BGGCon Spring 2026 Recap

About this episode

Tim discusses games played at BGGCon Spring 2026 and a related poll on making friends at conventions.

In Episode 303 Tim discusses all of the games played during his recent weekend at BGGCon in Dallas. We also discuss a poll related to making friends at board game conventions. Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction 00:30 Poll Time: Have you ever made friends at a board game convention? 09:28 BGGCon Spring 12:42 Coming of Age 24:15 Underwater Cities: Data Era 28:23 The White Castle Duel 34:58 SETI: Space Agencies 39:02 Moon Colony Bloodbath 40:37 Encyclopedia 44:14 Lacrimosa 44:49 Vantage 46:46 Formaggio 50:01 Everdell: Silverfrost 57:01 The Gang 1:01:59 Lightning Train If you enjoy the show, please consider supporting us at https://www.patreon.com/boardgamehottakes Follow us on BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/boardgamehottakes.bsky.social Join our Board Game Arena Community: https://boardgamearena.com/group?id=11417205 Join our Discord server at: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://discord.gg/vMtAYQWURd⁠⁠⁠

People in this episode

Host: Tim

Topics covered

• BGGCon recap
• board games
• making friends
• poll discussion
• game reviews

Keywords

• BGGCon
• board games
• Dallas
• game reviews
• convention friendships

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: BGGCon

Products: Underwater Cities: Data Era, The White Castle Duel, SETI: Space Agencies, Moon Colony Bloodbath, Encyclopedia, Lacrimosa, Vantage, Formaggio, Everdell: Silverfrost, The Gang

Places: Dallas

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