Board Game Gumbo Live!

Mitchell made a pass by the Gumbo Pot this weekend! Mitchell is the former future member of the Beans & Dice Podcast and a local gaming guru at the Southern Board Game Fest. BJ and Mitchell review BLAZON from 25th Century Games, then chat about recent expansions for Lost Ruins of Arnak, Tapestry, and Ares Expedition!  Laissez les bon temps rouler!  Get your Board Game Gumbo merch here: https:/...

BJ, Steve and Verla are back! And of course, we had to chat with Jeremy Howard of Man v Meeple and Rawstone Games!  First, they reminisce about Jeremy's introduction into the hobby, and find out what he has been up to since the last visit.  Then we get to the games: The Elder Scrolls  Dice Manor The Isofarian Guard Tiletum Qawale And finally -- it's time for a game with the Chat Krewe! This time,...

Back in the Gumbo Pot tonight to test out the new Gumbo Live! 2.0 set up: Preview of Tuesday night's episode with Jeremy Howard of Man v Meeple; Votes for Women v Watergate; Big news about Southern Board Game Fest; News on Kickstarters from Button Shy Games and Dr Finn's Games #mailtime in the Gumbo Pot! -- and a lot of catching up with the Chat Krewe! Thanks for listening, and stop by the Chat Kr...

The Jay Bell and Dave “DOOOOOGAH” Dugas are back in the Gumbo! This time, BJ talks with Jay and Dave about their frequent plays of the MARVEL SNAP app. Card Combos! Meta Deck Building! When To Snap! You get secrets from the experts (plus BJ's non-expert takes).  Plus, they chat about the Panda Board Game Calendar Challenge and even sneak in a little bit of talk about the upcoming ChuckCon 2023!  T...

The Jay Bell and Adam The Austin are back in the Gumbo! This time, BJ talks with Jay and Adam about two games that are almost ten years old that they still have the ENVIE to play!  This topic was inspired by Phillip & Vic's discussion with The Name Father (Steve O'Rourke) on the recent episode of The Generic Board Game Podcast. Thanks for listening! Laissez les bon temps rouler! Get your Board...

Jay and Adam join BJ in the Gumbo Pot! The krewe talks about recent plays of: •Cartographers •Frosthaven •Wonderbook •Spotlight Plus, they open up a surprise box of games from DV while talking about their favorite Saturday Morning Cartoons. And finally, they play Donut Shop from 25th Century Games coming out on Kickstarter soon and give you their thoughts right after!  Our thanks to the publishers...

Jay and Jeremy are back!  BJ welcomes in The Jay Bell and Jeremy for a visit about their favorite games played in January. Then they play Rebuilding Seattle, a new city builder from WizKids, and Atiwa, the new farming game from Uwe Rosenberg and Lookout Games. And you get their thoughts on the gameplay!  Thanks for listening!     Laissez les bon temps rouler!    Get your Board Game Gumbo merch her...

BJ and Jerod finally play the Cave Paintings expansion! It's time to talk about why this might be our favorite expansion of all. Of course, Jerod mixes in a few other modules and extra cards -- we'll talk about a few new cards and other surprises we threw in. We give you our real-time, post game impressions right after we finish! Our thanks to Fantasia Games for sending us this copy to stream.   L...

BJ and Jerod give their Top 10 Games of 2022!   Thanks for listening!     Laissez les bon temps rouler!    Get your Board Game Gumbo merch here: https://boardgamegumbo.wordpress.com/gumbo-merch/   Board Game Gumbo plays your games every TUESDAY on TWITCH! twitch.tv/boardgamegumbo @boardgamegumbo on Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Twitch, and Instagram www.boardgamegumbo.com ← our written reviews, news...

After a cold Christmas break, the krewe is back with talk of their Games of the Year, plus their thoughts on The Great Split and Skate Summer.  Join BJ, Jerod, Dave and Adam The Austin for banter about how much gumbo is too much, is TI4 too long, and what is "half a Dave" worth in today's dollars? Thanks for listening!  Laissez les bon temps rouler!    Get your Board Game Gumbo merch here: https:/...

BJ and Dave throw a gaming marathon with Jeremy and Matt for The Jay Bell's big birthday celebration! After a day of gaming with the Krewe, they jump on stream for some lively banter and some gaming. You'll also hear a little bit about their Twitch gaming sessions of Poetry for Neanderthals AND Quantum, too! Plus, quick discussions of 7 Wonders: Architects, A Feast For Odin, and Dog Park! Thanks f...

BJ and Jay chat about Pax Unplugged 2022 with Bradly and Adam The Austin. Lots of games mentioned during the recap! Plus, we learn how soft a phoenix can be? Some of the games mentioned: • Quirky Bird prototypes • The NameFather Meet Up! A Rodney Smith story • An Age Contrived • Wicked & Wise • Shards of Infinity • Ka-POW! • Star Realms Legacy • BGG Con v Pax Unplugged • Why RouxMates Doesn't...

BJ welcomes back Jay From The UK, along with long-time Gumbo gamer, Barnes, and the Duke of Duson, Dave Doooooogahhhh for a Jay-labration to celebrate Jay's return to the Gumbo Pot. They discuss the changes in the studio, Jay's gaming group in Chester, and hot new games that they've played recently. Games discussed: Voyagers The Wolves Marvel Remix Marvel Snap The Flow of History Quantum Dungeons,...

BJ and Adam the Austin recount some of their favorite game experiences while setting up some games in the Gumbo Pot for the Tuesday Twitch stream! Thanks for listening, and Laissez les bon temps rouler! Board Game Gumbo plays your games every TUESDAY on TWITCH! twitch.tv/boardgamegumbo @boardgamegumbo on Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Twitch, and Instagram www.boardgamegumbo.com ← our written reviews...

BJ and Jay recap more recent plays at Southern Board Game Fest, gab about the top ten (eleven) games checked out of the SoBo library in 2022, and talk with the Chat Krewe about Canvas, what to do with inserts, and what games to bring on a trip to London! Laissez les bon temps rouler! 

BJ and Jay are back in the Gumbo Pot, this time joined by Dave!  -- Jay plays Isle of Cats -- BJ shows off his new insert from Jeremy for CoraQuest -- Dave talks about Radlands -- We debate the best king cakes in Lafayette  -- How did the Bengals lose the big game?  Laissez les bon temps rouler!  www.facebook.com/boardgamegumbo @boardgamegumbo on YouTube, Twitter, Twitch, Instagram and Facebook ww...

BJ and Jay are back in the Gumbo Pot!   -- Jay's new job! -- How many cats are too many cats? -- Does boudin belong in king cake or cereal? -- What is the absolutely best name for a cat from Louisiana -- How to play WAY TOO MANY CATS coming soon to Kickstarter from Weird Giraffe Games Laissez les bon temps rouler!  www.facebook.com/boardgamegumbo @boardgamegumbo on YouTube, Twitter, Twitch, Instag...

BJ from Board Game Gumbo and Dean from MeepleTown Podcast team up to chat about all things Disney board game related. In this special episode of Gumbo Live!, BJ and Dean run down all of the Disney themed games released in 2020, and talk about the ones they've played, the ones they liked, and the ones that missed.    Thanks for watching!   Board Game Gumbo is a proud member of Punchboard Media Gumb...

BJ and Steve welcomed in Dennis K. Chan, designer of Beyond the Sun, the space exploration tech tree game from Rio Grande Games. They find out his hobbies, how he got started in design, and chat about some of the spicy hot games they've played recently: Dune Three Sisters Alma Mater Then the three do a deep dive into Beyond the Sun, one of the top games of 2020 played by the Gumbo, followed by a r...

BJ welcomes in Tim Virnig, Brand Ambassador for Thunderworks Games, to chat about the spicy hot games they have coming out in 2021-22! But first, they chat about teaching board games and get into some of their recent plays like:  Parks and the new Nightfall Expansion from Keymaster Games Bruce Lee and the new expansions from Unmatched by Restoration Games Then it is on to those spicy hot games! Ti...

Gumbo favorite and honorary Krewe member, Jeremy Howard of Man v Meeple returned to Gumbo Live! for a special holiday edition! BJ, Verla and Steve got the gumbo scoop on the latest spicy hot games like: Lost Ruins of Arnak, Dune Imperium, Beyond the Sun, Merv, Gods Love Dinosaurs, Nidavellir board game, Furnace, Honey Buzz, Red Cathedral, and Dwellings of Eldervale! Plus, they played an amazing ga...

Comedian and Game Designer Grant Lyon joins Gumbo Live! to talk about Curmudgeon, a new party game from 25th Century Games! BJ and Verla chat with Grant about life as a comedian, his influences and favorite shows, and some of the spicy hot games they have played recently: Jurassic Parts Cindr MonsDRAWsity, and  Christmas Lights  Then they turn to Curmudgeon, and found out the backstory about how t...

BJ and Steve welcome in Dan Thurot, critic extraordinare from Space-Biff!, one of BJ's favorite board game writers. They chat about Dan's blog, his plans for the future, why he loves Salt Con, his role with the brand new www.zenobiaaward.org and some spicy hot games they have played recently: Beyond The Sun Caretos Cosmic Frog Then, Alex Goldsmith of The Dukes of Dice Podcast is back to see if the...

BJ welcomed in Dan Patriss from the Geek All Stars Podcast and founder of Gamers For Cures! They chatted about beer, podcasts, geek news and the latest from Restoration Games. Plus, some spicy hot games that they have played recently: Lost Ruins of Arnak and Under Falling Skies. Finally, Steve & BJ welcome in Chat Krewe favorite, Alex Goldsmith of the Dukes of Dice for a rousing game of Christmas...

BJ welcomes back Chris Wray, writer and ludohistorian from The Opinionated Gamers, to talk about all the Essen Spiel goodness! First, there's a discussion of the changes made to Essen Spiel, then a lively discussion of some of the games they've played recently: Feierabend Medici: The Dice Game Pandemic Legacy: Season 0 Tawantinsuyu  Tapestry: Plans & Ploys After that, it is game time! Board Game B...