Board Again Gaming

We talk with guest Kylie Prymus. Kylie is the owner of Games Unlimited in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and the current VP of the retail advisory board for GAMA. We talk about some of his favorite gaming experiences, how he tries to bring people into the gaming experience, and what he is looking forward to in gaming in the coming years. Some of the games we talk about in the episode:Ticket to Ride, Catan, Battlestar Galactica, Bunny Kingdom, Endeavor, Ragusa, Cubitos, Witches Brew, Broom Service, Dice Throne, Risk, Monopoly, Quarriors, Dice Masters, Quacks of Quedlinburg, Clank, Dune: Imperium, Dune, Lost Ruins of Arnak, Pandemic Legacy, Rise of Augustus, Magica, Umbria Via, Trickerion, Twilight Imperium 4th Edition, Cosmic Encounter, War of the Ring 2nd Edition, Cubitos, Carcassonne. Support the showWe talk about board games and tabletop games!Follow us to stay in touch: Youtube.com/boardagaingamesFacebook.com/boardagaingaming

We discuss some new and noteworthy news in card games, role-playing games, board games, and the tabletop gaming industry. We also end up having some pop-culture discussion and talk about upcoming conventions for 2021.Some of the games mentioned in this episode:Endless Winter: Paleoamerica, Everdell, Black Orchestra, Eleminis, Nemo's War, My Hero Academia CCG, Magic the Gathering, YuGiOh, Pokemon, Darwin's Journey, Summoner Wars 2nd Ed., Iwari, Tang Gardens, Princess Bride: I Hate to Kill You, Princes of Florence, Taj Mahal, Ra, Samurai, Tigris and Euphrates, Through the Desert, Scrumbrawl, Century Spice Road, Great Western Trail, Azul, Coyote and Crow, Star Wars Epic Duels, Unmatched, Dirge: The Rust Wars, Kingsport Festival, Kingsburg, Marvel United, Marvel Champions, Crisis Protocol, Lord of the Rings, Tapestry, The Siege of Runedar, Axon Punk, and D&D (Dark Tower Re-Print).Support the showWe talk about board games and tabletop games!Follow us to stay in touch: Youtube.com/boardagaingamesFacebook.com/boardagaingaming

We talk with entrepreneur Riley Mullins as he gets ready to open his new board game venue - Victory Pints. We discuss some of the challenges of opening this type of venue, and discuss some of his favorite games and gaming experiences. Games we mention in this episode:Wingspan, Patchwork, Carcassonne, Hiss, Kingdomino, 7 Wonders, Catan, Hoot Owl Hoot!, Pandemic, Ticket to Ride, Ticket to Ride: New York, Risk, D&D, Magic: The Gathering, Monopoly, Strategy, Scrabble, Trivial Pursuit, Mille Bornes, Power Grid, Lord of the Rings the Card Game, Legend of the Five Rings LCG, A Game of Thrones LCG, Marvel Champions, Crisis Protocol, War of the Ring 2E, Stockpile, Viticulture, Great Western Trail, A Feast for Odin, Android Netrunner, and Star Wars LCG. Support the showWe talk about board games and tabletop games!Follow us to stay in touch: Youtube.com/boardagaingamesFacebook.com/boardagaingaming

The podcast returns with our guest Carla Kopp. Carla is a software engineer turned board game designer and publisher. We talk about some of her games, including the success of the recent Kickstarter Gift of Tulips. Games we talk about in this episode:Stellar Leap, Machi Koro, Pandemic Legacy: Season 0, Pandemic, Pandemic Legacy: Season 2, Tussie Mussie, Studies in Sorcery, Gift of Tulips, Crystallo, Squire for Hire, and Tumble Town.Support the showWe talk about board games and tabletop games!Follow us to stay in touch: Youtube.com/boardagaingamesFacebook.com/boardagaingaming

In this episode we talk about some of our favorite drafting games - focusing on the pick and pass method of drafting. Ryan even goes into his specific strategy for enjoying the game Blood Rage. Some of the games we cover in this episode. 7 Wonders, 7 Wonders Duel, Among the Stars, Artsee, Azul, Between Two Castles of Mad King Ludwig, Blood Rage, Draftosaurus, Ginkgopolis, Inis, Jaipur, Magic the Gathering, Medieval Academy, Morels, Res Arcana, Sagrada, Sushi Go, Terraforming Mars, Through the Ages, Tides of Time, Tides of Madness, It's a Wonderful World. Support the showWe talk about board games and tabletop games!Follow us to stay in touch: Youtube.com/boardagaingamesFacebook.com/boardagaingaming

We talk about a number of topics with our guest including representation, race, and history in games. We also discuss his distinction between the ludic and discursive elements of games, how games make an argument for a certain point of view. Dr. Rael is Professor of History at Bowdin College and has written professionally about race, slavery, and reconstruction. His hobby writing has included a blog on board games, and he is also a game designer. Although this episode does not contain explicit material, it does include reference to some serious topics including the Dylan Roof murders and suicide. If you or someone is having suicidal thoughts, please call: 1-800-273-8255 (National Suicide Prevention Lifeline)Games that we discuss in this episode: Kingmaker, Ogre, Freedom, Puerto Rico, Endeavor: Age of Sail, Struggle of Empires, Liberty or Death, Twilight Struggle, Discoveries: The Journals of Lewis and Clark, Lewis & Clark: The Expedition, Founding Fathers, Modern Art, Colonial, Lord of the Rings: Journeys in Middle Earth, Mansions of Madness 2E, Jeff Davis, Codenames, Here I Stand, 1960: The Making of a President, and Watergate. Support the showWe talk about board games and tabletop games!Follow us to stay in touch: Youtube.com/boardagaingamesFacebook.com/boardagaingaming

We talk about games in current articles on the internet, the current most anticipated games of 2021, some of our feelings on Lord of the Rings movies, and tabletop gaming news. Games that we talk about in this episode:Dungeons and Dragons 5e, Savage Worlds, Ankh, Frosthaven, Darwin's Journey, Carnegi, Twilight Struggle, ISS Vanguard, Kemet, Oath, Nemesis: Lockdown, Terraforming Mars: The Dice Game, Terraforming Mars, Race for the Galaxy, Roll for the Galaxy, Terraforming Mars, War of the Ring Second Edition, War of the Ring: Kings of Middle Earth Expansion, Wings of War, X-Wing Miniatures Game, Battlestar Galactica Miniatures Game, Endless Winter: Paleoamerica, Flamme Rouge: Grand Tour, Dead of Winter: A Crossroads Game, Jaipur, The Expanse: Board Game, Sagrada, Twilight Imperium 4e, Azul, 7 Wonders Duel, Splendor Marvel, Codenames: Duet, Splendor, Pandemic, Settlers of Catan, Ticket to Ride, Sonora, Fort, The Search for Planet X, Twilight Struggle: Conflict in the Horn of Africa, Russian Railroads, Ultimate Railroads, Carnegie, Star Wars Rebellion, The Great Wall, Omen, Curious Cargo, Starfarers of Catan, Star Trek Catan, Solar Quest, Through the Ages, Space Alert, Codenames, Mage Knight, Dungeon Lords, Galaxy Trucker, Firefly: The Game, Keyflower, Cartouche, Scythe, Ginkopolis, Sagrada, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Party, Dune, Marvel Champions: The Galaxy's Most Wanted Expansion, Glory to Rome, Gandhi, Fire in the Lake, and Cuba Libre.Support the showWe talk about board games and tabletop games!Follow us to stay in touch: Youtube.com/boardagaingamesFacebook.com/boardagaingaming

We talk about game design and the game design community, especially in Cincinnati, with designer of Saints and Scoundrels Gary Chavez. Games we talk about in this episode:Saints and Scoundrels, Nuclear War, Pass the Pigs, Wingspan, Meeple Circus, Dead of Winter, Dinosaur Island, Roll Player, Harry Potter, Monopoly, Chutes and Ladders, Dwarven Smithy, Ticket to Ride, King of Tokyo, Star Realms, Darwin's Journey, Carnegi, Sentinels of the Multiverse. We also mention Origins, CinCity Con, and GenCon, and the company Quillsilver. Support the showWe talk about board games and tabletop games!Follow us to stay in touch: Youtube.com/boardagaingamesFacebook.com/boardagaingaming

In this episode we talk about gaming, making the gaming community bigger, and some of Mik and Starla's recent favorite games. Games we mention in this episode:Monopoly, Clue, Payday, Life, Sorry, Submarine, UBoot, Mastermind, Bermuda Triangle, Tank Battle, King Kong, The Alpha, Hans Teutonica, Lost Ruins of Arnak, Settlers of Catan, Ticket to Ride, Unmatched, Above and Below, Suburbia, Terraforming Mars, Downforce, Clank!, Scoville, Calico, Quacks of Quedlinburg, Dune Imperium, and Jaipur.Support the showWe talk about board games and tabletop games!Follow us to stay in touch: Youtube.com/boardagaingamesFacebook.com/boardagaingaming

We discuss the basics of painting and how to become a better painter with guest AJ Johnson. Some of the games we discuss in this episode: Warhammer 40K, Warmachine, Gaslands: Refueled, Twilight Struggle, Twilight Struggle: Red Sea - Conflict in the Horn of Africa, Command & Colors: Samurai Battles, Blood Rage, Dreadfleet, and Trophy Buck.Support the showWe talk about board games and tabletop games!Follow us to stay in touch: Youtube.com/boardagaingamesFacebook.com/boardagaingaming

We talk about the experience of board gaming and what actually is happening when you play a board game. This discussion is with former engineer and board game enthusiast John O'Donnell who is studying what it means to play a board game. Games we discuss in this episode: Monopoly, Scrabble, Cluedo, Castles of Burgundy, Fireball Island, Heaven and Ale, Moveable Type, The Mind, Wavelength, Gonz Schon Clever (That's so Clever), Quacks of Quedlinburg, Telestrations, The Crew, Agricola, Isle of Skye, Scythe, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Party, Blood Bowl, Blood Rage, and companies Games Workshop and Cheap Ass Games. Support the showWe talk about board games and tabletop games!Follow us to stay in touch: Youtube.com/boardagaingamesFacebook.com/boardagaingaming

Season Finale for our first season! Join us and special guest Cole Wehrle as he discusses history, books he is reading, game design, receiving helpful criticism and reviews, and his new game Oath: Chronicles of Empire and Exile. We had a great evening hearing from designer Cole Wehrle (Root, Pax Pamir 2nd Ed.). Cole has a background in history and English literature. He currently works for Leder Games as a developer and staff designer and runs his own company Wehrlegig Games with his brother Drew.Games we talk about in this episdoe: Pax Pamir (2nd Ed.), Root, Dune, John Company, An Infamous Traffic, Undaunted, The Great Game, Wingspan, Barbarian Kingdom & Empire, The King's Dilemma, Holding On, Pandemic: Legacy, Dune, Andean Abyss, Pax Viking, Lords of the Spanish Main, and Lords of the Sierra Madre. Support the showWe talk about board games and tabletop games!Follow us to stay in touch: Youtube.com/boardagaingamesFacebook.com/boardagaingaming

In this episode we talk about some of our most memorable gaming experiences, both good and bad, but mostly the goods ones. We also talk about a couple of games we played on Halloween. Some of the games we talk about in this episode are: Escape from the Aliens in Outer Space, Guess Who, Mysterium Park, Horrified, Cryptid, Nippon Rails, Legend of the Five Rings (AEG), Risk, Twilight Imperium 4th Edition, Dune, Twilight Imperium Rex: Final Days of an Empire, Parcheesi, Rummy, and Euchre.Support the showWe talk about board games and tabletop games!Follow us to stay in touch: Youtube.com/boardagaingamesFacebook.com/boardagaingaming

In this episode we talk about games with writing including tabletop RPGs, classic miniature game BattleTech, and the roll and write genre. We also talk about crayon train games. Games we cover in this episode: GasLands and GasLands Refueled, BattleTech, Welcome To (Your Perfect Home), Floor Plan, Super-Ski Pinball 4-Cade, Iron Dragon, India Rails, British Rails, Age of Rebellion, Rifts: Savage World, and Warhammer 40K. Support the showWe talk about board games and tabletop games!Follow us to stay in touch: Youtube.com/boardagaingamesFacebook.com/boardagaingaming

We talk about our experiences working in game stores and why we think local stores are still important and relevant. We also talk about exclusivity deals, kickstarter, and what is important in publishing games. Some of the games and companies we mention in this episode:Panamax, Cryptid, Fantasy Flight Games, Asmodee, Space Cowboy, Blood Bowl, Blitz Bowl, Clank! Legacy Acquisitions Incorporated, Frostgrave (2nd Edition), Reaper Miniatures, Stonemaier, CMON, Funko, Prospero Hill, Back to the Future: Back in Time, Funkoverse, Pan Am, Blood Rage, ACD, Alliance, Marvel Champions, Ticket to Ride, Settlers of Catan, Magination, AEG, Legend of the Five Rings, Smash Up, Cards Against Humanity, Snakes and Lattes, Yottaquest, Out of the Box, Grindhouse Coffee, and Greater than Games.Support the showWe talk about board games and tabletop games!Follow us to stay in touch: Youtube.com/boardagaingamesFacebook.com/boardagaingaming

In this episode we talk about some of our favorite kids games including games from Haba (publisher), The Enchanted Tower, My First Stone Age, Ice Cool, The Magic Labyrinth, Labyrinth, Croak, Rhino Hero, Animal Upon Animal, and Loopin Louie. We also talk about role-playing games for kids including Dungeons and Dragons and My Little Pony. We take some time to discuss what we think makes a good children's game and the difference between a family game and a children's game. Support the showWe talk about board games and tabletop games!Follow us to stay in touch: Youtube.com/boardagaingamesFacebook.com/boardagaingaming

In this episode we follow up on our discussion of some the best board games on Board Game Geek, focusing mainly on cooperative games. In this follow up of Best Games, we finish talking about competitive games before discussing some of the highest ranked cooperative games on Board Game Geek. We also discuss why we think some games may be ranked as high as they are and what makes for a generally good game.Games we talk about in this episode: Twilight Struggle, Lord of the Rings the Card Game, Arkham Horror the Card Game, Legend of the Five Rings LCG, Game of Thrones the Card Game, Marvel Champions, Marvel Legendary, Spirit Island, The Thing, Kingdom Death Monster, 7th Continent, Hi Ho! Cherry-o, Pandemic Legacy Season 1, Pandemic Legacy Season 0, Gloomhaven, The Thing: Infection at Outpost 31, Zpocalypse, Quarriors, The Oregon Trail Card Game, Jim Henson's Labyrinth: The Board Game, Rising 5: Runes of Asteros, First Martians, Robinson Crusoe: Adventures on the Cursed Island, Mechs vs. Minions, Tellstones: King's Gambit, Betrayal, Betrayal at Mystery Mansion, The Lord of the Rings, Journeys in Middle-earth, Nemesis, Escape from the Aliens in Outer Space, 7th Citadel, Mage Knight: Ultimate Edition, Mage Knight (Wizkids), Legend of the Five Rings (AEG), Star Wars: X-Wing (2nd Ed.), Dominion, and Power GridSupport the showWe talk about board games and tabletop games!Follow us to stay in touch: Youtube.com/boardagaingamesFacebook.com/boardagaingaming

This is part one of two where we talk best and some worst on competitive and cooperative games. This episode focuses on best competitive games from the Board Game Geek rankings. Games we discuss or mention in this episode: Castles of Burgundy, Root, Notre Dame, La Isla, Bruges, Carpe Diem, Tzolk'in, In the Year of the Dragon, Pillars of the Earth: Duel, Macao, Luna, Strasbourg, Bora Bora, Trajan, Castles of Tuscany, Stone Age, Fury of Dracula (2nd Ed.), Pandemic: The Cure, Brass, Brass: Birmingham, Brass: Lancashire, Age of Industry, Terraforming Mars, Through the Ages: A New Story of Civilization, Star Wars Rebellion, War of the Ring (2nd Ed.), Gaia Project, Terra Mystica, Great Western Trail, Maracaibo, Iron Dragon, Scythe, 7 Wonders: Duel, Twilight Imperium (3rd and 4th Editions), Twilight Struggle, Gloomhaven, Twilight Imperium Rex: Final Days of an Empire, Eclipse: Second Dawn for the Galaxy, and Diplomacy.Support the showWe talk about board games and tabletop games!Follow us to stay in touch: Youtube.com/boardagaingamesFacebook.com/boardagaingaming

We talk solo games and gaming with guest John LaRuffa. We mention a number of games in this episode. Highlights include Android Netrunner, Puerto Rico, Smartphone Inc., A Feast for Odin, Settlers of Catan, Maracaibo, Great Western Trail, Isle of Skye, Cartographers, Welcome to (Your Perfect Home), Fallout, Space Vermin from Beyond!, and Stellar Leap. Support the showWe talk about board games and tabletop games!Follow us to stay in touch: Youtube.com/boardagaingamesFacebook.com/boardagaingaming

Introductory podcast where we (Christopher & Ryan) introduce ourselves and have some fun. Games we talk about or mention in this video: Monsters Menace America, Keyflower, Castles of Burgundy, Betrayal at the House on the Hill, Spirit Island, Pandemic, Forbidden Island, Skip Bo, Carcassonne, Magic the Gathering (MtG), Dungeons and Dragons (3rd!/?), Recess, Blood Rage, Rising Sun, Android: Netrunner, Frostrgrave, The Enchanted Tower, Funkoverse, Checkers, Star Wars Miniatures, Tammmany Hall, and Diplomacy.We get nostalgic and also disagree about what makes a Euro style game in this episode.Support the showWe talk about board games and tabletop games!Follow us to stay in touch: Youtube.com/boardagaingamesFacebook.com/boardagaingaming