Board Games in Bed

Firstly, this podcast was recorded a few weeks ago prior to a lot of the social distancing measures being enforced in the UK. Apologies if any of our comments seem flippant or insensitive.

Secondly we had some audio issues I suspect caused by the baby monitor. I have tried to correct these but occasionally there is still buzzing, and on other occasions it sounds like we are underwater. Hopefully it isn't too distracting.

We hope you enjoy this view based episode, the items reviewed we as follows:

The Board Game Book https://www.boardgame-book.com/

The Game Designers https://thegamedesignersmovie.com/

Microbrew https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/240529/microbrew

Vektorace https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/256839/vektorace

Heropath: Dragon Roar https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/238412/heropath-dragon-roar

It's been a very long time since we last put out a podcast so we have prepared an extra special, extra long episode featuring our top 10 games (and a few extra games along the way).

We have missed you all and hope to do more episodes in 2020!

For more about the podcast check out boardgamesinbed.com and to rank your own games collection check out https://rankingengine.pubmeeple.com/

This week we are covering our one day experience of the UK Games Expo 2019. We discuss what it is like to take a 4 month old baby to a convention plus the games we got to demo there including Maki Stack, Ticket to Ride London, Overbooked, Medium and Dice Hospital.

We also discuss some of the games we have been playing recently, namely Wingspan and Kitchen Rush.

For more information about the podcast and links to all our social media check out boardgamesinbed.com

This episode we are attempting a proper review!

We are covering the amazing Wibbell ++, a deck of cards for word games! We discuss the new delux version and the core games that can be played with it as well as our thoughts about the system in general. For more info check out http://www.stuffbybez.com/.

We also talk about a few of the games we have been playing recently including Splendor, High Society, For Sale, Star Realms Frontiers, Cobra Paw and Slam it.

Check out our website boardgamesinbed.com for links to all our social media

We are back again and we have actually been playing some games! This episode we discuss Legacy of Dragonholt (no spoilers), Batman Gotham City Chronicals and Ganz Schön Clever.

Asides from real board games we have also been playing a lot of app board games at the moment, so unsurprisingly that is this episodes pillow talk. We discuss some of the app games we have been playing recently as well as what makes a good app game, online play vs pass n play, the benefits and pitfalls of app gaming and why the wooden blocks app isn't a board game.

Long term listeners might also remember we covered this topic back in episode 2! A fact I forget to mention the entire episode but if you are interested in what we thought about board game apps back in May 2017 go check it out: https://soundcloud.com/becky-crothers/episode-2-board-game-apps

For links to all our social media check out our website www.boardgamesinbed.com

Since we are so late with our Christmas special it only seemed fitting to release it on April fools day! This episode was recorded 30th December 2018 - it really has taken me 4 months to get round to editing it, that not a joke!

We discuss the games we got to play with our families over Christmas including Confident?, Strictly Come Dancing Board Game, Santa Banta, Skull, Quixx, Azul, Welcome To.., Machi Koro, and High Society.

We also discuss what makes a good Christmas game and why are board games are so popular at Christmas, all useful and relevant stuff for April.

For links to all our social media check out www.boardgamesinbed.com

We had a baby!

Surprisingly enough it has got in the way of us both playing board games and recording podcasts.

This episode we talk about how having a baby has affected our gaming and what kind of games might be suitable for playing when there is a newborn baby around.

For links to all our social media check out our website www.boardgamesinbed.com

Its been embarrassingly long since our last podcast but in our defence we have been quite busy!

This weeks episode we are discussing some of the games we have been playing in our long absence including El Grande, Santorini, Pillars of the Earth, Loony Quest and Last Will as well as the difficulties of moving a games collection!

For links to all our social media check out our website www.boardgamesinbed.com

OK so its been more like 4 weeks than 2 weeks since the last one! But we are back with another episode (that may or may not have been recorded over 2 weeks ago)

This time we are talking about a current passion - Escape Room games! The only thing we have been playing a lot of recently!

We mention the excellent Escape This Podcast A LOT this episode so be sure to check out them. http://www.escapethispodcast.com/

We also talk about Mark Robers youtube video on how to beat escape rooms, check it out here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwgaTYOx0RI

Finally we mention a print and play escape room that @Merchm3nt recommended us on twitter https://www.escape-team.com/ - we have yet to check it out but that doesn't mean you shouldn't!

We also talk about some of the other games we have been playing recently including Cockroach Poker, World Championship Russian Roulette, Sushi Go and Quixx.

For links to all our social media check out our website boardgamesinbed.com

This week we are discussing something we don't usually mention on our podcast - designers! We love games but don't always pay attention to the people that make them. This week we are discussing why we should be paying more attention as well as some of the reasons we don't.

We also discuss some of the games we have been playing recently including Modern Art, Mountains of Madness, Majesty for the Realm, Descent, Strike and BSG (of course)

For links to everything check out our website www.boardgamesinbed.com