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#033 - Boardgame Meetups: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
May 13, 2026
1h 09m 12s
#032 - Picking the Golden Geek Winners for 2025
Apr 29, 2026
1h 17m 32s
#031 - Debate: Is Crowdfunding Good for the Hobbyist?
Apr 15, 2026
54m 30s
#030 - Joonas's Top 10 Family Games
Apr 1, 2026
58m 50s
#029 - News and Drama
Mar 18, 2026
54m 47s
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| Date | Episode | Description | Length | ||||||
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| 5/13/26 | #033 - Boardgame Meetups: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly | Joonas and Luis discuss boardgame meetups: when are they great, and when do you feel like you'd rather be somewhere else instead? 02:09 Age of Rail: South Africa 16:16 Moon Colony: Bloodbath 32:19 The Good 41:11 The Bad 47:50 The Ugly | 1h 09m 12s | ||||||
| 4/29/26 | #032 - Picking the Golden Geek Winners for 2025 | Luis tries to snatch the title of Golden Geek Prediction Champion from Joonas. You can find all the nominees for the Golden Geeks at https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/3696572/20th-annual-golden-geek-awards-nominees-announced 12:47 Cooperative Game 16:22 Wargame 22:25 Artwork & Presentation 29:33 Heavy GOTY 35:58 2-Player Game 40:26 Party Game 44:53 Light GOTY 49:47 Thematic Game 58:06 Medium GOTY 01:02:28 Expansion 01:06:13 Innovative 01:12:11 Solo Game 01:16:06 Final picks | 1h 17m 32s | ||||||
| 4/15/26 | #031 - Debate: Is Crowdfunding Good for the Hobbyist? | Debate club is back! This time we debate whether crowdfunding is good for the hobbyist or not. You can vote who made the better argument! Luis and Joonas also talk about Last Will and The Druids of Edora. Vote here: https://forms.gle/nQZUFFcNJBts5Sz27 1:02 Last Will 14:27 The Druids of Edora 29:24 Debate: Is Crowdfunding Good for the Hobbyist? | 54m 30s | ||||||
| 4/1/26 | #030 - Joonas's Top 10 Family Games | Joonas lists the top 10 family games of all time and Luis tries to guess the order. 12:15 Games that didn't make it 17:40 Biblios + For the King (and Me) 20:26 Azul 23:38 Junk Art 25:41 No Thanks 26:23 ito 29:12 Bohnanza 30:32 For Sale 33:05 Hitster 37:16 Pictures 41:22 Penguin Party 44:31 Strike 45:37 L.L.A.M.A. 50:18 Luis's final score 53:54 Can't Stop + Circus Flohcati 54:16 Smart10 | 58m 50s | ||||||
| 3/18/26 | #029 - News and Drama | Luis and Joonas talk about the exciting world of board game news. They also review Cyclades: Legendary Edition and Stone Age. 01:36 Cyclades: Legendary Edition 16:54 Stone Age 29:00 Main topic | 54m 47s | ||||||
| 3/4/26 | #028 - The Anatomy of a Review Part 2 | Luis and Joonas finish reviewing Wingspan and the art of reviewing Wingspan. 01:06 Length of a review 11:43 Opinions of a review 25:37 Ratings of a review 39:24 Future of a review | 44m 06s | ||||||
| 2/18/26 | #027 - The Anatomy of a Review Part 1 | Joonas and Luis review the reviewing of Wingspan. Well, almost. Part 2 is needed to get the job done. | 52m 18s | ||||||
| 2/4/26 | #026 - Games We Are Looking Forward to in 2026 | What games are Luis and Joonas looking forward to in 2026? 08:55 Container 13:35 The Mix 18:07 Gold Country 28:08 Ministry of Lost Things: Case 2 – Finders Keypers + Emerald Echoes 31:27 Marker 31:46 Indonesia 38:42 Lords of Heaven 42:56 Stellar Ventures 47:51 The Glasgow Train Robbery 54:17 Cross Bronx Expressway 01:02:20 Shadow Moon Syndicates 01:07:50 ...and the rest | 1h 19m 15s | ||||||
| 1/21/26 | #025 - Top 10 of 2025/H2 | Luis and Joonas rank once again their favorite games from the past six months. 02:06 ANTS 02:41 Pondscape 03:59 Shall We Dance 06:30 Mü 08:43 Lata 11:19 Ra 12:45 Carnival of Sins 14:51 Calimala 15:57 Splendor Duel 16:55 Tigris & Euphrates 20:56 El Grande 22:19 Junk Art Revolution 24:45 Bohnanza 26:46 EXIT: The Game 30:31 The Dark Quarter 32:25 The Bottle Imp 34:44 The Lord of the Rings: Duel for Middle-earth 36:17 Race for the Galaxy 37:22 Earthborn Rangers 41:32 Maria 43:49 Tag Team 47:11 Sidereal Confluence 51:59 Games that didn't make it | 1h 02m 03s | ||||||
| 1/7/26 | #024 - Board Game Okay Fantasy Collection Pt. 2 | Luis and Joonas add more games to their fantasy collection. 08:03 Race for the Galaxy 20:57 The Castles of Burgundy 26:31 Calimala 36:41 Decrypto | 46m 13s | ||||||
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| 12/31/25 | #023 - Games We Missed from 2025 | Joonas and Luis tried to play every game released in 2025 but failed miserably. These are some of the games they missed. 03:02 Games we were looking forward to in 2025 13:56 Games we missed from 2025 14:06 Old King's Crown 19:01 Vantage 20:56 Toy Battle 24:01 The Gang 26:49 Moon Colony Bloodbath 29:46 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring – Trick-Taking Game 32:03 The Lord of the Rings: Fate of the Fellowship 35:10 Eternal Decks | 39m 41s | ||||||
| 12/7/25 | #022 - Luis's Top 10 Troops-on-a-Map Games | Luis lists the top 10 troops-on-a-map games of all time and Joonas tries to guess the order. 12:08 Ikusa/Samurai Swords/Shogun 16:43 Cyclades: Legendary Edition 20:26 Dune: War for Arrakis 24:17 A War of Whispers 28:09 Small World 32:34 Cthulhu Wars 36:45 Kemet: Blood and Sand 40:33 Ankh: Gods of Egypt 46:26 Root 49:35 Inis 56:41 Final list | 57m 38s | ||||||
| 11/23/25 | #021 - Spiel Essen Shark Tank | Luis and Joonas enter the Spiel Essen Shark Tank! Which game will get investment and which games will go to the cull pile? 02:07 ANTS 11:15 Recall 20:36 TOSSIT 28:14 Duel for Cardia 41:01 Formidable Farm 49:42 Night Soil | 1h 02m 38s | ||||||
| 11/9/25 | #020 - Spiel Essen 2025 Recap | Luis and Joonas are back from Essen. What were the highlights of the con? 03:42 Orloj: The Prague Astronomical Clock 06:24 Feya's Swamp 08:15 Nature 10:13 Coming of Age 12:38 Sanctuary 16:47 Echoes of Time 18:37 The Voynich Puzzle 21:04 The White Castle Duel 22:53 Tax the Rich 25:03 Theocratia 29:02 Forestry 36:11 The Druids of Edora 41:05 Little Soldiers 43:35 Tag Team 47:02 Wispwood 48:11 JOYRIDE: Full Throttle 50:32 Furnace Duel 52:41 Carnival of Sins 57:36 Calimala 01:02:34 Night Soil 01:04:35 Wispwood 01:06:46 Tag Team | 1h 08m 55s | ||||||
| 10/19/25 | #019 - Spiel Essen 2025 Preview | Joonas and Luis are going to Spiel Essen 2025. But which games are they most excited about? 04:19 Feya's Swamp 09:05 The Druids of Edora 11:13 Bid Coin 14:20 Night Soil 16:30 Animal Rescue Team 19:37 Severton 22:32 Formidable Farm 24:58 ARDEVUR: The Game of Resources 27:07 Peak Team 29:40 Light Speed Arena 32:31 Oliva 37:22 Surprise picks 37:53 Orloj: The Prague Astronomical Clock 40:19 Tax the Rich | 44m 22s | ||||||
| 10/5/25 | #018 - The Merits of Top X Lists | Luis tries to convince Joonas that top 10 lists are the single best way to convey information of any kind in any setting. 01:03 3 Chapters 12:50 6 Nimmt 25:04 For Sale 38:19 The Merits of Top X Lists | 58m 42s | ||||||
| 9/21/25 | #017 - Ropecon 2025: LARPs and RPGs We Played | Joonas and Luis go through the LARPs and RPGs they played at Ropecon 2025. Larps from the Factory book: https://larpfactorybookproject.blogspot.com/p/welcome.html 05:27 The Kids Are Not All Right 10:11 A Mother's Heart 19:06 The Fall of Delta Green/Delta Green 26:28 Dungeons & Dragons 38:07 Beyond One and Zero 49:48 Inheritance | 57m 12s | ||||||
| 8/10/25 | #016 - Ropecon 2025: Board Games We Played Together | Joonas and Luis go through the board games they played together at Ropecon 2025. 00:44 Ropecon 2025 05:36 Tigris & Euphrates 11:43 Bomb Busters 17:51 Combo Up 23:09 Ethnos 31:48 Capital Lux 2: Generations 36:22 Samurai 43:15 Friedrich 51:41 Battle Line 01:03:01 Lata + Lure + Chinatown + PUSH + FTW?! | 1h 04m 10s | ||||||
| 7/27/25 | #015 - Winning and Friendship | Do competitive games strain friendships? Luis and Joonas will also talk about Regicide, The Anarchy, and Skara Brae. The research papers referred to in the episode are: Gaining a competitive edge: Longitudinal associations between children’s competitive video game playing, conduct problems, peer relations, and prosocial behavior https://awspntest.apa.org/record/2017-36453-001\ The influence of competitive and cooperative video games on behavior during play and friendship quality in adolescence https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0747563218305132 Timestamps: 00:33 Regicide 12:02 The Anarchy + Skara Brae 14:34 The Anarchy 24:18 Skara Brae 28:41 Winning and Friendship | 49m 43s | ||||||
| 7/13/25 | #014 - Top 10 of 2025/H1 | Joonas and Luis rank their favorite games from the past six months. 04:58 Faraway 05:23 Misfits: The Tactical Stacking Game 06:24 Nusfjord: Big Box 08:19 Pandemic Legacy: Season 1 10:44 All Bridges Burning: Red Revolt and White Guard in Finland, 1917-1918 12:37 John Company: Second Edition 14:58 Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective: The Thames Murders & Other Cases 17:14 Zoo Vadis 19:09 The Bottle Imp 21:24 Food Chain Magnet 24:18 EXIT: The Game – Kidnapped in Fortune City 26:39 Biblios 29:19 Ra 31:18 MicroMacro: Crime City 34:00 7 Empires 35:34 The Quest for El Dorado 38:52 Sidereal Confluence 42:04 Scrawl 44:33 Brass: Lancashire 47:04 Regicide 49:17 Guilty: Monaco 1955 52:18 Splendor Duel 55:12 Joonas's top 10 55:40 Luis's top 10 | 56m 24s | ||||||
| 6/29/25 | #013 - Who Gets to Be a Critic? | What do you need to do to get a permit to start a board game podcast? Joonas and Luis will also talk about Pax Pamir: Second Edition, John Company: Second Edition and Molly House. 02:23 Pax Pamir: Second Edition 08:57 John Company: Second Edition 21:55 Molly House 29:05 Who Gets to Be a Critic? | 54m 16s | ||||||
| 6/15/25 | #012 - Perfect Board Game Cafe | How to run a successful board game cafe according to the two non-experts, Joonas and Luis. We will also talk about The Bottle Imp, Harmonies, and Hanamikoji. 00:45 The Bottle Imp 10:18 Harmonies 19:22 Hanamikoji 27:22 Perfect Board Game Cafe | 48m 31s | ||||||
| 6/1/25 | #011 - Debate: Are Board Games Art? | We debate whether board games are art or not. You can vote who made the better argument! Luis and Joonas also talk about Tinners' Trail, FateFlip: Washed Ashore, and War Story: Occupied France. Vote here: https://forms.gle/1xyx3sNKLfAcM2HE7 00:38 Tinners' Trail 10:38 FateFlip: Washed Ashore 17:26 War Story: Occupied France 24:24 Debate: Are Board Games Art? | 49m 31s | ||||||
| 5/18/25 | #010 - The Teach | Luis teaches Joonas the teach. The two also talk about Sardegna, Splendor: Duel and Faraway. 00:38 Sardegna 09:53 Splendor: Duel 19:47 Faraway 28:36 The Teach | 55m 02s | ||||||
| 5/11/25 | BONUS - Golden Geeks 2024 Predictions Winner | Who got the Golden Geeks 2024 winners right: Luis or Joonas? | 11m 17s | ||||||
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