The BoardGameGeek Podcast

Episode 98: Aaron B. (Game Enthus) - The Remaster’s Era - Top 5 Games We Like to Teach - Lunch Time Gaming & Getting Recognized Hey everyone! I’m excited to introduce Aaron, also known as Game Enthus on social media, who’s joining me to chat about all those games that are getting remastered, remade, updated with a second edition, brought back, or republished with some tweaks. We’re gonna try t...

Episode 97: Cole Smith - Games that Combine 2 Mechanisms well - Top 5 Area Control Games - A Frame Job & Good Food Canadian board game and graphic designer, Cole Smith, joins me to talk about his current published games, games that combine 2 mechanisms well, and his favorite mechanism, area control, games. 00:00:00 Intro 00:00:21 Get to Know Cole Smith and his games Tanuki  Sauros  3 Magi  00:...

Episode 96: Arwen Kathke - Vision Accessibility in Board Games - Top 5 Food-Themed Board Games - Hanging out with loved ones and friends The amazing Arwen Kathke joins me to talk about her Cardboard Time podcast and her passion to increase vision accessibility in board games. We get hungry talk about our top 5 food themed games and going down some rabbit holes. Ending with good memories of hanging...

Episode 95: Emily Vincent - Usability & UI Design in Board Games, 10+ Hidden Small Box Gems, Libraries, and cats calling in the Spring Please come join me and meet this wonderful human and talented designer, Emily Vincent. We connect about cats, what makes a sandwich, and fonts. We discuss how UI design and accessibility design concepts are implemented in board games. Then we talk about 10+ sm...

Episode 94: Ambie Valdés- How Life Changes affect Board Games - Top 5 Kids Games, sort of - Loving on Family and Friends Ambie Valdés from the Board Game Blitz podcast joins me to talk about how different stages in life change what and how we play board games. I talk about 5 games that are made for kids but adults also enjoy while you get a peek into what games Ambie’s twins enjoyed throughout the...

Episode 93: Mark Peebles - Types of Solo Modes - Top 5 Games with Great Solo Modes - Cooking and Gardening My Twitch streamer friend, Mark, joins me to talk about different types of solo modes, our favorite games with great solo modes and a couple of things that brings us joy, cooking and gardening. 00:00:00 Intro 00:00:20 Get to know MP aka Mr. Peebles aka Mark and HIs hobbies 00:07:21 Solo Games...

Episode 92: Banzainator - How to sell culled games - Top 5 Games that will never leave our collections - Running and Rainbows Banzainator joins me to talk about selling our games, the games we will never sell, and enjoy running and rainbows. 00:00:00 Intro BGG Podcast Episode 63 00:04:08 The Art of Selling and Culling Games Pirate Ship 00:15:45 Have you heard of Whatnot? Banzainator’s Profile Banz...

Designers and owners of Urban Professional Games, Ashwin Kamath and Rob Newton joins me to talk about the journey of getting Chicken Fried Dice from inspiration to crowdfunding. We then talk about 15+ Blank and write games that we enjoy. And share some happy moments with good food, good friends, good games, and a trip to Japan. 00:00:00 Intro 00:00:17 Meet the Designers: Ashwin and Rob Urban Profe...

Roberta Taylor joins me to talk about her games and the Canadian board game scene. We discuss games we wish we could get to the table more often. And we are looking forward to more warmth to our days and meeting up with friends to game. 00:00:00 Intro 00:00:15 Getting to know Roberta Taylor 00:05:25 Exploring the Canadian Board Game Scene Eric M. Lang Sen-Foong Lim Daryl Andrews Christopher Chung...

Designer and Publisher, Marcus Ross, joins me to talk about his experience at the Toy Fair in New York. He challenges me to come up with a list of fun Roll-and-Move games. Ending with us talking about robots and wontons. 00:00:00 Intro 00:00:37 Getting to know Marcus Ross 00:03:35 Marcus's Favorite Game 00:09:41 Marcus's experience at the Toy Fair in New York 00:26:33 Top 5 Roll and Move...

Justin Bell is back! He joins me to discuss all of the extra stuff we buy to make our board game experience better. This can be everything from upgrading bits from cardboard to wooden components to the perfect bags to always have on hand. Also, how much we love player aids. Then we discuss our top 5 games of 2025. Ending with how everyone should touch grass and bring baked goods to conventions. 00...

Episode 87: Andrew Stiles - HIs experience and tips for designers working with publishers - Top 5 games we take everywhere Get to know Andrew Stiles and his incredible journey to being a published designer. We talk tips for meeting with publishers, pitches, and sell sheets. Then we talk about 5 games that we usually will have with us, just in case. Then end with celebrating meeting people, other b...

Get to know Daniel Newman, board game designer and owner of New Mill Industries. We discuss the indie game markets that have been popping up at conventions over the last couple of years. They are a wonderful place to find unique games that only have very small print runs. And you get some insights on what the Tokyo Game market is like. We then talk about trick taking games that stood out to us fro...

Happy new year! And welcome to the 1st episode of 2026. Christina and Dan “Shoe” are the hosts of Going Analog. They join me to talk about our gaming goals for 2026. We talk about our top 5 pretty / not ugly euro style games. And then Shoe gets a little sappy in the moment of positivity while Christina gets hungry. Let us know if you think any of these games are not euros and let us know your gami...

Let’s get to know who Board Gamer Steph is. We talk about our top 5 games that we love to bring to holiday or family gatherings. And let’s celebrate something that we are really excited about coming up in the new year. 00:00 Intro       Board Game Geek - Holiday Gift Guide 01:19 Steph Hodge: Plays All the Games!       https://linktr.ee/boardgamersteph       https://boardgamersteph-shop.fourthwall....

The wonderful AnnaMaria Jackson Phelps, the owners of Violet Daisy Games, joins me to discuss why we play games and some of the games we played together over the weekend. Introduction / How we met Girls Game Shelf Pivoting to the publishing side of the industry Violet Daisy Games What do we get out of gaming? What compels us to play tabletop games? PhelpsCon Our gaming highlights of the weekend Cr...

Dave Luza of Luzapalooza and This Game is Broken Podcast joins me to talk about our Spiel experience together and games we love to play on our Twitch Live Streams. Introduction Our 2025 Spiel experience My top 5 types of games I like to play on my Twitch Live streams with examples Akropolis Welcome To (and Sagrada) Point Galaxy (and Final Girl) Targi The White Castle Duel  Dave's top 5 games...

Jay Bernardo is back to talk about conventions we go to and games from Asian Publishers / Designers. Please note that this episode was recorded before Spiel 2025 but released after Spiel 2025. Introduction - Jay Bernardo Anticipation for Essen and other Board Game Conventions we go to Exploring Asian Board Games (Amanda talks about 5 of her favorite games from Asian publishers / designers and Jay...

Amanda Panda is excited to host John D. Clair, who shares insights about his upcoming game, Mystic Lands, launching soon on Kickstarter. Together, they also highlight their favorite deck-building games. Check it out!  Introduction Amanda welcomes John D. Clair to the podcast John talks about card crafting and and how he came to develop it Inspiration for card crafting and being inspired by game co...

Update: Hey everybody, Aldie here. I just wanted to let everyone know that Candice is moving on from BGG and we wish her the best in whatever endeavor she chooses to undertake in the future. Candice is responsible for bringing the BGG Podcast back to life after being defunct for ~20 years. She is one of the most talented game explainers I've ever met - and I really appreciate the passion she...

It's our third anniversary! BGG Owner Scott Alden (aka Aldie) joins Candice to catch up on the past year and discuss SPIEL Essen '25 games they're most excited to play. 00:00:00 Introduction 00:02:37 Pinball Happenings 00:05:27 BGG Booth 4-J200 ( BGG IPA Gameshop Online ) 00:10:38 Thank you for your support! 00:16:23 Fresh Plays 00:16:50 Vantage 00:26:07 Startups 00:32:48 Jungo 00:3...

Starla from Our Family Plays Games joins Candice to discuss some of their favorite worker placement games. 00:00:00 Introduction 00:04:14 Fresh Plays 00:04:44 Rebel Princess 00:08:28 Escape from the Aliens in Outer Space 00:17:45 Castle Combo 00:21:56 Antiques Ghost Show 00:31:00 Worker Placement Games We Love 00:35:33 Alpujarras 00:38:05 Dilluvia Project 00:43:20 Stone Age 00:48:40 Whistle Mounta...

Board game illustrator Kwanchai Moriya and Candice kick it for a super casual chat about games he loves playing in between beautifying board games, as well as pickles and board game art he appreciates most. 00:00:00 Introduction 00:03:34 Fresh Plays 00:04:50 Vantage 00:10:11 Forest Shuffle + Alpine expansion 00:11:55 Primal: The Awakening 00:16:00 Quacks 00:17:17 Kwanchai's Favorite Games 00:...

Rodney Smith (Watch It Played) and Joel Eddy (Drive Thru Games) join Candice to discuss the evolution of the COIN Series and why they find COIN games fascinating, along with sharing some of their favorites in the series...and getting each other hype to watch more anime. 00:00:00 Introduction 00:06:23 TCGs + Gundam + Anime  00:26:36 Fresh Plays 00:26:58 Fate of the Fellowship 00:33:51 Tales of the...

Filmmaker Simon Ennis joins Candice to discuss his new documentary The Hobby: Tales From The Tabletop , as well as emotions they love to feel watching movies/documentaries, and board games/board gaming experiences that evoke similar feelings. 00:00:00 Introduction 00:02:40 The Hobby: Tales from the Tabletop 00:25:03 Fresh Plays 00:25:42 Unconscious Mind 00:33:05 Man-Eating House 00:41:33 Nemesis 0...