The Broken Meeple

Broken Meeple Podcast 138 - The H-Index Too damn hot! But thankfully it's cooled down enough to get a podcast out! People have asked me to do a H-Index - personally I didn't think it would be of any use at all, but it's a popular request, so why not, I got nothing else to do! So here's a quick update on the Revenant review from a solo perspective and my workings on my H-Index. ********************...

Broken Meeple Podcast 137 - Longform vs Shortform Content It's been a very emotionally draining couple of weeks for me. Stressful work, a hacked FB account, other personal stuff, lack of time, heatwaves, the UK Expo and lots of unnecessary abuse/pushback on Facebook making that platform seem less and less desirable for board game creator content. But we must push forward and even though I get to s...

Broken Meeple Podcast 136 - UK Games Expo 2026 Review A full disclosure of everything I was doing at the UK GAMES EXPO 2026! *************************************** SUBSCRIBE ► www.youtube.com/channel/UCmjyHBcq…ub_confirmation=1 *************************************** Related Content Welcome To My Channel (Who I Am) ► youtu.be/kgznPr5F3HI Episode 135 - Golden Geek Awards ► https://youtu.be/HTGiav6...

Broken Meeple Podcast 135- Golden Geek Awards & UK Games Expo Preview Big bumper episode today! Firstly I talk about another failed year of the Golden Geek awards and then I give some basic tips for attending the UKGE and explain why I'm only attending for two days and not in crazy excitement for any of the games. . . . . . aren't I'm supposed to be bigging it up? *********************************...

Broken Meeple Podcast 134 - What Theme Works For You? After some general updates and my impressions of Helionox - a subpar deck builder that clearly suffers from Kickstarter cardinal sins - I go into what themes work for me and what don't work for me when a game comes into view? *************************************** SUBSCRIBE ► www.youtube.com/channel/UCmjyHBcq…ub_confirmation=1 ****************...

Broken Meeple Podcast - Episode 133 - Stat Recording & Challenges Among gamers there's a trend online and offline of board game challenges and recording stats and plays etc. Which of these have merit and which of these feel like a waste of time? Do I engage in any of these myself? *************************************** SUBSCRIBE ► www.youtube.com/channel/UCmjyHBcq…ub_confirmation=1 **************...

Broken Meeple Podcast - Episode 132 - So I Played Speakeasy. . . For this special bumper Easter birthday episode, I share my initial first impressions (based on one play so don't kill me) of Speakeasy by Vital Lacerda - does this have the potential to be the best game of 2025/26, or Vital's best design or are the fans maybe speaking a bit too loud and premature? ***********************************...

Broken Meeple Podcast - Episode 131 - When Does Player Interaction Become Frustrating? I like player interaction in games.......for the most part. But there can be times when it's more frustrating than a benefit. We need to talk about what is positive, negative, structure and chaotic to really get an idea with some examples. Oh and I'll talk about why Wildcatters is a below average game for me! **...

Broken Meeple Podcast - Episode 130 - What Makes A Game Truly Replayable? My throat is a bit iffy today so a shorter episode sorry, but enough time to talk about 2 small trick taker games, some channel highlights and to discuss what truly makes a game replayable? *************************************** SUBSCRIBE ► www.youtube.com/channel/UCmjyHBcq…ub_confirmation=1 ********************************...

Broken Meeple Podcast - Episode 129 - Are Modern Games Lacking A Personality? An interesting debate here, are modern games lacking a personality when compared to classic games? How do you even define personality in a board game? *************************************** SUBSCRIBE ► www.youtube.com/channel/UCmjyHBcq…ub_confirmation=1 *************************************** Related Content Welcome To...

Broken Meeple Podcast - Episode 128 - Was I Too Generous? Let's play Devil's Advocate and flip the last podcast on its head. Are there games I ranked a 10 previously that perhaps I was too generous with my rating? *************************************** SUBSCRIBE ► www.youtube.com/channel/UCmjyHBcq…ub_confirmation=1 KIENDA SPONSOR REFERRAL LINK The Broken Meeple is happy to be sponsored by Kienda....

Broken Meeple Podcast - Episode 126 - Nothing To Look Forward To? Like I said, not doing anticipated lists, so let's take a brief look at 2026 to see if anything is of interest coming up..........oh.............it doesn't look good. In addition I'll take a first impressions look at Railway Boom...........yes..........I've played it. *************************************** SUBSCRIBE ► www.youtube.c...

Broken Meeple Podcast - Episode 127 - Can I Forgive These Games? Updates, Handycon and then as I'm running out of ideas, let's look at some games that I've rated as low as a 1 in the past and decide whether I'm willing to forgive and raise their ratings up a bit. *************************************** SUBSCRIBE ► www.youtube.com/channel/UCmjyHBcq…ub_confirmation=1 KIENDA SPONSOR REFERRAL LINK The...

Broken Meeple Podcast - Episode 125 - Revisiting The 2025 Anticipated List I don't want to do any more Anticipated Lists any more so for the last time ever, let's look back on the Anticipated List for 2025 that I did at the start of the year and see what's what. Seems after all that honestly, anticipated lists are ............ kind of pointless. *************************************** SUBSCRIBE ►...

Broken Meeple Podcast - Episode 124 - Do You Want Fixed Turns or Variable Endgames? My plays at Gridcon 6 followed by a question to discuss? With all the games coming out that have fixed turns/rounds with no variation - do I like this format and if not, what is a better alternative? *************************************** SUBSCRIBE ► www.youtube.com/channel/UCmjyHBcq…ub_confirmation=1 KIENDA SPONS...

Broken Meeple Podcast - Episode 123 - Are We Embarrassed To Be Gamers? Two discussions about games I've played for Taverns of Tifen....whatever and Europa Universalis which I finally crossed off my bucket list. Then a question has daunted me for a while - am I embarrassed to call myself a board gamer and YouTube critic? *************************************** SUBSCRIBE ► www.youtube.com/channel/UC...

Broken Meeple Podcast - Episode 122 - Essen 2025 Aftermath Let's discuss Essen 2025, what I got up to, working with Dranda Games and above all, all of the shiny review copies that you can look forward to me doing videos on over the next several months! *************************************** SUBSCRIBE ► www.youtube.com/channel/UCmjyHBcq…ub_confirmation=1 KIENDA SPONSOR REFERRAL LINK The Broken Mee...

Broken Meeple Podcast - Episode 121 - Essen Preview 2025 & Regrets As well as some games I've played lately, a long loyal Patreon has asked me what other video game IP's would I like to see as tabletop form especially given the recent trend of such releases. Well let's put some thoughts out there! *************************************** SUBSCRIBE ► www.youtube.com/channel/UCmjyHBcq…ub_confirmation...

Broken Meeple Podcast - Episode 120 - Other Game IP's As Tabletop As well as some games I've played lately, a long loyal Patreon has asked me what other video game IP's would I like to see as tabletop form especially given the recent trend of such releases. Well let's put some thoughts out there! *************************************** SUBSCRIBE ► www.youtube.com/channel/UCmjyHBcq…ub_confirmation=...

Broken Meeple Podcast - Episode 119 - BOARDGAMEGEEK TOP 100 (25-1) We continue the BGG Top 100 breakdown and finally get this over with!! - updates - BGG Top 100 (25-1) *************************************** SUBSCRIBE ► www.youtube.com/channel/UCmjyHBcq…ub_confirmation=1 KIENDA SPONSOR REFERRAL LINK The Broken Meeple is happy to be sponsored by Kienda.co.uk where you can buy great games at great...

Broken Meeple Podcast - Episode 118 - BOARDGAMEGEEK TOP 100 (50-26) We continue the BGG Top 100 breakdown with the next 25 games in the sequence. I know I say I'm going to do 50-1 but my throat just couldn't keep up the talking! So 25 today, 25 on the next episode! - updates - initial thoughts on Ark Nova 3Dition - BGG Top 100 (50-26) *************************************** SUBSCRIBE ► www.youtube...

Broken Meeple Podcast - Episode 117 - BOARDGAMEGEEK TOP 100 (100-51) It's been a while but we're back on normal service. I've spent 4 days at Manorcon and can give my full thoughts on how it went. And we now have an Essen Preview list of games coming out - now it's early days, but I'm going to have a look at some of the hottest "thumbed" games and see what the potential is for Essen Spiel 2025. An...

Broken Meeple Podcast - Episode 116 - MANORCON & ESSEN PREVIEW LIST It's been a while but we're back on normal service. I've spent 4 days at Manorcon and can give my full thoughts on how it went. And we now have an Essen Preview list of games coming out - now it's early days, but I'm going to have a look at some of the hottest "thumbed" games and see what the potential is for Essen Spiel 2025. And...

Broken Meeple Podcast - Episode 115 - UK GAMES EXPO 2025 Sorry everyone, the microphone for some reason recorded my voice way too loud and I can only do so much to fix it, so it will sound a bit distorted this time round. Not sure why, but sad to say I can't do much more about the current recording - will check set up before next recording. I hope however you can still enjoy the episode. - updates...

Broken Meeple Podcast - Episode 114- What Gets Me Excited? - updates - impressions of Three Sisters - impressions of Ice (1st Edition) - What gets me excited for a new game? *************************************** SUBSCRIBE ► www.youtube.com/channel/UCmjyHBcq…ub_confirmation=1 KIENDA SPONSOR REFERRAL LINK The Broken Meeple is happy to be sponsored by Kienda.co.uk where you can buy great games at g...