Board Game Gumbo Live!

Gumbo Live! is back with a new season! In our final show of the season, we visit with RYAN HENDRICKSON, the designer of Pirates of Maracaibo! We learn how Ryan got his start in game design, what's it like working with Alex Pfister, and how the game came about!  We also talk about some of our favorite roll-n-writes like:  Dice Charmers Three Sisters Joan of Arc High Season Finally, we enjoyed a rou...

Gumbo Live! is back with a new season! In our ninth show, we visit with BURKY from GAMETOPPERS LLC all about the latest sweet stuff coming from his brand new Kickstarter 4.5!  Plus, we talk about spicy hot games including: Cargo Noir Mutton Bustin Burky gives us the scoop on all things GAMETOPPERS LLC including the brand new terrain mats, terrain packs, designer art rails, and more! You can get mo...

Gumbo Live! is back with a new season! In our eighth show, we visit with Kelly & Kevin from the Chuck's Gateway Games Facebook Group! We talk about parrots and backstabs in games, how to run a great FriendCon or CabinCon, and some spicy hot games including:  Tether Cascadero Capt Flip Forest Shuffle Plus, we played "RANK 'EM!", a brand new game that we "borrowed" from Dan from the Geek All Sta...

Gumbo Live! is back with a new season! In our seventh show, we visit with Glenn Flaherty from Boardgames & Bourbon, the Eurogames Facebook Group, content creator, and board game designer! We talk about musicians and board games, Spiel des Jahres games, and some spicy hot games including:  The White Castle, Skyrise, Siege of Valeria, and Harmonies Plus we talk about the upcoming Kickstarter pro...

Gumbo Live! is back with a new season! In our sixth show, we visit with the krewe from Tampa, The Beans And Dice Podcast! Carlos, Rob, and Wayne join us to chat about they got their start in gaming and content creation, dish on ways to grow your local gaming community, and then get right to some spicy hot games! No Thanks! Dune: Imperium: Uprising Flash Point Fire Rescue The Sixth Realm Finally, w...

Gumbo Live! is back with a new season! In our fifth show, we visit with the krewe from Meeple Town, Dean and Deron, long-time friends and now long-time podcasters about board games! We chat about the transition to Deron as the new co-host, with a surprise visit(?), and then get right to the games, games, games! Floe The Magnificent Xylotar Exhibition: 20th Century Mind Space Finally, we played a l...

Gumbo Live! is back with a new season! In our fourth show, we visit with Ben Hammer about his brand new game coming soon to Kickstarter WE ALL TAKE FROM THE RIVER. It's a resource management and social deduction game that also gives insight to keeping a river and its estuary clean from pollution. It's Ben's first design, and he not only designed the game but did all the artwork himself.  We also t...

BJ and Jeremy played Barcelona and Rats of Wistar on a recent Twitch Tuesdays in the Gumbo Pot, but before the euro game goodness started, they took a look at two projects on Kickstarter right now for some first impressions:   Logic & Lore from Weird Giraffe Games, a two player card game all about deducing the cards already in your tableau; and Cascadia: Rolling Hills from Flatout Games, a mul...

Gumbo Live! is back with a new season! Our third show was a big thrill -- thanks to our friend Carla Kopp at Weird Giraffe Games, we were able to chat with Jason Hager & Darren Reckner (a/k/a "The Durdles") about their new game on Kickstarter right now called LOGIC & LORE!  We also talked about some spicy hot games we've played recently, including: Rumble Nation Sweet & Spicy a/k/a Spi...

Gumbo Live! is back with a new season! Our second guest is Don Eskridge, the designer of THE RESISTANCE and AVALON and ABANDON PLANET and a bunch of other cool games! Don came by the Gumbo Pot to chat about his brand new book HAND GAMES 21: NEW GAMES FOR FRIENDS & FAMILIES. It's a hoot with some great family style dexterity games. We also talked about some spicy hot games we've played recently...

The 2024 season of Gumbo Live! opens with a dragon fang! Err...bang! We welcome in Connie Vogelmann, designer of APIARY and WYRMSPAN, into the Gumbo Pot to chat about games, games, games! We also get her thoughts on her recent plays of SKY TEAM Finally, we end the night with a rousing game of THE BOUDIN BOWL with Connie, Verla, Steve, and BJ participating with the Chat Krewe!   Laissez les bon tem...

It's the return of The Jay Bell to the Gumbo Pot! Steve, Verla, BJ and Jay gave a list of their favorite games to give friends and family during the holidays! Tipperary Akropolis Pictomania World Wonders Crokinole Plus, Jay recounts his trip to Pax U and gives an update on some of the hot games he played. -- Disney Lorcana -- Sky Team -- Gnome Hollow and Twinkle, Twinkle -- Nocturne Finally, we en...

Jeremy D is back in the Gumbo Pot! BJ and Jeremy talk about NOCTURNE, the newest game from Flatout Games out on Kickstarter right now:   https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/flatoutgames/nocturne-board-game?ref=profile_saved_projects_live Plus, there is some chatter about potential games for the 2023 Game Of The Year list. Who will win the coveted Fleur de Ludo awards?  

Jack and BJ are in the road after a special trip to BGG CON 2023 in Dallas! Time to recap the highlights of the games played at the con, people we games and chatted with, and a couple of lagniappe experiences!

BJ and Steve welcome in a content creator who is also deep diving into the world of designing board games on Episode 144!  This time, The NameFather has invited Liz Davidson, reviewer with Beyond Solitaire's YouTube Channel and podcast, and the co-designer (with David Thompson) of the upcoming game, Night Witches, from Fort Circle Games to talk about some spicy hot board games!  In the banter, we...

BJ and Jerod chat with co-host, The Jay Bell, in the Gumbo Pot about Jay's big new move, plus give their post-game thoughts on Castles By The Sea from Brotherwise Games.  Shout out to Burky from GameToppers LLC for the awesome new game mat, and make sure to check out the brand new Kickstarter 4.0! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/burky/game-toppers-40-the-young-sherlock-and-more?ref=section-ho...

BJ is back from Southern Board Game Fest 2023!  Mitchell from the Beans & Dice Podcast and Jerod from the Board Game Gumbo Twitch Channel join in to recap everything SoBo 2023.  Shout outs to Burky from GameToppers LLC for being our Very Special Guest at SoBo, but also thanks to all the gamers and publishers (like Hutchu Games! Weird Giraffe Games!) and designers (like The Jay Bell! Carla Kopp...

BJ and Steve welcome in a double dose of awesome guests on Episode 143! This time, it's Mike Grade, founder of Rock Manor Games (and designer of Lawyer Up!) and Clarence Simpson, designer of the hit game amongst the Gumbo Krewe, The Wolves!  We reviewed: The Quacks of Quedlinberg Wander Towers And there is a heaping helping of Southern Board Game Fest advertise---errr---news sprinkled all over the...

Mitchell from the Beans & Dice Podcast, who heads up our Play to Win and Guided Playthroughs sections at Southern Board Game Fest, joined BJ on a very special episode of Gumbo Live! to chat all things SoBo2023 and to GIVEAWAY SOME PRIZES!  See you at Southern Board Game Fest and THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU Burky from GameToppersLLC! www.southerngamefest.com https://www.gametoppersllc.com/ La...

Hey board gamers, we are back with more Twitch Tuesday game talk just for you! It's the return of The Jay Bell, who regales us with stories of his trip to Louisville, Kentucky!  Then, we chat about recent plays of: Forests of Pangaia, Earth, Hero Realms, and Set a Watch Plus, Barnes is back in the Gumbo Pot, and it's time for him to sit on the witness stand in Gumbo Court. We put him under cross e...

Hey board gamers, we are back with more Twitch Tuesday game talk just for you! And super excited to have THE JAY BELL and Mitchell from the Beans & Dice Podcast back in the Gumbo Pot! In this episode, we grill Jay on his recent Kickstarter backings, including Kraken Skulls from Chris Couch Games, Shards of Infinity, the Our Family Plays Games project, and Dungeon Kart.  Then Mitchell regales u...

Hey board gamers, we are back with more Twitch Tuesday game talk just for you! And super excited to have THE JAY BELL back in the Gumbo Pot! In this episode, we wish the Gumbo Overlord a happy birthday, chat about our favorite things from CHUCKCON, and then Jay teaches COSMOCTOPUS before both Jay and BJ give their post-game analysis of our play!  ** Some of the games discussed may have been provid...

Hey board gamers, we are back with more Twitch Tuesday game talk just for you! BJ was up first with some news on Southern Board Game Fest (Oct 14-15 in Lafayette, LA). Get your badges at www.southerngamefest.com Our topic du jour in the Gumbo Pot was chatting about our first impressions and post-game analysis of our play of EVERDELL: FARSHORE, with our review copy provided courtesy of Starling Gam...

Hey board gamers, we are back from our July hiatus with more Twitch Tuesday game talk just for you! BJ   welcomed back to the Gumbo Pot, Mitchell from the Beans & Dice podcast. Our topic du jour in the Gumbo Pot was chatting about a great new board game experience we had in July. Then some talk about an anticipated game at GENCON. And finally, we wrapped up our fresh thoughts of playing Trekki...

Two Tuesdays in a row, it's another Twitch Tuesday!  BJ and Jerod welcomed back to the Gumbo Pot their buddies, Mitchell from the Beans & Dice podcast and Logan from the Louisiana Board Gamers Facebook Group and a regular gamer at our FLGS, Anubis Game & Hobby.   Our topic du jour in the Gumbo Pot was all about ENVIE. What games are we excited to check out that are either on some crowdfund...