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Joe (Allplay) and Nick (Bitewing Games) discuss the thing that holds the bits — board game boxes and packaging:

• How much does the box matter?
• Box sizes — big vs small, airy vs tight
• Alternatives to standard boxes
• Box backs — thinking outside the box

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Nick and Chris Yi (The Dice Tower) discuss travel size board games and share their favorites!

Check out the upcoming Kickstarter project for Bitewing's Travel Line: Gazebo and Gingham, launching on April 22!

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Joe (Allplay) and Nick (Bitewing Games) discuss components in board games:

• The value of component hooks/gimmicks. 
• Can games be too overproduced or too underproduced? 
• The impact of components in the board game experience.

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Nick shares his 1st impressions of 5 new board games:

0:42 - Agent Avenue

5:13 - Altay: Dawn of Civilization

8:50 - The Fellowship of the Ring: Trick-Taking Game

12:34 - Nova Era

18:20 - SETI: Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence

After two plays, Nick shares his experience and impressions in this full preview of Merchants of Andromeda by Reiner Knizia and Robert Hovakimyan.

Nick shares his Top 20 Board Games of 2024 as well as many other awards for what was a killer year for board gaming.

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Joe (Allplay) and Nick (Bitewing Games) discuss board game development. What is development? How do publishers take a design from signed prototype to published game? Best practices for board game development?

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Joe (from Allplay) and Nick (from Bitewing Games) share insights and experiences of board game publishing! Get a peek behind the curtains of the board game industry. This series is meant to be both interesting to hobbyist gamers and helpful to other publishers, designers, and professionals in board games.

In this episode, Joe and Nick discuss board game conventions. What is their purpose? How do publishers make the most of them?

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Nick shares 18 of his most anticipated Board Games of 2025!

Preorder Iliad, Ichor, SILOS, EGO, and/or ORBIT here.

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Nick revisits over 50 of the best board games of 2023 by categorizing them into lovers, keepers, dumpers, flingers, and seekers.

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