The Board Boys Podcast

Board Boys are back, baby, to check out Kutna Hora from CGE, a game about collecting cold, hard silver and fiddling around with a cardboard computer. Also in this episode, we reveal our all-time top ten lists (not legally binding) and that takes up a LOT of the episode. 0:00 - Intro 4:50 - The Boardboys Official Top 10 List 1:07:35 - Kutna Hora Intro 1:11:10 - Silver Dollar by Teresa Brewer 1:12:05 - Kutna Hora Initial Thoughts 1:14:30 - Kutna Hora Pros 1:29:35 - Kutna Hora Cons 1:42:05 - Kutna Hora Final Thoughts and Ratings 1:47:30 - Bump or Dump - Beast 1:50:55 - Outro - Discord - BGA - Patreon - Visit theboardboys.com and leave us iTune Reviews! 1:51:55 - White Silver Sands - Don Rondo

Board Boys are back for another one, this time playing 2019's (ancient history) Trismegistus: The Ultimate Formula, technically a T game, from Daniele Tascini and Frederico Pierlorenzi. Who can make straw into gold first? Not Cam, he missed this episode. 0:00 Intro, E.V.A. - Jean Jacques Perrey 5:00 Dark Ages: Holy Roman Empire 9:30 Gloomhaven: Buttons and Bugs 12:30 Daybreak 15:45 Fliptown 19:00 Balatro 21:30 Trismegistus: Overview 25:15 You Can Do Magic - America 26:15 Trismegistus: Review 50:00 Trismegistus: Verdict 59:45 Board Boys Bump: Marrakesh 1:08:00 Thank You, Patrons 1:09:45 Sister Golden Hair - America

www.camprefresh.com Board Boys are back to make birds out of dragons in Wyrmspan from Stonemaier Games. Also in this episode, Joe Roth of the Dealt Hand shares his thoughts on the game and talks about upcoming (late April '24) Camp Refresh, a sleepaway camp/gaming retreat in the Des Moines area- check out his segment for a coupon code! 0:00 Intro, E.V.A. - Jean Jacques Perrey 10:30 Trellis 11:45 Knight 19:00 Amalfi: Renaissance 26:30 Dune Imperium (the app) 35:45 Turing Machine 40:15 Wyrmspan: Overview 43:00 The Dragon - Biz Markie 44:15 Wyrmspan: Review 1:09:00 Camp Refresh Preview with Joe from the Dealt Hand 1:31:45 Wyrmspan: Verdict 1:42:45 Board Boys Bump: Revive 1:49:30 Thank You, Patrons 1:50:00 Time out of Mind - Steely Dan

On this episode of the podcast we dig into Ticket To Ride Legacy: Legends of the West from Days of Wonder. We give a high level overview and then after some warnings dive right into spoiler territory. Check the timestamps for this episode for specifics. Also in this episode we talk about Legacy Games in general. Cam suprises us with a return of Beef Watch (TM). TimeStamps 0:00 - Words of apology from Board Boy Rob :30 - Intro, E.V.A. - Jean Jacques Perrey 3:30 - Legacy Game Talk 11:50 - MLEM Space Agency 18:15 - Karvi 22:00 - Neuroriders 25:30 - 7 Wonders Architects: Medals Expansion 26:35 - Star Wars - Unlimited CCG 30:00 - Mercurial 32:45 - Splendor Duel 35:15 - Return of the Beef Watch 40:30 - Ticket to Ride Legacy Intro (Spoiler Free) 42:26 - Sheena East - Morning Train 44:05 - Ticket to Ride Legacy Initial Thoughts (Spoiler Free) 48:00 - Ticket to Ride Legacy Game Conversation (Spoiler Free) 1:00:00 - Ticket to Ride Legacy Final Thoughts (Spoiler Free) 1:07:45 - Ticket to Ride Legacy SPOILERS! 1:33:35 - Bump or Dump - Deal With The Devil 1:39:08 - Outro, Patreon, Discord, Website Info 1:40:08 - Roger Miller - King of the Road

Board Boys blast off into outer space yet again to play the big, bad game of Voidfall from Mindclash Games, but can the TI4 fans at the table cope with a spacefaring 4x that doesn't involve threat-laced, hour-long trade discussions that end with hurt feelings all around? Maybe.

Board Boys cork the bottle and get on the no no train to no no ville in Djinn, by Benjamin Schwer. Also in this episode, TV talk, more BGA reviews, and Cam beats Rob on a movie quote, chew on that, Rob. 0:00 Intro, E.V.A. - Jean Jacques Perrey 3:15: Game Show Review Minute with Rob and Cam 16:00 Ten More BGA mini reviews 26:30 20 Strong 32:00 The Search for the Lost Species 33:45 Unlock!: Extraordinary Adventures 36:30 My Island 42:45 Djinn: Overview 47:30 We Genie - Shaquille O'Neal and Wade Robson 48:30 Djinn: Review 1:12:15 Djinn: Verdict 1:23:30 Board Boys Bump: Bonfire 1:29:15 Thank You, Patrons 1:31:00 I Wish - Skee-Lo

Board Boys are back to kick of season 14, probably time to stop counting, with Evacuation, the new Suchy joint from Delicious games. Also in this episode: Cam's BGA advent speed review and Super Board Boys Bump: Season 13 lookback 0:00 Intro, E.V.A. - Jean Jacques Perrey 6:00 Cam's Spectacular BGA Advent Calendar Microreview 17:45 Pokemon Splendor 21:30 Gloomhaven: Jaws of the Lion 25:30 Evacuation: Overview 28:30 We Gotta Get out of This Place - The Animals 29:30 Evacuation: Review 1:05:00 Evacuation: Verdict 1:17:30 Board Boys Bump: Season 13 Lookback 1:33:15 Thank You, Patrons 1:34:00 Leaving on a Jet Plane - John Denver and Cass Elliot

Board Boys are back (minus Cam so skip to next), baby, to play Federation from Eagle-Gryphon Games. Also in this episode, Jake, Tim, and Rob talk their top games of 2023. 0:00 Intro, E.V.A. - Jean Jacques Perrey 2:45 Pies 4:00 Amsterdam 5:45 Santa's Workshop 8:45 Tricky Dicks (This is a game about pictures of Richard Nixon) 10:15 Without Fail 13:00 Flip Town 16:15 Federation: Overview 19:00 Anus of Uranus - Klaatu 20:15 Federation: Review 45:30 Federation: Verdict 49:30 Board Boys Bump Special - Year in Review 1:13:00 Thank You, Patrons 1:13:45 Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft (The Recognized Anthem of World Contact Day) - The Carpenters (but written by Klaatu)

Board Boys are back with another Cranio Creation, Rats of Wistar by Danilo Sabia and Simone Luciani, a game about lab rats bustin loose. Is the rat game to end all rat games? Find out more just following the 45 minute intro to this episode (my bad). 0:00 Intro, E.V.A. and The Rose and the Cross - Jean Jacque Perrey 8:15 Scholars of the South Tigris 11:45 Halloween (A Hidden Movement Game) 17:30 The Stifling Dark 22:30 Hollywood 1946 26:45 Rats of Wistar: Overview 29:30 Rat Race - Bob Marley and the Wailers 31:00 Rats of Wistar: Review 1:01:00 Rats of Wistar: Verdict 1:09:00 Board Boys Bump: Woodcraft 1:15:00 Thank You, Patrons 1:15:30 Rat in Mi Kitchen - UB40

All the Board Boys are back together again (thanks to a little Christmas magic) to play Nucleum, a game about slamming little green cubes against a big green cube to power your retrofuturistic city. Also in this episode, first impressions on TTR Legacy, Cam admits he likes a game everyone hates, and we take a look back at Autonahn.

Welcome to another episode of the podcast this time LIVE from BGGCon 2023. Boardboy Rob is joined by BJ from Boardgame Gumbo and a couple of our friends and lovely patrons Bayou Dave and my roomie Jeremy. Lots of con shenanigans come get your Board Boy Shirts and think about coming to the con next year! Rob gets an opportunity to read BJs Tiletum Bump or Dump thoughts post and boy was it flowery. Until next time we hope you like Boardgames! 2:45 - The Perfect Wave 4:40 - Cathedral of Orleans 8:20 - After Us 12:50 - 3 Ring Circus 15:00 - Newton 17:00 - Challenders Beach Cup 19:00 - Kolaches 20:50 - Rats of Wistar 24:00 - Top Rat Games 25:15 - Sea Salt and Paper 28:30 - Top 3 New to You Games 38:15 - Can't Stop and Lil Wreckers Workshop 47:00 - Last Light Introduction 54:30 - Last Light Main Review 1:21:30 - Last Light Final Thoughts 1:28:05 - Board Boys Bump or Dump - Tiletum 1:37:00 - Patron Thanks and Outro

Thanks for checking out another episode of The Board Boys Podcast! In this episode we check out The White Castle from Devir Games. Also in this episode we make like Harold and Kumar and wish we made it to the actual White Castle. This episode might as well been brought to you by Devir games as we also mention 2 more of their games as well. Cam became a padre so was out but you can still hear his editing prowess from beyond. Stay tuned until next episode live from BGGCon! We hope you like Board Games! 2:00 - White Castle and Uber Banter 6:00 - 3 Ring Circus 11:15 - Savernake Forest 12:20 - Red Cathedral Expansion 15:30 - World Wonders 20:00 - High Season: Grand Austria Hotel Roll and Write 22:15 - Humblebrag by CUT Games 25:30 - Main Review - The White Castle Overview 30:15 - Interlude 31:15 - Initial Thoughts - The White Castle 34:00 - Pros and Cons - The White Castle 53:09 - Final Thoughts - The White Castle 59:35 - Board Boys Bump or Dump - Virtu 1:03:25 - Patron Thanks, Shirts, and BGA Tournaments 1:06:11 - Outro

Board Boys are live at Cardboard Caucus 2023, Des Moines' premier board game convention, playing Pirates of Maracaibo with designer Ryan Hendrickson.

Boo-ard Boys are back just in time for Halloween with the bone chilling, spine tingling, water contaminating Carnival Zombie, a game about six best friends zombie battling their way through Venice in an attempt to escape the wrath of an undead lagoon monster. Beware the order of operations! 0:00 Intro, E.V.A. - Jean Jacques Perrey 5:30 City of Horror 13:15 That Time You Killed Me 16:30 Sky Team 20:30 Timeline Twist 23:15 Witchstone expansion 25:45 Wind the Film! 32:15 Indiana Jones: Cryptic - A Puzzles & Pathways Adventure 38:45 Carnival Zombie: Overview 41:15 The Great Pumpkin Waltz - Vince Guaraldi 42:45 Carnival Zombie: Review 1:15:00 Carnival Zombie: Verdict 1:22:30 Board Boys Bump: Flamecraft 1:30:45 Thank You, Patrons 1:32:45 Zombie - Fela Kuti

Board Boy Rob is back with special guest Joe! We hammer through all the 2 player games Blitzkrieg!, Ceasar!, and Dogfight! from PSC and Floodgate Games plus we get a little on the spooky side with BOOoop from Smirk and Dagger Games. Also in this episode we talk about the upcoming Spooktacular holiday, Point Salad and we get even scarier with a little Orthodontic work. Thanks for joining us for another episode and we hope you like boardgames! 0:00 - Intro, E.V.A. - Jean Jacques Perrey 2:35 - Intro to BB Joe 6:00 - Halloween 9:30 - Point City 14:05 - Scout and Orthodontics 16:30 - My Fathers Work 17:45 - App Based Games 20:05 - Barrage Nile Affair Expansion 24:30 - Blitzkrieg! 24:30 36:36 - Caesar! - 36:36 51:47 - Dogfight! 1:01:52 - PSC ! Final Thoughts 1:05:50 - BOOoop 1:14:15 - Bump or Dump - Twilight Inscription 1:18:30 - Wrap Up 1:20:00 - Bill Withers - Just the Two of Us

Board Boys are back for another Rob's-coworker-Jack-guested, high octane, high voltage thriller as we take a look at Thunder Road: Vendetta from Restoration Games. Also in this episode- Finance Blurb with Cam (from Pyramid Ponzi Advisory Group), Rob rates a game twice, and several more minutes of Kazoo that Tune than anybody ever wanted. 0:00 Intro, E.V.A. - Jean Jacques Perrey 2:30 Business Name/Shady Annuity Cam 6:00 Taylor Swift 4 Hour Performance/Dream Concert 13:15 Fit to Print 18:00 Blacksmiths of Steinheimer 22:45 CULTivate 26:00 Thunder Road: Overview 30:00 Vehicle - Ides of March 31:00 Thunder Road: Review 53:30 Thunder Road: Verdict 1:05:30 Board Boys Bump: My Father's Work 1:11:00 Thank You, Patrons 1:11:15 Kazoo That Tune: Vendetta 1:24:45 I Don't Want to Miss a Thing - Aerosmith

Den Daddies are back by which I mean to say Board Boys are back, here to alpha wolf dom out all the little soy boy baby dawgs in THE WOLVES, a game about growling and howling at your enemies to DOM THEM OUT. Who will snarl the meanest and win the wolf trophy? 0:00 Intro, E.V.A. - Jean Jacques Perrey 5:30 Lords of Waterdeep 8:15 Cretaceous Rails Kickstarter preview and mini review with Alex from Spielcraft Games Kickstarter Link - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/spielcraftgames/cretaceous-rails?ref=73dnqp&token=427fe60d - early peek at the KS page 24:00 After Us 31:30 Zoo Vadis, Ra revisited 36:00 Wild Tiled West 41:00 Baldur's Gate 3 commentary 47:00 Thanks Antofadude from Lil Wreckers Workshop 50:00 The Wolves: Overview 53:00 I am a Wolf, You are the Moon - Craig Wedren 54:30 The Wolves: Review 1:19:45 The Wolves: Verdict 1:24:15 Board Boys Bump: Carnegie 1:28:45 Thank You, Patrons 1:29:45 Dancing in the Moonlight - Thin Lizzy (The completely different song of the same name by King Harvest is worth listening to as well if you're reading this)

0:00 Intro, E.V.A. - Jean Jacques Perrey 5:45 Deep Dive 9:30 The Wolves 12:00 Moon River 16:15 Ra 20:00 Zoo Vadis 24:30 Rome in a Day 27:00 Forest Shuffle 32:15 Barcelona: Overview 36:00 We're From Barcelona - I'm From Barcelona 37:30 Barcelona: Review 1:08:30 Barcelona: Verdict 1:15:15 Board Boys Bump: Hansa Teutonica 1:20:00 Thank You, Patrons 1:23:00 Cantares (Caminante, No Hay Camino) - Joan Manuel Serrat (de Barcelona)

Board Boy Bill is back in the saddle for a repeat appearance in Sabika, a game about balancing the lightning bolt with the infinity sign. Also, car fires, PP Rain, Chilling With My Pepsi Like Sheesh, Bowser's Back Door, and many other one episode catchphrases. 0:00 Intro, E.V.A. - Jean Jacques Perrey 2:30 Cam's Top 2 Car Fires 11:15 Anomaly 15:30 The Logo Game 17:00 Frosthaven 25:30 Whistle Mountain 30:00 Burgle Bros 38:30 Sabika: Overview 43:45 I've Been Hurt - Bill Deal and the Rhondels 45:30 A Beaument with Mo: Unmatched 52:45 Sabika: Review 1:21:45 Sabika: Verdict 1:28:15 Board Boys Bump: Bitoku 1:33:15 Thank You, Patrons 1:34:30 The Ronettes - Be My Baby

Board Boys are back with a brand new season (for catalogue purposes) and playing the sequel to Scythe, Expeditions (Stonemaier Games). Also in this Episode, Board Boy Bill joins us for the first half of a Board Boy Bill double feature, Cam gets the podcast canceled again if anyone was listening, and Rob stands in his truth for the first time ever. (This is the first episode in about six months where there isn't 30 minutes of King's Dilemma and restaurant talk) 0:00 Intro, E.V.A. - Jean Jacques Perrey 2:30 Cam's peanut-brained question about the theme 4:30 For Sale 9:45 The K Man Audits: Cam's Top 5 Luciani Games 15:30 Joan of Arc (Orleans roll and write) 18:30 Hadrian's Wall 23:30 QE 27:45 Expeditions: Overview 32:15 Ice Flow - The Mighty Boosh 33:45 Expeditions: Review 1:11:15 Expeditions: Verdict 1:23:15 Board Boys Bump: Agricola 1:29:00 Thank You, Patrons 1:30:00 Digging for Gold - Sally Oldfield