Bitewing Games Podcast

Nick shares his insights and observations on Kickstarter board game bundles as Bitewing Games prepares their own bundle.  This episode will be particularly engaging for those who are interested or involved in the creation of board games (publishing, designing, etc.), so if you'd rather just skip to the big Reiner Knizia news then feel free to jump to 13:16 in the episode!

Nick is joined by his lovely wife, Camille, as they discuss their top 10 board games to play together.  Whether you have a SO, a friend, or a stranger willing to play a 2-player game with you, we think you'll find some killer suggestions within this discussion.

1:29 - Meet Camille
5:57 - About this list
7:53 - Cami's 1st pick
11:29 - Nick's Best Huge Sprawling Game
16:29 - Cami's favorite no brain required game & Nick's Most Prized Possession
20:46 - Nick's Best Cooperative Game
23:43 - Cami's next polyomino pick
25:08 - Nick's Most Addictive Game
28:48 - Cami's Chess-style preference
30:43 - Nick's Most Polarizing Game
34:43 - Cami's go-to card game
37:08 - Nick's Best Non-Confrontational Game
40:31 - Cami & Nick's Endlessly Entertaining Pick
44:17 - Nick's Best AP-Inducing Game(s) + Cami's similar alternative
50:13 - Cami's favorite classic
53:21 - Nick's Old Reliable Choice
56:03 - Cami's final pick
59:00 - Nick & Cami's Favorite New Game
1:06:11 - An exciting upcoming reveal... (Click here to follow along)

It's time for us to come clean and face the truth.... the best hobby is, in fact, tabletop gaming. Nick shares 10 reasons why! 

Let’s talk about the games that are leaving or entering my collection, and why!  For “surge” games, I’ll stick with titles that are not recent releases as I already cover those in my monthly New Release 1st Impressions series.

0:40 - PURGING Chill Vacation Games: PARKS & Tokaido
1:56 - SURGING The Knizian Flood: Ingenious, Yellow & Yangtze, Quo Vadis?
5:00 - PURGING Roll & Writes: Railroad Ink, Welcome To, On Tour
6:08 - SURGING Train Games: Age of Steam maps, Stephenson's Rocket expansion, Chicago Express
8:58 - PURGING Classics: Catan, Dixit, Clank!, Sushi Go!, Deep Sea Adventure
12:47 - SURGING Other Classics: Agricola, Bohnanza, Keyflower
14:16 - PURGING Old Friends: Dice Throne, Dragon Castle, Aerion

With some hot games getting a second print run and others making their initial splash, I've been able to try a fresh handful of new releases.  It's that time again to get candid with the cardboard by sharing my first impressions...

0:45 - The Search for Planet X
3:31 - Red Rising
9:57 - Blitzkrieg Nippon Expansion
12:36 - Railroad Ink Challenge (Lush Green and Shining Yellow Editions)
15:30 - Barrage
17:50 - How you can simultaneously support Bitewing Games and acquire 3 killer card games!

Welcome back to my Top 50 Board Games of All Time!  If you missed part 1 of this post, then head on over and check out games 50-26.  Today, we'll be finishing things out by discussing games 25-1.  That's right, the cream of the cream of the crop...

It’s that time of year once more, my friends!  Now that the cardboard dust of 2020 has settled, as we find ourselves in the calm before the storm of 2021 releases, I’ve been reflecting on all the tabletop games I’ve ever played.  

Within this mountain of ever growing titles, fifty designs have risen to the top.  These are the board games that have proven their quality over hours of play across many tables surrounded by friends, family, and strangers.  These are the games that I love and want to play more than any others.  Indeed, these are my current Top 50 Board Games of All Time.  In this episode, I'll be covering games 50-26.

In this podcast exclusive episode, Nick and Kyle are joined by a fellow dentist and gamer, Jacob Gowans, as they discuss the in’s and out’s of collections and gaming groups. 

Whether you are looking to add to your collection, cull your collection, make new gaming friends, or convert your friends into gamers, we’ve got you covered! At the end, we also share some recent and upcoming games we are currently excited about. And if you listen closely, you might even sneak away with some free dental advice. Cavities beware!

1:04 - Meet our guest, Jacob Gowans
4:33 - Growing a collection, finding your favorite new games
10:19 - Culling a collection
19:26 - Finding gamers to game with
26:24 - Growing the hobby by bringing in newcomers
38:30 - Games we've been playing recently
  39:00 - The Search for Planet X
  43:23 - Street Fighter: The Miniatures Game
  46:00 - Anachrony
  47:20 - Why no definitive Harry Potter game?
  49:31 - Oros
52:25 - Games we've been backing recently
  53:55 - Bear Raid, Factory Funner, Ghosts of Christmas; John Company: Second Edition
  55:13 - Cryptid Cafe
  56:33 - Don't Get Got (Shut Up & Sit Down Edition), Radlands, The Castles of Mad King Ludwig, Stellaris: Infinite Legacy
1:00:44 - Juicy nuggets of dental wisdom that nobody asked for

Watch out, this latest batch of board game first impressions might give you a bit of whiplash!
Nick shares his thoughts on the following recent(ish) releases:

0:53 - CloudAge
6:10 - Maracaibo
6:59 - The Shores of Tripoli
13:59 - Age of Steam: Deluxe Edition
15:52 - Lost Ruins of Arnak
16:44 - Sleeping Gods
19:50 - A War of Whispers

You can also read this episode at our Bitewing Games Blog.

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10 Games, 2 Saturdays, 1 Mission: Play until our brains are fried.  Nick shares his experiences and impressions of these 10 games hand-picked for maximum entertainment and played over the course of two gaming marathons.

1:10 - Beyond the Sun
2:05 - Stephenson's Rocket + Eastern US Expansion Map
3:34 - Lords of Vegas
4:44 - Hansa Teutonica Big Box
5:37 - Bristol 1350
6:55 - Social Grooming
9:00 - Galaxy Trucker
10:39 - Brass Birmingham
12:04 - Eclipse: Second Dawn for the Galaxy
15:26 - Soda Smugglers

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