The Five By

By The Five By

Five Contributors, Five Reviews, Five Minutes Each. Bringing you a monthly dose of rapid-fire board game reviews. Every four Wednesdays our five contributors will talk about a game on their radar that... more

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How many episodes does The Five By have?

The podcast currently has 176 episodes available.

The Five By episodes:

July 01, 2026 Episode 175: The Daily Weather, Gachapon Trick, Spooktacular, Atiwa, Fifty
Hello friends and welcome to The Five By! Your quatriweekly source of rapid-fire board game reviews.
00:00 Aaron - Introduction
00:49 Sarah - The Daily Weather
06:13 Meeple Lady - Gachapon Trick
11:04 Jose - Spooktacular
16:07 John - Atiwa
21:22 Aaron - Fifty
26:28 Amanda - Outro
...more
28min
June 03, 2026 Episode 174: Nippon: Zaibatsu, Moon Colony Bloodbath, Fliptoons, Pirates of the High Teas, Root: The Homeland Expansion
Hello friends and welcome to The Five By! Your quatriweekly source of rapid-fire board game reviews.
00:00 Amanda - Introduction
00:35 Jose - Nippon: Zaibatsu
05:56 John - Moon Colony Bloodbath
11:03 Aaron - Fliptoons
16:24 Amanda - Pirates of the High Teas
21:34 Sarah - Root: The Homeland Expansion
27:02 Meeple Lady - Outro
...more
28min
May 06, 2026 Episode 173: Zhenya's Wonder Tales, Rainbow, Soothsayers, War of the Ring, Rowdy Partners
Hello friends and welcome to The Five By! Your quatriweekly source of rapid-fire board game reviews.
00:00 John - Introduction
00:36 Sarah - Zhenya's Wonder Tales
06:03 Meeple Lady - Rainbow
10:58 Jose - Soothsayers
16:16 John - War of the Ring
21:10 Amanda - Rowdy Partners
26:26 Aaron - Outro
...more
28min
April 08, 2026 Episode 172: Composition, Sweet Lands, The Lord of the Rings: Fate of the Fellowship, Spokes, 20 Strong: Tanglewoods
Hello friends and welcome to The Five By! Your quatriweekly source of rapid-fire board game reviews.
00:00 Meeple Lady - Introduction
00:39 Aaron - Composition
05:52 Amanda - Sweet Lands
11:21 Sarah - The Lord of the Rings Fate of the Fellowship
16:43 Meeple Lady - Spokes
21:06 Jose - 20 Strong: Tanglewoods
26:18 John - Outro
...more
28min
March 11, 2026 Episode 171: Tornado Splash, Genotype: A Mendelian Genetics Game, Ruins, We Need To Talk: A Trick-Taking and Shedding Game About Letting Go, Broken and Beautiful: A Game About Kintsugi
Hello friends and welcome to The Five By! Your quatriweekly source of rapid-fire board game reviews.
00:00 Jose - Introduction
00:48 Amanda - Tornado Splash
06:18 Christina - Genotype: A Mendelian Genetics Game
11:33 Meeple Lady - Ruins
16:53 Jose - We Need To Talk: A Trick-Taking and Shedding Game About Letting Go
22:22 Aaron - Broken and Beautiful: A Game About Kintsugi
27:39 John - Outro
Special Guest: Christina Ha.
...more
29min
February 11, 2026 Episode 170: Come Sail Away!, Àiyé, Big Sur, Fromage, Formaggio, This Is Not A Game About A Pipe
Hello friends and welcome to The Five By! Your quatriweekly source of rapid-fire board game reviews.
00:00 Aaron - Introduction
00:53 Meeple Lady - Come Sail Away!
05:57 Jose - Àiyé
11:14 Aaron - Big Sur
16:31 Amanda - Fromage / Formaggio
21:49 Shoe - This Is Not A Game About A Pipe
27:16 John - Outro
Special Guest: Shoe.
...more
28min
January 14, 2026 Episode 169: Slay The Spire: The Board Game, Neko Syndicate, No Thanks & I'm Out, Panda Royale, Snow Colony
Hello friends and welcome to The Five By! Your quatriweekly source of rapid-fire board game reviews.
00:00 Amanda - Introduction
00:56 Sarah - Slay The Spire: The Board Game
06:11 Meeple Lady - Neko Syndicate
10:54 Jose - No Thanks / I'm Out
16:02 Aaron - Panda Royale
21:12 Amanda - Snow Colony
26:39 John - Outro
...more
28min
December 17, 2025 Episode 168: Best of 2025: Iliad, That's Not A Hat, Lords of Vegas, Darwin's Journey, Almanac: The Dragon Road
Hello friends and welcome to The Five By! Your quatriweekly source of rapid-fire board game reviews.
00:00 Meeple Lady - Introduction
00:42 Sarah - Iliad (Episode 161)
6:29 Meeple Lady - That's Not A Hat (Episode 161)
11:29 Jose - Lords of Vegas
15:53 John - Darwin's Journey (Episode 160)
26:16 Aaron - Almanac: The Dragon Road (Episode 163)
26:31 Amanda - Outro
...more
29min
November 19, 2025 Episode 167: Magical Athlete, Ahoy: Rivals & Renegades, Ahoy: Fang & Fortune, 5 Towers, The White Castle Duel, Habemus Papam
Hello friends and welcome to The Five By! Your quatriweekly source of rapid-fire board game reviews.
00:00 John - Introduction
00:42 Meeple Lady - Habemus Papam
6:29 Jose - Magical Athlete
11:29 John - Ahoy: Rivals & Renegades / Ahoy: Fang & Fortune (Ahoy)
15:53 Aaron - 5 Towers
26:16 Amanda - The White Castle Duel
26:31 Justin - Outro
...more
28min
October 22, 2025 Episode 166: Striking Flint, House of 1000 Corpses, Halloween, Hunters of the Lost Creatures, Transgalactica
Hello friends and welcome to The Five By! Your quatriweekly source of rapid-fire board game reviews.
00:00 Aaron - Introduction
01:02 Meeple Lady - Striking Flint
06:32 Jose - House of 1000 Corpses
12:12 John - Halloween
17:24 Aaron - Hunters of the Lost Çreatures
22:25 Justin - Transgalactica
27:38 Amanda - Outro
...more
29min

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