All Episodes

Episode 583: World Cup of Game Designers (Sweet 16)

Episode 582 – If you like Cascadia, try...

Episode 581 - Board Game Convention Report

Episode 580 - Top 10 Games That Build Skyward!

Episode 579 - The Sweet Spot: Six Players

Episode 578: If You Like Point Salad, Try...

Episode 577 - Our Friend’s Favorite Games: Tim!

Episode 576: Quick Takes From The Table

Episode 575: The Games That Changed Us Forever

Episode 574: AC Final Top 100

Episode 573 – March Gamer Madness: “Best Mechanics” Bracket: Final Round!

Episode 572 - March Gamer Madness: “Best Mechanics” Bracket

Episode 571 - Top 10 Nature-Based Tableau Engine Builders

Episode 570 - Origins Game Fair Award Nominations

Episode 569 - From Meeple to Megacon

Episode 568 - Top 10 Designers at Their Peak

Episode 567 - My First Heavy Game

Episode 566 - Top 10 Games Saved by One Brilliant Mechanic

Episode 565 - Critiquing BGG's 2026 Hall of Fame Class

Episode 564 - Rolling a Nat 1 on Corporate Strategy

Episode 563 - Would You Rather: BGA Edition

Episode 562 - Our Predictions for 2026

Episode 561 - Most Anticipated Games of 2026

Episode 560 - BGA Awards: Best Games of 2025

Episode 559 - 2025 Year in Review

Episode 558 - AI in Tabletop Gaming: The Wall-E Paradox

Episode 557 - Your Ideal Tabletop Convention: Past Highlights & Future Wishes

Episode 556 - Top Convention Library Games: Pax Unplugged & BGG

Episode 555 - PAX Unplugged Hotness 2025

Episode 554 - 2025 Holiday Gift Guide

Episode 553 - Dice, Defiance, and the Tabletop Revolution!

Episode 552 - Calling Our Shots: 2025 in Board Games

Episode 551 - SPIEL Essen 25 Hotness

Episode 550: Our Legacy in 5 Games, 5 Designers, and 0 Regrets (Mostly)

Episode 549 - Versus: All the Battles, None of the Rules!

Episode 548 - 10 Most Influential Games of the 20th Century

Episode 547 - Top 10 Games with Deckbuilding

Episode 546 - Top 10 Heavy Euros

Episode 545 - Gamefound Most Funded Games of All Time!

Episode 544 - Top Ranked Games from Every Year of BGA

Episode 543 - Our Friends’ Favorite Thematic Games

Episode 542 - Our Friends’ Favorite Games Designed by Women

Episode 541 - Our Friends’ Favorite GEN CON Games 2025

Episode 540 - Our 12 Year Anniversary

Episode 539 - Games That Fight the Power!

Episode 538 - Gen Con 2025 Preview

BGA Episode 537 - Board Game: Face-Off or Team-Up?!

Episode 536 - Most Buck for Your Bang!

Episode 535 - BGG Hotness and Draft Update

Episode 534 - Let them Fight: Andromeda's Edge vs. Dwellings of Eldervale

Episode 533 - Best Bang for Your Buck Games

Episode 532 - Board Game Club: Terraforming Mars

Episode 531 - BGG Hotness + Board Game Draft Update!

Episode 530 - The Top 10 Games on Everyone’s Shelf

Episode 529 - Top Ten Dexterity Games

Episode 528 - Our Favorite Games Gone Digital

Episode 527 - Expansions that Fix Games You Now Love

Episode 526 - Games that Need a Crowdfunded Redux

Episode 525 - April BGG Hotness and Fantasy Draft

Episode 524 - 25 Most Acquired Games of March 2025

Episode 523 - Top 100 Strategy Games (on BGG)

Episode 522 - Top Ten Magic The Gathering: Universes Beyond

Episode 521 - BGG Hotness and Fantasy Draft Update - April

Episode 520 - March Gamer Madness: Civilization Games - Part 2

Episode 519 - March Gamer Madness - Civilization Games - Round 1

BGA Episode 518 - New Theme, Same Great Game!

Episode 517 - Fantasy Board Game Draft Month 2

Episode 516 - Top Ten Game Companies

Episode 515 - 10 Hottest Trends in Board Gaming

Episode 514 - BGG Hall of Fame: Hits and Misses

Episode 513 - Fantasy Board Game Draft Month 1

Episode 512 - Best or Worst Game Ever?

Episode 511 - Choose Your Table! 4-hour Epic or 4 Light Games?

Episode 510 - Gifts that Got Us Into Gaming

Episode 509 - Most Anticipated Games of 2025

Episode 508 - BGA Awards 2024

Episode 507 - 2024 Year in Review

Episode 506 - Game Design Quantity vs. Quality w/ Geof Gambill

Episode 505 - The 12 Days of Games Challenge!

Episode 504 - PAX Unplugged Preview

Episode 503 - 2024 Holiday Gift Guide

Episode 502 - Our Friends' Favorite Games w/ Adamantly Analog

Episode 501 - Our Listeners' Top 100 Games of All Time

Episode 500! Top 10 Games of All Time

Episode 499 - Top 100 Part 9: 20-11

Episode 498 – Top 100 Part 87: 30-21

Episode 497 - Top 100 Part 7: 40-31

Episode 496 - Top 100 Part 6: 50-41

Episode 495 - Top 100 Part 5: 60-51

Episode 494 – Top 100 Part 4: 70-61

Episode 493 - Top 100 Part 3: 80-71

Episode 492 - Top 100 Part 2: 90-81

Episode 491 - Top 100 Part 1: 100-91

Episode 490: BGA's Hall of Fame Games

Episode 489 - Our 11th Anniversary!

Episode 488 - Our Instant Buy, Play, Dodge, Burn!

Episode 487 - Going Analog! Translating Video Games to Cardboard

Episode 486 - 2024 Board Game Olympics: Paris

Episode 485 - The Most Anticipated Summer and Fall Games

Episode 484 - Our Friends' Favorite Games w/ Dave Eng

Episode 483 - Big Stupid Boxes!

Episode 482 - Dice Tower Award Nominations & Orgins Awards

Episode 481 - Gen Con 2024 Preview

Episode 480 - Origins & Spiel de Jahres Awards Nominations

Episode 479 - No More Expansions!

Episode 478 - Games that Need an Expansion

Episode 477 - Top 10 Reiner Knizia Games

Episode 476 - Origins Game Fair Preview

Episode 475 - Best of Splotter Spellen

Episode 474 - BGG Award Nominations

Episode 473 - BGG Hotness April 2024

Episode 472 - Top Selling Board Games for 2023

Episode 471 - Golden Geek Awards - Nominations Picks

Episode 470 - Epic Tabletop Gaming Odyssey: Star Wars and Star Trek

Episode 469 - March Gamer Madness Round 2

Episode 468 - March Gamer Madness Round 1

Episode 467 - Top 10 Digital Card Games

Episode 466 - ChatGPT Pitches Board Games!

Episode 465 - Better than the Board Game...

BGA Episode 464 - Big Box Store Games, Now with Crunch!

Episode 463 - Top 10 Vladimir Suchy Games

Episode 462 - Stonemaier Games Tier List

Episode 461 - BGG Hotness for February 2024

Episode 460 - BGG's Top 100 Thematic Games

BGA Episode 459 - The Dreaded Burn!

BGA Episode 458 - BGA Awards and Top 10 Games of 2023

BGA Episode 457 - Most Anticipated Games of 2024

BGA Episode 456 - 2023 Year in Review

BGA Episode 455 - Bad Games That I Like Too Much

BGA Episode 454 - Great Games We Wished We Liked More

BGA Episode 453 - PAX Unplugged Hotness

BGA Episode 452 - Listeners' Top Games of 2023

BGA Episode 451 - Holiday Gift Guide

Episode 450 - Board Game Mechanics: Meeples

BGA Episode 449 - Board Game Mechanics: Dice

BGA Episode 448 - Trick (not Treat) Taking Games

BGA Episode 447 - Higher Ranked Sequels of Older Games (BGG)

BGA Episode 446 - Top Ten Games with Board Games for the Better

BGA Episode 445 - Essen Hotness

BGA Episode 444 - Last 10 (Best) Games of the Year

BGA Episode 443 - BGG Hotness

BGA Episode 442 - Top X Roman Empire Games

BGA Episode 441 - Best of Simone Luciani

BGA Episode 440 - Most Popular Defunct TCGs and CCGs

BGA Episode 439 - Civilization Games w/ Geof Gambill

BGA Episode 438 - BGG Hotness for August

Episode 437 - 10th Anniversary

BGA Episode 436 - Gen Con Hotness

BGA Episode 435 - Last 10: BGG Game of the Year

BGA Episode 434 - Women's World Cup Bracket: Video Game IPs

BGA Episode 433 - Last 10: Kennerspiel des Jahres Winners

BGA Episode 432 - Last 10: Spiel des Jahres Winners

BGA Episode 431 - Board Game Academics Conference Preview

BGA Episode 430 - Origins Hotness

BGA Episode 429 - 20 Most Anticipated Summer and Fall Games

BGA Episode 428 - Why doesn't this IP have a game yet?