The BoardGameGeek Podcast BoardGameGeek

Nikki Pontius joins Candice to discuss cooperative board games, some of their favorites, and some they'd love to play. 


00:00:00 Introduction00:01:16 Texas Pinball Festival00:06:13 Fresh Plays00:06:28 Velonimo00:07:23 Gartenbau00:08:53 Ashes Reborn: Rise of the Phoenixborn00:13:46 Hickory Dickory00:22:59 Cooperative Board Games 00:25:38 Arkham Horror00:28:29 The Lord of the Rings00:32:37 The Lord of the Rings Adventure Book Game00:34:47 Race to the Raft00:36:19 Legends of Andor00:37:50 Fortune and Glory00:39:09 Horrified00:39:44 The Grizzled00:41:28 Magic Maze00:42:09 Dead of Winter 00:42:59 The Mind00:44:26 Just One00:45:12 Gloomhaven: Jaws of the Lion00:45:36 Pandemic Legacy: Season 000:46:45 This War of Mine: The Board Game00:50:05 The Crew: Mission Deep Sea00:54:10 Marvel United00:59:09 Legendary Encounters: An Alien Deck Building Game01:02:30 Ghost Stories01:07:52 Too Many Bones01:11:49 Black Orchestra01:15:01 Arkham Horror: The Card Game01:20:14 KuZOOkA01:23:01 Spirit Island01:29:39 Cooperative Games Candice Has Been Wanting to Play Forever01:29:53 Ghost Stories01:29:58 The 7th Continent01:30:26 Frosthaven01:30:55 Pandemic: Iberia01:32:10 Sleeping Gods01:33:46 Sign-off

Simon Lavender from AmassGames joins Candice to discuss the worker placement mechanism and their favorite worker placement games. 
00:00:00 Introduction00:06:36 Fresh Plays00:07:39 Mexica00:10:33 AuZtralia00:11:11 A Study in Emerald00:14:17 Hit Z Road00:16:47 Uno Flip!00:20:30 Meltwater: A Game of Tactical Starvation00:33:50 Worker Placement Games and Our Favorites 00:45:44 Simon's  Honorable Mentions (too many to list!) 00:49:53 Candice's Honorable Mentions - Viticulture, Viticulture: World, Vinhos, Kanban EV, Dungeon Petz, General Orders: World War II00:55:46 Simon's #5 - Railroad Revolution00:59:34 Candice's #5 - Federation01:07:24 Simon's #4 - Russian Railroads01:10:52 Candice's #4 - Anachrony01:17:17 Simon's #3 - Lorenzo il Magnifico01:23:18 Candice's #3 - Dominant Species: Marine01:31:29 Carson City01:32:35 Simon's #2 - Fields of Arle01:35:37 Candice's #2 - Underwater Cities01:42:41 Simon's #1 - Stone Age01:46:08 Candice's #1 - Dune: Imperium01:55:05 Sign-off

Liz Davidson from Beyond Solitaire joins Candice to discuss the joys of solo gaming and share some of their favorite lunch break, puzzly, story-driven, historical, and play-all-day board games to play solo.
00:00:00 Introduction00:02:21 Night Witches with David Thompson00:06:14 Fresh Plays00:06:28 Galenus00:10:47 Dune00:21:59 The Republic of Rome00:22:47 Stonewall Uprising00:26:47 The Sacred Band00:28:15 A Feast for Odin00:37:51 Agricola00:41:20 Women's History Month Spotlight00:41:47 Tory Brown, Votes for Women00:44:51 Roberta Taylor, Creature Comforts 00:48:37 The Red Burnoose: Algeria 185700:50:10 The Joys of Solo Gaming

00:57:51 Lunch Break Games00:58:25 Regicide00:59:35 Sprawlopolis/Agropolis, Orchard01:00:06 Sprawlopolis01:04:39 Onirim, Sylvion, Stellarion, Nautilion01:05:16 Friday, Tetrarchia, Lux Aeterna, Resist!

01:06:35 Puzzly Games01:06:52 Bullet♥︎01:09:05 Black Sonata01:13:09 The Search for Planet X, A Feast for Odin, Roads & Boats

01:14:16 Story-driven Games01:14:44 Lands of Galzyr01:16:44 Nemo's War (Second Edition)01:22:09 This War of Mine: The Board Game

01:22:54 Historical Games01:23:21 Stilicho: Last of the Romans/The Wars of Marcus Aurelius01:26:13 Pavlov's House01:31:44 Castle Itter, Soldier's in Postmen's Uniforms, Lanzerath Ridge01:32:38 Warfighter: The WWII Tactical Combat Card Game, Navajo Wars, Obsession, Pax Pamir

01:34:14 Play-All-Day Games01:34:51 Hoplomachus: Victorum01:38:51 Mage Knight01:41:22 Too Many Bones01:44:50 Sign-off

Mandi Hutchinson from Salt and Sass Games joins Candice to discuss Votes for Women, a new card-driven board game about the American women's suffrage movement from 1848-1920, from Tory Brown and Fort Circle Games.


00:00:00 Introduction00:02:21 Inkulinati (PC/Xbox game)00:05:15 Fresh Plays00:05:40 Ahoy00:10:03 Yokai Septet00:19:30 Fantasy Realms: Deluxe Edition00:26:23 Rumble Nation00:35:58 Black History Month Spotlight00:36:14 Eric Lang (game designer), The Godfather: Corleone's Empire 00:38:38 Fertessa Allyse (game designer), Book of Villainy and Wicked & Wise 00:41:36 Tanya DePass (writer) and Sharise Nicole Williams (artist), Sea of Legends 00:42:26 Votes for Women 01:05:20 Corrupt Bargain: The 1824 Presidential Election01:06:14 1960: The Making of the President01:07:09 Obsession01:17:54 Sign-off

Mike Murphy from The Brothers Murph joins Candice to discuss board games with elevating art. 


00:00:00 Introduction00:02:18 My Flesh and Blood ProQuest Experience (or Whooping)00:07:09 Fresh Plays00:07:26 Paperback Adventures00:10:12 Brick & Mortar00:21:08 Tawantinsuyu: The Inca Empire & The Golden Age expansion00:27:06 Twilight Struggle: Red Sea – Conflict in the Horn of Africa00:38:34 Board Games with Elevating Art00:40:19 Everdell 00:42:30 Inis 00:44:59 Dreadful Meadows00:47:27 Trickerion: Legends of Illusion00:49:58 Canvas00:52:01 Cloudspire00:56:12 Flamecraft00:59:16 Dixit/Dixit: Odyssey01:04:29 Tidal Blades: Heroes of the Reef01:08:17 Root01:11:57 Shakespeare01:15:57 Feudum01:27:15 Sign-off

BGG Director of Media Lincoln Damerst joins Candice to discuss their favorite 2-player games that can be played in an hour or less. 


00:00:00 Introduction00:01:00 New BGG Show Episode00:02:35 GameNight! Date Night00:07:34 Fresh Plays00:07:47 Beer & Bread00:09:15 Rise00:09:50 Historia00:16:07 Ark Nova00:16:24 Precognition00:24:08 Polynesia00:26:30 Babylonia00:32:39 Our favorite 2-player games that can be played in an hour or less00:32:59 Herrlof 00:33:40 Holmes: Sherlock & Mycroft00:35:05 Lincoln's #5 - Jaipur00:37:22 Candice's #5 - Jaipur00:40:51 Lincoln's #4 - Watergate00:43:25 Candice's #4 - Watergate00:46:10 Lincoln's #3 - 7 Wonders Duel00:49:30 Candice's #3 - Blitzkrieg!: World War Two in 20 Minutes00:53:51 Lincoln's #2 - Splendor Duel00:57:18 Raptor00:58:16 Candice's #2 - 7 Wonders Duel01:00:51 Lincoln's #1 - Targi01:03:47 Candice's #1 - War Chest01:12:07 Sign-off