As the great sea monster surges toward your island, you stand firm. Casting an eye to your surroundings you see the ancient blue turtle watching, judging. Great, now you'll have to defeat this monster and look good doing it... Just what you've been waiting for. This podcast is all about boardgames and this week we are featuring the recent release Tidal Blades: Heroes of the Reef. The bright and blue game from Tim and Ben Eisner, but did it impress or crash under the waves? Find out on this episode of the Meeple in a Gamestack podcast, also covered games include,

0:41 Recently Played: Modern Art, Sushi Go Party and Taverns of Tiefenthal.

3:00 Feature Game: Tidal Blades

If you have any questions or want to tell us what you think of Tidal Blades you can reach us at https://twitter.com/meeplegamestack or at [email protected]. Always happy to hear from you!

Shoutout to our listeners from Australia. You're all right beauties for listening. Thank you so much for listening!

Welcome to the final part of Reiner Knizia Month! We're done (for now) covering games by prolific boardgame designer, Reiner Knizia. But what did we learn about his work? Did his work live up to the hype? What did we learn from his games?  Listen in to find out. We also talk about,

0:49 Clank! and The Quest for El Dorado

1:44 Feature Topic: Reiner Knizia Month conclusion

Let us know what you think of the Doctor, his games, and our conclusions. Reach us at https://twitter.com/meeplegamestack or at [email protected]

Shoutout to our Michigan listeners! Thank you so much for listening Michiganders.

Welcome to the third part of Reiner Knizia Month! We are super excited to be diving into some of the games by the very prolific boardgame designer, Dr. Reiner Knizia. Listen in to hear our very opposing thoughts of these two games, The Quest for El Dorado and Modern Art!

1:31 Reiner Knizia Designer Month Intro

2:19 The Quest for El Dorado

21:04 Modern Art

Let us know what you think of our choice of Dr. Knizia's games, and your thought on our thoughts haha. We would love to hear from you. Reach us at https://twitter.com/meeplegamestack or at [email protected]

Shoutout to our listeners from Ontario! Hello easterly neighbors! Thank you so very much for listening!

Welcome to the second part of Reiner Knizia Month! We are super excited to be diving into some of the games by the very prolific boardgame designer, Dr. Reiner Knizia. Listen in to hear what we think of these two chromatic greats, Blue Lagoon and Yellow & Yangtze!

1:45 Reiner Knizia Designer Month Intro

3:03 Blue Lagoon

14:53 Yellow & Yangtze

Let us know what you think of our choice of Dr. Knizia's games, and what you think of these ones. We appreciate all your input and would love to hear from you all. Reach us at https://twitter.com/meeplegamestack or at [email protected]

Shoutout to our fellow British Columbians! B.C. where most people use the acronym because no one wants to spell it. Thank you so very much for listening!

Welcome to part one of Reiner Knizia Month! This is the first episode of the second part of a series focusing on big name boardgame designers and some of gaming greatest games. We are super excited to be diving into some of the games by the very prolific boardgame designer, Dr. Reiner Knizia.  Check it out to hear what we think of the first couple of his many games that we'll be covering, Lost Cities: The Boardgame and Battle Line!

0:44 Recently Played Games: Quacks of Quedlinburg

1:18 Recently Played Games: Project Elite

5:25 Reiner Knizia Designer Month Intro

11:28 Lost Cities: The Boardgame

20:19 Battle Line

Let us know what you think of our choice of Dr. Knizia's games so far, and what you think of these games. We appreciate all your input and would love to hear from you all. Reach us at https://twitter.com/meeplegamestack or at [email protected]

Shoutout to our fellow Canadians! God I could go for a double-double from Timmies, couldn't you? Thank you so very much for listening.

This piece is a lovely modernist piece that covers the topic of art and evokes the feeling of a discussion. Notice how they've used the medium to their advantage, incorporating multiple voicings and really made use of the negative space created by having no visuals. This podcast is about boardgames and the art that fills and illustrates them. We are joined by the lovely Caitlin as we also talk about,

0:50 Patchwork

1:24 Taco Cat Goat Cheese Pizza

5:28 Tease for upcoming topic

6:14 Topic: Art in Games

Let us know what you think of art in games at https://twitter.com/meeplegamestack or at [email protected]

Shoutout to our Virginian listeners! Thank you so much for listening.

As the mighty tyrant lumbers toward you, you gulp nervously. You and your fellow gearlocs hold fast and prepare for battle, but you can't help but wonder. Are you prepared enough? And most importantly, did you bring enough dice?! This podcast is all about boardgames and this week we are featuring Too Many Bones. The plastic laden adventure epic from Chip Theory Games, but will this game roll high or crumple under it's own weight? Find out on this episode of the Meeple in a Gamestack podcast, also (briefly) covered games include,

1:05 Recently Played: Taverns of Tiefenthal, Dominion, War Chest, Jaipur, Air Land & Sea.

2:00 Feature Game: Too Many Bones

Tell me what you think of Too Many Bones or other Chip Theory Games games at https://twitter.com/meeplegamestack or at [email protected]. Always happy to hear from you!

Shoutout to our listeners from Nebraska. Yes you Nebraskans. Thank you so much for listening!

Alright, so what we have here is a podcast called Meeple in a Gamestack that is all about boardgames covering specific games and boardgaming topics. What we're going to be doing is listening to this episode covering teaching games and rules explanations. You earn points by listening all the way to the end, and you win if you find it entertaining or helpful. Got all that? Alright any questions? This podcast is about boardgames and teaching board games to people. We are joined by the lovely Caitlin as we also talk about,

0:28 Caitlin Introduction and her top 5 update

2:35 What we've been playing recently: Kulami 

3:02 Fox in the Forest

3:20 Dominion

4:37 Arboretum 

8:49 A War of Whispers

22:48 Topic: Teaching Games

Let me know if you have advice for teaching games at https://twitter.com/meeplegamestack or at [email protected]

Shoutout to our Texan listeners! Thank you so much for listening.

Welcome to the final part of Uwe Rosenberg Month! We're done (for now) covering games by accomplished boardgame designer, Uwe Rosenberg. But did we like his games? What did we learn about his games? Did his work live up to the hype? You'll just have to listen to find out. We also talk about,

1:14 Air, Land, and Sea

6:14 Feature Topic: Uwe Rosenberg Month conclusion

Let us know what you think of Uwe Rosenberg, and his games. Reach us at https://twitter.com/meeplegamestack or at [email protected]

Shoutout to our Washington listeners! Hello southerly neighbhors. Thank you so much for listening.

Welcome to the third part of Uwe Rosenberg Month! We're pumped to be covering more games by accomplished boardgame designer, Uwe Rosenberg. Check it out to hear what we think of a well regarded game, Nusfjord! We also cover,

0:56 War Chest: Nobility

6:18 Uwe Rosenberg Month intro

7:33 Nusfjord

Let us know what you think of this game, or other Uwe Rosenberg games you would like to see covered. Reach us at https://twitter.com/meeplegamestack or at [email protected]

Shoutout to our Ohio listeners! Thank you so much for listening.