Meeple Overboard!

Top 5 Expansions, a list we were a little trepidatious to make. Perhaps out tastes would be too similar, so, we have some guests to offer a unique perespective, Josh and Rob from The Board Boys podcast. They're one of our favorite podcasts to listen to, and so we're happy that they're on the show with us!

Why bother reviewing such a small little game as PUSH, by Ravensberger? Some small games feature a lot of good decisions behind them, and that's what PUSH does. Check out what we have to say about that, as well as calling kids "smart" versus other compliments. Also, I guess Board Game Geek is a thing, so let's talk about its rating system! 

How does one of your favorite games from two years ago stack up? Chris reflects on Broom Service, and Wendy on Dead of Winter. These are two games which were favorites, but are they still?  One yes, one no. Some other games and Top 5 lists are looked at again from two years ago, as well as reflecting on the growth we've had since then. Hope you enjoy!

Crusaders primary form of conquest came from playing mancala more efficiently than the other crusader clans.  That's possibly not how history went, but you might think so given our review this week of Seth Jaffee's game Crusaders: Thy Will Be Done. We also discuss Crossovers both in the comic book world and on the game table. And of course, we run through the summer movies we watched in 2019. Enjoy! Or Else!

It's time to catch up again with some ketchup!  A monthly ketchup, that is. We're here to talk about the games we played, but also the eight Harry Potter films that Wendy plowed through in a week.  There's a lot to catch up on, so, enjoy!

Hadara is an ancient word meaning "Card Drafting with a Unique Twist."  Probably. Today we review a new card based civilization game by Z-Man games, along with talking about gaming with a four year-old, and a little psychology of intuition and irrationality. Hope you all enjoy.

Often, you don't have time to pull out one of your biggest games off the shelf and settle in for three hours of gaming. But sometimes, you just really want to crank out one of those beasts. Whether you're taking a weekend to play it, staying up too late, or making it an event like at a convention, sometimes you want those deep long games. So, we'll go over our collective Top 10 Long Games. Settle in, and enjoy!

July was a busy, busy month for us folks here, as we were out of town more often than usual. However, we got some really solid gaming in, so check out our monthly ketchup!

Ann from TWIST Games, a twitch channel about board games, joins us to talk about her experience live-streaming and having the audience play right along!  If you're listening the day this is released, consider supporting their Kickstarter and getting yourself some promos.

Two years ago, we reviewed a set of card games ranging from superheroes to resource trading. Come check out our thoughts after two years.

This is the essential review of Viticulture.  Not really. Not at all. But it IS the review of Viticulture Essential Edition, along with the Tuscany Essential Edtion, and the small box Visit from Rhine Valley expansion. It's a full episode on everybody's favorite wine-making, worker placement game that is not designed by Vital Lacerda

Carpe Diem is the latest Stefan Feld game, and we're here to review it. Spoilers, it's ugly as sin. But, is there a good engine underneath the layers of poor paint and uncaring production? And what in the world is with the trailer for the upcoming Cats movie?  This and more, on Meeple Overboard!

Each  month, we publish our Ketchup so you can sit back and hear about how our last month has been. What have we accomplished during it? What have we played? What have we been listening to?  Death by Monsters, of course. But for the rest of the info, check out this sweet bonus episode.  Enjoy!

You can bet it's gonna be a pun day with Patrick Hillier in the house! Enjoy some pure nonesense as well as a very sensical discussion on games that we found improve with time. 

In our Hindsight episodes, we look to the past. Hopefully by re-reviewing the games we reviewed two years ago, some of you will get a better idea of how games hold up. Hope you enjoy a little journey to the past, like Anastasia...Get it? Because of the song, Journey to the Past?  Get it?

Avengers, assemble!  We are going to catch you up on the month of May, a fantastic month for nerds of all kinds, includiing nerds that love board games. We got some high caliber, well-known games to the table, like Krasse Karten!  ...oh wait, nobody's heard of that.  How about L.A.M.A.?  Heard of that one?  Yeah, that's right, we're going there. Hope you enjoy!

I don't mean to be crude, but we're gonna get dirty and talk about the oil industry!  Get it?  Crude?  Dirty?  Oil?  Eh?  Well anyway, we're talking about theme, how much it means to us, and why it's sometimes an overblown topic. And we also review a very hot new game from Capstone Games, Pipeline.

Episode 123, easy as ABC. We're talking about Asymmetry in games both major and minor. Then we talk about a real life quack, but not from Quedlinburg. And lastly, we review the campaign game Lord of the Rings: Journeys in Middle Earth by Fantasy Flight Games. It's a pretty packed episode, so enjoy!

Roll for the Galaxy, the dicey version of the cardsy version of a euro game classic. Somehow we hadn't reviewed it until now, and Rio Grande Games had sent us a review copy of the Rivalry expansion. We break down the game and the expansion in detail, so come check out our thoughts on it. Just like Saturn, we liked it, so we put a ring on it.

On today's episode, we interview Marc from The Thoughtful Gamer. We discuss several aspects of economics that are represented in board games, and even some of the limitations of trying to do so.