The Board Boys Podcast

Board Boys are back to the old gardening chestnut in Botanicus from Hans im Glück , a game about growing very specific rows of plants for very particular old-timey (for some reason) visitors  Also in this episode we talk about games with large decks of cards, Rob steals Jakes intro...again and we take a visit to Sesame Street...oh yea and we talk about board games!

0:00 - Ice Cube Bop Gun (One Nation)

0:05 - Intro

4:30 - Large decks of Cards

9:00 - Robs Weird Rating Scale

12:45 - Sesame Street Characters

16:45 - Gnome Hollow

21:45 - King of Tokyo Duel

25:50 - Cities

29:30 - Septima

35:40 - Botanicus Intro

39:35 - Interlude - Simon and Garfunkel - Scarborough Far / Canticle

40:50 - Botanicus Initial Thoughts

43:00 - Botanicus Pros

55:30 - Botanicus Cons

1:03:20 - Botanicus Final Thoughts

1:13:30 - BB Bump or Dump - Pirates of Maracaibo

1:21:00 - Outro and Patreon Thanks

1:22:20 - Earth Wind and Fire - Where Have All The Flowers Gone

Board Boys bounce into Des Moines' own Capital City Gaming Con (formerly Cardboard Caucus) to rip a ton of games, especially the creepy and scary Inferno, a "soul management" game very loosely about Dante's travels in heck. Also in this episode, Rob has a discussion with Jaime Brown, designer of Amoebunnies for a chat about the upcoming Kickstarter. 

Amoebunnies KS Link - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/wrongcauldron/amoebunnies

BoardBoy Video Review Link - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjERH_f0MT8&t

0:00 Intro, E.V.A. - Jean Jacques Perrey

4:00 Lord of the Rings: Duel for Middle Earth

9:00 Wizards & Co.

10:30 Amoebunnies with Jaime Brown

26:00 Altered

29:15 Kavango

32:15 Inferno: Overview

37:00 I'm on Fire - Bruce Springsteen

38:30 Inferno: Review

1:03:00 Inferno: Verdict

1:09:15 Board Boys Bump: Carnival Zombie

1:13:15 Thank You, Patrons

1:14:00 Through the Fire: Chaka Khan

Board Boys are back to cave paint underneath the English Channel in Doggerland, a game about sending a bunch of your friends out of their warm huts to try to gank a mammoth in the middle of winter.

0:00 Intro, E.V.A. - Jean Jacques Perrey

6:15 Inferno

12:00 Weirdwood Manor

19:00 Doggerland: Overview

23:00 Snoopafella - Snoop Doggy Dogg

24:30 Doggerland: Review

55:00 Doggerland: Verdict

58:00 Board Boys Bump: Blitzkreig!, Dogfight, Caesar!, and BOOoop.

1:05:15 Thank You, Patrons

1:05:30 Vapors - Snoop Doggy Dogg

Board Boys bounce back from the First Tulip Financial Crisis in Windmill Valley from Board and Dice, a game about spinning the water wheel as hard as you can to until you have more black tulips than even the Smiths would think is cool

 

0:00 Intro, E.V.A. - Jean Jacques Perrey

6:00 Mycelia

12:30 18 Holes

20:45 Creature Caravan

27:45 Stonespine Architects

31:30 Reef Project

36:00 Windmill Valley: Overview

39:00 The Wind - Cat Stevens

40:00 Windmill Valley: Review

1:09:15 Windmill Valley: Verdict

1:15:30 Board Boys Bump: Thunder Road: Vendetta

1:23:45 Thank You, Patrons

1:25:00 Summer Breeze - Isley Brothers

Board Boys are back, baby, to play Evenfall from new dev Stefano de Silva as well as chat with pal David Kuntz about this year's Capital City Gaming Con (formerly Cardboard Caucus) coming up Oct 11-13

0:00 Intro, E.V.A. - Jean Jacques Perrey 

12:00 Capital City Gaming Con Preview w/David Kuntz

23:30 Ziggurat 

26:45 Arcs

29:45 Cats and Quilts of Calico

36:45 Bomb Busters

40:15 Evenfall: Overview

44:15 Bring Me To Life - Evanescence (karaoke from Bob and Bev)

45:15 Evenfall: Review

1:13:00 Evenfall: Verdict

1:19:30 Board Boys Bump: The Wolves

1:26:15 Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now - DJ Steve Walsh

 

Board Boys rock out as hard as humanly possible for a dork hobby podcast with Rock Hard: 1977, a sick game about becoming a rockstar by designer/rock legend Jackie Fox. Also in this episode, a long lookback on Barcelona, plus naming all the Beastie Boys and their DJ.

Cam's Rock Hard: 1977 playlist:

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1DpICN2f9sqhbVQ4VNISKP?si=8bb2e0dcbdd6425a

0:00 - Intro: E.V.A. - Jean Jacques Perrey

2:00 - Music Chat

19:00 - CDSK

21:25 - Lifeboats: Planks of Carneades

25:10 - Harvest

29:25 - Cities

31:30 - Jorvik

34:30 - Bomb Busters

38:35 - Rock Hard 1977 - Intro

43:10 - Interlude: Cherry Bomb - The Runaways

44:50 - Rock Hard 1977 - Initial Thoughts

48:00 - Rock Hard 1977 - Pros

1:01:30 - Rock Hard 1977 - Prawns

1:07:30 - Rock Hard 1977 - Cons

1:18:50 - Rock Hard 1977 - Final Thoughts

1:28:15 - Bump or Dump - Barcelona

1:38:15 - Wrap up and Patron Thanks

1:39:45 - Outro: Success - Iggy Pop

Board Boys are back with "oldie" but goldie, Coimbra from Eggertspiel: a game about patrons and influence and merchants or something in the Renaissance Era which is basically the greatest theme of all time.  So grab your floppy hats and join us at the table for this and more!  

0:00 - Intro

4:00 - Peru and Weather Talk

6:00 - Finders Creepers

7:40 - Things in Rings

12:35 - Wrath of Fire Mountain

15:30 - Race to the Raft

18:20 - Coop QB Discussion

21:00 - Azul Summer Pavilion

23:00 - Age of Innovation

25:30 - Botanicus

31:25 - Coimbra Stats and Intro

34:16 - Informer - MC Shan and Snow

35:15 - Coimbra Initial Thoughts

38:35 - Coimbra Pros

50:00 - Coimbra Cons

1:08:00 - Coimbra Final Thoughts

1:10:00 - Bump or Dump - Sabika

1:14:00 - Outro, BGA, Patreon, and Discord

1:15:08 - Red Red Wine - UB40

 

In this Beau-Nuss episodes of The Board Boys Podcast, Rob and Beau attend GenCon 2024!  We see and do lots of cool stuff including things from CGE, Renegade Game Studios, Devir Games, Hachette Games, and we participated in the Rolling Dice and Taking Names Strike tournament lots of fun to be had!  We were super tired for some of the recording especially Beau but he was a trooper - which was awesome...  We hope you like board games!

0:00 - Intro and Day 0

8:17 - Day 1

8:45 - Catchables

10:20 - CGE Room

11:00 - Lifeboats

11:45 - Allplay

13:15 - Mandolorian Adventures

13:45 - Marvel Crisis Protocol

15:50 - RDTN Strike Event

18:35 - Day 3 and 4

19:35 - Rock Hard 1977

20:00 - AllPlay Small Card Games and Kabuto Sumo Tournament

23:40 - Tales of Arthurian Knights

25:00 - TNMT Unmatched

27:00 - Dabba Walla

28:00 - Lord of the Rings Duel for Middle-Earth

29:45 - Spotlight from Horrible Guild

30:45 - Lucas Oil Stadium and Boop The Halls

32:10 - Marvel Multiverse Roleplaying Game

32:35 - Doomlings and the pinata

32:55 - Magic Maze Tower and Octocube

34:35 - King of Tokyo Duel

35:55 - Heroscape from Renegade Game Studios

36:50 - Blood on the Clocktower

38:20 - After the Empire with Evan

39:11 - Hewns

39:50 - Rumbleslam

40:40 - Ziggurat

41:12 - Civolution

41:54 - Crossbows and Catapults vs Catapult Feud

42:48 - Madcala

44:25 - Kill Team Laser Tag

44:45 - S.E.T.I.

46:35 - Adas Dream and Tinderblox

47:10 - Quoridor Pacman, CDSK, Doggerland, Nekojima

49:22 - Keep The Heroes Out

50:20 - Everdell Duo

50:30 - Trick or Treat Studios

50:20 -  The OP

55:00 - Heroscape again

55:30 - Wrath of Fire Mountain

57:15 - Bomb Busters

57:50 - Witness

58:20 - Capstone Games

1:00:00 - Top 3 Experiences

1:01:43 - Top 3 Games to Play Next

1:02:30 - Outro

Today on The Board Boys we check out Inventions: Evolution of Ideas by Mr. Lacerda himself from Eagle Gryphon Games.  Also on this episode we take a look back on Season 14.  We also have a discussion about games we have played a bunch but never won.

 

Intro - 0:00

Nocturne - 2:00

5 Towers - 6:30

Season 14 Lookback - 10:30

 - Evacuation - 11:28

 - Djinn - 12:40

 - Voidfall - 14:25

 - Ticket to Ride Legacy - 17:15

 - Wyrmspan - 18:00

 - Trismegistus - 20:00

 - Kutna Hora - 20:10

 - El Grande - 23:10

 - Obsession - 24:00

 - Anunnaki - 25:30

 - Ezra and Nehemiah - 26:50

 - Skyrise - 28:00

 - Cascadero - 29:00

 - Beyond the Sun -  30:20

Games We Have Played The Most and Never Won - 31:30

Favorite/Least Favorite Game From Last Season - 33:20

Inventions - Intro - 35:40

Interlude - I Love Technology - Kip

Inventions - Initial Thoughts - 39:20

Inventions - Pros/Cons/Prawns - 42:00 

Inventions - Final Thoughts - 1:03:30

Bump or Dump - Expeditions - 1:07:20

Outro - Patron Thanks/BGA/Discord Talk - 1:13:15

Oingo Boingo - Weird Science - 1:14:48

 

In this episode we deep dive Beyond the Sun from Rio Grande Games!  We also pontificate space travel, talk some older games, and Rob gives his Game Challenge update!

0:00 - Intro

5:35 - BGA Chat with Cam

7:30 - Video Game Chat

14:25 - Jake Game Speed Run - Whistle Mountain, Isle of Cats, Castles of Burgandy, Wind the Film, MLEM, Faraway

15:25 - Coimbra

20:00 - Ponzi Scheme

23:25 - Five Tribes

26:30 - KingDomino

28:35 - Rob Game Challenge Update

29:25 - Megaland

32:35 - Beyond the Sun - Intro

35:15 - 2001: A Space Odyssey

36:30 - Beyond the Sun - Initial Thoughts   40:30 - Beyond the Sun - Pros   51:20 - Beyond the Sun - Cons   58:45 - Beyond the Sun - Final Thoughts   1:04:15 - Bump or Dump - Newton   1:08:30 - Outro, Patron Thanks, Website Plugs   1:09:10 - Kate Bush - Hello Earth