The Gamecasters: A Board Gaming Podcast About Board Games

Welcome back to another Gamecasters Adjacent Episode! Today Ryan interviews Mat Cousineau, one half of the design team behind the game Kuiperium, which is currently on Kickstarter!! Listen along to find out all about the game and the burning hot questions everyone wants to know like, if his favorite food came out of his butt, would he eat it? We also play a Kuiperium Mad-Lib and just have a blast....

Hey there, Gamers, and welcome to episode 107 of The Gamecasters! Hear discussion about lots of new games, Jeff's thoughts on Player Aids, Natalie's thoughts on Canadian Bowling, and Ryan's thoughts on who the hell knows. We discuss deck vs bag building on today's Natalie's Nook, hear about what you most dread when learning a new game in the Instagram Inbox, play another Association Station and th...

Hey there, gamers. It's been about a month since our last episode, and that's because of the craziness that was Nerdfest 2023. If you don't know, Nerdfest is an annual gaming weekend that we've put on for the last decade+. Well this year we went big and made it a full-blown convention at a hall. This episode details how it went.  We also talk about some great games we played! Hope you enjoy :) -Th...

Hey hey, gamers, and welcome to episode 105 of The Gamecasters! We've got a lot of great stuff packed into this episode of the show. We have a special guest host for our end-of-year episode. We talk about our top 2022 games of the year, dole out some Gamecasters Awards, talk about gaming resolutions we want to make, play a new game and end the show with our top 5 new-to-me games of 2022! Hope you...

Hellllllo there, Gamers, and welcome to episode 104 of The Gamecasters! Christmas is approaching what better time to spread that Christmas cheer and joy than by listening to US for the next three and a half hours!!!! Listen in today to hear about the pizza incident, our thoughts on EVERYTHING, a rousing game of The Association Station, and our top 5 things we do when we're not gaming :) There's a...

Hey there, Gamers, and welcome back for another episode of The Gamecasters! In this episode we talk about some hot new games, along with some older colder ones. We hear how our listeners would OBLITERATE their games they hate, discuss the differences between Area Majory and Area Control, play a new game, and end the show with our Top 5 Non-Gateway Games for Nons. Enjoy!! -The Gamecasters

Welcome back, Gamers, for the show that now seems to have as erratic a release schedule as our stream of consciousness!! You never quite know when exactly we're going to show up these days. We'll get back on a regular schedule here soon! Until then enjoy the random smatterings you get from us! In this episode hear us talk all about a bunch of hot new games, Natalie beats down Vital Lacerda, Jeff g...

Hey there, Gamers and welcome back to Episode 101! We've crossed the 100 episode threshold and are now doing absolutely nothing different than we've done before. MORE OF THE SAME!!!!! In this episode we talk about Natalie's confusing family tree, Ryan tells a few more D stories, Jeff asks an inbox about why we have so many games, Natalie takes us through a discussion about what makes a game "class...

Hey hey, Gamers, we're back with our 100th episode! Join in to hear who our special guest host is, what songs sound like from a kazoo, what games we've played, what clips make the show, what songs we sing, what game we beat down, what our new essential is, what our nook topic is, what game we play, and what our top five is! THERE'S A LOT TO UNPACK HERE SO BUCKLE UP AND HAVE FUN!!! Thanks for liste...

Hey again you little rascals, and welcome to episode 99 of The Gamecasters! In tonight's episode we bring you lots of content packed into a slim two and a half hours. We talk about a lot of hot new games, some crazy chess drama involving a unique method of cheating, Natalie talks about rules in the Nook segment, we play an Association Station and end the show with our top five games we'd like to s...

Welcome back, Gamers, to episode 98 of The Gamecasters! In today's episode we talk all about some hot new games. We detail our trip to Grand Con, Jeff asks all of you to give some advice to new board gamers in the Instagram Inbox, Natalie beats down Paladins of the West Kingdom, we play the Game We Play When We Don't Have Another Game To Play game, and then end the show with our Top 5 Games from 4...

Hey there, Gamers, and welcome to Episode 97 of The Gamecasters! In this episode we talk all about a LOT of new, interesting games. Natalie and Ryan have very different opinions on one of them. We talk all about the cost of games in this episode's Nook discussion, play a board game version of Mad Gab on the show, and end with our Top 5 Games that play great AWAY from the gaming table. Lots of stuf...

Hey there, Gamers, and welcome to Episode 96 of The Gamecasters! This is our Gencon Recap episode! Listen in to hear our thoughts on a TON of hot new gencon games and just our general thoughts on the convention this year and all the fun/funny hijinks we got ourselves into. We play a special Gencon edition of the Association Station and end the show with our top 5 Gencon 2022 moments! Thanks for li...

Well well well, welcome back, Gamers to episode 95 of The Gamecasters! In what is our lengthiest episode of all time, we've got a lot to discuss. From games we just absolutely LOVE to discussion about Gencon 2022, as well as a new game we've never played before, a would-you-rather Instagram Inbox and then we end the show with our Top 5 Games to check out at Gencon 2022! We sincerely hope you enjoy...

Hi gamers, and welcome to episode 94! In it we talk all about the mini-nerdfest event that Jeff hosted and all the games we played. We go over the Spiel and Kennerspiel winners, Jeff reads all of your annoyances in the Instagram Inbox, Natalie beats down Galaxy Trucker, we play a game of Gamecasters Monikers, and then end the show with our Top 5 Annoyances in Games! There's a lot to get to, so get...

Hey there, Gamers, and welcome to episode 93! In today's episode we talk all about a bunch of games, we get to hear Natalie's "combo" story for Ryan; Jeff talks about his feelings on fireworks; Natalie savagely eviscerates Terra Mystica on the Boardgame Beatdown; we play an Association Station and then end the show with our Top 5 Games that use cards as the primary mechanism. There's a lot in this...

Hey there, Gamers, and welcome back to episode 92 of The Gamecasters!! In tonight's episode we talk all about a bunch of hot new games, Natalie lays out the details of Nerdfest 2023, we play the 3 minutes 30 games game and then we end the show with our Top 5 Games with Unique Mechanisms. Hope you enjoy! -The Gamecasters

Hey hey, Gamers, and welcome to episode 10 of The Gamecasters Adjacent! We have another gaming with kids episode tonight, and this time listen in to hear Scarlett talk all about the new game 7 Wonders: Architects!! Hope you enjoy! -The Gamecasters

Hey hey, Gamers, and welcome back to the 91st episode of The Gamecasters! Loads of content and games to discuss in this hose-dekinking installment. :) We talk about what Ryan REALLY uses his Arnold Palmer bottles for, hear what gaming related things turn you all on, answer some questions about Kickstarter, play Obama Llama, and then end the show with our top 5 games that play well at 5+ Hope you e...

In today's Gamecasters Adjacent Ryan talks all about Social Anxiety and goes through tips/tricks/techniques from some Gamecasters community members who suffer from this type of anxiety. They also give ways that people who DON'T suffer from this type of anxiety can help people who do, to make their experience better. Do you have a strong desire to play games with other people but find it too diffic...

Hey there, gamers, we're back again with another episode! Hear us talk all about anger inducing dreams, new movies, games, incomprehensible sentences with the Board Game Speak Out game Jeff prepared for us, and then we end the show with our top 5 games we would take with us in an emergency situation like a flood, or if the house was on fire. Enjoy the show!! -The Gamecasters

Welcome back, Gamers, to another Gamecasters Adjacent Episode! In this week's episode Ryan talks all about HOW to teach boardgames. What to do and more importantly what NOT to do to provide the best learning experience for the players. Hope you enjoy!  -The Gamecasters

**DISCLAIMER** Ugh we got a new computer to record on, and it wasn't until AFTER we recorded the episode that there was some audio setting turned on that made the audio sound like we're underwater at best, and like your ears will bleed at worst. We're very sorry for the lack of quality this episode, but the issue has been fixed and so we'll be back with the usual quality (sound, not content, we ca...

Hi there, Gamers, and welcome to another Gamecasters Adjacent Episode! Today I talk all about getting people into the hobby, and how much fun that can be, how to not begin conversations with potential nons, and what things worked for me. Hope you enjoy!

Welcome back, Gamers, to episode 88 of the show! In today's episode we talk all about Russian Mail Order Brides, Pooping In The Shower, Games, Selena Gomez Sex Dolls, Natalie beats down Gaia Project, and then we play a game and end the show with our Top 5 Excuses Why We Just Lost That Game! Hope you enjoy! :) -The Gamecasters