Board All The Time

Board All The Time Episode 6

This was some of the most fun we've had in an episode so far. We cover a wide range of games that we love (and one that Scott mostly can't stand) and focus on the idea of what's the best player count for any particular game. We got slightly rambly but in the process manage to sort of sneak in a bonus set of Table Shelf Trade reviews at the top! We hope you enjoy it as much as we did!
 
This episode's segments:
00:00:00 - Intro / What's Been on the Table
00:09:16 - Topic of the Week: Optimal Player Counts 
00:19:14 - Why Did I Play That: Amun-Re
00:27:12 - Table/Shelf/Trade
00:44:26 - The Archives
00:51:17 - Outro
You can email us at boardallthetimegaming@gmail.com.
We can be found at www.boardallthetime.com and on Facebook at Board All The Time. 
Our Discord server, which is still in Beta, can be joined at https://discord.gg/VbRWEpc6
We'd like to thank our sponsors as well:
Robin's Nerd Supply: www.robinsnerdsupply.com
Eco Owl Press: www.ecoowlpress.com 
We'd also like to thank SoulProdMusic for the intro/outro music. 
 

5 Games to Transition a Game Night

On our off weeks, we still try and get you all the content your heart desires. So this time around, Mark talks about the 5 Games To Transition a Game Night with. Games that are used to start or end an evening or, more likely, to throw on the table while someone has to go be a responsible adult for a few minutes. He's talking all filler games and at some point Scott may provide his list as well.
 
**There is also a review for Rubber Paper Scissors in the last segment, this game was provided to us as a review copy by the publisher of the game. This episode's segments:
00:00:00 - Intro
00:01:17 - The Five Games to Transition a Game Night With
00:01:58 - Cubirds
00:06:04 - Chupacabra: Survive the Night
00:08:47 - We Didn't Playtest This At All
00:11:12 - Lacuna
00:15:01 - Rubber, Paper, Scissors
00:18:26 - Outro
You can email us at boardallthetimegaming@gmail.com
We can be found at www.boardallthetime.com and on Facebook at Board All The Time. 
Our Discord server, which is still in Beta, can be joined at https://discord.gg/VbRWEpc6
We'd like to thank our sponsors as well:
Robin's Nerd Supply: www.robinsnerdsupply.com
Eco Owl Press: www.ecoowlpress.com 
We'd also like to thank SoulProdMusic for the intro/outro music. 

Board All The Time Episode 5

It's an episode on the fives, meaning it's time for a Top Ten episode! That means we eject most of the regular segments and just have a fun time talking about a specific topic with a guest the whole time. This week's episode is the Top Ten Games to Start a Collection With! We had Jason on with us, ironically this was before any of the GenCon episodes, so you get to hear a bit about him as well. This was also the last episode we had recorded before we released and got feedback from people, so if there are any recording oddities that would be why! Come back on Episode 6 for our regular content and until then, we hope you enjoy this episode!
This episode's segments:
00:00:00 - Intro / Jason
00:04:03 - Tens
00:09:44 - Nines
00:15:36 - Eights
00:19:46 - Sevens
00:26:10 - Sixes
00:31:02 - Fives
00:37:51 - Fours
00:45:00 - Threes
00:50:41 - Twos
00:56:40 - Ones
01:04:30 - Contact Info / Sponsors / Outro
 
You can email us at boardallthetimegaming@gmail.com
We can be found at www.boardallthetime.com and on Facebook at Board All The Time. 
Our Discord server, which is still in Beta, can be joined at https://discord.gg/VbRWEpc6
 
We'd like to thank our sponsors as well:
Robin's Nerd Supply: www.robinsnerdsupply.com
Eco Owl Press: www.ecoowlpress.com 
We'd also like to thank SoulProdMusic for the intro/outro music. 

The Games That Made Us - Euphoria: Build a Better Dystopia

While we recover from GenCon and adjust to our new bi-weekly schedule, here is another episode of The Games That Made Us, from Mark this time, about Euphoria: Build a Better Dystopia. We'll see you here next week for episode 5 - the Top Ten Games to Start a Collection With!

The Games That Made Us - Go to the Head of the Class

Hey hey BATT Family! With the advent of GenCon upon us, and getting out those extra preview episodes last week, this week's episode drop is the first from Scott of The Games That Made Us. In addition, there is a small notice at the start of the episode regarding our release schedule. In case you skip past that to go straight into the content - life got extremely busy and the editing process has simply taken an enormous amount of my spare and family time to get out the episodes each week. The pod will be continuing in full but we will be shifting to a bi-weekly release instead of weekly for the forseeable future. We really appreciate your patience with us as we figure out this whole process and love that you continue to take part in this wild journey. 

GenCon 2024 Preview: The Games

In Part Two of our 2024 GenCon preview coverage, we go through an amazing amount of games that we are looking forward to demoing and picking up. We had a lot of fun recording this, but there are a few episode notes to mention as we lost some of our segments to recording corruption:
1) As a correction, Nexus Ops' first edition was 2005 but the second edition was 2012. Regardless, look up the new edition - the game is so very good.
2) Jason mentioned a game to pick up called Lone Wolves. This is from Wonderful World Board Games at booth 1356 and is priced at $20.
3) Mark mentioned Tír na nÓg from Grand Gamers Guild. They can be found at booth 2838. They are offering a deluxe version for $50.
4) Metrorunner can be found at Thunderworks Games' booth at 1363 for $60.
5) Rock Hard: 1977 is from Devir. They are at booth 2827.
 
In This Episode:
00:00 Part 2 Notice00:14 Intro02:28 Games to Try Intro02:40 Aeterna03:55 Builders of Sylvan Dale04:24 Viking Route05:14 Ascendancy05:57 Radiant Black07:15 Merchants of the Dark Road: Secret Villages08:04 Knitting Circle08:37 Almighty09:10 Wandering Galaxy09:48 Dead Cells10:46 Ada's Dream12:19 23 Knives13:35 Defenders of the Realm Legends Edition14:35 Floresta15:33 Galactic Cruise16:28 Ironwood17:34 Brink17:56 Games to Buy Intro18:28 Aquatica: Coral Reefs21:19 Frozen Frontier22:43 World Wonders: Mundo23:24 Clank Catacombs: Lairs and Lost Chambers23:53 Green Team Wins: Holiday Party24:14 Radlands: Cult of Chrome24:59 Talisman 5th Edition27:22 Evil Corp29:19 Seers Catalog30:00 Mind Map31:12 Rebel Princess Deluxe Edition32:21 Nexus Ops33:28 Star Tycoon35:01 Weirdwood Manor35:33 Avant Carde36:22 Words of a Feather39:04 River of Gold40:43 Spotlight42:36 Exit: The Magical Academy44:27 Arcs46:17 Fateforge: Chronicles of Kaan47:35 Hi-Fi48:38 Rock Hard 197749:24 This Game is KILLER50:31 Metro Runner51:20 Neodreams52:02 Mana Project Studios / Artist Alley54:42 6-2-1 and Other Health Tips56:45 Outro

GenCon 2024 Preview: Food and Events

Part One of our GenCon preview coverage, this more rambling and less structured than normal conversation with fellow Theater Geek Jason was recorded on July 3, 2024. In this half of the conversation, we're discussing what we do when we show up in Indy, the food we all like to eat (hiiii-yah!), and the non-gaming events that are fun to attend. In Part two we'll be discussing all the games we want to demo and pick up but you can listen to either part in either order and be just fine. 
 

Board All The Time Episode 4

This week, we head straight into the discussion and continue on to our longest episode yet. Our regular episodes will always try and be in that 45-60 minute range and we just barely tipped over this time. But we had a great time talking about old favourites, new reinterpretations, games that caught us entirely by surprise, and even accidentally kind of putting the same game on Table, Shelf, or Trade. Hope you enjoy it!
This episode's segments:
0:00 - Intro
0:19 - What's Been on the Table
9:12 - Topic of the Week: Why Should You Return to a Game?
25:22 - Why Did I Play That?: Isle of Cats Explore and Draw
37:40 - Table, Shelf, or Trade
52:59 - Rotating Segment: Surprise Party
1:00:11 - Outro
We'd also like to thank SoulProdMusic for the intro/outro music as well as mentioning our sponsors one more time, Robin's Nerd Supplies and Eco Owl Press.

Board All The Time Episode 3

We're settling in and we're back to talk more board games. This week we each brought more games to talk about than the previous episodes, we torture Scott with an abstract area control game, introduce a new rotating segment, and have a guest baby at the end. We also have deployed a new intro and outro, please give us feedback on what you think!
This episode's segments:
0:00 - Intro
0:29 - What's Been on the Table
9:01 - Topic of the Week: Games Not Meeting Our Expectations
20:11 - Why Did I Play That?: Iwari
29:07 - Table, Shelf, or Trade
39:40 - Rotating Segment: HVAC
48:33 - Outro
We'd also like to thank SoulProdMusic for the new intro/outro music as well as mentioning our sponsors one more time, Robin's Nerd Supplies and Eco Owl Press.

Board All The Time Episode 2

We're back and we have a wide array of games that we discuss this time around. We talk about friends that we've met in the industry, games we are excited for, and memorialize a lost designer.
 
This episode's segments:
0:00 - Intro
0:37 - What's Been on the Table
7:38 - Topic of the Week: Do You Have a Rating System?
22:04 - Why Did I Play That?
29:36 - Table, Shelf, or Trade
35:45 - TST Note
36:42 - Visions of the Future
46:08 - Outro