Welcome to Beyond the Board, a podcast where Mike and Spencer explore the themes and real life inspirations behind their favorite games.
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Rieman and Sater are once again joined by their cursed friend Brian Gartland to talk about famous curses, right in theme with the pirate game, Dead Man's Doubloons!Produced by: Mike Rieman & Michael Sater, in association with The NerdologuesBy Beyond the Board
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Rieman and Sater stay a nice distance away from some of the most famous betrayals in history in our episode inspired by Coup!Produced by: Mike Rieman & Michael Sater, in association with The NerdologuesBy Beyond the Board
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Rieman and Sater dig deep into the process of a gem from mine to jewelry inspired by the themes of Splendor!Produced by: Mike Rieman & Michael Sater, in association with The NerdologuesBy Beyond the Board
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Dutch Blitz: Het Zit Wel Snor! (with Brian Gartland)
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Want facts as fast as the soccer team from the Nethlands?! Sater and Rieman are joined by sports fan Brian Gartland as we go Dutch using the themes behind Dutch Blitz!Produced by: Mike Rieman & Michael Sater, in association with The NerdologuesBy Beyond the Board
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Rieman and Sater travel to where no person has gone before! ...rather they look at it through a telescope. This week we talk space and things in it which are themes behind the new R2i game, Afternova!Produced by: Mike Rieman & Michael Sater, in association with The NerdologuesBy Beyond the Board
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Rieman and Sater are joined by a very special guest Jordan Devenport, the designer of Crazy Cultists! (currently on Kickstarter!) They travel back to when everyone was talking about Satanic Death cults during the Satanic Panic (tm) during the early 90s!Produced by: Mike Rieman & Michael Sater, in association with The Nerdologues…
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Rieman and Sater share their top most interesting bugs they found (digitally); meanwhile, Mike realizes he is terrified of bugs. Can you guess which Mike?Produced by: Mike Rieman & Michael Sater, in association with The NerdologuesBy Beyond the Board
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Love is in the air and Beyond the Board! Taking from the theme of the hit game Love Letter, the Mike's recap the history of courting and dating from ancient Troy to modern day Tinder.Produced by: Mike Rieman & Michael Sater, in association with The NerdologuesBy Beyond the Board
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Time Stories: Sittin' on the Paradox of the Bay
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Rieman and Sater are sent to your podcast feed to discover how killing their grandfathers would work. It's all explained in the episode... OF TIME STORIES!Produced by: Mike Rieman & Michael Sater, in association with The NerdologuesBy Beyond the Board
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They have so many new games to take apart and live inside! Mike Rieman is back with a new host Michael Sater and they can't wait to get your 'meta-feelings' going with talk of time travel, pirates, medieval courtship, and BEES! So, get your learnin' caps on and tune in every other week! Produced by: Mike Rieman & Michael Sater, in association with …
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EXPANSION - Ticket to Ride - New York: Electric Cars BEFORE Subways
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Mike is bring you another expansion episode with his very own brother, Jake! (creator of the online comic Battlements) We explore what it was like traveling around NYC before modern day cabs and subways!Produced by: Mike Rieman & Spencer Campbell, in association with The NerdologuesBy Beyond the Board
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Mike and Spencer try to sum up duels in 20 min! Parry, thrust, and shoot your way through this one as we explore themes of Dice Throne!Produced by: Mike Rieman & Spencer Campbell, in association with The NerdologuesBy Beyond the Board
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Mike and Spencer attempt to explain CRISPR as well as they could while visiting Dinosaur island!Produced by: Mike Rieman & Spencer Campbell, in association with The NerdologuesBy Beyond the Board
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Ex Libris: Lose Yourself in a Good Podcast
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Take a trip with Mike and Spencer to the ancient libraries of the world, and the knowledge they hold. It's like the internet on paper!Produced by: Mike Rieman & Spencer Campbell, in association with The NerdologuesBy Beyond the Board
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EXPANSION - Horse and Stagecoach: Hit 'em up, move 'em out!
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Mike is flying solo and giving you our first expansion episode! We travel again to the wild west and talk from the hip about stagecoach robberies!Produced by: Mike Rieman & Spencer Campbell, in association with The NerdologuesBy Beyond the Board
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Cheaty Mages: Are You Not Entertained? ...By Magic!
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Mike and Spencer travel back to the good old days of people killing other people for fun! We draw swords at the coliseum while exploring gladiatorial combat with Cheaty Mages!Produced by: Mike Rieman & Spencer Campbell, in association with The Nerdologues.By Beyond the Board
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Mike and Spencer bare their teeth and scratch up some facts about real animal territories in the theme of Leder Games' new hotness, Root!Produced by: Mike Rieman & Spencer Campbell, in association with The NerdologuesAd Comic: battlementscomic.comBy Beyond the Board
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Mike and Spencer 'break' into the art of making stained glass with the dice drafting game Sagrada!Produced by: Mike Rieman & Spencer Campbell, in association with The NerdologuesBy Beyond the Board
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Carcassonne: It's My Way or the Highway...men
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Mike and Spencer bring their lanterns to the game Carcassonne, in pursuit of the highwaymen. The sexy princes of theives!Produced by: Mike Rieman & Spencer Campbell, in association with The NerdologuesBreak Comic: BattlementsComic.comBy Beyond the Board
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7 Wonders Duel: Pyramids, Gardens, and Mausoleums, oh my!
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Mike and Spencer travel to not 1, not 2, but 7 ancient wonders of the world!Produced by: Mike Rieman & Spencer Campbell, in association with The NerdologuesBy Beyond the Board
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Roll, flop, and grab a bamboo snack, cause Mike and Spencer hug some facts about pandas out with the game Takenoko!Produced by: Mike Rieman & Spencer Campbell, in association with The NerdologuesBattlements Comic: battlementscomic.comPanda Gif: https://i.imgur.com/0B3dbH6.gifBy Beyond the Board
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Get cleaned up, cause Mike and Spencer are taking you to a shrine! While discussing the game Rising Sun, they take a look at the Shinto religion of Japan.Produced by: Mike Rieman & Spencer Campbell, in association with The NerdologuesBattlements Comic: battlementscomic.comBy Beyond the Board
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Flop with Mike and Spencer into the long journey of salmon migration, and get 'hooked' on Happy Salmon!Produced by: Mike Rieman & Spencer Campbell, in association with The Nerdologues.Midshow Break Comic: battlementscomic.comBy Beyond the Board
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The history of Moorish tiles are laid out by Spencer and Mike as they explore the influence for the mosaic building game, Azul.Produced by: Mike Rieman & Spencer Campbell, in association with The NerdologuesBy Beyond the Board
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Mike and Spencer channel the spirits to explain what a medium is and share some 'real life' crime solving psychic stories. (*insert spooky music here*)Produced by: Mike Rieman & Spencer Campbell, in association with The NerdologuesBreak and Story Music: http://www.purple-planet.comBy Beyond the Board
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Terraforming Mars: A Sweater for the Red Planet
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Mike and Spencer talk about laying the groundwork for making Mars a habitable planet. (It's like Earth 2.0!)Produced by: Mike Rieman & Spencer Campbell, in association with The NerdologuesBreak Music: http://www.purple-planet.comBy Beyond the Board
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Pandemic: Rats, Flus, & Mosquitoes, Oh My!
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SEASON 2 PREMIERE. NEW TO THE NERDOLOGUES. Mike and Spencer cough up and spread some knowledge on some of the worst outbreaks and pandemics in history. (Just sanitize your game when you're done!)Produced by: Mike Rieman & Spencer Campbell, in association with The NerdologuesBreak Music: http://www.purple-planet.com…
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Mike and Spencer are back with a whole new season of Beyond the Board! Get pumped for all new reasons to go back and play all your favorite games! Now part of the Nerdologues family of podcasts!By Beyond the Board
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Joking Hazard - See You in the Funny Papers
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Panel by panel, Spencer and Mike look at the history of comic strips (sequential art?), taking inspiration from the comic-building, party game Joking Hazard! (Podcast safe for work, game is not!)By Beyond the Board
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Competition Kitchen: Storytelling in Cooking! (plus a special interview!)
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Mike and Spencer don their aprons and go head to head in the Iron Chef arena, where they learn all about the inspiration behind the card game Competition Kitchen! Join them after for a special interview with one of the creators of Competition Kitchen, Kevin Reader! (Kevin Reader is artistic director for Cards Against Humanity!) Kickstarter Link! ht…
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Flick 'em Up: This town ain't big enough...
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Outlaws, duels, and lawmen! Mike and Spencer find the perfect recipe for a good ol' fashioned shootout! With the help of Pretzel Game's Flick 'Em Up, they discuss the some of the Wests most famous standoffs! (Russel up some history...)By Beyond the Board
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Spencer and Mike trek through the fields of Bohnanza, the bean farming card game, and stop in a patch of coffee beans! They dig through coffee bean farming, coffee bean processing, and coffee bean roasting in this caffeinated episode! (There are a lot of beans in Bohnanaza but, we picked our favorite bean!)…
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Boss Monster: Our Top 10 Video Game Villains
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It’s a list episode! Mike and Spencer get sympathetic with some classic video game villains, as the check off their top 10 of those bad guys you love AND hate! (Put yourself in their monster shoes!)By Beyond the Board
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The Captain is Dead: Rocket to adventure! ...and probably death
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Mike & Spencer go out of this world!!! ...mainly just right above the atmosphere, as we talk about the real dangers of living in space! All inspired by the dangerous situations in the cooperative space opera board game, The Captain is Dead!By Beyond the Board
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Beyond the Board Anomia: On the Tip of our Tongues
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Spencer and Mike pick apart how the brain can be not firing on all cylinders. Also, how it can screw you up playing the tense-friend revealing card game, Anomia! (It’s ah… what’s the word?... EDUCATIONAL!)By Beyond the Board
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Machine of Death: Oil Up those Creative Cogs!
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Spencer and Mike tinker with the gears and mechanics of Machine of Death, the card game! Then they talk about some real life wacky assassinations! (Because killing people for money is SO wacky!)By Beyond the Board
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Flip back in your history books and discover the story of Santorini, as Spencer and Mike use their god-like powers and explore Roxley Games' hit strategy board game, Santorini! (Is there a board game god?)By Beyond the Board
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Forbidden Desert: We're dying for a tall glass of knowledge!
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Spencer and Mike take a crash course in desert survival while discussing the cooperative, ever-changing, survival game, Forbidden Desert! Don't get caught without your airship! (how embarrassing!)By Beyond the Board
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Plug yourself in with Mike and Spencer as they discuss real life hacking and the history of electronic security, all inspired by the cyberpunk card game, Netrunner! (not LIFE hacking, but with computers!)By Beyond the Board
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Codenames: BTB dives into the OSS, CIA, and Codes!
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Spencer and Mike go undercover into the secret world of spies and try and decode the enigma machine! (Go go gadget podcast!)By Beyond the Board
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Join Spencer and Mike in discovering how to rob a train and the romanticized wild west, while talking about the Spiel de Jahres award winning game Colt Express! (Stick ‘em up, for fun! ...and ‘cause I have a gun)By Beyond the Board
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Smash Up!: A Top 6 of our Favorite (S)mash Ups!
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Spike and Mencer share their favorite mash ups from all types of media, with the HIT game Smash Up! (our names...! THEY’RE MASHED UP!!) Produced by: Spencer Campbell & Mike RiemanBy Beyond the Board
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Betrayal at House on the Hill: A Guide to Creepy Things
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Mike and Spencer pee their pants in fear as they talk about omens and some unsettling houses while exploring Betrayal at House on the Hill! (If we can get the name right…)By Beyond the Board
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Ticket to Ride: With Complementary Champagne
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Choo Choo! Mike and Spencer hop aboard some famous trains and give you the scoop and CHOO(p) of what it’s like to ride them! (Coming to you at 700mph!) Produced by: Spencer Campbell & Mike RiemanBy Beyond the Board
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Grab your chopsticks as Mike and Spencer take you to the delicious past of sushi, with the party game Sushi Go! (Spencer wrote this one…) Produced by: Spencer Campbell & Mike RiemanBy Beyond the Board
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