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Mark Johnson's occasional & opinionated podcast about family strategy boardgames
A board game review podcast for people who enjoy playing games with family and friends
Join Matt and Rai as we discuss what we've been playing every month in the worlds of tabletop and PC gaming, along with looks at what's caught our eye on Kickstarter, yearly coverage of the UK Games Expo, and chats with various figures in the UK board games industry.
This is the feed where you can get all the great podcasts found over at the Boards & Swords website (http://boardsandswords.com). There's the main Boards & Swords podcast, where four friends have fun talking about board games and finding a game they all like, and The Dirtbags of Holding, a RPG actual play podcast showing off the wrong way to play several different roleplaying games.
Bad jokes. Good folks. Games. Every other week, Chris & Philip talk about their experiences playing different games (both board games and video games). If you enjoy hearing people talk about the fun they have playing various games instead of why X game is better than Y game, this is the show for you. Plus, they've got the latest board games news , the worst jokes, and the best guests occasionally.
Welcome to our Board Game Basics podcast. We are a Father and son combo who love playing board games and wanted to talk a little about some older games that families may be familiar with and enjoy playing together. There are also some newer games we would like to talk about.
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Boardgames To Go 213D - Mark Madness The Sweet 16
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This micro-episode shares some overview of the Rounds 1 & 2 voting, such as blowout wins and close calls. I get to share the Sweet 16 and imagine which of the four games in each of the four divisions will emerge victorious to battle against the others. Hint: don't bet against The Crew (any version!) Please remember to keep voting. Each round of vot…
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Boardgames To Go 213C - Mark Madness Round 1 Voting
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The third micro-episode of the podcast talks about the predictions that are now locked-in and the voting that we're all just starting. Follow the link below and subscribe to that geeklist where it happens. https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/312399/boardgames-go-madness-2023-battle-award-winners Quick LinksGet Embed PlayerDownload Audio File…
We took an episode off, but the news never sleeps! So there’s a ton of news, from new board game versions of Sea of Thieves and Apex Legends to Lord of the Rings in Magic the Gathering and also a game about butts? Oh yeah, and we talk about Twilight Inscription, the 4 board roll and write game from Fantasy Flight Games. News GW has some sales issue…
We took an episode off, but the news never sleeps! So there’s a ton of news, from new board game versions of Sea of Thieves and Apex Legends to Lord of the Rings in Magic the Gathering and also a game about butts? Oh yeah, and we talk about Twilight Inscription, the 4 board roll and write game from Fantasy Flight Games. News GW has some sales issue…
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Boardgames To Go 213B - Boardgames To Go Madness Predictions
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The SECOND micro-episode of the podcast that spreads the news and encourages folks to enter predictions & make votes in a 64-title, single-elimination contest between award-winning boardgames. https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/312399/boardgames-go-madness-2023-battle-award-winners
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Boardgames To Go 213A - Welcome to Boardgames To Go Madness
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The first micro-episode of the podcast that spreads the news and encourages folks to enter predictions & make votes in a 64-title, single-elimination contest between award-winning boardgames. https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/312399/boardgames-go-madness-2023-battle-award-winners
Matt is joined by Kirsty and Phil from Ludus Vulpes, for a nice meandering chat about games! Links: https://www.ludusvulpes.com https://www.youtube.com/c/ludusvulpes https://www.instagram.com/ludusvulpes/ https://www.facebook.com/ludus.vulpes https://twitter.com/ludusvulpes
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Boardgames To Go 212 - Thrifting Boardgames (with Greg Pettit)
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Please join us on the Boardgames To Go discord server where you can chat online with other podcast listeners. Openers: Mark - BGTG Madness! Greg - LLAMA on BGA @Gregarius Longtime friend of the podcast Greg Pettit returns to talk about thrifting boardgames. What is that? It's a hobby-within-a-hobby about finding used games at thrift shops, garage s…
Usually when I review and recommend a board game here on the podcast, I’ve played that game at least ten times. That way I know the game well and I know it has some staying power. That means I usually review older games, but I like to play new games, too! That leads me to this bonus episode you’re listening to right now. Instead of a scripted and h…
Normal service will resume soon, but this week we're joined by Mark Cooke to discuss Airecon 2023 in March, as well as his other roles in the board gaming industry. Links: https://www.airecon.co.uk/ https://www.brighteyegames.com/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/UKboardgametrade/
Paizo sold out of all their Pathfinder stock? There’s a sequel to Scythe coming? And, something something something new D&D adventure. Also, talk about the board game Oath from Leder Games. News BattleTech Paint Starter Kit https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/53134/catalyst-game-labs-the-army-painter-unveil-battletech-paint-starter Sequel to Scythe…
Paizo sold out of all their Pathfinder stock? There’s a sequel to Scythe coming? And, something something something new D&D adventure. Also, talk about the board game Oath from Leder Games. News BattleTech Paint Starter Kit https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/53134/catalyst-game-labs-the-army-painter-unveil-battletech-paint-starter Sequel to Scythe…
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Boardgames To Go 211 - Behind the Scenes at EsCon (with Steve Paap)
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Please join us on the Boardgames To Go discord server where you can chat online with other podcast listeners. Openers: Ark Nova, Zoo Vadis Nonsense Junkie @elschmear In between big, national cons like GenCon or BGGcon and your local Games Days are regional conventions. Some folks think these can be the best of all, focused on just playing games in …
We could do another whole episode on the D&D OGL drama, but we provide some updates and then talk to Rich from rokminis.com about what's it like taking gaming from a hobby to a career! News New Marvel board games from Wizkids https://www.dicebreaker.com/universes/marvel/news/marvel-board-games-wizkids Kenneth Hite shot in Chicago https://icv2.com/a…
We could do another whole episode on the D&D OGL drama, but we provide some updates and then talk to Rich from rokminis.com about what's it like taking gaming from a hobby to a career! News New Marvel board games from Wizkids https://www.dicebreaker.com/universes/marvel/news/marvel-board-games-wizkids Kenneth Hite shot in Chicago https://icv2.com/a…
We reviewed the game Mysterium in our last episode, and Emily and I had a great time recording her “color commentary” about the game. Mysterium is all pictures and no words, and my artist wife had a lot to say about the game! I only used a few minutes of our conversation in the episode, so I thought I would share an extended cut here as a bonus epi…
In this episode, we work together to solve a murder in the game with no words… Mysterium! Have you ever heard of a game that sounds so good, you find yourself ordering a copy from Poland because the US edition hasn’t come out yet and you want it right now? Probably not, but I’m the kind of guy who does that kind of thing. And that’s how I got my co…
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Welcome to 2023! Time to spend all that holiday cash and buy more games! So what are we doing this year? Also, D&D might be getting greedy with its licensing, and we’ve got board games based on video games (Deep Rock Galactic & Dark Souls) News Dawn of Ulos from Thunderworks Games https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/53009/thunderworks-games-announc…
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Welcome to 2023! Time to spend all that holiday cash and buy more games! So what are we doing this year? Also, D&D might be getting greedy with its licensing, and we’ve got board games based on video games (Deep Rock Galactic & Dark Souls) News Dawn of Ulos from Thunderworks Games https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/53009/thunderworks-games-announc…
Usually when I review and recommend a board game here on the podcast, I’ve played that game at least ten times. That way I know the game well and I know it has some staying power. That means I usually review older games, but I like to play new games, too! That leads me to this bonus episode you’re listening to right now. Instead of a scripted and h…
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Boardgames To Go 210 - Games of 2022 (with Mike Siggins)
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Please join us on the Boardgames To Go discord server where you can chat online with other podcast listeners. Mike Siggins @sumo Welcome to 2023, which happens to be the 19th season of my little podcast, Boardgames To Go. I'm as surprised as anyone to still be around, still with listeners. I do enjoy this, and greatly appreciate my small & loyal fo…
Where have we been? What's been going on? In this special Christmas message we let you all know why things have been a bit quite on the TOG front lately.
It’s the last podcast of 2022! And what a podcast to close the year out on: a Warhammer 40k show coming from Henry Cavill, new board game and RPG announcements, and we’ve got our friends Cory & Jimmy here to talk about Pax Unplugged and all the things they saw there! News Pugmire second edition https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/52889/onyz-path-pu…
It’s the last podcast of 2022! And what a podcast to close the year out on: a Warhammer 40k show coming from Henry Cavill, new board game and RPG announcements, and we’ve got our friends Cory & Jimmy here to talk about Pax Unplugged and all the things they saw there! News Pugmire second edition https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/52889/onyz-path-pu…
In this episode, we take a look a game that you’ll want to know about if you’re tired of playing tic-tac-toe… Gobblet Gobblers! Gobblet Gobblers is a 2003 game published by Blue Orange Games, and it turns tic-tac-toe into a genuinely fun game. In the box, you’ll find four long wood pieces that you fit together like a tic-tac-toe board, along with t…
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Resident Evil 3 the Board Game, Gloomhaven the RPG, a Terraforming Mars Movie? - Boards & Swords 207
Gloomhaven is going to make a RPG? There’s a Co-op version of Carcassonne coming? Chris went to Pax Unplugged and only played 1 game? Also, there was this Tanks-giving thing to talk about. All of that and much more, as we bring back “But Wait, There’s More” in the end of the show for some good laughs. News Another GAMA president bites the dust http…
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Resident Evil 3 the Board Game, Gloomhaven the RPG, a Terraforming Mars Movie? - Boards & Swords 207
Gloomhaven is going to make a RPG? There’s a Co-op version of Carcassonne coming? Chris went to Pax Unplugged and only played 1 game? Also, there was this Tanks-giving thing to talk about. All of that and much more, as we bring back “But Wait, There’s More” in the end of the show for some good laughs. News Another GAMA president bites the dust http…
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Boardgames To Go 209 - Post-BGGcon 2022 (with Rick Byrens and Brian Murray)
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Please join us on the Boardgames To Go discord server where you can chat online with other podcast listeners. One more episode about BGGcon! Can you tell I was excited to return? During the con itself I recorded several daily mini-episodes with Greg Pettit (by the end they weren't so mini!). In those we talked about several of the games we played, …
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You got your transformers in my magic! Hasbro is getting too greedy? Say it isn’t so! Plus, we take the DALL-E 2 AI image generator for a spin again, trying to remake board game covers. And there’s lots of news and games to catch up on from the past month, like ExtraLife, Ork-tober, and prepping for TANKS-GIVING! News New Star Wars minis game from …
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You got your transformers in my magic! Hasbro is getting too greedy? Say it isn’t so! Plus, we take the DALL-E 2 AI image generator for a spin again, trying to remake board game covers. And there’s lots of news and games to catch up on from the past month, like ExtraLife, Ork-tober, and prepping for TANKS-GIVING! News New Star Wars minis game from …
In this episode, we work together to catch a sneaky, pot-pie-stealing fox in the cooperative kids game Outfoxed! Outfoxed is, I’m pretty sure, the only board game where players take on the role of detective chickens. You see, Mrs. Plumpert’s prize pot pie has been snatched by a sneaky fox, and it’s up to a plucky group of detective chickens (or is …
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Boardgames To Go 208d - BGGcon 2022 Day Four (with Greg Pettit)
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Boardgames To Go 208c - BGGcon 2022 Day Three (with Greg Pettit)
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Boardgames To Go 208b - BGGcon 2022 Day Two (with Greg Pettit)
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Boardgames To Go 208a - BGGcon 2022 Day One (with Greg Pettit)
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Boardgames To Go 207 - Essen, Fairplay, and the A La Carte Awards
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Please join us on the Boardgames To Go discord server where you can chat online with other podcast listeners. Opener: 7Seas (Or Scopa, if you want to learn the original) Remember when I used to do "Essen Anticipation" episodes? I know I did several in the past, but it's been a while. This year, Essen sort of snuck up on me. I went through the previ…
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Philip is on his way back from the House of Mouse, so Shaun steps into the cohost chair! We’ve got stolen board game ideas, lots of miniatures kickstarters coming, and putting Cats and Dogs in your Forts. Plus, Chris has been painting up some deadly Imperial Knights for Warhammer, too bad he hasn’t won a game yet! News A case of stolen ideas? https…
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Philip is on his way back from the House of Mouse, so Shaun steps into the cohost chair! We’ve got stolen board game ideas, lots of miniatures kickstarters coming, and putting Cats and Dogs in your Forts. Plus, Chris has been painting up some deadly Imperial Knights for Warhammer, too bad he hasn’t won a game yet! News A case of stolen ideas? https…
In this episode, we build cities and farms and roads in the modern classic, Carcassonne! Carcassonne is a tile-laying game. Players take turns drawing square tiles and adding them to a common medieval landscape. On your turn, you draw a tile and place it somewhere on the landscape, making sure that the sides of the new tile match the sides of any a…
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Dungeon Fighter Second Edition, Warhammer: The Horus Heresy, Pathfinder in D&D5e? - Boards & Swords #204
Paizo is making an adventure for D&D? You got your Clone Wars in my Pandemic! Plus we have more spelljammer to talk about and Chris wrote a campaign for Warhammer: The Horus Heresy News Elden Ring: The Board Game http://www.tabletopgamingnews.com/Steamforged-Announces-Elden-Ring-Board-Game Get your rivals together https://icv2.com/articles/news/vie…
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Dungeon Fighter Second Edition, Warhammer: The Horus Heresy, Pathfinder in D&D5e? - Boards & Swords #204
Paizo is making an adventure for D&D? You got your Clone Wars in my Pandemic! Plus we have more spelljammer to talk about and Chris wrote a campaign for Warhammer: The Horus Heresy News Elden Ring: The Board Game http://www.tabletopgamingnews.com/Steamforged-Announces-Elden-Ring-Board-Game Get your rivals together https://icv2.com/articles/news/vie…
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Bonus Episode - Shiver RPG (The Harvest)
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In a break from our usual episodes, we bring you this special bonus! Adam from Die Rollin ran a special one-shot adventure of the Shiver RPG, launching on Kickstarter soon. Join us as we investigate.. The Harvest. Apologies for any audio issues - I've cleaned it up as best as I can!
Usually when I review and recommend a board game here on the podcast, I’ve played that game at least ten times. That way I know the game well and I know it has some staying power. But recently, the 11-year-old has been on a kick to play new games, that is, games he’s never played before. That makes it hard to play a game repeatedly with him, but it…
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Boardgames To Go 206 - The Personality of a Boardgame Collection
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Please join us on the Boardgames To Go discord server where you can chat online with other podcast listeners. Opener: Taverns of Tiefenthal. Plus someone finally got Wingspan online multiplayer right, and it was the BGA team. I've gone through a few waves of downsizing my game collection. The latest was just a month ago, inspired by a friend's visi…
In another mini episode, we're joined by Andrew Prowse of Rogue Artist Creations. We talk about his history of gaming and design, and his latest game SKÅL! which is coming to Kickstarter soon. Links: https://www.rogueartistcreations.com https://www.skalgame.com https://www.facebook.com/rogueartistcreations/ https://twitter.com/rogueacreations https…
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Disney is making a CCG? You can play your dead characters in a new RPG? Plus, Chris went to Nova Open, so Philip has to look at some Out of Context Comments on some Warhammer 40k news! News Zombicide Flip & Write? https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/52054/zombicide-does-flip-write Play your old dead RPG characters https://icv2.com/articles/news/vie…
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Disney is making a CCG? You can play your dead characters in a new RPG? Plus, Chris went to Nova Open, so Philip has to look at some Out of Context Comments on some Warhammer 40k news! News Zombicide Flip & Write? https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/52054/zombicide-does-flip-write Play your old dead RPG characters https://icv2.com/articles/news/vie…
This episode we're joined by James Bradley, creator of The Civitas Universe. Check out Civitas 2230 on Kickstarter now! Links: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/thecivitasuniverse/civitas-2230-build-the-cyberpunk-city-of-your-dreams https://thecivitasuniverse.com/ https://www.instagram.com/civitas.universe https://www.twitch.tv/civitasuniverse…
In this episode, we try to avoid a pandemic like it’s the 14th century by escaping the city on an apple cart in Bristol 1350! Bristol 1350 is a lively game for up to nine players about escaping the Black Death in Bristol, England, in the 14th century. Publishing a game about escaping a pandemic during a pandemic is something of a bold move, but it’…
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We're back in the studio, time to get started on the next 200 episodes. Chris did a lot of Gen Con talk recently, but what all did he actually do there? Lots of prizes still to give out, you just need to email us what you like/don’t like about the show to feedback@boardsandswords.com News “One D&D” https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/52007/new-dung…
