Meeple Nation Board Game Podcast

Tableau Building is a fantastic family of games. In this episode, your hosts select a game each and detail how their chosen game utilizes tableau building for fun and profit.  Innovation by Carl Chudyk and Asmadi Games Charterstone by Jamey Stegmaier and Stonemaier games. Near and Far by Ryan Laukat and Red Raven Games

Your hosts, Nathan, Ryan and Logan discuss Tableau building games and what makes them great. From Race for the Galaxy and 7 Wonders to Citadels and Terraforming Mars, tableau builders give players an array or components (cards, tiles, player boards, etc.) to buy, build, manipulate and combine for victory points. You hopefully create an engine for fun and profit.

Meeple Nation was at SaltCON 2019 and ran a bunch of games. Listen to get our highlights of the con. We hosted Brent Mair's Puzzlehunt, the Game Show, a bunch of Werewolf and a dozen other social deduction games. We had a blast.

The hosts of Meeple Nation deliver your March 2019 News with special guest Ashlee Howard. We discuss a bunch of forthcoming games including: Star Wars: Outer Rim from Fantasy Flight Terraforming Mars: Turmoil from Stronghold Ravnica Inquisition from  Wizkids Time Breaker from Looney Labs Talisman: Kingdom Hearts from  USAopoly Hako Onna from Ejin and Wizkids and Kickstarters: Creature Feature  by...

Join the Nation as we gush about the board game Nemesis by Awaken Realms, designed by Adam Kwapiński. This epic board game is loosely based on the Alien franchise. You start the game waking from hibernation to find a crew member with a hole in their chest and blood everywhere. Each player has hidden objectives they need to complete in order to win, but you first have to survive. Mechanics: Campaig...

Nathan has been itching to bring Star Wars Rebellion from Fantasy Flight to the podcast. Nathan is a sucker for all thing Star Wars, and he's pretty lucky because Fantasy Flight always delivers a quality play experience. Logan has Nathan's back. Ryan just doesn't seem to like games. Listen as we discuss the flavor and mechanics of Star Wars Rebellion.

Join Meeple Nation as your hosts discuss three of their favorite area control games. We each chose a game that uses the mechanic in different ways, and different than Risk. The chosen games are: Carolvs Magnvs (2000) by Leo Colovini Carcassonne (2000) by Klaus-Jürgen Wrede A Game of Thrones: The Board Game (Second Edition) (2011) by Christian T. Petersen All of these are older games. We think they...

Area Control games like Risk tend to have a bad rap in our playgroup, but does that make the mechanic problematic? Many players love area control and seek out games like Heroes of Land, Sea, and Air, Twilight Struggle  and Scythe . Join Meeple Nation as we discuss those games as well as Area Control games like El Grande . Other games discussed: Spirit Island Terra Mystica Carolus Magnus Attika Car...

Join the Meeple Nation with your hosts Nathan and Ryan as they discuss the board game news for February 2019. Will every property release a roll & write version? Will Nathan buy all the kickstarters? Only one way to find out... We discuss:   The Lord of the Rings: Journeys in Middle-earth Chronicles of Crime: Noir/Welcome to Redview Gloomhaven: Forgotten Circles Tuki from Next Move Games Imperial...

Join Meeple Nation with your hosts Ryan, Nathan, and guest host Logan as we discuss Big Trouble in Little China The Board Game. Big Trouble is Nathan's all time favorite movie, so the game has a lot to live up to. Will Nathan ever choose a different character than Jack Burton? Will he stop quoting the movie long enough to take his turn?  Only one way to find out? I'm a reasonable guy. But, I've ju...

This week we continue our discussion of press-your-luck in games as we talk card flips in Dead Man's Draw, gear dice selection and dice rolling in Formula D, and progressing deeper and pushing clank in the game Clank!

This week we review the press-your-luck game, winner of the 2018 Kennerspiel des Jahres, Quacks of Quedlinburg

Just flip one more card or roll the dice on more time, right? This week we are talking press your luck games such as Quacks of Quedlingburg, Dead Man's Draw, Incan Gold, or Deep Sea Adventure.

Join us as we talk about gaming goals, what we accomplished and what we didn't. We celebrate Nathan's fantastic gaming year. We also talk news including New Frontiers The City Suburbia Collectors Edition Clank Legacy: Acquisitions Incorportated Proving Grounds ...More

We dip into the mailbag and answer a few questions from listeners, starting with the question of Time Travel in board games.

We talk everything Pandemic including: Pandemic 2008 On the brink 2009 In the Lab 2013 State of Emergency 2015 Pandemic: Contagion 2014 Pandemic: The Cure 2014 Experimental Meds 2016 Pandemic: Legacy Season 1 2015 Pandemic: Reign of Cthulhu 2016 Pandemic: Iberia 2016 Pandemic: Rising Tide 2017 Pandemic: Legacy Season 2 2017 Pandemic: Fall of Rome 2018

We discuss NaNoWriMo, Social Deduction, Gaming Goals, App Supported Board Games, and answer a few questions.

Brent and Nathan sit down and talk about their last few days of gaming from BoardGameGeek. Con 2018 in Dallas.  Games played: Poker Two Rooms and a Boom Capital Lux Rebel Nox Discover: Lands Unknown Lost Expedition Sentient Dominion: Nocturne and Renaissance.

We are joined by Matt for this news episode. We talk Keyforge Names, Kickstarter Games, One Dollar Kickstarter Pledges, Errant Uber Drivers, Layoffs and Acquisition during this Golden Age.

Nathan and Ryan made it to BGG.Con 2018. This recording is their coverage of the first 20 games they play which includes: Downfall Brikks Blueprint Sherlock: Last Call Sherlock: Tomb of the Archeologist Flowerfall x3 The Quest for El Dorado Heroes and Hexes New York Slice Thunderstone Quest A Study in Emerald Ticket to Ride New York Big Trouble in Little China Steamrollers Big Dig Fuji The River K...

This is the episode that everyone, or at least one, has been waiting for. In this episode we discuss dozens of games, and a history of what makes up the Cthulhu Mythos. We start with the Fantasy Flight games, labeled Arkham Horror Files, including Arkham Horror 2nd Edition, 3rd Edition, Mansions of Madness 1st and 2nd Editions, Elder Sign, and Eldritch Horror. Then we discuss a good many games tha...

This is our 5th annual Holiday Gift guide. We each bring five recommendations to the table, along with our recommendations for audience. Nathan Muse Sagrada Space Base Azul Magic Maze Brent Ticket to Ride Pandemic Sushi Go Party! King of Tokyo Exit and Unlock! Escape Room Games Ryan Codenames (Harry Potter) The Mind Disney's Villainous Magic: The Gathering Reef

This week we have an intervention of sorts, but who needs intervening, Nathan or Ryan? We discuss how perception, attitude, and enthusiasm affect enjoyment in gaming, for everyone. What is your attitude towards games? What types of games do you enjoy?

Ryan, Brent and Nathan sit down with Matt and Barb and talk news and Kickstarters.   Make sure you look for us at BGG.con and consider donating to our Extra Life effort at https://extra-life.org/team/nugg Thanks for listening!

Once again Brent is away which somehow means that Sam comes over to play. Sam Aho from Sam Says Game Reviews joins Ryan and Nathan while they discuss Introducing New Games to Players. What should you do when an experience player teaches a game to a new player? Should there be strategy discussion, commentary on moves, warnings about game timing and more? Tune in to listen to a few differing opinion...