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News moves at a breakneck speed that it’s almost impossible to keep up while also managing your own daily commitments. So what if you could hear a summary of 3 of the stories on everyone’s lips from this week? Journalist Diyora Shadijanova (@TheDiyora on Twitter), will bring the stories to life, joined by 2 guests every week, to discuss and dissect the topics at hand. #YourBroccoliWeekly
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The Wolf Den focuses on starting and growing a new business and interviews others who are influencing the business of new media. Part of the fun is hearing about the behind the scenes building of Earwolf.
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A weekly talk show hosted by BJ from Board Game Gumbo. BJ interviews industry guests, designers, artists, content creators, and gamers about their favorite board games, latest board game news, conventions…and even plays a game or two with the Chat Krewe! A proud member of Punchboard Media.
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It's 2023 and still only, like, one third of podcasts are hosted by women. Not sure about you, but here at The Pod Broads (https://www.poddraland.com/the-pod-broads-podcast) that is seen as some major BS. Join Alexandra Cohl as she interviews women in the podcasting industry about their life, their work, and how the two intersect -- because we're all multi-faceted human beings and women in this industry deserve to have their work and experiences highlighted in fun, deep, and reflective conve ...
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Dan Patriss, co-host of The Geek All Stars podcast, is back to talk about some spicy hot games and some games to look out for at Essen! Plus we get an inside look at GAMERS FOR CURES 2024, Dan’s charity for Turner Syndrome of America: https://www.gamersforcures.com/ Plus, there's talk of Charterstone, Legacy Games, Captain Flip strategy, Frosthaven…
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BJ has been scouring the excellent list updated by Board Game Geek’s W. Eric Martin's* (https://boardgamegeek.com/geekpreview...) for the hottest, most interesting games. At the time of this list, there were nearly 1100 games so it made for some hard choices! This list is 15 of the games that BJ has his eye on available for purchase at ESSEN SPIEL …
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Gumbo Live! is back with a new fall season, and you don't even need to subscribe to TV Guide to get the new fall lineup! In our first episode, we chat with MARK MCGEE, one of the owners of the indie publisher, HOW TO STEAM BROCCOLi, who designed one of our favorite little card games this year, TETHER. We chat about how Mark got the inspiration for …
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Gumbo Live! is back with a new season! In our second most final show of the season, we visit with GLENN FLAHERTY, from Boardgames & Bourbon, all about the brand new kickstarter for the reprint of TIR NA NOG from Grand Gamers Guild! We also talk about Steve and BJ's recent plays of Unmatched: Slings & Arrows Finally, we enjoyed a rousing game of DID…
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Gumbo Live! is back with a new season! In our final show of the season, we visit with RYAN HENDRICKSON, the designer of Pirates of Maracaibo! We learn how Ryan got his start in game design, what's it like working with Alex Pfister, and how the game came about! We also talk about some of our favorite roll-n-writes like: Dice Charmers Three Sisters J…
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Gumbo Live! is back with a new season! In our ninth show, we visit with BURKY from GAMETOPPERS LLC all about the latest sweet stuff coming from his brand new Kickstarter 4.5! Plus, we talk about spicy hot games including: Cargo Noir Mutton Bustin Burky gives us the scoop on all things GAMETOPPERS LLC including the brand new terrain mats, terrain pa…
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Gumbo Live! is back with a new season! In our eighth show, we visit with Kelly & Kevin from the Chuck's Gateway Games Facebook Group! We talk about parrots and backstabs in games, how to run a great FriendCon or CabinCon, and some spicy hot games including: Tether Cascadero Capt Flip Forest Shuffle Plus, we played "RANK 'EM!", a brand new game that…
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Gumbo Live! is back with a new season! In our seventh show, we visit with Glenn Flaherty from Boardgames & Bourbon, the Eurogames Facebook Group, content creator, and board game designer! We talk about musicians and board games, Spiel des Jahres games, and some spicy hot games including: The White Castle, Skyrise, Siege of Valeria, and Harmonies Pl…
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Gumbo Live! is back with a new season! In our sixth show, we visit with the krewe from Tampa, The Beans And Dice Podcast! Carlos, Rob, and Wayne join us to chat about they got their start in gaming and content creation, dish on ways to grow your local gaming community, and then get right to some spicy hot games! No Thanks! Dune: Imperium: Uprising …
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Gumbo Live! is back with a new season! In our fifth show, we visit with the krewe from Meeple Town, Dean and Deron, long-time friends and now long-time podcasters about board games! We chat about the transition to Deron as the new co-host, with a surprise visit(?), and then get right to the games, games, games! Floe The Magnificent Xylotar Exhibiti…
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Gumbo Live! is back with a new season! In our fourth show, we visit with Ben Hammer about his brand new game coming soon to Kickstarter WE ALL TAKE FROM THE RIVER. It's a resource management and social deduction game that also gives insight to keeping a river and its estuary clean from pollution. It's Ben's first design, and he not only designed th…
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BJ and Jeremy played Barcelona and Rats of Wistar on a recent Twitch Tuesdays in the Gumbo Pot, but before the euro game goodness started, they took a look at two projects on Kickstarter right now for some first impressions: Logic & Lore from Weird Giraffe Games, a two player card game all about deducing the cards already in your tableau; and Casca…
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Gumbo Live! is back with a new season! Our third show was a big thrill -- thanks to our friend Carla Kopp at Weird Giraffe Games, we were able to chat with Jason Hager & Darren Reckner (a/k/a "The Durdles") about their new game on Kickstarter right now called LOGIC & LORE! We also talked about some spicy hot games we've played recently, including: …
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Gumbo Live! is back with a new season! Our second guest is Don Eskridge, the designer of THE RESISTANCE and AVALON and ABANDON PLANET and a bunch of other cool games! Don came by the Gumbo Pot to chat about his brand new book HAND GAMES 21: NEW GAMES FOR FRIENDS & FAMILIES. It's a hoot with some great family style dexterity games. We also talked ab…
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The 2024 season of Gumbo Live! opens with a dragon fang! Err...bang! We welcome in Connie Vogelmann, designer of APIARY and WYRMSPAN, into the Gumbo Pot to chat about games, games, games! We also get her thoughts on her recent plays of SKY TEAM Finally, we end the night with a rousing game of THE BOUDIN BOWL with Connie, Verla, Steve, and BJ partic…
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It's the return of The Jay Bell to the Gumbo Pot! Steve, Verla, BJ and Jay gave a list of their favorite games to give friends and family during the holidays! Tipperary Akropolis Pictomania World Wonders Crokinole Plus, Jay recounts his trip to Pax U and gives an update on some of the hot games he played. -- Disney Lorcana -- Sky Team -- Gnome Holl…
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Jeremy D is back in the Gumbo Pot! BJ and Jeremy talk about NOCTURNE, the newest game from Flatout Games out on Kickstarter right now: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/flatoutgames/nocturne-board-game?ref=profile_saved_projects_live Plus, there is some chatter about potential games for the 2023 Game Of The Year list. Who will win the coveted Fl…
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BJ and Steve welcome in a content creator who is also deep diving into the world of designing board games on Episode 144! This time, The NameFather has invited Liz Davidson, reviewer with Beyond Solitaire's YouTube Channel and podcast, and the co-designer (with David Thompson) of the upcoming game, Night Witches, from Fort Circle Games to talk abou…
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BJ and Jerod chat with co-host, The Jay Bell, in the Gumbo Pot about Jay's big new move, plus give their post-game thoughts on Castles By The Sea from Brotherwise Games. Shout out to Burky from GameToppers LLC for the awesome new game mat, and make sure to check out the brand new Kickstarter 4.0!https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/burky/game-toppe…
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BJ is back from Southern Board Game Fest 2023! Mitchell from the Beans & Dice Podcast and Jerod from the Board Game Gumbo Twitch Channel join in to recap everything SoBo 2023. Shout outs to Burky from GameToppers LLC for being our Very Special Guest at SoBo, but also thanks to all the gamers and publishers (like Hutchu Games! Weird Giraffe Games!) …
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BJ and Steve welcome in a double dose of awesome guests on Episode 143! This time, it's Mike Grade, founder of Rock Manor Games (and designer of Lawyer Up!) and Clarence Simpson, designer of the hit game amongst the Gumbo Krewe, The Wolves! We reviewed: The Quacks of Quedlinberg Wander Towers And there is a heaping helping of Southern Board Game Fe…
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Mitchell from the Beans & Dice Podcast, who heads up our Play to Win and Guided Playthroughs sections at Southern Board Game Fest, joined BJ on a very special episode of Gumbo Live! to chat all things SoBo2023 and to GIVEAWAY SOME PRIZES! See you at Southern Board Game Fest and THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU Burky from GameToppersLLC!www.southerngam…
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Hey board gamers, we are back with more Twitch Tuesday game talk just for you! It's the return of The Jay Bell, who regales us with stories of his trip to Louisville, Kentucky! Then, we chat about recent plays of: Forests of Pangaia, Earth, Hero Realms, and Set a WatchPlus, Barnes is back in the Gumbo Pot, and it's time for him to sit on the witnes…
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Hey board gamers, we are back with more Twitch Tuesday game talk just for you! And super excited to have THE JAY BELL and Mitchell from the Beans & Dice Podcast back in the Gumbo Pot!In this episode, we grill Jay on his recent Kickstarter backings, including Kraken Skulls from Chris Couch Games, Shards of Infinity, the Our Family Plays Games projec…
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Hey board gamers, we are back with more Twitch Tuesday game talk just for you! And super excited to have THE JAY BELL back in the Gumbo Pot! In this episode, we wish the Gumbo Overlord a happy birthday, chat about our favorite things from CHUCKCON, and then Jay teaches COSMOCTOPUS before both Jay and BJ give their post-game analysis of our play! **…
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Hey board gamers, we are back with more Twitch Tuesday game talk just for you! BJ was up first with some news on Southern Board Game Fest (Oct 14-15 in Lafayette, LA). Get your badges at www.southerngamefest.comOur topic du jour in the Gumbo Pot was chatting about our first impressions and post-game analysis of our play of EVERDELL: FARSHORE, with …
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Hey board gamers, we are back from our July hiatus with more Twitch Tuesday game talk just for you! BJ welcomed back to the Gumbo Pot, Mitchell from the Beans & Dice podcast.Our topic du jour in the Gumbo Pot was chatting about a great new board game experience we had in July. Then some talk about an anticipated game at GENCON. And finally, we wrap…
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Two Tuesdays in a row, it's another Twitch Tuesday! BJ and Jerod welcomed back to the Gumbo Pot their buddies, Mitchell from the Beans & Dice podcast and Logan from the Louisiana Board Gamers Facebook Group and a regular gamer at our FLGS, Anubis Game & Hobby. Our topic du jour in the Gumbo Pot was all about ENVIE. What games are we excited to chec…
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It's another Twitch Tuesday, this time actually on a Tuesday, and BJ welcomed to the Gumbo Pot a new voice: Logan from the Louisiana Board Gamers Facebook Group and a regular gamer at our FLGS, Anubis Game & Hobby. Logan tells us his cardboard hero origin story, and then we get down to business. Time to talk about some spicy hot games!What are our …
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Alexandra talks about Broads in Progress, her membership for women in podcasting, featuring two of her members, D'Ana Joi Spencer and Rachel Hanson. Come join the community! Read more about Broads in Progress: www.poddraland.com/join-the-community Join and use the code JUNEMEMBER15 for 15% off for three months. Listen to Multi-Passionate Mastery an…
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BJ welcomes back to the Gumbo Pot a great krewe. We enlisted Mitchell from the Beans & Dice Podcast, Jeremy from the Louisiana Board Gamers Facebook Group, and the inimitable Dave Doooooogahhhh, the commissioner for life of the Board Boys Legacy League to chat about the top games of 2022.In typical Gumbo Pot fashion, things went off the rails prett…
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The Dobster made his triumphant return to the Gumbo Pot! Jeremy Dobler and BJ chatted about Jeremy's recent plays of In The Hall of The Mountain King, why his group likes campaign games like Descent and Oathsworn, and their thoughts on Three Sisters and the French Quarter crowdfunding project. A complimentary copy of Three Sisters and French Quarte…
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After a month of Gumbo Live! interview shows, it was time to get back to the table in the Gumbo Pot! Mitchell from the Beans & Dice Podcast and playthrough coordinator at the Southern Board Game Fest joins BJ chatting about this year's upcoming festival, board game sales, and convention talk.Plus, you'll get their very fresh thoughts on their playt…
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BJ, Steve and Verla welcomes in Keith Law, board game blogger and reviewer for Paste Magazine, to chat about board games! We reviewed: Earth Iki Plus, Steve and I may have met our match in the Jambalaya game. You have to hear Keith to believe it! Keith's info: Keith Law, the author of The Inside Game and Smart Baseball and senior baseball writer fo…
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BJ and Verla and Steve were hoping to get Keith Law in this week (spoiler alert -- Keith's appeared on May 30 for the #142 show) so while waiting, they talked about some of their recent plays of a few spicy hot games, plus their thoughts on the Spiel nominees: Spots (on BGA) Akropolis Planet Unknown Ike Challengers Next episode: Keith Law! Laissez …
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BJ and Verla and Steve welcome in Rob, Cam and TK from The Board Boys Podcast all the way from beautiful Iowa for their first appearance on Gumbo Live! BJ, Rob, Cam and Verla are no strangers to each other, hanging out at BGG Con and playing games. The Board Boys Podcast is one of the best podcast crews out there, with lots of recurring jokes, deep…
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BJ and Steve welcome in The Brandt for his first appearance on Gumbo Live! BJ and The Brandt are no strangers to each other, hanging out at conventions and playing games since way back in 2017 at Dice Tower East. The Brandt is an amazing games teacher, and is the behind the scenes coordinator for the Dice Tower Awards nominations, so it was a perfe…
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BJ, Steve, and Verla were thrilled to chat with Tory Brown, designer of Votes for Women, and Kevin Bertram from Fort Circle Games! Tory talked about the initial design, development, and history behind Votes for Women and why she is so excited that Kevin is the publisher! Kevin talked about his recent stint as a host of his own mini-con and gave tip…
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BJ, Steve, Jay and Verla were thrilled to interview Heather O'Neill, a board game designer (Schrödinger’s Cats, Meeple Party) and publisher who also volunteers on the board of UnPub. Heather has a new microgram with Weird Giraffe Games called Dreams of Yesterday, and we were excited to chat with her about the project and watch it hit its goal live …
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Mitchell made a pass by the Gumbo Pot this weekend! Mitchell is the former future member of the Beans & Dice Podcast and a local gaming guru at the Southern Board Game Fest. BJ and Mitchell review BLAZON from 25th Century Games, then chat about recent expansions for Lost Ruins of Arnak, Tapestry, and Ares Expedition! Laissez les bon temps rouler! G…
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BJ, Steve and Verla are back! And of course, we had to chat with Jeremy Howard of Man v Meeple and Rawstone Games! First, they reminisce about Jeremy's introduction into the hobby, and find out what he has been up to since the last visit. Then we get to the games: The Elder Scrolls Dice Manor The Isofarian Guard Tiletum Qawale And finally -- it's t…
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Alexandra speaks with Renay Richardson, the CEO of Broccoli Productions and the creator of the Equality in Audio Pact. They also talk about Renay's time as a kid actor, how single women are viewed in society, what being uncomfortable means for her, and why being a CEO is kind of awful. Mentioned in this epsiode: Sign up for Podcasting by the Moon h…
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Back in the Gumbo Pot tonight to test out the new Gumbo Live! 2.0 set up: Preview of Tuesday night's episode with Jeremy Howard of Man v Meeple; Votes for Women v Watergate; Big news about Southern Board Game Fest; News on Kickstarters from Button Shy Games and Dr Finn's Games #mailtime in the Gumbo Pot! -- and a lot of catching up with the Chat Kr…
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The Jay Bell and Dave “DOOOOOGAH” Dugas are back in the Gumbo! This time, BJ talks with Jay and Dave about their frequent plays of the MARVEL SNAP app. Card Combos! Meta Deck Building! When To Snap! You get secrets from the experts (plus BJ's non-expert takes). Plus, they chat about the Panda Board Game Calendar Challenge and even sneak in a little…
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The Jay Bell and Adam The Austin are back in the Gumbo! This time, BJ talks with Jay and Adam about two games that are almost ten years old that they still have the ENVIE to play! This topic was inspired by Phillip & Vic's discussion with The Name Father (Steve O'Rourke) on the recent episode of The Generic Board Game Podcast.Thanks for listening!L…
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Jay and Adam join BJ in the Gumbo Pot! The krewe talks about recent plays of:•Cartographers•Frosthaven•Wonderbook•SpotlightPlus, they open up a surprise box of games from DV while talking about their favorite Saturday Morning Cartoons.And finally, they play Donut Shop from 25th Century Games coming out on Kickstarter soon and give you their thought…
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Jay and Jeremy are back! BJ welcomes in The Jay Bell and Jeremy for a visit about their favorite games played in January. Then they play Rebuilding Seattle, a new city builder from WizKids, and Atiwa, the new farming game from Uwe Rosenberg and Lookout Games. And you get their thoughts on the gameplay! Thanks for listening! Laissez les bon temps ro…
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BJ and Jerod finally play the Cave Paintings expansion! It's time to talk about why this might be our favorite expansion of all. Of course, Jerod mixes in a few other modules and extra cards -- we'll talk about a few new cards and other surprises we threw in. We give you our real-time, post game impressions right after we finish!Our thanks to Fanta…
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BJ and Jerod give their Top 10 Games of 2022! Thanks for listening! Laissez les bon temps rouler! Get your Board Game Gumbo merch here:https://boardgamegumbo.wordpress.com/gumbo-merch/ Board Game Gumbo plays your games every TUESDAY on TWITCH!twitch.tv/boardgamegumbo@boardgamegumbo on Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Twitch, and Instagramwww.boardgamegu…
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