Board Game Gumbo Live!

It’s another “lagniappe” episode of the Gumbo podcast with Mitchell Prudhomme, the director of Southern Board Game Fest!  First, Mitchell regales us with tales of his summer trip with his friend Ethan to Columbus, Ohio for ORIGINS GAME FAIR 2026!  Mitchell played over 80 games while he was there, but he stopped by to tell us his top 21 games played.  BJ and Mitchell also dish on a recent game that...

It’s another “lagniappe” episode of the Gumbo podcast with Mitchell Prudhomme, the director of Southern Board Game Fest!  First, Mitchell regales us with tales of his big game day with Doug and friends, including an epic play of Lord of the Rings: Fate of the Fellowship! BJ and Mitchell also dish on two recent games that they both have played:  Golem, a game from the Italian krewe that is getting...

It’s another “lagniappe” episode of the Gumbo podcast with Mitchell Prudhomme, the director of Southern Board Game Fest!  First, Mitchell bemoans that he hasn't played many games lately, while BJ dishes on two recent games he has enjoyed:  Frenzy Falls, by Joseph Z. Chen and Randy Flynn from The OP From The Moon, an interesting new euro game Then, it's the smoked meat of the day, the big reveal of...

It’s another “lagniappe” episode of the Gumbo podcast with Mitchell Prudhomme, the director of Southern Board Game Fest!  First, Mitchell and BJ chat about the Travelin' Family. Did Mitchell play Santorini in Santorini? Did Mitchell play Istanbul in Istanbul? Find out here! Next, they dish on two recent games that they have played: Lord of the Rings: Fate of the Fellowship  Shackleton Base expansi...

It’s another “lagniappe” episode of the Gumbo podcast with Mitchell Prudhomme!  First, Mitchell and BJ chat about the weekend that was, Southern Board Game Fest! Then, they chat about their top three games played at the festival, including:  12 Rivers Panda Royale Formaggio Tipperary Luzon Rails and more!  Next, Mitchell and BJ give their top three festival experiences: Speaking French Unmatched t...

It’s another “lagniappe” episode of the Gumbo podcast with Mitchell Prudhomme, the director of Southern Board Game Fest!  First, Mitchell and BJ chat about some exciting news about SoBo -- we have some new Special Event listed on the tickets part of the page, including the recently announced HOT STREAK live show and the UNMATCHED tourney! Go to www.southerngamefest.com to get your reservations. Th...

Euro Mondays are usually all about...euro games! But this time, courtesy of our friends at Flatout Games, the krewe decides to stream plays of HONEYPOT and FORAGE, which are two lighter games that are out on Kickstarter right now from Flatout.  Doug gives a brief overview of HONEYPOT, while Jeremy teaches FORAGE. Then, we do a deep dive into our post-game thoughts of both games. Here is a link to...

It’s another “lagniappe” episode of the Gumbo podcast, this time with our old friend, Steve Finn of Doctor Finn's Games (Biblios, Nanga Parbat, Cities and so many other great games). Steve stops by the Gumbo Pot to chat about some exciting crowdfunding news. His new publishing company, PIPNETIC GAMES, is heading to Kickstarter on February 23 for his latest book of games. This one is called Dr. Fin...

It’s another “lagniappe” episode of the Gumbo podcast with Mitchell Prudhomme, the director of Southern Board Game Fest!  First, Mitchell and BJ chat about some exciting news about SoBo! The guided playthroughs are live and there are a tons of great games to jump in. Go to www.southerngamefest.com to get your reservations. Then, Mitchell and BJ dive into some recent plays:  Inventors of the South...

On this week's Twitch Tuesday, BJ was joined by three special guests!  The Jay Bell is back from New Jersey bringing a brand new game from Odd Candy called ESP. It's a mind-bending trick-taking game to test your ESP.   Jeremy is back in the Gumbo Pot, too, with talk of the SoBo Virtual Flea Market and to share post-game thoughts on Fight In A Box's KAISER CUCUMBER!   And Josh is back, with an upda...

It’s another “lagniappe” episode of the Gumbo podcast, this time with Mitchell Prudhomme, the director of Southern Board Game Fest!  First, Mitchell and BJ chat about their recent play of OPERATION BARCLAY, a cool two-player historical game about deception on the European front (with a poker mechanic!) that they both really enjoyed. It's designed by Maurice Suckling with art from Meeple Foundry an...

It’s another “lagniappe” episode of the Gumbo podcast, this time with Mitchell Prudhomme, the director of Southern Board Game Fest!  First, BJ lays out for Mitchell his recent plays of TRICKY KIDS, a new trick-taking game from Pandasaurus Games that has some really cool twists. Then Mitchell dishes on the world of Brandon Sanderson -- Mitchell is back from DRAGONSTEEL NEXUX, the fantasy convention...

Tonight, Steve "The Name Father" O'Rourke is back in the Gumbo Pot with BJ, fresh off a visit to PAX UNPLUGGED. But this time, Steve's brought guests -- Julie & Houston, fellow academics and board game aficionados.  The three enlighten BJ about the wonders of Philly, and break down their impressions of games, games, games:  Whisperstone (a new RPG from the Flatout Games team) Winter Rabbit (in...

It's the holiday season! And everybody is asking for appropriate games to bring to family and friend game nights, so here's a list of ten games released -- or re-released in new editions -- in the past couple of years that are PERFECT for your next holiday game night! Games featured: Puppies or Poop (Fight In A Box Games) ** Wine Cellar (25th Century Games) **   Duck & Cover (Captain Games) Sq...

It’s another “lagniappe” episode of the Gumbo podcast, this time with Mitchell Prudhomme, the director from Southern Board Game Fest!  First, BJ and Mitchell chat up their recent experiences listening to The Beans & Dice Podcast, plus BJ gives an update on Gamers For Cures, hosted by Dan Patriss of The Geek All Stars.   Then, they dish about recent plays of The Hobbit: There And Back Again (a...

It’s another “lagniappe” episode of the Gumbo podcast, this time with Mitchell Prudhomme, the director from Southern Board Game Fest!  First, BJ and Mitchell chat up their recent visit to another friendly local game store (sans board games) called LVL 1 Gaming. Then, we dish about recent plays of Tag Team, Big Sur, and Origin Story. Plus, we throw in some lagniappe — our first impressions of ASIAN...

It's ESSEN SPIEL week! BJ from Board Game Gumbo is back with TEN more games that he has the ENVIE to buy at ESSEN SPIEL 2025. Plus, there's a little bit of lagniappe, with six interesting games that might slip under the radar, and two expansions that would have definitely come home in the Gumbo suitcase. Do these games catch your eye, too? Laissez les bon temps rouler! Twitch Tuesdays! twitch.tv/b...

The summer break is over, and we are back in the Gumbo Pot! This time, Jeremy from the Acadiana Board Gamers is back to teach us how to play CASCADIA ALPINE LAKES, out on Kickstarter right now from our friends at Flatout Games.  You like Cascadia? You want it even more breezy, and with a 3D component? Check this game out!  But we were not alone. The chat krewe was with us, and we did some deep div...

It’s another “lagniappe” episode of the Gumbo podcast, this time with Jay from Cardboard East! Jay is the marketing manager for Bezier Games, and he’s here to chat about The Game Makers!  First, Jay gives us his two ENVIE games from Asian designers that will be featured at GENCON (to demo, check out Age of Galaxy and to buy, look at 12 Rivers). Plus, we throw in some lagniappe — Buffet Boss.  Then...

We took the month off of June from podcasting to play some games! We’re back with a special episode of Gumbo Live! this time with Steve “The Name Father” O’Rourke dishing on his recent adventures at Chuck Con IV in Salt Lake City.  But Steve’s not alone — he’s brought friends! Our old friend, Phillip Millman (“Baseball Highlights 2045”) joins Becke from the Chuck’s Gateway & Filler Games Faceb...

It’s another Twitch Tuesday in the Gumbo Pot! This time, Jeremy and Doug stop by to play Pirates of Maracaibo and Schrodinger’s Cat, which you can find on our Twitch and YouTube channels. But before they get to playing the games, they have to chat about the news that came out today — it’s Spiel nominations time! The krewe chat about their experiences playing all of the Spiel and Kennerspiel nomina...

Gumbo Live! welcomed in Josh Ballagh, designer and publisher of Coalition: Councils of the Republic, which is hitting Kickstarter this summer! Josh is also one of the co-heads of our awesome GEAUXPUB section at Southern Board Game Fest, and we chatted about the successful con! Then we chatted up the history of Coalition and how it came from Josh’s days in school to now. Plus, we played a game live...

Jerod and I opened up a new box on Twitch — the kickstarter preview copy of The Pirate Code — and once we finished, we started chatting about our top games played at Southern Board Game Fest 2025 in beautiful downtown Lafayette, Louisiana!   Laissez les bon temps rouler! 

Gumbo Live! welcomed in Rob from www.theboardboyspodcast.com and Logan from the Acadiana Board Gamers Discord to chat about everything SoBo2025! (But only after we got in a BEAUX-NESS episode with Beau from the Board Boys).  That’s right, the krewe is back from another successful Southern Board Game Fest in beautiful downtown Lafayette, Louisiana.  We chatted about the top games checked out of the...

Gumbo Live! welcomed Charlie McCarron, designer of SURPLUS OF SLOTHS, into the Gumbo Pot!  We chatted about his background in music, the process of tying theme to these mechanisms, and all of the fun of the crowdfunding campaign! For more information, click here: Plus, we chatted about his previous game, FOUR HUMOURS, that we are giving away at Southern Board Game Fest! Before we wrapped up the ni...