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Season 16
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Season 16, Episode 13 – Corps of Discovery
Welcome to the Season 16 finale! Our feature review this week is Corp of Discovery: A Game Set in the World of Manifest Destiny from Off The Page Games. Also, in this one we talk about Rob not finishing his challenges. We record live from Dungeon’s Gate in Ankeny, IA and we deep dive into Trickerion with all the fixins from Mindclash Games. There is also some talk about Square One from the makers of Project L and we also do some astronomy with Galileo Galilei from Capstone Games. Finally, we look back at Beyond the Sun from Rio Grande Games! Thanks, and we hope you like boardgames.
0:00 – Intro
2:00 – Robs Not Played Stuff
7:25 – Live From Dungeon’s Gate
8:00 – Trickerion w/ Expansions, Variant and KS Talk
15:45 – Square One
18:40 – Galileo Galilei
29:30 – Corps of Discovery Intro
35:15 – Interlude
35:45 – Corps of Discovery – Initial Thoughts
38:50 – Corps of Discovery – Pros
54:40 – Corps of Discovery – Cons
1:01:05 – Corps of Discovery – Final Thoughts
1:06:05 – Bump or Dump – Beyond the Sun
1:10:00 – Thanks and Outro -
Season 16, Episode 12 – Transgalactica
It is another episode of The Board Boys Podcast and on the docket for this one was Transgalactica from Devir Games and our boy Daniele Tascini! We also have some new official music from Marcelo F(@resetcubestudio)! Join us as we tackle the tracks on tracks as well as some errata as well as some video game talk and some smaller box games from All Play and Bezier Games with Oddland and Rebel Princess. Also we gush over Toy Battle from Repos Productions some more!
0:00 – Intro
2:00 – New music and Civolution Boings
4:30 – Sunderfolk
7:30 – Split Fiction
11:00 – The Anarchy (Solo Talk)
14:00 – Oddland
16:00 – Rebel Princess + Expansion
17:50 – Toy Battle
24:10 – Transgalactica Overview
27:20 – Transgalactica Initial Thoughts
29:00 – Transgalactica Pros
42:00 – Transgalactica Cons
1:00:00 – Transgalactica Final Thoughts
1:05:50 – Bump or Dump – Skyrise and Cascadero
1:07:35 – Outro -
Season 16, Episode 11 – A Gest of Robin Hood
Board Boys are back to play a Robin Hood game, but it’s not your father’s Robin Hood, or so they say. Warning, A Gest of Robin Hood is gritty and dark and real and raw, if you have an excellent imagination. If you don’t, (like Cam), it’s basically carriage pushin: the game.
0:00 Intro, E.V.A. – Jean Jacques Perrey
2:30 Spaceballs and Game Show talk
16:30 Anachrony
21:45 Money!
26:00 A Beaument with Mo
36:15 A Gest of Robin Hood: Overview
40:30 Spaceballs Main Theme – John Morris
41:30 A Gest of Robin Hood: Review
59:00 A Gest of Robin Hood: Verdict
1:03:00 Board Boys Bump: Ezra and Nehemiah
1:07:15 Thank You, Patrons
1:07:45 Yoda – “Weird Al” Yankovic
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Season 16, Episode 10 – Tales of the Arthurian Knights
Board Boys travel through all the realm in search of adventure in Tales of the Arthurian Knights, an exciting narrative light rpg adventure and reimplementation of the classic Tales of the Arabian Nights.
0:00 Intro, E.V.A. – Jean Jacques Perrey
5:00 Spiel des Jahres talk
10:00 Scooby Doo the Board Game
12:00 Bloomchasers
16:15 Meeple Circus
21:00 Cretaceous Rails
23:50 Kinfire Delve
29:00 Mind the Gap
32:00 Tales of the Arthurian Knights: Overview
34:45 The Wizard – Uriah Heep
36:15 Tales of the Arthurian Knights: Review
1:14:00 Tales of the Arthurian Knights: Verdict
1:26:30 Board Boys Bump: Anunnaki: Dawn of the Gods
1:29:00 Thank You, Patrons
1:30:00 Lady Fantasy – Camel
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Season 16, Episode 9 – The Anarchy
Board Boys are back with two giant spreadsheets and a set of small blocks in the Anarchy, from Garphill Games and designer Bobby Hill. If you like Hadrian’s Wall, you’ll probably love this one.
0:00 Intro, E.V.A – Jean Jacques Perrey
18:00 Apiary
21:30 Gentle Rain
24:30 Corps of Discovery: A Game Set in the World of Manifest Destiny
29:00 Karvi
32:00 Forest Shuffle
35:00 Old Salt
38:15 The Anarchy: Overview
41:00 Firestarter: The Prodigy
42:00 The Anarchy: Review
1:12:30 The Anarchy: Verdict
1:27:00 Board Boys Bump: Obsession
1:31:30 Thank You, Patrons
1:32:30 Praise You – Fatboy Slim
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Season 16, Episode 8 – Men-Nefer
Board Boys are back in Ancient Egypt yet again for Men-Nefer, which is a board game and not a celebrity couple c. 2002. Speaking of 2002, prepare for a lot of millennial talk in this episode.
0:00 Intro, E.V.A. – Jean Jacques Perrey
19:30 YRO
23:00 Skara Brae
25:45 Jubako
30:00 Kronologic: Paris 1920
33:30 Calimala
37:00 Men-Nefer: Overview
41:00 Young Folks- Peter, Bjorn, & John
43:00 Men-Nefer: Review
1:09:00 Men-Nefer: Verdict
1:16:30 Board Boys Bump: El Grande
1:21:00 Thank You, Patrons
1:22:00 Burning – The Whitest Boy Alive
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Season 16, Episode 7 – Galactic Cruise
Board Boys blast off into outer space with a bunch of tourists on board in Galactic Cruise, a game about assembling recreational spacecraft and visiting chilled out planets with them.
0:00 Intro, E.V.A. – Jean Jacques Perrey
16:00 The Taverns of Tiefenthal
22:50 Duck & Cover
24:30 Sardegna
27:00 Iwari
29:30 Automania
31:45 Endeavor: Deep Sea
43:45 Galactic Cruise: Overview
47:00 Space Cowboy – Jonzun Crew
48:00 Galactic Cruise: Review
1:22:45 Galactic Cruise: Verdict
1:29:00 Board Boys Bump: Kutna Hora
1:34:00 Thank You, Patrons
1:34:30 Fantastic Voyage – Lakeside
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Season 16, Episode 6 – Civolution
Board Boys are back with the latest HUGE game from Mr. Stefan Feld – Civolution from Deep Print Games and Pegasus Spiele. Where you are take an exam about creating the best civilizations with your proctor Agera. Place dice, play cards, and so many strategies exist to victory in this one! Also in this episode Cam almost died, Rob talks about a lot of Roleplayer Universe games from Thunderworks Games, Jake talks about Power Vacuum which has a hilarious theme and then we have monumental review and rating of Civolution as well as a crazy Cam boing rating theorum.
0:00 – Intro
3:00 – Random Banter about Aerosmith and AOL
5:00 – Cam Almost Died from a Frozen Pizza
9:25 – Lockup and Lockup: Breakout
13:15 – Goblin Vaults
15:25 – Emerald Skulls
19:35 – Stalk Exchange
22:30 – Azul Duel
23:45 – Pax Games
26:35 – Power Vacuum
30:30 – Civolution Intro
33:30 – Music Break – Sweet Emotion – Aerosmith
34:50 – Civolution Initial Thoughts
40:00 – Civolution Pros and Cons
1:20:00 – Final Thoughts on Civolution
1:29:35 – Bump or Dump – Trismegistus
1:33:10 – Outro and Patron Thanks
1:34:00 – Steely Dan – The Caves of Altamira
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Season 16, Episode 5 – Finspan
Board Boys are back with another span for ya, man, in Finspan from Stonemaier Games, a game about free range fish raising all the way down to the nightmare zone.
0:00 Intro, E.V.A. – Jean Jacques Perrey
18:00 Lowlands
20:30 Black Forest
26:00 Azul Duel
28:15 R-ECO+
32:00 Potions of Azerland
35:45 Rebel Princesses
43:30 Finspan: Overview
46:15 Looking for Atlantis – Prefab Sprout
48:00 Finspan: Review
1:11:30 Finspan: Verdict
1:18:00 Board Boys Bump: Wyrmspan
1:26:00 Thank You, Patrons
1:27:00 Ocean Rain – Echo & The Bunnymen
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Season 16, Episode 4 – 2P Games ft: Lord of the Rings: Duel for Middle Earth
Join us for a slightly irregular version of The Board Boys Podcast where Board Boy Rob is joined by Board Boy Beau and Jeremy to go over a bunch of 2 player games! Featuring Duel for Middle Earth from Repos Productions, King of Tokyo Duel from Iello, and Star Wars The Deckbuilding Game from Fantasy Flight Games! Beau also goes over a recent Christmas preset the ChessUp 2 board!
0:00 – Lord of the Rings Intro Music
4:20 – Plug or Beef with Beau
8:25 – Stamp Swap
12:25 – Eclipse Second Dawn for the Galaxy
15:30 – Lifeboats: Plank of Carneades
21:35 – ChessUp 2
25:10 – Lord of the Rings: Duel for Middle Earth
37:45 – King of Tokyo Duel
48:55 – Star Wars The Deck Building Game
59:20 – Bump or Dump – Ticket to Ride Legacy: Legends of the West
1:06:00 – Outro and Patron Thanks
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Season 16, Episode 3 – Pampero
Board Boys are playing yet another game about windmills (turbines I guess) on this episode, Pampero from Julian Pombo. Uruguay has all this wind evidently, each player will be trying to exploit that. The winner is the player who can harness the most wimpy, clean wind energy and become the king of hippies.
0:00 Intro, E.V.A. – Jean Jacques Perrey
8:30 Sundae Split
11:15 Isle of Cats: Duel
15:00 Little Alchemists again: Cam explains soup better than anyone ever, ever
20:30 Ito
22:00 Fellowship of the Ring: Trick-taking Game
25:45 Pampero: Overview
28:45 The Windmills of your Mind – Dusty Springfield
32:15 Pampero: Review
1:01:00 Pampero: Verdict
1:08:00 Board Boys Bump: Voidfall
1:14:30 Thank You, Patrons
1:15:00 Against the Wind – Bog Seger & The Silver Bullet Band
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Season 16, Episode 2 – SETI: Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
On this episode, we our feature review is SETI: Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence from Czech Games Edition and new designer Tomáš Holek. Also we dive into Cam’s dreams and what they could mean, Cam accidentally orders our food delivery to the wrong house. We also talk about Little Alchemists also by CGE! Other games include, Mandalorian Adventures, Rebirth, Zenith, Dead Cells, and Sky Team. We also look back at Djinn for our bump or dump!
0:00 Intro, E.V.A. – Jean Jacques Perrey
12:30 The Mandalorian: Adventures
15:45 Rebirth
21:00 Zenith
25:15 Dead Cells: The Rogue-Lite Board Game
18:30 Sky Team
36:45 Little Alchemists
43:00 SETI: Overview
47:00 No Doubt About It – Hot Chocolate
48:15 SETI: Review
1:20:30 SETI: Verdict
1:28:00 Board Boys Bump: Djinn
1:33:30 Thank You, Patrons
1:34:15 Here Come the Martian Martians – Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers
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Season 16, Episode 1 – Resafa
Board Boys are back for an arbitrarily new season in Resafa (aka Refasa) from Delicious Games. Who will stack the most stuff on his camel? Find out after our long 2024 board gaming recap, where we talk top 5 games, BGA awards, surprises, and all the games we played last season.
0:00 Intro, E.V.A. – Jean Jacques Perrey
4:45 2024 Review
47:00 Resafa: Overview
49:15 A Horse with no Name – America
50:30 Resafa: Review
1:17:15 Resafa: Verdict
1:21:45 Board Boys Bump: Evacuation
1:27:45 Thank You, Patrons
1:30:30 Rock the Casbah – The Clash