The Five By

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Five Contributors, Five Reviews, Five Minutes Each. Bringing you a monthly dose of rapid-fire board game reviews. Every four Wednesdays our five contributors will talk about a game on their radar that week. Follow us on Facebook (https://facebook.com/FiveByGames), Twitter (https://twitter.com/FiveByGames), Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/FiveByGames/), or support us on Patreon (http://Patreon.com/FiveByGames).

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Episode 76: Escape Plan (Solo), Second Chance, Concordia, NMBR9, Dead of Winter 18.12.2019 26:09

Hello friends and welcome to The Five By. Your favorite source of quick-fire board game reviews, and a proud member of The Inside Voices Network . 00:00 Sarah - Introduction 00:33 John - Escape Plan (Solo) (Episode 59) 06:07 Ruth - Second Chance (Episode 62) 10:57 Sarah - Concordia (Episode 12) 16:15 Meeple Lady - NMBR9 (Episode 17) 20:24 Christy - Dead of Winter (Episode 27) 25:35 Ruel - Outro 26...

Episode 75: Q.E., PARKS, Texas 42, Sparkle Kitty, Irish Gauge 04.12.2019 26:03

Hello friends and welcome to The Five By. Your favorite source of quick-fire board game reviews, and a proud member of The Inside Voices Network . 00:00 Mike - Introduction 00:31 Ruel - Q.E. 05:34 Mike - PARKS 10:55 Mason - Texas 42 + 16:30 Sarah - Sparkle Kitty 21:13 Meeple Lady - Irish Gauge 25:35 Ruth - Outro 25:56 Network Bumper Inside Voices Network + http://Austin42.org http://Texas42.net ht...

Episode 74: Ruel's Holiday Extravaganza 20.11.2019 26:39

This episode Ruel reminds us all to play games during the holidays, with a look at some of his favorites from The Five By archives. 00:00 Ruel - Introduction 01:15 Ruth - Tiny Towns 06:28 Nicole - Just One 11:12 Sarah - Wingspan 16:10 Mason - Indigo 21:08 Meeple Lady - Takenoko 26:10 Mike - Outro 26:33 Network Bumper Inside Voices Network Special Guest: Nicole Hoye.

Episode 73: Abomination: The Heir of Frankenstein, Pictomania, The Godfather: Corleone's Empire, Heul Doch! Mau Mau, Fantastic Factories 06.11.2019 25:45

Hello friends and welcome to The Five By. Your favorite source of quick-fire board game reviews, and a proud member of The Inside Voices Network . 00:00 Luke - Introduction 00:34 Meeple Lady - Abomination: The Heir of Frankenstein 05:38 Christy - Pictomania 10:30 Ruel - The Godfather: Corleone's Empire 15:35 Ruth - Heul Doch! Mau Mau 20:05 Sarah - Fantastic Factories 25:17 Mason - Outro 25:39 Netw...

Episode 72: Lovelace & Babbage, Guilds of London, The Networks, Freshwater Fly, Mercado 23.10.2019 27:01

Hello friends and welcome to The Five By. Your favorite source of quick-fire board game reviews, and a proud member of The Inside Voices Network . 00:00 Mike - Introduction 00:33 Sarah - Lovelace & Babbage 06:19 Luke - Guilds of London 11:40 John - The Networks 16:49 Mike - Freshwater Fly 22:43 Ruth - Mercado 27:06 Ruel - Outro 27:30 Network Bumper Inside Voices Network

Episode 71: Cryptid, Betrayal Legacy, The Quest for El Dorado, Gentes, Peak Oil 09.10.2019 27:36

Hello friends and welcome to The Five By. Your favorite source of quick-fire board game reviews, and a proud member of The Inside Voices Network . 00:00 Ruel - Introduction 00:33 Ruth - Cryptid * 06:19 Sarah - Betrayal Legacy 11:40 Christy - The Quest for El Dorado 16:49 Ruel - Gentes 22:43 Calvin - Peak Oil 27:06 Mason - Outro 27:30 Network Bumper * Bunyip Inside Voices Network Special Guest: Cal...

Episode 70: Fabled Fruit, Newton, Bubble Tea, 6 Nimmt, Raptor 25.09.2019 25:36

Greetings and welcome to The Five By. Your favorite source of quick-fire board game reviews. 00:00 Luke - Introduction 00:32 Mason - Fabled Fruit 05:40 Ruth - Newton 10:40 Meeple Lady - Bubble Tea 15:29 Luke - 6 Nimmt 20:21 John - Raptor 25:02 Laura - Outro 25:29 Network Bumper Inside Voices Network

Episode 69: Shards of Infinity: Relics of the Future, Hundreds of Horses, Lines of Action, Point Salad, Watergate 11.09.2019 24:57

Greetings and welcome to The Five By. Your favorite source of quick-fire board game reviews. 00:00 Meeple Lady - Introduction 00:32 Ruel - Shards of Infinity: Relics of the Future 06:00 Mike - Hundreds of Horses 10:56 Mason - Lines of Action 15:02 Sarah - Point Salad 19:54 Meeple Lady - Watergate 24:29 Ruth - Outro 24:50 Network Bumper Inside Voices Network

Episode 68: Pulsar 2849, Poison, Villainous, Good Society, Herbaceous 28.08.2019 24:37

Greetings and welcome to The Five By. Your favorite source of quick-fire board game reviews. 00:00 Sarah - Introduction 00:35 Luke - Pulsar 2849 05:59 Mason - Poison 10:38 Ruth - Villainous 14:36 Sarah - Good Society 20:14 Laura - Herbaceous 24:03 Ruel - Outro 24:30 Network Bumper Inside Voices Network

Episode 67: Summoner Wars, Terraforming Mars: Prelude, Tales of Glory, Space Base: The Emergence of Shy Pluto, Trajan 14.08.2019 27:09

Greetings and welcome to The Five By. Your favorite source of quick-fire board game reviews. 00:00 Ruth - Introduction 00:42 Christy - Summoner Wars 06:07 Ruel - Terraforming Mars: Prelude 11:42 Ruth - Tales of Glory 16:04 Sarah - Space Base: The Emergence of Shy Pluto 21:23 Meeple Lady - Trajan 26:40 Mason - Outro 27:02 Network Bumper Inside Voices Network

Episode 66: SHH, Hansa Teutonica, Dropmix, Basra, Caverna: Cave Vs. Cave 31.07.2019 26:32

Hello and welcome to The Five By. Your favorite source of quick-fire board game reviews. 00:00 Mason - Introduction 00:39 Laura - SHH 06:09 Luke - Hansa Teutonica 11:11 Kathryn - Dropmix 15:40 Mason - Basra ( Printable Scoring Cards ) 20:56 Meeple Lady - Caverna: Cave Vs. Cave 25:59 Sarah - Outro 26:26 Network Bumper Inside Voices Network

Episode 65: Sekigahara, Roll to the Top, Brass: Birmingham, Extra!, Villagers 17.07.2019 27:41

Hello and welcome to The Five By. Your favorite source of quick-fire board game reviews. 00:00 Ruel - Introduction 00:44 Meeple Lady - Sekigahara: The Unification of Japan 06:14 Christy - Roll to the Top 10:41 Ruel - Brass: Birmingham 15:37 Mason - Extra! * 20:37 Sarah - Villagers 25:27 Ruth - Outro 25:53 Network Bumper * Sid’s Games Magazine archive: Playable excel file: Inside Voices Network

Episode 64: Two Rooms and a Boom, Red7, Blackout Hong Kong, Silver & Gold, What's My Word 03.07.2019 26:00

Hello and welcome to The Five By. Your favorite source of quick-fire board game reviews. 00:00 Ruth - Introduction 00:44 Sarah - Two Rooms and a Boom 06:14 Luke - Red7 10:41 Kathryn - Blackout Hong Kong 15:37 Ruth - Silver & Gold 20:37 Mason - What's My Word 25:27 Laura - Outro 25:53 Network Bumper Inside Voices Network

Episode 63: Go Nuts for Donuts, Qwinto, Steam Works, Dixit, Sun Tzu 19.06.2019 25:56

Hello and welcome to The Five By. Your favorite source of quick-fire board game reviews. 00:00 Laura - Introduction 00:37 Mike - Go Nuts for Donuts 06:24 Mason - Qwinto 11:11 Meeple Lady - Steam Works 15:58 Laura - Dixit 20:06 Ruel - Sun Tzu 25:28 Ruth - Outro 25:49 Network Bumper Inside Voices Network

Episode 62: Quadropolis, Choice of Games, Tiny Towns, Happy Pigs, Second Chance 05.06.2019 25:56

Hello and welcome to The Five By. Your fun source of quick-fire board game reviews. 00:00 Mason - Introduction 00:27 Ruel - Quadropolis 05:24 Mason - Choice of Games ( Zork ) ( Lone Wolf ) ( Tunnels and Trolls Adventures ) 11:00 Ruth - Tiny Towns 16:13 Meeple Lady - Happy Pigs 20:36 Christy - Second Chance ( Episode 53 - Patchwork ) 25:28 Mike - Outro 25:50 Network Bumper Inside Voices Network

Episode 61: Decrypto, Word Slam, Pandemic: Fall of Rome, Indigo, Black Sonata 22.05.2019 27:15

Hello and welcome to The Five By. Your fun source of quick-fire board game reviews. 00:00 Mike - Introduction 00:32 Laura - Decrypto ( Episode 18 - Codenames: Duet ) 06:00 Kat - Word Slam ( Episode 22 ) 011:10 Mike - Pandemic: Fall of Rome ( Episode 16 - Pandemic: Iberia ) 16:43 Mason - Indigo ( Episode 34 - Metro ) ( Episode 41 - Kerala ) 21:40 Sarah - Black Sonata 26:48 Ruth - Outro 27:09 Networ...

Episode 60: Dragon Castle, Blue Lagoon, Iron Dragon, Teotihuacan: City of Gods, Circle the Wagons 08.05.2019 26:56

Hello and welcome to The Five By. Your favorite source of quick-fire board game reviews. 00:00 Meeple Lady - Introduction 00:38 Luke - Dragon Castle 05:17 Ruth - Blue Lagoon 09:56 Sarah - Iron Dragon 15:25 Meeple Lady - Teotihuacan: City of Gods 21:02 Christy - Circle the Wagons ( Lone Cowboy ) 26:22 Laura - Outro 26:49 Network Bumper Inside Voices Network

Episode 59: Monopoly Deal, Village, Ticket to Ride: New York, Piepmatz, Escape Plan 24.04.2019 25:26

Hello and welcome to The Five By. Your favorite source of rapid-fire board game reviews. 00:00 Luke - Introduction 00:29 Laura - Monopoly Deal 04:38 Luke - Village 09:28 Mason - Ticket to Ride: New York 14:21 Ruth - Piepmatz Wingspan (Episode 54) 19:18 Meeple Lady - Escape Plan 24:52 Ruel - Outro 25:19 Network Bumper Inside Voices Network

Episode 58: Fight for Olympus, Gùgōng, Magic Maze, Star Trek Panic, Underwater Cities 10.04.2019 26:39

Hello and welcome to The Five By. Your favorite source of rapid-fire board game reviews. 00:00 Ruel - Introduction 00:31 Mason - Fight for Olympus Errata 06:09 Meeple Lady - Gùgōng 11:42 Christy - Magic Maze 16:10 Ruel - Star Trek Panic 20:57 Kat - Underwater Cities 26:05 Laura - Outro 26:33 Network Bumper Inside Voices Network

Episode 57: Among the Stars, On Tour, Le Havre, Sprawlopolis, The River 27.03.2019 26:37

Hello and welcome to The Five By. Your favorite source of rapid-fire board game reviews. 00:00 Mason - Introduction 00:28 Ruth - Among the Stars 05:52 Sarah - On Tour 10:38 Meeple Lady - Le Havre 15:55 Laura - Sprawlopolis 21:21 Mason - The River 26:08 Mike - Outro 26:30 Network Bumper Inside Voices Network

Episode 56: Just One, Carpe Diem, Yokohama, Lancaster, Wildlands 13.03.2019 26:42

Hello and welcome to The Five By. Your favorite source of rapid-fire board game reviews. 00:00 Christy - Introduction 00:37 Nicole - Just One 05:21 Ruth - Carpe Diem 10:43 Christy - Yokohama ( Episode 13 ) 15:41 Luke - Lancaster 20:27 Mike - Wildlands 26:15 Sarah - Outro 26:35 Network Bumper Inside Voices Network Special Guest: Nicole Hoye.

Episode 55: Kodama Duo, Takenoko, Illusion, Kanban, Oh Hell! 27.02.2019 27:08

Hello and welcome to The Five By. Your favorite source of rapid-fire board game reviews. 00:00 Laura - Introduction 00:33 Sarah - Kodama Duo ( Episode 7 ) 05:54 Meeple Lady - Takenoko 11:00 Laura - Illusion 16:43 Kathryn - Kanban: Driver's Edition 21:26 Mason - Oh Hell! ( Episode 47 ) 26:40 Ruth - Outro 27:01 Network Bumper Inside Voices Network

Episode 54: Otys, Wingspan, 1846, Lanterns: The Harvest Festival, Gizmos 13.02.2019 27:49

Hello and welcome to The Five By. Your favorite source of rapid-fire board game reviews. 00:00 Ruel - Introduction 00:30 Ruth - Otys 06:19 Sarah - Wingspan 11:17 Meeple Lady - 1846: The Race for the Midwest 16:43 Ruel - Lanterns: The Harvest Festival 22:15 Luke - Gizmos 27:20 Mason - Outro 27:43 Network Bumper Inside Voices Network

Episode 53: Medici, Patchwork, Sidereal Confluence, Raxxon, Werewords 30.01.2019 27:57

Hello and welcome to The Five By. Your favorite source of rapid-fire board game reviews. 00:00 Meeple Lady - Introduction 00:33 Kathryn - Medici 05:29 Mason - Patchwork 11:25 Meeple Lady - Sidereal Confluence 16:46 Christy - Raxxon 21:54 Laura - Werewords 27:33 Ruth - Outro 27:54 Network Bumper Inside Voices Network

Episode 52: Clans of Caledonia, The Quacks of Quedlinburg, Bloc by Bloc, Alien Frontiers, Coimbra 16.01.2019 27:34

Hello and welcome to The Five By. Your favorite source of rapid-fire board game reviews. 00:00 Sarah - Introduction 00:29 Mike - Clans of Caledonia Episode 28 05:57 Ruth - The Quacks of Quedlinburg 11:29 Sarah - Bloc by Bloc 16:35 Ruel - Alien Frontiers 21:47 Luke - Coimbra 27:06 Mason - Outro 27:28 Network Bumper Inside Voices Network