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Welcome to The Gleeful Meeple! A podcast all about board games, where strategy meets laughter and marbles ain't just for shootin’ anymore.

In this episode:

• The crew is back from GenCon and boy do we have some stories to tell!
• We make marbles go boom…in this week’s Game of the Show: Potion Explosion
• And you, the Gleeples, get to play along, as the hosts get put in the hot seat with this week's Game Challenge.

So get your ingredients together, mix those potions, and don’t be shy about asking the professor for some help because while the potions might not taste that great, the more you make the more you score!

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Welcome to The Gleeful Meeple! A podcast all about board games, where strategy meets laughter and cultists wait around every corner like pesky mosquitoes.

In this episode:

• We bring out our magnifying glass to focus in on one of the most iconic publishers in the industry, Days of Wonder.
• We check our sanity at the door and take on the Great Old Ones in this week’s Game of the show: Cthulhu: Death May Die
• And you, the Gleeples, get to play along, as the hosts get put in the hot seat with this week's Game Challenge.

So choose your investigator and prepare for the worst because Daddy Cthulhu don’t give a damn and there’s no chance in the Lovecraftian universe that you’re making it out alive.

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Welcome to The Gleeful Meeple - A podcast all about board games, where strategy meets laughter and the scenic route can sometimes make more sense than the best play.

In this episode:

• We’re joined by a special guest to talk about the best ways to prepare for GenCon.
• We put on our hiking boots and get our walking sticks ready as we venture out to visit the national parks in this week’s Game of the show: Parks.
• And you, the Gleeples, get to play along, as the hosts get put in the hot seat with this week's Game Challenge.

So get your water canteens ready, pack your best gear, and don’t miss out on those photo opportunities because while everyone is a winner if you’re enjoying nature, only one hiker will take home victory!

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Welcome to The Gleeful Meeple! A podcast all about board games, where strategy meets laughter and engine building doesn’t require rods and pistons.

In this episode:

• We go head to head to talk about our favorite two player games and what makes two player games unique.
• We start from nothing and build our engine to create a particularly perfect combination of buildings and resources in this week's Game of the Show: Point City!
• And you, the Gleeples, get to play along, as the hosts get put in the hot seat with this week's Game Challenge.

So plan for those civic buildings and use your wilds wisely because you may be building a city but hey - it's in the title, you’re here for the points!

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Welcome to The Gleeful Meeple - A podcast all about board games, where strategy meets laughter and engine building doesn’t require rods and pistons.

In this episode… wait a minute, is that the Glee Phone?

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Welcome to The Gleeful Meeple! 

A podcast all about board games, where strategy meets laughter and every farm reminds you that you’re playing a euro game.

In this episode:

• We catch JK yelling at clouds again as he surprises us with a contentious, cataclysmic conversation.
• France calls us back to construct buildings, create farms, mine for silver, go sailing, and of course, build castle in this week's Game of the Show: Castles of Burgundy!
• Lastly you, the Gleeples, get to play along as the hosts get put in the hot seat with this week's Game Challenge.

So roll your dice, mitigate that luck, and turn misfortune into success as you expand your duchy in the hopes to have the most, well, let’s be real here…points points points! It’s all about that point salad! Give me all the points!

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Welcome to The Gleeful Meeple - A podcast all about board games, where strategy meets laughter and every top deck is a chance for perfection or discard fodder.

In this episode:

• We’re reminded that there’s no “I” in team as we discuss … cooperative games.
• We return to space to find water, raise temperatures, and bring corporate greed to the galaxy in this week's Game of the Show: Terraforming Mars!
• And you, the Gleeples, get to play along, as the hosts get put in the hot seat with this week's Game Challenge.

So choose your corporation, prepare your resources, and make good choices when drafting those cards because terraforming a dry planet isn’t easy and without those sweet sweet tags you’ll be left in the dust.

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Welcome to The Gleeful Meeple - A podcast all about board games, where strategy meets laughter and every roll of the dice makes you wish you were playing yahtzee rules.

In this episode:

• We talk about board games based on popular and perhaps unpopular IPs
• We jump into a classic tile laying game and hope our farmers find their cities in this week’s Game of the Show: Carcassonne
• And you, the Gleeples, get to play along, as the hosts get put in the hot seat with this week's Game Challenge.

So connect those roads, surround those abbeys, get some knights in those cities, and employ some thieves..err, I mean some toll booth employees, because we’re taking a trip to France and you don’t want to share those fields if you don’t have to.

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Welcome to The Gleeful Meeple - A podcast all about board games, where strategy meets laughter and every roll of the dice is a chance for luck to be in your favor.

In this episode:

• We respond to the question “oh, you mean like Monopoly?”
• We shoot for the moon with a Rosenberg game that isn’t about farming in this week’s Game of the Show: Nova Luna!
• And you, the Gleeples, get to play along, as the hosts get put in the hot seat with this week's Game Challenge.

So get ready to connect the dots and regret that tile you placed there a few turns ago because there’s no takebacksies and hey! I see you reaching for that tile, nooooooooooooooooooooooooo

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In this episode, JK's going to tell us why he thinks an established gaming company can do better. We give our rock solid opinions on 'Stone Age'. Finally, we test each other's visual and mental faculties with a game of our own. Tune in to hear the fun!