Chris and Johnny from BrainWave Games discuss what is the best number of players for board games (2-4 or other), what goes into deciding what is the optimal number, industry trends, and why Johnny can't stick to a budget for his boardgames designs. Enjoy the episode! 

On this episode, join Johnny from Brainwave Games as he does an in-depth game review of Lords of Waterdeep, one of the first games that him and I started playing years ago. He goes into the mechanics of the game, what works and doesn't in his opinion, and why it's a great alternative for those players that enjoy fantasy based games but don't play D&D. And don't worry John will work on his jokes for the next episode. 

Hope you guys enjoy and if you like the episode, go ahead and leave us a review or click subscribe to the podcast. Appreciate it and see you all next week! 

Chris 

Welcome back fellow gamers! On this latest episode, Chris and Johnny sit back and discuss the finer points of game owning. Each person's game shelf is a sacred thing so they talk about what it takes for a game to land on theirs, the marketing that works on them, and what types of games they would like see more of from publishers. Hope you enjoy! 

Join Chris and John on this episode of 3BG or Build a Better Board Game as they take a deeper look at the game mechanics of deck building and card drafting. They analyze the usefulness of both, look at how they are used in some of their favorite (and no-so favorite games) and determine their effectiveness overall. 

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Welcome to the Braincast! In this episode, Johnny tries something a little different, going solo mode while reviewing the game King of Tokyo. He takes a look at the mechanics, the game play, and the other intangibles that make King of Tokyo such an interesting gateway game for folks. He's got plenty of other games on his shelf so get ready to hear more game reviews! 

Welcome back listeners! Chris and Johnny start off 2022 by examining the boardgame market and opinion back and forth on a) if it is oversaturated, b) what may have caused the over saturation, and c) if we are that far off of a crash. Hope you guys enjoy and look forward to engaging with you all in this new year! 

Join Chris and Johnny as they tackle another 3BG episode and discuss the ultimate game mechanic, Worker Placement. They discuss the pros and cons of the mechanic as well as some of their favorite games that successfully employ worker placement. Hope you enjoy! 

First off let me say sorry for the long delay in releasing a new episode! Things have been crazy here at Brainwave Games as well as in other work we are involved in. We have had this episode in the can for a few weeks but I had not had a chance to upload it till now. So here you are, an opinion episode as John and I discuss CCG's as a genre games and if either of us thinks they are in the same league as board games. 

On top of the this podcast episode, I will be releasing another one here soon that will provide an update on our KickStarter campaign for EDP. We had to make some changes but I will get to that in the next episode. 

So in the meantime, enjoy! 

This episode kicks off the first in our miniseries of BBBG series, or Build a Better Board Game. In these episodes of the BBBG miniseries we will take a more in-depth look at the mechanics that drive some of our favorite games, why they might have been chosen, and how anyone can apply them to their own game! We also provide sneak previews of which mechanics we have applied to our own games and why we chose them. 

Hope you enjoy!