Organised Fun

This week, we're jetting off to Bosnia and Herzegovina to check out their board game sitch! Highlights include: - Turns out Sir Walter Raleigh was a bit of a douche... - General consensus on El Dorado: it's a no, I'm afraid... - Turns out Mark already explained Chabcha ages ago... - War. Again. - Does Purple Pineapple Games actually exist, or is it some kind of trap?

Famous explorer, Percy Fawcett has gone missing in the jungle (true story) - can we follow in his footsteps and discover the lost city of El Dorado? Highlights include: - Time to explore, FOR YOUR LIFE!!! - It's similar to a deckbuilder, in the sense that it has cards... - Turns out the Bushmaster is not a nice helpful man, it's a huge fucking snake... - Why are insects so positive? - Roy: What a...

This week, we're off to Bolivia... Highlights include: - Chabcha... we still don't get it! - Lost Expedition is actually lost... - Mark just gave Postman Pat his own multiverse... - Titicaca will never not be funny... - New, from 'Goods of the Land...' - Llamas don't care about borders...

Team JJP are joined by Harry to play the winner of the 2023 Bristol Chance And Counters Game Jam! Highlights include: - What is the sexiest board game? - We don't give change in this sweet shop... - Get ready for lots of 'bag' innuendos... - Apparently, the game is too mean... - Pick N Fuck Off - No babies, no whiners! - You haven't got enough money... here's a bean! - Is it a sweet or a penis?

This time we're off to Bhutan! It has a cool flag! Highlights include: - Bhutan is home to Chewbacca... - We can count, so we should be able to play Chabcha... - You may only play this game after early dinner... - The men play with dice while the girls throw rocks at each other... - Not war, not exploration, but stumpy little cow things! - Does Tintin have a board game? - Come on guys, don't ride...

While the rest of the crew were raiding the Crystal Mines, time to find out what happened to Merlin! 

This week, we're (metaphorically) headed to Benin, which we didn't even know existed until now! Highlights include: - Why would I want a load of rulebooks for games I don't own? - Well done Benin, you've not really been embroiled in any major wars... - Space? Ocean? Benin! - Hey Alice, OMG where are you?

I catch up with Thatcher to talk all things Witchbound, Dark Doll, and the latest project, Rune Rite!

We're off to Belize! Unbelize-able! Highlights include: - How green are you? - Get ready for some auditory discrimination... - I did not play Jacob And Esau with my drama class... - What is Miss Jennery Jones doing today? - Turns out I can't read Kriol...

This week we're talking about all things Belarus! Highlights include: - 'Belarusian Travelling' is it real? - It sounds like it's more fun to be a boy in Belarus than a girl in Belarus... - Marxists... IN SPACE! - A long time ago in a gallery far, far away...

The crew of the AGA-0 venture into the Crystal Mines to liberate them from Slinger control, all so they can find out about the waste product that's been polluting Aquaria... but where's Merlin?

We're back fighting for territory with giant monsters, this time with The Infiltrator and the Mists of Mogoroth! Highlights include: - Board games are good for cuddles! - Audio Adventures do exist! Mark wasn't hallucinating! - BAHRAIN!!!! - The Infiltrator... basically if Death was a goblin... - Don't get lost in the fog... - Usual manufacturing woes apply...

The crew meet back at The Space Bar after their adventures on Nestes and Colony 9, with new paths opening up as the mysteries of the galaxy unfold. What's more important? Solving the mystery of Aquaria's waters, investigating the destruction of Forgia, or something else entirely?

This week, Jane and I visit Tony Boydell's Museum of Board Games and have a right good time! Highlights include: - Board games basically just make you a better person... - Don't confuse Newent and Newnham... - Prepare for Battle Hats! - If you play the original Booby Trap, you'll legit lose a finger... - There's a surprising amount of parliament games... -  Hello dear, fancy a game of Ulcers?

This week we have been mostly talking about Bahrain. Highlights include: - We set a new progress record on Apollo! - Next week, we pretend we're in a house... - Bahrain has a Virgin Megastore. Fact.

This week, Riley joins us as we try and pick definitive games for certain categories - but how to choose? Highlights include: - We are so in synch for Deckbuilding and Worker Placement! - Area Control... where you have to... control... areas? - Someone Uno-Reversed my whatever... - Who's laying all the eggs? - Auction? What?? - Some categories are extremely suspect... - What the hell is an elapsed...

This week, we're off to The Bahamas! Highlights include:  - If you live in The Bahamas, you're not going to be indoors playing board games... - I was expecting pirates... - Taxis aren't exactly Bahamas specific... - There are sheep in The Bahamas... - Game designer, or Footballer? - What has Mark spotted this week? 

It's our 6th anniversary! Huzzah! Highlights include: - Audio games - do they actually exist? - Rest assured, Derek Ring is still alive! - Pick N Mix is in the post... - Schrodinger's Cats is a cat game too far... - Mark gets confused between real and imaginary... - How exactly do you say duchy? - We need some listeners from Genovia... - Is Narnia a country?

What wonderful games does Azerbaijan have to offer? Highlights include: - Surely Israel has more important things to do than listen to us... - Mark can't say 'Azerbaijan' - Would you rather play 'Hounds and Jackals' or '58 Holes?' - Mark also can't read numerals... - Backgammon players are held in very high regard... - Hang on, these are all the same wars as Armenia! - Turns out Bali isn't a count...

Trying to solve the pollution problem on Aquaria has led the crew of the AGA-0 to a murdered scientist on Psionus. Now they must face some difficult decisions that will put their morals to the test...

We're off to Armenia to see what their gaming sitch is! Highlights include: - Pigs Vs Dogs... - I'm sure Mark said 'cinnamons' instead of 'synonyms...' - Maybe we won't go to Armenia right now...

Have you heard? The Fairchilds have moved to Derbyshire, and they're the most eligible, marriageable people of the land! Can we lure them to our family estates and show them a jolly good time? Highlights include: - Beware, there's accents... - Hey, I know you just lost your parents, but... wanna bang? - If you don't plan the Village Fair, you don't benefit from it. Fact. - I wasn't good enough to...

It's Monopoly, but not as we know it! Can we keep our utopian society alive without bankrupting it with our horrible horrible greed? Highlights include: - What the hell is a typewriter voice? - Can't afford it? The community will pay! - Quinoa! - Remove a chip... - Extreme disappointment in McDonalds... - It's difficult to switch to co-op mode... - What's with all the roses?

Pesky colonisers have arrived on our sacred island - I hate it when that happens! Luckily, we're all-powerful spirits with a range of abilities to get rid of these interlopers, but can we do it before they wreck the island forever with their filthy filthy blight? Highlights include: - Ecosystem: Go big or go extinct... - As usual, we ignore all playing advice... - Unhelpful rulebook alert! - Why d...

We're building ecosystems again, but this time under the sea with fish and that. Highlights include: - My underwater utopia didn't win me any prizes... - Fish count as nature! - Bears are NOT a British woodland creature... - Plankton floats, right? - Ellen Macarthur should play this so she knows what she's sailing through...