Plays Well With Two

Plays Well With Two

By Kristen HLeisureGames
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Plays Well With Two episodes

  • The Cardboard Mama and Husband 2020 Board Game Gift Guide Extravaganza!
    Gifts! It's that time of year again, and we have some big ideas for what board, card and dice games to get for toddlers, newer players, and seasoned gamers alike. Can't forget those stockings either! We will help you fill those as well .... 4:18 -- Games for Toddlers; 10:35 -- Games for Newbies / Families; 42:12 -- Games for Gamers;
    1:05:00 -- Stocking Stuffers
    1 hr 21 min
  • Review of My City, a polyonimo legacy board game
    Cardboard Mama and The Husband review Reiner Knizia's polyonimo legacy board game My City. Did the game deserve the nomination for the 2020 SDJ (kind of like the Oscar's for board games)? The answer is Yes. Listen to find out why! Spoiler free review until you reach the 13:30 mark. You've been warned!
    34 min
  • The $100 Challenge for Board Games
    Cardboard Mama and The Husband take the $100 board game challenge. If your entire collection turned to dust and you only had $100 to spend, what would you get? One big, expensive game? Lots of stocking stuffer card games? Whose collection would you want to buy? Hard choices abound in this episode!
    43 min
  • First Impressions of Set A Watch
    Married couple gives first impressions of the board game Set A Watch. An RPG-feeling dice, card game with monster slaying and some cool ideas. Do you have what it takes to kill hordes of monsters armed with 3 dice and limited abilities? It is your turn to sit out at camp? Does the game earn its keep and survive to set a watch another day in our collection?
    36 min
  • This is Halloween: Top 10 board games for the spooky season
    “Wouldn't you like to see something strange … Come with us and you will see” … Cardboard Mama and The Husband's top 10 board and card games to ring in Halloween. Looking for something to bring to the table this month? Look no further! Also, it is the first combined top 10 list! **** Spoilers: Games discussed include Mansions of Madness, Horrified, The Bloody Inn, Mystery Rummy, Broom Service, Betrayal at House on the Hill, Nightfall, Hocus Pocus and more! Bonus Unnecessary Expansion segment on the best Halloween books for kids! Happy Halloween!
    59 min
  • New to Us: 6 quick reviews
    In this episode, Cardboard Mama and The Husband take a look at some board games that might not be the newest ... but they're new to us. Games discussed include City of Spies: Estoril 1942, Deep Sea Adventure, Kingdomino, Sunflower Valley, Take Stock, and Whistle Stop.
    31 min
  • Culling the Collection, Part Five (T-Z)

    We're finally done! The last Culling the Collection Episode! Cardboard Mama and The Husband's monumental task is at an end, with this episode focusing on the final letters of the alphabet. Games from T-Z are discussed and their fate determined. 

    1 hr 41 min
  • Culling the Collection 2020, Part Four (S)

    Is this thing still going on? YES IT IS. Cardboard Mama and The Husband continue to work through their collection, possibly making some controversial cuts along the way. Part Four starts with S and ends with... S. How many games will stay put in their cozy homes on our shelves, how many will migrate to the infamous Shelf of Reckoning, to be played one more time, and how many are heading to new homes as auctions/trades/et cetera? There's only one way to find out....

    57 min
  • Culling the Collection 2020, Part Three (N-R)

    The Husband suggested that the board game collection needs a trim.  Cardboard Mama jumped on the suggestion, and we're doin' it with the  microphone turned on! ... then we realized we would need to break it  down into multiple episodes. Welcome to the THIRD installment! This  episode has games from Nagaraja to Rum and Bones: Second Tide. We're sure you've gotta know... which games stay and which games go (and which games will find themselves on the Shelf of Reckoning, to be played one time to determine their fate)? Find out today.... 

    1 hr 8 min
  • Culling the Collection 2020, Part Two (G-M)
    The Husband suggested that the board game collection needs a trim. Cardboard Mama jumped on the suggestion, and we're doin' it with the microphone turned on! ... then we realized we would need to break it down into multiple episodes. Welcome to the second installment! This episode has games from Galaxy Trucker to Mystery Rummy. Which board games stay, which ones have a new home on the Shelf of Reckoning (gets one more play before final decision) and which ones are we saying goodbye to? Find out now!
    1 hr 27 min

About Plays Well With Two

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A pair of married board gamers are on a quest to find the games that work best with two players while also trimming down their collection so only the cream of the crop are left.