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November 21, 2024 Ep 064 | Are Board Games LOSING their Creativity? ft Nekojima, Spectral and Cthulhu Death May Die
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Are Board Games falling into the movie trap of chasing sequels for money at the expense of creativity and uniqueness? This is the topic of discussion on this week's episode of the Board Game Gateway Podcast.
Neeber, Damien, Ralph and Joel get together behind the microphones to discuss this topic as well as some of the games that they have been playing this week including the classic King of Tokyo, the outrageous Cthulhu: Death May Die, the think Spectral and the up-and-comer Nekojima.
4 Games and a Discussion topic, this is one Smorgasbord of an auditory adventure for you this week.
Timestamps
00:00 - Introduction
03:22 - King of Tokyo
12:28 - Cthulhu: Death May Die
29:39 - Spectral
46:20 - Nekojima (Gateway Game of the Week)
57:16 - Discussion Topic: Are Board Games losing their creativity by focusing on JO sequels and focusing on profits rather than creating new and interesting IPs?
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Intro / Outro Music Merry Bay by Ghostrifter Official | ⁠⁠https://soundcloud.com/ghostrifter-official⁠⁠
1 hr 18 min
November 06, 2024 Ep 063 | THEME or MECHANICS? What makes you buy a Board Game?
Why do we buy board games? Is it the Spectacular Art of the Cards, Board and Components? Is it the interplay of Players, Mechanics and Theme? Whatever the reason our hosts are going to chat about why they keep games or buy them in the first place.
Neeber, Ralph, Damien and Jol return for another podcast where we chat about the new 2 player sensation Lord of the Rings; Duel for Middle Earth, the relaxing yet satisfying Takaido Duo and the surprisingly satisfactory cooperative Hanabi.
A return to form is coming your way and we can't wait to share it with you.
Timestamps
00:00 - Introduction02:23 - Lord of the Rings; Duel for Middle Earth16:32 - Tokaido Duo31:45 - Hanabi (Gateway Game of the Week)44:56 - Discussion Topic: THEME or MECHANICS? Why do you buy a game? Submitted by @crowbat5428
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Intro / Outro Music Merry Bay by Ghostrifter Official | ⁠⁠https://soundcloud.com/ghostrifter-official⁠⁠
1 hr 1 min
October 23, 2024 Ep 062 | What board game/s are the most REWARDING?
Rewarding experiences are everywhere in board gaming but what game/games provide the best? That is the topic of discussion in this week's episode of the Board Game Gateway podcast.
Not only that but we have 3 fantastic games we want to chat about. The classic Tokaido, the surprisingly funny Hand-to-Hand Wombat, and our gateway game of the week Land vs Sea. Not only that but we have an exciting announcement that Joel will be joining us as a host going forward.
We are super excited to have him join us, and can not wait to bring you more content.
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Timestamps
00:00 - Introduction
01:28 - Exciting Announcement
02:25 - Sydney's Family Game Day
13:12 - Tokaido
23:35 - Hand to Hand Wombat
32:47 - Land vs Sea (Gateway Game of the Week)
43:07 - What are the Game/s that provide the most rewarding Experiences?
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Intro / Outro Music Merry Bay by Ghostrifter Official | ⁠⁠https://soundcloud.com/ghostrifter-official⁠⁠
1 hr 1 min
October 16, 2024 Ep 061 | Why are we still playing Board Games?
Why do we still play board games? After discovering the hobby and being settled into it our hosts look bad and see that we have been playing board games for over 10 years with no end in sight. Why? This is the topic of our discussion today.
Before we get to the discussion though we talk about some very exciting games that we have played. beautiful and tight Kelp: Octopus vs Shark, the harsh and tactical John Company 2nd Edition and the silly but amazing Dropolter.
We welcome Joel back to the podcast for a second time and we are proud to present this week's podcast.
Timestamps
⁠00:00⁠ - Introduction
03:00 - Kelp
14:16 - John Company 2nd Edition
30:41 - Cloudspire (Preview)
42:00 - Dropolter (Gateway Game of the Week)
51:27 - Discussion Topic: Why do we continue to play games?
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Intro / Outro Music Merry Bay by Ghostrifter Official | ⁠⁠https://soundcloud.com/ghostrifter-official⁠⁠
1 hr 20 min
September 25, 2024 Ep 060 | Are Old Board Games Making a COMEBACK?
Are we nostalgic for older board games? This is the topic of discussion in Episode 60 of the Board Game Gateway Podcast. We invite another guest to this episode, Mr Leo from The Game Shelf.
Neeber, Damien, Ralph & Leo all played the Reiner Knizia classic 'Samurai' and we not only shared our thoughts on this classic tile placement game, but also had a chance to discuss why there are not as many games that like it being released in the current board gaming climate.
It's a super interesting discussion and episode and we can not wait for you to hear it!
Timestamps
00:00 - Introduction
02:53 - Samurai
20:48 - Discussion Topic: Are we Nostalgic for older games?
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Intro / Outro Music Merry Bay by Ghostrifter Official | ⁠⁠https://soundcloud.com/ghostrifter-official⁠⁠
1 hr 12 min
September 18, 2024 Ep 059 | Pass the Party Food with the B3GD Recap
We welcome special guest Joel to this very special episode of the podcast. We recap our 2nd event, B3GD Winter 2024 and also talk about our Gateway Game of the Week; Pass the Party Food.
There is now only 99 days until Christmas so as we start to run into the end of the year we have got a lot of games, themes and things to cover. We are super excited to get into it starting with this episode.

Timestamps
00:00 - Introduction
01:24 - B3GD Winter 2024 Official Recap
26:49 - Pass the Party Food (Gateway Game of the Week)

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September 04, 2024 Ep 58 | A Tableau of Opportunity
In this episode we finally got the boys to play Star Tycoon and share their thoughts and feelings about it. Damien introduced Neeber to the mean auction game of The Estates and the amazing post-apocalyptic tableau builder in 51st State.
Neeber and Damien are excited to be back and to bring you even more board gaming content after such a successful B3GD Winter 2024.
Timestamps
00:00 - Introduction
02:23 - Leviathan Wilds (Preview)
07:06 - The Estates
22:03 - Star Tycoon
41:52 - 51st State
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Intro / Outro Music Merry Bay by Ghostrifter Official | ⁠⁠https://soundcloud.com/ghostrifter-official⁠⁠
1 hr 4 min
August 21, 2024 Ep 057 | Interview with Keith from Cutlass Board Games
Neeber and Ralph bring you a really special episode today as we get to interview another Sydney-based game designer; Keith from Cutlass Board Games.
Keith is the designer of games such as Castles of Caleira, Treachery of the Paper Fox and Murders at Tealwoods Manor. He has a new game that he is excited to talk to us about which is called...Cutlass.
We had a great chat about how he got into board gaming, what are some of the games that he enjoys and pulls inspiration from and we go into how his new games play.
We hope you enjoy this new episode.
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Intro / Outro Music Merry Bay by Ghostrifter Official | ⁠⁠https://soundcloud.com/ghostrifter-official⁠⁠
1 hr 7 min
August 14, 2024 Ep 056 | Three Cons, 1 Beard
It has been a while and some major things have gone down and we need to have a talk about it. Ralph shaved his beard!
But seriously, we had the chance to attend Play Con and Clocktower Con, two of Australia's newest conventions. Ralph will be telling us about his time at Clocktower Con Australia, Neeber and Damien will be giving you all the goss from Australia's newest and largest board gaming convention Play Con and finally we will be giving you a preview of B3GD (Board Game Gateways Game Day) Winter 2024.
Timestamps
00:00 - Introduction
01:43 - Play Con 2024 Review and Breakdown
22:38 - Clocktower 2024 Review and Breakdown
34:11 - Neebers first BotC Story Telling
47:30 - B3GD Winter 2024 Preview
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Intro / Outro Music Merry Bay by Ghostrifter Official | ⁠⁠https://soundcloud.com/ghostrifter-official⁠⁠
59 min
June 12, 2024 Ep 054 | Clocktower Con Australia 2024 - Interview with The Organiser; Theo
Blood on the Clocktower is celebrating its 10th anniversary in 2024 and Sydney is getting its first Blood on the Clocktower Convention coming to the roundhouse on July 6th and 7th. Ralph and Neeber are privileged to get to interview one of the organisers of the event, Theo.
In this episode we take you through his relationship to the game, why run the convention as well as some of the fun events that are coming up.

Timestamps
00:00 - Introduction
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Intro / Outro Music Merry Bay by Ghostrifter Official | ⁠⁠https://soundcloud.com/ghostrifter-official⁠⁠
1 hr 4 min

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