The BoardGameGeek Podcast

Maggie from ThinkerThemer joins Candice to discuss the best games they played in 2024.00:00:00 Introduction00:05:35 Fresh Plays00:06:02 Slay the Spire00:09:29 Gosu X00:17:14 Disney Lorcana (Pokémon...and other TCG rabbit holes)00:31:13 I’m Kind of a Big Dill00:35:35 That Escalated Quickly00:37:52 The Best Games We Played in 202400:39:14 Bottle Imp00:42:52 Attack on Titan: Deck-Building Game00:45:23 Life of Amazonia00:48:22 Tyrants of the Underdark00:51:08 Ginkgopolis00:53:00 Unsettled00:56:38 DroPolter00:58:08 Dune: Imperium - Uprising01:00:44 Le Havre01:05:46 Cthulhu: Death May Die01:13:48 Mü & more: Revised Edition 01:16:20 Our Top 10 2024 Releases01:18:07 Maggie's #1001:20:04 Candice's #1001:21:16 Maggie's #901:23:52 Candice's #901:26:18 Maggie's #801:30:11 Candice's #801:33:19 Maggie's #701:35:05 Candice's #701:39:43 Maggie's #601:43:56 Candice's #601:47:27 Maggie's #501:51:38 Candice's #501:53:22 Maggie's #401:55:49 Candice's #402:00:07 Maggie's #302:02:25 Candice's #302:03:57 Maggie's #202:07:01 Candice's #202:09:09 Maggie's #102:13:04 Candice's #102:19:05 Sign-offThank you to our sponsor, Office Dog Games!Web: https://boardgamegeek.com/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@boardgamegeekTwitter: https://twitter.com/BoardGameGeekEmail: [email protected]

Alex from BoardGameCo joins Candice to discuss a variety of adventure games and why they find them so appealing.00:00:00 Introduction00:01:40 PAX Unplugged Highlights (Great Western Trail: El Paso, Azul Duel, Crafting the Cosmos)00:09:10 Fresh Plays00:09:48 Arydia: The Paths We Dare Tread00:14:43 Re;Act - The Arts of War 00:22:57 Unconscious Mind00:27:38 Star Trek: Ascendancy00:33:58 A Gentle Rain00:36:40 Exploring Adventure Games00:44:43 Kingdom Death: Monster00:46:55 Oathsworn00:48:28 Vagrantsong00:49:48 Primal: The Awakening00:52:54 Rogue Dungeon, Mini Rogue00:54:11 Mage Knight, Gloomhaven, Frosthaven00:55:20 Cthulhu: Death May Die01:00:55 Iron Helm01:02:30 Fateforge01:05:12 Agemonia01:07:40 Call of Kilforth01:09:11 Kreel Manor01:15:02 Thorgal01:15:48 Dragons Down01:17:22 Unsettled01:19:12 Purple Haze01:20:14 The Witcher: Old World01:22:10 Arydia: The Paths We Dare Tread01:22:28 Dungeon Degenerates, Fallen Land, Earthborne Rangers, The 7th Citadel, Paupers' Ladder, Tamashii01:24:55 Rise of Moloch, Lands of Galzyr, Tales of the Arthurian Knights, Elder Scrolls, 20 Strong, Shadows of Malice, S.T.A.L.K.E.R., Slay the Spire, Robinson Crusoe01:29:07 Sign-offThank you to our sponsor, Atomic Mass Games!Web: https://boardgamegeek.com/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@boardgamegeekTwitter: https://twitter.com/BoardGameGeekEmail: [email protected]

Rolling Reggie joins Candice to discuss a variety of board and card games that are great for traveling.00:00:00 Introduction00:05:00 Fresh Plays00:05:17 Favor: Gods of Oethera00:11:44 Star Wars: The Deckbuilding Game00:22:26 Tapple00:26:46 Concordia: Solitaria00:41:42 Travel-Friendly Games We Love00:44:29 IOTA00:46:34 nana (Trio)00:49:30 Sardegna00:58:58 Silver & Gold01:04:34 Age of Civilization + Age of Galaxy01:07:54 Knarr01:14:03 RNSM01:20:31 Skulls of Sedlec, Tussie Mussie, Food Chain Island, Forest Sky01:26:33 Deep Sea Adventure01:34:53 Coloretto01:40:28 Seaside01:44:33 Honorable Mentions (Insider, Sea Salt & Paper, The Crew: Mission Deep Sea, Pax Transhumanity, The Shipwreck Arcana, Mini Rogue)01:47:58 Sign-offThank you to our sponsor, Fantasy Flight Games! Web: https://boardgamegeek.com/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@boardgamegeekTwitter: https://twitter.com/BoardGameGeekEmail: [email protected]

Steph Hodge from All the Meeples of the Rainbow joins Candice to discuss the 2024 BGG Holiday Gift Guide games, and games they played at BGG.CON 2024.00:00:00 Introduction00:05:49 Fresh Plays (BGG.CON '24)00:06:12 Civolution00:10:57 Pax Porfiriana00:21:35 Greenland00:25:22 Tales of the Arthurian Knights00:32:44 War of the Ring00:39:14 Sweet Lands00:43:05 Trick-Taking Games!00:43:25 Kansas City: The Trick-Taking Game00:45:25 BLOT00:49:48 FUCAZUL!00:51:29 Boo!00:52:13 Seas of Strife00:53:33 Mu & more: Revised edition00:56:29 Thorgal: The Board Game01:00:09 Décorum01:05:13 Endeavor: Deep Sea01:09:52 Katmai: The Bears of Brooks River01:16:58 What the Fog?! + Things in Rings01:18:24 The 2024 BGG Holiday Gift Guide Games01:18:33 Family and New Gamers (Castle Combo, Hamster Roll, Magic Maze Tower)01:21:44 Modern Classics (Cascadia, Earth, Wingspan)01:22:47 Stocking Stuffers (Confusing Lands, Lure, Seers Catalog)01:27:12 Kids Games (Animal Upon Animal, My First Adventure: Journey to Ochre Land, Ziggurat, Monkey Palace)01:30:25 Party Games (Adventure Party: The Role-Playing Party Game, DaDaDa, The Gang)01:37:07 Solo Games (Gloomhaven: Jaws of the Lion, Legacy of Yu, Sherlock Solitaire)01:38:54 Candice's Bonus Mentions (Aqua ROVE, For Northwood!, Kreel Manor, Cyberion, Spirit Island)01:40:25 Two-Player Games (Chu Han, The Lord of the Rings: Duel for Middle-earth, Pagan: Fate of Roanoke)01:46:38 Co-operative Games (Astro Knights: Eternity, Bomb Busters, Fateforge: Chronicles of Kaan)01:54:04 Midweight Games (Looot, River of Gold, Stonespine Architects)01:57:50 Heavy Games (Kutná Hora: The City of Silver, SETI, Marrakesh, Yokohama)02:04:16 Sign-offThank you to our sponsor, Fantasy Flight Games! Web: https://boardgamegeek.com/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@boardgamegeekTwitter: https://twitter.com/BoardGameGeekEmail: [email protected]