Definitely a Board Game Podcast

Welcome to Episode 45!  In this episode Royce and Aaron explore Trick taking games with a winter draft.  What trick taking game will be the trickiest trick taking game of them all!Plus a potentially scary/boring event that is made better with games in Quick Thoughts, and still more games in New to the Collection.In the News, we look at Greater Than Games and their merger with the Flat River Group, and what it could mean for the hobby.Finally a very important announcement about the future of the podcast.

Happy Holidays!  And that means we turn our attention to the most important part of the holidays, Gifts!  Our recommendations for the best games at three different price points.  Give the gift of gaming to your loved ones.Plus:Royce eats his words in Quick Thoughts, but makes up for it by introducing Aaron to a modern classic.In the News: A classic high tech game comes back to Kickstarter, and a New to the Collection that includes an amazing success story.And we end with the TOP 3 games we'd love to get for Christmas....in case any of our listeners were wondering. :)

Royce owns about 900 games, Aaron has over a 100.  That's a lot of plastic, wood and paper.  What are the environmental impact of the board gaming hobby?  What are the publishers doing to minimize this impact?  Should we stop buying new games?  No, the answer to the last question is no.  We also talk about 4 new games in quick thoughts: QE, Ramen Fury, Last Defence, and Royce continues his exploration into 18xx with 18 New England!In the News we deep dive into the India based Kickstarter Karigar-e-Taj.And we look at our TOP 3 games with an environmental (adjacent) theme!

Conventions are back baby!  Welcome to Episode 42, Life, The Universe and Everything.We welcome special guests Kevin Carmichael and Jeff Fraser to talk about Protospiel North. What is a Protospiel?  What goes into  play-testing games? And what goes into planning a convention in the wake of Covid-19?In addition we discuss the recent Essen Spiel and GenCon.  Attendance and game releases.In Quick Thoughts Royce discusses his first 18XX experience (1889) and Aaron talks about Nanga Parbat from Dr. Finn Games.Plus the most shocking  New to the Collection ever....kind of.

Velcome, to a very scary halloveen episode!  Ok, it's not that scary but we do talk about the Queen City Collection Part 2, which is pretty scary, and we do talk about throwing a Halloween board game themed party in our main event.Plus a Top 3 things that scare us about board games, which leads to some traumatic insights in our deepest board game fears.  Ok, maybe not that deep.Plus new to the collection, and quick thoughts!  Boooooooooo.....

Lordy, Lordy, Look who's Forty!We made it!  Our 40th episode.  In this episode we look to the future of Definitely A Board Game Podcast.  We review the feedback from our survey, and plan for the future.  Not to mention we announce the winner of our feedback contest!Plus all the usual, in New to the collection we talk about Terraforming Mars: Ares Expidition, Kolejka, and Nidavellir.In the News we talk about Gencon and Asmodee's upcoming sale.New to the collection is Philosophia: Floating World, Red Outpost, and Calico.Finally in out top 3, we look at what we're looking forward to in 2022.Join us for our landmark episode, 40!

Episode 39: History Sucks!In this episode Royce and Aaron have a little bit of a serious main event.  Can, should, and to what extent should games based on history reflect current cultural sensibilities? But don't worry we don't stay serious for very long.   We have our usual quick  thoughts (all Royce edition), in the News we talk about an offensive frog, and of course a new New to the collection.Finally we talk about some ultra weird and unusual historical events that would make great games!

Episode 38: The Evolution of a Gamer.When we started this podcast Aaron was like a new born babe in our hobby, and now he's been thrown in the deep end for a year and a half.  In the Main Event we explore how Aaron's new found familiarity with publishers and designers has changed his shopping habits.Plus we in Quick Thoughts we look at Riftforce, Mariposas, and LLamaland.In the News we discuss the closing of IDW Games, and the newest set of purchases between Fantasy Flight and Gamezenter.New to the Colletion includes an expansion for Grand Austria Hotel, The Power Rangers Deck Building Game, and Reykolt.Finally we end with not 1 but 2, top 3's:  TOP 3 Things that make us buy a game, and TOP 3 things that make us NOPE right out of a game.Also don't forget to fill out both  surveys and you could win $50!  https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ZXNSDYLhttps://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ZXXNPVV

Episode 37: Ni Hao from Taiwan!  In a very special episode, Royce and Aaron sit down with Smoox Chen, the Manager of Taiwan Boardgame Design.    We discuss the Taiwanese game market, manufacturing and designing in Taiwan, and much much more.  Quick Thoughts are all about two Taiwanese games, YinYang and T-Rex's Holiday.In New to the Collection we have Indus 2500 BCE and MeadowThe News explores the complicated business dealings between Asmodee, Plan B and Sofie Gravel. Finally we get hungry and look at our TOP 3 Chinese Food!  Plus a special announcement and contest!  If you complete both of these surveys you will automatically entered to win a $50! gift card!Definitely A Board Game Podcast FeedbackDefinitely A Board Game Podcast Feedback Part 2You're not going to want to miss this one.

It's the special Olympics episode!  But you won't find any of that athletic stuff here!  No way, we are talking about the first inaugural (hopefully sponsored by IKEA) Board Game Olympics.Plus all the great stuff you already enjoy!Feedback has the return of Matt "The Podcast Police" Percy!New to the collection features a live segment from our first in person game day, plus Aaron talks about King of Tokyo and Word Maven.A double feature In the News, first we look at the upcoming Kickstarter game Reapers by Daniel Newman and New Mill Industries.   And then we look at Royce's predictions for the Spiel des Jahres now that the winners have been announced.New to the collection includes Pasaraya, Mariposas and Play Nine.In one of our funniest Main Events ever,  we plan for the Board Game Olympics!And finally a TOP 3 Worst Sports that could be made into a board game!We loved making this episode, we hope you love listening to it!Upcoming Kickstarter Link for Reapers from New Mill Industries:https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dnlnwmn/reapers-0