11:45 - Allplay 13:15 - Mandolorian Adventures 13:45 - Marvel Crisis Protocol 15:50 - RDTN Strike Event 18:35 - Day 3 and 4 19:35 - Rock Hard 1977 20:00 - AllPlay Small Card Games and Kabuto Sumo Tournament 23:40 - Tales of Arthurian Knights 25:00 - TNMT Unmatched 27:00 - Dabba Walla 28:00 - Lord of the Rings Duel for Middle-Earth 29:45 - Spotlight from Horrible Guild 30:45 - Lucas Oil Stadium and Boop The Halls 32:10 - Marvel Multiverse Roleplaying Game 32:35 - Doomlings and the pinata 32:55 - Magic Maze Tower and Octocube 34:35 - King of Tokyo Duel 35:55 - Heroscape from Renegade Game Studios 36:50 - Blood on the Clocktower 38:20 - After the Empire with Evan 39:11 - Hewns 39:50 - Rumbleslam 40:40 - Ziggurat 41:12 - Civolution 41:54 - Crossbows and Catapults vs Catapult Feud 42:48 - Madcala 44:25 - Kill Team Laser Tag 44:45 - S.E.T.I. 46:35 - Adas Dream and Tinderblox 47:10 - Quoridor Pacman, CDSK, Doggerland, Nekojima 49:22 - Keep The Heroes Out 50:20 - Everdell Duo 50:30 - Trick or Treat Studios 50:20 -  The OP 55:00 - Heroscape again 55:30 - Wrath of Fire Mountain 57:15 - Bomb Busters 57:50 - Witness 58:20 - Capstone Games 1:00:00 - Top 3 Experiences 1:01:43 - Top 3 Games to Play Next 1:02:30 - Outro

    1h 5m

  7. JUL 31

    Season 15, Episode 1 - Inventions: Evolution of Ideas

    Today on The Board Boys we check out Inventions: Evolution of Ideas by Mr. Lacerda himself from Eagle Gryphon Games.  Also on this episode we take a look back on Season 14.  We also have a discussion about games we have played a bunch but never won.   Intro - 0:00 Nocturne - 2:00 5 Towers - 6:30 Season 14 Lookback - 10:30  - Evacuation - 11:28  - Djinn - 12:40  - Voidfall - 14:25  - Ticket to Ride Legacy - 17:15  - Wyrmspan - 18:00  - Trismegistus - 20:00  - Kutna Hora - 20:10  - El Grande - 23:10  - Obsession - 24:00  - Anunnaki - 25:30  - Ezra and Nehemiah - 26:50  - Skyrise - 28:00  - Cascadero - 29:00  - Beyond the Sun -  30:20 Games We Have Played The Most and Never Won - 31:30 Favorite/Least Favorite Game From Last Season - 33:20 Inventions - Intro - 35:40 Interlude - I Love Technology - Kip Inventions - Initial Thoughts - 39:20 Inventions - Pros/Cons/Prawns - 42:00  Inventions - Final Thoughts - 1:03:30 Bump or Dump - Expeditions - 1:07:20 Outro - Patron Thanks/BGA/Discord Talk - 1:13:15 Oingo Boingo - Weird Science - 1:14:48

    1h 18m

  8. JUL 18

    Season 14, Episode 13 - Beyond the Sun

    In this episode we deep dive Beyond the Sun from Rio Grande Games!  We also pontificate space travel, talk some older games, and Rob gives his Game Challenge update! 0:00 - Intro 5:35 - BGA Chat with Cam 7:30 - Video Game Chat 14:25 - Jake Game Speed Run - Whistle Mountain, Isle of Cats, Castles of Burgandy, Wind the Film, MLEM, Faraway 15:25 - Coimbra 20:00 - Ponzi Scheme 23:25 - Five Tribes 26:30 - KingDomino 28:35 - Rob Game Challenge Update 29:25 - Megaland 32:35 - Beyond the Sun - Intro 35:15 - 2001: A Space Odyssey 36:30 - Beyond the Sun - Initial Thoughts   40:30 - Beyond the Sun - Pros   51:20 - Beyond the Sun - Cons   58:45 - Beyond the Sun - Final Thoughts   1:04:15 - Bump or Dump - Newton   1:08:30 - Outro, Patron Thanks, Website Plugs   1:09:10 - Kate Bush - Hello Earth

    1h 15m
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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 - 2024
  • Episodes
    203
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    © The Board Boys 2017
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