Into The Meepleverse

In this episode Billy and Maggie are back together! Maggie discusses her first play of Curious Cargo (2:50) and Billy gets into his plays of Panorama (15:40). As always the episode wraps up with the two hosts discussing their Nerd Adjacent Musings (33:42).

This week’s episode features Matt, longtime friend of the podcast and Everdell expert, joining Billy to talk about this wonderful game that he has played over a hundred times. The two go deep into their likes and dislikes of this game that they both love so much, talk about the expansions and what really lands with them, and Matt even recites some poetry about one of the new Pearlbrook cards!

This episode starts off with a quick Dune-scussion and a little catch up from Billy and Maggie on what they’ve been playing over the past month. Then Billy gets into 3 very different games. First, Shifting Stones (6:51) then they switch gears to the return of the Throwback PodDay segment with PitchCar (20:08), last Billy discusses a wonderful small-box-deck-builder-word-game: Paperback (36:05)! And to wrap things up Billy and Maggie discuss some TV shows as their Nerd Adjacent Musings (51:37).

To celebrate EPISODE 50, today the duo are competing in a quiz gameshow about games they have talked about on the podcast before. Who is the ultimate knowledge winner? Play along as the oddly specific clues are given and see if you can guess the games before them!

Back with another Top 5 list! Billy and Maggie discuss their Top 5 Aesthetically Pleasing Games (that they have played) (5:01), with little to no coordination on what qualifies as “aesthetically pleasing”. The duo talk games, art, game art, and art games! Billy also discusses a devastating rule he got wrong, or someone else got wrong cough Greg cough. And always the episode ends with a discussion on other nerdy things the hosts like, which quickly derails to some light hate for an MCU series (51:29).

Back with a regularly styled episode today, where Billy brings back up old favourite, The Quacks of Quedlinburg (5:42). Being able to more safely people again, Maggie has thoughts on her first high player count game of the year with Panic on Wall Street (16:10). To wrap it up, Billy brings up the beautiful art and elegant design of Canvas (29:55).

This week Maggie and Billy change up the format a bit and talk about their Top 5 favourite games that they don’t own, with some honorable mentions as well. The duo also get side-tracked and discuss all the games they have rated a perfect 10 on BGG. And as always the episode wraps up with some nerd adjacent musings (48:15).

In the first episode back after the big break (i.e. missing one episode), the two are ready to talk about very different games. Maggie brings New York Zoo (4:14), a new Uwe Rosenberg title and talks about it as a Never Forget Your First. Billy talks about his recent RPG experiences in Cyberpunk RED (16:42). Maggie also announces what games won our Inaugural Meepleverse des Jahres (35:16).

In this episode Maggie discusses a classic analysis paralysis game, Five Tribes (3:54), by one of Billy’s favourite designer’s, Bruno Cathala. Billy then gives his opinion on his Kickstarter copy of the short and sweet Marvel United (18:18). The duo finish off talking about their Nerd Adjacent Musings (38:26).

This episode jumps right in with Maggie’s thoughts on Red Rising (3:34), a new game from Stonemaier Games based on the dystopian sci-fi series by Pierce Brown. The duo then revisit a game previously discussed on Episode 2, Kingdom Death: Monster (20:03), Billy deep dives into the mechanics and combat of this luxurious lifestyle game. The episode wraps up with a few Nerd Adjacent Musings (52:20).