Come join all the Crew as we discuss our games of the year for 2025.

🎇 We’re setting the sky alight with high-stake deals and risky rewards.This week’s episode is all about sharp hands, silent signals, and market fireworks.Tony strikes bold deals and chases the perfect trade in Jaipur by GameWorks Sàrl Bronson blindly puts on a fireworks show and hopes for the best in Hanabi by Cocktail Games Ben shuffles into tricky territory where you can’t even move the cards in your hand in the trick-taking game Scout by Oink Games Europe Come get ‘board’ with us!

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⏱️ In this (sliiiiiiightly delayed) episode Ben and Deek are joined by special guest Michael for a triple-threat trick-taking adventure: 🧑‍🚀The boys chart a course both through cosmic chaos and below the waves in The Crew: Mission Deep Sea and The Crew Mission Deep Sea by Kosmos Games UK 🧙‍♂️And after year of playing, they finally complete their expected journey through The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring – Trick-Taking Game by Office Dog Games. 🎲Come get ‘board’ with us!https://open.spotify.com/show/6c6ZCh0ipUkCT8CjdR8xcO

Destructive unicorns, cryptic puzzles and explosions - the chaos is real in this one!This week Tony and Bronson dive headfirst into three wild games - some aren't even board games! Tony tries to build his ultimate unicorn army in Unstable Unicorns by Unstable Games Bronson puts his brain on a 60-second timer in the online daily puzzle crazy Minute Cryptic. And Tony tries to defuse pure madness in Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes by Steel Crate Games. Come get ‘board’ with us!https://open.spotify.com/show/6c6ZCh0ipUkCT8CjdR8xcO

After countless debates, betrayals, dicey deals and moral meltdowns, the dilemma is finally over!👑⚖️This week, Ben and Tony are joined by returning guests Alison and David to reflect on their long and royally dramatic journey through The King’s Dilemma by Horrible Guild Join them for this spoiler-free review of the legacy game for the ages! Come get 'board' with us!https://open.spotify.com/show/6c6ZCh0ipUkCT8CjdR8xcO

Strap yourselves in - our latest episode is a wild ride!Ben kicks things off with a twisty-turny mystery in Awkward Guests by Megacorpin Games Tony channels his inner rollercoaster tycoon in Tenpenny Parks by Thunderworks Games Then crawls through an ever changing, underground dungeon in Baldrick’s Tomb by 5th Street Games. Come get 'board' with us!

We found gold! But we don't just mean our interview with a brilliant Aussie board game designer.This week: 🌏Ben blazes a trail through jungles and rivers in The Quest for El Dorado by Ravensburger 🚉Tony rolls the dice and lays the tracks in Railroad Ink: Blazing Red Edition by Horrible Guild 🌱 And Ben and Deek sit down with designer Craig Somerton to delve into his latest game Farm Hand, a homegrown Aussie trick-taking game. Come get 'board' with us.

It’s a trip to Japan… board game style!This week, Ben, Catherine, and special guest Alison explore games inspired by the land of the rising sun.Catherine takes advantage of her 480 day streak on 'popular language app' to go sightseeing in Let’s Go to Japan by Alderac Entertainment Group Ben hustles for profit (and tries not to get outplayed) in Start Ups by Oink Games inc. And Alison risks it all in the vacuum of space with Moon Adventure, also from Oink Games. Come get 'board' with us in Japan! (kind of)

🐾🚀 We’ve got furballs, foxes, and feline-fueled fiascos on our minds!This week, Ben and Tony shoot for the stars and try not to cough up a cosmic hairball.Tony tunes into the telepathic wavelength in The Mind by Nürnberger-Spielkarten-Verlag GmbH Ben breeds the fluffiest foxy future by starting at the past in The Fox Experiment by Pandasaurus Games And they each go to cat-astrophic heights before plunging down to earth in MLEM: Space Agency by Rebel Studio 🎲 Come get 'board' with us!https://open.spotify.com/show/6c6ZCh0ipUkCT8CjdR8xcO

🐜ANT-icipating more board game reviews?This week, Ben and Tony tackle two games where brains rule the board - and ants rule the picnic blanket.Ben helps the ants find the perfect food sequence to become king of the hill in Ants by Allplay.Meanwhile, Tony tests his alchemical skills by publishing bold theories in the app-driven Alchemists by Czech Games Edition 🎲 Come get 'board' with us!