The Board Boys Podcast

Welcome to another episode of The Board Boys Podcast! In this episode we deep dive Trismegistus (the new edition) from Board & Dice! We are flying as a duo in this one with Tim and Rob and we really dig into what makes this game different from Trismegistus: The Ultimate Formula (old edition). In this one, we also talk about Gamefounds new attempt at instant gratification for some boardgame backers, a handful of other reviews are talked about, and there are so many Amoebunnies running around here! Until next time, we hope you like board games! 0:00 - Intro 2:40 - Flip 7 With a Vengeance 5:00 - Shackleton Base Expansion 8:11 - Tabannusi: Builders of Ur 9:36 - Orapa Space / Orapa Mine 14:20 - Labyrinth Chronicles 16:40 - Dark Pact 19:20 - Amoebunnies 22:40 - The Two Towers Trick Taking Game 25:07 - Trismegistus Overview 28:55 - Trismegistus Main Review 1:06:00 - Final Thoughts on Trismegistus 1:11:15 - Bump or Dump - Galactic Cruise 1:17:00 - Outro

Hey everyone! Welcome to another episode of The Board Boys Podcast! On this episode we talk about some historic schooling and universities to go along with Sankore: The Pride of Mansa Musa from Fabio Lopiano and Osprey Games! In this episode we also talk about putting crowdfunded games on BGA and a slew of new and old games played at Gamicon in Coralville, IA! Until next time, we hop you like board games. 0:00 - Intro 3:00 - Movers and Shakers 9:55 - Gamicon Roundup 10:00 - Agent Avenue 10:33 - Wispwood 10:45 - Sea Dragons 13:18 - Startups 16:11 - 3 Witches 17:16 - Schadenfreude 19:15 - Compania 22:15 - Rising Sun 24:00 - Jake's Prototype 25:55 - Arborea 27:00 - Ants 28:15 - Voidfall 29:00 - Sweet Lands 30:30 - Cardia 31:30 - DroPolter 33:05 - Tricq Shot 35:30 - Druids of Edora 35:00 - Baghdad City of Peace 36:40 - Sankore Overview 41:05 - Sankore Main Review 1:05:15 - Bump or Dump - Finspan 1:09:50 - Outro

Hey, welcome to a new episode of The Board Boys Podcast! On this episode we revisit the recent past for an alternate future? In Phoenix New Horizon from Perro Loko and Devir Games! We also dig into our favorite end of the world movie while Board Boy Rob can't pronounce or remember things well. Board Boy Jake is looking for play testers for his upcoming game that apparently BB Tim has a rule named after him. All the awhile Rob can't find a game he put somewhere in his collection! Until next time, we hope you like board games! 0:00 - Intro 1:30 - Post Apocalyptic Media 9:00 - Flow 11:00 - SETI Expansion 14:10 - Cthulhu Dark Providence 20:50 - Fate of the Fellowship Revisited 22:00 - Fellowship of the Rings Trick Taking Game 25:10 - Phoenix New Horizon Introduction 28:00 - Phoenix New Horizon - Main Review 1:00:00 - Bump or Dump - Pampero 1:02:40 - Outro and Patron Thanks

Hey everyone, welcome to another episode of The Board Boys Podcast! On this episode we delve deep, perhaps too deep, and awaken something great in Covenant from Devir Games. Also in this episode we talk about dwarf beard criteria and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles personality test traits. Which turtle are you? We also revisit our favorite games of 2025 and of our main reviews of the past year. We also look at a few boardgame superlatives! Until next time, we hope you like boardgames! 0:00 - Intro 4:10 - Shred of Redemption 7:40 - Escape Plan 10:55 - Pandoras Legacy 14:55 - Above and Below Haunted 16:50 - Monopoly + Expansions with Beau 22:00 - Covenant Introduction 25:05 - Covenant Review 57:00 - 2025 Top Games 1:12:15 - Bump or Dump - Resafa 1:15:43 - Outro

Hey everyone, on this episode of The Board Boys Podcast we review Vantage from Stonemaier Games and we take a take a lookback at Fromage and the recently arrived Fromaggio from R2i Games - the cheese no longer stands alone! Also on this episode we are joined by Prison Cam who has discovered adulthood can be busy he talks about revisiting old games. We also talk about some game shows, we hear a ChatGPT version of a Cam review and we discuss boardgame baby names. Until next time - we hope you like boardgames! 0:00 - Intro 3:15 - Dewan 4:15 - Tranquility 11:30 - Underwater Cities: Data Era Expansion 15:40 - Epona 17:35 - Trio 20:45 - Game Show Chat 23:55 - Vantage Main Review 45:15 - Bump or Dump - Fromage and Fromaggio Discussion 1:03:25 - Outro and Gaming Baby Names

Welcome to another episode of The Board Boys Podcast! This time around we are live from BGGCon and introducing a couple of new voices with a suprise guest swap in the middle of the episode! We talk about a slew of new hotness played at the convention and we do a main review of The Hobbit: There and Back Again from Office Dog and Reiner Knizia! Also on this episode, Jeremy has a hard time with slide puzzles we stumble over some words, is it Bouba or is it a Kiki? We talk about a really fun BB Dave throwback story and why can't Rob pronounce "boing"? As always we hope you like Board Games! 0:00 - Intro 2:10 - Echoes of Time and Etherstone 9:40 - Aquaria 11:50 - Ants 15:40 - Orloj: The Prague Astronomical Clock 18:30 - Recall 23:55 - Luthier 25:15 - Ayar: Children of the Sun 30:00 - Coming of Age 34:30 - Baghdad City of Peace 38:30 - Ada's Dream 40:10 - Bouba/Kiki 43:40 - Stroop 45:10 - Magical Athlete and Hot Streak 46:30 - R-Eco+ 50:10 - Dewan 55:30 - Popcorn 59:00 - The Hobbit: There and Back Again Overview 1:00:57 - Interlude 1:01:36 - The Hobbit: There and Back Again Review 1:24:40 - The Hobbit: There and Back Again Final Thoughts 1:29:07 - Bump or Dump - Mesos 1:32:35 - Outro and Patron Thanks

Hey, everybody on this episode of The Board Boys Podcast we discuss Moon Colony Bloodbath from Donald X Vaccarino and Rio Grande Games! On this episode we also try to get Cam to flex his Monopoly knowledge, talk about a LOAD of games played at Capital City Gaming Con as well as some upcoming Essen Spiel releases! Also Jake has a proud parent moment and we talk about why we have reviewed so many space games lately. Lastly there are some minor audio issues during the last half of the podcast so we apologize in advance for that! 0:00 - Intro 2:00 - Dominion Talk 8:15 - Stationfall 13:40 - Tidal Blades 20:00 - Corp of Discovery 20:45 - A Place For All My Books 24:00 - Speakeasy 27:45 - Dark Moon 33:30 - This Game is Killer: Aliens on Board and Frozen Horror 35:50 - Saltfjord 39:40 - Essen Preview List 54:30 - Moon Colony Bloodbath Initial Thoughts 1:15:20 - Moon Colony Bloodbath Final Thoughts 1:22:36 - Bump or Dump - Botanicus 1:26:35 - Outro and Patron Thanks

Board Boys are back with the latest HUGE game from Mr. Stefan Feld - Civolution from Deep Print Games and Pegasus Spiele. Where you are take an exam about creating the best civilizations with your proctor Agera. Place dice, play cards, and so many strategies exist to victory in this one! Also in this episode Cam almost died, Rob talks about a lot of Roleplayer Universe games from Thunderworks Games, Jake talks about Power Vacuum which has a hilarious theme and then we have monumental review and rating of Civolution as well as a crazy Cam boing rating theorum. 0:00 - Intro 5:00 - Cam Almost Died from a Frozen Pizza 9:25 - Lockup and Lockup: Breakout 13:15 - Goblin Vaults 15:25 - Emerald Skulls 19:35 - Stalk Exchange 22:30 - Azul Duel 23:45 - Pax Games 26:35 - Power Vacuum 30:30 - Civolution Intro 34:50 - Civolution Initial Thoughts 40:00 - Civolution Pros and Cons 1:20:00 - Final Thoughts on Civolution 1:29:35 - Bump or Dump - Trismegistus 1:33:10 - Outro and Patron Thanks

Welcome to another episode of The Board Boys Podcast. In this episode, we take on Daitoshi, part of the Kemushi Saga, from Dani Garcia and Devir Games! In this one we also take a look at a log jam of games we have played and you get a minor look behind the scenes at Dungeon's Gate as The Board Boys try to recommend a proper Dune Imperium expansion. As always we hope you like boardgames! 0:00 Intro 5:00 Quacks 7:30 Bare Bones 10:15 FlipToons 12:30 Tag Team 17:30 Suna Valo 20:00 Moon Colony Bloodbath 24:00 Terrorscape 28:45 Daitoshi: Overview 29:25 Dune Imperium Chat with Rob from Dungeons Gate! 35:00 Interlude 26:00 Daitoshi: Review 1:05:45 Daitoshi: Verdict 1:13:00 Board Boys Bump: Windmill Valley 1:19:15 Thank You, Patrons 1:21:30 Outro

Hey Everybody! In this episode of The Board Boys Podcast we take an actual deep dive into Endeavor Deep Sea from Grand Gamers Guild and Burnt Island Games! We are joined by a guest host Bryce Bickham from Bickham Games and we talk about their upcoming game Dreyfall coming to Kickstarter on September 23rd! We also have some submarine talk, Jeremy2 plays Lucy to Rob's Charlie Brown with his copy of Endeavor Deep Sea, Cam revisits his Pillars of Cam Gaming, and we talk Vilisca axe murderer house while discovering what a group of squirrels is called. As always we hope you like boardgames! 0:00 - Intro 5:00 - Dreyfall from Bickham Games 18:00 - Battle of Hoth 21:30 - The Game Makers 25:26 - Logic and Lore 28:00 - Game of Thieves 29:00 - Endeavor Deep Sea Overview 32:55 - Interlude 33:30 - Endeavor Deep Sea Initial Thoughts 38:50 - Endeavor Deep Sea Pros 50:20 - Endeavor Deep Sea Cons 55:35 - Endeavor Deep Sea Final Thoughts 1:02:36 - Bump or Dump - Rock Hard 1977 1:06:30 - Squirels and Vilisca Murder House 1:08:45 - Patron Thanks and Outro

Day 0 - Wednesday 0:00 - Intro and Traveling 1:00 - Asmodee Media Event - Battle for Hoth, Brick Like This - Two Tower Tricking taking Game - Clash of Clans 3:10 - All Play Event - Soda Jerk - Tearable Quest Day 1 - Thursday 6:25 - Ace of Spades 7:10 - Tianxia 9:30 - Star Wars Super Teams 11:30 - Thebai 12:15 - Good Dog Bad Zombie 12:40 - Moose Games - Poppy Playtime, Menagerie - Hello Kitty & Friends Reach for the Stars 16:05 - Dicey Devices 17:00 - Logic and Lore 17:45 - Too Many Cats 18:35 - Purrramid 19:40 - The Dealers Tarot and Spooktacular 21:15 - Strike Tournament Day 2 - Friday 23:20 - All Play Games - 3 Witches, The Networks, Sail Legacy - Mountain Goats The Fabled Lands, Kabuto Sumo Dice - River Valley Jewel Craft, French Toast, Enchanted Ivy - Jibber Jabble, Pinata 27:50 - Formaggio 28:00 - Chip Theory Kids Games 29:30 - Castle Raisers 30:30 - Galaxy Trucker Event - Do What Expansion! 35:00 - Blood Rage Valhalla 35:40 - Battle Monsters 36:00 - Forbidden Island Legacy 36:42 - CGE Games - SETI Expansion, Wispwood 38:00 - Tiny Tina's Wonderland 38:40 - Neopets TCG 40:43 - Screwball Scramble 3 - Level Up 40:50 - Transgalactica 41:20 - Hot Streak 42:30 - Poppy's Playtime Day 3 - Saturday 43:40 - Lowlands 45:45 - Doom Game from Modiphius 47:10 - Four Doors 47:40 - Land vs Sea 48:45 - Enemies of Gotham City 49:35 - Battle for Hoth 50:00 - Zenith 50:32 - Yokohama Duel 51:15 - Polaris 51:50 - Gone to Gaia 53:30 - Dead by Daylight 54:00 - Nature Day 4 - Sunday 56:00 - Horrified Dungeons and Dragons 57:20 - Heroscape Event 58:40 - The Game Makers Part 2 59:55 - NEW Chronicles of Crime 1:00:50 - There and Back Again 1:02:30 - 12 Rivers 1:05:30 - Tea Garden 1:07:30 - Outro

Welcome to the Season 16 finale! Our feature review this week is Corp of Discovery: A Game Set in the World of Manifest Destiny from Off The Page Games. Also, in this one we talk about Rob not finishing his challenges. We record live from Dungeon's Gate in Ankeny, IA and we deep dive into Trickerion with all the fixins from Mindclash Games. There is also some talk about Square One from the makers of Project L and we also do some astronomy with Galileo Galilei from Capstone Games. Finally, we look back at Beyond the Sun from Rio Grande Games! Thanks, and we hope you like boardgames. 0:00 - Intro 2:00 - Robs Not Played Stuff 7:25 - Live From Dungeon's Gate 8:00 - Trickerion w/ Expansions, Variant and KS Talk 15:45 - Square One 18:40 - Galileo Galilei 29:30 - Corps of Discovery Intro 35:15 - Interlude 35:45 - Corps of Discovery - Initial Thoughts 38:50 - Corps of Discovery - Pros 54:40 - Corps of Discovery - Cons 1:01:05 - Corps of Discovery - Final Thoughts 1:06:05 - Bump or Dump - Beyond the Sun 1:10:00 - Thanks and Outro