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Season 15
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Season 15, Episode 13 – Unconscious Mind
Board Boys are ready to shrink heads in Unconscious Mind, a game about defreuding people experiencing bad dreams until you have all their money and they are in love with their moms.
0:00 Intro, E.V.A. – Jean Jacques Perrey
16:00 Monkey Palace
20:15 Tales of Arthurian Knights
29:15 Clank! Expeditions: Temple of the Ape Lords
34:00 Dinosaur Island: Rawr and Write/ Draftosaurs Aerial Show and Marina expansions
41:00 Unconscious Mind: Overview
44:00 The Ballad of Sigmund Freud – The Chad Mitchell Trio
46:00 Unconscious Mind: Review
1:16:30 Unconscious Mind: Verdict
1:21:00 Board Boys Bump: Federation
1:25:15 Thank You, Patrons
1:26:15 Talking In Your Sleep – The Romantics
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Season 15, Episode 12 – Fromage
Board Boys are back to get all the cheese in Fromage, a game about making all the cheese by Ben Rosset and Michael O’Malley from Road to Infamy Games!
0:00 Intro, E.V.A. – Jean Jacques Perrey
8:00 Pirates of Maracaibo: Commanders
14:00 Welcome to the Moon
22:45 Planta Nubo
29:30 Hamster Roll
31:15 Harmonies
35:00 Fromage: Overview
40:00 MMM Cheese – Freddy 4X
41:00 Fromage: Review
1:08:00 Fromage: Verdict
1:14:00 Board Boys Bump: Rats of Wistar
1:20:00 Thank You, Patrons
1:20:30 This Will Be Our Year – The Zombies
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Season 15, Episode 11 – Explorers of Navoria /The Best Medicine feat. GLiB Games
Board Boys boooooost down some tracks and pick up some cards in Explorers of Navoria, a game by Meng Chunlin. Also in this episode we talk with local designers GLiB games about their awesome new game, The Best Medicine.
0:00 Intro, E.V.A. – Jean Jacques Perrey
13:30 The Best Medicine w GLiB Games
29:30 Middle Ages
31:30 Only Murders in the Building: The Game
37:00 Explorers of Navoria: Overview
40:30 Ms. Jackson – Outkast
41:30 Explorers of Navoria: Review
1:04:00 Explorers of Navoria: Verdict
1:10:00 Board Boys Bump: Nucleum
1:17:15 Thank You, Patrons
1:18:00 Children Go Where I Send Thee – The Roches
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Season 15, Episode 10 – MESOS
In this special BGGCon episode Rob is joined by BJ from Board Game Gumbo and honorary Board Boys, Dave and Jeremy! In this episode we talk about all the hotness we played at BGGCon including a giant game of War of the Ring! We also feature Mesos from Cranio Creations and are favorite Simone Luciani! We hope you like boardgames!
0:00 Intro, When The Saints Go Marching In – Louis Armstrong
3:00 Giant War of the Ring
9:30 Terrorscape
15:45 Hamlet expansion
19:00 Resafa
22:45 Rebel Princesses
25:45 Iron Forest
28:00 Civolution
31:30 Flip 7
35:00 Slay the Spire: The Board Game
40:30 MESOS: Overview
44:45 Caveman – Mike Oldfield
45:45 MESOS: Review
1:03:00 MESOS: Verdict
1:06:00 Top 3 Games of BGG
1:17:00 Board Boys Bump: Last Light
1:22:30 Thank You, Patrons
1:23:00 Walk the Dinosaur – Was not Was
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Season 15, Episode 9 – Andromeda’s Edge
Board Boys strike back in Andromeda’s Edge from Cardboard Alchemy, a game about rolling five dice but losing to a guy who only rolled two. We hope you like Board Games!
0:00 – Intro
3:50 – Favorite Sci Fi Stuff
10:45 – Two Game Called Halloween
15:50 – We’re Sinking
18:20 – Auntie Mildred’s List of Random Tasks
20:40 – Monsters on Board
22:35 – Shadow House Masquerade
24:45 – Getting Old and Family Talk
27:30 – Andromeda’s Edge – Intro
30:25 – Interlude – Beastie Boys – Intergalactic
32:00 – Beastie Boys Chat
34:00 – Andromeda’s Edge – Intitial Thoughts
37:35 – Andromeda’s Edge – Pros
51:00 – Andromeda’s Edge – Cons
1:09:30 – Andromeda’s Edge – Final Thoughts
1:20:00 – Bump or Dump – The White Castle
1:23:45 – Outro – Patron Thanks
1:24:50 – Phoenix – Holding on Together
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Season 15, Episode 8 – Botanicus
Board Boys are back to the old gardening chestnut in Botanicus from Hans im Glück , a game about growing very specific rows of plants for very particular old-timey (for some reason) visitors Also in this episode we talk about games with large decks of cards, Rob steals Jakes intro…again and we take a visit to Sesame Street…oh yea and we talk about board games!
0:00 – Ice Cube Bop Gun (One Nation)
0:05 – Intro
4:30 – Large decks of Cards
9:00 – Robs Weird Rating Scale
12:45 – Sesame Street Characters
16:45 – Gnome Hollow
21:45 – King of Tokyo Duel
25:50 – Cities
29:30 – Septima
35:40 – Botanicus Intro
39:35 – Interlude – Simon and Garfunkel – Scarborough Far / Canticle
40:50 – Botanicus Initial Thoughts
43:00 – Botanicus Pros
55:30 – Botanicus Cons
1:03:20 – Botanicus Final Thoughts
1:13:30 – BB Bump or Dump – Pirates of Maracaibo
1:21:00 – Outro and Patreon Thanks
1:22:20 – Earth Wind and Fire – Where Have All The Flowers Gone
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Season 15, Episode 7 – Inferno
Board Boys bounce into Des Moines’ own Capital City Gaming Con (formerly Cardboard Caucus) to rip a ton of games, especially the creepy and scary Inferno, a “soul management” game very loosely about Dante’s travels in heck. Also in this episode, Rob has a discussion with Jaime Brown, designer of Amoebunnies for a chat about the upcoming Kickstarter.
Amoebunnies KS Link – https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/wrongcauldron/amoebunnies
BoardBoy Video Review Link – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjERH_f0MT8&t
0:00 Intro, E.V.A. – Jean Jacques Perrey
4:00 Lord of the Rings: Duel for Middle Earth
9:00 Wizards & Co.
10:30 Amoebunnies with Jaime Brown
26:00 Altered
29:15 Kavango
32:15 Inferno: Overview
37:00 I’m on Fire – Bruce Springsteen
38:30 Inferno: Review
1:03:00 Inferno: Verdict
1:09:15 Board Boys Bump: Carnival Zombie
1:13:15 Thank You, Patrons
1:14:00 Through the Fire: Chaka Khan
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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