All Episodes

#365: Gen Con 2026 Preview

#364: Mechanism Matchup

#363: The Dark Depths of Mailbag

#362: Hot Takes About Board Games

#361: Collaborative Draft: Games of 2016

#360: Guessing Golden Geeks Galore

#359: Top Brass

#358: Our Listeners' Top 20 Board Games of All-Time 2026

#357: We Played a Mass of Games!

#356: On the Road Again

#355: Anticipation Auction: Games of 2026

#354: Don't Call It a Comeback

#353: Getting it Just Right

#352: Combined Top 50 Games of All-Time 2025 Draft: 10-1

#351: Combined Top 50 Games of All-Time 2025 Draft: 30-11

#350: Combined Top 50 Games of All-Time 2025 Draft: 50-31

#349: Anticipation Auction 2025 - And the Winner Is…

#348: Got 'Em, Ghost Turkey

#347: Bob's Design

#346: It's One Bananagrams, How Much Could It Cost?

#345: Essen SPIEL 2025 Hype List

#344: ... But the Second Leaves a Mark

#343: Fantasy Draft: Card Games

#342: Oops! All Foreplay

#341: A Little Bit of Mailbag

#340: All by Myself

#339: One and Done

#338: Gen Con 2025 Preview

#337: Our Listeners' Top 20 Board Games of All-Time 2025

#336: Happy Little Accidents

#335: A Cole New Wehrle

#334: Nothing's Done It Better

#333: Gold3n G33ks

#332: Hard Pass!

#331: One Thing I Hate About You

#330: We Played a Load of Games!

#329: All the Stars Are Here!

#328: Anticipation Auction: Games of 2025

#327: Top 50 Games of All-Time 2024: 10-1

#326: Top 50 Games of All-Time 2024: Neilan's 30-11

#325: Top 50 Games of All-Time 2024: Mark's 30-11

#324: Top 50 Games of All-Time 2024: Neilan's 50-31

#323: Top 50 Games of All-Time 2024: Mark's 50-31

#322: And What a Year It's Been

#321: Fire Away, Ghost Turkey

#320: We Played A Clump of Games!

#319: One Exception To Rule Them All

#318: A Mix of Things We'd Like To See with Mike DiLisio

#317: Fantasy Draft: Overrated Games

#316: Four Heads Are Better Than One

#315: Essen SPIEL 2024 Hype List

#314: Bringing Out the Best in People

#313: That Don't Impress Me Much

#312: Fantasy Draft: Spiel des Jahres Winners

#311: Of Lovers and Travel

#310: Bob's Decade Delights

#309: Moretuary

#308: Fantasy Draft: Games To Last a Decade

#307: Gotta Guess More Golden Geeks

#306: We Could All Use a Little Change

#305: Hook, Line, and Sinker

#304: Our Listeners' Top 20 Board Games of All-Time 2024

#303: We Played a Pile of Games!

#302: A Lotta Prattle About Vlaada Chvátil

#301: Our Most Anticipated Games of 2024

#300: Resolutions and Ruminations

#299: Top 50 Games of All-Time 2023: 10-1

#298: Top 50 Games of All-Time 2023: 20-11

#297: Top 50 Games of All-Time 2023: 30-21

#296: Top 50 Games of All-Time 2023: 40-31

#295: Top 50 Games of All-Time 2023: 50-41

#294: We Played a Stack of Games!

#293: The Great Epochs of Board Gaming

#292: Lightning Round

#291: Fantasy Draft: Reiner Knizia

#290: Stuck in the Mid With You

#289: Essen SPIEL 2023 Hype List

#288: Less is More

#287: There's a Time and Place for Everything

#286: The Worst Duo, Kellen & Mark

#285: Starting is Easy, Finishing is Hard

#284: Gen Con 2023 Preview

#283: Good Artists Copy, Great Artists Steal

#282: A Soupçon of Sackson

#281: Fantasy Draft: BoardGameGeek 901-1000

#280: Equal and Opposite Interactions

#279: Let the Golden Age Begin

#278: Check Check Check

#277: Definitely Not a Mailbag Episode

#276: Fantasy Draft: BoardGameGeek 801-900

#275: Building and Breaking Conventions

#274: Guessing Golden Geeks

#273: Bob Chat

#272: Cool Story, Bro

#271: The Un-Episode

#270: You May Feel a Little Discomfort

#269: Keep On Rollin', Bob

#268: We Played a Slew of Games!

#267: Our Listeners' Top 20 Board Games of All-Time 2023

#266: Don't Mess with Cathala

#265: Fantasy Draft: BoardGameGeek 701-800

#264: Kellen

#263: Our Most Anticipated Games of 2023

#262: The Sweet Sound of Mailbag

#261: Resolutions and Ramifications

#260: Top 50 Games of All-Time 2022: 10-1

#259: Top 50 Games of All-Time 2022: 20-11

#258: Top 50 Games of All-Time 2022: 30-21

#257: Top 50 Games of All-Time 2022: 40-31

#256: Top 50 Games of All-Time 2022: 50-41

#255: Kellen Played a Hop of Games!

#254: A Celebration of Innovation

#253: The Ghost of Turkeys Past

#252: Digital Killed the Tabletop Star

#251: Tabling the Teach

#250: The Times They Are a-Changin'

#249: The Essence of Excess

#248: The Need for Theme

#247: We Played A Heap of Games!

#246: SHUX 2022 Live with Tom Brewster

#245: Essen SPIEL 2022 Hype List

#244: Quick Count

#243: We're on Each Other's Team

#242: Second Time's the Charm

#241: Fantasy Draft: BoardGameGeek 601-700

#240: The Pillars of Recreation

#239: We're Back and We Brought Lots of Games

#237: Where Are They Now?

#236: Gen Con 2022 Preview

#235: The Twin Game Showdown

#234: It's About Family with Ambie Valdés from Board Game Blitz

#233: A Decade of Missed Games: 2010-2019

#232: Transcontinental Mailbag Express

#231: Why Fight When You Can Negotiate?

#230: Worth the Weight

#229: The Positives of Being Negative

#228: Bob Is Beautiful

#227: Board Games: The Sequel: Part II: Electric Boogaloo

#226: Metapod

#225: Itchy, Tasty

#224: Golden Geek Awards 2021

#223: Ye Olden Games with Mark Bigney from So Very Wrong About Games

#222: Are You the Gatekeeper?

#221: P-P-P-Party Questions

#220: Fantasy Draft: BoardGameGeek 501-600

#219: A Perfect Ten

#218: Our Listeners' Top 20 Board Games of All-Time 2022

#217: We Got Rid of a Bunch of Games!

#216: We're Doing This Together!

#215: Some Like It H-H-Hot

#214: Bob's Alright (For Fighting)

#213: Approach Without Caution

#212: Two Can Play At That Game

#211: Our Most Anticipated Games of 2022

#210: No One Man Should Have All That Power

#209: Holiday Hits and Hot Questions

#208: Top 50 Games of All-Time 2021: 10-1 (ft. Tom Brewster)

#207: Top 50 Games of All-Time 2021: 20-11 (ft. Ambie Valdés)

#206: Top 50 Games of All-Time 2021: 30-21 (ft. Mike Walker)

#205: Top 50 Games of All-Time 2021: 40-31 (ft. Monique & Naveen)

#204: Top 50 Games of All-Time 2021: 50-41 (ft. Mike Dilisio)

#203: You Don't Have to Say You Love Me

#202: Your Fulfilled Potential

#201: I Choose You, Ghost Turkey!

#200: The Big 200 Spectacular

#199: Amerigames and Eurotrash

#198: Making Memories

#197: Fantasy Draft: BoardGameGeek 401-500

#196: Question Time with Jeremy

#195: Eric, Eric, He's Our Lang

#194: Essen SPIEL 2021 Hype List

#193: Three Dimensions of Space

#192: Fantasy Draft: BoardGameGeek 301-400

#191: Take Off Every Zig

#190: Why Are You the Way That You Are?

#189: Uwe Baby

#188: Whatever It Takes

#187: Fantasy Draft: BoardGameGeek 201-300

#186: Don't Knock It Till You Try It

#185: The Most Important Meal of the Day

#184: Science Based Friction

#183: Catch a Falling Wallace ...?

#182: Fantasy Draft: BoardGameGeek 101-200

#181: Save Dat Money

#180: The Rules of Investing

#179: Ignorance Is Bliss

#178: The Power of Production

#177: Fantasy Draft: BoardGameGeek Top 100

#176: Sweet Summer Lovin'

#175: Cute As a Button

#174: Live Your Legacy

#173: Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Games

#172: Don't Hate the Player, Hate the Game

#171: A Complimentary Compilation

#170: Friedemann Friese Frenzy

#169: Our Most Anticipated Games of 2021

#168: Board Games Suck with Dan Hughes from Sporadically Board

#167: Cleanin' Out My Closet

#166: You've Got to Iterate to Innovate

#165: Thriving or Barely Surviving?

#164: Get Uncomfortable

#163: Our Listeners' Top 20 Board Games of All-Time 2021

#162: God Does Not Play Dice

#161: Mechanically Bullish

#160: Resolutions and Revisitations

#159: Picking Favorites

#158: Top 50 Games of All-Time 2020: 10-1

#157: Top 50 Games of All-Time 2020: 20-11

#156: Top 50 Games of All-Time 2020: 30-21

#155: Top 50 Games of All-Time 2020: 40-31

#154: Top 50 Games of All-Time 2020: 50-41

#153: Never Look Back at 2020

#152: Bob's Holiday Gift Guide

#151: Your Attention Please

#150: Revenge of the Ghost Turkey

#149: Have You No Shame?

#148: Your Comfort Zone

#147: The Great Compromise

#146: Essen SPIEL 2020 Hype List

#145: Zero to One Hundred: $100 Collection Triple Triumph

#144: Zero to One Hundred: Red Tank's $100 Collection

#143: Pace Yourself

#142: Play Me a Memory

#141: Expectations Great and Small

#140: All About Auctions

#139: Bugbear Brawl

#138: Life's Lessons Learned

#137: Past Its Prime

#136: H-h-h-hot Hot Hot

#135: Social Climbing

#134: CHAOS!

#133: Light It Up

#132: Heavy Duty with Monique from Before You Play

#131: But At What Cost?

#130: And the Award Goes To ...

#129: Fight for Your Right to Party

#128: The Means of Production with Richard Simpson

#127: No Stupid Questions

#126: So Very Wrong About Games

#125: REwrite the Stars

#124: Constraints You Can See

#123: Filler Up

#122: Strongest Starter

#121: FANTASTIC Four with Mike Walker from So Very Wrong About Games

#120: Light on the Horizon

#119: The Seven Week Itch

#118: Of the Utmost Importance

#117: All Decked Out

#116: The Cyber Reloaded

#115: Gone But Not Forgotten

#114: Let It Grow

#113: Trust is Good, Area Control is Better

#112: We Played a Bunch of Games!

#111: Conventional Wisdom

#110: One Small Thing

#109: Harshing My Buzz

#108: We Have to Go Back

#107: Get It Right the First Time

#106: Popcorn Time with Mike DiLisio

#105: Resolutions and Revelations

#104: Top 50 Games of All-Time 2019: 10-1

#103: Top 50 Games of All-Time 2019: 20-11

#102: Top 50 Games of All-Time 2019: 30-21

#101: Top 50 Games of All-Time 2019: 40-31

#100: Top 50 Games of All-Time 2019: 50-41

#99: Sore Today, Strong Tomorrow

#98: Thanks, Ghost Turkey!

#97: Eleven Herbs and Biases

#96: The House of Bounce

#95: Holiday Hits

#94: Even When You're Losing

#93: Tap Tap, No Take-Backs

#92: Chasing the MacGuffin

#91: SHUX 2019 Live with Quintin Smith

#90: Timmy, Jenny, Spike

#89: Classified Information

#88: Essen SPIEL 2019 Preview

#87: The Game of Life

#86: Shame! Shame! Shame!

#85: Episode Too: Attack of the Adjectives

#84: Best With Two

#83: Dexterous Laboratory

#82: Tales from the Tables

#81: Gen Con 2019 Day Three

#80: Gen Con 2019 Day Two

#79: Gen Con 2019 Day One

#78: You Gotta Get a Gimmick

#77: What You Don't Know Can't Hurt You

#76: Gen Con 2019 Preview

#75: Failing Forward

#74: Story Time with Paula Deming

#73: Dictionary Attack

#72: The Long and the Short of It

#71: A Hate-Love Relationship

#70: Spiel des Jahres! The Games War!

#69: Bang for Your Buck

#68: A Mailbag of Biblical Proportions

#67: Shelf Life

#66: The Only Winning Move

#65: Board Games and Chill

#64: Are Games Even Fun?

#63: Hype Men

#62: A Melange of Games to Play Again

#61: Beware of the Cyber

#60: Tabling the Discussion

#59: Ain't Nothing Like It

#58: Game Board Confessional

#57: Where There's a Will, There's a Gateway

#56: Shelf of Shape Up or Ship Out

#55: Answerversary

#54: 2019: An Up and Coming Year

#53: Objection!

#52: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Theme

#51: The Best of Times

#50: Top 50 Games of All-Time 2018: 10-1

#49: Top 50 Games of All-Time 2018: 20-11

#48: Top 50 Games of All-Time 2018: 30-21

#47: Top 50 Games of All-Time 2018: 40-31

#46: Top 50 Games of All-Time 2018: 50-41

#45: Green Letter Episode?

#44: Red Letter Episode

#43: My Triumphs, My Mistakes

#42: We've Been Co-opted

#41: The First Cut Is the Deepest

#40: Bling It On

#39: Essen SPIEL 2018 Preview

#38: Six Things I Hate About You

#37: Origin Story

#36: Your Unfulfilled Potential

#35: The Power of Balance

#34: You Know the Rules and So Do I

#33: You Can't Win 'Em All

#32: Are We Having Fun Yet?

#31: Logged and Loaded

#30: Party Party Party

#29: Cult of the You Do You

#28: Dance Like Nobody's Watching

#27: Gen Con 2018 Day Three

#26: Gen Con 2018 Day Two

#25: Gen Con 2018 Day One

#24: Gen Con 2018 Preview

#23: Are You Feeling Lucky?

#22: Baby's First Social Interaction

#21: The Beautiful Game

#20: Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger

#19: What Are You Made Of?

#18: You Get What You Give

#17: The Best Things in Life Are $20 or Less

#16: How to Win Friends & Area Control People

#15: Keep Your Hands to Yourself

#14: Do You Want to Know a Secret?

#13: We're Still Right

#12: More Isn't Always Better

#11: Heavy is the Head that Wears the Crown

#10: Everyone is Wrong and We are Right

#9: PhD in Legacy

#8: Just Deserts

#7: Kicking and Screaming

#6: Today's Theme: Pronunciation

#5: It's Good To Be Kingmaker

#4: Buy Buy Buy

#3: Double Dragonfly

#2: Catching Trains and Mathing Trades

#1: I'm Not Upset, I'm Just Disappointed