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The Board Boys
We play board games. We hope you like board games. New podcast episodes every other Thursday.
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Oct 9, 2025 • 1h 37min
Season 16, Episode 6 - Civolution
Board Boys are back with the latest HUGE game from Mr. Stefan Feld - Civolution from Deep Print Games and Pegasus Spiele. Where you are take an exam about creating the best civilizations with your proctor Agera. Place dice, play cards, and so many strategies exist to victory in this one! Also in this episode Cam almost died, Rob talks about a lot of Roleplayer Universe games from Thunderworks Games, Jake talks about Power Vacuum which has a hilarious theme and then we have monumental review and rating of Civolution as well as a crazy Cam boing rating theorum. 0:00 - Intro 5:00 - Cam Almost Died from a Frozen Pizza 9:25 - Lockup and Lockup: Breakout 13:15 - Goblin Vaults 15:25 - Emerald Skulls 19:35 - Stalk Exchange 22:30 - Azul Duel 23:45 - Pax Games 26:35 - Power Vacuum 30:30 - Civolution Intro 34:50 - Civolution Initial Thoughts 40:00 - Civolution Pros and Cons 1:20:00 - Final Thoughts on Civolution 1:29:35 - Bump or Dump - Trismegistus 1:33:10 - Outro and Patron Thanks

Oct 9, 2025 • 1h 26min
Season 17, Episode 6 – Shackleton Base
It is time for a new episode of The Board Boys Podcast - in this installment we are joined by Board Boy Jeremy again and we are live from our remote studio at Dungeons Gate. In this one we play Shackleton Base from Pandasaurus Games and Sorry We Are French. We also guess how many games Cam is in on BGA - also if you remember Aqua Teen Hunger Force we talk about that too as well as come join us at Capital City Gaming Con! Until next time, we hope you like Board Games. 0:00 - Intro 6:45 - Alibis 9:00 - How to Save a World 15:00 - Sea Salt and Paper Expansions 20:00 - Coffee Rush 25:00 - BGA Talk 31:00 - Arnak with Twisted Paths Expansion 33:40 - Arydia 37:50 - Shackleton Base Overview 40:37 - Interlude 41:07 - Initial Thoughts - Shackleton Base 45:10 - Review - Shackleton Base 1:11:00 - Final Thoughts - Shackleton Base 1:19:00 - Bump or Dump - Doggerland 1:20:54 - Outro and Patron Thanks 1:22:50 - Capital City Gaming Con!!

Sep 25, 2025 • 1h 23min
Season 17, Episode 5 - Daitoshi
Welcome to another episode of The Board Boys Podcast. In this episode, we take on Daitoshi, part of the Kemushi Saga, from Dani Garcia and Devir Games! In this one we also take a look at a log jam of games we have played and you get a minor look behind the scenes at Dungeon's Gate as The Board Boys try to recommend a proper Dune Imperium expansion. As always we hope you like boardgames! 0:00 Intro 5:00 Quacks 7:30 Bare Bones 10:15 FlipToons 12:30 Tag Team 17:30 Suna Valo 20:00 Moon Colony Bloodbath 24:00 Terrorscape 28:45 Daitoshi: Overview 29:25 Dune Imperium Chat with Rob from Dungeons Gate! 35:00 Interlude 26:00 Daitoshi: Review 1:05:45 Daitoshi: Verdict 1:13:00 Board Boys Bump: Windmill Valley 1:19:15 Thank You, Patrons 1:21:30 Outro

Sep 4, 2025 • 1h 9min
Season 17, Episode 4 - Galileo Galilei and Tea Garden
Hey everybody! We had a tough decision so we didn't make one in typical Board Boys fashion! We have not 1 but 2 main reviews in this episode both released by Capstone Games in the US and both are by Tomáš Holek! We are also joined by special guest Board Boy Jared as we are once again live from Dungeons Gate in Ankeny, IA! Also in this episode, we talk about how refreshing it is to play all games everyone knows at a game night..rarity for us, can you tell how many different ways Rob pronounces Tomáš, and what crazy beverage does Jake like when its warm? Lastly we all give our definitive ranking of all 3 games by this designer thus far! This and more on this episode of The Board Boys Podcast! As always, we hope you like boardgames! 0:00 - Intro 3:00 - Galileo Galilei Introduction 6:00 - Interlude 6:15 - Galileo Galilei Initital Thoughts 8:00 - Galileo Galilei Pros and Cons 31:45 - Galileo Galilei Final Thoughts 35:00 - Tea Garden Introduction 40:15 - Tea Garden Intitial Thoughts 42:15 - Tea Garden Pros and Cons 59:10 - Tea Garden Final Thoughts 1:04:05 - Bump or Dump - Evenfall 1:07:10 - Patron Thanks and Outro

Aug 28, 2025 • 1h 10min
Season 17, Episode 3 - Endeavor Deep Sea
Hey Everybody! In this episode of The Board Boys Podcast we take an actual deep dive into Endeavor Deep Sea from Grand Gamers Guild and Burnt Island Games! We are joined by a guest host Bryce Bickham from Bickham Games and we talk about their upcoming game Dreyfall coming to Kickstarter on September 23rd! We also have some submarine talk, Jeremy2 plays Lucy to Rob's Charlie Brown with his copy of Endeavor Deep Sea, Cam revisits his Pillars of Cam Gaming, and we talk Vilisca axe murderer house while discovering what a group of squirrels is called. As always we hope you like boardgames! 0:00 - Intro 5:00 - Dreyfall from Bickham Games 18:00 - Battle of Hoth 21:30 - The Game Makers 25:26 - Logic and Lore 28:00 - Game of Thieves 29:00 - Endeavor Deep Sea Overview 32:55 - Interlude 33:30 - Endeavor Deep Sea Initial Thoughts 38:50 - Endeavor Deep Sea Pros 50:20 - Endeavor Deep Sea Cons 55:35 - Endeavor Deep Sea Final Thoughts 1:02:36 - Bump or Dump - Rock Hard 1977 1:06:30 - Squirels and Vilisca Murder House 1:08:45 - Patron Thanks and Outro

Aug 14, 2025 • 1h 5min
Season 17, Episode 2 - Alma Mater
In this episode we explore Alma Mater from some companies that dont exist anymore. Also a visit from BB Joe and Cam gives us a Latin Lesson. We are also LIVE from Dungeon's Gate once again and I hope Cam doesn’t mind the use of exclamation points in this blurb! Joe also shows us that he can’t remember what games he plays. Cam also flexes at how good he is at making playlists – I bet he made the best mixtapes. 0:00 - Intro 2:00 - Cam Latin Lessons 4:10 - Hutan Life in the Rainforest 8:45 - Clank Legacy Season 2 10:25 - Spooktacular 14:00 - Hot Streak 17:10 - Vantage 20:50 - Tekken The Boardgame 23:10 - TI4 on BGA 25:40 - Alma Mater Intro 27:10 - Interlude 27:45 - Alma Mater Initial Thoughts 32:05 - Alma Mater Pros 43:00 - Alma Mater Cons 52:10 - Alma Mater Final Thoughts 59:10 - Bump or Dump - Coimbra 1:02:30 - Patron Thanks and Outro

Aug 8, 2025 • 1h 8min
Season 17 - Beau-nuss Episode - GenCon 2025
Day 0 - Wednesday 0:00 - Intro and Traveling 1:00 - Asmodee Media Event - Battle for Hoth, Brick Like This - Two Tower Tricking taking Game - Clash of Clans 3:10 - All Play Event - Soda Jerk - Tearable Quest Day 1 - Thursday 6:25 - Ace of Spades 7:10 - Tianxia 9:30 - Star Wars Super Teams 11:30 - Thebai 12:15 - Good Dog Bad Zombie 12:40 - Moose Games - Poppy Playtime, Menagerie - Hello Kitty & Friends Reach for the Stars 16:05 - Dicey Devices 17:00 - Logic and Lore 17:45 - Too Many Cats 18:35 - Purrramid 19:40 - The Dealers Tarot and Spooktacular 21:15 - Strike Tournament Day 2 - Friday 23:20 - All Play Games - 3 Witches, The Networks, Sail Legacy - Mountain Goats The Fabled Lands, Kabuto Sumo Dice - River Valley Jewel Craft, French Toast, Enchanted Ivy - Jibber Jabble, Pinata 27:50 - Formaggio 28:00 - Chip Theory Kids Games 29:30 - Castle Raisers 30:30 - Galaxy Trucker Event - Do What Expansion! 35:00 - Blood Rage Valhalla 35:40 - Battle Monsters 36:00 - Forbidden Island Legacy 36:42 - CGE Games - SETI Expansion, Wispwood 38:00 - Tiny Tina's Wonderland 38:40 - Neopets TCG 40:43 - Screwball Scramble 3 - Level Up 40:50 - Transgalactica 41:20 - Hot Streak 42:30 - Poppy's Playtime Day 3 - Saturday 43:40 - Lowlands 45:45 - Doom Game from Modiphius 47:10 - Four Doors 47:40 - Land vs Sea 48:45 - Enemies of Gotham City 49:35 - Battle for Hoth 50:00 - Zenith 50:32 - Yokohama Duel 51:15 - Polaris 51:50 - Gone to Gaia 53:30 - Dead by Daylight 54:00 - Nature Day 4 - Sunday 56:00 - Horrified Dungeons and Dragons 57:20 - Heroscape Event 58:40 - The Game Makers Part 2 59:55 - NEW Chronicles of Crime 1:00:50 - There and Back Again 1:02:30 - 12 Rivers 1:05:30 - Tea Garden 1:07:30 - Outro

Jul 31, 2025 • 1h 13min
Season 17, Episode 1 - Wroth
Hey welcome to another episode of The Board Boys Podcast and thanks joining in Season 17! This time we main review Wroth from Chip Theory Games. We also talk about what would happen if this game had a finance theme! Rob also talks about his vacation and work trip and all the games played. We take a sneak peak at the expansion for Civolution and we wrape it up with a look back at Inventions from Eagle Gryphon Games! Until next time we hope you like board games! 0:00 - Intro 1:20 - Finance and LOTR Orcs 4:55 - Robs Road Trip and The Board Room Washington, DC 8:50 - Slambo 12:15 - Praga Caput Regni 13:20 - Rebel Princess 14:15 - Startups 18:15 - Carpe Diem 21:05 - Civolution Expansion Talk 23:45 - Odin 25:20 - Pergola 28:30 - Twilight Inscription 29:50 - Wroth Intro 32:00 - Interlude 32:35 - Wroth Main Review 56:00 - Wroth Final Thoughts 1:06:05 - Bump or Dump - Inventions 1:11:25 - Patron Thanks and Outro

Jul 17, 2025 • 1h 12min
Season 16, Episode 13 - Corps of Discovery
Welcome to the Season 16 finale! Our feature review this week is Corp of Discovery: A Game Set in the World of Manifest Destiny from Off The Page Games. Also, in this one we talk about Rob not finishing his challenges. We record live from Dungeon's Gate in Ankeny, IA and we deep dive into Trickerion with all the fixins from Mindclash Games. There is also some talk about Square One from the makers of Project L and we also do some astronomy with Galileo Galilei from Capstone Games. Finally, we look back at Beyond the Sun from Rio Grande Games! Thanks, and we hope you like boardgames. 0:00 - Intro 2:00 - Robs Not Played Stuff 7:25 - Live From Dungeon's Gate 8:00 - Trickerion w/ Expansions, Variant and KS Talk 15:45 - Square One 18:40 - Galileo Galilei 29:30 - Corps of Discovery Intro 35:15 - Interlude 35:45 - Corps of Discovery - Initial Thoughts 38:50 - Corps of Discovery - Pros 54:40 - Corps of Discovery - Cons 1:01:05 - Corps of Discovery - Final Thoughts 1:06:05 - Bump or Dump - Beyond the Sun 1:10:00 - Thanks and Outro

Jul 3, 2025 • 1h 9min
Season 16, Episode 12 - Transgalactica
It is another episode of The Board Boys Podcast and on the docket for this one was Transgalactica from Devir Games and our boy Daniele Tascini! We also have some new official music from Marcelo F(@resetcubestudio)! Join us as we tackle the tracks on tracks as well as some errata as well as some video game talk and some smaller box games from All Play and Bezier Games with Oddland and Rebel Princess. Also we gush over Toy Battle from Repos Productions some more! 0:00 - Intro 2:00 - New music and Civolution Boings 4:30 - Sunderfolk 7:30 - Split Fiction 11:00 - The Anarchy (Solo Talk) 14:00 - Oddland 16:00 - Rebel Princess + Expansion 17:50 - Toy Battle 24:10 - Transgalactica Overview 27:20 - Transgalactica Initial Thoughts 29:00 - Transgalactica Pros 42:00 - Transgalactica Cons 1:00:00 - Transgalactica Final Thoughts 1:05:50 - Bump or Dump - Skyrise and Cascadero 1:07:35 - Outro