Board Game Gateway

"If a work of art is rich and vital and complete, those who have artistic instincts will see its beauty, and those to whom ethics appeal more strongly than aesthetics will see its moral lesson. It will fill the cowardly with terror, and the unclean will see in it their own shame." - Oscar Wilde Description There are so many games coming out now and it can be very intimidating for new players to pu...

“Is it a boy? Is it a girl? It's a.....Strategic Deck Builder with Route Building and Real-Time Worker Placement. What does any of that mean? I guess it is time to find out” Description: You could be forgiven for thinking that board games are all like monopoly and scrabble but you sir/madam would be wrong. There is an absolute plethora of genres and mechanics that are being explored and for many p...

“Creativity is just connecting things. When you ask creative people how they did something, they feel a little guilty because they didn’t really do it, they just saw something. It seemed obvious to them after a while.” - Steve Jobs Description: Board games are not just thinking puzzles that are designed to give satisfaction to the analytical left side of your brain but they also can provide a plat...

"Do you love sitting down to figure out the logic behind a sudoku puzzle? You are going to love these games that we have on offer for you." Description: All of the hosts are back and we have a great episode for you. Not to mention that our host for this evening is Blayke which in and of itself is going to cause a great time but the discussions are flowing and the laughs were nearly non-stop. The b...

"And now. Ladies and Gentlemen. Leettttssss get ready to RUMMMBBBLLLLEEEEEE!" We have a very exciting episode for you as all four of the hosts get together for the time since Episode 002. The hosts have a chat about some of the first milestones that they have passed, some of the best moments over the past episodes, this week's Gateway Game of the Week LLAMA the Card Game and also for the first tim...

"They did the Mash! They did the monster mash. They did the Mash. It was a graveyard smash" We head back to discord this week so we can welcome our first-ever guest to the podcast. Redmond Hamel is a friend of the show and ex-colleague of Ralph and will give us his perspective on some of his favourite games including 'Betrayal at House on the Hill' . Things get a bit spooky as all get a reading of...

Hey! You know what really grinds my gears?! When an audio podcast tries to use graphically terminology and hand gestures when I can't see you! - Neeber (Chronic Hand Gesturer and graphical described) In today's episode, we welcome the hosts back to the recording table to deliver you an absolute cracker of an episode. Starting the session in the usual style telling you about the games that they hav...

"Because tonight will be the night that I will play with you. That silly gaaaaame, don't make me change my mind." Episode five is here and we have changed it up with Ralph taking on hosting duties and pushing Neeber to the back. In this episode, the two hosts talk about a number of topics that all revolve around the theme of meeting people and playing board games in public. They recount their late...

"I sat down to play and game and stuff was just chucked at me. I didn't know what I was looking at but I immediately felt intimidated by it." - Blayke Taylor 2022 (Podcast Host) We made it to episode four of the Board Game Gateway Podcast and this week we have 75% of the crew returning for your listening pleasure. Neeber, Blayke and Matt have a really interesting discussion topic led by the return...

One. Singular sensation, every little game they rate. Two. Voices for your pleasure, every podcast they make. Welcome to the third episode of the Board Game Gateway Podcast, this week we are 50% leaner with Blayke and Matt missing in action but don't let that worry you as we have another cracking episode. Neeber and Ralph break down the games that they have been playing as well as have a discussio...

Look who's back, back again. Gateways back, tell your friends. *No seriously tell your friends we'd love more people in the community* Anywho with that silly introduction out of the way we would like to welcome you back to the Board Game Gateway Podcast. In this week's episode, we tackle the theme ' What makes a good gateway game ' as well as discuss the games Ganz Schon Clever, Marvel Champions a...

Welcome to the Podcast, we got fun and games. We've got everything you want, we know all the names. Welcome to the inaugural episode of the Board Game Gateway Podcast, if that reference made sense to you then we will get along swimmingly. In this episode, the hosts introduce themselves to you as well as engage in a discussion of what were some of the games that got them into the board gaming hobby...