BJ, Steve and Verla welcomes in Keith Law, board game blogger and reviewer for Paste Magazine, to chat about board games!

We reviewed:

• Earth

Plus, Steve and I may have met our match in the Jambalaya game. You have to hear Keith to believe it!

Keith's info: 

Keith Law, the author of The Inside Game and Smart Baseball and senior baseball writer for The Athletic AND more particularly for our show, a board games writer for Paste Magazine! 

You can find links to almost all of his reviews, plus his thoughts on music, movies, and culture on his blog: 

http://meadowparty.com/

Thanks for listening!

Laissez les bon temps rouler!

BJ and Verla and Steve were hoping to get Keith Law in this week (spoiler alert -- Keith's appeared on May 30 for the #142 show) so while waiting, they talked about some of their recent plays of a few spicy hot games, plus their thoughts on the Spiel nominees: 

• Spots (on BGA)

Next episode: Keith Law! 

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BJ and Verla and Steve welcome in Rob, Cam and TK from The Board Boys Podcast all the way from beautiful Iowa for their first appearance on Gumbo Live!  BJ, Rob, Cam and Verla are no strangers to each other, hanging out at BGG Con and playing games. The Board Boys Podcast is one of the best podcast crews out there, with lots of recurring jokes, deep insight into the top 100 games, and reviews of the latest hotness.

We spend way too much time talking about defain DJ Steve Walsh and the Boing Boing Boing system, but then we talk about a few spicy hot games: 

• Darwin's Journey

Finally, we closed out the night with a rousing rendition of the Board Game Heartthrob: The Heartthrob Board Game

Next episode: Keith Law! 

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BJ and Steve welcome in The Brandt for his first appearance on Gumbo Live!  BJ and The Brandt are no strangers to each other, hanging out at conventions and playing games since way back in 2017 at Dice Tower East. The Brandt is an amazing games teacher, and is the behind the scenes coordinator for the Dice Tower Awards nominations, so it was a perfect time to chat with him about spicy hot games and the 2022 nominations. 

BJ and Steve run through all of this year's nominations with The Brandt and get hot takes from the Chat Krewe on which games have the most buzz. 

Then, we talk about a few spicy hot games: 

• Marrakesh

Finally, we closed out the night with a rousing rendition of the Just One with special guest, Evan from After the Empire and The Weekly Alaboom! 

Next episode: The Board Boys podcast krewe joins us for a whole list of spicy hot games played! 

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BJ, Steve, and Verla were thrilled to chat with Tory Brown, designer of Votes for Women, and Kevin Bertram from Fort Circle Games!  

Tory talked about the initial design, development, and history behind Votes for Women and why she is so excited that Kevin is the publisher! Kevin talked about his recent stint as a host of his own mini-con and gave tips on planning a successful event! 

Plus, we talk about a few spicy hot games: 

• Holotype: Mesozoic North America

Finally, we closed out the night with a rousing rendition of the Boudin Bowl! 

Next episode: The Brandt (Brandt Sanderson) from The Dice Tower segments and Right Brain Roller Podcast! 

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BJ, Steve, Jay and Verla were thrilled to interview Heather O'Neill, a board game designer (Schrödinger’s Cats, Meeple Party) and publisher who also volunteers on the board of UnPub.  

Heather has a new microgram with Weird Giraffe Games called Dreams of Yesterday, and we were excited to chat with her about the project and watch it hit its goal live on stream! 

Plus, we talk about a lot of spicy hot games: 

• Bonanza: Das Wurfelspiel

Finally, we closed out the night with a rousing rendition of Envie: The Game -- tweaked with some gamification! 

Next episode: Tori Brown (designer) and Kevin Bertram (publisher) of Votes for Women -- don't miss this one! 

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BJ, Steve and Verla are back! And of course, we had to chat with Jeremy Howard of Man v Meeple and Rawstone Games! 

First, they reminisce about Jeremy's introduction into the hobby, and find out what he has been up to since the last visit. 

Then we get to the games:

• The Elder Scrolls 

And finally -- it's time for a game with the Chat Krewe! This time, the gang plays "Chat Krewe Team Wins" (our version of Green Team Wins from 25th Century Games)

Thanks for listening!

Until next time, laissez les bon temps rouler!

Back in the Gumbo Pot tonight to test out the new Gumbo Live! 2.0 set up:

• Preview of Tuesday night's episode with Jeremy Howard of Man v Meeple;

Thanks for listening, and stop by the Chat Krewe Tuesday, March 7 at 8:30 PM Central / 9:30 PM Eastern with special guest, Jeremy Howard!

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