The Gamecasters: A Board Gaming Podcast About Board Games

Hey hey, Gamers, and welcome to Episode 130 of The Gamecasters!! In tonight's episode we look at a hot new game coming to Kickstarter, we cover our first look-back game, we find out how all of you got into the hobby, do another No Fucking Way segment, Jeff takes Natalie and I through another game of What's In The Box!? and then we end the show with our Top 5 Games I Wish You Liked More!

Enjoy :)

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Hey there, Gamers, and welcome to Episode 129 of The Gamecasters Podcast! We're back with a very special guest. We talk about some hot new games, introduce TWO new segments on the show, play a rousing game of Boardgame or Bullshit and then end the show with our Top 5 Game Names for our genitalia!

Hope you enjoy!

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Hey there, Gamers, and welcome back to Episode 128 of The Gamecasters! Join us in today's episode to hear about all the great games we've played lately! We talk about our OG Nerdfest that happened over the weekend, we listen to all the games our listeners find "moist," Natalie takes us through our BG Stats in the Nook. We play a round of NAME. THAT. GAME. and then end the show with our top 5 filler games, revisited!

Hope you enjoy :)

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Lyrics to the song of the episode, Playin' Revive:

Well you can tell by the way I slot my cards
I'm a tribal man, no time to talk
They say once the earth was warm, I've been chasm bound
Since I was born

And now it's all ice, go that way
And I'll explore some new terrain
We just want to build on sand
In this icy frozen wasteland

Whether hibernatin' or if you're populatin'
You're playin' Revive, playin' Revive
Crystals you can trade in and machines activatin'
And we're playin' Revive, playin' Revive
Ah, ha, ha, ha, playin' Revive, playin' Revive 
Ah, ha, ha, ha, playin' Revive 
Oh, when you walk

I get low and I play high
And with some tech upgrades, to the right side
Got gears and food and books to choose
I'm a Kuniban and I just can't lose

And now it's all ice, go that way
And I'll explore some new terrain
We just want to build on sand
Next to water or a mountain

Whether crates get open or using a switch token 
You're playin' Revive, playin' Revive
Artifacts get taken as everybody's racin'
And we're playin' Revive, playin' Revive
Ah, ha, ha, ha, playin' Revive, playin' Revive
Ah, ha, ha, ha, playin' Revive

Life goin' nowhere, somebody help me
Somebody help me, yeah
Life goin' nowhere, somebody help me, yeah
I'm playin' Revive

Welcome back, Gamers, to another episode of The Gamecasters! In the last episode of the year for us listen in to hear our 2024 gaming resolutions. We play an association station, hear some great things our listeners have done this year and then end the show with our top 10 new to me games of 2023.

Enjoy!

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Heeeeeeeey there, Gamers! Welcome to episode 126 of the Gamecasters podcast! in this episode we talk about some great new games, hear Ryan recount his time on Jury Duty, listen to the Instagram Inbox where the Gamecasters do an AMA, Natalie beats down Revive, we play a new game called What's in the Box!? and we end the show with our top five eurogames that use dice!

Enjoy!

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Link to Nerdfest Registration
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Hey hey, Gamers, and welcome back to Episode 125 of The Gamecasters! In today's episode we talk about a lot of new games. Listen in to hear talk about strategy and how we approach playing new games in Natalie's Nook segment. We play our 3 minute game and then end the show with our top five dice games.

Enjoy!

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Hey there, Gamers! Welcome to episode 124 of The Gamecasters! Join us tonight for some talk about a lot of great games. Natalie gives us some Thanksgiving trivia, and asks us some questions about how we log our plays, we play a game of What's On The Cover and then end the show with our Top 5 Reasons Games Are Better Than Thanksgiving!

Hope you enjoy!

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Welcome back to episode 123 of The Gamecasters podcast! In today's episode hear us talk all about a bunch of hot new games, listen to another HILARIOUS Instagram Inbox about switching letters in games to make new titles, listen to Natalie's Nook to hear about how to deal with losing by a TON of points, we bring back Boardgame or Bullshit and then end the show with our top 5 gaming hot takes.

Enjoy!

Hey Gamers, and welcome back to episode 122 of The Gamecasters! In today's episode we talk a lot about poop, games, collection size, association stations, and why games are better than money.

There's a lot of fun, chunky laughter in this one so hopefully you're ready to vomit!!

Enjoy :)

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Hey there, Gamers, and welcome to episode 121 of The Gamecasters! Listen in as we talk about a ton of new games, Jeff tells us what kind of chips our audience thinks we are, Natalie takes us through a discussion about how many times we should play a game before we know if we like it or not, we play Everything Ever and then end the show with our Top 5 Snackfoods to eat at the table!

Hope you enjoy :)

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Welcome back, Gamers! We're finally back! Kicking off the rust and the dust and the must we're here to once again fill your earholes with our craziness. Hear all about why we've been missing for a month and then get settled in to hear about a lot of new games we've been playing! Our listeners tell us why we were gone in a wrong answers only format of the Instagram Inbox, Natalie beats down some party games, we play an association station and end the show with our top five ways luck is used in games.

Hope you enjoy!

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Well hello, there, Gamers, and welcome back to Episode 119 of The Gamecasters podcast! In this episode we get to hear all about Jeff's experience with Gencon 2023! We go through an extra lengthy game discussion as there's so many to talk about. Ryan and Natalie find out why they didn't attend Gencon from the community, Jeff and Natalie make up a game on the spot by going back and forth saying random words, and then we end the show with our Top 5 Ways to Get your Significant Other to Play Games!

Hope you enjoy!!

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Hey there, Gamers, and welcome to episode 118 of The Gamecasters podcast! in tonight's episode listen in as we talk about Natalie getting the zoomies, we hear everyone say what the name of their boardgame would be in the Instagram Inbox segment, we do a GEN CON PREVIEWWWW, play a new game, and then end the show with our top five reasons conventions are better than tropical vacations.

Hope you enjoy the show!

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Heyyyy there, Gamers, and welcome to Episode 117 of The Gamecasters Podcast! In this episode we talk all about a lot of hot new games, we talk about this year's mini-nerdfest celebration, Natalie discussions the different levels of gaming in Natalie's Nook, we play an Association Station and then end the show replacing words in games with the word Butthole. 

It's a fun ride, hop on!!!

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Hey there, Gamers, and welcome back to another episode of The Gamecasters podcast! In tonight's episode we talk about a bunch of little games we played at Origins, Jeff reads aloud what our tagline should be in the Instagram Inbox segment, Natalie talks all about our first ever experience at Origins 2023, and then we end the show with our Top 5 Reasons Games Are Better Than Dating!

Enjoy!

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Hey hey, Gamers and welcome to Episode 115! In this episode we talk all about some hot new games, talk about our excitement about going to Origins for the first time, Natalie takes us through the history of board games, we play another Association Station for you and then end the show with our top five games that can SUCK IT! What does that mean? Listen in to find out!

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Hey hey, gamey wameys and welcome back to another episode of The Gamecasters! In tonight's episode we talk about some hot new Spiel Des Jahres games, read a story about a Frenchman, another story about other terms for "achieving," we go through more This or That in the Instagram Inbox, Natalie goes through another Am I The Asshole story, we play Fart, Poop or Boardgame and then end the show with our Top Five Reasons Boardgames are better than Sex.

This one is a doozy. 

Hope you enjoy!

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Hey Gamers, and welcome to episode 113 of The Gamecasters!

In tonight's episode we talk about some great new games, run through the winners of the golden geek awards, talk about the new spiel des jahres nominees, do a this-or-that inbox, beatdown Wonderland's War, play a new game made by Chat GPT and then end the show with our top five game designers who aren't household names, but should be!

There's a LOT to this one, so hope you're ready!

Enjoy :)

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Hey there, Gamers, and welcome to Episode 112 of The Gamecasters! In today's episode we talk about a couple hot games, Natalie takes us through how to deal with an AP prone player in the Nook, we play Guess the Game Based On The Description of the Box, and end the show with our Top 5 Second Favorite Games by 5 Different Designers.

Hope you enjoy!!

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Hey hey, Gamers, and welcome back to The Gamecasters! In tonight's episode we talk about a bunch of under-the-radar games, what ruins your boardgame experience in the Instagram Inbox, we announce the winner(s?) of our Motor City Patreon Giveaway and end the show with our Top 5 Gaming Pet Peeves.

Enjoy!

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Hey Gamers, and welcome to episode 110! We talk about a bunch of games in this episode; Jeff asks for an interesting factoid from our listeners; Natalie talks all about how to handle a negative review for a game gifted to you by a publisher, we play a game of "Who Am I?" and we end the show with our Top 5 Games Ranked Lower than 7 on BGG.

Enjoy!!

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Hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey there, Gamers and welcome to Episode 109 of The Gamecasters podcast! In today's show we talk all about some hot new kickstarter releases and even one that hasn't hit kickstarter YET. We tell a crazy story about a candy store encounter, run through some autocorrect fails, Natalie beats down Designer Knizia and then we end the show with our Top 5 Older Games We Haven't Played.

Enjoy!!

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Hey hey, Gamers, and welcome back to Episode 108 of The Gamecasters! We're back to bring you another three hour installment of nonsensical laughter and craziness with a splash of boardgame discussion! Join in as we talk all about the nerdy drama going on with the number 1 bgg ranking, Natalie beats down Brass Birmingham, Jeff reads tons of dad jokes on the Instagram Inbox, we play a game from Big Papa Swoos, and then end the show with our Top 5 Games of All Time!

Enjoy!

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Welcome back to another Gamecasters Adjacent Episode! Today Ryan interviews Mat Cousineau, one half of the design team behind the game Kuiperium, which is currently on Kickstarter!!

Listen along to find out all about the game and the burning hot questions everyone wants to know like, if his favorite food came out of his butt, would he eat it?

We also play a Kuiperium Mad-Lib and just have a blast. 

Come along and join us!

Kuiperium Kickstarter - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/whitewatercastle/kuiperium

Enjoy!

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Hey there, Gamers, and welcome to episode 107 of The Gamecasters! Hear discussion about lots of new games, Jeff's thoughts on Player Aids, Natalie's thoughts on Canadian Bowling, and Ryan's thoughts on who the hell knows. We discuss deck vs bag building on today's Natalie's Nook, hear about what you most dread when learning a new game in the Instagram Inbox, play another Association Station and then end the show with the first five of our top ten games of all time!

Enjoy!!

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Hey there, gamers. It's been about a month since our last episode, and that's because of the craziness that was Nerdfest 2023. If you don't know, Nerdfest is an annual gaming weekend that we've put on for the last decade+. Well this year we went big and made it a full-blown convention at a hall. This episode details how it went. 

We also talk about some great games we played!

Hope you enjoy :)

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Hey hey, gamers, and welcome to episode 105 of The Gamecasters! We've got a lot of great stuff packed into this episode of the show. We have a special guest host for our end-of-year episode. We talk about our top 2022 games of the year, dole out some Gamecasters Awards, talk about gaming resolutions we want to make, play a new game and end the show with our top 5 new-to-me games of 2022!

Hope you enjoy :)

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Hellllllo there, Gamers, and welcome to episode 104 of The Gamecasters! Christmas is approaching what better time to spread that Christmas cheer and joy than by listening to US for the next three and a half hours!!!!

Listen in today to hear about the pizza incident, our thoughts on EVERYTHING, a rousing game of The Association Station, and our top 5 things we do when we're not gaming :)

There's a lot going on, so buckle up and prepare yourselves. 

The new episode begins NOW..........(push play so this effect is cool)

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Hey there, Gamers, and welcome back for another episode of The Gamecasters! In this episode we talk about some hot new games, along with some older colder ones. We hear how our listeners would OBLITERATE their games they hate, discuss the differences between Area Majory and Area Control, play a new game, and end the show with our Top 5 Non-Gateway Games for Nons.

Enjoy!!

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Welcome back, Gamers, for the show that now seems to have as erratic a release schedule as our stream of consciousness!! You never quite know when exactly we're going to show up these days. We'll get back on a regular schedule here soon! Until then enjoy the random smatterings you get from us!

In this episode hear us talk all about a bunch of hot new games, Natalie beats down Vital Lacerda, Jeff gets a helluva lot more games with an altered letter or two, we have a breakthrough moment on an old standby game, and then we go through our top five games that don't have cards.

There's a lot to get into so I'll let you get into it!

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Hey there, Gamers and welcome back to Episode 101! We've crossed the 100 episode threshold and are now doing absolutely nothing different than we've done before. MORE OF THE SAME!!!!!

In this episode we talk about Natalie's confusing family tree, Ryan tells a few more D stories, Jeff asks an inbox about why we have so many games, Natalie takes us through a discussion about what makes a game "classic" in today's Nook, we play a new game and then end the show with our top 5 games we've cooled on.

Hope you enjoy!

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Hey hey, Gamers, we're back with our 100th episode! Join in to hear who our special guest host is, what songs sound like from a kazoo, what games we've played, what clips make the show, what songs we sing, what game we beat down, what our new essential is, what our nook topic is, what game we play, and what our top five is! THERE'S A LOT TO UNPACK HERE SO BUCKLE UP AND HAVE FUN!!!

Thanks for listening and enjoy!!!

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Hey again you little rascals, and welcome to episode 99 of The Gamecasters! In tonight's episode we bring you lots of content packed into a slim two and a half hours. We talk about a lot of hot new games, some crazy chess drama involving a unique method of cheating, Natalie talks about rules in the Nook segment, we play an Association Station and end the show with our top five games we'd like to see as a movie or TV show.

Enjoy!

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Welcome back, Gamers, to episode 98 of The Gamecasters! In today's episode we talk all about some hot new games. We detail our trip to Grand Con, Jeff asks all of you to give some advice to new board gamers in the Instagram Inbox, Natalie beats down Paladins of the West Kingdom, we play the Game We Play When We Don't Have Another Game To Play game, and then end the show with our Top 5 Games from 400-499 on BGG. 

We sincerely hope you enjoy :)

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Hey there, Gamers, and welcome to Episode 97 of The Gamecasters! In this episode we talk all about a LOT of new, interesting games. Natalie and Ryan have very different opinions on one of them. We talk all about the cost of games in this episode's Nook discussion, play a board game version of Mad Gab on the show, and end with our Top 5 Games that play great AWAY from the gaming table.

Lots of stuff in this episode, so I'll let you get to it!

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Hey there, Gamers, and welcome to Episode 96 of The Gamecasters! This is our Gencon Recap episode! Listen in to hear our thoughts on a TON of hot new gencon games and just our general thoughts on the convention this year and all the fun/funny hijinks we got ourselves into.

We play a special Gencon edition of the Association Station and end the show with our top 5 Gencon 2022 moments!

Thanks for listening :)

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Well well well, welcome back, Gamers to episode 95 of The Gamecasters! In what is our lengthiest episode of all time, we've got a lot to discuss. From games we just absolutely LOVE to discussion about Gencon 2022, as well as a new game we've never played before, a would-you-rather Instagram Inbox and then we end the show with our Top 5 Games to check out at Gencon 2022!

We sincerely hope you enjoy!

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Hi gamers, and welcome to episode 94! In it we talk all about the mini-nerdfest event that Jeff hosted and all the games we played. We go over the Spiel and Kennerspiel winners, Jeff reads all of your annoyances in the Instagram Inbox, Natalie beats down Galaxy Trucker, we play a game of Gamecasters Monikers, and then end the show with our Top 5 Annoyances in Games!

There's a lot to get to, so get to it!
Thanks so much for listening :)

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Hey there, Gamers, and welcome to episode 93! In today's episode we talk all about a bunch of games, we get to hear Natalie's "combo" story for Ryan; Jeff talks about his feelings on fireworks; Natalie savagely eviscerates Terra Mystica on the Boardgame Beatdown; we play an Association Station and then end the show with our Top 5 Games that use cards as the primary mechanism.

There's a lot in this one!

Enjoy!

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Hey there, Gamers, and welcome back to episode 92 of The Gamecasters!! In tonight's episode we talk all about a bunch of hot new games, Natalie lays out the details of Nerdfest 2023, we play the 3 minutes 30 games game and then we end the show with our Top 5 Games with Unique Mechanisms.

Hope you enjoy!

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Hey hey, Gamers, and welcome to episode 10 of The Gamecasters Adjacent! We have another gaming with kids episode tonight, and this time listen in to hear Scarlett talk all about the new game 7 Wonders: Architects!!

Hope you enjoy!

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Hey hey, Gamers, and welcome back to the 91st episode of The Gamecasters! Loads of content and games to discuss in this hose-dekinking installment. :)

We talk about what Ryan REALLY uses his Arnold Palmer bottles for, hear what gaming related things turn you all on, answer some questions about Kickstarter, play Obama Llama, and then end the show with our top 5 games that play well at 5+

Hope you enjoy the show :)

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In today's Gamecasters Adjacent Ryan talks all about Social Anxiety and goes through tips/tricks/techniques from some Gamecasters community members who suffer from this type of anxiety. They also give ways that people who DON'T suffer from this type of anxiety can help people who do, to make their experience better.

Do you have a strong desire to play games with other people but find it too difficult to take that next step? Do you really want to go to a convention but the thought of being around all those people makes it seem not worth it? Please listen as this episode could potentially be what you need to hear to get you to where you want to be :)

Thank you so much to everyone who contributed and I really hope you enjoy this episode.

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Hey there, gamers, we're back again with another episode! Hear us talk all about anger inducing dreams, new movies, games, incomprehensible sentences with the Board Game Speak Out game Jeff prepared for us, and then we end the show with our top 5 games we would take with us in an emergency situation like a flood, or if the house was on fire.

Enjoy the show!!

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Welcome back, Gamers, to another Gamecasters Adjacent Episode! In this week's episode Ryan talks all about HOW to teach boardgames. What to do and more importantly what NOT to do to provide the best learning experience for the players.

Hope you enjoy! 

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**DISCLAIMER** Ugh we got a new computer to record on, and it wasn't until AFTER we recorded the episode that there was some audio setting turned on that made the audio sound like we're underwater at best, and like your ears will bleed at worst. We're very sorry for the lack of quality this episode, but the issue has been fixed and so we'll be back with the usual quality (sound, not content, we can never guarantee that will be any good) next episode :)

Hi there, Gamers, and welcome back to episode 89 of The Gamecasters! In this episode we talk all about some hot new games, we hear excuses why our listeners lost a game in this episode's Instagram Inbox, Natalie beats down Go, we play another association station, and then we end the show with our top 5 quick-to-play games.

Hope you're able to enjoy despite the audio stupidity!

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Hi there, Gamers, and welcome to another Gamecasters Adjacent Episode! Today I talk all about getting people into the hobby, and how much fun that can be, how to not begin conversations with potential nons, and what things worked for me.

Hope you enjoy!

Welcome back, Gamers, to episode 88 of the show! In today's episode we talk all about Russian Mail Order Brides, Pooping In The Shower, Games, Selena Gomez Sex Dolls, Natalie beats down Gaia Project, and then we play a game and end the show with our Top 5 Excuses Why We Just Lost That Game!

Hope you enjoy! :)

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Hey hey, Gamers, and welcome to Episode 87 of The Gamecasters! In today's episode we talk all about Jeff's newly created madboardgamette, he tells a story about a special kind of utensil, we beat down Welcome To, play a game of First Letter Last Letter and then end the show with our top 5 games that begin with the letter "M."

Hope you enjoy the show!!

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Hi there, Gamers, and welcome to the next episode in the Gamecasters Adjacent series! In tonight's episode Ryan talks all about Content Creation, and what he thinks are the necessary things you need to be a successful creator in this space.

If you're considering starting a podcast or a Youtube channel about boardgames, or if your current podcast or channel isn't growing like you thought, this may be the episode for you!!

Thanks for listening, and we'll be back next week with another flagship episode of The Gamecasters podcast!

Hi there, Gamers and welcome to episode 86! In this episode we talk about a lot of games as well as some expansion! I share a song I wrote for Natalie, Jeff reads us the board game equivalent of all of your genitalia. Natalie beats down The Crew, we play ANOTHER Association Station and then end the show with our top five games that start with the letter T, that AREN'T the T-games.

Hope you enjoy!

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Hey Gamers, and welcome to Episode 4 of the Gamecasters Adjacent! In this episode Ryan talks about the art of expressing opinions on games and what value there is in statements like "This game is fun!" or "This game is boring!" He tries to get to the heart of why it's so difficult to express what you're feeling and offers some advice on how to get around it.

Hope you enjoy!

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Hey Gamers, and welcome to Episode 85 of The Gamecasters! We talk about a lot of hot new games this episode, plug Rare Disease Day once more, as it's February 28th, laugh hysterically at the dirty names of games in today's Instagram Inbox, talk about Boardgaming Culture in Natalie's Nook, play another Association Station and then end the show with our Top 5 Abstract Strategy Games!

There's a lot to unpack this episode, so sit back, relax, get a bit uncomfortable with us and have a great time with the newest episode of The Gamecasters :)

We sincerely hope you enjoy :)

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Hey there, Gamers, and welcome to the third installment of the Gamecasters Adjacent show. Today join Ryan as he talks about gaming desire and how and why peaks and valleys happen. Hear his own personal journey, where he's at, and also hear him ask all of you where you are in your own gaming journey as it relates to desire to play games :)

Hope you enjoy!

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Hey there, Gamers, welcome to episode 84! In this episode we talk about a bunch of games, do a mad-lib for you, play a game from our current Gamer of the Week, Swoosl, and talk about our top 5 long to setup games!

We also talk about Rare Disease Day and a challenge issued by Gamecasters community member Thomas (Osgor)!

Listen in to hear more :)

Hope you enjoy!

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Hey hey, Gamers and welcome back to the second Gamecasters Adjacent Episode where Cameron (10), Lexi (8) and Scarlett (5) talk all about a bunch of games they've been playing lately!

Are they fun? Why? Are they good for kids? Why? Does Scarlett actually formulate a complete sentence? Find out now in our second ever Gamecasters Adjacent Episode!!!!

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Hey hey, Gamers, and welcome to Episode 83 of The Gamecasters! In today's episode we explore the latest Ryan-obsession in blank and write games! Natalie's Nook and the top five are also all about blank and writes but fear not if you don't care much about those as Jeff talks about a couple non-blank and write games he's been playing!

We start off with a hilarious post-nerdfest story of woe, we shake things up in the Game We Play When We Don't Have A Game To Play where Ryan gives clues to Natalie to try and get 30 games guessed in 3 minutes, and as stated before we end the show with our Top 5 Blank and Write Games!

Hope you enjoy!

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Hi there, Gamers, and welcome to the first ever Gamecasters Adjacent episode!! We're going to start releasing content on our off weeks, and it's going to be a potpourri of content. Some serious, some not, some more put together and thought out, and some not...In any event it's going to be MORE, and that's all you really need. MORE! 

Join us for episode 1 as we recap Nerdfest 2022, talking about the people and games that made it so special for us.

Hope you enjoy!

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**We had some technical issues this episode that weren't found until AFTER we recorded, so the sound quality of Natalie and Ryan's microphones are very poor this episode. Everything should be back to normal next time. Sorry about that**

Hi there, Gamers, and welcome to episode 82! We reveal the winners of the Gamecasters Awards, we talk all about some hot new games, hear about what games everyone is looking forward to in 2022, we play the Plurpee edition of Before and After, and then we end the show with our top 5 games that are simple to setup.

Thanks and enjoy!

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Hey Gamers, and welcome to Episode 81 of the Gamecasters! We're here with our 2022 Resolutions, some 2022 predictions from our listeners, we unveil the start of the Gamecasters Awards, and then we end the show with our top 5 new to me games in 2021!

There is a LOT to unpack here, so settle in :)

We also play a great game sent to us by Phil from Bad Board Game Covers. Thanks, Phil!!!

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Hey there, Gamers! Welcome to Episode 80! Today we have a very special Christmasy episode for you all! Peppered throughout today's show are Christmas songs sung by me and Ben from the Date Night Dice podcast! We talk about a lot of great games, Natalie finds out if we like giving or receiving better in the Nook of the episode, Jeff finds out all of your worst presents you've ever gotten in the Instagram Inbox, we play a game of BGG or MTG from the king among men Dan the Burrito Man, and then we end the show with our Top 5 Stocking Stuffers!

Hope you enjoy!!

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Hi again, Gamers, and welcome to Episode 79! In today's episode we talk all about a bunch of hot new games and a super old classic.

Natalie talks all about Worker Placement in today's Nook, and Jeff gives us some rapid fire questions from you all in the Instagram Inbox.

We play a game of Before and After and then end the show with our Top 5 Games where we couldn't care less about the theme...

Hope you enjoy!

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Hi Gamers, and welcome to Episode 78 of The Gamecasters! In this episode we talk all about Luna Capital, The Hunger, Imperial Settlers and Cutterland! Natalie and Jeff combine forces in this episode (though not for long, lol) to discuss things we're thankful for! We play our three minute game we've NEVER won before, and then end the show with our Top 5 Games We're Thankful We'll Never Have To Play Again!!!

Thanks so much for listening :)

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We're back with Episode 77! The Riddle Game is afoot! Find the answer to the three riddles in this episode AS WELL AS the three riddles in Episode 34 of the Date Night Dice podcast to be entered to win Arch Ravels, Tobago, Unlock Mythic Adventures and the Sushi Go Date Night Box!!!!!! So much value there! And all you have to do is intake audio through your earholes for a couple hours. EZ-PZ!

We also talk about a bunch of games, Natalie takes us through an exploratory Nook topic about separating Art from the Artist, we play a new game called "To The, or not To The" and then end the show with our Top 5 Games that Sound Sexual but Really Arent!

Hope you enjoy!!!

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Hi there, Gamers and welcome to episode 76!! In tonight's episode we talk about a bunch of games. We answer would-you-rather questions in the Instagram Inbox segment, Natalie beats down Lost Ruins of Arnak, we bring back Boardgame or Bullshit (to Natalie's delight), we unveil the SEVENTH game in the Gamecasters Essential Line, and we end the show with our Top 5 Spooky Games to play at Halloween!

Hope you enjoy the show!

Halloween game BGG Geeklist - https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/247201/halloween-games-geeklist/page/5

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Hey Gamers, and welcome back to Episode 75! It feels like only two mere weeks since our last episode and we're back at it talking about great games and having a great time for you all! We discuss Oltree, Gorinto, Atlantis Rising, Islands in the Mist and many more!

Listen in to hear my kids' thoughts on Land vs Sea and stick around for our first foray into the game Jeffpardy!

We end things off with our Top 5 Games in the BGG Top 100.

Enjoy!!

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Hey there, Gamers! Welcome back to Episode 74! We go through and debrief our Gencon 2021 experience and talk about a bunch of games we've played. Notably Juicy Fruits, Tutankhamun and Land vs Sea.

We play a Gencon version of the Association Station, Jeff finds out everyone's guilty pleasures in today's Instagram Inbox and then we end the show with our Top 5 Games that take a LONG time!

Hope you enjoy!

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Hi Gamers, and welcome to Episode 73 of The Gamecasters podcast! We are doing a Gencon Preview this episode that we have fused together with our top 5! Before you get there hear about a bunch of great games, like Regicide, Gloomhaven: Jaws of the Lion, Super Mega Lucky Box, So Clover, and Cloud Control!

We play a game as well and have a blast all along the way!

Hopefully you enjoy and thank you so much for listening :)

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Hey there, Gamers, and welcome to episode 72 of The Gamecasters! In tonight's episode we discuss a bunch of games, Jeff smacks the everloving crap out of me, then does an Instagram Inbox segment about what toys/games our listeners played with as kids. Natalie beats down Lords of Vegas...we play another Association Station for you, and then we end the show with our top 5 expansions!

Hope you enjoy!!

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Hey there, gamers, and welcome to Episode 71!! In it we discuss lots of new and awesome games, there's a new song to listen to, we discuss how much I've spent on Kickstarter over the years, Natalie has another Nook segment, and then we end the show with our Top 5 Games Without a Board.

Hope you enjoy the show!

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Hey there, Gamers, and welcome to Episode 70!! Come along with us and listen to our thoughts on the new hotness from CMON, Ankh Gods of Egypt as well as La Granja, Twinkle, Tales of the Arabian Nights and the expansion for Nidavellir!

Istanbul is this episode's Gamecasters Essential and find out which superpower Kirby would gain after swallowing our listeners in this episode's Instagram Inbox!

Natalie provides a Nook topic for us to discuss, we play a game and then end the show with our Top 5 Party Games!!

We had a lot of fun this week. Hopefully you have as much fun listening :)

You can find us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/thegamecasters

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We're on Instagram @gamecasters and @madboardgamer

Thanks again and enjoy the show! :)

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Hello Gamers and welcome to Episode 69!! In it we sing songs, talk about boardgames, beat one down, laugh at what our listeners would RATHER be doing than listening to us, hear funny taglines to games our listeners HATE; Natalie and Jeff take the box-cover challenge, and then we end the show with our Top 5 BIG games in SMALL packages!!

We sincerely hope you enjoy!!!

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Thanks and enjoy the show!!

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Welcome back, Gamers, to episode 68 of The Gamecasters podcast! In today's episode we talk all about Merv, Mind MGMT, Stay Cool, The Independence Incident, Scythe, the new expansion for Between Two Castles of Mad King Ludwig, and many more!!!

We play another association station, hear our listener's excuses for purchasing board games in the Instagram Inbox, talk about easy vs hard games in Natalie's Nook and then end the show with our Top 5 Games set in Space!

Hope you enjoy the show!! :)

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Hi there, Gamers, and welcome to Episode 67 of The Gamecasters! Join us as we talk all about the new hotness Destinies as well as a bunch of other games!

The Instagram Inbox is back with a hilarious topic, we play a game of Monikers and then end the show with our Top 5 Content Creators.

Hope you enjoy!

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Hey there, Gamers! Welcome to episode 66 of the show! In today's show we talk all about:

Beyond the Sun
Santa Monica
Storytailors
King of 12

and more!

We have the kids on the show as special guests and they review Storytailors with us as well as feature in Natalie's Nook segment!

We end the show with our Top 5 Games to Play with Kids

Hope you enjoy!

-The Gamecasters

Hey, Gamers! Welcome to Episode 65! In today's episode we talk about a bunch of games, but mostly:

Red Rising
Heaven & Ale
Bohnanza
Unlock

Jeff takes us through the BGG Golden Geek Awards as well as the Spiel des Jahres nominees, and Natalie leads a discussion about how the hobby has changed over the last decade.

We play an Association Station for you all and then end the show with our Top 5 Games Named After Real Places

We sincerely hope you enjoy :)

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Welcome back, Gamers, to episode 64 of The Gamecasters! In this top-fiveless episode we talk about the following:

The Initiative
Hallertau
Cryo
Catacombs Conquest
Evil Corp

Natalie's Nook is all about the ownership and win/loss biases, and the Instagram Inbox let's us hear about some more games with last episode's Chopped ingredients!

We end the show with a rousing Association Station.

Come one, come all!!!

Hope you enjoy :)

-The Gamecasters

Hi there, Gamers, and welcome back to episode 63! In today's show we talk about a lot of games, such as:

Marvel United
Ginkgopolis
Smartphone Inc.
Between Two Castles of Mad King Ludwig
The Whatnot Cabinet
Block Ness

We talk all about online vs IRL gaming in Natalie's Nook, we play a new game called 555, and then end the show with our Top 5 Uwe Rosenberg Games!

We also have a board game chopped challenge and have a lot of fun!

Listen in to find out more :)

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Hey there, Gamers, and welcome to Episode 62! Listen in to hear our thoughts (mostly Jeff's as Natalie and still have incredibly kinked hoses) on Nidavellir, Overboss, Caretos and Paper Tales!

Natalie discusses Cooperative Games in the Natalie's Nook segment. Ryan takes Jeff and Natalie through a new game of Name. That. Gaaaame!! and then we end the show with our top 5 Game Boards!

Hope you enjoy yourselves and thanks for listening!

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Hey, hey, Gamers! We're back! It's been about a month since our last episode. I recently lost my father and so have been dealing with all the fallout of that. But we're back at it again finally and we have a lot of new games to talk about! I also tell a few entertaining stories about my dad. We play a new game on the show, Natalie facilitates a great discussion on her Nook segment, and then we end the show with our Top 5 Games that begin with the letter D.

Hope you enjoy!!

If you're looking to support us, please consider donating to our Patreon at patreon.com/thegamecasters

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Thanks so much!! :)

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Hi there, gamers, and welcome back to episode 60 of The Gamecasters! In this episode we talk all about the following new games:

Dwellings of Eldervale
Bonfire
Canvas
The Fuzzies

Jeff finds out all about what our Instagram listeners think about big-box games, and Natalie talks about FLGS vs OLGS in this episode's Natalie's Nook!

We play another Association Station (with the help of a listener!!) and then end the show with our Top 5 Big-Box Games.

If you're interested in supporting the show, please consider either buying some Gamecasters merch, which you can find at:

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Thank you all so much for listening, and we hope you enjoy the show!

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Hello gamers!! Welcome to Episode 59 of The Gamecasters!! In a rush to play the rest of the 2020 games in my collection ahead of the Insties (check it out on the Gateway Network's Instagram account) we get some great games to the table, which is hopefully fun for you all to listen to! Come along to hear us talk in detail about:

Lost Ruins of Arnak
Dune Imperium
Calimala
Unfair
Funfair
MicroMacro

Natalie talks about teaching board games in the Natalie's Nook segment, Jeff talks about our Instagram users' 2021 gaming resolutions in this episode's Instagram Inbox, we play a game and then go through our top five games we've only played once!

Want to support us? We have a patreon!

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We sincerely hope you enjoy the episode :)

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Hello there, Gamers, and welcome to the first episode of 2021!! In it we discuss new hot games, such as Praga Caput Regni, The Castles of Tuscany, Catacombs Cubes, Runir, and more!!

Natalie comes up with a new segment we're calling Natalie's Nook, Jeff reads the top 2020 games from our Instagram followers, Ryan finally understands why Natalie doesn't like Boardgame or Bullshit, and then we end the show with our Top 5 Gaming Resolutions of 2021!

Thanks so much for listening!!

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**ADULT CONTENT WARNING!!**

Welcome back, Gamers, to episode 57! In today's episode we talk about a bunch of new games including Paris, Dinner In Paris, Quetzal, and many more!!

Natalie and Ryan perform TERRIBLY in the interactive Instagram Inbox this episode, and then Jeff and Natalie partake in a new game called Initial This.

We end the show with our Top 5 Games of 2020.

Hope you enjoy the show!

-The Gamecasters

Hi there, Gamers, and welcome back to Episode 56 of The Gamecasters! We're ending our three episode long polyomino journey with a snap, crackle, and POP!

In this episode we talk all about The Grand Carnival, Marvel United, and Fossilis, and then we end the show with a trivia/riddle game right ahead of our grand finale polyomino discussion and top five! We get the people involved for their picks as well!

It's a good time, hope you come along and have fun!

-The Gamecasters

Hey there, Gamers! Welcome to episode 55 of The Gamecasters!! We talk about SO many new to us games this episode like Amerigo, Furnace, Tidal Blades, Troyes Dice, Egizia, Arkadia, Robots and more!!

Natalie beats down Carcassonne and we play a game of general trivia before we round out the show with our Top 5 Games With Great Titles!!

There are limericks-a-plenty in this nonstop thrill-ride of an episode of The Gamecasters!!

Hope you enjoy!

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Hello Gamers, and welcome back to Episode 54!! In today's episode we talk about a bunch of new games we've played as Ryan's hose remains fully unkinked! It's the first of a two episode stretch of Polyomino games! Here's what we played:

Tawantinsuyu
Spirit Island
The Princes of Florence
Arraial
Paris La Cite De La Lumiere
Miyabi

We hear jokes told from our listeners in this episode's Instagram Inbox. Natalie switches up the Beatdown this episode and does something different. We harken back to the olden days and play another Association Station, and then end the show with our Top 5 Games with Stupid Names.

Thank you so much for listening!! :)

-The Gamecasters

Well hello, Gamers, and welcome to episode 53 of The Gamecasters!! In this episode we discuss the following games:

Trismegistus

The Magnificent

My City

The City

Tag City

Gugong

We do Would You Rather for this episode's Instagram Inbox and then end the show off with our Top 5 Games With Great Table Presence!

Lots of antics and craziness happen throughout, so come along for the ride!!

-The Gamecasters

Hi there, Gamers, and welcome back for Episode 52! In today's episode we listen to a lot of what makes Ryan awesome. We talk about some great boardgames such as Tzolk'in, Meeple Land, Cosmic Colonies, Red Cathedral, Tibom and more!

We give Crokinole the Boardgame Beatdown treatment, play another arousing game of Bed, Wed or Dead, and then end the show with our Top 5 Stressful Games.

Hope you enjoy!!!

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Hello Gamers, and welcome back for Episode 51!!!

Listen in to hear our thoughts on some new hotness like Tang Garden and Coatl, and some other games not quite out yet like Shaolia and Cloud City! 

Hear some commercial spots by Jerry from the Boardgame Snobs podcast, and listen to Ben and Emily from Date Night Dice give us some tips on how to do date night right!

We play another game of Boardgame or Bullshit for you, hear some hilarious game titles with one letter changed, from our listeners, and end the show with our Top 5 Relaxing Games.

We sincerely hope you enjoy!!

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**DISCLAIMER: THIS EPISODE HAS SOME ADULT LANGUAGE RIGHT FROM THE JUMP**

Well hello there, Gamers, and welcome one and all to Episode 50!!!! We cannot believe we've made it this far, and are SO happy and excited for you all to continue enjoying our show, as it really means the world to us.

Listen this time to hear our thoughts on a bunch of new hotness, we play Family Feud with the Being Friends crew, and we end the show with our top 10 games from 50-59, according to Pub Meeple. There are plenty of surprises and fun things lining the walls of this episode, so come on and give us a listen! You probably won't regret it!

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Hey there, Gamers, and welcome to Episode 49 of The Gamecasters!!! In today's episode we talk all about the new hotnesses Pendulum, Calico, Pictures, Imaginarium, and Quirky Circuits.

We find out all of our listener's boardgame quirks and then Natalie beats down Puerto Rico!

We play a cooperative game on the show and then end things off with our Top 5 Game Designers!

You won't want to miss this one :)

Thanks so much for listening!!

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Hello there, Gamers, and welcome to Episode 48!! In this episode we talk all about the new game Pan Am, go back in time to talk about Lords of Waterdeep and then talk again about a new game Starlink!

Find out what Urban Dictionary has to say about our names, get schooled on the Gaming Libido, and then be dazzled by our listeners providing us with poor descriptions of popular games!

Natalie takes us through another boardgame beatdown, we play Boardgame or Bullshit and then end the show with our Top 5 Gaming Moments of all time!

There's a lot of content in this episode, so sit back and relax as we power through another rousing episode of The Gamecasters!!

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Hello Gamers, and welcome to episode 47!! In tonight's episode we talk all about some great games we managed to get to the table, such as:

Fort

Sidereal Confluence

Euphoria: Build a Better Dystopia

Skull King

And more!

We play another NSFW version of F*#@, Marry, Kill and end the show with our top 5 things we do while playing games.

Hope you enjoy!!

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Welcome back, Gamers, to Episode 46 of The Gamecasters!! Join us this episode to hear our thoughts on the following games:

Cosmic Encounter Duel

High Rise

Surrealist Dinner Party

Heist

Pictionary Air

We also discuss our Top 5 eurogames for people who hate eurogames. There's a lot of silliness and laughter along the way.

Sincerely hope you enjoy!!

If you do, please consider sharing us with anyone you feel may enjoy :)

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Welcome back, Gamers, to episode 45! This is a very special episode as we have done our first ever crossover show with the super awesome Ben and Em from Date Night Dice! 

Listen in to hear all about Anachrony, Clinic, The Ancient World, and more! We give Orleans' the Boardgame Beatdown treatment, play a game pitting the DnDers against the Gamecasters and then end the show with our top 5 games to play on a first date!

Hope you enjoy!!

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Hi there, Gamers, and welcome back to another half episode interview, this time with the ultra-impressive Lydia, host of the Instagram account @AllTheWorldsAStage07.

Come listen in to hear Lydia's captivating perspective on our hobby, and also how she feels surrounding inclusivity. You won't help being completely entranced by everything this brilliant woman has to say, and we sincerely hope she will come back and chat with us simpletons again soon!

Enjoy the show!

-The Gamecasters

***VULGARITY DISCLAIMER! There are an excessive amount of profanities vomited forth from our sound holes during this episode's game, which begins around the 1 hour 38 minute mark. If you are opposed to that, please skip until around 1 hour 52 minutes when we start our Top 5. THANK YOU***

Hey there, Gamers, and welcome back to Episode 44!! In this episode we talk all about Chess, Mandala, Gugong, The Voyages of Marco Polo, Animix, Plunderbund and more!! We give Spirit Island the Boardgame Beatdown treatment, and have a surprise game for an impromptu Boardgame Buildup segment!

We play a new game called FMK (you'll understand when you get there) and then end things off with our Top 5 Heavy Games!!

Hope you enjoy!

-The Gamecasters

Hello there, Gamers, and welcome back to episode 43 of The Gamecasters! In this episode we discuss our thoughts on some new games, such as In The Hall Of The Mountain King, Far Away, Masters of Renaissance and more! We play a new emag for you all, Blood Rage gets the Boardgame Beatdown treatment, and we end the show with out Top 10 Games of all Time!!

We also talk about our good friend Jim Gamer's new website www.whatboardgame.com 

Go check that out if you're looking for a new boardgaming website. It's a very cool place to hang out :)

We also touch a bit on the racial atrocities that have been going on in our country and would like to emphatically restate that we firmly stand together with the black lives matter movement. If you're looking for ways to get involved, here are a few links to check out:

75 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice

Anti-Racism Project

Resources for White People to Learn and Talk About Race and Racism

Rachel Ricketts’ anti-racism resources

Thank you and we sincerely hope you enjoy the episode!!

-The Gamecasters

Hello there, Gamers, and welcome to Episode 42!! In this episode we discuss some new games we've been playing such as Circadians: First Light, The Search for Planet X, Clans of Caledonia, Lorenzo Il Magnifico and more! We also do a discussion all about how COVID has affected the gaming industry and our thoughts on that. We beatdown Scythe and then end with our Top 5 Deduction Games.

Listen along for good times and a chance to win $1,000,000 in Gamecaster FunBucks (this part is complete bologna)

Please like us......

-The Gamecasters

**DISCLAIMER** THIS EPISODE IS A BIT MORE ADULT THAN NORMAL EPISODES. IF YOU'RE LISTENING WITH CHILDREN PLEASE BE AWARE OF THE LANGUAGE AND READY THE EARMUFFS! **DISCLAIMER**

Hello there, Gamers, and welcome to Episode 41! In this episode we discuss all sorts of fun new games from Charterstone to The Crew to At The Gates of Loyang to Dragon Market. We also do a gaming Mad-Lib, play another game, beat down another game, and then end things off with our Top 5 Tile Placement Games.

Also listen in to learn all about the art of Self-Hindrance. 

Thanks so much for listening!!!

-The Gamecasters

Hello there, Gamers, and welcome to Episode 40 of The Gamecasters!! We have a great episode lined up for you all filled with new hotness, self-deprecation, and original music! All fantastic ingredients for a podcast episode, right?

Listen in to hear our thoughts on Forgotten Waters, Orleans, Bruges, Barrier Battles and more! 

We also play a new cooperative game for you and give Cosmic Encounter the Boardgame Beatdown treatment!

We also have another way to consume us (gross), as we recorded our Zoom session, so head on over to YouTube to watch the episode if you'd rather do that :)

Link here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtjlrWLg8Mw&feature=youtu.be

We all hope you enjoy the episode! Stay safe and healthy! Thanks so much for listening :)

-The Gamecasters

Hi there, Gamers, and welcome back to Episode 39 of The Gamecasters! In this episode hear our thoughts on Blackout Hong Kong, Crusaders Thy Will Be Done, Codenames Duet, Detective A Modern Crime Board Game and many more!

We bring back the boardgame beatdown segment and then do our top five games we thought we'd like but didn't.

Here are some timestamps for segments for the first time!

Instagram Inbox - 1 hour 1 minute 6 seconds

Boardgame Beatdown - 1 hour 9 minutes 58 seconds

Game of the Episode - 1 hour 24 minutes 13 seconds

Top 5 - 1 hour 33 minutes 50 seconds

Thanks so much for listening!!!

-The Gamecasters

Hey there, Gamers! It feels like forever since we've gotten an episode out to you! We genuinely hope everyone is staying safe and healthy at home, and we're here to bring you some quarantine entertainment!! We talk about some hilarious COVID_19 memes, discuss games such as Sorcerer City, Barrage, Viticulture, and Kingdomino Duel, play a Who Am I game and then give you five games that have really interesting player boards!

We also simulcasted on video! Stay tuned to hear how to get access to that if you so choose, and we'll see you guys next time!

Enjoy!

-The Gamecasters

Hello there, Gamers, and welcome to Episode 37!! On lockdown due to the Coronavirus? Let us take away your worry for a couple hours of entertaining nonsense!

Hear our thoughts on Asmodee's new policy surrounding game components, listen to Terraforming Mars get the beatdown treatment, and hear the funniest game titles with the letter "R" included.

We also do an association station and do our Top 5 Games Without Victory Points!

Thanks for listening and stay safe out there!!

-The Gamecasters

Hello there, Gamers, and welcome to Episode 36!!

Join us as we discuss movies and games that would be different by adding the letter "R" somewhere in there!

We talk about the new TMG game Chrono Corsairs, Too Many Bones, Subatomic, Grand Austria Hotel, and Pulsar 2849.

We talk a bit about how we met and got into podcasting, give The Castles of Burgundy the Boardgame Beatdown Treatment, do another Association Station, and then end it off with our Top 5 Games that Surprised Us!

Thank you so much for listening!!

-The Gamecasters

Hello there, Gamers, and welcome back to Episode 35 of The Gamecasters! Come listen in to find out our thoughts on Watergate, Yellow & Yangtze, Time Chase, Bites, Widget Ridge, and more! 

We give Twilight Struggle a Boardgame Beatdown, do another Association Station, and then dive into our Top 5 Games Outside the BGG Top 1000!

It's a poopy-filled episode to be sure.

Come along and listen!!

-The Gamecasters

Hi there, Gamers, and welcome to Episode 34.5 where we interview Ben and Emily from the fantastically charming Instagram Account: Date Night Dice! If you have any kind of board game presence on Instagram at all then you know who I'm talking about. If you don't, then do yourself a favor and follow them.

They were an absolute pleasure to interview and we had a great time asking them all sorts of questions to get to know them better!

If you don't already, please follow them on Instagram @DateNightDice

Hope you enjoy!

-The Gamecasters

Hello Gamers and welcome to Episode 34!! Today we talk about Isle of Cats, Homesteaders, Tasty Humans, and Mechanica, which Jeff got as a review copy from Resonym Games!

We give Gloomhaven the Boardgame Beatdown it deserves, pull into another Association Station and then do our Top 5 Middleweight Games!

Please follow us on Instagram @gamecasters and join our Facebook group by searching The Gamecasters! You can also always email us at [email protected]

Also follow Jeff on Instagram @madboardgamer

Don't be a steak-throwing non! Listen to The Gamecasters to experience the highest level of audio euphoria :)

Thanks for listening everyone!!!!

Hello Gamers, and welcome to episode 33! Come listen to our thoughts on Detective: City of Angels, Istanbul, Silver and Gold, Lords of Vegas, Kemet, and much more!

Our Boardgame Beatdown segment features Agricola and we bring back the Association Station, as well as do our Top 5 Games on our Shelf of Shame!

We are very grateful for each and every one of you who listens, and hope you enjoy Episode 33!!

If you want to get ahold of us you can find us on Facebook and Instagram by searching for "Gamecasters." You can also email us at [email protected]

Thanks and enjoy the show!

-The Gamecasters

Hi Gamers, and welcome to a very special half episode!! Tonight Natalie and I interview Dean and ErinRose from the hit new boardgame YouTube series Meeple People!

Come and find out all sorts of details behind the show and learn a bit more about these two fascinating and wonderful meeple people!

Enjoy!

-The Gamecasters

Meeple People YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/user/TheGr8Indoors/about

Meeple People Instagram -https://www.instagram.com/meeplepeoplecomedy/

Hello, Gamers, and welcome to episode 32 of the show! On tonight's show we talk about the hot new game from CMON, Cthluhu: Death May Die, as well as Clank in Space, Wavelength, Key Market, and the old-school classic game Crossfire!

We also provide some 2020 gaming resolutions, play a new game for you and introduce a new segment of the show we call the Boardgame Beatdown! Listen in to find out what that is!

Don't be a non! Listen to the show! :)

Hope you enjoy, and seriously thank you all for listening!

-The Gamecasters

Hi there, Gamers, and welcome to another half episode! My niece and nephew were over on Christmas Day and we played a hot new kids game I bought for my niece called Zombie Kidz Evolution!

Listen in to find out Leah and Jack's thoughts as well as the definitive pronunciation of the word "envelope."

Enjoy!!

The Gamecasters

Hello Gamers and welcome to Episode 31, our last episode of 2019! We thought it would be a great opportunity to do a year-in-review episode, and so that's what we did!

Come on and listen to us talk about the new Alexander Pfister game, Maracaibo, all three Azul games, and hear the worst comments about Wingspan!

We had a great 2019 and hope to have an even better 2020!

Enjoy the show!

-The Gamecasters

Hello Gamers and welcome to Episode 30!! In this episode we discuss It's a Wonderful World, Azul Summer Pavilion, Ecos First Continent, Aeon's End, and discuss what exactly the word "Fun" means. We also do our top 5 games that start with the letter S!

So come on in and find out how it feels to have tooth paste running down your entire body!

Thanks for listening!

Hello, Gamers, and welcome back to episode 29! We make a major show announcement, talk about a few hot games, have a discussion about our gaming pet peeves, and then go through our top 5 games that make us feel smart!

Come along and listen to our discussion about Doug Funny and his ventriloquy act as well as the Death by Monsters podcast, which is AMAZING!!

Follow us on Instagram  @Gamecasters, and you can follow Jeff  @MadBoardGamer

Feel free to email us at [email protected]

Thanks so much for listening!!!

Hello there, Gamers, and welcome to a very special half episode! Tonight we have an interview with my daughter and my niece! Two budding gamers who have a lot to say :)

Hear their thoughts on Strike, Rory's Story Cubes, Disney+, LOL toys and make sure you stay tuned after the exit music for a special surprise!

Hope you enjoy :)

-The Gamecasters

Hi there, Gamers, and welcome back to Episode 28!! In this episode we discuss a ton of games including Defenders of the Realm, Deep Blue, Marvel Champions, The North, and more!

We also have a discussion about what gaming means to us and do our top five games that make us feel dumb!

Hope you enjoy and thanks, as always, for listening!

-The Gamecasters

Hi Gamers, and welcome to episode 27!! We talk about some games we've been playing recently, do a new game for you and do our top 5 why-didn't-I-think-of-that games!!

Also we talk about our buddy Joe's awesome work with Extra Life, and if you would like to donate to his cause, here is the link!

https://www.extra-life.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=donorDrive.participant&participantID=368644

Thanks for listening and enjoy!!

-The Gamecasters

Hello, Gamers, and welcome to Episode 26!! Jeff (Madboardgamer) joins us again for discussion on some fantastic games, and we discuss new measures in discouraging counterfeit board games.

We also do a board gaming Mad Libs and discuss our Top 5 games that we don't own!

Thanks for listening and enjoy! :)

-The Gamecasters

Hi there, Gamers! Welcome to Episode 25 of the show! We have a very special guest on with us this episode. Come hear all about the new Stonemaier game Tapestry as well as our top 5 games of the last 3 years!

Can you figure out the answers to the Board Game Trivia this episode???

And who the heck shot Franz Ferdiand?????

Find out on Eipsode 25!

Thanks so much for listening :)

Hi there, Gamers, and welcome to episode 24!! In tonight's episode we discuss a bit about collecting and culling, the awesome YouTube series Meeple People, awesome games like Cloudspire, Vindication, The King's Dilemma and Point Salad, play a new game called "Would You Rather" and do our top 5 games that provide silly fun!

So please come listen to find out exactly how Natalie feels about The Castles of Burgundy and vomiting!

I hope you enjoy!!

Welcome back, Gamers! Convention season is finally wrapping up, so we're going to be on a more regular schedule after this one, but we just got back from GrandCon and have some amazing things to talk about and share with you all! We play a new game for you and do our top 5 games we just don't totally know if we're pronouncing correctly!

Flipbooks and High talking and game games games!!!

Thank you so much for listening! We appreciate it even more than we lead on!!

Hello there, Gamers! We had a bit of a long break due to the timing of GenCon, but we're back! In tonight's episode we discuss our experiences of the biggest convention in the country, play a new game you can join along in, and do our top 5 games released in 2014!

I really hope you enjoy!!

Hello there, Gamers!! Welcome to our first half episode! In tonight's episode we interview Instagram user gameylannister. He took the Instaverse by storm by attempting to play the BGG top 100 games in 100 days! Did he complete the challenge?? Find that out and much more by listening to the episode!!

Thanks so much for listening! :)

Hello Gamers and welcome to episode 21! We talk a lot about Gencon 2019 and even have a special guest on for this episode's top 5! We discuss the new Ravensburger game Jaws, Tokyo Highway, and Muse! It would mean the world to us if you listened and maybe sent us an email with a question or just to say hello! [email protected]

Thanks again and we hope you enjoy the episode!

Good evening, Gamers! Welcome to episode 20!! We finally made it! Three years later, lol!! Please listen as we take you through a few games, do another Association Station as well as another Top 5 and just have a ton of fun along the way.

Thank you so much for listening!!!!!

You can email us at [email protected] with any questions or things you may want to say to us. We'd love to hear from you!!

Hi there, Gamers!! Episode 19 is here and in it we talk all about Crosstalk, Lanters Dice and CO2! We discuss the feeling of playing games with the people that you love, do another Association Station, and then get into our top five games that we feel use dice in the most interesting ways!

Thanks for listening, and enjoy!!

Hello Gamers! On tonight's episode we discuss the new Uwe Rosenberg game Second Chance, we take a look into the app-driven deduction game Alchemists, we have another Association Station for you and then we do our Top 5 Little-Box Card Games. I have to apologize that my pop filter broke last episode and so you may hear some sound issues related to that. Also Natalie's levels got a bit messed up as my daughter messed with the gain and we're trying to dial it back in!

Hopefully you enjoy this one!!! :)

Thanks so much!!!

Hello, Gamers!! On tonight's episode, we discuss some hot new games and take a look at one of the heaviest around. We also play a fun game that you can get involved in and share our top 5 games with the best artwork. Thanks so much for listening!

Hi there and welcome to episode 16!! We didn't get our episode 15.5 comparison episode up but we talk about a bunch of games and do another top 5 for you! This time we discuss our top 5 cooperative games! Hope you enjoy the episode!!

Welcome back, Gamers, to Episode 15! In this episode we explore the idea of bringing people into the hobby and how that can feel. We take a look at Res Arcana and go a bit deeper into Pulsar 2849. All of that is followed by another top 5! This time we discuss the top 5 games I wish Natalie liked more (and she does the same for me). Thanks for listening! Enjoy! :)

Episode 14 is here! We take a look at three bigger box games and do our top five 2p-only games! Hope you enjoy :)

The Gamecasters is back with a new episode and a new host! We had some technical difficulties this episode, but please come back in a couple weeks and it'll all be fixed for episode 14!!

Episode 12 is here! I talk about my 8th annual weekend mini-convention I run every year as well as a few games I've played lately, and then I discuss my 10x10 for 2017! Check it out!

We're baaaaaaack!! Well...I'm baaaaaaack. The almost nine month wait for episode 11 is over!! I take the reins solo (minus Jeremy this time) and talk about most of the games I played this year, and which ones I thought were the best! Enjoy!

On tonight's tenth episode of The Gamecasters we played Cosmic Encounter and Crokinole and also talked about filler games and gave our top five! Hope you enjoy the discussion! 

In tonight's episode of The Gamecasters we played Letters from Whitechapel and The Grizzled as well as talked about our thoughts on gaming conventions. Hope you enjoy the discussion!

In tonight's episode of The Gamecasters, we played Galaxy Trucker, Micro Mutants, Loopin' Chewie, and KLASK. We took a look at expansions and talked in depth about them. Are they necessary? Which ones are essential? Find out by giving a listen!

Tonight on The Gamecasters, we played Elzra's Catacombs as well as KLASK. We then talked all about dexterity games and went through our top five. Hope you enjoy!

On tonight's episode of The Gamecasters we played Queen Games' Shogun. We also talked about different things related to game storage. Sleeving your cards, inserts for boxes, and shelves. Enjoy!

Episode Five has something a little different. We did our first ever top five list of our favorite 2p only games! The audio was recorded badly, and will be fixed next week. Hope you enjoy!

Tonight we played Suburbia and then Ascension: Chronicles of the Godslayer. We then talked about teaching games. Is there an art to teaching? Find out in episode four!

Tonight we played Alien Frontiers and Biblios and explored various aspects of "winning," and what that means to us. Hope you enjoy!!

In this second episode of The Gamecasters, we talk about what we played tonight as well as focusing your game collection.

A board gaming podcast about board games! This first episode is kind of an all over the place introduction to who we are, and the audio is a bit low, but here we go! We're just two guys who love games and who love talking about games. We're going to try and do weekly episodes about various topics related to board games.