Talk Cardboard

If you've been very good boys, girls and non-binary kids this month, then and only then will you get a visit from the Die Jester who will tell you spooky stories about the board games they played. Sometimes his name is Efka and sometimes her name is Elaine. This halloween, the Die Jester is here, and they brought timestamps with them.

1:22 Lodge

7:37 Oath: New Foundations

17:42 Grabble

22:53 Upland and Prairie

26:55 Undaunted: 2200 - Revolution

32:05 Dead Reckoning

39:24 Arthieves

45:37 Vroom

51:08 Planet Pioneer Meteora

56:28 Dune: Imperium - Uprising

56:57 Here Lies

Hot hogs! Hot Hogs! HOT HOGS!

I have to come clean with you - this die jest features hot hogs. Admittedly, I am writing this description just to see how many times I can get away with HOT HOGS! So far it's five times, but I think I can maybe cram in a sixth. Hot hogs.

On to the timestamps:

0:57 Sidereal Confluence

2:40 Here Lies

7:45 Personal Demons

14:25 Final Titan

21:02 Annulets

28:41 Boast or Nothing

31:45 Daytime Minutes

36:20 Dino Racer

38:26 Hot Streak

38:34 Container

41:07 Wondrous Creatures: Winterfall

46:02 Oath: New Foundations

56:32 Accidental fake out ending, still Oath: New Foundations

58:31 Neon Hope

1:01:21 Glasgow Train Robbery

1:11:28 Kingdom Crossing

1:17:43 Revenant

Hark! The stars align, the constellations merge, the celestial bodies shake as the time is nigh for the die to be jest. Your only chance at salvation - roundup some board games. KARATE CHOP!

On to the timestamps:

1:02 ICE: Unlimited (unfortunate title)

7:25 Forest Shuffle: Dartmoor

12:15 Forest Shuffle: Dartmoor - Exmoor

15:18 Forest Shuffle Smoky Mountain

19:23 Neon Hope

32:39 Sausage Sizzle

33:51 Sidereal Confluence

37:12 My Favorite Things

37:47 Yotei

41:07 The Queen's Dilemma

The month is coming to an end - thus the die is jest. Join us for the monthly roundup of board games poked and proded by the ones at NPI. And what a roundup it is! On to the timestamps:

0:48 Moytura

6:05 Morty Sorty Magic Shop

10:40 Container

15:26 World Order

24:53 Boss Fighters QR

28:25 Yonder

32:29 dnup

35:43 Line of Fire: Burnt Moon

38:22 Slay the Spire: The Board Game

39:22 Here Lies

44:22 Cozy Stickerville

48:41 Wingspan Pocket

Yes, this is the very last episode of Talk Cardboard. It's also the first episode of The Die Jest. Which is how Talk Cardboard will live on. Right here, on patreon.

On to the timestamps!

5:33 The Queen's Dilemma
14:32 Oath
16:03 Torchlit
19:40 Hanami
24:30 Sovereign: Fall of Wormwood
29:37 Strange Slot Simulator
34:26 Container
39:15 Foxglove Farm
42:46 The Old King's Crown
44:46 Typeset

Yes, this is the very last episode of Talk Cardboard. But there is a sort of continuation. More on that in the episode itself.

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On to the timestamps!

5:33 The Queen's Dilemma

On this bonus episode of Talk Cardboard, seven more games we've played at Spiel Essen.

On to the timestamps:

0:00 Intro

0:58 Skiwi

4:12 Petal Plotters

6:48 Milch mit Abführmittel

10:29 GODŌ: The Five Paths

12:54 Carnival of Sins

18:40 Whirly Derby

25:14 Winning Ticket

32:43 Tornado Splash

Just for reference, the population of Klaipėda, the third largest city in Lithuania is approximately 161 000 people. The number of attendees in this year's Spiel Essen was 220 000 people, meaning they managed to cram the entirey of Klaipėda and much more into just eight convention halls and every one of those people were buying board games.

I appreciate that that is maybe not everybody's jam, and aspects of it are not our jam either. But getting our mitts into a jar of Bonne Maman filled with gooey new board game releases - put a bib on me and fire up the toaster!

In this special joint episode of No Pun Included and Talk Cardboard we cover 16 new releases from Spiel Essen 2025, which you can either listen to here or partake in the video version https://youtu.be/NHVLn-ZxVWs

If you’d like to check out our bonus episodes - become a patreon supporter on https://patreon.com/nopunincluded

SHIRTS! Find them on https://no-pun-included-shop.fourthwall.com/

On to the timestamps:

0:00 Cold Open

Just for reference, the population of Klaipėda, the third largest city in Lithuania is approximately 161 000 people. The number of attendees in this year's Spiel Essen was 220 000 people, meaning they managed to cram the entirey of Klaipėda and much more into just eight convention halls and every one of those people were buying board games.

I appreciate that that is maybe not everybody's jam, and aspects of it are not our jam either. But getting our mitts into a jar of Bonne Maman filled with gooey new board game releases - put a bib on me and fire up the toaster!

In this special joint episode of No Pun Included and Talk Cardboard we cover 16 new releases from Spiel Essen 2025, which you can either listen to here or partake in the video version https://youtu.be/NHVLn-ZxVWs

SHIRTS! Find them on https://no-pun-included-shop.fourthwall.com/

On to the timestamps:

0:00 Cold Open
2:46 Intro
5:42 Night Soil (Unranked)
9:11 Bouba Kiki
14:14 Nocturnis
17:56 Formidable Farm/Formidabel!
22:00 Tax the Rich
27:44 Echoes of Time
36:30 Fearless
41:30 National Economy
48:23 Thesauros
1:00:34 biD Coin
1:07:20 Kikai/Bricolage Heads
1:16:46 Tag Team
1:26:59 Recall
1:36:14 ???
1:56:10 ??
2:03:33 ?
2:14:53 Outro

Spinning pandas, evolving primates, and... Capitalism! We have all three for you in this episode - thankfully not all in the same game.

If you’d like to check out our bonus episodes - become a patreon supporter on https://patreon.com/nopunincluded

SHIRTS! Find them on https://no-pun-included-shop.fourthwall.com/

Onto the timestamps:

00:00 Cold open