Dan Thurot has been reviewing board games for a number of years now, and for my money he’s the best in the business. I had

Marc and Bubba sit down to discuss two different forms of golf. They’re still games, just on a larger scale. What makes them compelling as

Straight from the mind of Amber, this is an episode where she and Marc discuss games that are “painful”. Marc prefers the word “tense”. Regardless

Amber and Marc are here to talk about perhaps the most prolific board game designer of all time: Reiner Knizia. Going strong since the early

Dan and I chat about game design, his experience as a top-tier chess player, and, of course, tea! Check out Steeped Games and the Chai:

I’m by myself talking about solo games. I got a bit experimental with this one. I hope you enjoy. 0:32 — A note on silence3:43

I was delighted to sit down with one of our most interesting historical and conflict game designers, Cole Wehrle. The discussion starts with talking about

Marc, Orion, and Ben have been playing all sorts of 18xx games over the past year, and they’re here to compare and contrast the five

I sat with Sean Chappell from Ramstar Games to talk about their first release: Hivernation. We discuss the design process for this abstract game as

I sit down with Kimberly, one of the co-organizers of the excellent Granite Game Summit, to talk about how to run a great board game

We’re getting in touch with our feelings with this one. What can board games do to evoke a sense of adventure? Can board games do

This is it, the best of the best! Will Gloomhaven retain its top spot? What new entries have catapulted their way into the top 33?

Marc and Orion are back with the second of three installments discussing Marc’s top 100 games of all time! This episode brings the most contention

WE’RE BACK! After an unplanned hiatus during the chaos times we’re back with a new iteration of the top 100 games of all time! 44

Matt and Marc are back at it with wild speculation about the new Magic set. Since we rambled on forever, making this a very difficult

The world’s gone crazy! Viruses roam the streets, Matt sounds like he’s turning into a robot, and computer gremlins are devouring random bits of podcast.

I sat down with Sean to talk to him about designing board games for two beloved IP’s: Sonic the Hedgehog and Bomberman. How did he

Matt and Marc played a lot of games at PAX East, and you’re going to hear about it! We’ve got a better crop than we

Bruno is one of the most prolific modern game designers. In this podcast we sit down to talk about all kinds of tricky topics and

In this episode I sit down with Patrick Rauland, designer of Fry Thief and creator of the Indie Board Game Designers podcast to talk about

Podcast It’s fundraising week, and that means we’re going all out! Not only will we talk about the ways (including some new ways) to support

I’ve never met anyone at passionate about the transformative power of gaming as Ken Franklin. Matt and I caught up with him at PAX Unplugged

Matt and Marc sit down to discuss the new Magic: The Gathering set, focusing on limited formats (ie the best formats). Which colors looks the

My conversation with Gil quickly flew by, and before we knew it we were nearly 2 hours in and geeking out about sports. Gil is

Five Games for Doomsday quickly established itself as one of the premier board game podcasts. In it, Ben Maddox interviews people from all parts of

I sit down with John Zilch, creator of the Clever Kids Mysteries series of puzzle games, to talk about how he creates puzzles for the

We just finished a game of Trade on the Tigris and decided to sit around a microphone and talk about trading games. Marc, Matt, Lindsay,

Inspired by a conversation over dinner and the success of Geoff and Ryan doing this on the Ludology podcast, Amber and I work through the

It’s a good time for another Q&A podcast! If you have any questions for Marc, Matt, or Orion, submit them below and we’ll select the

For my money Tom Russell is one of the most interesting, thoughtful game designers working. For 90 minutes we go deep into his design process,

This is less an episode about party games than it is about the nature of criticism. Marc, Matt, and Ben sit down (around a single