The Broken Meeple

The Broken Meeple Show - Episode 64 - The 4X's of Gaming Hello 2023!! Let's talk about some channel updates, 3 games I've played and how the 4X's seen in Euro Games can be represented.......or not. 00:00 Channel Updates 18:28 - What I Played - Verdant 25:38 What I Played - Marvel United 35:06 What I Played - War of the Ring Card Game 41:40 The 4X's Of Gaming ***************************************...

The Broken Meeple Show - Episode 63 - 2023 Plans, Bits & Bots and Q & A To round up the podcast for 2022 before Xmas, I talk about what ideas I have for the show in 2023, some news, a couple games I've played and answer some long o/s questions from my Patreons! 00:00 Plans for 2023 27:10 What I Played - The Wolves 32:40 What I Played - Tournament At Camelot 37:18 News 44:44 Q & A *****************...

The Broken Meeple Show - Episode 62 - Analyzing The Top 100 After I talk about a new KS game that I played on Friday, I then go into more detail with my recent Top 100. Which publishers featured the most, who are my favourite designers on the list and more importantly, which games fell off the list and why? 00:00 Introduction And Whats On The Horizon 09:22 What I Played - Divide Et Impera 19:00 Br...

The Broken Meeple Show - Episode 61 - GRIDCON Special A great convention yet again! This special episode talks about Gridcon and the games I played there including some first impressions of the new hotness. 00:00 Introduction and GRIDCON Overview 08:36 Village Rails 16:02 Deal With The Devil 20:00 Revive 34:36 Hamlet 42:16 Coffee Traders 52:14 Unconscious Mind *************************************...

The Broken Meeple Show - Episode 60 - Too Much Content? My intial plays of Frostpunk as well as a trash mass market IP game I was forced to endure. Some hot news, a mini-rant about embargoes and then a discussion about whether it's possible to have "too much content" in board games? 00:00 Introduction and Updates on My Life 05:00 What I've Played - Frostpunk 12:14 What I've Played - Only Fools & H...

The Broken Meeple Show - Episode 59 - Post Essen Spiel 2022 Recovery 00:00 Introduction and Updates on My Life 11:00 Why I Can't Review Horizons of Spirit Island 19:25 Review of Essen Spiel 2022

The Broken Meeple Show - Episode 58 - Surviving Essen Spiel Thanks for allowing me the time off 2 weeks ago to enjoy my Snowdonia trip and not have to worry about another podcast episode. To make up for that, enjoy this bumper length 90 minute special episode where I talk about Essen Spiel 2022 and preview the top thumbed games from the Spiel 22 BGG list and give my thoughts. Expect positive hype,...

The Broken Meeple Show - Episode 57 - Essen Spiel 2022 Preview Extended Special! Thanks for allowing me the time off 2 weeks ago to enjoy my Snowdonia trip and not have to worry about another podcast episode. To make up for that, enjoy this bumper length 90 minute special episode where I talk about Essen Spiel 2022 and preview the top thumbed games from the Spiel 22 BGG list and give my thoughts....

The Broken Meeple Show - Episode 56 - Climatic Endings in Euro Games Bit of a shorter segment today as I have to rush off to teach games at a public event not to mention I got a ton of content to get done! :D But as well as the usual updates you get to hear a mega rant about Flick of Faith, my giddy schoolgirl excitement for the Ark Nova expansion Aquarius with more details released and then my di...

The Broken Meeple Show - Episode 55 - Video Games Becoming Board Games A bumper long show here! Plenty of updates to talk about, then a train game which.........frankly like most train games has problems. Some big hot news off the press followed by a quick review of Subastral off my gaming shelf. And then big discussion from a Patreon supporter - what are my thoughts on video games becoming board...

The Broken Meeple Show - Episode 54 - Sequels vs Originals Wow there's a lot to get through here. After recovering from the UK's worst heatwave I at least got to enjoy Manorcon and play a bunch of games, many of which I'll talk about here! Acquire, Akropolis, Ride the Rails and the upcoming Endless Winter got played and my thoughts relayed here. Then I have some key news that have turned up in the...

The Broken Meeple Show - Episode 53 - Outstaying Your Welcome Oh god is it hot here in the UK. But soldier on, do a podcast! After some news and updates, I talk about my first experiences with Long Shot: The Dice Game. Then I have a lot of news of upcoming games that have caught my interest including one of the most unique card drafting systems I've ever heard of. Finally I take a question from my...

The Broken Meeple Show - Episode 52 - Can Bad Rulebooks Kill A Game? OK, I'm going to do this episode with noisy neighbours and a splitting headache :P But I think it went well! First I report on how the summer is affecting the channel and how publishers are disconnecting from me for the honest review format. I therefore make a plea to any fans to contribute to the Patreon even for just $1 a month...

The Broken Meeple Show - Episode 51 - What Do I Want In An Expansion? What a long couple of weeks. No UK Expo for me, but the family wedding I was at went perfectly! But the channel has declining views lately, possibily from the result of blacklisting and everyone being focused on Kickstarter content lately and it's concerning. But on to the good stuff. I talk about my first impressions of a littl...

The Broken Meeple Show - Episode 50 - 3rd Time Lucky? As well as updating you on the latest channel and gaming release news, I give a little look at the Spiel Des Jahres nominations (including those I've never heard of) and also I give a detailed account of my experiences with Garphill Games and my playthrough of Wayfarers of the South Tigris that I shared with Sarah Shah yesterday! 00:00 - Introd...

The Broken Meeple Show - Episode 49 - Can Kickstarter Actually Die? Oh my word this is a long one! Thoughts on the show as well as a new idea for "live" reviews. A ton of new games I've acquired, my thoughts on Dead Reckoning plus a mini rant on a dumb social media respond I received, UK Games Expo Awards and a brief KS discussion topic! This episode has it all! And I hope you enjoy! 00:00 - Intro...

The Broken Meeple Show - Episode 46 - In Sickness & In Gaming Now that I'm recovered from Covid, it's time to get back into gear! While we're on the subject of sickness, let's talk about what factors make you sick of a game over time as suggested by my loyal Patreons. And as I've been playing a bunch of games lately, I'm going to talk about them all! Raiders of Scythia, Paleo and Nidavellir finall...

The Broken Meeple Show - Episode 48 - Remember, It's Only A Game The most exhausting episode I've ever done. The highs are all good solid highs but there are a couple of controversial topics that need to be discussed and opinions given and well...............it took a lot of breath from my lungs! I give a quick talk about Baycon, and talk about a cute little fishy game I played call Aqua Garden. I...

The Broken Meeple Show - Episode 47 - Dice Tower 2021 Nominations Oh my word, this is a bumper episode! Tonnes of content! After I go over my general wellbeing, there are two games I've played to talk about, Pax Renaissance and Imperial Steam - one I like, one I despise, try to guess which! Then I got a ton of news, yes, everything has been happening in the last couple of weeks and I'm going to ra...

The Broken Meeple Show - Episode 45 - I Want To Play......Honest! A shorter episode as I've just returned from a stag weekend! Some news of upcoming games, a general update including why I'm kind of done doing KS videos and finally a short discussion of some games that I do want to legitimately play but haven't got round to yet and why! 00:00 - Introduction, General Wellbeing & Why I'm Done Doing...

The Broken Meeple Show - Episode 44 - How Many Players? I've jammed a ton in this episode! Plenty of new things in my life, a new sponsor for the channel, a played game, a piece of news, a new segment on my musings for potential Kickstarter projects I'm interested in and a discussion topic as well on player counts! Wow I hope you have a long commute journey ahead! 00:00 - Introduction, General Wel...

The Broken Meeple Show - Episode 43 - Is Kickstarter A Menace? This episode is packed!! I got a beige Euro that I played, several items of news, channel highlights, a channel shoutout for supporting small creators and then a big discussion on whether Kickstarter is more of a problem than a solution these days? 00:00 - Introduction, General Wellbeing & Upcoming Content 10:45 - Channel Shoutout - So...

The Broken Meeple Show - Episode 42 - Too Much Effort For Solo On today's episode there is not much news to speak of, so instead you're getting 2 full reviews and a solid discussion topic as given by one of my amazing Patreons. I will talk in detail about Roll Player Adventures and Mortum (without spoiling of course) and hint at an upcoming first impressions video for Procyon III. After that I'll...

The Broken Meeple Show - Episode 41 - Why Is It So Hard? On today's episode there's a bunch of news to talk about, but the focus is more on the difficulty curves of games. Are co-op board games these days becoming too hard to beat? Is there a trend to up the difficulty curve in the late stages of an LCG? Are campaign games subject to spikes with impossible finales? 00:00 - Introduction and General...

The Broken Meeple Show - Episode 40 - Resolutions - Whats A Deck Builder? It's 2022 and we start the year with a show devoted to resolutions, games played and then a debate started by me and a friend - "what ACTUALLY IS a deck builder"? 00:00 - Introduction and General Wellbeing 07:17 - What I Played 19:43 - Resolutions for 2022 39:20 - What Is A Deck Builder?