

The Board Boys Podcast
The Board Boys
We play board games. We hope you like board games. New podcast episodes every other Thursday.
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Oct 26, 2023 • 1h 39min
Season 13, Episode 7 - Carnival Zombie 2nd Ed
Boo-ard Boys are back just in time for Halloween with the bone chilling, spine tingling, water contaminating Carnival Zombie, a game about six best friends zombie battling their way through Venice in an attempt to escape the wrath of an undead lagoon monster. Beware the order of operations! 0:00 Intro, E.V.A. - Jean Jacques Perrey 5:30 City of Horror 13:15 That Time You Killed Me 16:30 Sky Team 20:30 Timeline Twist 23:15 Witchstone expansion 25:45 Wind the Film! 32:15 Indiana Jones: Cryptic - A Puzzles & Pathways Adventure 38:45 Carnival Zombie: Overview 41:15 The Great Pumpkin Waltz - Vince Guaraldi 42:45 Carnival Zombie: Review 1:15:00 Carnival Zombie: Verdict 1:22:30 Board Boys Bump: Flamecraft 1:30:45 Thank You, Patrons 1:32:45 Zombie - Fela Kuti

Oct 12, 2023 • 1h 24min
Season 13, Episode 6 - 2 Player Extravaganza!
Board Boy Rob is back with special guest Joe! We hammer through all the 2 player games Blitzkrieg!, Ceasar!, and Dogfight! from PSC and Floodgate Games plus we get a little on the spooky side with BOOoop from Smirk and Dagger Games. Also in this episode we talk about the upcoming Spooktacular holiday, Point Salad and we get even scarier with a little Orthodontic work. Thanks for joining us for another episode and we hope you like boardgames! 0:00 - Intro, E.V.A. - Jean Jacques Perrey 2:35 - Intro to BB Joe 6:00 - Halloween 9:30 - Point City 14:05 - Scout and Orthodontics 16:30 - My Fathers Work 17:45 - App Based Games 20:05 - Barrage Nile Affair Expansion 24:30 - Blitzkrieg! 24:30 36:36 - Caesar! - 36:36 51:47 - Dogfight! 1:01:52 - PSC ! Final Thoughts 1:05:50 - BOOoop 1:14:15 - Bump or Dump - Twilight Inscription 1:18:30 - Wrap Up 1:20:00 - Bill Withers - Just the Two of Us

Sep 28, 2023 • 1h 27min
Season 13, Episode 5 - Thunder Road: Vendetta
Board Boys are back for another Rob's-coworker-Jack-guested, high octane, high voltage thriller as we take a look at Thunder Road: Vendetta from Restoration Games. Also in this episode- Finance Blurb with Cam (from Pyramid Ponzi Advisory Group), Rob rates a game twice, and several more minutes of Kazoo that Tune than anybody ever wanted. 0:00 Intro, E.V.A. - Jean Jacques Perrey 2:30 Business Name/Shady Annuity Cam 6:00 Taylor Swift 4 Hour Performance/Dream Concert 13:15 Fit to Print 18:00 Blacksmiths of Steinheimer 22:45 CULTivate 26:00 Thunder Road: Overview 30:00 Vehicle - Ides of March 31:00 Thunder Road: Review 53:30 Thunder Road: Verdict 1:05:30 Board Boys Bump: My Father's Work 1:11:00 Thank You, Patrons 1:11:15 Kazoo That Tune: Vendetta 1:24:45 I Don't Want to Miss a Thing - Aerosmith

Sep 14, 2023 • 1h 33min
Season 13, Episode 4 - The Wolves
Den Daddies are back by which I mean to say Board Boys are back, here to alpha wolf dom out all the little soy boy baby dawgs in THE WOLVES, a game about growling and howling at your enemies to DOM THEM OUT. Who will snarl the meanest and win the wolf trophy? 0:00 Intro, E.V.A. - Jean Jacques Perrey 5:30 Lords of Waterdeep 8:15 Cretaceous Rails Kickstarter preview and mini review with Alex from Spielcraft Games Kickstarter Link - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/spielcraftgames/cretaceous-rails?ref=73dnqp&token=427fe60d - early peek at the KS page 24:00 After Us 31:30 Zoo Vadis, Ra revisited 36:00 Wild Tiled West 41:00 Baldur's Gate 3 commentary 47:00 Thanks Antofadude from Lil Wreckers Workshop 50:00 The Wolves: Overview 53:00 I am a Wolf, You are the Moon - Craig Wedren 54:30 The Wolves: Review 1:19:45 The Wolves: Verdict 1:24:15 Board Boys Bump: Carnegie 1:28:45 Thank You, Patrons 1:29:45 Dancing in the Moonlight - Thin Lizzy (The completely different song of the same name by King Harvest is worth listening to as well if you're reading this)

Aug 31, 2023 • 1h 26min
Season 13, Episode 3 - Barcelona
0:00 Intro, E.V.A. - Jean Jacques Perrey 5:45 Deep Dive 9:30 The Wolves 12:00 Moon River 16:15 Ra 20:00 Zoo Vadis 24:30 Rome in a Day 27:00 Forest Shuffle 32:15 Barcelona: Overview 36:00 We're From Barcelona - I'm From Barcelona 37:30 Barcelona: Review 1:08:30 Barcelona: Verdict 1:15:15 Board Boys Bump: Hansa Teutonica 1:20:00 Thank You, Patrons 1:23:00 Cantares (Caminante, No Hay Camino) - Joan Manuel Serrat (de Barcelona)

Aug 17, 2023 • 1h 37min
Season 13, Episode 2 - Sabika
Board Boy Bill is back in the saddle for a repeat appearance in Sabika, a game about balancing the lightning bolt with the infinity sign. Also, car fires, PP Rain, Chilling With My Pepsi Like Sheesh, Bowser's Back Door, and many other one episode catchphrases. 0:00 Intro, E.V.A. - Jean Jacques Perrey 2:30 Cam's Top 2 Car Fires 11:15 Anomaly 15:30 The Logo Game 17:00 Frosthaven 25:30 Whistle Mountain 30:00 Burgle Bros 38:30 Sabika: Overview 43:45 I've Been Hurt - Bill Deal and the Rhondels 45:30 A Beaument with Mo: Unmatched 52:45 Sabika: Review 1:21:45 Sabika: Verdict 1:28:15 Board Boys Bump: Bitoku 1:33:15 Thank You, Patrons 1:34:30 The Ronettes - Be My Baby

Aug 3, 2023 • 1h 35min
Season 13, Episode 1 - Expeditions
Board Boys are back with a brand new season (for catalogue purposes) and playing the sequel to Scythe, Expeditions (Stonemaier Games). Also in this Episode, Board Boy Bill joins us for the first half of a Board Boy Bill double feature, Cam gets the podcast canceled again if anyone was listening, and Rob stands in his truth for the first time ever. (This is the first episode in about six months where there isn't 30 minutes of King's Dilemma and restaurant talk) 0:00 Intro, E.V.A. - Jean Jacques Perrey 2:30 Cam's peanut-brained question about the theme 4:30 For Sale 9:45 The K Man Audits: Cam's Top 5 Luciani Games 15:30 Joan of Arc (Orleans roll and write) 18:30 Hadrian's Wall 23:30 QE 27:45 Expeditions: Overview 32:15 Ice Flow - The Mighty Boosh 33:45 Expeditions: Review 1:11:15 Expeditions: Verdict 1:23:15 Board Boys Bump: Agricola 1:29:00 Thank You, Patrons 1:30:00 Digging for Gold - Sally Oldfield

Jul 21, 2023 • 1h 37min
Season 12, Episode 13 - Newton
Board Boys are back for the season 12 finale, finally talking about Newton (Simone Luciani, Nestore Mangione) 5 years late. Also in this episode, 2GG or 2notGG?, plenty of mini reviews, and a little bit of restaurant talk, because of course there is.

Jul 13, 2023 • 33min
Season 12 - Beau-nuss Episode 2: Top 5 Bar and Pub Games
We recently went to an event The Dealt Hand hosted at The Twisted Vine Brewery. To help support Eat Greater Des Moines. In this episode Beau keeps us on track and we talk about our favorite games to take to a bar/pub/coffee shop/Dealt Hand event - you get the picture. Beau helps host for the first time and Tim's son Remy makes a special guest spot! What games will make our lists? Come listen and find out! If you are in the Des Moines, IA area make sure to check out The Dealt Hand (https://www.thedealthand.com/) and Eat Greater Des Moines (https://www.eatgreaterdesmoines.org/) Until next time we hope you like boardgames!

Jul 6, 2023 • 1h 49min
Season 12, Episode 12 - Heat: Pedal to the Metal
Board Boys put the balls to the walls and the rubber to the road in Heat: Pedal to the Metal by Days of Wonder. Also in this episode, a middling resolution to airline woes, thoughts on the end of King's Dilemma many years later, and a reward is offered to anyone who can name that arcade game. 0:00 Intro, The Distance - Cake 4:00 Airplane Talk: Finale 15:15 King's Dilemma: Finale 28:15 Reykholt 35:30 La Famiglia: The Great Mafia War 46:30 Illiterati 53:15 Stranger Things: Upside Down 1:00:30 Heat: Overview 1:04:00 Driver's Seat - Sniff 'n' the Tears 1:05:15 Heat: Review 1:29:45 Heat: Verdict 1:43:45 Thank You, Patrons 1:44:30 Burn Rubber on Me (Why You Wanna Hurt Me) - The Gap Band


