Talking Across the Game Board podcast

Talking Across the Game Board podcast


Latest Episodes

Episode 50 - Games on Sale
December 24, 2019

So it's that time of year when we get some really big sales on everything, and with Dean and Graeme being pretty cheap we discuss games on sale. Does it mean they are bad games? We play a bad game that is cheap, does it still sting? Top 5 Games We'd...

Episode 49 - Cynicism
December 10, 2019

Dean and Graeme look at our own cynicism as it relates to board gaming. Are we becoming more cynical and hard on games released now? Was it always better in the old days? Are we still excited to crack open a new game? We then do our Top 5 Games that...

Episode 48 - Teaching Games
November 26, 2019

This week Dean and Graeme discuss teaching games. Which one of the hosts likes to teach and which one doesn't? Is there a reason one of them usually ends up teaching games? We then do our Top 5 Games We Like Teaching!

Episode 47 - Deep Dive
November 12, 2019

  This week Dean and Graeme have a looking at diving deep into games. What do we mean? We are looking at games we feel have a lot of depth to them that we have not explored. Do deep games have to be complex? What about abstract strategy games? We...

Episode 46 - Randomness
October 29, 2019

This week Dean and Graeme have a look at randomness in games. Are there different types of randomness? Do we prefer one type over another? Is it necessary to be able to mitigate all randomness? Will Graeme embrace his inner love for randomness? We...

Episode 45 - Essen 2019
October 15, 2019

In our (now) yearly tradition of looking at the games from the Essen Game fair in Germany, we first look back at our picks from last year. How many have we played? How many of them are actually any good? We then give our top 10 Games we are looking...

Episode 44 - Narration in Games
October 01, 2019

Warning - Dean's side of the recording has some technical issues. But in this episode we talk about narrative in games - not story telling games, or the theme, but games that tell a story. What types of games do this best? Are there some games we play...

Episode 43 - Dexterity Games
September 17, 2019

This week our two incredible dexterous hosts have a look at dexterity games. What types of dexterity games do we know of? What about action and speed games, do they count? Do we enjoy this type of game? Then we do our Top 5 Dexterity Games.

Episode 42 - New Gamer UNfriendly Games
September 04, 2019

Due to the Labour Day long weekend and technical issues this is going up a day late. This week Dean and Graeme have a look at games for new comers to the hobby. We first discuss what we've done to introduce people to hobby board games, and what...

Episode 41 - Good Games We Wont Play Again
August 20, 2019

In this episode, Dean and Graeme look at good games that we won't play again. What does that mean? Is it the same as highly ranked games we don't like? Why would we not want to play a good game again? Find out, then hear our Top 5 Good Games We Won't...

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