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Boards & Swords

Bad jokes. Good folks. Games. Every other week, Chris & Philip talk about their experiences playing different games (both board games and video games). If you enjoy hearing people talk about the fun they have playing various games instead of why X game is better than Y game, this is the show for you. Plus, they"ve got the latest board games news , the worst jokes, and the best guests occasionally.

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Chris Talks to Bebo from Be Bold Games - Boards &...

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2020/07/08

Chris talks with Bebo from Be Bold Games (https://www.beboldgames.com/) about board gaming, pokemon, kickstarters, and weird crane games from Japan!

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Costa Ruana, Ragusa, Gaming In a 2 Person Household -...

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2020/06/23

Collin and Cindy test out a “couples cast” style of episode where they talk about Costa Ruana, Ragusa, and what gaming is like in their household.

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Charterstone, No Cons This Year, Play-Testing My...

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2020/06/09

Can we skip to next year yet? Isn’t there an “start next turn” button or something? Well in the meantime, we’ve got a game that 75% of us have played: Charterstone

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Gloomhaven, Cities: Skylines, Ark(ham) of the...

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2020/05/26

On the list of “Chris finally played….” we can now add Gloomhaven from Cephalofair Games! See what he thinks, see what Collin and Cindy got off their shelf of shame

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Wingspan, Miyabi, Kickstarters Are Still Steaming...

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2020/05/12

It’s been over a year, but Chris finally got around to trying out the board game Wingspan from Stonemaier Games. Meanwhile, Collin and Cindy have been carefully making gardens in Miyabi from HABA. Plus, more news bits, some insight into some RPGs that have happened, and more!

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Indie Games, A Perspective with Matthew Hocker -...

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2020/04/28

We love board games, but we've never tried to make one. With all the serious situations going on in the world, we bring on Matthew Hocker, designer of Composition, to talk about his perspective on games.

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Our Top 10 Board Games (2020 Version) - Boards &...

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2020/04/14

We are trying this remote thing, so sorry for any issues. But its our favorite board games of all time!

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Snowman Dice, My Little Scythe, Ion - Boards & Swords...

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2020/03/17

Philip isn't here, but the rest of us have our Ion some board games! Featuring Ion from Genius Games, My Little Scythe from Stonemaier Games, and Snowman Dice is from Brain Games. News Retrayal Rat Rouse Ron Rhe Rill Raggy! https://boardgamegeek.com/blogpost/101005/grab-your-scooby-snacks-and-prepare-betrayal-myste Plaid Hat Gives Asmodee the pink slip https://www.plaidhatgames.com/news/1047 Wizards announces an

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The Purge: For 12 Hours All Board Game Crime Is Legal...

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2020/03/03

Rut roh! All the shelves have gotten full! Now what do you do? We talk about whether or not we purge board games from our collection and what we do with them if we do. News MTG Arena getting smaller in 2020 https://www.hipstersofthecoast.com/2020/02/mtg-arena-will-come-to-mobile-in-2020/ FFG's RPGs crit fail their saving throw http://www.d20radio.com/main/fantasy-flight-games-long-term-plan-will-discontinue-rpg-development/ Asmodee updates their customer service by deleting

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Silver, Menace Among Us, Meeple Party - Boards &...

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2020/02/18

We've got the news, the reviews (Silver from Bezier Games, Menace Among Us from Smirk & Dagger, and more!), and the.....cool personalities? News Secret Hilter being played in State Senate https://madison.com/wsj/news/local/govt-and-politics/gop-senator-wants-legislative-pages-to-stop-playing-secret-hitler/article_d5b4ed05-c503-5e86-8534-8de650fd3e1d.html New J. Alex Kevern game I'm required to talk

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Adventure Games, Cat Cafe, 2020 Look Ahead - Boards &...

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2020/02/04

First episode recorded in 2020! We talk about what we are expecting this year, then we go into lots of board game reviews such as the Adventure Games from Kosmos, Cat Cafe from Alley Cat Games, and the Pickle Rick game from Cryptozoic.

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Lots of News - Boards & Swords #143 Prologue

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2020/01/29

We’ve had to reschedule some recordings for various reasons, so Episode 143 was going to be super huge (spoiler, it was huge anyways). So I decided to write a few more jokes than normal and put out a special bit to hold you over until the full up episode drops. Oh, and Collin and Cindy were there too.

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How Was 2019 & Reviewing Lots of Inserts - Boards &...

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2020/01/07

It's the last podcast of 2019, so how was the year? Also, we've got a stack of various board game inserts from GameFit and The Broken Token and we talk about what we think of them.

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Pax Unplugged 2019 Recap - Boards & Swords #141

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2019/12/23

We are back from Pax Unplugged! What board games did we see? What did we do? What didn't we do? News 5 Minute Mystery on Kickstarter http://www.tabletopgamingnews.com/5-Minute-Mystery-Up-On-Kickstarter Romans coming to Empires of the North http://www.tabletopgamingnews.com/Portal-Games-Announces-Roman-Banners-Expansion-For-Empires-of-the-North Gloomhaven 2: More Haven, Less Gloom http://www.tabletopgamingnews.com/Cephalofair-Announces-Gloomhaven-2--Frosthaven The Purrfect Game for

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Marvel Champions, Ubongo, Batman: Gotham City...

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2019/12/10

What's coming out/came out at Pax Unplugged? Chris gives some insight, then we go into reviews on the Marvel Champions LCG from Fantasy Flight Games, Ubongo the puzzle game from Kosmos, and the minis game Batman: Gotham City Chronicles from Monolith Games. My Article I wrote about the failed Kickstarter Satanic Panic https://boardsandswords.squarespace.com/blog/satanic-panic Article about the Robotech Kickstarter mentioned on the show:

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Tools and Tips for Organizing Board Game Table Space...

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2019/11/26

Along with the usual news and commentary, we talk about some ideas that you can use to keep your board games from taking up so much table space. News King of Tokyo: Dark Edition https://boardgamegeek.com/blogpost/96411/spiel-19-ii-dark-outlook-king-tokyo-2020 World of Warcraft board game https://boardgamegeek.com/blogpost/96456/small-world-warcraft-coming-2020 Montana expansions http://www.tabletopgamingnews.com/Montana--Heritage-Edition-Up-On-Kickstarter Night of the Living Dead Kickstarter

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Top 5 Board Games to Play With Our Families - Boards...

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2019/11/12

What is our crew planning on playing with their families during the upcoming holidays? Tune in to find out!NewsAsmodee is now king of

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