The Board Boys Podcast

Today one of the Board Boys will walk away knowing their fate is sealed...at least in a board game with a digital app.  In this episode we play Destinies from Lucky Duck Games!  Also in this episode, we talk about Iowa crops and potential "crop circles" out west.  We manage to keep Haiku Cam away from the podcast but instead we get DJ Cam.  Josh didn't get to play but showed up anyway to enlighten us in the world of board games while Ben tries to steal his job. 

Your favorite boys are back tackling what has been dubbed as Reiner Knizia's masterpiece, Tigris & Euphrates. It isn't often that we play a game on the Top 100 that is over 20 years old. It is even less often that we play a game based on a recommendation from a listener, thanks Todd K., but boy are we glad we did. Also this episode: the boys test their wit attempting to guess ReviewGeek's "Six Alternatives to Catan"; Josh and Cam revisit alt. christian record labels; and Board Boy Ben wins again ... almost!

Yeehaw! Gather round cowpoke as y'all's favorite boys tackle the wild, wild west in Western Legends from Kolossal Games. Ride along as we prospect, pillage, loot and boot scoot boogie our way across the western frontier. Also this episode: The Haiku Kid stops by to drop knowledge in short form poetry; Board Boy Rob revisits our Season Eight finale, On Mars; Board Boy Ben started a game (not we didn't say finish!); and Board Boy Josh thinks back about a top ONE podcast moment. We hope you like board games.

"I admit it's fairly dangerous, but I'd get to fly around like Iron Man." -Mark Watney Like Mark Watney from The Martian we go On Mars this week from Eagle Gryphon Games!  On this weeks episode we are missing Board Boy Josh but listen closely and maybe you will hear him!  Cam wants BGG to have better editing on it's game description page and check out our new restaurant named "4 Bens".  Also Ben challenges Cam to a Haiku and he goes way to far as usual.  Also Rob pops up with a fairly spoiler light review of the puzzliest puzzle game The Initiative!

Your favorite boys are back this week to tackle, recent Kickstarter mega-success, Dwellings of Eldervale. This game has it all: colors, elements, big freakin' miniatures THAT TALK, a clever combat system, tile placement, cards and so much more! Surely with so many quality mechanisms one would think this game a great time ... right? Also this episode: Cam practices his Spanish, Ben tries, fails and tries again to perfect the ultimate segue, Rob gets really into geometric symbols and Josh bones out (again).

When Board Boy Cam jet sets to Miami and Board Boy Ben is unavailable there is only one thing you can do ... crack open the number one War game on BGG ... Twilight Struggle. Your FAVORITE boys relive the Cold War in this epic two player game from GMT Games. Also this episode: the boys spend an unexpected amount of time on Red Rising; Josh introduces a brand new sponsor (they just don't know it yet); the boys chat about Netflix's hit, The Queen's Gambit and so, so much more. I'm back in the U.S.S.R.!

Welp, it finally happened ... Board Boy Cam picked a game to feature on the podcast that is NOT currently on the BGG Top 100. Lucky for us, Amerigo by Stefan Feld is very, very fun. Spoiler: more games needs cube towers. In Amerigo, your favorite boys sailed the islands of South America, securing trade routes, building settlements and dropping cubes into a glorious tower. Also this episode: board game boxes nearly tear the podcast apart; Rob scratches his hidden movement itch and Gart Wolfslinger is back!

Eggs are one of the most common ingredients in cooking often found in cookies, pastas, custards, crepes and waffles. Eggs are also an excellent base for mortar and were a common item used in the construction of Charles Bridge. In Praga Caput Regni, your favorite boys put their egg brains to work, constructing bridges, city walls and buildings. Also this episode: under the table board game conversation - yay or nay?, popular hits from the 90s, the boys revisit Yokohama and Tim's back to discuss TI4 (again!).

The Boys are headed back to the West Kingdom again to do battle as Viscounts this time.  TK is back to guest host this week and we all learn how to say VI-Counts from Cam.  Also Cam hits up a road trip in search of taco pizza and conquering the Billboard Top 500.  We all become Expert level gamers.  Also how good is 4 player TI4?  In the end we talk about how different an initial and final thought should be.  We hope you like boardgames!

Your favorite boys are back, venturing to the treacherous planet Arrakis, to mine all of the spice in Dune Imperium. Luckily, we had our good friend Tim K. join this week - I think he may be a Bene Gesserit. Water is precious, the spice is life and fear is the mind killer. Also this episode: Rob and Cam continue to refine the Boing, Boing, Boing ranking system; Josh takes "push your luck" to a new extreme; and Cam discusses the latest list he is conquering. We hope you like board games.