Board Game Gambit

Board Game Gambit

By Nathan Molina and Geki LeoniLeisureGames
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Board Game Gambit episodes

  • Season 3 Episode 7: Level the Playing Field

    In this episode, Geki and I discuss the implications of playing games with a plethora of gamer-skill levels. For our game review, we discuss First Rat from designers Gabriele Ausiello and Virginio Gigli, published by Pegasus Spiele with art from Dennis Lohausen.

    As always, if you enjoy our content, please consider liking, subscribing, and/or sharing our podcast wherever you are listening to this. We can be found on multiple other social media platforms include Instagram and Facebook. (see links below)

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/boardgamegambit/

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    Intro Music: [Sitcom Rock Sting] by Alexander Nakarada (www.serpentsoundstudios.com) Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Outro Music: [Sitcom Rock Sting 2] by Alexander Nakarada (www.serpentsoundstudios.com) Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/


    1 hr 36 min
  • Season 3 Episode 6: Just Secret Role With It!

    In this episode, we discuss some of our favorite secret role games and our opinion of what goes into a good secret role game. Our review this week is the board game "Celestia" by designer Aaron Weissblum with art by Gaetan Noir from BLAM!.


    As always, if you enjoy our content, please consider liking, subscribing, and/or sharing our podcast wherever you are listening to this. We can be found on multiple other social media platforms include Instagram and Facebook. (see links below)

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/boardgamegambit/

    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/boardgamegambit/

    Intro Music: [Sitcom Rock Sting] by Alexander Nakarada (www.serpentsoundstudios.com) Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Outro Music: [Sitcom Rock Sting 2] by Alexander Nakarada (www.serpentsoundstudios.com) Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

    1 hr 36 min
  • Season 3 Episode 5: Silver Screen to Gamer's Dream

    In this episode we talk about movies we think should be board games. For our game review we discuss Th Godfather: Corleone's Empire by Eric Lang and CMON games.


    As always, if you enjoy our content, please consider liking, subscribing, and/or sharing our podcast wherever you are listening to this. We can be found on multiple other social media platforms include Instagram and Facebook. (see links below)

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/boardgamegambit/

    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/boardgamegambit/

    Intro Music: [Sitcom Rock Sting] by Alexander Nakarada (www.serpentsoundstudios.com) Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Outro Music: [Sitcom Rock Sting 2] by Alexander Nakarada (www.serpentsoundstudios.com) Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

    1 hr 40 min
  • Season 3 Episode 4: Oldies but Goodies

    In this week's episode, we go over some of our favorite games that are over 10 years old! 2023 snuck up on us! Our in-depth game review of the week is Tiletum. Tune in to find out our opinions.

    As always, if you enjoy our content, please consider liking, subscribing, and/or sharing our podcast wherever you are listening to this. We can be found on multiple other social media platforms include Instagram and Facebook. (see links below)

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/boardgamegambit/

    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/boardgamegambit/

    Intro Music: [Sitcom Rock Sting] by Alexander Nakarada (www.serpentsoundstudios.com) Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Outro Music: [Sitcom Rock Sting 2] by Alexander Nakarada (www.serpentsoundstudios.com) Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

    1 hr 43 min
  • Season 3 Episode 3: 'Tis the Season

    In today's episode, we discuss the do's and don't's of giving gifts to gamers. We also take an indepth look at the game Endless Winter.


    As always, if you enjoy our content, please consider liking, subscribing, and/or sharing our podcast wherever you are listening to this. We can be found on multiple other social media platforms include Instagram and Facebook. (see links below)

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/boardgamegambit/

    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/boardgamegambit/

    Intro Music: [Sitcom Rock Sting] by Alexander Nakarada (www.serpentsoundstudios.com) Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Outro Music: [Sitcom Rock Sting 2] by Alexander Nakarada (www.serpentsoundstudios.com) Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/


    1 hr 21 min
  • Season 3 Episode 2 - Do We Have Space for that? (Table Hogs)

    In the new episode we discuss Table Hogs; games that take up so much table space. We also discuss Scythe for our game review.

    As always, if you enjoy our content, please consider liking, subscribing, and/or sharing our podcast wherever you are listening to this. We can be found on multiple other social media platforms include Instagram and Facebook. (see links below)

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/boardgamegambit/

    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/boardgamegambit/

    Intro Music: [Sitcom Rock Sting] by Alexander Nakarada (www.serpentsoundstudios.com) Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Outro Music: [Sitcom Rock Sting 2] by Alexander Nakarada (www.serpentsoundstudios.com) Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

    1 hr 22 min
  • Season 3 Episode 1: We are Back!

    We’re back! Both in practical terms and from GenCon and Essen!

    Nathan and Geki reconnect with each other and with all of you.

    In an episode chock full of excitement to be back at it and of a bunch of new games, we try to convey what excited us the most in our recent ludical explorations.

    3.15 Tiny Epic Dinosaurs

    4.35 Tiny Epic Dungeon

    5.45 Clank Dungeon

    11.00 Deal with the Devil

    14.05 Twilight Inscription

    31.15 Kalimambo

    35.00 My father’s work

    37.15 Terracotta Army

    41.00 Tiletum

    48.45 First Rat

    52.00 Gutenberg

    56.30 Marrakesh

    1’03.45 Undaunted Stalingrad

    1’11.45 Turing Machine

    As always, if you enjoy our content, please consider liking, subscribing, and/or sharing our podcast wherever you are listening to this. We can be found on multiple other social media platforms include Instagram and Facebook. (see links below)

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/boardgamegambit/

    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/boardgamegambit/

    Intro Music: [Sitcom Rock Sting] by Alexander Nakarada (www.serpentsoundstudios.com) Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Outro Music: [Sitcom Rock Sting 2] by Alexander Nakarada (www.serpentsoundstudios.com) Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

    1 hr 19 min
  • Season 2 Episode 11: Who made this?

    Today's episode is a slightly different format as we did not have a review because we had so much to talk about regarding board game companies. We discuss good experiences and areas of improvement for a plethora of board game companies. Are there any companies that we need to check out that we didn't mention? Feel free to leave a comment or question and we will get back as soon as possible.

    As always, if you enjoy our content, please consider liking, subscribing, and/or sharing our podcast wherever you are listening to this. We can be found on multiple other social media platforms include Instagram and Facebook. (see links below)

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/boardgamegambit/

    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/boardgamegambit/

    Intro Music: [Sitcom Rock Sting] by Alexander Nakarada (www.serpentsoundstudios.com) Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Outro Music: [Sitcom Rock Sting 2] by Alexander Nakarada (www.serpentsoundstudios.com) Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

    1 hr 35 min
  • Season 2 Episode 10: Going, going, GONE! (Auction games)

    After a brief hiatus, we are back to present to you the auction game episode. We discuss games that are auction focused. Did your favorite make the cut? Our in-depth review is Ra by Reiner Knizia. Games discussed in this episode include We Care, Tapestry, Medici, and more!

    As always, if you enjoy our content, please consider liking, subscribing, and/or sharing our podcast wherever you are listening to this. We can be found on multiple other social media platforms include Instagram and Facebook. (see links below)

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/boardgamegambit/

    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/boardgamegambit/

    Intro Music: [Sitcom Rock Sting] by Alexander Nakarada (www.serpentsoundstudios.com) Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Outro Music: [Sitcom Rock Sting 2] by Alexander Nakarada (www.serpentsoundstudios.com) Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

    1 hr 21 min
  • Season 2 Episode 9: Modern Classics

    In today's episode we discuss modern classics, including what it means to BE a modern classic. Our in-depth game review is Five Tribes from Bruno Cathala and Days of Wonder. As always, we start by discussing some games that we have played recently as well.

    Some games mentioned in today's episode include Quacks of Quedlinburg, Azul, Codenames, Splendor, Beyond the Sun, and many more!

    The winner of our Instagram contest is @thegametable. Thank you to everyone who has entered and be sure to follow our account to be the first to know about future giveaways.

    As always, if you enjoy our content, please consider liking, subscribing, and/or sharing our podcast wherever you are listening to this. We can be found on multiple other social media platforms include Instagram and Facebook. (see links below)

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/boardgamegambit/

    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/boardgamegambit/

    Intro Music: [Sitcom Rock Sting] by Alexander Nakarada (www.serpentsoundstudios.com) Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Outro Music: [Sitcom Rock Sting 2] by Alexander Nakarada (www.serpentsoundstudios.com) Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

    1 hr 28 min

About Board Game Gambit

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A gambit is a remark intended to start a conversation or make a telling point. We hope through our podcast we can not only share our opinions on different aspects of games, but also encourage people…