Board Game Bros

This week the Board Game Bros review the co-op/competitive hybrid tile drafting game Between Two Castles of Mad King Ludwig (sheesh... that was a mouthful). Listen for the reasons why you should absolutely not care about sleeping rooms and hear about all the different draft strategies we recommend for mad-king-pleasing success.

This week the Board Game Bros discuss the card drafting, area control game Bunny Kingdom. Listen as they break down the surprisingly strong strategy and the unfortunate terminology within the game.

In this special episode of Goodstuffs, the board game bros give the usual recap of their interests before talking about their favorite games and episodes of the year. Hear which episodes Matt and Jeff liked recording the most and why. Also get some merch at teepublic.com/user/bgbcast!

This week the Board Game Bros discuss the character-creation board game Roll Player. Learn how this game accurately draws from the experience of creating a character for an RPG (sometimes to a fault) and why you should always tank charisma.

This week the Board Game Bros discuss the dungeon-delving asymmetrical board game Vast: the Crystal Caverns. Listen as Jeff and Matt go into great detail how the unique player rolls play and interact with each other and why you should brush up on your rule book interpretation skills before sitting down with this game.

When the Board Game Bros started the podcast, they made a series of episodes covering the traditional list of gateway games. This week, Matt and Jeff give that list an update with some newer games that better exemplify what it means to be a gateway game.

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This week the Board Game Bros discuss the worker placement game of intrigue Lords of Waterdeep. Listen for the reasons why Jeff and Matt believe this game belongs in the list of essential gateway games.

Jeff's on vacation this week but the other brother in real life and game designer in real life is still here! Joining Matt this week is friend and special guest, Galen. In this episode these board game friends discuss board games, video games, and video game adaptations of board games!

This week the Board Game Bros have a few choice words for the card-crafting game of natural energy Mystic Vale. Listen to the issues Matt and Jeff take with the balance and mechanics of this game, and if you hear a weird noise from time to time, it's probably Jeff peeling the protective film from some of the cards.

This week the Board Game Bros discuss the 2018 Spiel Des Jahres winner Azul. Listen to Jeff and Matt talk about how the connected scoring and tile acquisition encourage a pre-planned, slow but reliable strategy, and how plans going awry make this a good gateway game.