Gettin' Gamey

Decoy and I felt opposite on this one...sort of. Its an almost perfect information game, and it's almost good? It may very well depend on a lot of things...where you're from, and if your parents had a briefcase when you were young! Come see. The list: Dominion Catan Chess Risk Mancala Parcheesi Checkers Scrabble Guess Who? Kerplunk Battleship Monopoly Trivial Pursuit Chinese Checkers Mouse...

All the worlds a stage, and we, merely players, of this the world's game. We've got a top 15 after this week! You may not have played this one recently, or even this version, as there are tons and tons of variants. But if you have, theres a chance you haven't looked at it in a while. And spoiler alert....maybe you should! Here's the list so far: Dominion Catan Chess Risk Parcheesi...

Welcome to our first game in a new genre. Deck-builders haven't exploded like some other game genres from the 90s up to today, however, this game's initialization of the genre was such that not many can compete with it. Special Guest JC joins us again this week. If there's been a game on our show we would recommend and we had to pick one, it would be this one. 

We may never have played a game designed for kids so young with such a light theme that is actually dark...like, dark dark. Dang. This game. Get in here. Special Guest Bott Bott, who just released his new Youtube channel, Brine and Bunker.

It's our oldest game to date, and one that's near and dear to my heart, and the heart of Engamer1331, who runs a youtube channel, and is an architect and designer! Co-host Decoy and I have a great time this week with our newest guest, and dear friend. And we talk an oldie...AND A GOODIE. Come hang with the oldest game you probably didn't remember or know about that's actually worth...

We're back this week with a game that was difficult for me to figure out. Nostalgia? Check. Fun to play...hmm. We've got a new guest joining us this week! His audio was a bit troublesome at a few parts, but our content remains fire!

You sunk my battleship! Oh no wait, actually that was a miss. And this game...it was a hit! Or a miss. It's got a lot of legacy and nostalgia for a lot of people, and potentially a mode you didn't even know existed. And spoiler alert...its the only way to play.

The drama! The Intrigue! The Puzzle! It's the finale of our three-part series on perfect information games (for now). And we have a very special guest from Woodland War Machine joining us this week! The ever-famous Waterman121 is here! Ever want to hear a master of his craft discuss that craft? You've come to the right place.

We're back with part 2 of our 3 part series on perfect information games, this time with what I would call a classic, but you may never have played, or even heard of! It's Star Checkers, which many will know as Chinese Checkers. This game is our first "cooperative game" as well in some ways, or at least, the earliest we've covered thus far! Come hang :)

We're kicking off a bit of a "series" of perfect information games this week with Checkers! It's our first proper perfect information game, and also the oldest game we've covered thus far! Weirdly enough, BGG puts this game's birthdate at 1150 despite its existence many years before that. But it's not the only thing we've disagreed with them about on this show, an...

We're back with another stone cold classic? Or at least one that you've probably played. And this one's legacy is pretty epic (insert founding emoji here). You'll never guess who I picked when we played this game on air! Even if I burned all my capital for an L, I still had fun!

The title of this game speaks for itself in a lot of ways. The actual board game-yness and mechanics leave much to be desired...but where else can you go to learn how many stomachs an earthworm has? Well...the internet it turns out. But isn't it more fun to make a pie you can't eat, then to just look it up and move on? Well...maybe

This game is my Catan, which as you heard last week is a pretty impactful title for the board game industry. First in its class in strategy war gaming and only three years after "Tactics," which many cite as the first war board game, Risk arguably defined the genre, and may well be the most re-skinned and ubiquitous war game of the 21st century. But is it good though?

We're back this week with a game widely considered simultaneously both stone cold classic and a minor league game too old for the modern hobby. Two new guests join Caleb and me this week to discuss what could make a run for the top of our list as well! It's our heaviest game we've covered so far on Gettin Gamey, and it packs a serious punch for many board gamers alike! Come join us on...

Biff! Splat! Blam! Ooof! Kerplunk! The ads from your youth may have pegged this for 5+, but don't sleep on this Ideal Toy Company classic from the late 60s. Ever wonder what Isaac Newton was thinking when the proverbial apple hit him on the head? Well, this is as close to that answer as we may get.

This is the premiere episode of Gettin' Gamey, a podcast about board games! I'm very excited to launch this project, which I've been thinking about for a while now. What is it? A show where I bring on guests each week to discuss a board game per episode! Each week you can expect me to dissect what makes these older games out of contention for "high quality" in today's mod...