The Board Boys Podcast

The Board Boys got their beignets, black magic (aka vampires and voodoo) and board games on this week in Orléans by Tasty Minstrel Games. Joined by fellow Arkham Games gamer, Jared "Probably Has a Cool Last Name" Bearss, the boys built their engines, recruited their knights and ignored their scholars in this beloved worker placement board game. In addition to Orléans the boys break out some new beefs, provide some more detail on their upcoming live taping and talk about Campbell's upcoming trip to Peru.

Board Boy Campbell is off galavanting around Peru, but that isn't going to stop us from dropping an all new BONUS episode of The Board Boys Podcast. We decided it'd be a good (scratch that, great) idea to play Twilight the board game. No not Twilight Imperium, or Twilight Struggle ...Twilight ... like with Vampires and Werewolves and stuff. We revisited the all-time classic debate, #TeamJacob versus #TeamEdward, with help from one of our favorite guests, "ya boi Bell".

The Board Boys ventured into outer space in this week's latest episode, colonizing the red planet in Terraforming Mars by Stronghold Games. Joined by local content creator, board game reviewer, Arnold Palmer (the drink) lover and all-around great guy, David Wiley, the boys slowly made life habitable on Mars. In this week's newest episode the boys also tackle some new beefs, talk an awful lot about Terraforming Mars, discuss the subtle art of solo and two-player board game reviews and make a huge announcement!

Board Boy Frank's birthday episode is here! In honor of Frank the boys play one of Frank's all-time favorite games, Puerto Rico! Joined by Frank's step-brother, Jimmy Hobbs, the boys get into the nostalgia of games, their mixed emotions on remastering board (and video) games and talk about how good, bad, great and frustrating the game Puerto Rico can be. The boys also take their first (and last) spin using a soundboard! Get ready to laugh out loud to the sounds of rapper megaphone, sad horn and 'HAM'.

The Board Boys lived, pillaged and died gloriously this week in Blood Rage by CMON games. Joined by Casey Knue, the boys embraced the coming of Ragnarok while recruiting powerful monsters, upgrading their armies and scoring all the victory points before the ultimate destruction of Earth. This week the boys also get 'beefy' identifying the 2018 'beefs' they're hoping to start (or continue) throughout the year. Spoiler - Marilyn Manson high school lore and Mobb Deep are officially on notice.

The Board Boys are coming in HOT with another bonus episode. In this weekend's episode we finally completed one of Board Boy Cam's bucket list desires, playing a board game live on the podcast. To do this we were joined by Casey Knue to play a few rounds of Werewords by Bézier Games. Play along and see if you can figure out the mystery word while also figuring out who the Seeker and the Werewolf may be!

Happy New Year! Welcome to the first (and best) episode of The Board Boys Podcast released in 2018. In this week's episode the boys attended wizarding school, specifically potions class, to brew up some bewitching, bewildering and beautification spells in Alchemists by Czech Games Edition. Joined by local board game legend, Rob Pearson, the boys break down the history of Des Moines' growing board game community, the exciting things happening at Arkham Games and Rob shares his tips for starting a quality, lasting game group.    

The Board Boys decided to get together over Christmas break to enjoy some delicious cookies, drink all the cocoa and steal most of the jewels, gems and artifacts from Lord Eradikus in Clank! In Space.  In this week's BONUS episode we take a quick look and discuss our thoughts about Clank! In Space by Renegade Studios.  We'll be back next Thursday with another full-length episode, but wanted to share this with you all as a huge Thank You from us for your support this year.   

Members of a 19th-century community fear the strange creatures that inhabit the surrounding forest. PLOT TWIST we didn't watch The Village, but we did play Village in this week's episode. Joined by resident cool guy, Brad Turk, the boys took turns strategically killing generations (RIP Great Aunt Judith) to score as many victory points as possible. In addition to growing our village the boys also discuss their favorite games to buy in a last-minute holiday pinch, Frank's primary sales goal at Target and the cool shows Brad's bands have coming up!

Welcome to Episode Five of the Board Boys Podcast! Things got a little spooky in this episode as the Board Boys fought cultists, mobs and a few bad cases of insanity in Mansions of Madness. Joined by Josh's lovely wife, Sammi, the group fought to their last breath frantically trying to escape Innsmouth alive. To help lighten the mood the boys discuss Sammi's experiences growing up with Disney board games and discuss Campbell's winning idea for a Twilight board game (Frank and Josh are totes team Jacob).