All The Bits Board Game Podcast

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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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