The Boarding Party

We ended up off-track last week, so we went the extra mile to go back to schedule with Episode 15!

About Us (00:15)

Our newest segment, about what we've been doing outside of the world of board games. In short, Jeremiah has been playing some Zelda: Breath of the Wild; and Jeff just wrapped up a third playthrough of the Mass Effect Trilogy.

Recently Played (10:14)

Several games played between us, but the star of the show was Gloomhaven.

News (19:28)

The GAMA trade show brought lots of new goodies. But we can't help ourselves to talk about anything other than Rising Sun.

"it" Factor (31:55)

Games have timers in many different ways. We talk about several games that manage to do timers in creative and fun ways.

#culture (44:59)

Intellectual properties are everywhere. We talk about the good, the bad, and the ugly of their use in board games.

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With a few things going on, we ended up off our typical schedule by a week. But we're finally back with Episode 14!

Recently Played (00:15)

We played a lot, but spend way too long talking about Alchemists + The King's Golem Expansion.

News (06:51)

Raiders of the North Sea and Champions of Midgard have strikingly similar Kickstarter campaigns. And Ashes: Rise of the Phoenixborn announced two deluxe expansions.

"it" Factor (17:35)

Every game gets more intense as it progresses. But some games have a true "ramp up" at the end. We talk about several that achieve this.

2-Player Review (31:33)

We played Raiders of the North Sea 2-Player and give you our thoughts.

#culture (43:47)

Convention season is kicking off with many opening up ticket sales. And it also means that more games will be announced!

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We're back for Episode 13, the luckiest of all podcast numbers!

In this episode, we give our respective top 10 games (in no particular order, of course!) to play when we just have two people at the table. This is in the spirit of our 2-player review segment, but includes 2-player only games in addition to those games that we think play exceptionally well with two.

The list is split into two halves: The first half consists of games that we chose that did not overlap; and the second half are games that we both chose for our lists (and combine their discussions).

Enjoy!

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The Boarding Party is back with Episode 12!

Recently Played (00:15)

We managed to get a good amount of games in, Jeremiah's first game of Zombicide: Black Plague, several games of Mechs vs. Minions, and a scenario of Mythos Tales.

News (06:51)

Heroes of Land, Air & Sea is out on Kickstarter and we give you our thoughts.

"it" Factor (17:35)

Games expansions are a beautiful thing. We talk about what we love in expansions, and a few examples of game expansions we never play without.

2-Player Review (31:33)

Bruno Cathala's Sobek is a set collection game we first played a while ago. In a pretty saturated market, how does it fare?

#culture (43:47)

From card sleeves to custom inserts to careful storage and handling, we talk in depth about the many ways we (and others) protect our games from ... ourselves.

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The Boarding Party is back for it's standard format for Episode 11.

Recently Played (00:15)

Jeff played some Zombicide: Black Plague and we both played Lords of Waterdeep.

News (07:54)

First Martians: Adventures on the Red Planet is doing a pre-order through Portal Games; and Clank! has an expansion on the way.

"it" Factor (19:37)

What games have art is so good and so well integrated that it elevates them?

2-Player Review (33:20)

Just for you, we played World's Fair 1893. A game we love with more players, what do we think of it with only 2?

#culture (43:47)

All of the games we're going to include as part of our collective 10x10 Challenge.

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