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Season 13, Episode 5 – Thunder Road: Vendetta
Board Boys are back for another Rob’s-coworker-Jack-guested, high octane, high voltage thriller as we take a look at Thunder Road: Vendetta from Restoration Games. Also in this episode- Finance Blurb with Cam (from Pyramid Ponzi Advisory Group), Rob rates a game twice, and several more minutes of Kazoo that Tune than anybody ever wanted.
0:00 Intro, E.V.A. – Jean Jacques Perrey
2:30 Business Name/Shady Annuity Cam
6:00 Taylor Swift 4 Hour Performance/Dream Concert
13:15 Fit to Print
18:00 Blacksmiths of Steinheimer
22:45 CULTivate
26:00 Thunder Road: Overview
30:00 Vehicle – Ides of March
31:00 Thunder Road: Review
53:30 Thunder Road: Verdict
1:05:30 Board Boys Bump: My Father’s Work
1:11:00 Thank You, Patrons
1:11:15 Kazoo That Tune: Vendetta
1:24:45 I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing – Aerosmith
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Season 13, Episode 4 – The Wolves
Den Daddies are back by which I mean to say Board Boys are back, here to alpha wolf dom out all the little soy boy baby dawgs in THE WOLVES, a game about growling and howling at your enemies to DOM THEM OUT. Who will snarl the meanest and win the wolf trophy?
0:00 Intro, E.V.A. – Jean Jacques Perrey
5:30 Lords of Waterdeep
8:15 Cretaceous Rails Kickstarter preview and mini review with Alex from Spielcraft Games
Kickstarter Link – https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/spielcraftgames/cretaceous-rails?ref=73dnqp&token=427fe60d
24:00 After Us
31:30 Zoo Vadis, Ra revisited
36:00 Wild Tiled West
41:00 Baldur’s Gate 3 commentary
47:00 Thanks Antofadude from Lil Wreckers Workshop
50:00 The Wolves: Overview
53:00 I am a Wolf, You are the Moon – Craig Wedren
54:30 The Wolves: Review
1:19:45 The Wolves: Verdict
1:24:15 Board Boys Bump: Carnegie
1:28:45 Thank You, Patrons
1:29:45 Dancing in the Moonlight – Thin Lizzy (The completely different song of the same name by King Harvest is worth listening to as well if you’re reading this)
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Season 13, Episode 3 – Barcelona
0:00 Intro, E.V.A. – Jean Jacques Perrey
5:45 Deep Dive
9:30 The Wolves
12:00 Moon River
16:15 Ra
20:00 Zoo Vadis
24:30 Rome in a Day
27:00 Forest Shuffle
32:15 Barcelona: Overview
36:00 We’re From Barcelona – I’m From Barcelona
37:30 Barcelona: Review
1:08:30 Barcelona: Verdict
1:15:15 Board Boys Bump: Hansa Teutonica
1:20:00 Thank You, Patrons
1:23:00 Cantares (Caminante, No Hay Camino) – Joan Manuel Serrat (de Barcelona)
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Season 13, Episode 2 – Sabika
Board Boy Bill is back in the saddle for a repeat appearance in Sabika, a game about balancing the lightning bolt with the infinity sign. Also, car fires, PP Rain, Chilling With My Pepsi Like Sheesh, Bowser’s Back Door, and many other one episode catchphrases.
0:00 Intro, E.V.A. – Jean Jacques Perrey
2:30 Cam’s Top 2 Car Fires
11:15 Anomaly
15:30 The Logo Game
17:00 Frosthaven
25:30 Whistle Mountain
30:00 Burgle Bros
38:30 Sabika: Overview
43:45 I’ve Been Hurt – Bill Deal and the Rhondels
45:30 A Beaument with Mo: Unmatched
52:45 Sabika: Review
1:21:45 Sabika: Verdict
1:28:15 Board Boys Bump: Bitoku
1:33:15 Thank You, Patrons
1:34:30 The Ronettes – Be My Baby
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Season 13, Episode 1 – Expeditions
Board Boys are back with a brand new season (for catalogue purposes) and playing the sequel to Scythe, Expeditions (Stonemaier Games). Also in this Episode, Board Boy Bill joins us for the first half of a Board Boy Bill double feature, Cam gets the podcast canceled again if anyone was listening, and Rob stands in his truth for the first time ever. (This is the first episode in about six months where there isn’t 30 minutes of King’s Dilemma and restaurant talk)
0:00 Intro, E.V.A. – Jean Jacques Perrey
2:30 Cam’s peanut-brained question about the theme
4:30 For Sale
9:45 The K Man Audits: Cam’s Top 5 Luciani Games
15:30 Joan of Arc (Orleans roll and write)
18:30 Hadrian’s Wall
23:30 QE
27:45 Expeditions: Overview
32:15 Ice Flow – The Mighty Boosh
33:45 Expeditions: Review
1:11:15 Expeditions: Verdict
1:23:15 Board Boys Bump: Agricola
1:29:00 Thank You, Patrons
1:30:00 Digging for Gold – Sally Oldfield
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Season 12, Episode 13 – Newton
Board Boys are back for the season 12 finale, finally talking about Newton (Simone Luciani, Nestore Mangione) 5 years late. Also in this episode, 2GG or 2notGG?, plenty of mini reviews, and a little bit of restaurant talk, because of course there is.
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Season 12 – Beau-nuss Episode 2: Top 5 Bar and Pub Games
We recently went to an event The Dealt Hand hosted at The Twisted Vine Brewery. To help support Eat Greater Des Moines. In this episode Beau keeps us on track and we talk about our favorite games to take to a bar/pub/coffee shop/Dealt Hand event – you get the picture. Beau helps host for the first time and Tim’s son Remy makes a special guest spot! What games will make our lists? Come listen and find out! If you are in the Des Moines, IA area make sure to check out The Dealt Hand (https://www.thedealthand.com/) and Eat Greater Des Moines (https://www.eatgreaterdesmoines.org/)
Until next time we hope you like boardgames!
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Season 12, Episode 12 – Heat: Pedal to the Metal
Board Boys put the balls to the walls and the rubber to the road in Heat: Pedal to the Metal by Days of Wonder. Also in this episode, a middling resolution to airline woes, thoughts on the end of King’s Dilemma many years later, and a reward is offered to anyone who can name that arcade game.
0:00 Intro, The Distance – Cake
4:00 Airplane Talk: Finale
15:15 King’s Dilemma: Finale
28:15 Reykholt
35:30 La Famiglia: The Great Mafia War
46:30 Illiterati
53:15 Stranger Things: Upside Down
1:00:30 Heat: Overview
1:04:00 Driver’s Seat – Sniff ‘n’ the Tears
1:05:15 Heat: Review
1:29:45 Heat: Verdict
1:43:45 Thank You, Patrons
1:44:30 Burn Rubber on Me (Why You Wanna Hurt Me) – The Gap Band
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Season 12 – Beau-nuss Episode 1: Jurassic World: The Legacy of Isla Nublar
Hey everyone hope you are ready for a new Beau-nuss Episode! In this one we talk about our experience playing Jurassic World: The Legacy of Isla Nublar a legacy style cooperative game from Funko Games. In this game you play over 11 total games and get to totally build your own dino theme park! What did Board Boys Rob and Beau have to think about it? Listen and find out! The second half of the episode is full of spoilers so if you want to hear all the little secrets keep on listening to the 2nd half!
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Season 12, Episode 11 – Challengers!
Welcome to the Challenge Family in Challengers!, a game of building a sick deck of zany athletes and seeing how it fares against your opponents when none of you have any control over the order in which cards are played. Also in this episode, Spiel des Jahres contenders 2023 and a little bit of talk about GWT: Rails to the North 2nd Ed.
0:00 Intro, E.V.A. – Jean Jacques Perrey
2:00 Capture the Flag and other camp games
6:30 The King’s Dilemma
14:30 Dealmaking ettiquete
19:30 Oranienburger Kanal
24:30 Cascadia
29:45 Awkward Guests
33:34 Challengers!: Overview
37:30 Wrestling promo taunting Razor Ramone and Ric Flair – Ultimate Warrior and “Macho Man” Randy Savage
38:30 Challengers!: Review
59:00 Challengers!: Verdict
1:08:30 Spiel des Jahres 2023 nominees
1:24:00 Board Boys Bump: Great Western Trail 2nd Edtion + mini review Rails to the North
1:38:30 Thank You, Patrons
1:39:15 Challenge Song – I have no idea how to really credit this- Apparently it’s the theme song for Half Challenge Barcelona 2013?
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Season 12, Episode 10 – Darwin’s Journey
Time to go sailing, Christopher Cross style, in Darwin’s Journey, a game that I think should have been named “Galapoly” – who will publish information on species and fossils and stuff the best, Board Boys, Darwin, or the handsome sailor, Esteban? Find out today on another episode of the world’s first board game podcast except it’s about flying.
0:00 Intro, E.V.A. – Jean Jacques Perrey
1:45 Standing In My Truth (the probably one time only segment): Airplane seating
17:30 Board Game discussion begins
17:45 Bamboo
19:45 Akropolis (again)
22:15 Silo (Rob talks about TV)
27:00 Darwin’s Journey: Overview
29:00 Galapagos – Slawa Przybylska
30:30 Darwin’s Journey: Review
1:16:15 Darwin’s Journey: Verdict
1:22:00 Top 5 Luciani games
1:27:30 Board Boys Bump: Perseverance
1:32:00 Thank You, Patrons
1:32:45 Sailing- Christopher Cross
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Season 12, Episode 9 – Earth
Board Boys cover seeds with crud and grow beautiful, life giving flora in Earth, a tasty lil jam by from Maxime Tardif. Also, Rob thinks Jane Lynch was on 3rd Rock from the Sun and Cam talks about his youth as a server and bartender for way too long.
0:00 Intro, E.V.A. – Jean Jacques Perrey
1:45 Who was on 3rd Rock from the Sun?
3:00 Many, many thoughts on waiting tables
11:30 Awkward Guests
14:15 Middle Earth Quest
16:00 Star Wars: Rivals
19:45 Akropolis
26:00 Distilled
33:00 Pirates of Maracaibo
47:00 Earth: Overview
50:15 Symphony for a Spider Plant – Mort Garson – Mother Earth’s Plantasia (warm earth music for plants… and the people who love them)
51:30 Earth: Review
1:24:45 Earth: Verdict
1:34:00 Board Boys Bump: The Battle of Five Armies
1:38:30 Thank You, Patrons
1:41:00 Power Flower – Stevie Wonder – Journey Through the Secret Life of Plants
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Season 12, Episode 8 – Atiwa
Board Boys take an educational trip to Ghana, courtesy of celebrated nonfiction author Uwe Rosenberg in Atiwa, by celebrated board game designer Uwe Rosenberg. Will they repopulate the land with a plethora of succulent fruit-bearing trees or will they eat bat?
0:00 Intro, E.V.A. – Jean Jaques Perrey
2:15 Atiwa: The Informational Booklet
7:00 Barrage
13:15 Ark Nova changed scoring methods
19:45 Nintendo Switch Sports- playing golf online
22:30 Quickity Pickity
27:15 Brew
29:30 Dungeons and Dragons: The Yawning Portal
38:45 Atiwa: Overview
40:45 Batty Rap- Robin Williams (Fern Gully)
41:45 Atiwa: Review
1:08:00 Atiwa: Verdict
1:14:00 Board Boys Bump: Return to Dark Tower
1:21:30 Fa Wakoma Ma Me – C.K. Mann (Ghana)
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Season 12, Episode 7 – Beast
Board Boys kill the bad guys in Beast, baby, the brand new first release from Studio Midhall. Is it Rob’s new fave hidden movement game? That would be crazy because he LOVES hidden movement games.
0:00 Intro, E.V.A. – Jean Jacques Perrey
4:00 Kabuto Sumo
14:00 Cat in the Box
23:45 Cryptid
29:00 Luxor
34:00 Karuba
38:30 Beast: Overview
41:15 I Will Follow Him – Little Peggy March
42:15 Beast: Review
1:18:30 Beast: Verdict
1:26:45 Board Boys Bump: Wonderlands War
1:31:30 Thank You, Patrons
1:32:15 Hunter – Bjork
1:36:15 ???
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Season 12, Episode 6 – Marrakesh
Board Boys are back in business, baby, and playing Stefan Feld’s new joint from Queen Games, Marrakesh. Is it the best game out there that has a Stefan Feld first player marker (and postcard and challenge coin)?
0:00 Intro, E.V.A. – Jean Jacques Perrey
3:30 Shifting Stones
5:00 Escape the Dark Sector
9:00 Amsterdam
11:00 East India Companies
17:15 Nidavellir
21:15 Dice Manor
24:00 Marrakesh: Overview
31:00 Marrakesh Express – Crosby, Stills, and Nash
32:00 Marrakesh: Review
1:08:30 Marrakesh: Verdict
1:16:15 Top 5 Felds
1:18:30 Board Boys Bump: Ark Nova
1:23:45 Thank You, Patrons
1:24:45 Aicha – Khaled (Khaled is from Algeria, not Morocco, but they’re neighbors and both speak French please lay off)
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Season 12, Episode 5 – Revive
Board Boys are out the bunker 5000 years later for Revive (Aporta Games), a game about building a utopian society out of the rubble of ancient times by having fun with your super cool player board.
0:00 Intro, E.V.A. – Jean-Jacques Perrey
4:30 Stack’n Stuff: A Patchwork Game
5:45 Motor City
7:45 Consumption: Food and Choices
9:00 Bot Factory
12:30 Slim Goodbody, Richard Simmons
15:00 A Beaument with Mo- The Adventurers: The Temple of Chac, Dungeons & Dragons: Onslaught, Beau’s Lego guys
23:30 Steam Up: A Feast of Dim Sum
28:00 Brass: Birmingham (again)
29:30 Sidereal Confluence: Bifurcation
36:00 Revive: Overview
39:30 Everytime – Boy Pable (Norway)
41:00 Revive: Review
1:26:45 Revive: Verdict
1:36:00 Board Boys Bump: Dinogenics
1:42:15 Thank You, Patrons
1:44:30 Rocky Trail – Kings of Convenience (Norway)
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Season 12, Episode 4 – Deal With The Devil
Board Boys are back in full force to play Deal With the Devil, a new jam from Czech Games Edition about secret dealing, hosing the peasants, and avoiding inquisition.
0:00 Intro, E.V.A. – Jean-Jacques Perrey
6:00 Monumental Consequence
11:30 Fun Facts
15:30 Millennium Blades
23:30 Decorum
25:45 Disney’s Gargoyles Awakening
28:45 Brass: Birmingham
39:45 Deal With the Devil: Overview
43:00 Christine’s Tune – The Flying Burrito Brothers
44:00 Deal With the Devil: Review
1:24:45 Deal With the Devil: Verdict
1:33:45 Board Boys Bump: Golem
1:40:15 Thank You, Patrons
1:41:00 Friend of the Devil – The Grateful Dead
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Season 12, Episode 3 – Oak
Board Boys are back, alright, to play Oak, a worker placement game about druids trying to see who can scramble to the top of a huge oak the most reverently, and the third game in a row on this podcast to feature TREES. I guess next time we’re going to have to play Atiwa or something chock full of more big trees.
Music: E.V.A. – Jean Jacques Perrey, Tie a Yellow Ribbon – organist Mike Reed, Brujeria – El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico
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Season 12, Episode 2 – Bonfire (plus expansion)
Board Boys are back again for Bonfire with the Trees and Creatures expansion, a Stefan Feld joint. Also in this episode, a Beaument with Mo, Rob is obsessed with Marvel Snap, and Cam underestimates the backbone of the gaming world.
Music: E.V.A. – Jean Jacques Perrey, Fire – Ohio Players, Keep the Fire – Kenny Loggins
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Season 12, Episode 1 – Woodcraft
Board Boys are back, baby, to kick off a new season with Delicious Games’ Woodcraft, a game where the dice are wood and the wood is dice. Also in this episode, we explore the deepest Star Wars trivia of all time (confirmed) and talk about Mysterium for five straight minutes, or at least it seems like that.
Music: E.V.A., by Jean Jacques Perrey – If I Had a Hammer, Peter, Paul and Mary – Knock on Wood, Murder Squad