This week we're joined by special guest and friend of the show Phil, who quenches our thirst for underrated board games with a tea themed beauty and then really brings things to the boil with his Shelf Space choice: board game bullies! Plus David and Gerald bring some choices or whatever.

Fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate, and hate leads to... this week's episode of Back of the Shelf. Ben rages, David rants and Gerald... wears a bow-tie as we pontificate on the games we dislike. Especially David! Boy, does David dislike these games. And we weren't kidding about the bow-tie; Gerald does love a bow-tie.

It's another chin-wag here at Back of the Shelf and this week we're discussing the Stonemaier epic - Scythe! To aid us in chin-waggery, we're joined by friend of the show and Scythe expert, Mr Tom! We discuss the pros and cons of the mech filled, farming game and Ben tries to confuse us with a game so difficult that it makes David's 'Guess the Game from the First Letter' look easy as pie!

Hey you! Do you like apples? Well then why not grab yourself an apple and listen to the latest episode of Back of the Shelf? Returning guest Dan, aka 'Chairman of the Board', brings something fruity to the table, Ben gets out his BMX and Gerry hauls his choice in for discussion. Plus, up for discussion this week on Shelf Space - Crappy Tracks!

This week we take a break from looking at games on our shelves, and take a look at games we want on our shelves! We discuss the games or expansions we feel we are missing out on and as usual, disagree with each other's choices!

At the end of July, Gerry and Ben took a trip (as 'press', no less!) to the esteemed UK Games Expo, held annually at the Birmingham NEC. Hear their thoughts, feel their feels and drink in the atmosphere of a UK games convention (just like Gerry drank in the cider, apparently!) as they take you on a tour of the convention through the power of voice, whilst back in the BOTS studio we take a look back at their experiences.

This week, we have a chin wag (or shelf reflection if you will) about a game we all love - Ethnos! We discuss what we love and what we don't about this fantasy, area control game from acclaimed designer Paolo Mori.

Have plans? Cancel them, because we're back! It's all trading beans, historic battles and dark tales this week, followed by a controversial chat about playing card design practices. 3 nerds, 3 games - you're welcome.

We're back! In this prologue to Season 2, the guys discuss what you can expect from this season of Back of the Shelf as well as sharing some of their gaming highlights from the Summer. 

For our 25th episode, we answer some listener questions. Plus some terrible accents - and that's just our normal voices!