Episode 544 - Top Ranked Games from Every Year of BGA
This week, Anthony and Chris do a deep dive into the games that rank highest on Board Game Geek in each year of the podcast dating back to 2013. Find out if Chris can guess them all, and which games rank highly for us as well.
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Episode 543 - Our Friends’ Favorite Thematic Games
This week, Chris is joined by special guest Erin from Board Games for the Better to talk about her favorite thematic board games.
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Episode Notes:
Roll for Preview: Into the FUN FACTORY
Roll for Review: Thunder Road: Vendetta: Carnival of Chaos
Feature: Our Friends’ Favorite Thematic Games
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Episode 542 - Our Friends’ Favorite Games Designed by Women
This week, Chris is joined by special guest Erin from Board Games for the Better to talk about her favorite games designed by women and what makes them work so well.
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Episode Notes:
Roll for Preview: Brass: Pittsburgh
Roll for Review: Rebel Princess & Happily Never After
Feature: Our Friends’ Favorite Games Designed by Women
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Episode 541 - Our Friends’ Favorite GEN CON Games 2025
Episode 541 features our friend and guest, Ian Gauger, co-founder of The Adventure Nexus. We've partnered with Ian and his company to support the upcoming Board Game Academics Conference, plus he was at Gen Con and can give us the rundown on what was hot and what was most interesting at the show.
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Episode Notes:
Question of the Week: What's a game that should not be considered a gateway game? What about a modern game that we should treat as a gateway game?
Roll for Preview: Twilight Imperium IV: Thunder's Edge
Roll for Review: Kingdom Death: Monster
Feature: Our Friends’ Favorite GEN CON Games 2025
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Episode 540 - Our 12 Year Anniversary
Anthony and Chris do a deep dive into the last year of the podcast, with a stroll down memory lane with their picks of the best previews, reviews, and features from the last 52 episodes.
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Episode Notes:
Discussion: Ace of Spades and the Devir Response
12 Year Anniversary:
Top Acquisition disorders and Roll for Preview
Top At the Table and Roll for Review
Favorite Features
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