Ben and Russell talk about games that are great to play in a board game cafe. They talk about games with low replayability, high cost and potential to cause damage.

Ben and Russell talk about their recent trip to Essen Spiel 2015. They talk about the games that they enjoyed and have an interview with Friedemann Friese and Leon from Dive Dice.

This week Ben and Russell talk about Machi Koro and both of it's expansions including the recently released, Millionaire's Row.

Have you ever played a game only to discover you somehow completely missed a rule? Ben and Russell talk about some of the most common missed rules.

Ben and Russell talk about what really grinds their gaming gears and then play a game of Ben's game design corner.

We talk about Alpha Players, when it's ok to touch other people pieces and play "Is this review helpful?"

Who is the real King; Tokyo or New York? Russell and Ben verbally duke it

out to see which game really is the better one, King of New York or King of

Tokyo, on this weeks podcast.

Have you ever encountered 'bad manners' in a board game situation? This

week, Ben and Russell discuss the frustrations of 'king making' and explain

the best course of action when playing with sore losers.

This week, Ben and Russell talk about the new card game 'Flip City' and

debate whether it can possibly take the crown from Star Realms for the most

compact deck building game yet!

If you have some friends and you would love to get them into gaming, try suggesting some of these. Ben and David suggest some good games to help your friends takes the next step from classics such as Monopoly and Scrabble.