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... more

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The podcast currently has 170 episodes available.

The Five By episodes:

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
October 10, 2025 Episode 165.5 Bonus Episode: Conventions
Hello friends and welcome to The Five By! Your quatriweekly source of rapid-fire board game reviews. In this bonus episode, Jose, John and Amanda talk about conventions!
...more
42min
September 24, 2025 Episode 165: Metal Gear Solid: The Board Game, Sanctuary, Twinkle Twinkle, SILOS, Gatsby
Hello friends and welcome to The Five By! Your quatriweekly source of rapid-fire board game reviews.
00:00 Jose - Introduction
00:39 Justin - Metal Gear Solid: The Board Game
05:57 Amanda - Sanctuary
10:44 Sarah - Twinkle Twinkle
15:56 Jose - SILOS
21:04 John - Gatsby
26:38 Justin - Outro
...more
28min
August 27, 2025 Episode 164: CVLT, Lightning Train, Bonds Between, Galileo Galilei, Azul Duel
Hello friends and welcome to The Five By! Your quatriweekly source of rapid-fire board game reviews.
00:00 John - Introduction
00:34 Aaron - CVLT
06:03 Amanda - Lightning Train
11:36 Sarah - Bonds Between
17:06 Meeple Lady - Galileo Galilei
22:37 John - Azul Duel
28:06 Justin - Outro
...more
29min
July 30, 2025 Episode 163: Innovation Ultimate, Almanac: The Dragon Road, Tower Up, The Lord of The Rings: Fate of the Fellowship, Rats of Wistar
Hello friends and welcome to The Five By! Your quatriweekly source of rapid-fire board game reviews.
00:00 Meeple Lady - Introduction
00:53 Jose - Innovation Ultimate
05:44 Aaron - Almanac: The Dragon Road
11:10 Justin - Tower Up
16:17 Amanda - The Lord of The Rings: Fate of the Fellowship
20:53 Meeple Lady - Rats of Wistar
25:47 John - Outro
...more
27min
July 02, 2025 Episode 162: Newton, Judge Dredd, Fateforge: Chronicles of Faan, Dr. Finn's Book of Solo Strategy and Word Games, Shuffle and Swing
Hello friends and welcome to The Five By! Your quatriweekly source of rapid-fire board game reviews.
00:00 Sarah - Introduction
00:39 John - Newton Episode 70 Darwin's Journey
06:15 Aaron - Judge Dredd
11:49 Justin - Fateforge: Chronicles of Kaan
16:56 Sarah - Dr. Finn's Book of Solo Strategy and Word Games
22:02 Jose - Shuffle and Swing
27:46 Meeple Lady - Outro
...more
29min
June 04, 2025 Episode 161: Iliad, That's Not a Hat, Daimyo: Rebirth of the Empire, Rivages, SETI: Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
Hello friends and welcome to The Five By! Your quatriweekly source of rapid-fire board game reviews.
00:00 Justin - Introduction
00:49 Sarah - Iliad
06:03 Meeple Lady - That's Not a Hat
10:33 Jose - Daimyo: Rebirth of the Empire
16:01 Aaron - Rivages
21:20 Justin - SETI: Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
26:28 John - Outro
...more
28min

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How many episodes does The Five By have?

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