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Latest Episodes

Van Ryder Games: Captive Graphic Novel Adventure Impact Review & Interview
March 01, 2019

In today's episode Bruce takes a look at the solo graphic novel choose your adventure game Captive published by Van Ryder Game. Make your character and set out to save your daughter from her captors while navigating unexpected and interesting story tw...

War Chest – Impact Review
January 04, 2019

Ready to put your medieval strategies to the test? Think your archers can take on the powerful knights and lancers? In today's review episode Bruce looks into the 2 or 4 abstract medieval strategy game War Chest designed by Trevor Benjamin and David Th...

Creating Successful Board Game New Year’s Resolutions
December 28, 2018

Happy New Year's to all board gamers! To wrap up the year Bruce shares some insightful suggestions of New Year's Resolutions you can set to maximize your enjoyment of the board game hobby for 2019. More importantly Bruce goes into the research behind s...

KeyForge – Impact Review
November 21, 2018

Have you ever played collectable card games like Magic the Gathering, or Are you looking for a new card game to play against others? Check out this episode where  Bruce takes a look at the brand new, procedurally generated card game KeyForge: Call of t...

Merlin – Impact Review
September 25, 2018

Do you have what it takes to prove your worth at King Arthur's Round Table? In today's Impact Review Bruce takes a look at Merlin, a game designed by Stefan Feld and Michael Rieneck and published by Queen Games.

For The Love of Board Games: An Interview with Erin Dean
September 10, 2018

What's your board game story? In today's episode Bruce interviews Erin Dean, the author of "For the Love of Board Games - a Book for Board Gamers and the Producer/Director/Editor of the YouTube documentary "The Board Game Boom.

The Grimm Forest – Impact Review
September 04, 2018

Once upon a time (2018) the designer Tim Eisner partnered with Druid City Games to publish the game The Grimm Forest and today we get to now enjoy interacting though the stories inspired by Grimm's Fairy Tales as a board game.

Choose Your Own Adventure: House of Danger – Impact Review
August 20, 2018

What adventure do your choose? In today's episode Bruce does an impact review for the 2018 game Choose Your Own Adventure: House of Danger by Prospero Hall and published by Z-Man Games. This uniquely cooperative adventure game is based on the hit 'Choo...

“Code Name: Declassified” with Two Bats Gaming
July 16, 2018

In today's episode Bruce is joined by special guest Forrest with Two Bats Gaming and they talk about how Two Bats Gaming went through declassified training documents from the CIA and re-created a board game made by David Clopper called "Collection" whi...

[BONUS] Modern Art – Impact Review
July 13, 2018

In this [BONUS] episode, Bruce takes a look at Modern Art published by CMON games in 2016 and designed by Reiner Knizia. Modern Art has had many versions since it it first came out in 1992 but the core elements have remained the same.