Dice, dungeons and damn fine-looking games are discussed this week! Plus, we talk about being a board game ambassador and why you shouldn't. Stop it!

This week, we're joined by Ange from Auztralia (Australia?) to talk about castles that aren't Burgandy, garden showdowns and bidding for the big bucks. Plus, teaching board games... that's always a breeze, right?

Dragons, ravens and... sunny days? It can only be the next episode of Back of the Shelf! And speaking of 'back', Gerry is once again on hosting duties and this time brings the topic of overly competitive gamers to the table! 

It's time to put the board games back on the shelf and take out some of our other geeky passions. Comics, novels, films and video games are just some of the surprise features. And shock! Even Star Wars comes up!

From stocks and trades to blocks and evades! This second part of our board game terms explanation has us talking about everything from what makes an economic game to why Halflings are far better at football than Elves. And let's not mention those Beastmen! 

This week, the trio takes a look at board game genres. They discuss what they mean and the games they enjoy as good examples of those genres. Also, Dave proves his worth as the mightiest nerd of the bunch and Gerry tells a story about hex games that definitely isn't true. Can you guess who wrote this blurb?

Frog royalty, crow kings and seeking unicorns? It can only be another episode of Back of the Shelf! This week, we're joined by the awesome Ashley; officially the first American listener of BotS and (as it turns out) rather adept at channeling Mark Wahlberg. 

On this week's episode, our guest and game club president, Graham, gets his claws into a tasty wargame, Ben brings out a game suitable for the whole litter and we are all a-mews'd by Gerry's choice. Plus, we talk about the purrfect player count and why games insist on pretending they are suitable for two. Just another episode of cool cats chatting!

This week, we're joined by the wonderful Bez of @stuffbybez fame! We talk about clever craftiness from the creator of Catan, less crawling and more sprinting through dungeons and winning WW2 before you can say, 'then Godzilla showed up to help with the invasion effort.' Just another BotS episode, then.

Goblins on quests, princes practicing voodoo and aliens eating hamburgers are just three of the things we talk about this week! Plus, the board game community on social media... what's going on with that?