All The Bits Board Game Podcast

By Shaun Pearson & Michelle Compton

A podcast about board games, the community, and all the lovely lovely bits. Join Shaun and Michelle as they discuss all sorts of things in the board game world, spotlight parts of the wonderful board ... more

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How many episodes does All The Bits Board Game Podcast have?

The podcast currently has 91 episodes available.

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May 21, 2018 Episode 21 - Maturity Is Out The Window (Featuring Ganz Schon Clever, Joraku, Citrus, Cat Lady, Transatlantic, Terraforming Mars, Barony, Pixie Queen, Altiplano, Riverboat, and more!)
Welcome to Episode 21 of All The Bits, wherein Shaun and Michelle move from casual to hardcore like a leprechaun dancing across a rainbow! They Drive By titles such as SdJ nominee Ganz Schon Clever, Joraku, Citrus, Cat Lady, Transatlantic and Terraforming Mars. This episode's BGG Thread Spotlight is an interesting one on "How Do You Pick Games to Play?". Shaun sends a curveball (yah baseball!) Michelle's way as he picks a RPG for the All The Bits bit. Shaun continues to "cheat" as he talks about Origins in the Next Up Bit, while Michelle predictibly goes the route of some dry Euros (Altiplano, Riverboat). In addition to all this, the Hot Topic bit makes its return as the recent Spiel des Jarias nominees are discussed in details. ALl This and the regular nonsense as Episode 21 of the All The Bits takes flight!
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Time Stamps
0:01 – Intro
01:52 - Anniversary Bit
04:40 - Ask Me Anything Bit
10:24 - Guess The Game Bit
15:35 - Drive By Bit
47:48 - BGG Thread Spotlight: How Do You Pick Games to Play? https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/1989390/how-do-you-pick-games-play-heres-my-ridiculous-sol
58:52 - All The Bits Bit
64:37 - Hot Topic Bit
77:11 - Next Up Bit
...more
1h 29min
May 08, 2018 Episode 20 - We Play All The GAMES! (Featuring Manhattan, Decrypto, Path of Light and Shadow, Castell, and much more)
Welcome to Episode 20 of All The Bits, wherein Shaun and Michelle discuss their many plays together from Path of Play game day. How many times did they hit each other? Listen to find out! Plays discussed include: Manhattan, Decrypto, Path of Light and Shadow, Medici vs. Strozzi, Castell, and Five Cucumbers. The BGG thread spotlight looks at The BGG Rating vs. the YOU Rating, the bits of Master Fox, Feudum, and the Castell BAG are discussed in the All The Bits bit, and the baseball talk is whacked out of the park as the dynamic duo talk about Thanos Rising, Mombasa, City of Kings, and Imhotep: A New Dynasty in the Next Up Bit. All this, plus the usual fun and games on Episode 20 of All The Bits!
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Time Stamps
0:01 – Intro
01:28 - Anniversary Bit
04:50 - Ask Me Anything Bit
09:20 - Guess The Game Bit
14:34 - Drive By Bit
56:42 - BGG Thread Spotlight: The BGG Rating vs. the YOU Rating
https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/1984191/bgg-rating-vs-you-rating
68:36 - All The Bits Bit
75:05 - Next Up Bit
...more
1h 31min
April 23, 2018 Episode 19 - The DL on the DB with the OP (featuring Hardback, Smile, Council of 4, Otys, Dragonfire, Black Orchestra, and more!)
Welcome to Episode 19 of All The Bits, wherein Shaun and Michelle celebrate a 4-20 recording by taking cold meds (well, Shaun does!). The duo drive by a whole whack of games including Hardback, Smile, Dragonfire, Council of 4, Otys and more!The BGG thread spotlight looks at "what is your gaming weakness", the bits of Otys and Raptor are discussed in the All The Bits bit, and the baseball talk is whacked out of the park as they talk about Glen More 2 and Black Orchestra in the Next Up bit! All this, and the usually whack questions, games, and the introduction of PROPAGANDA to the show!
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Time Stamps
0:01 – Intro
02:17 Propaganda bit
04:54 Path of Play Charity
07:22 - Anniversary Bit
09:35 - Ask Me Anything Bit
13:30- Guess The Game Bit
20:00 - Drive By Bit
100:40 - BGG Thread Spotlight: What's your gaming weakness?
https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/1974531/whats-your-gaming-weakness
109:28 - All The Bits Bit
115:32 - Next Up Bit
...more
1h 30min
April 03, 2018 Episode 18 - Path of Play (Featuring The Mind, Kingsburg, Majesty for the Realm, Clank! In Space! and more!)
Welcome to Episode 18 of All The Bits, wherein Shaun and Michelle take a moment to get serious about the Path of Play charity. Join team All The Bits to support a great cause! Predictably, from there, things go off the rails. Still, the duo are able to (somewhat) effectively discuss their recent plays as they Drive By titles such as The Mind, Kingsburg (2nd Edition), Sansoucci, Tales of the Arabian Nights, Majesty for the Realm, and Clank! In Space! In the most awesomest BGG thread spotlight ever, the wonderful hosts look at “what are some of your favorite game components”. From there, Bugs and Jeeples are dissected in the All The Bits bit. Finally, it’s baseball time once again as Shaun and Michelle tell you what they are looking forward to. All this and many more shenanigans on Episode 18 of the All The Bits podcast!
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Time Stamps
0:01 – Intro
02:54 We have a Facebook!
04:04 Path of Play Charity
08:14 - Anniversary Bit
09:45 - Ask Me Anything Bit
13:17- Guess The Game Bit
19:24 - Drive By Bit
46:20 - BGG Thread Spotlight: What are some of your favorite game components?
https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/1966740/what-are-some-your-favorite-game-components
51:20 - All The Bits Bit
56:15 - Next Up Bit
...more
1h 9min
March 19, 2018 Episode 17 - #Yolobits (Featuring Grimm Forest, Charterstone, Clank!InSpace!, Joraku, Near&Far, Medina, and more!)
Welcome to Episode 17 of All The Bits, wherein Shaun and Michelle go all #yolobits on you! Grimm Forest, Joraku, Charterstone, Near & Far, and more are driven by with the furosity of Lightning McQueen! On this week’s episode, there are not one but two shiny BGG Thread Spotlights as the dynamic duo recap the Golden Geeks and look at the worst ideas for a Legacy game. In the All The Bits bit, Michelle sings the praises of Medina, and Shaun carries a badly attempted tune to Grimm Forest. Finally, kickstarters, expansions, and Shaun being a “hypocrite” are all tackled in the Next Up bit. All this and more of the usual fun and games in Episode 17 of All The Bits!
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Time Stamps
0:01 - Intro
01:47 - Anniversary Bit
03:42 - Ask Me Anything Bit
08:34 - Guess The Game Bit
12:49 - Drive By Bit (Grimm Forest, Joraku, Clank! In Space!, Shakespeare, Charterstone, Near & Far)
46:00 - BGG Thread Spotlight I: Golden Geeks Recap
12th annual golden geek awards retrospective
https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/1955324/12th-annual-golden-geek-awards-winners-2017
51:49 - BGG Thread Spotlight II: Absolute Worst Ideas for legacy games
https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/1955504/absolute-worst-ideas-legacy-games
60:12 - Next Up Bit
...more
1h 18min
March 06, 2018 We Like Big Chunky Wood Bits (Rising Sun, Keeper, Fog Of Love, DiceStars, and more!)
Welcome to Episode 16 of All The Bits, wherein Shaun and Michelle brave a blizzard for the benefits of your earhole satisfaction! The dynamic duo Drive By CMON's Rising Sun, Keeper, Fog of Love, and Dice Stars! From there, they spotlight BGG's Golden Geek Awards, giving their thoughts, choices, and predictions. This episode may be out in March but that doesn't mean Michelle can't celebrate Stefen Feld with Felduary! Oh yeah! It's okay because Shaun will get to drool over the Rising Sun bits in the All The Bits bit! Finally, the duo discuss some huge releases in the Next Up bit! All this and the usual fun and games of All The Bits!
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Time Stamps
00:01 Intro
01:16 Anniversary Game Bit
04:16 Ask Me Anything Bit
07:02 Guess the Game Bit
13:52: Drive By Bit
50:50 BGG Thread Spotlight Bit: The Golden Geeks!
72:00 Felduary!
82:00 All The Bits Bit
87:00 Next Up Bit
...more
1h 45min
February 12, 2018 Episode 15 - Our Top 10 Games We Are Looking Forward To in 2018
Welcome to Episode 15 of All The Bits, wherein Shaun and Michelle go over their Top 10 games they are looking forward to in 2018! What boring Euro will Michelle choose? What large stack of cards will Shaun choose? Who knows! In addition to their top 10, the dynamic duo drop some Bitastic fun on your earlobes with the usual whacky questions, guess the game, BGG thread spotlight, and bit examining. Strap in for a peak into the future!
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Time Stamps
00:01 Intro
00:40 Anniversary Game Bit
04:15 Ask Me Anything Bit
07:41 Guess the Game Bit
10:35 BGG Thread Spotlight Bit: Themes that are barely used and you would like to see more of
https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/1748394/themes-are-barely-used-and-you-would-see-more
20:35 All The Bits Bit
24:45 Top 10 Games of 2018 Bit
27:04 Honorable Mentions (Expansions)
29:39 The Real Top 10 of 2018
...more
1h 13min
January 29, 2018 Episode 14 - Santa Maria, Calimala, Clans of Caledonia, Heaven & Ale, Dinosaur Island and more!
Welcome to Episode 14 of All The Bits, wherein Shaun and Michelle converse about all the board games! We Drive By Santa Maria, Calimala, Clans of Caledonia, Heaven & Ale and... Xia: :Legend of a Drift System. Which one of those doesn't belong?!?! We shine a spotlight a BGG thread about Confrontation; check out the Bits in Xia and Dinosaur Island; step up to the plate with Charterstone, Gentes, Pulsar 2849, Gloomhaven, and more! All this and much much more on Episode 14 of All The Bits!
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_Time Stamps_
00:01 Intro
01:15 Anniversary Game Bit
04:50 Ask Me Anything Bit
11:21 Guess the Game Bit
16:09 Drive By Bit
100:04 BGG Thread Spotlight Bit: A Survey of the BGG Gamer
https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/1924083/how-do-you-feel-about-confrontation-games-poll
1:15 All the Bits Bit
1:21 Next Up Bit
...more
1h 37min
January 18, 2018 Episode 13 - We Are Super Hip! (Twilight Imperium IV, Clans of Caledonia, Charterstone, and more!)
Welcome to Episode 13 of All The Bits, wherein Shaun and Michelle bring the board game discussion fast and furious! We Drive By Twilight Imperium IV, Clans of Caledonia, Montana, Star Wars: Imperial Assault, and more! We also introduce a new bit: The Facebook Game of the week (Five Tribes). From there, it's on to our BGG Spotlight as we take a look at what the typical BGG poster looks like. We examine the bits in Clans of Caledonia, and look at some custom bottle caps. Michelle unboxes some games, and we have our 2018 Special Special: a look at our 10x10s. And we finish things off with our Next Up bit! Get ready, this one is a gooder!
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...more
1h 32min
December 18, 2017 Episode 12 - An End of Year Recap with Funny Names! (featuring Lorenzo il Magnifico, Pandemic Legacy Season 2, Ex Libris and many more!!!!)
Welcome to Episode 12 of All The Bits. It's our 2017 recap, wherein we give funny names to a bunch of the usual year's end stuff! Yes! What did we like in 2017? What didn't we like? What are our hopes and dreams for the future? What was our BITSY for 2017? All this and Michelle looks death in the eye and doesn't blink! BRING IT ON!
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_Time Stamps_
1:40 - Anniversary Bit

5:44 - Top 5 games that didn’t come out in 2017 but we played and enjoyed so they deserve to be on a top list somewhere (or #TFTDCOITBWPAESTDTBOATLS for short)

30:00 - A game that came out in 2017 that we really did not enjoy and can’t understand how on earth other people like it because doesn’t everyone think exactly like me?

37:31 - Highlights from the year 2017 in which we raised children on little sleep, complained about how tired we were, made terrible baseball jokes, and played many games in between

48:11 - Top 5 games that did come out in 2017 and we really enjoyed because cult of the new and bits and stuff

1:08 - Some games that did come out in 2017 but we haven’t played yet because we are cheap or lame but we think might make a top list with a long name

1:19 - Our favorite piece of wood or cardboard found in a game box that warmed our heart in 2017 because we love bits (i.e.... the BITSY!!!)

1:23 - Aside from continuing to plug our twitter account incessantly during the podcast, our hopes and dreams for 2018
...more
1h 35min

FAQs about All The Bits Board Game Podcast:

How many episodes does All The Bits Board Game Podcast have?

The podcast currently has 91 episodes available.