Welcome to 2023, which happens to be the 19th season of my little podcast, Boardgames To Go. I'm as surprised as anyone to still be around, still with listeners. I do enjoy this, and greatly appreciate my small & loyal following. I'm thrilled to start the new season with a wonderful guest, Mike Siggins talking about his Sumo picks. The Sumos 2022 YokozunaArk NovaOzekiAkropolis | Brian Boru | Shinkansen | Vienna ConnectionSekiwake1923: Cotton Club | Magnate | Railroad Revolution | Rise | War of the Ring: Card GameTainted SumosEtherfields(Sekiwake) | ISS Vanguard(Yokozuna)Wargame SumosDawn's Early Light(Yokozuna)Bayonets & Tomahawks | Fire & Stone | Plains Indian Wars | The Shores of Tripoli | Two Minutes to Midnight Probably everyone who listens to my podcast already knows about Siggins. He was even on my show four times before, but the last was a full 15 years ago! As you'll hear us say, we suspected it was longer ago than we'd like to remember. However, my interest in Mike Siggins goes back further than that, way before this podcast. My entry into this hobby is closely tied to Siggins, thanks to his Sumo magazine that was transcribed onto the internet by Ken Tidwell (which reminds me...I've always wanted to interview Ken for the podcast. Perhaps in 2023?). Siggins wrote about games with a critic's analysis and writer's flair, whetting my appetite for games I'd never seen or heard of. And then there was this amazing thing called Essen that he wrote about. I was doing all of this reading in the late mid/late 90s, and Mike was writing in the early 90s. Possibly even 1989. Amazing! He's seen & played so many games. At one point he nearly burned out, and there's the story of his famous collection-purge from hundreds or thousands of games down to just 50. He's still playing lots of games, including lots of new ones. Every year he names ten or so of them as his own personal top picks of the year: the Sumos. For the year just passed, 2022, I get the honor to host him talking about them and sharing the list with you. Near the end of the program I also share my own list of notable games in 2022, though some were published earlier. Mark's noteworthy games of 2022 Boardgame: Cascadia Card game: Targi & Scout Party game: Just One Wargame: Cuba The Splendid Little War Online game: Memoir '44 / Azul / Wingspan It was a fun conversation and I hope you like it. I don't intend to let another 15 years pass before I get Siggins back on the podcast. A request has been made to discuss euro-wargame hybrids again, which I may just morph a little bit into a discussion of a new style of easier, introductory history games that are taking off on both sides of the Atlantic. -Mark
Shelley and I tackle two ends of the complexity spectrum in this week's episode, loving every minute of both experiences. On the less complicated, family-friendly end of the spectrum, we try out Everdell's little sibling
My Lil' Everdell by James A. and Clarissa A. Wilson
then we get much more complex, but in wonderful ways, as we make champagne in
Dom Pierre by Rola and Costa from R&R Games and Pile Up Games
In this Bonus Show we talk about the things in this wide wild world that we love that shockingly aren't board games.
This Game is Broken is a comedy board game panel show with Matthew Jude, Dave Luza, Paula Deming, Nick Murphy and Mike Murphy. We play a lot of nonsense games full of role playing and trivia as well as other fun stuff which can be found at the links below.
This Game is Broken is eternally thankful to our Sponsors Restoration Games Find them at https://restorationgames.com/
In this month's news I pull Steve out of his sick bed to review our resolutions and how successful we were. We answer your questions and thank a raft of new patrons.
In this now annual special bonus episode, Ambie facilitates while her two guests talk about some of their favorite games they've played recently, including Stuffed Fables and Teddy's Colors & Shapes. They then talk about some more of their favorite games and why they like them. For a video version of the podcast with subtitles, click here.
Recent Games: 0:32
More Favorite Games: 1:10
Outro: 5:18
I hope you all had a good holiday break, but it's time to get back to business. The very serious business that is the top fifty greatest games of all time. We return to our heroes in what the enthusiasts call phase two, and boy are things heating up! Thirty more incredible games that we absolutely love are coming right at you.
00:58 - Neilan #40 - In the Year of the Dragon 03:14 - Mark #40 - Splendor 05:09 - Kellen #40 - Zendo 07:45 - Neilan #39 - Deception: Murder in Hong Kong 10:04 - Mark #39 - Iwari 13:24 - Kellen #39 - Stephenson's Rocket 15:19 - Neilan #38 - Iberian Gauge 17:11 - Mark #38 - A Feast for Odin 20:12 - Kellen #38 - Codenames 23:04 - Neilan #37 - Inis 24:47 - Mark #37 - Imperium: The Contention 26:55 - Kellen #37 - Azul 28:53 - Neilan #36 - Ark Nova 30:52 - Mark #36 - True Colors 33:07 - Kellen #36 - American Bookshop 35:02 - Neilan #35 - Rising Sun 36:23 - Mark #35 - Anomia 39:53 - Kellen #35 - Genoa 42:15 - Neilan #34 - Spirit Island 44:23 - Mark #34 - Ricochet Robots 47:37 - Kellen #34 - Agricola 49:25 - Neilan #33 - Yellow & Yangtze 51:22 - Mark #33 - Dominant Species 54:24 - Kellen #33 - Wizard 55:54 - Neilan #32 - Twice as Clever! 57:16 - Mark #32 - Cthulhu Wars 59:02 - Kellen #32 - Race for the Galaxy 1:01:40 - Neilan #31 - War of the Ring: Second Edition 1:03:52 - Mark #31 - Archipelago 1:05:30 - Kellen #31 - Pax Porfiriana
We take no time off for Boxing Day here at SVWAG, a day so named because according to the common law of the King (still feels weird saying that) citizens of the Commonwealth are permitted to punch someone in the face on this day only. It's like a pugilistic The Purge but with the metric system and occasional poutine. The news this week features a number of exemplary game titles. Many a stellar game has crossed our paths purely on the strength of its name, whereas others are so generic as to defy searching. Go ahead, find R on Board Game Geek, or the game Quest. I dare you.
01:59 AYURIS: Dominant Species Marine (Chad Jensen, GMT Games, 2021)
Games Played Last Week: 04:50 -Oak (Wim Goossens, Game Brewer, 2022) 10:59 -Weather Machine (Vital Lacerda, Eagle-Gryphon Games, 2022) 12:42 -Time of Empires (David Simiand and Pierre Voye, Pearl Games, 2022) 23:10 -Wayfarers of the South Tigris (S J Macdonald and Shem Phillips, Garphill Games, 2022) 26:40 -Persuasion (Xoe Allred, Unpublished) 31:31 -Starship Captains (Peter B. Hoffgaard, Czech Games Edition, 2022) 37:22 -Cockroach Poker (Jacques Zeimet, Drei Magier Spiele, 2004) 42:43 -Green Team Wins (Nathan Thornton, 25th Century Games, 2022) 47:53 -Arcana Rising (Tim Armstrong, Grey Fox Games, 2021) 50:12 -R (Seiji Kanai, Kanai Factory, 2011)
News (and why it doesn't matter): 52:35 Much that Is Good, and All that Is Evil: game about the Western Gull 53:08 The Adventures of Robin Hood: Friar Tuck in Danger expansion 54:14 End of year SVWAG survey! Questions! Prizes! Please help us plan! https://forms.gle/WuqtmUK39xFMAbAb7 55:10 Noobs in Space
Intro Looking back CONTEST Tony’s Sauna Story Portal Games Mille Fiori Our top games from 2012-2021 Miniature Market Rage (Tony & Donna) Game Toppers Wayfarers of the South Tigris Dungeon […]
While the team take a break from podcasting and spend time with our families for the holidays, we present to you Part I of our Best of 2022 series. This week we revisit some of our favourite guests from the past year. Thanks to all of the guests and contributors to the podcast this year. We look forward to having you back on the show in 2023.
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Join Robb and Christina as they provide the origin story of Blue Peg, Pink Peg to include some of our most famous catch phrases and the story of how the PiranhaPig became the mascot of the show.
IT'S CHRISTMASSSSSSSSS!!! We're so happy to bring you our first Christmas Special ever and although Christmas has been and gone, quiz-mas is here to stay. The players unite to put on a festive board game quiz so play along and see how well you do
SANTA'S ELVES: JP, Kerley, Becky, Ian & Davey
OVERVIEW In this Expansion Pack episode Santa's elves are in festive spirits as they produce their first annual "Quiz-Mas" where all 5 players are pitted against each other in a casual "yeah right" board game quiz and also for our listeners to play along with us.
In this episode you'll learn: - An overview of the games we've played in the run up to x-mas - What the hell is a danger dolphin - How competitve Davey gets with quizs (and games) - How much Kerley hates Rummikub - about 5 rounds of board gaming questions with varying difficulty (and quality)
EPISODE CHAPTERS 0:00 - TURN 1 - Player Count 2:23 - Introducing our new trailer 4:11 - TURN 2 - Simply having a wonderful quiz-mas time 5:44 - ROUND 1: JP's Round 6:23 - Endless Winter 9:07 - Heat: Pedal to the Metal 14:20 - Round 1: Questions 17:44 - Round 1: Answers 22:11 - What is JP looking forward to over x-mas? 24:45 - ROUND 2: Kerley's Round 25:02 - Dinosaur Island 29:52 - Terraforming Mars: Ares Expedition 34:48 - Round 2: Questions 40:09 - Round 2: Answers 47:22 - What is Kerley looking forward to over x-mas? 48:16 - ROUND 3: Becky's Round 48:23 - Too Many Bones 50:03 - Rock Band 51:42 - Round 3: Questions 56:41 - Round 3: Answers 1:00:01 - What is Becky looking forward to over x-mas? 1:02:04 - ROUND 4: Ian's Round 1:03:38 - Ark Nova 1:05:51 - Zuuli 1:07:38 - Round 4: Questions 1:11:48 - Round 4: Answers 1:16:39 - What is Ian looking forward to over x-mas? 1:19:57 - ROUND 5: Davey's Round 1:20:12 - Weather Machine 1:23:06 - Anno 1800 1:26:30 - Round 5: Questions 1:31:17 - Round 5: Answers 1:34:11 - What is Davey looking forward to over x-mas? 1:35:33 - Quiz-mas is over - How did we all do? 1:38:07 - A tease for our 1st birthday in March 2023 1:39:19 - TURN 3 - The Final Turn
Note: This podcast was meant to come out a little earlier, who could have guessed? If you're looking for more Frosthaven thoughts, as the intro might suggest, then we've got our FrostCast just one pod away in the feed. Cheers!
On this surprisingly colonic episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Tom and Quinns tackle two fantastic games... that one of us wishes were just a smidge better. That's right, it's the Undaunted: Stalingrad Spoilercast, and the HEAT: Pedal to the Metal... praisecast? These are two games we've reviewed recently and both think are just peachy. Enjoy!
Anmelden
