Board Game Gumbo Live!

Tonight, Steve "The Name Father" O'Rourke is back in the Gumbo Pot with BJ, fresh off a visit to PAX UNPLUGGED. But this time, Steve's brought guests -- Julie & Houston, fellow academics and board game aficionados. 

The three enlighten BJ about the wonders of Philly, and break down their impressions of games, games, games: 

And finally, for some lagniappe, the four chat up their Envie games, the ones that they really, really want to play:  Unmatched Adventures (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles), A Place For All My Books, White Rabbit, and Red Letter, Yellow Letter) 

So grab a Philly cheesesteak and a cold bottle of Yuengling, and enjoy another Lagniappe episode! 

Laissez les bon temps rouler!

** Some of these games were complimentary copies given to the channel or to Southern Board Game Fest courtesy of the publisher. **

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It's the holiday season! And everybody is asking for appropriate games to bring to family and friend game nights, so here's a list of ten games released -- or re-released in new editions -- in the past couple of years that are PERFECT for your next holiday game night!

Games featured:

Puppies or Poop (Fight In A Box Games) **

Wine Cellar (25th Century Games) **  

Duck & Cover (Captain Games)

Squirrel Away (Floodgate Games)

What Can I Say (Pipnetic Games)

The Office: Paper Paranoia (The OP)

Codenames (CGE)

BoubaKiki (Grand Gamers Guild)

Red Letter, Yellow Letter (25th Century Games)

Flip 7 (The OP)

Laissez les bon temps rouler!

** Some of these games were complimentary copies given to the channel or to Southern Board Game Fest courtesy of the publisher. **

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It’s another “lagniappe” episode of the Gumbo podcast, this time with Mitchell Prudhomme, the director from Southern Board Game Fest! 

First, BJ and Mitchell chat up their recent experiences listening to The Beans & Dice Podcast, plus BJ gives an update on Gamers For Cures, hosted by Dan Patriss of The Geek All Stars.

Then, they dish about recent plays of The Hobbit: There And Back Again (a new roll and write from Reiner Knizia and Office Dog Games), Tend (the new IV Studios game), and My Village (a classic game from Inka & Markus Brand and Stronghold Games). 

Plus, we throw in our choices for ENVIE game this week!  Mitchell and BJ chat about the games that they really, really, really want to play next.  And we get some Lagniappe -- another play of Asian Tigers! 

Sit back with a cold bottle of Swamp Pop Praline Cream, grab your favorite po-boy from Pop's, and enjoy another episode of Lagniappe from Board Game Gumbo! Laissez les bon temps rouler! 

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It’s another “lagniappe” episode of the Gumbo podcast, this time with Mitchell Prudhomme, the director from Southern Board Game Fest! 

First, BJ and Mitchell chat up their recent visit to another friendly local game store (sans board games) called LVL 1 Gaming. Then, we dish about recent plays of Tag Team, Big Sur, and Origin Story.

Plus, we throw in some lagniappe — our first impressions of ASIAN TIGERS: A STORY OF PROSPERITY, a crunchy mid-weigh euro from the team that brought you NIPPON and MADEIRA. 

Finally, it's time for some ENVIE!  Mitchell and BJ chat about the games that they really, really, really want to play next. 

Sit back with a cold bottle of Barq's Red Creme Soda, grab your favorite meat-and-three from Theriot's Lunch & Catering, and enjoy another episode of Lagniappe from Board Game Gumbo! Laissez les bon temps rouler! 

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It's ESSEN SPIEL week! BJ from Board Game Gumbo is back with TEN more games that he has the ENVIE to buy at ESSEN SPIEL 2025. Plus, there's a little bit of lagniappe, with six interesting games that might slip under the radar, and two expansions that would have definitely come home in the Gumbo suitcase. Do these games catch your eye, too?

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The summer break is over, and we are back in the Gumbo Pot! This time, Jeremy from the Acadiana Board Gamers is back to teach us how to play CASCADIA ALPINE LAKES, out on Kickstarter right now from our friends at Flatout Games.  You like Cascadia? You want it even more breezy, and with a 3D component? Check this game out! 

But we were not alone. The chat krewe was with us, and we did some deep dives about the gameplay and our thoughts after this first two player game for BJ. (Jeremy has played it a bunch with his spouse at home). Plus, there's talk about SoBo and Pax and lots of other shenanigans. 

Sit back with a cold bottle of Berliner Weisse, grab your favorite jagerschnitzel, and enjoy another episode of Lagniappe from Board Game Gumbo! Laissez les bon temps rouler! 

For more information about CASCADIA ALPINE LAKES, which is already funded, click here:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/flatoutgames/cascadia-alpine-lakes

** A prototype copy of the game was provided by the publisher. The production, artwork, and rules are subject to change during the project -- although Flatout does a great job of sending us pretty stout production copies before the campaign starts. ** 

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It’s another “lagniappe” episode of the Gumbo podcast, this time with Jay from Cardboard East! Jay is the marketing manager for Bezier Games, and he’s here to chat about The Game Makers! 

First, Jay gives us his two ENVIE games from Asian designers that will be featured at GENCON (to demo, check out Age of Galaxy and to buy, look at 12 Rivers). Plus, we throw in some lagniappe — Buffet Boss. 

Then, we get into a deep dive with Jay all about The Game Makers, designed by Ben Rossett from Panda Games and coming in September to crowdfunding from Bezier Games.

Finally, Jay dishes on two spicy hot games he played recently:  Castle Raisers and The Wondrous Museum before we close out the show. 

Sit back with a cold bottle of Dr. Enuf, grab your favorite meat-and-three, and enjoy another episode of Lagniappe from Board Game Gumbo! Laissez les bon temps rouler! 

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We took the month off of June from podcasting to play some games! We’re back with a special episode of Gumbo Live! this time with Steve “The Name Father” O’Rourke dishing on his recent adventures at Chuck Con IV in Salt Lake City. 

But Steve’s not alone — he’s brought friends! Our old friend, Phillip Millman (“Baseball Highlights 2045”) joins Becke from the Chuck’s Gateway & Filler Games Facebook Group to chat about all things Chuck Con. 

Chuck Con is an annual “friend con” hosted by the members of the Chuck’s Gateway & Filler Games group. The group is dedicated to the memory of Chuck Yeager, who started the group and championed lightweight family friendly games that just have a way of bringing more people into the hobby. 

Sit back with a cold dirty soda, grab some smooth cheese and Russian pickled peppers, munch on a croissant from the Beaucoup Bakery and enjoy another Gumbo Live! 

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It’s another Twitch Tuesday in the Gumbo Pot! This time, Jeremy and Doug stop by to play Pirates of Maracaibo and Schrodinger’s Cat, which you can find on our Twitch and YouTube channels. But before they get to playing the games, they have to chat about the news that came out today — it’s Spiel nominations time!

The krewe chat about their experiences playing all of the Spiel and Kennerspiel nominations:

Kenner:  Endeavor Deep Sea, Faraway and Looooot

Spiel des Jahres: BombBusters, Flip 7 and Krakel Drakel

Until next time, laissez les bon temps rouler!

Gumbo Live! welcomed in Josh Ballagh, designer and publisher of Coalition: Councils of the Republic, which is hitting Kickstarter this summer! Josh is also one of the co-heads of our awesome GEAUXPUB section at Southern Board Game Fest, and we chatted about the successful con!

Then we chatted up the history of Coalition and how it came from Josh’s days in school to now. Plus, we played a game live with the Chat Krewe!

For more information on Coalition: Councils of the Republic: 

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/coalition-the-game/coalition-councils-of-the-republic 

www.coalitionthegame.com

Laissez les bon temps rouler!