Punched and Played Podcast

The gang explores the issue of stress in games. We talk about the board games that help us unwind after a stressful day, but we also dive into games that utilize stress as a function within the game. Of course no discussion on stress would be complete without a visit to good ole “misery farm” […]

Expansions have become the norm, but are they needed? After a bit of a hiatus due to summer schedules, the guys are back together for the podcast. This week we hit up the topic of expansions for board games. We discuss the different functions expansions may serve, whether board game expansions are really all that […]

This week Jonathan takes control of the whole podcast… alone. While Shawn and Clint are on vacation, Jonathan takes the reins and records a solo podcast, fittingly enough, about solo gaming. Jonathan recorded and edited everything for the first time, so big kudos to him. This one’s much shorter than our usual podcast, but it […]

This week we compare RPG experiences to board games. Anthony Valentine, as our resident RPG expert, fills in for Clint this episode. Having a troubled past with competitive board games, Anthony suggested that he might be willing to try out some cooperative board games, such as Mice & Mystics and the Pathfinder Adventure Card Game. […]

It’s all about gaming with kids this week. The wonderful Rich Sommer, actor and board game enthusiast extraordinaire, joins us on the podcast to discuss some of our experiences in regard to gaming with our kids. In the process we discuss some of our kid game recommendations, advice, dilemmas, and stories of gaming with kids. […]

We interview David Sanhueza, founder of Game-O-Gami. We open the podcast with a brief discussion about digital board games, spurred by Shawn’s obsession with the card game Gwent in The Witcher 3. We talk about some of our favorite digitally implemented board games on iOS and online before transitioning to our interview with David Sanhueza. […]

We present our suggestions for an Archaeology game night. Board game night is always fun, but we wanted to explore the concept of themed board game nights. First up is a game night featuring our “menu” recommendations for an archaeology theme. We also wrap up May’s Board Game Book Club for Pandemic and announce the […]

The strangest podcast we’ve done… so far. A last minute change in the podcast schedule results in Shawn asking Jonathan and Clint random questions about board gaming. Clint presents a punch list that has us putting ourselves into the games we love. We also chat about how our month long commitment to playing Pandemic has […]

Not everything can make the cut… We try to keep our podcasts around an hour whenever possible so we can attempt to maintain a good pacing for each episode. Yet sometimes we dwell too much on a topic that just throws the flow of the episode off kilter, and as a result, we end up […]

The Cult of the New is everywhere and they’ve infiltrated the ranks of Punched and Played. We discuss how we conceptualize the Cult of the New in the domain of board games, the impact this has had on our own gaming, and how we plan to distance ourselves from its clutches. We also introduce the […]