Escape Into Board Games

Board Games Dripping With Theme

What's your favorite board game theme? Which board game has the most immersive theme? Theme is often the hook that brings you into a game, but it's also the clothes the game wears and the language we use when we talk about the game. In this episode we talk about just some of our favorite games that are dripping with theme. 04:02 Dead of Winter 18:15 Chronicles of Crime 32:45 Star Wars Rebellion 45:53 Black Orchestra 55:01 Flashpoint: Fire Rescue 1:01:36 Battlestar Galactica: The Board Game 1:14:09 The Adventurers: The Temple Of Chac 1:24:39 Nemesis

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Modern Classics

How many board games on your shelf are fifteen, twenty, thirty years old?  They might show a little shelf wear and their art might be a little dated but these games still get plenty of plays at our table.  Maybe you're not familiar with them all, in which case we'd be happy to introduce you to some of our favourite Modern Classics.

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2:56 Catan

10:53 Carcassonne

21:08 Stone Age

25:29 Puerto Rico

32:45 Caverna: The Cave Farmers

40:19 Power Grid

51:09 The Castles of Burgundy

1:00:23 Modern Art

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Near Mint Comic Book Board Games

In this edition of the Escape Into Board Games podcast, Matt and Chris squeeze into spandex and capes to talk about some board games based on comic books.

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00:00  Near Mint Comic Book Board Games  03:42  Legendary: A Marvel Deck Building Game 14:21  The Walking Dead: The Board Game 20:53  Marvel United 29:24  Locke & Key: The Game 38:24  Attack on Titan: The Last Stand  44:56  Marvel Heroes  51:05  Marvel Champions: The Card Game 

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In the Fantastic Fillers Finale we continue talking about the fast-to-set-up and easy-to-learn filler games that we enjoy. 

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00:00  Fantastic Fillers Finale 00:58  Zombie Dice 05:11  Blank Slate 11:04  Coup 16:14  No Thanks 23:01  Cockroach Poker 28:40  For Sale 33:31  Fantastic Gymnastics

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In this episode Chris Cormier and Matt McKenzie talk about some of their favourite Filler Games. They discuss the difficulties of playing a game about some of the gruesome details of the French Revolution, talk about a strategy to rescue a certain unloved game from thrift stores, and mention a game that you can play online with your friends using Board Game Arena for free.

Chris Cormier and Matt McKenzie talk about games that have interesting and unique game mechanisms. We're not claiming to have discovered the next great genre of boardgaming and these garme are not the only games that contain these mechanisms, however, we think they are implemented in new and interesting ways. We also do a segment about sleeving your games.

Several Superior Spelling Games that Supersede Scrabble

In this episode Chris and Matt talk about the spelling games that have replaced Scrabble for them.

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00:00  Several Superior Spelling Games that Supersede Scrabble 04:31  Bananagrams 10:16  Word on the Street 16:23  Spell Smashers 22:57  Letter Jam 29:00  Wordsy 33:11  Paperback and Hardback

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0:00 Games with Unique Mechanisms 03:26  Wavelength 07:47  Jungle Smart  13:33  Concept 18:46  Kluster 23:11  Treasure Island 28:47  Mord im Arosa 33:43  The Mind 39:34  Cartooner 45:43  To Sleeve or Not To Sleeve

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Five Fun Games for Families

Whether your family is small or large, every game collection should include some go-to games that you can bring out that the entire family will enjoy.  However, finding the right game for your family can be tricky and often involves balancing thematic elements, table presence, learning time, skill levels, confrontational elements, game length and even the game components. But it can also be the difference between the same old, hum-drum holiday dinner and an evening spent together laughing and creating fun memories that will last a life time. 

We hope that the games we talk about in this episode encourage your family and others to play games together.

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