All Episodes - Board With Friends
Zach Dyer, Walter Scott, and Sean Bissonnette bring you biweekly discussions primarily about Board Games, but secondarily about whatever else may come to mind!
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Heroes of Land Air and Sea
Zach and Sean go over recent plays of Crown of Aragon from Joggle, Hero Realms from White wizard Games, Drinking quest, Sentinels of the Multiverse, and Castles of Caladale from Renegade Games. We then give a full review of Heroes of Land Air and Sea from Gamelyn Games by Scott Almes.
Conventions
Zach and Sean change gears and record an impromptu discussion on their convention experiences.
FireBall Island: The Curse of Vulkar
Zach and Sean discuss recent plays of Outburst from Hasbro, The Mcdonald's Game from Milton Bradley, Racko, and Fortress from Stronghold Games. We then discuss our recent experience with the prototype for the upcoming FireBall Island: The Curse of Vulkar from Restoration Games.
Doctor Who: Time of the Daleks
Zach is joined by Vanessa and his Mom! Together they discuss recent plays of Potion Explosion, Dr. Eureka, and Terra-Forming Mars. We then deep dive review of the much anticipated Doctor Who: Time of the Daleks board game from Gale Force 9.
Spotlight: Fire in the Library
Zach interviews Carla from Weird Giraffe Games! Carla brings us up to speed on Stellar Leap and chat's about their latest project Fire in the Library coming to Kickstarter on March 19th 2018
Doctor Who
On this episode of Bored with friends, Zach gets Sean to watch some Doctor Who!
Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Card Game
Zach and Sean discuss recent plays of Telestrations, The White Box, Scoundrel Society, and Santorini. The friends then give a full review of Renegade Games' Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Card Game
Role playing games!
In episode 2 of BORED with Friends, it's Sean's turn to choose the topic and and we go over our experience with RPG's and how it developed into our spinoff podcast Critical Failure
Clank! In! Space!
In our first episode of 2018 Zach is joined by Sean to discuss recent plays of Mice and mystics, Tiny Epic Quest, Pokemon TCG, and Betrayal at Baulders Gate. We also take a look at the launch of Gamelyn Games' newest Kickstarter campaign Tiny Epic Zombies! Finally we dive into the inky black unknown for a full review of Renegade games' newest hit Clank in Space!
More then Meets the Eye
In our inaugural episode of our off topic series, Zach forces Sean and Devon to read the first volume of the IDW comic's series Transformers More then Meets the Eye by writer James Roberts.
End of Year Announcements
Not a full episode. Unfortunately due to scheduling and illness we were unable to record a full episode. Just a few announcements about what's in store for next year. So keep listening and get excited for all the nerdy fun to come.
CONversations
Zach is joined by Devon Decker and his sister Dayle to discuss their recent experience at PAX Unplugged. We talk about plays at the con, like Fortress and Clank in space, publishers we met like Stronghold games Gale Force 9 and Ape Games, and the over all impression we got from it. We then give a first look review of Pie Town from Renegade games.
The Future
Zach is joined by Devon and Sean to discuss recent plays of Viticulture, Dropmix, TEQ, Catan, Jack Box Party, and Potion Explosion. Then all the friends go into a discussion about the future of the show with some special announcements.
Spotlight: Weird Giraffe Games
In this spotlight Zach get's to chat with designer Carla Kopp. We discuss her ongoing Kickstarter for Stellar Leap, her love of obscure animals, and some upcoming projects she has in store for the gaming community to enjoy. Check out the kickstarter page here https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/weirdgiraffegames/stellar-leap
Turtle Power!
On this episode Zach and Devon are joined by Mike to continue the cross over event started with the Fanholes podcast and discuss the recently released Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shadows of the Past board game.
Tiny Epic Quest
Zach and Devon go over recent plays of Legends of the Hidden Temple and Strawberry Ninja. A PSA on drinking and board games, and a run through of Zach's experience with being a Sorcerer of the Magic Kingdom. Then the friends deep dive review the latest release from Gamelyn Games Tiny Epic Quest.
Monopoly Gamer
Zach, Sean, and Devon discuss recent plays of Scythe, Bears vs Babies, Jungle Speed, Stellar Armada, Coup, and The game of 49. We then give a few announcements and thanks and After ALL that the friends unite to discuss and review Monopoly Gamer from Hasbro
Blood Rage
Zach and Vanessa discuss their recent experiences with Escape rooms then we deep dive into a review of Eric Lang's Viking epic Blood Rage!
Spotlight: Puppy Slime Games
Zach and Devon have a sit down with Christian and John of Puppy Slime Games. We learn all about their first production Paws and Padlocks, how the game was developed and about Pun-issueing humor of the game was developed.
Doom
Zach, Sean and Waltchad team up to discuss recent plays like ice cool, Rocky road ala mode, The jackbox party pack, and ...the picnic spinner game? Then we give a first impressions review of Fantasy Flight's Doom!
Venom assault
Zach and the friends are back talking about recent plays over the winter break including 1313 dead end drive, rick and morty, and more. Then we review the kickstarter game Venom assault from spyglass games. Check out our interview with spyglass games here https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/boardwithfriends/episodes/2016-02-29T04_49_04-08_00
Happy Anniversary!
This episode marks 1 year of podcasting! 24 total episodes including 2 spotlights! Zach and Waltchad celebrate by counting down their top 5 games they've played since getting into the hobby. We also hear top games from Vanessa, Sean, and Devon Decker. Thank you for listening and we hope you stick around for things to come.
Braaaaiiiinnnssss
The board friends (i guess thats what we are calling ourselves?) discuss some recent plays like Archer Love Letter, Legends of Andor, codenames: deep undercover, and the classic party game Scattagories. We then jump into a horrific discussion of Zombicide!
Spotlight: Stellar Armada
Zach and Waltchad have a conversation with Jerason Banes, the man behind Stellar Armada the $1 kickstarter game that's capturing a lot of attention. Jerason gives us a behind the scenes look on his inspiration for the game and the struggles of developing a game for only a dollar. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/423304770/stellar-armada-1-board-game/comments
Triple Threat
Zach, Waltchad, and Sean tackle three small box games! Super Pocket League Extreme Wrestling from Button Shy Games, the now classic Love Letter (batman edition) from cryptozoic and Avalanche at Yeti Mountain from Green Couch games. Three tiny games with surprisingly long titles, let's see who comes out on top.
Board with Myself
In this episode Zach goes solo and talks a bit about gaming by yourself and things that you can do that are gaming related but not just playing games.
Board on the Road
Zach and Vanessa discuss their experience at a gaming cafe, give a little mini review of Lanterns, and Vanessa vents about her egg hatching skills in Pokemon Go.
Arrrgh
In this episode Zach, Sean, Walthchad, and Devon join forces to rescue loot from a sinking Pirate ship. They will fight it's (literal) skeleton crew, explore every corner of the ship dodging dangers looking for loot. All the while the ship is on fire, threatening to explode! Dead men tell no tales from minion games, is it as cool as it sounds? Listen and find out.
Chaosmos!
Zach, Walt, Sean, and Devon gather together to battle over the fate of the universe. Whomever possesses the Ovoid can rewrite creation how they see fit. Also we might start singing at some point.
Board with our kids
Vanessa and Zach discuss the bane of every parent's existance candy land, then we go into discussion about what kids games are actually fun!
Introducing the Hobby
Today's episode Zach and Walt are joined by a special guest Nathan Bouvier better known on the interwebs as Bouv. We discuss recent plays like "Red Flags" and "Code Names", Walt makes fun of Zach for liking a game about quilting (he's wrong of course because the game is awesome), and we all learn that they is one thing Bacon may not go well with. Nathan and Zach then wrap it up with a group discussion on how we like to introduce the hobby to newcomers while Walt tries to derail the conversation.
Spotlight: Spyglass Games
Zach and Walt sit down (over the internet that is) with Jeff and Mike from Spyglass Games to talk about their new creation "Venom Assault" up on Kickstarter now. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/supermouse/venom-assault-0
Board With My Husband
Vanessa hijacks Zach's podcast to bring the listeners what they've been demanding since episode five... More Vanessa!!!! Since it's February and love is in the air she thinks its a perfect time to discuss the perfect games to play as a couple.
Board With My Wife
In what hopefully becomes the first of many in the "Board With My Wife" series Zach sits down for a discussion with his wife Vanessa Dyer that he promises will feature no witty banter. The topic? you may ask, because you're actually reading this instead of just listening (and as the guy chained to a computer desk writing these summations, I appreciate that) is their Top Ten Games to bring and play at parties. So sit back and enjoy hearing Zach get it on with his primary gaming partner, which also doesn't sound quite right. Sorry