E77. Gaming With Your Family Meeple2Meeple podcast

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PJ & Michelle talk about their Easter traditions and Easter gaming. Listen as they discuss Bunny Kingdom, Wingspan, Piles and Jerusalem Anno Domini. #boardgames #eastertide #wingspan #bunnykingdom

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E119. Community Unity 54:58

13 days ago54:58

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Watch as PJ and Laura @ObsessedWithBoardGames discuss building community in the wake of the tariffs. They share their thoughts and opinions about the future of the boardgaming community. They also talk about their experiences at both the Great Plains Game Festival (Lincoln, NE) and Tennessee Game Days (Nashville, TN).…

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E118. Passion in Perth: Boardgames in Australia 47:53

20 days ago47:53

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Listen as PJ and Ahmad discuss life in Perth, Australia. Ahmad describes the gaming community in western Australia, PAX Australia in Melbourne and his ne game Usolli , recently fulfilled on Kick starter.

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E117. Midwest Meeple Mania 45:55

27 days ago45:55

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Listen as PJ & Shelly @michianaboardgamery talk about building and nurturing a local board game community.

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E116. SETI: Signals & Strategies 37:58

5 weeks ago37:58

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PJ and Tara talk about the most popular game of 2024, SETI by CGE Games.

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E115. Pieces & Places: Perfectly Positioned on your Board Game Table 47:01

6 weeks ago47:01

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Watch and listen as PJ talks with Josh from @modernmeeple about pointers for properly placing pieces and maintaining organization on your board game table. Hear about how ModernMeeple got started and the interesting explanation about his products and how they are made. Learn how to keep all your game pieces in its place.…

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E114. Cardboard & Color: The Alchemy of Beautiful Board Games 40:03

7 weeks ago40:03

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Watch as PJ & Brynn, @runningboardgamer, as they discuss topics of Beauty and the concepts of what makes a board game beautiful. they also discuss their favorite beautiful board games. They cover: Sagrada, Tsuro, Tokaido, Wingspan, Scythe, Botany, Tabriz and Men Nefer.

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E113.Look Forward: Tantalizing Titles of 2025 50:53

8 weeks ago50:53

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Listen as PJ & Adam talk about their top games of 2025 that they are looking forward to. They discuss games like: Galactic Cruise, Critter Kitchen, Revenant, Brink, Luthier, Galileo Galielei, Speak Easy and many more.

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E112. Look Back: Top Titles & Treasures of 2024 52:13

9 weeks ago52:13

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Watch and Listen as PJ & Adam, from TabletopVibes, share their favorite games from 2024. They also discuss the virtues of circular boards in games. Listen as they talk about games such as: Weird Wood Manor, Fromage, ARCs, Kelp, Let's Go to Japan, Windmill Valley, Unconscious Mind, Minos: Dawn of the Bronze Age, Black Forrest, Caution Signs, Star Trek Lower Decks: Buffer Time, SETI and more.…

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E111. For Love of Games - India 1:05:18

10 weeks ago1:05:18

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Listen as PJ & guest co host, Phalgun discuss the intricacies of the gaming industry and community in India.

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E110. 2x2 A Valentine's Day Special 43:34

10 weeks ago43:34

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Listen as PJ and guest co-host, Kristen Mott talk about their favorite 2 player games for Valentine's Day!

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B4. Games that start with "Ta" 12:15

12 weeks ago12:15

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A bonus episode where PJ shares with some games from his weekend of gaming at home

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E109. Last Night Games 47:38

12 weeks ago47:38

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Listen as PJ chats with Nathan Jenne from Last Night Games. They discuss, publishing, designing and the relative ease of working with family.

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Ep108 Let's Go To Japan 41:09

13 weeks ago41:09

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Listen to this episode where PJ interviews Josh Wood (AEG Games) and they talk about his recent release of 2024, Let's Go To Japan.

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E107. Theme over mechanics with Get Into Games On Air 1:42:14

14 weeks ago1:42:14

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It’s finally Episode 107 where PJ teams up with Craig and Becky from Get Into Games On Air to chat about best practices for teaching boardgames, with theme vs mechanics. They also chat about Geekway mini and much much more!

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E106. Post holiday season catch up 44:31

16 weeks ago44:31

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It's episode 106 and PJ and Gareth catch up on all things holiday season! What's been going on in life, games they have been playing and board gaming highlights!

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E105. Priceless pieces - games we would never cull 52:23

23 weeks ago52:23

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In this week’s episode PJ and Gareth discuss which board games they would not part with from their collection….ever…! PJ and Gareth select just 3 to share and their reasons why that game deserves a place on the shelf forever. You can also hear which games some of the Instagram community would not cull from their collection either.…

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E104. From Concept to Reality - our new podcast logo by Angel Fischer 30:22

24 weeks ago30:22

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In this weeks episode PJ and Gareth chat to Angel Fischer, also known as @BoardGameAngel on Instagram who by is a freelance graphic designer whose portfolio crosses into the world of boardgames both with her range of boardgame related merchandise and boardgame logo designs for quite a few Instagram boardgame accounts. We talk about designs, the design process, our new logo, as well as some background on Angels own boardgame journey! Thank you Angel for both your time today and your logo, we love it!You can find Angels design on her Amazon shops, easiest way is to visit her profile on Instagram!…

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E103. From Moves to Mastery: emergent qualities of boardgames 59:38

25 weeks ago59:38

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In episode 103 (not 104!) PJ and Gareth welcome Nick from Underdog Games to this week's episode. Nick recently posted about how a good strategy game has emergent qualities players can only discover with experience and we discuss this as well as top tips for boardgame design. Nick explains "Often, the first few times you play a strategy game, you’ll think some action optimal, but then later discover you were misvaluing something, or missing a possibility. After realising this, you discover the game has richer and more complicated decisions than it seemed at first. Nick goes on to say "This is a key reason good strategy games tend to get better with more plays. However, we live among a tremendous abundance of games, where many of us won't play each game enough to experience it at its best."…

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E102. Top 10 boardgames for the Spooky Halloween Season 44:46

26 weeks ago44:46

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Welcome to Episode 102, and for the first time ever PJ and Gareth are doing a Top 10 list! It's that time of year again to check out some spooky horror / scary games for Halloween, PJ and Gareth cover their favourites, some new and some old! Please like, subscribe and follow us for more boardgame content! #boardgamepodcast #meeple2meeple #halloweenboardgames…

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E.101 Creative Currents 32:07

27 weeks ago32:07

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Listen as PJ interviews Carla Kopp, founder of Weird Giraffe Games and designer of the upcoming roll & write game, Reef & Ruins. They discuss the inspiration, design, theme and colors of the game as it launched on Kickstarter October 15, 2024

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E.100 Our 100th Turn! Celebrating our BoardGame Podcast Journey! 1:45:03

28 weeks ago1:45:03

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Welcome to Episode 100, yes 100 and from this episode on you can watch and well as listen to us! Enjoy! We have special guests Craig and Becky from @GetInToGames discussing all things podcasting, we have a special surprise guest….Dan Hallagan the designer of Obsession and Gareth and PJ share their favourites highlights of the last 99 episodes and whats to come in the next! #boardgamepodcast #meeple2meeple #episode100…

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E99. Estate: Raise the Realm - an interview with Kathryn Hahn 44:37

30 weeks ago44:37

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Welcome to Meeple2Meeple Episode 99 (99!) where PJ and Gareth chat to Kathryn Hahn from Grod Games to talk about their upcoming Kickstarter campaign for her joint design Estate: Raise the Realm. Kathryn shares an overview of the game, the design process, Kickstarter readiness and some thoughts of future games. PJ and Gareth have both been fortunate to play a solid prototype and share their thoughts also. Big thanks to Kathryn for sharing her boardgame passion and development stories! ---- Meeple2Meeple - your regular boardgame fix via a podcast in only 30 minutes! IG: @Meeple2Meeple #boardgames #boardgamepodcast #meeple2meeple #estateraisetherealm #boardgamedesign #boardgamedesigner…

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E98. From Board to Pen - parallel Roll / Flip & Writes 57:04

31 weeks ago57:04

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Welcome to Episode 98 where PJ and Gareth chat with Tara (@tarastabletop on IG) all about parallel board games - those board games that get a Roll / Flip and Write edition. Hear about PJ and Gareths favourite games that fit this type as well as Tara’s dedicated commitment to share all these wonderful games via her channel. Games include: Fleer the Dice Game, Lost Cities, Cascadito, High Season, Parks Roll and Write and many more! Worth a listen for sure! Choo Choo! #meeple2meeple #boardgamepodcast #rollandwrites #tarastabletop #boardgamecommunity #boardgamesareawesome…

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E97. AI use in the boardgame industry 52:08

32 weeks ago52:08

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Welcome to Episode 97 where Gareth and PJ chat to their guest Christopher Preston and discuss the pros and cons of AI within the boardgame industry, especially from an artist perspective. Thanks Christopher for such a great conversation! Please leave a comment with your thoughts on this topic. #boardgamepodcast #boardgamedesigner #boardgamecontentcreator #meeple2meeple #boardgameAI #AIinboardgames…

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E96. Meeples in the USA 47:56

33 weeks ago47:56

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Welcome to Episode 96 where Gareth (no PJ!!) chats to Kristen (@family.boardgaming) and Laura (@obsessedwithboardgames) about their love of board games, how they got into the hobby, board game design with Kristen and board game content creation with Laura. Big thanks to both of them for such a great podcast chat! #boardgamepodcast #boardgamedesigner #boardgamecontentcreator #meeple2meeple…

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E95. Can’t Go - a Trywin Games interview 41:06

34 weeks ago41:06

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Listen as PJ interviews John from TW games as he talks about the launch of his upcoming game Can’t Go to kickstart this week on September 6th 2024

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E94. Boardgames on vacation 33:55

35 weeks ago33:55

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Welcome to the Meeple2Meeple podcast Episode 94. PJ and Gareth talk all things holiday travel games now Gareth is back from his summer holiday. Hear about the games he packed, the games played with family and much much more!! Meeple2Meeple - your regular boardgame podcast in about 30 mins! @meeple2meeple on Instagram #boardgamepodcast #meeple2meeple #boardgamecommunity #boardgametravel #travelboardgames…

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E93. Meeples in the UK - gamer friendships 53:59

36 weeks ago53:59

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Welcome to Episode 93 of Meeple2Meeple. This week PJ chats with Hannah (@han_playsgames) and Alex (@pink_meeple) from the UK Instagram Community all about their boardgame friendship as well as covering games like Rafter 5, Shadows of Camelot, Labyrinth, Kavengo and much much more! (Yes…Gareth is still on summer holiday!) #boardgamepodcast #meeple2meeple…

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E92. Caution Signs - an interview with designer Danielle Reynolds 47:51

37 weeks ago47:51