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We welcome special guest Joel to this very special episode of the podcast. We recap our 2nd event, B3GD Winter 2024 and also talk about our Gateway Game of the Week; Pass the Party Food . There is now only 99 days until Christmas so as we start to run into the end of the year we have got a lot of games, themes and things to cover. We are super excited to get into it starting with this episode. Tim...

In this episode we finally got the boys to play Star Tycoon and share their thoughts and feelings about it. Damien introduced Neeber to the mean auction game of The Estates and the amazing post-apocalyptic tableau builder in 51st State . Neeber and Damien are excited to be back and to bring you even more board gaming content after such a successful B3GD Winter 2024. Timestamps 00:00 - Introduction...

Neeber and Ralph bring you a really special episode today as we get to interview another Sydney-based game designer; Keith from Cutlass Board Games. Keith is the designer of games such as Castles of Caleira, Treachery of the Paper Fox and Murders at Tealwoods Manor. He has a new game that he is excited to talk to us about which is called...Cutlass. We had a great chat about how he got into board g...

It has been a while and some major things have gone down and we need to have a talk about it. Ralph shaved his beard! But seriously, we had the chance to attend Play Con and Clocktower Con, two of Australia's newest conventions. Ralph will be telling us about his time at Clocktower Con Australia, Neeber and Damien will be giving you all the goss from Australia's newest and largest board ga...

Blood on the Clocktower is celebrating its 10th anniversary in 2024 and Sydney is getting its first Blood on the Clocktower Convention coming to the roundhouse on July 6th and 7th. Ralph and Neeber are privileged to get to interview one of the organisers of the event, Theo. In this episode we take you through his relationship to the game, why run the convention as well as some of the fun events th...

Welcome to Part 3 of our Blood on the Clocktower Deep Dive Series. Following our Intro to Trouble Brewing and Interview with the game designer Stephen Medway, we now bring you the Deep Dive into the 2nd script 'Sects & Violets'. We welcome special guest Avery, who is a following BotC storyteller and friend of the podcast. They will help Neeber and Ralph look into all the interesting ro...

This week Damien, Neeber and Ralph are back behind the microphones to talk about some of the games they have been excited about. Ralph has gotten the Digital turned analog Rogue-like card game Slay the Spire, Damien has decided to jump into the analog version of a digital-themed world in Android Netrunner and Neeber finally got his chance to play another wine-themed game in the classic Vinhos. The...

Neeber and Damien sit down to have a chat about some of the games that he got on his recent trip overseas. Some of the games that he has been able to get a hold of are super hard to get here in Australia and they happen to have so many good things about them. Neeber has also finally had a chance to play Arkham Horror the Living Card Game. He takes us through his play and his first impressions of t...

Steven Medway is the Creator and Designer of one of the world's most popular Social Deduction games, 'Blood on the Clocktower' and the Board Game Gateway Crew are lucky to have him in the studio for an in-depth conversation. We talk about his inspirations, design philosophies, plans for the future, and much more. Damien, Ralph and Neeber are super excited for you to have a peak behind the curtain...

The Board Game Gateway Podcast is back for Season 3. The same hosts you know and love but with New Energy, New Content and New Ideas. In this episode, Damien, Neeber and Ralph take you through their holiday gaming sessions as well as some of the funny and heated sessions they were a part of. Ralph and Damien review CanCon 2024, Neeber talks about the Sydney No Ship Auction and some of the new game...

SEASON 2 FINALE It's that time of the year when we present to you our Top 10 Gateway Games for 2023. These are not the games that were released this year but the ones that we think are the best to get people into the board gaming hobby. We welcome back special guest Georgee to the podcast as the overseer of the process we took to get to the final top 10 list. Timestamps 00:00 - Introduction 02...

Welcome back to Part #2 of the Board Game Gateway Hosts Top 10 lists for 2023. In Part #1 we went through 10 to 6 and now we enter the pointy end where we will find out what the hosts top 10 games are. Blayke, Damien, Matt, Neeber and Ralph are all looking forward to sharing their favourite games and sharing many laughs along then way. We are closing in on the end of Season 2 and what a year it ha...

It's that time of year, it's the time when Christmas is just around the corner and the season finale is approaching. So you know what that means. It is time for the BG Gateway Top 10 Season to begin. In this week's episode we start with the Host's Top 10 Games for 2023 - Games #10 to #6. These are games that the hosts love and can not get enough of so not only will you be hearing a...

Christmas is just around the corner and we are going to give you a list of recommended games that you can get to give someone who you don't know what to give. The rules are they must be around the $30 mark, available for purchase now and relatively small. Neeber and Damien also chat about some of the recent games they got to the table with Anhk: Gods of Egypt and Ceres . Are they any good? Wel...

Tea Games. Games that you can play on the couch with a cup of tea in your hand. There are plenty of these around and in this episode Neeber and Damien bring you 3 of them that we love to play. Pick all the clovers in Lucky Numbers , Push your luck whilst not rolling the poop symbols in Chicken and final trade all the camels for silk in our Gateway Game of the Week in Jaipur . Damien is also going...

We have been teasing it for a couple of weeks now but it is finally time for us to announce what we have been working on for the last couple of months. Check the end of the podcast for the details. Neeber, Ralph, Damien and Blayke get around the microphones to discuss some new games that we have been playing. Damien introduces us to the Lovecraftian dice roller in Cthulhu: Death May Die which he h...

Have you ever had an idea for a board game? Well, we have 3 of them ready to be critiqued by our lovely guest Mr. Rob Vella. He is a friend of the podcast and local board gamer but he is also a campaign designer for the Bolt Action tabletop game as well as an upcoming board game designer. This week's special segment is the board game Shark Tank where Damien, Neeber and Ralph are going to have...

1 Year ago the world did not have the Board Game Gateway podcast and what a sad time that was. But now we have a chance to look back and celebrate 1 year of Neeber, Blayke, Damien, Matt and Ralph bringing you their insights and love for this amazing hobby. In this episode, we bring you a special Board Game Trivia. Each host has prepared a round of questions to test your knowledge and to think back...

Dice, Dice Trays, Game Inserts, 3d Printed Pieces and Modules. These are just some of the accessories you can buy/make to upgrade and enhance your board gaming experience and we are here to talk about what we own and why you may want them. As always we also have a chat about the games that we have been playing this week including the new recent Kickstarter arrival of Fit to Print, the 2023 Kenners...

Along with GooberCon Neeber likes to hold another game day that he calls "GooberCon Underground" and this is a day to play games of a more 'Heavy' style of play. Don't let that scare you off though as the boys will tell you some stories about why these games and why they caused raucous laughter and head-scratching moments. Neeber, Ralph and Matt will then take you through som...

We're back! After a bit of a midseason break the Board Game Gateway is back with content ready to go and games that need to be talked about. This episode focuses on the Game Day "GooberCon" that Neeber hosts every year for his friends and family. We chat about all the games that got played and some of the fun stories that we will now be telling for years to come. Damien brings in one...

How do you start a Board Game Group? Well, we have the man who started our local group on the podcast tonight and we are going to pick his brain about everything Board Game Group and Community Group related. Please welcome our friend Rhys to Episode 34 of the Podcast. Before we get to our discussion topic for today we will talk about a couple of games that have piqued our interest over the past we...

Ralph is back and we have another cracking episode for you this week. We get chatting about some of the unique and diverse games that we have been playing with Damien kicking it off and chatting about 51st State , Ralph talks about the 100% waterproof game of Too Many Bones and Neeber fan girls over the nerdiest part of any game the tech tree, in Beyond the Sun . But don't let that worry you b...

"A rose by any other name would smell as sweet" - William Shakespeare Welcome back to the Board Game Gateway Podcast, after a week off our hosts Neeber, Damien and Matt are ready to take you through some of the games that they have had the pleasure of playing over the past fortnight. Neeber has been playing his latest discovery of Stellaris Nexus , Matt is back and has got some tales fro...