The Board Boys Podcast

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

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

Board Boys are back to play a Robin Hood game, but it's not your father's Robin Hood, or so they say. Warning, A Gest of Robin Hood is gritty and dark and real and raw, if you have an excellent imagination. If you don't, (like Cam), it's basically carriage pushin: the game. 0:00 Intro, E.V.A. - Jean Jacques Perrey 2:30 Spaceballs and Game Show talk 16:30 Anachrony 21:45 Money! 26:00 A Beaument with Mo 36:15 A Gest of Robin Hood: Overview 40:30 Spaceballs Main Theme - John Morris 41:30 A Gest of Robin Hood: Review 59:00 A Gest of Robin Hood: Verdict 1:03:00 Board Boys Bump: Ezra and Nehemiah 1:07:15 Thank You, Patrons 1:07:45 Yoda - "Weird Al" Yankovic

Board Boys travel through all the realm in search of adventure in Tales of the Arthurian Knights, an exciting narrative light rpg adventure and reimplementation of the classic Tales of the Arabian Nights. 0:00 Intro, E.V.A. - Jean Jacques Perrey 5:00 Spiel des Jahres talk 10:00 Scooby Doo the Board Game 12:00 Bloomchasers 16:15 Meeple Circus 21:00 Cretaceous Rails 23:50 Kinfire Delve 29:00 Mind the Gap 32:00 Tales of the Arthurian Knights: Overview 34:45 The Wizard - Uriah Heep 36:15 Tales of the Arthurian Knights: Review 1:14:00 Tales of the Arthurian Knights: Verdict 1:26:30 Board Boys Bump: Anunnaki: Dawn of the Gods 1:29:00 Thank You, Patrons 1:30:00 Lady Fantasy - Camel

Board Boys are back with two giant spreadsheets and a set of small blocks in the Anarchy, from Garphill Games and designer Bobby Hill. If you like Hadrian's Wall, you'll probably love this one. 0:00 Intro, E.V.A - Jean Jacques Perrey 18:00 Apiary 21:30 Gentle Rain 24:30 Corps of Discovery: A Game Set in the World of Manifest Destiny 29:00 Karvi 32:00 Forest Shuffle 35:00 Old Salt 38:15 The Anarchy: Overview 41:00 Firestarter: The Prodigy 42:00 The Anarchy: Review 1:12:30 The Anarchy: Verdict 1:27:00 Board Boys Bump: Obsession 1:31:30 Thank You, Patrons 1:32:30 Praise You - Fatboy Slim

Board Boys are back in Ancient Egypt yet again for Men-Nefer, which is a board game and not a celebrity couple c. 2002. Speaking of 2002, prepare for a lot of millennial talk in this episode. 0:00 Intro, E.V.A. - Jean Jacques Perrey 19:30 YRO 23:00 Skara Brae 25:45 Jubako 30:00 Kronologic: Paris 1920 33:30 Calimala 37:00 Men-Nefer: Overview 41:00 Young Folks- Peter, Bjorn, & John 43:00 Men-Nefer: Review 1:09:00 Men-Nefer: Verdict 1:16:30 Board Boys Bump: El Grande 1:21:00 Thank You, Patrons 1:22:00 Burning - The Whitest Boy Alive

Board Boys blast off into outer space with a bunch of tourists on board in Galactic Cruise, a game about assembling recreational spacecraft and visiting chilled out planets with them. 0:00 Intro, E.V.A. - Jean Jacques Perrey 16:00 The Taverns of Tiefenthal 22:50 Duck & Cover 24:30 Sardegna 27:00 Iwari 29:30 Automania 31:45 Endeavor: Deep Sea 43:45 Galactic Cruise: Overview 47:00 Space Cowboy - Jonzun Crew 48:00 Galactic Cruise: Review 1:22:45 Galactic Cruise: Verdict 1:29:00 Board Boys Bump: Kutna Hora 1:34:00 Thank You, Patrons 1:34:30 Fantastic Voyage - Lakeside

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      

Board Boys are back with another span for ya, man, in Finspan from Stonemaier Games, a game about free range fish raising all the way down to the nightmare zone. 0:00 Intro, E.V.A. - Jean Jacques Perrey 18:00 Lowlands 20:30 Black Forest 26:00 Azul Duel 28:15 R-ECO+ 32:00 Potions of Azerland 35:45 Rebel Princesses 43:30 Finspan: Overview 46:15 Looking for Atlantis - Prefab Sprout 48:00 Finspan: Review 1:11:30 Finspan: Verdict 1:18:00 Board Boys Bump: Wyrmspan 1:26:00 Thank You, Patrons 1:27:00 Ocean Rain - Echo & The Bunnymen 

Join us for a slightly irregular version of The Board Boys Podcast where Board Boy Rob is joined by Board Boy Beau and Jeremy to go over a bunch of 2 player games!  Featuring Duel for Middle Earth from Repos Productions, King of Tokyo Duel from Iello,  and Star Wars The Deckbuilding Game from Fantasy Flight Games!  Beau also goes over a recent Christmas preset the ChessUp 2 board! 0:00 - Lord of the Rings Intro Music 4:20 - Plug or Beef with Beau 8:25 - Stamp Swap 12:25 - Eclipse Second Dawn for the Galaxy 15:30 - Lifeboats: Plank of Carneades 21:35 - ChessUp 2 25:10 - Lord of the Rings: Duel for Middle Earth 37:45 - King of Tokyo Duel 48:55 - Star Wars The Deck Building Game 59:20 - Bump or Dump - Ticket to Ride Legacy: Legends of the West 1:06:00 - Outro and Patron Thanks