The Board Boys Podcast

Board Boys take an educational trip to Ghana, courtesy of celebrated nonfiction author Uwe Rosenberg in Atiwa, by celebrated board game designer Uwe Rosenberg. Will they repopulate the land with a plethora of succulent fruit-bearing trees or will they eat bat? 0:00 Intro, E.V.A. - Jean Jaques Perrey 2:15 Atiwa: The Informational Booklet  7:00 Barrage 13:15 Ark Nova changed scoring methods 19:45 Nintendo Switch Sports- playing golf online 22:30 Quickity Pickity 27:15 Brew 29:30 Dungeons and Dragons: The Yawning Portal 38:45 Atiwa: Overview 40:45 Batty Rap- Robin Williams (Fern Gully) 41:45 Atiwa: Review 1:08:00 Atiwa: Verdict 1:14:00 Board Boys Bump: Return to Dark Tower 1:21:30 Fa Wakoma Ma Me - C.K. Mann (Ghana)

Board Boys kill the bad guys in Beast, baby, the brand new first release from Studio Midhall. Is it Rob's new fave hidden movement game? That would be crazy because he LOVES hidden movement games. 0:00 Intro, E.V.A. - Jean Jacques Perrey 4:00 Kabuto Sumo 14:00 Cat in the Box 23:45 Cryptid 29:00 Luxor 34:00 Karuba 38:30 Beast: Overview 41:15 I Will Follow Him - Little Peggy March 42:15 Beast: Review 1:18:30 Beast: Verdict 1:26:45 Board Boys Bump: Wonderlands War 1:31:30 Thank You, Patrons 1:32:15 Hunter - Bjork 1:36:15 ???

Board Boys are back in business, baby, and playing Stefan Feld's new joint from Queen Games, Marrakesh. Is it the best game out there that has a Stefan Feld first player marker (and postcard and challenge coin)?  0:00 Intro, E.V.A. - Jean Jacques Perrey 3:30 Shifting Stones 5:00 Escape the Dark Sector 9:00 Amsterdam 11:00 East India Companies 17:15 Nidavellir 21:15 Dice Manor 24:00 Marrakesh: Overview 31:00 Marrakesh Express - Crosby, Stills, and Nash 32:00 Marrakesh: Review 1:08:30 Marrakesh: Verdict 1:16:15 Top 5 Felds 1:18:30 Board Boys Bump: Ark Nova 1:23:45 Thank You, Patrons 1:24:45 Aicha - Khaled (Khaled is from Algeria, not Morocco, but they're neighbors and both speak French please lay off)

Board Boys are out the bunker 5000 years later for Revive (Aporta Games), a game about building a utopian society out of the rubble of ancient times by having fun with your super cool player board. 0:00  Intro, E.V.A. - Jean-Jacques Perrey 4:30 Stack'n Stuff: A Patchwork Game 5:45 Motor City 7:45 Consumption: Food and Choices 9:00 Bot Factory 12:30 Slim Goodbody, Richard Simmons 15:00 A Beaument with Mo- The Adventurers: The Temple of Chac, Dungeons & Dragons: Onslaught, Beau's Lego guys 23:30 Steam Up: A Feast of Dim Sum 28:00 Brass: Birmingham (again) 29:30 Sidereal Confluence: Bifurcation 36:00 Revive: Overview 39:30 Everytime - Boy Pablo (Norway) 41:00 Revive: Review 1:26:45 Revive: Verdict 1:36:00 Board Boys Bump: Dinogenics 1:42:15 Thank You, Patrons 1:44:30 Rocky Trail - Kings of Convenience (Norway)

Board Boys are back in full force to play Deal With the Devil, a new jam from Czech Games Edition about secret dealing, hosing the peasants, and avoiding inquisition. 0:00 Intro, E.V.A. - Jean-Jacques Perrey 6:00 Monumental Consequence 11:30 Fun Facts 15:30 Millennium Blades 23:30 Decorum 25:45 Disney's Gargoyles Awakening 28:45 Brass: Birmingham 39:45 Deal With the Devil: Overview 43:00 Christine's Tune - The Flying Burrito Brothers 44:00 Deal With the Devil: Review 1:24:45 Deal With the Devil: Verdict 1:33:45 Board Boys Bump: Golem 1:40:15 Thank You, Patrons 1:41:00 Friend of the Devil - The Grateful Dead  

Board Boys are back, alright, to play Oak, a worker placement game about druids trying to see who can scramble to the top of a huge oak the most reverently, and the third game in a row on this podcast to feature TREES. I guess next time we're going to have to play Atiwa or something chock full of more big trees. Music: E.V.A. - Jean Jacques Perrey, Tie a Yellow Ribbon - organist Mike Reed, Brujeria - El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico

Board Boys are back again for Bonfire with the Trees and Creatures expansion, a Stefan Feld joint. Also in this episode, a Beaument with Mo, Rob is obsessed with Marvel Snap, and Cam underestimates the backbone of the gaming world. Music: E.V.A. - Jean Jacques Perrey, Fire - Ohio Players, Keep the Fire - Kenny Loggins

Board Boys are back, baby, to kick off a new season with Delicious Games' Woodcraft, a game where the dice are wood and the wood is dice. Also in this episode, we explore the deepest Star Wars trivia of all time (confirmed) and talk about Mysterium for five straight minutes, or at least it seems like that. Music: E.V.A., by Jean Jacques Perrey - If I Had a Hammer, Peter, Paul and Mary - Knock on Wood, Murder Squad

Board Boys are back with a bowl of gas station chili and .375 liters of beer in Autobahn, by Fabio Lopiano and Nestor Mangone. Also in this episode, tons of BGA talk and an argument about why Cam's ratings for each game are so so so correct (Cam didn't write this.) Music E.V.A. by Jean-Jacques Perrey  Holiday Road by Lindsey Buckingham Seasons Change by Exposé  

Before closing out another season of the podcast we were able to sneak in a 2nd Beau-nuss episode back by popular demand!  We talk all about Disney Sorcerer's Arena: Epic Alliances game from The OP.  We dig into the Core Set and the two expansions for the game.  We also get to sit down with Sean Fletcher the designer of the game for an interview about the game and the design.  He also announces The OP's Road to Gencon a competition level event for the game that will lead to a big culmination tournament at GenCon!