The Boardgame Specialists

Send us Fan Mail In this episode Carla and Melanie list their favorite crime themed games. [00:00:41] Quadropolis [00:02:55] Creature Comforts [00:03:44] Love Letter [00:04:37] Foundations of Rome [00:07:44] Founders of Teothuacan [00:09:00] Wonderlands War [00:14:00] The Godfather :Corleones Empire [00:14:35] Stop Thief [00:15:41] Sherlock 13 [00:18:43] Break the Safe [00:20:10] The Mansky Caper...

Send us Fan Mail Carla and Melanie talk about their favorite games to play on the patio. [00:0 1:40] Merchants of the Dark Road [00:05:39] Kohaku [00:07:52] Awkward  Guests [00:14:45] Furnace [00:16:44] Tsuro [00:17:45] Cascadia [00:19:15]Parks [00:20:15]Hack Jack [00:21:50] Beyond Baker Street [00:23:27] Jabuka [00:25:20] A Gentle Rain [00:27:53] Niya [00:29:52]Zombie Dice [00:2957] Qwirkle {00:3...

Send us Fan Mail The games Carla and Melanie played while at GobFest the Edmonton Boardgame Convention. [00:02:15]  7 Wonders Architects [00:04:13] Underwater Cities [00:07:40] The Captain is Dead [00:09:58] Wild Serenghetti [00:13:47] Dice Born Heroes [00:16:25] Azul Queens Garden [00:21:28] Cottage Garden [00:24:04] Messina 1347 [00:28:31] Creature Comforts [00:32:18] The one Hundred Torii [00:3...

Send us Fan Mail This week Carla and Melanie list their 9 favorite small game with a big play feel. [00:01:46] Longshot the dice game [00:03:05] Bristol 1350 [00:05:45] Isle of Cats Kitten and Beasts expansion [00:06:17] Libertalia Winds of Galecrest [00:07:29] Cascadia [00:08:14] Pandemic Rapid Response [00:10:36] Holi Festival of Colors [00:12:01] Blokus the dice game [00:13:16] 13 Minutes the c...

Send us Fan Mail Carla and Melanie list their top 9 dice games. [00:00:45] Terra Mystica [00:04:01] Blueprints [00:04:30] Galaxy Trucker [00:05:30] Horrified [00:06:17] Chronicles of Crime [00:06:45] Chronicles of Crime Noir [00:08:08] Elysium [00:09:00] Decorum [00:11:52] Great Western Trail [00:12:42] Four Gardens [00:13:54] Everdell [00:14:33] Dice Hospital [00:15:25] Tiny Epic Western [00:15:4...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode Carla and Melanie talk about their favorite heavy euro games. {00:03:13} Everdell {00:05:06} Aquatica {00:05:58} Glass Road} {00:08:01} Dice Born Heros [00:09:11] Liars Dice [00:10:40] Happy Salmon [00:11:00] Camel Up [00:11:10] Dice Throne [00:11:15] Impact [00:12:52] Bora Bora [00:13:35] Hamburg/Brugges [00:13:55] Caverna/ Agricola [00: 15:05] A Feast For Odin [0...

Send us Fan Mail In this Episode Carla and Melanie talk about the games they would play with their mothers.  [00:00:35] Blood Rage [00:02:17] Impact [00:03:15] Taverns of Tiefenthal [00:06:20] Agricola [00:07:03] Athenium  Mystic Library [00:08:17] Istanbul Dice Game [00:09:14] Concordia Solitairia [00:11:10] Las Vegas Royale [00:14:58] Rummikub [00:16:37] Exit/Unlock games [00:17:51] Patchwork [0...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode Carla and Melanie list their top 9 Abstract Strategy Games. [00:01:30] Kohaku (C) [[00:02:25] Deception Murder in Hong Kong(C) [00:03:04] Tiny Towns(C) [00:03:37] Castles of Tuscany(C) [00:03:47]Castles of Mad King Ludwig(C) [00:04:100] Cash and Guns(M) [00:05:19] Deception Murder in Hong Kong] (M) [00:06:13] Tiny Towns(M) [00:06:24] Aqualin [00:06:49] Hive [00:08:...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode Carla and Melanie talk about their favorite small dice games. [00:01:12] Barenpark  [00:01:53] Star Wars Jabbas Palace [00:02:26] Pandemic the Cure [00:03:19] Skull [00:03:33]Alien  the Fate of the Nostromo [00:04:07] Raiders of the North Sea [00:05:21] Stardew Valley [00:06:08] Cash & Guns [00:07:03] Architects of the West Kingdom Works of Wonder [00:07:58] Ca...

Send us Fan Mail Carla and Melanie list their top 9 favorite animal games. [00:01:05] Anomia [00:02:19] Vampire Queen [00:02:27] Skull [00:02:42] Blood Rage [00:04:52] Bunny Kingdom [00:07:24] Aqualin [00:08:35] Endangered  [00:09:28] Rolling Realms [00:10:29] Jamey Steigmeyer [00:12:05] New York Zoo [00:14:32] Meadow [00:16:23] Savannah Park [00:18:28] Cascadia [00:20:22] Endangered [00:22:20] Co...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode Carla and Melanie talk about their top 9 deck building and bag building games.  [00:02:34] Whistle Stop [00:02:38] Horrified [00:02:46] Coven [00:03:17] Micro Macro [00:03:47] Champions of Midgard [00:04:01] Dice Miner [00:04:42] Super Mega Lucky Box [00:04:46] Overboss [00:04:51] Skull [00:05:19] For Sale [00:05:31] Whistle Mountain [00:07:29] Anno 1800 [00:07:34]...

Send us Fan Mail Carla and Melanie talk about their favorite games published in 2021 [00:01:11] Super Mega Luckybox [00:02:28] Draftosaurus [00:03:19] Girating Hamsters [00:04:12] Gizmos [00:05:09] Zombie Dice [00:06:00]Rummy kubb [0:06:49] Schotten Totten [00:08:04] Project L [00:09:20] Crave [00:11:02] Tiny Epic Pirates [00:14:45] Terraforming Mars Aries Expedition [00:19:00] Canvas [00:20:39] R...

Send us Fan Mail In  this episode Carla  and Melanie share their favorite word games.  [00:00:39] Tapestry [00:02:35] Fields of Arle [00:02;42] Port Royal [00:04:59] Tiny Epic Dungeon [00:05:52] Mystic Vale Essential Edition [00:07:10] Tanto Cuore [00:07:56] Raptor [00:11:02] Medium [00:12:48] Letter Jam [00:14:55] Wordsy [00:16:55] Network [00:17:21] Just One [00:19:27] Mystic Path [00:22:36] So...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode Carla and Melanie share their favorite "push your luck" games. [00:00:49] Mastermind [00:01:20} Cribbage [00:01:36] Res Publica [00:01:55] Cascadia [00:02:18] Chronicles of Crime [00:03:01] At The Gates of Loyang [00:06:13] Hallertau [00:07:38] Bumuntu [00:12:42] King of Tokyo [00:14:59] Can't Stop [00:17:38] Oh My Goods [00:18:59] No Thanks [00:22:0...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode Melanie and Carla talk about their favorite pirate themed games. [00:00:36] Pop Up Pirates [00:01:38] Destinies [00:02:13] Fields of Arle [00:04:18] Trials by Trolley [00:06:00] Letter Jam [00:07:58] Marvel Legendary [00:08:57] Welcome To the Moon [00:11:06] Jamaica [00:13:15] Catan Seafarer / Explorers & Pirates [00:13:45] Skull [00:15:52] Dead's Man&apos...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode we talk about games we have recently played.   Note one of them is not even out on Kickstarter yet and got to play a pre production copy.   One of us also got to game with one of our favorite YouTubers.   In the main event, we also talk about our top 9 tile laying games. [00:01:06] Games played with 2 Wheat One Sheep] [00:01:12] Dune Imperium [00:02:07] Dice Throne...

Send us Fan Mail See which small card games made the list in position 18 to 10 for Carla and Melanie. [00:00:58] Splendor [00:01:28] Legendary Encounters Predator [00:02:44] Boonlake [00:05:37] Viticulture [00:06:48] Gloom [00:10:09] No Thanks [00:12:33] Cockroach Poker [00:15:28] 6 Nimmt! [00:17:26] Coloretto [00:19:18] (?? not sure of spelling - Palm PG) [00:21:05] Chrononauts [00:24;18] Coloret...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode we talk about the top 9 games we like to play with our family in honor of Family Day. [00:01:02] Gipf series [00:01:25] Petrichor Collectors box [00:02:19] Ex Libris [00:02:58] Meadow [00:03:30] Five Cucumbers [00:03:40] Ohanami [00:0 3:50] Ubongo Extreme [00:04:27] Air Land & Sea [00:05:29] Shifting Stones [00:06:14] Radlands [00:09:09] Vegas [00:10:49] Camel...

Send us Fan Mail In this podcast we discuss the games we play with our spouse the most often. See which ones made it into our top 9.

Send us Fan Mail See which small card games made it into our top 9 list. [00:01:30 ] The Magnificent [00:3:00] Century Spice Road [00:3:24] Qwirkle [00:04:12] Century A New World [00:08:00] Abandon all Artichokes [00:09:10] Mamma Mia [00:11:34] Bohnanza Duel [00:13:01] Coup [00:15:08] Enchanted Plumes [00:17:19] Bohnanza Duel [00:18:13] Bandida [00:20:30] Oh My Goods [00:20:10] The Game [00:24:33]...

Send us Fan Mail How we got started and became boardgame specialists.