Cardboard Philosophy

It’s been said that “all good things must come to an end.” And it's true! If it wasn’t I would still be in college. But how those good things come to an end can vary wildly - especially in board games!

So how do designers pick a way to end the game? How do those decision change the game feel as a player? Should all games end the same way? Evan, Steve & Robert plan to find out on this week’s show!

Want to ask a question or give us your two cents? Hit us up at [email protected]!

Cites and Sources

7 Wonders Duel - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/173346/7-wonders-duel

Agricola - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/31260/agricola

Byzantium - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/19348/byzantium

Captain Sonar - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/171131/captain-sonar

Cat Blues - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/414351/cat-blues-big-gig

Dune Imperium - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/316554/dune-imperium

Ethnos - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/206718/ethnos

Food Chain Magnate - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/175914/food-chain-magnate

Hegemony - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/321608/hegemony-lead-your-class-victory

High Society - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/220/high-society

Imperium: Horizons - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/367518/imperium-horizons

Inis - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/155821/inis

Just One - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/254640/just-one

Kanban - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/284378/kanban-ev

Moonrollers - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/405923/moonrollers

Nucleum - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/396790/nucleum

Oath: Chronicles of Empire & Exile - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/291572/oath-chronicles-empire-exile

Palaces of Carrara - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/129948/palaces-carrara

Pax Pamir 2e - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/256960/pax-pamir-second-edition

Pax Penning - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/381591/pax-penning

Pipeline - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/256730/pipeline

Ra - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/12/ra

Shuffle & Swing - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/414350/shuffle-and-swing

Splendor Duel - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/364073/splendor-duel

Turncoats - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/352238/turncoats

Games are full of aids, references and prompts for how to play, but how can a game imply things without being in your face about it?

Forget the player aid, this week Steven, Robert & Evan talk about the implicit rules of the games we love!

(Thanks to Peter McPherson for the question!)

Want to ask a question or give us your two cents? Hit us up at [email protected]!

Cites and Sources

504 - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/175878/504

Barrage - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/251247/barrage

Bitoku - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/323612/bitoku

Concordia - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/124361/concordia

Ethnos - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/206718/ethnos

For Northwood! - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/334590/northwood-solo-trick-taking-game

Kanban - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/284378/kanban-ev

MLEM: Space Agency - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/387378/mlem-space-agency

Money! - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/125/money

Pax Penning - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/381591/pax-pennin

Pipeline - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/256730/pipeline

Rapido/Excape - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/357/excape

Serenissima - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/232/serenissima

Shuffle & Swing - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/414350/shuffle-and-swing

Terra Mystica - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/120677/terra-mystica

Through the Desert - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/503/through-desert

Turncoats - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/352238/turncoats

Viking Seesaw - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/351810/viking-see-saw

Zoo Vadis - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/368061/zoo-vadis

A mysterious stranger walks up to you. You are nervous. They present you with a bouquet of roses.

Are you still nervous? Intrigued? Terrified? Romanced?

First impressions can be everything! With board games they can even be the difference between a second play and an unfinished first play… but what makes a first impression impress?

This week on the show, Robert, Evan & Steve along with special guest Nick Murray from Bitewing Games endeavor to find out!

Find more about Bitewing Games! - https://bitewinggames.com/

Follow Bitewing/Robert’s new Jazz Collection on Kickstarter! - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/bitewinggamesnick/bebop-shuffle-and-swing-and-cat-blues-the-big-gig

Want to ask a question or give us your two cents? Hit us up at [email protected]!

Cites and Sources

Aqua: Biodiversity In The Oceans - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/403468/aqua-biodiversity-oceans

Aurum - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/383459/aurum

Barrel Dice - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/148531/barrel-dice

Bebop - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/414349/bebop

Blood Rage - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/170216/blood-rage

Botswana - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/398/wildlife-safari

Brass: Birmingham - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/224517/brass-birmingham

Camel Up - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/260605/camel-second-edition

Cascadia - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/295947/cascadia

Cascadero - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/401216/cascadero

Cascadito - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/401217/cascadito

Cards Against Humanity - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/50381/cards-against-humanity

Cat Blues - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/414351/cat-blues-big-gig

El Grande - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/93/el-grande

Everdell - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/199792/everdell

Food Chain Magnate - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/175914/food-chain-magnate

Gang of Dice - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/366129/gang-dice

Gussy Gorillas - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/335864/gussy-gorillas

Hansa Teutonica - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/43015/hansa-teutonica

Havalandi - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/396543/havalandi

Inis - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/155821/inis

King of Tokyo - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/70323/king-tokyo

MLEM: Space Agency - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/387378/mlem-space-agency

Oath: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/291572/oath-chronicles-empire-exile

Orongo - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/165556/orongo

Pipeline - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/256730/pipeline

Root - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/237182/root

Scout - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/291453/scout

Shuffle & Swing - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/414350/shuffle-and-swing

Spectral - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/388476/spectral

The Palaces of Carrara - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/129948/palaces-carrara

Through the Desert - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/503/through-desert

Thurn & Taxis - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/21790/thurn-and-taxis

Trailblazers - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/352454/trailblazers

Wingspan - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/266192/wingspan

Zoo Vadis - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/368061/zoo-vadis

Elegance is a fancy word for fancy people, but does that translate to board games? We’ve heard reviewers use it, we’ve seen the backs of boxes use it and heck, we’ve maybe even used it to describe a favorite game… but what does it actually mean? Better yet… what actually makes that game “elegant?”

Steve, Robert & Evan aim to answer just that on this weeks episode!

Want to ask a question or give us your two cents? Hit us up at [email protected]!

Cites and Sources

Bus - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/552/bus

Carnegie - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/310873/carnegie

Cat Blues - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/414351/cat-blues-big-gig

Dead Reckoning - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/276182/dead-reckoning

DroPolter - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/405537/dropolter

Etherfields - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/280794/etherfields

Federation - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/345868/federation

High Society - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/220/high-society

Medici - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/46/medici

Mysterium - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/181304/mysterium

Mysterium Park - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/301767/mysterium-park

Sankore: The Pride of Mansa Musa – https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/382518/sankore-pride-mansa-musa

Terra Mystica - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/120677/terra-mystica

Wildlife Safari (Botswana) - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/398/wildlife-safari

Zoo Tycoon: The Board Game - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/370757/zoo-tycoon-board-game

It’s game night. Your friends are all gathered around and you stare in wonder and excitement at your shelf of games. What are you going to play? An old favorite or the new and shiny hotness?

Come to think of it, you’ve played your old favorite 20 times but you still want to play it more. Why? What makes that game repayable? Good question (or at least we thought so)!

This week on the show Evan, Robert and Steve talk all things reliability. What makes the games we love hit the table again and again and why are some just a two or three hit wonder?

Want to ask a question or give us your two cents? Hit us up at [email protected]!

Cites and Sources

Bus - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/552/bus

Chess - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/171/chess

Dice Throne - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/268201/dice-throne

Dune: Imperium - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/316554/dune-imperium

Everdell - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/199792/everdell

Great Western Trail - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/341169/great-western-trail-second-edition

Heaven & Ale - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/227789/heaven-ale

High Score - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/341416/high-score

Just One - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/254640/just-one

Monikers - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/156546/monikers

Nucleum - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/396790/nucleum

Rapido (Escape) - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/357/excape

Renature - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/300001/renature

Root - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/237182/root

Sea Salt & Paper - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/367220/sea-salt-paper

Terra Mystica - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/120677/terra-mystica

Terra Nova - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/364186/terra-nova

That’s Not A Hat - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/375651/s-not-hat

Tic-Tac-Toe - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/11901/tic-tac-toe

Turing Machine - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/356123/turing-machine

Twilight Imperium - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/233078/twilight-imperium-fourth-edition

Twilight Imperium: Prophecy Of Kings - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgameexpansion/315895/twilight-imperium-fourth-edition-prophecy-kings

Unmatched - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/274637/unmatched-battle-legends-volume-one

Wavelength - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/262543/wavelength

Wingspan - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/266192/wingspan

Zoo Vadis - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/368061/zoo-vadis

Some call it the “X factor,” some call it the “it factor” and others call it the “toy factor!”

But where do we draw the line between practical, cool and just a plain ol’ toy?

Join Robert, Steve, Evan and special guest host Zac Dixon from IV Studios (Moonrakers, Veiled Fate, Fractured Sky) as they look at the toys that make up our favorite toys – board games!

Want to ask a question or give us your two cents? Hit us up at [email protected]!

Get more from Zac and IV Studios - https://www.instagram.com/iv___games/?hl=en

Cites and Sources

Blob Party - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/382828/blob-party

Botswana (Japanese 2022 edition) - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgameversion/644366/japanese-edition-2022

Crokinole - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/521/crokinole

The Fox Experiment - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/368432/fox-experiment

Fractured Sky - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/370581/fractured-sky

Guards of Atlantis II - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/267609/guards-atlantis-ii

Heaven & Ale - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/227789/heaven-ale

The LOOP - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/316412/loop

Marvel United: X-Men – Days of Future Past - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/339133/marvel-united-x-men-days-

Medici - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/46/medici

Modern Art - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/118/modern-art

Moonrakers - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/270239/moonrakers

Pax Pamir 2e - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/256960/pax-pamir-second-edition

Return to Dark Tower - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/256680/return-dark-tower

Strike - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/123570/strike

Twilight Imperium - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/233078/twilight-imperium-fourth-edition

Yucatan - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/330510/yucatan

Tastes change! Old favorites just feel old and shiny new games can feel… well shiny and new, but what causes those shifts? What makes that old staple fall out of favor?

Join Robert, Steve and Evan as they look at our ever-evolving tastes and the reason for these shifts are front and center on this week show!

Want to ask a question or give us your two cents? Hit us up at [email protected]!

Cites and Sources

Art Robbery - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/341935/art-robbery

Axis & Allies - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/98/axis-allies

Doodle Dash - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/334379/doodle-dash

Cards Against Humanity - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/50381/cards-against-humanity

Food Chain Magnate - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/175914/food-chain-magnate

Game of Thrones 2ed - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/103343/game-thrones-board-game-second-edition

Great Western Trail - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/193738/great-western-trail

Heaven & Ale - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/227789/heaven-ale

High Society - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/220/high-society

Jaipur - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/54043/jaipur

Mastermind - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/2392/mastermind

Nucleum - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/396790/nucleum

On Mars - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/184267/mars

Power Grid - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/2651/power-grid

Rising Sun - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/205896/rising-sun

Santorini - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/194655/santorini

Sekigahara: The Unification of Japan –

https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/25021/sekigahara-unification-japan

Sushi Go - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/133473/sushi-go

Twilight Imperium - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/233078/twilight-imperium-fourth-edition

“No luck gameplay,” “strategic decisions,” and “no luck!” are all common phrases on both Kickstarter and BGG store pages for some of our favorite games!

But why is that? Why is there a stigma around luck in games? Should there be? Is luck a boon in game design or a bust?

Join Robert, Steve and Evan as they roll the dice on how we perceive luck in games!

Want to ask a question or give us your two cents? Hit us up at [email protected]!

Cites and Sources

Acquire - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/5/acquire

Ark Nova - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/342942/ark-nova

Blood on the Clocktower - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/240980/blood-clocktower

Brass: Birmingham - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/224517/brass-birmingham

Brass: Lancashire - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/28720/brass-lancashire

Catan - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/13/catan

Cosmic Encounter - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/39463/cosmic-encounter

The Crew: Mission Deep Sea - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/324856/crew-mission-deep-sea

Dune - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/121/dune

El Grande - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/93/el-grande

For Northwood! - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/334590/northwood-solo-trick-taking-game

Heat: Pedal to the Metal - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/366013/heat-pedal-metal

High Society - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/220/high-society

John Company - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/332686/john-company-second-edition

Medici - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/46/medici

Nana/Trio - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/352515/trio

Oath: Chronicles of Empire & Exile –

https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/291572/oath-chronicles-empire-exile

Orongo - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/165556/orongo

Ra - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/12/ra

Rheinländer - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/111/rheinlander

Terraforming Mars - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/167791/terraforming-mars

Thunder Road: Vendetta - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/342070/thunder-road-vendetta

Tigris & Euphrates - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/42/tigris-euphrates

Twilight Struggle - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/12333/twilight-struggle

Wingspan - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/266192/wingspan

Xia: Legends of a Drift System –

https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/82222/xia-legends-drift-system

Does a mechanic a board game genre make? We talk about how a game is a “deck builder” but does that actually answer the question of what genre the game is? Or is it merely one of the mechanics that makes up the game?

This is certainly sounds like a weird philosophical question the Cardboard Philosophy boys would tackle… 

Join Steve, Robert and Evan as they discover that classifying games by genre is sometimes easier said than done!

Want to ask a question or give us your two cents? Hit us up at [email protected]!

Cites and Sources

Age of Steam - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/4098/age-steam

Blood Rage - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/170216/blood-rage

Botswana - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/398/wildlife-safari

Byzantium - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/19348/byzantium

Dominion - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/36218/dominion

Dune: Imperium - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/316554/dune-imperium

Great Western Trail - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/193738/great-western-trail

Irish Gauge - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/161882/irish-gauge

Just One - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/254640/just-one

Lost Ruins of Arnak - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/312484/lost-ruins-arnak

Lunar Rails - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/6663/lunar-rails

(but the game Steve was trying to remember was actually 21Moon https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/308305/21moon)

Marvel United - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/298047/marvel-united

On Mars - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/184267/mars

Pipeline - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/256730/pipeline

Power Grid - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/2651/power-grid

Ra - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/12/ra

Taverns of Tiefenthal - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/269207/taverns-tiefenthal

Terraforming Mars - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/167791/terraforming-mars

Through the Desert - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/503/through-desert

Skull - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/92415/skull

Stephenson’s Rocket - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/204/stephensons-rocket

Warhammer - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/2162/warhammer-40000-third-edition

Wavelength - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/262543/wavelength

Board games are basically just paper video games… right? RIGHT?

While I don’t think anyone will agree with that, I think we can all agree that there sure are a lot of board game adaptations of video games floating around these days!

Why? And more importantly, what makes them work? What separates video games from board games? Evan, Robert and Steve aim to find out!

Want to ask a question or give us your two cents? Hit us up at [email protected]!

Cites and Sources

Adrenaline - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/202408/adrenaline

Anno 1800 - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/311193/anno-1800-board-game

Brass - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/28720/brass-lancashire

Bullet - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/307305/bullet

Descent: Journeys in the Dark -

https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/104162/descent-journeys-dark-second-edition

Etherfields - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/280794/etherfields

Fit to Print - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/352574/fit-print

Frosthaven - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/295770/frosthaven

Galaxy Trucker - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/31481/galaxy-trucker

Gloomhaven - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/174430/gloomhaven

Guards of Atlantis –

https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/267609/guards-atlantis-ii

PitchCar - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/150/pitchcar

Project: ELITE - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/171726/project-elite

Rallyman GT - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/256589/rallyman-gt

Return to Dark Tower - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/256680/return-dark-tower

Root - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/237182/root

Sniper Elite: The Board Game - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/295262/sniper-elite-board-game

Super Motherload - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/162286/super-motherload

Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/264220/tainted-grail-fall-avalon

Terraria: The Board Game - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/391286/terraria-board-game

This War of Mine: The Board Game - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/188920/war-mine-board-game

Tigres & Euphrates - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/42/tigris-euphrates

Worms: The Board Game - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/397788/worms-board-game

Yellow & Yangtze - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/244114/yellow-yangtze

Board game rules are all made up! It’s true! I read about that in a rule book once.

But how arbitrary are those made up rules? Are some rules more inherently intuitive and less arbitrarily than others? What makes those other rules feel arbitrary?

This is certainly sounds like a weird philosophical question the CP boys would tackle… and would you believe it? This week they do!

Join Robert, Steve and Evan as we get into the nitty gritty of what feel arbitrary in rules!

Want to ask a question or give us your two cents? Hit us up by email or join our BGG guild!

Cites and Sources

Botswana - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/398/wildlife-safari

Byzantium - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/19348/byzantium

Darkest dungeon - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/317321/darkest-dungeon-board-game

Dark souls - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/197831/dark-souls-board-game

Dead Reckoning - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/276182/dead-reckoning

Food Chain Magnate - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/175914/food-chain-magnate

GoldenEye BOOK –

The Great Zimbabwe - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/111341/great-zimbabwe

Horizon zero dawn - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/260410/horizon-zero-dawn-board-game

Joraku - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/180901/joraku

Kanban - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/284378/kanban-ev

Long Shot - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/40237/long-shot

Long Shot: The Dice Game - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/295374/long-shot-dice-game

On Mars - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/184267/mars

Pax Pamir - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/256960/pax-pamir-second-edition

Rheinlander - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/111/rheinlander

Samurai - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/3/samurai

Sea Salt & Paper - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/367220/sea-salt-paper

Taj Mahal - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/475/taj-mahal

Taverns of Tiefenthal - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/269207/taverns-tiefenthal

Terraforming mars - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/167791/terraforming-mars

Through the Desert - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/503/through-desert

Tigres & Euphrates - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/42/tigris-euphrates

Yellow & Yangtze - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/244114/yellow-yangtze

Art is everywhere! From the screen on your phone to the paintings in a museum. It’s also all over the board games we know and love! It’s also more than just something pretty to look at… but how far can art in board games take us? How much does it effect our enjoyment of the game? Can there be too much of it?

This is a big subject, so who better to pull onto the show than our friend Peter McPherson (Fit to Print, Tiny Towns)?

Join Robert, Steve, Evan and Pete as we dive into all things art on this week’s show!

Want to ask a question or give us your two cents? Hit us up at [email protected]!

Cites and Sources

Agricola - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/31260/agricola

Ark Nova - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/342942/ark-nova

Bitoku - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/323612/bitoku

Bohnanza - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/11/bohnanza

Boon Lake - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/343905/boonlake

Botswana/Wildlife Safari - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/398/wildlife-safari

Brass - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/28720/brass-lancashire

Castles of Burgundy - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/84876/castles-burgundy

Castles of Tuscany - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/300327/castles-tuscany

Catan - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/13/catan

Cat Ass Trophy/Zero Down - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/651/zero-down

Cockroach Poker - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/11971/cockroach-poker

Comic Hunters - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/322616/comic-hunters

The Cost - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/292894/cost

Detective City of Angels - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/218074/detective-city-angels

Dominion - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/36218/dominion

Earth - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/350184/earth

Fit to Print - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/352574/fit-print

Food Chain Magnate - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/175914/food-chain-magnate

For Sale - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/172/sale

The Gallerist - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/125153/gallerist

High Society - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/220/high-society

Isle of sky - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/176494/isle-skye-chieftain-king

Kanban EV - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/284378/kanban-ev

Lacuna - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/386937/lacuna

Modern Art - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/118/modern-art

Mysterium - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/181304/mysterium

Ra - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/12/ra

Root - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/237182/root

Spirit Island - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/162886/spirit-island

Terraforming Mars - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/167791/terraforming-mars

Terra Mystica - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/120677/terra-mystica

Tiny Towns - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/265736/tiny-towns

Trendy/Zuuupa - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/1412/trendy

Via Nebula - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/191231/nebula

Wingspan - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/266192/wingspan

Zoo Vadis - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/368061/zoo-vadis

From the “winner take all” to the “second place is the first loser” people really like to win! But why is winning so important? Is winning actually a key ingredient for enjoying a game?

This week on the show the boys dive into the highs and lows of winning!

Want to ask a question or give us your two cents? Hit us up at [email protected]!

Cites and Sources

Age of Steam - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/4098/age-steam

Blood on the Clocktower - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/240980/blood-clocktower

Boonlake - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/343905/boonlake

Brian Boru - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/337765/brian-boru-high-king-ireland

Bus - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/552/bus

Flesh & Blood - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/293348/flesh-and-blood

Great Western Trail - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/193738/great-western-trail

Just One - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/254640/just-one

Monopoly - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/1406/monopoly

On Mars - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/184267/mars

Rapido (Escape) - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/357/excape

Root - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/237182/root

Super Motherload - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/162286/super-motherload

The Well Played Game - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17242390-the-well-played-game

I’d Eat That - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/319424/id-eat

We’ve all been there. Everyone sitting down to dive into a board game, excited at the prospects before us. After 3.5 hours the dreaded sentence is uttered “this game is too long.” But what makes something too long? What makes it too short?

This week on the show, Steven, Evan and Robert aim to find out!

Want to ask a question or give us your two cents? Hit us up at [email protected]!

Cites and Sources

Aquashpere - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/289223/aquasphere

Bullet - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/307305/bullet

Castles of Burgundy - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/84876/castles-burgundy

Just One - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/254640/just-one

Kanban: EV - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/284378/kanban-ev

Gloomhaven - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/174430/gloomhaven

Great Western Trail - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/193738/great-western-trail

Magic: the Gathering - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/463/magic-gathering

My City - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/295486/my-city

Mysterium Park - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/301767/mysterium-park

Pipeline - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/256730/pipeline

Project Elite - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/171726/project-elite

Rapido - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/357/excape

Twilight Imperium 4th Edition - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/233078/twilight-imperium-fourth-edition

Vinhos - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/42052/vinhos

From the flip of a card to the roll of a die, there is a lot of randomness in games! But is all randomness created equally? Why do some things feel more random than others? Is one form of random number generation better than another?

This week on the show: Steve, Robert and Evan are getting random and diving deep into all the nitty gritty of what makes generating random numbers tick! And, most importantly, what makes them fun!

Want to ask a question or give us your two cents? Hit us up at [email protected]!

Cites and Sources

Amsterdam - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/314582/amsterdam

Arkham Horror: The Card Game - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/205637/arkham-horror-card-game

Baldur's Gate 3 - https://baldursgate3.game/

Bora Bora - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/127060/bora-bora

Castles of Burgundy - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/84876/castles-burgundy

Catan: Event Cards - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgameexpansion/20038/catan-event-cards/images

Dice Realms - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/288080/dice-realms

Dungeons & Dragons (5th edition) - https://rpggeek.com/rpg/17181/dungeons-dragons-5th-edition

Gloomhaven - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/174430/gloomhaven

Lone Wolf - https://rpggeek.com/rpgfamily/4192/lone-wolf

Oathsworn: Into the Deepwood - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/251661/oathsworn-deepwood

Orongo - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/165556/orongo

Quacks of Quedlinburg - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/244521/quacks-quedlinburg

Ra - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/12/ra-

Rapido - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/357/excape

Roll for the Galaxy - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/132531/roll-galaxy

The Game of Life - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/2921/game-of-life

Thunder Road: Vendetta - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/342070/thunder-road-vendetta

Wavelength - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/262543/wavelength

Xia: Legends of a Drift System - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/82222/xia-legends-drift-system

At some point in all of our lives here at Cardboard Philosophy - we’ve been called squares. So today, we lean into it by talking about the squarest part of our hobby – box sizes!

What is the perfect box size? Why so much empty space and are boxes really the optimal way to store games? All of that and so much more on this week’s show!

Want to ask a question or give us your two cents? Hit us up at [email protected]!

Cites and Sources

Avocado Smash - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/261831/avocado-smash

Banagrams - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/27225/bananagrams

Bitewing - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgamepublisher/48453/bitewing-games

Brass: Lancashire - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/28720/brass-lancashire

Buttonshy - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgamepublisher/26991/button-shy

Chicken! - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/371535/chicken

Concordia - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/124361/concordia

Eagle-Gryphon Games - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgamepublisher/597/eagle-gryphon-games

Foundations of Rome - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/284189/foundations-rome

Gussy Gorillas - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/335864/gussy-gorillas

Hot Lead - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/339924/hot-lead

Jordan Draper - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgamedesigner/89147/jordan-draper

Kallax - https://www.ikea.com/us/en/cat/kallax-series-27534/

Kanban - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/109276/kanban-drivers-edition

Pax Pamir: Second Edition - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/256960/pax-pamir-second-edition

Pumafiosi - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/338364/pumafiosi

Rapido - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/357/excape

Root - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/237182/root

Soda Smugglers - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/338353/soda-smugglers

The Great Zimbabwe - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/111341/great-zimbabwe

Ticket to Ride - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/9209/ticket-ride

Twilight Imperium: 4th Edition - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/233078/twilight-imperium-fourth-edition

Tokyo Metro - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/235344/tokyo-metro

Tokyo Tsukiji Market - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/257198/tokyo-tsukiji-market

Zombie Dice - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/62871/zombie-dice

Zoo Vadis - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/368061/zoo-vadis

Game weight has been a discussion in board gaming for as long as Board Game Geek has been on the internet! Today, this topic is usually based on how much the latest Kickstarter box will weigh during shipping, but in yesteryear it was all about that difficulty. Crunch. Brain chew.

This week on the show Steve, Robert and Evan flex their brains to talk about why we like brain flexing in games. We'll cover everything from what makes games heavy to how that impacts the player experience.

Want to ask a question or give us your two cents? Hit us up at [email protected]!

Cites and Sources

Age of Steam - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/4098/age-steam

Agricola - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/31260/agricola

Barrage - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/251247/barrage

Game of Thrones: The Board Game - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/103343/game-thrones-board-game-second-edition

Go - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/188/go

High Society - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/220/high-society

Imperial Steam - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/338760/imperial-steam

Kanban - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/284378/kanban-ev

Lisboa - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/161533/lisboa

Pax Pamir: Second Edition - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/256960/pax-pamir-second-edition

On Mars - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/184267/mars

Orango - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/165556/orongo

Rex: Final Days of an Empire - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/104363/rex-final-days-empire

Space Empires 4X - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/84419/space-empires-4x

Spirit Island - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/162886/spirit-island

Trismegistus: The Ultimate Formula - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/281442/trismegistus-ultimate-formula

Twilight Imperium: Fourth Edition - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/233078/twilight-imperium-fourth-edition

Vinhos - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/42052/vinhos

Warhammer 40,000 - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/2162/warhammer-40000-third-edition

Wonderlands War - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/227935/wonderlands-war

Yellow & Yangtze - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/244114/yellow-yangtze

This week on the show we review our thoughts on reviewers… or more specifically… should we really care what they say? Or shouldn’t we? Does length of time in the hobby matter? And who are these people anyway?

I don’t know, I just write these episode synopsizes. I leave the philosophizing to Evan, Robert and Steve!

Want to ask a question or give us your two cents? Hit us up at [email protected]!

Cites and Sources

Ankh: Gods of Egypt - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/285967/ankh-gods-egypt

Brass: Birmingham - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/224517/brass-birmingham

Castles of Burgundy - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/84876/castles-burgundy

Cards Against Humanity - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/50381/cards-against-humanity

Concordia - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/124361/concordia

Cubitos - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/298069/cubitos

Everdell - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/199792/everdell

Furnace - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/318084/furnace

Guillotine - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/116/guillotine

High Society - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/220/high-society

Hot Lead - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/339924/hot-lead

Magic: The Gathering - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/463/magic-gathering

Meeples & Monsters - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/336851/meeples-monsters

Medici - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/46/medici

Monikers - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/156546/monikers

Orongo - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/165556/orongo

Pipeline - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/256730/pipeline

Rex: Final Days of an Empire - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/104363/rex-final-days-empire

Root - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/237182/root

Spirit Island - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/162886/spirit-island

Stephenson’s Rocket - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/204/stephensons-rocket

Wingspan - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/266192/wingspan

Yellow & Yangtze - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/244114/yellow-yangtze

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Before you Play - https://www.youtube.com/@BeforeYouPlay

Board Gems - https://www.youtube.com/@BoardGems

SpaceBiff - https://spacebiff.com/

House rules are everywhere from the tables of aspiring game designers to the most casual of hobbiests.

But why? Are they a way to give a game more of the player’s personality? To fix broken mechanics? And when does that fun little rules twist change the game enough to become something more than what is printed on the box?

This week Steve, Robert and Evan dive into the topic of house rules with special guest Austin Harrison from IV Studios (Moonrakers, Veiled Fate, Fractured Sky).

Want to ask a question or give us your two cents? Hit us up at [email protected]!

Cites and Sources

 Blood on the Clocktower - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/240980/blood-clocktower

Botswana/Wildlife Safari - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/398/wildlife-safari

Bridge - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/2181/bridge

Bristol 1350 - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/308989/bristol-1350

Crazy 8s - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/11017/crazy-eights

Euchre - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/6901/euchre

Go Fish - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/7682/go-fish

Hearts - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/6887/hearts

Hollywood 1947 - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/370621/hollywood-1947

Game of Thrones Board: The Board Game - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/103343/game-thrones-board-game-second-edition

Inis - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/155821/inis

…I should have known that! https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/277779/i-should-have-known

Just One - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/254640/just-one

Monopoly - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/1406/monopoly

Moonrakers - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/270239/moonrakers

Nick Bentley tweet https://twitter.com/Nick__Bentley/status/1632859582581075968?s=20

Ra - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/12/ra

Salem 1692 - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/175549/salem-1692

Schotten Totten - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/372/schotten-totten

Space Base - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/242302/space-base

Tortuga 1667 - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/218530/tortuga-1667

Twilight imperium (4th ed) - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/233078/twilight-imperium-fourth-edition

Uno - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/2223/uno

Interaction! All games are built on a foundation of interaction… well, most games.

With multiplayer solitaire style games becoming more and more popular, how do you define interaction? At what point does something make the jump from solitaire to interactive? What makes interaction anyway?

Evan, Robert and Steve dive into this and more on this week’s show!

Want to ask a question or give us your two cents? Hit us up at [email protected]!

Cites and Sources

Age of Steam - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/4098/age-steam

Barrage - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/251247/barrage

Brass - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/224517/brass-birmingham or https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/28720/brass-lancashire

Codenames - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/178900/codenames

Decrypto - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/225694/decrypto

Inis - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/155821/inis

Just One - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/254640/just-one

Moonrakers - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/270239/

Mysterium - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/181304/mysterium

Pictionary - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/2281/pictionary

Rising Sun - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/205896/rising-sun

Taj Mahal - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/475/taj-mahal

Terra Mystica - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/120677/terra-mystica

The Great Zimbabwe - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/111341/great-zimbabwe

Through the Desert - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/503/through-desert

Thunder Road: Vendetta - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/342070/thunder-road-vendetta

Twilight Imperium - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/233078/twilight-imperium-fourth-edition

Veiled Fate - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/315695/veiled-fate

Wingspan - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/266192/wingspan

We LOVE board games!

We love them so much we talk about them and what makes them tick on a weekly basis! But we’ve noticed a weird trend in society which begs the question - why doesn't EVERYONE love board games?

This week on the show Evan, Robert and Steve try to get to the heart of the issue! Is it a lack of minis? Too much beige? Or is there something deeper afoot?! Only one way to find out!

Want to ask a question or give us your two cents? Hit us up at [email protected]!

Cites and Sources

Botswana - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgameversion/644366/japanese-edition-2022

Cards Against Humanity - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/50381/cards-against-humanity.

Cascadia - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/295947/cascadia

Catan - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/13/catan

Drawful - https://www.jackboxgames.com/drawful/ or https://www.jackboxgames.com/drawful-two/

Euchre - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/6901/euchre

Heat: Pedal to the Metal - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/366013/heat-pedal-metal

High Society - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/220/high-society

Hot Lead - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/339924/hot-lead

Just One - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/254640/just-one

Life - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/2921/game-of-life

Monopoly - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/1406/monopoly

Moonrakers - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/270239/moonrakers

Pokemon Trading Card Game - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/2165/pokemon-trading-card-game

Rising Sun - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/205896/rising-sun

Schotten Totten - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/372/schotten-totten

Scrabble - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/320/scrabble

Through the Ages - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/182028/through-ages-new-story-civilization

Through the Desert - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/503/through-desert

Whale Riders - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/305761/whale-riders

Zoo Vadis - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/368061/zoo-vadis

You are on a long and winding trail and you come to a fork in the road, but unlike most forks, this one has 36 different tines! All the tines lead to the same place – a cabin filled with modern euro games… which path do you take?

This week on the show Evan, Robert and Steve choose which path to take and get to the nitty gritty of multiple paths to victory! Why do they work? When don’t they work? And the biggest question of all – are they fun? Evan would also like to make it clear that he should have mentioned Carnegie at some point because it’s a good game in his opinion.

Want to ask a question or give us your two cents? Hit us up at [email protected]!

Cites and Sources

AquaSphere - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/159508/aquasphere

Backgammon - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/2397/backgammon

Bora Bora - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/127060/bora-bora

Castles of Burgundy - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/271320/castles-burgundy

Chess - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/171/chess

Crokinole - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/521/crokinole

Go - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/188/go

Great Western Trail – https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/341169/great-western-trail-second-edition

Guards of Atlantis II - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/267609/guards-atlantis-ii

Magic: The Gathering - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/463/magic-gathering

Oceans - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/232414/oceans

Pipeline - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/256730/pipeline

Root - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/237182/root

Schotten Totten - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/372/schotten-totten

Stroganov - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/323156/stroganov

Terra Mystica - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/120677/terra-mystica

Tigris & Euphrates - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/42/tigris-euphrates

Yellow & Yangtze - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/244114/yellow-yangtze

Today on the show, the boys celebrate making it to 6 episodes without a single table flipped by digging into the mystery and magic of “the teach!” Or more specifically - what separates a good teach from a bad one?

We’ll find out how they approach teaching and the reason a good teach is good and a bad teach is… well, generally a good way to have a bad time!

Want to ask a question or give us your two cents? Hit us up at [email protected]!

Cites and Sources

Age of Steam - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/4098/age-steam

Anachrony - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/185343/anachrony

Botswana/Wildlife Safari - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/398/wildlife-safari

Bus - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/552/bus

Captain Sonar - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/171131/captain-sonar

Cat Blues - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/363/cat-blues

Dune: Imperium - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/316554/dune-imperium

Heat: Pedal To The Metal - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/366013/heat-pedal-metal

High Society - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/220/high-society

Just One - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/254640/just-one

Mosaic: A Story of Civilization - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/329551/mosaic-story-civilization

Monikers - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/156546/monikers

Pax Pamir: Second Edition - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/256960/pax-pamir-second-edition

Ra - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/12/ra

Rapido/Escape - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/357/excape

Root - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/237182/root

Stephenson’s Rocket - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/204/stephensons-rocket

Through The Desert - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/503/through-desert

Twilight Imperium: Forth Edition - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/233078/twilight-imperium-fourth-edition

Wavelength - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/262543/wavelength

Where do board games go when they die? Better yet; can they go anywhere other than a recycling center? I guess the nicest way to put this is – do games have a soul?

Better yet, what gives a game "soul?" What makes a game feel "soulful" versus "soulless?" Those are just some of the questions that Evan, Robert and Steve tackle on this week’s show!

Want to ask a question or give us your two cents? Hit us up at [email protected]!

Cites and Sources

18xx - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgamefamily/19/series-18xx

Bora Bora - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/127060/bora-bora

Carpe Diem - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/245934/carpe-diem

Castles of Burgundy - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/84876/castles-burgundy

Cat Blues - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/363/cat-blues

Chess - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/171/chess

Dead Reckoning - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/276182/dead-reckoning

Detective: City of Angels - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/218074/detective-city-angels

Fractured Sky - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/370581/fractured-sky

Inis - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/155821/inis

Inis: Seasons of Inis - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgameexpansion/255588/inis-seasons-inis

Jordan Draper Games - https://www.jordandraper.com/

Lisboa - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/161533/lisboa

Mystic Vale - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/194607/mystic-vale

Ryan Laukat - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgamedesigner/11854/ryan-laukat

Stephenson’s Rocket - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/204/stephensons-rocket

Through the Ages - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/182028/through-ages-new-story-civilization

Tokyo Tsukiji Market - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/257198/tokyo-tsukiji-market

Tokyo Metro - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/235344/tokyo-metro

Yellow & Yangtze - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/244114/yellow-yangtze

They say knowledge is power… but what if you have too much knowledge? Does that mean you have too much power? If absolute power corrupts absolutely will this power from knowledge corrupt you? Will you become some sort of unhinged board game demigod if there is too much information given to you on the table?

We’ll never know!

What we will know by the end of this week’s episode is what makes perfect information tick! Evan, Robert and Steve dive into why it is fun, when it isn’t fun and why we would ever want to hide information from a player!

Want to ask a question or give us your two cents? Hit us up at [email protected]!

Cites and Sources

Africa - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/1315/africa

Age of Steam - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/4098/age-steam

Aristocracy - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/287247/aristocracy

Barrage - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/251247/barrage

Blood on the Clocktower - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/240980/blood-clocktower

Cartographers - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/263918/cartographers

Mythic Mischief - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/342894/mythic-mischief

Pipeline - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/256730/pipeline

Power Grid - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/2651/power-grid

Stephenson's Rocket- https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/204/stephensons-rocket

The Castles of Burgundy - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/271320/castles-burgundy

Through The Desert - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/503/through-desert

Quacks of Quedlinburg - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/244521/quacks-quedlinburg

Ra - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/12/ra

Werewolf - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/147949/one-night-ultimate-werewolf

For years mankind has pondered and debated the question – Does size matter?

Perhaps you have sized up this discussion for yourself. In fact, it has many branching thoughts:

How does component size effect our emotional response to a game?

Do certain sizes imply certain complexity levels?

Is CMON overcompensating for something?

Today on the show, under the unparalleled hosting stylings of Steve; Evan, Robert and Steve also throw this topic under the magnifier of sizable discussion!

Want to give your thoughts or ask a question of your own? Hit us up at [email protected]

Cites and Sources

Agricola - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/31260/agricola

Ankh: Gods of Egypt - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/285967/ankh-gods-egypt

Azul - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/230802/azul

Botanik - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/271529/botanik

Botswana (Wildlife Safari) - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/398/wildlife-safari

Crokinole - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/521/crokinole

Cthulhu: Death May Die - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/253344/cthulhu-death-may-die

Eric Lang - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgamedesigner/1533/eric-m-lang

Equinox - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/329450/equinox

Heavy Cardboard Podcast Episode 163 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpaq3zEZ7GI

Hive - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/2655/hive

Hive Pocket - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/154597/hive-pocket

Joraku - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/180901/joraku

Jordan Draper - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgamedesigner/89147/jordan-draper

Medici - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/46/medici

Nightmare Productions - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/904/nightmare-productions

Oath: Chronicles of Empire and Exile - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/291572/oath-chronicles-empire-and-exile

Pax Pamir: 2nd Edition - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/256960/pax-pamir-second-edition

Reiner Knizia - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgamedesigner/2/reiner-knizia

Root - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/237182/root

Royal Visit - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/22245/royal-visit

The Quest for El Dorado - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/217372/quest-el-dorado

Wavelength - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/262543/wavelength

For years we've been told that space is the final frontier, but who decided that?

This week Evan, Robert and Steve discuss what decision space is, how important it is to the board gaming experience and why some spaces feel better than others!

Join us at the table, share your thoughts and ask your own question at [email protected]!

Games We Talked About

Bus - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/552/bus

Caesar!: Seize Rome in 20 Minutes - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/338957/caesar-seize-rome-20-minutes

Carolus Magnus - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/481/carolus-magnus

Cat Blues - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/363/cat-blues

Codenames - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/178900/codenames

Comic Hunters - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/322616/comic-hunters

Eriantys - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/341286/eriantys

Decrypto - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/225694/decrypto

Great Western Trail - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/341169/great-western-trail-second-edition

High Society - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/220/high-society

Kanban EV - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/284378/kanban-ev

Lisboa - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/161533/lisboa

Modern Art - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/118/modern-art

On Mars - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/184267/mars

Pax Pamir: Second Edition - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/256960/pax-pamir-second-edition

Pipeline - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/256730/pipeline

Robert, Steve and Evan take a deep dive into the world of being mean in games!

Take that, social deduction, war games... Is it fun to be mean? Should it be?

Join us at the table, share your thoughts and ask your own question at [email protected]!

Games Mentioned -

Age of Steam - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/4098/age-steam

Azul - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/230802/azul

Battlestar Galactica: The Board Game - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/37111/battlestar-galactica-board-game

Blood on the Clock Tower - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/240980/blood-clocktower

Bus - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/552/bus

King of Tokyo - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/70323/king-tokyo

Nemesis - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/167355/nemesis

The Resistance - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/41114/resistance

Root - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/237182/root

Ticket to Ride - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/9209/ticket-ride

Twilight Imperium (4th Edition) - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/233078/twilight-imperium-fourth-edition

Uno - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/2223/uno

Werewolf - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/925/werewolf

Wingspan - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/266192/wingspan