Board Game Radio
Board Game Radio
with Doug and Michael
Episode 270 - Origins, Reviews, and Complexity
1 hour 24 minutes Posted Jun 26, 2026 at 3:30 pm.
Introduction to Board Game Radio00:01:30 - Follow-Up on Schaudenfreude Game00:09:31 - Podcast Growth and YouTube Appeal00:11:02 - This Week in Gaming: Origins Game Fair Highlights00:11:43 - Origins Award Winners Discussion00:19:21 - Attending Origins In The Future00:25:13 - Creating Community in Board Game Retailing00:28:03 - What's On Your Mind? The Essence of Game Reviews00:39:06 - Understanding Complexity in Board Games00:47:17 - Redacted Reviews01:01:51 - Monthly Game Roundup01:02:21 - Root01:07:54 - First Class Letters01:13:47 - Azul01:15:20 - Paper World01:21:06 - Wingspan - Digital
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In this week's show we'll be discussing some of the latest headlines like the Origins Game Fair, share what's on our minds including game complexity and the difficulty of reviewing games. We're gonna compete to guess games in redacted reviews, and we'll finish off the episode with a roundup of some of the games we've played recently, such as Root, First Class Letters, and Paper World!00:00:20 - Introduction to Board Game Radio00:01:30 - Follow-Up on Schaudenfreude Game00:09:31 - Podcast Growth and YouTube Appeal00:11:02 - This Week in Gaming: Origins Game Fair Highlights00:11:43 - Origins Award Winners Discussion00:19:21 - Attending Origins In The Future00:25:13 - Creating Community in Board Game Retailing00:28:03 - What's On Your Mind? The Essence of Game Reviews00:39:06 - Understanding Complexity in Board Games00:47:17 - Redacted Reviews01:01:51 - Monthly Game Roundup01:02:21 - Root01:07:54 - First Class Letters01:13:47 - Azul01:15:20 - Paper World01:21:06 - Wingspan - Digital