Board on the Air

Following on to last weeks episode we look at how we decide to back games on Crowdfunding platforms.

We look at the games we have crowdfunded and rank all of them, incredibly we were able to do it in only one show.

We noticed how much space we need to play games these days and thought this deserved a deep dive.

We finally visit our favourite cooperative games.

We take a look at a few of the annual awards and discuss where they are coming from and their significance.

We revisit a couple earlier episodes where we looked at the effect of FOMO and Cult of the New on the hobby. This time we look at how we have changed in the years since those episodes.

We spent the weekend at our local gaming convention and had a great time. Here is a round-up of everything we played and some of our highlights.

For our 350th episode we go back to the year it started and look at our favourite games.

We revisit an old topic and discuss our opinions on Interaction in Board Games.

Been lots of buzz about how much value there is in a game vs the cost of it. So we dig into it and see if we can come up with anything.

We do our second part of quick takes on the BGG Top 100

We saw a video where the hosts did a quick statement on each of the BGG Top 100, so we try that.

We discuss the contributions of Stonemeier Games to the hobby. They have been a pioneer in some areas and the hobby is better for having them.

We have guests on the show, John and Kelly join us to talk about the upcoming Tooncon. Lots of changes coming this year. Gonna be an exciting time.

We talk about the feelings you get form games how they progress from start to finish. Are there games that do that better than others? Do games go through an Arc? Join us as we discuss this.

Shea is away this week so Adam is back and we discuss games for those friends that are looking for something more then the regular gateway games.

We look at the games we think that the publishers/designers nailed the production of.

Shea played Twilight Imperium and gives us a rundown on it.

We discuss what works for us when we are trying to learn a game.

We pick our favourites from the games we played for the first time in 2025

We go through our stats for the year and see how many and what games we played this year.

We take a look at the games coming and what we own and come up with a top 10.

We look back at our games we were looking forward to and see if we got to play any of these.

We look at some of the hot takes from a recent Dice Tower video and give our opinions.

We have been doing this for over 6 years and we look back and see how our taste in games have changed.

We discuss how board games are good for your mental health.

Looking for some gift suggestions, we have you covered. We have a list of categories, hopefully there is one that fits what you are looking for.

We delve into 6 player games as we enter the festive season. A few ideas for if you don't want to play Party games every time.

We look at our favourite expansions.

We look at some classic card games and relate them to some of the current games out there.

We look at some classic games that still hold up

We look at games that have new editions, reskins, or collectors editions. Are they good, bad, or something in between.

Richard Garfield wrote an article on how we dismiss games if they have certain mechanics in them. We look at this as well.

We take a look at what we are seeing in the Board Game industry and the trends we see.

We carry on from last weeks and look at our current favourite game mechanics

We go all the way back to episodes 30 and 31 to review what our favourites were back in the day.

Its the second week of CFCR's pledge drive and we are looking at our top games that start with the letter H

Continuing from last year we are doing our top 5 games of the letters of FMphassis

With the increase in production costs and shipping charges does it still make sense to back games on crowdfunding sites.

We look at Language Independent games, what are they, why they are good, and a few options to look at.

Adam and Paul join us to go over their top 20 games.

We look at issues facing board gamers in their quest to play games

Can you play games by all the rules? Is it ok to get some wrong? This is what we talk about this week

It's time for David to look at his favourite games and try to give you an accurate countdown.

It's the start of a new season, so that means we do our top 20's. We start off with Shea's

Newer games that we think we will still be playing in 10 years.

We went and watched The Hobby, this is our review of it.

We look at our big box games and decide which we like the best

We rank our top quick(to us) games

We answer the Dilemas that Garphill Games has been posting about