It's all about theme this week. Ben picks his most thematic game experience ever, Gerry finds the peak of themed games and David insists that meeples are just as good as plastic miniatures in his heavily themed battle game. Also, to top it off, the trio talks about... theme in board games. Theme!

David recommends a game that is going cheep, Ben takes a gamble with his choice and Gerry can't work out what's blocking the way for his game being more popular. Plus - game titles! What's up with those? 

As the tabletop hobby world collectively holds its breath awaiting the return of conventions, we take a breath to talk to Richard Denning - the man behind the UK Games Expo - about his gaming history and organising the largest gaming expo in the UK as well as his choices for Back of the Shelf and Shelf Spaced!

Board games take a back seat this week as the trio discusses all manner of things geek-related. And David tests out his new RPG character generator, which works just fine!

It's here! Excitement, thrills, fun and adventure! Put those things aside for a moment and listen to us ramble on for a bit, about the board games we think are the tops! It's the top 5 countdown that you never asked for but we delivered anyway!

It was inevitable! The first of our 2 part Top Ten Games of All Time (or at least this week)! The trio counts down their 10-6 on their top ten lists. Will Ben choose Scythe? Will Gerry choose Castles of Burgandy? Will David just list Biblios for every entry? Find out here!  

This week the trio welcomes the Chairman of the Board himself! Dan joins us to share a game that's anything but a lemon and we tackle the subject of colour blindness in board gaming... why aren't publishers doing something about this?

It's Canada Day on this week's podcast! Special guest Amber (Gerry's friend first, Ben's wife second) gives the trio a grilling, brings her gaming choice to the table and discusses illegible type font in board games.

Theme schmeme! This week Ben, Dave and Gerry discuss three games where theme almost certainly takes a backseat. And badly written rule books come under well-deserved scrutiny.

This week on Back of the Shelf: temples, tundras and turnarounds as we look at three games we think deserve more love. And we tackle the issue of arriving at a game night with an unopened board game! The horror!