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Meeple Society

The Meeple Society

We are a podcast about board games, hosted by four long-time role-players turned avid board gamers. We talk about board games, review board games, and teach you how to play board games.

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79:33

Episode 69: The Meeple Society Awards (is that a thing?)

Meeple Society ·

2024/07/15

On this episode Greg brings us yet MORE Gaming awards, this time from Origins. They talk about the latest crowdfunding campaign to catch thier attention.They delve into episodes 40 & 41 of our collection videos, discussing the ins, the outs, the surprises, and the disappointments of each.Greg and Katy answer a question from the mailbag.And finally, They take you through some of the games that they've gotten to the table recently.But first... Competitive Scrabble??Social Media

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92:44

Episode 68: So Many Games, So Little Time

Meeple Society ·

2024/07/01

On this episode Greg and Katy explore more on the topic of "Game of the Year", including thier own poll.They dig more into thier collection, discussing the ins, the outs, surprises and disappoints of episodes 38 & 39.And they talk more about some of the games they've gotten played in the last couple weeks.Social MediaMeeople Live Link 1Meeople Live Link 2Meeople Live Link 3Extra Life Donation Page

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85:09

Episode 67: Recapping 24... and more

Meeple Society ·

2024/06/17

On this episode Greg brings us up to date on Essen Spiel Nominees for this year, along with a couple of other bits of news. Katy and Greg delve into episodes 36 & 37 of thier collection videos, discussing the ins, the outs, the surprises, and even the disappointments of each.And once again, with time being what it is (ie always in short suppy), instead of focusing on a deep dive of one game, they jump feet first into some of the games that were played on th recent 24-hour marathon, MeeOple Live

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82:55

EP 66: The Games Meeples Play

Meeple Society ·

2024/06/03

On this episode Greg and Katy tell you all about thier Geekway weekend, then explore some of the games that came out the year they started down this crazy path that is the board game hobby. They touch on yet another crowd funding campaign that Katy couldn't say NO to.Together they continue with the recap of thier collection videos, episodes 34 & 35, the ins, the outs and the biggest surprises of each.And finally, in the absense of a game to deep dive this week, they're instead going to dip thier

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90:43

Episode 65: Earth, The Final Tableau

Meeple Society ·

2024/05/20

On this episode Greg and Katy venture outside the studio to record with two very special guests. With their help, they talk more about conventions -- the reasons they like them, and the things that turn them away.They continue the recaps of our collection videos, though only one episode today, episode 33. They discuss some of the in's, the one out and the biggest surprise of that grouping.They answer another question from the mailbag.And finally, they all break down the game of Earth.Social

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71:41

Episode 64: Game-cation

Meeple Society ·

2024/05/06

On this episode Greg and Katy talk some 24-hour LIVE gaming.They talk conventions: past, scheduled and hopeful.They continue the recaps of thier collection videos, with episodes 31 and 32, and discuss the in's, the outs and the biggest surprises of each.And finally, they wrap it up with a run down of what we played on our vacation.Social MediaTabletop Tool Box Weekly Ratchet guest staring The Meeple Society

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68:50

Episode 63 Game Night!

Meeple Society ·

2024/04/22

On this episode Greg and Katy talk a bit about the prohibitive cost of out of print games. Is getting your grail game worth the price?They resume the recaps of their collection videos, starting the G's with episodes 29 and 30, and discuss the in's, the outs and the biggest surprises of each.And finally, instead of really digging into one game, They're going to go through all the games they got to play at their joint birthday bash held over the weekend.Social MediaThe Torty Cabin Rental

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86:24

Episode 62: CO-LABorating with Friends

Meeple Society ·

2024/04/08

On this episode Greg and Katy discuss our thoughts on house rules -- do you use them, or not?They answer a couple questions from the mailbag with thier friend Ben, and son Justin.And finally the four of them explore the game of the week, complete with creepy creatures, dangerous devices, and precarious potions... all part of the mysteries provided in CoLab.Social Media

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86:36

Episode 61 Massive Dungeons of Darkness

Meeple Society ·

2024/03/25

On this episode Greg and Katy talk about some recent game plays of... don't turn them off yet... Monopoly.They talk about a long awaited kickstart that finally arrived, as well as 2 that they are looking at.They continue with the recaps of their collection videos, continuing the F's with episodes 27 and 28, and discuss the in's, the outs and the biggest surprises of each.And finally, their deep dive of the episode takes us into the dark dungeons of Massive Darkness.Social Media Link

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78:17

Episode 60 Digging for Icy Artifacts

Meeple Society ·

2024/03/11

On this episodeGreg and Katy discuss expansions, and what their role should be in a game. They update you on a couple new kickstarter arrivals... and one new backing.The they continue with the recaps of their collection videos, diving into the E's with episodes 25 and 26, and discuss the in's, the outs and the biggest surprises of each.And finally they wrap up with a deep dive, or should I say "Deep Dig" into the ICE for their game of the week.Social Media

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71:13

Episode 59: Just A Bunch of Beeswax

Meeple Society ·

2024/02/26

On this episode Katy and Greg touch base with the upcoming plans for their next 24-hour marathon.They delve into a discussion about rethemes and reskins.And they talk about their latest kickstarter backing, and give an update to all those games that were "almost" here last time they recorded.They continue with the recaps of their collection videos, they dive into the E's with episodes 22 and 23, and discuss the in's, outs and biggest surprises of each.And they wrap it up with their game of the week,

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79:14

Episode 58: Riding on the Metro

Meeple Society ·

2024/02/12

On this episode Greg and Katy talk about some highly anticipated crowdfunding deliveries they are expecting, hopefully any day now. And go into some of the projects that are coming up that they are thinking about backing.They continue with the recaps of their collection videos, they wrap up the D's with episodes 20 and 21, and discuss the in's, outs and biggest surprises of each.And finally, for the game of the week, they venture into the rail building game, laying rails in various points of the

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82:38

Episode 57: Domesticating Foxes

Meeple Society ·

2024/01/29

On this episode Greg and Katy catch you up on their Extra Life endevours, and what to expect out of this years 24-hour marathon.They continue with the recaps of the collection videos, episodes 18 through 20, and discuss the in's, outs, the biggest surprises of each, and even a few disappointments.And for the game of the week, they join an experiment started in 1958 in Russia to domesticate foxes.Social Media Link

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80:04

Episode 56: Manhattan Project(s)

Meeple Society ·

2024/01/08

On this episode Greg and Katy talk about a recent kickstarter delivery, and our initial foray into the world of Disney Lorcana.They continue with the recaps of our collection videos, episodes 16 and 17, and discuss the in's, outs and biggest surprises of each.They open the mailbag and answer a question from a Facebook group members.And for the game of the week, they backtrack to World War II and the dawn of the atomic age in The Manhattan Project series.Up Coming Events:

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65:59

Episode 55 Trailblazers

Meeple Society ·

2023/12/04

On this episode Greg and Katy make some recommendations for board games, something one for every level of gamer or non-gamer on your list.They talk about a recent kickstarter that just delivered, as well as another one that has piqued thier interest.They continue with the recaps of our collection videos, episodes 14 and 15, and discuss the in's, outs and biggest surprises of each.In the absense of questions from the mailbag, Greg and Katy instead dive into some trivia questions from a recent game

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79:28

Episode 54: Trekking Through Life

Meeple Society ·

2023/11/20

On this episodeGreg and Katy talk about some recent game plays.They continue with the recaps of thier collection videos, episodes 12 and 13, and discuss our in's, outs and biggest surprises of each.They answer a couple of questions from the mailbag.they find themselves trekking through the most beautiful national parks in the US, and famous landmarks around the World, some of the more memorable events in history.

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54:36

Episode 53 Arnaks Missing Expedition

Meeple Society ·

2023/11/06

On this episode Greg and Katy take a weekly excursion into the jungles of an uninhabited island, where they explore and fight off fearsome guardians all in hopes to find lost artifacts that are clues to a once great civilization.Greg tries to sell Katy on a couple kickstarters he's interested in. They revisit thier collection videos, episodes 10 and 11 and discuss thier in's, outs and biggest surprises of each.They answer another question from the mailbag.And... what, no quiz this week?

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82:07

Episode 52: Merchants of the Dark Road

Meeple Society ·

2023/10/23

On this episode Greg and Katy dig into some recent game plays that have had them traversing some very dark and scary roads to make deliveries. Greg teases Katy about another kickstarter that she just couldn't resist.They revisit thier collection videos, episodes 7, 8 and 9 and discuss thier in's, outs and biggest surprises of each.And last but not least, Greg once again decides to make Katy feel as though it's her first day as a boardgamer with another one of his impossibly hard quizzes.... though

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70:25

Episode 51 Sea Creatures and Robots and Bees! Oh My!

Meeple Society ·

2023/10/09

On this episodeWe discuss our recent play of Sleeping Gods. Yep, super late to the party on this one. We talk about when something is considered old, a old/new kickstarter we just backed, and some IP's that would make great games.We dig into more games from our collection, wrapping up those that start with the letter A, everything we played for episodes 5 & 6 of our Playing Through our Collection series, and talk about the in's and out's, as well as the ones that surprised us the most. Shameless

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69:02

Episode 50 We Made It

Meeple Society ·

2023/09/25

We hit the big 5-0- We dig into some of the games from our collection that start with the letter A, everything we played for episodes 2, 3 & 4, and talk about the in's and out's, as well as the ones that surprised us the most. We come back to the kickstarter discussion we started last month, and Greg has (yet another) quiz for me. He promises it's easier than last time, should I believe him?Social Media

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