The Broken Meeple

The Broken Meeple Show - Episode 44 - How Many Players? I've jammed a ton in this episode! Plenty of new things in my life, a new sponsor for the channel, a played game, a piece of news, a new segment on my musings for potential Kickstarter projects I'm interested in and a discussion topic as well on player counts! Wow I hope you have a long commute journey ahead! 00:00 - Introduction, General Wel...

The Broken Meeple Show - Episode 43 - Is Kickstarter A Menace? This episode is packed!! I got a beige Euro that I played, several items of news, channel highlights, a channel shoutout for supporting small creators and then a big discussion on whether Kickstarter is more of a problem than a solution these days? 00:00 - Introduction, General Wellbeing & Upcoming Content 10:45 - Channel Shoutout - So...

The Broken Meeple Show - Episode 42 - Too Much Effort For Solo On today's episode there is not much news to speak of, so instead you're getting 2 full reviews and a solid discussion topic as given by one of my amazing Patreons. I will talk in detail about Roll Player Adventures and Mortum (without spoiling of course) and hint at an upcoming first impressions video for Procyon III. After that I'll...

The Broken Meeple Show - Episode 41 - Why Is It So Hard? On today's episode there's a bunch of news to talk about, but the focus is more on the difficulty curves of games. Are co-op board games these days becoming too hard to beat? Is there a trend to up the difficulty curve in the late stages of an LCG? Are campaign games subject to spikes with impossible finales? 00:00 - Introduction and General...

The Broken Meeple Show - Episode 40 - Resolutions - Whats A Deck Builder? It's 2022 and we start the year with a show devoted to resolutions, games played and then a debate started by me and a friend - "what ACTUALLY IS a deck builder"? 00:00 - Introduction and General Wellbeing 07:17 - What I Played 19:43 - Resolutions for 2022 39:20 - What Is A Deck Builder?

So many games to talk about, so this is basically a bumper episode where I talk about a ton of games I've been playing lately, mainly because of attending GRIDCON last week, a great local convention hosted by Paul Grogan of Gaming Rules! 00:00 - Introduction and General Wellbeing 03:16 - ZATU Giveaway 07:18 - Channel Shoutout - Gaming Rules! What I Played: 14:14 - Ark Nova 22:31 - Weather Machine...

On today's episode I got a ton of games to talk about that I played, some of which you'll be surprised I played at all, and also a big discussion on innovation in games and a signature Broken Meeple rant on the new CMON KS rumours. How Am I? (00:00) - General stress, health and what I've done on the channel and future content! What I Played (04:00) - From my games at Merrycon we have Agricola with...

Been a while since a normal podcast and I've had time to play a bunch of Essen games - how is 2021 shaping up as a result? How Am I? (00:00) - General stress, health and what I've done on the channel and future content! Channel Shoutout (12:00)- Mark Dainty - Not Bored Gaming News (15:10) - Garphill Games new Trilogy, another Splotter game and a new Tapestry expansion. What I Played / How is 2021...

Special episode today! I figured instead of doing a podcast episode for the aftermath of visiting Essen Spiel, I decided to do a live stream on YouTube. If you want to check that out in full please visit the channel. But here for you there's an audio only version if you want to listen to it in podcast form! I go over Essen, the fair, the people, the games and questions from the chat! Enjoy!

How Am I? (00:00) - Why this episode was meant to be shorter (and yet wasn't) due to a convention cut short, my upcoming gastroscopy and prepping for Essen 2021. Channel Shoutout (10:37)- Games Made Easy Convention Cut Short?(14:!6) News (18:51) - A 7 Wonders spin off, a new Azul and the highlights from the Fantasy Flight Games In Flight Report. What I Played (24:55) - First impressions of Pandema...

How Am I? (00:00) - How my Top 100 is going, my current health issues and why I'm stepping back from Twitter to get away from toxicity. What I Played (10:30) - First impressions of Pandemain, Fox in the Forest and my current status with regards to Descent which will now be getting a full Detail review in the future. News (21:38) - A 7 Wonders spin off, a new Azul and the highlights from the Fantas...

How Am I? (00:00) - The initial success of the Top 100 and my thoughts on the K-Con convention. What I Played (09:15) - Obsession and Anno 1800 get my first impressions and a full blitz review of Cabbagehead Garden. News (32:10) - The downfall of IDW Games Preparing for Essen 2021(36:44) - My plans for Essen 2021 including my volunteering for Portal Games. And then I'll give you a ton of top tips...

How Am I? (00:00) - A long weekend, both good and bad. Reuinions with old friends, a very productive time in the editing room and with the upcoming Top 100, but also anxiety pains from people unfollowing me behind my back, the stress is real. What I Played (09:14) - Haven, Herbaceous and The Lost Expedition get my first impressions! News (24:05) - A Zombicide RPG, a new portable Citadels version a...

How Am I? (00:00) - Work is improving, a bit behind on the blog because of the UK Games Expo but some recent great live content to watch! News (06:10) - A new expansion for Maracaibo, an updated app for Neuroshima Hex and the end of Tasty Minstrel Games. THE UK GAMES EXPO (12:25) Descent: Legends of the Dark (16:27) Equinox (24:51) Tinners Trail (28:54) OPEN GAMING - What Did I Play? (33:13) Archi...

How Am I? (00:00) - 2nd Vaccine sickness, going to the UK Games Expo, upcoming videos and why I'm frustrated at the closed mindedness of people on social media. What I've Played (09:40) - First impressions of Clinic and Cinco Linko and finally I played Circadians: First Light! Support Small Creators (27:40) - The Nerd Shelves News (31:53) - The winners of the Spiel Des Jahres and Kennerspiel, yet...

How Am I? (00:00) - One mad job requirement out of the way, but no rest for the wicked! What I've Played (05:57) - First impressions of Die of the Dead, Ohanami, and the Rune Stones 2nd expansion as well as continuing thoughts on Hall of the Mountain King. News (19:45) - Expansions coming to Lost Ruins of Arnak, Dune Imperium and Journeys In Middle Earth. Topic of the Day (24:50) - The Dice Tower...

How Am I? (00:00) - My hiking break in the Yorkshire Dales and recent content. What I've Played (06:36) - First impressions of Cryo, In the Hall of the Mountain King and Kokopelli Channel Shoutout (23:30) - Board of It News (27:13) - A new Fort expansion, an upcoming "Dixit" competitive game, Board & Dice's new Geek Essentials, Divinus announced and my rant on the behaviour associated with the Are...

How Am I? (00:00) - Dude, where's my car? And why I'm keen to go up to Yorkshire! Channel Shoutout (07:03) - Board Game Gran What I've Played (11:18) - First impressions of Fort, Vienna Connection and Red Rising. News (32:00) - FFG's new LCG format, the next Marvel Champions expansion, a new campaign for the D&D board games and what has to be one of the most desperate moves on Z-Man's part. Topic...

The new format was received well last week so we're going to continue with it! How Am I? (00:00) - I can now socialise indoors, my game cafes are open, I can still go to the gym and I've had my first vaccination against Covid! I'd say pretty good! :P What I've Played (06:47) - First impressions of Destines and War of the Ring followed by Sunset Over Water and Pictures. News (24:52) - The nominatio...

We got a new format this time round! Not too dissimilar from before but you'll notice somme tweaks and additional segments within! All explained as to why at the start of the show! How Am I? - With lockdown restrictions soon to be lifted for indoor socialising, how excited am I? Also what was this live stream I did that got me all excited? What I've Played - 13 Clues and the entire Innsmouth Consp...

More positive now, with the UK slowly going back to normal, I'm able to exercise a lot more at the gym and get my massage therapy fortnightly. As a result, the stress is much lower despite work being hard as ever! :-) After some great channel updates of content released and incoming I give a shout-out to Shelf Clutter who you should support under #supportsmallcreators if you want news on Kickstart...

For channel updates, there's some fun content to come including a great live stream next week. Gems & Biscuits gets my channel shoutout for the week - a local UK creator just starting out who will feature in an upcoming live collaboration Top 10 list in May. Show him some love for small creators. In the news I talk about new Twilight Imperium maps, Carcassonne 20th Anniversary, Agent Venom for Mar...

Apologies if this podcast seems different, I recorded this with a rather painful tension headache, but I didn't want to skip the broadcast! Suffer through the pain and soldier on! On this show we have: 00:00 - Channel Updates and Reflections on Recent Videos 12:55 - SupportSmallCreators shoutout to One Pip Wonder! 16:10 - Board Game News 26:18 - My Reactions to The Dice Tower Award Nominations

Channel updates including a trial run of a brand new ad hoc series as well starting to give you some board game news in general from the last couple of weeks. A shout-out for #supportsmallcreators to Mark Dainty at Not Bored Gaming. Then my first impressions from a nearly finished 1st campaign run of Sleeping Gods which has finally hit my table. There's a lot of good to say.........but also a coup...

- Channel updates for what's on the horizon including the new Broken Blitz Review format - update on how the #supportsmallcreators movement is going - Shout-out to Board Crazy for my small channel of the week - A detailed explanation of all the qualities I look for in a content creator for board games. This will hopefully provide some more context as to where I'm coming from. What kind of videos d...