This time, we go fishing for Role Players, linking some popular aspects of RPGs to our favorite boardgames. Plus, our latest collection of Roses, Thorns, and Hula Hoops.
00:47 - Getting Cold
01:45 - Eric at Pax Unplugged
03:47 - Games at Tom's Daughter's Wedding?
05:10 - BGG Con, Dice Tower East, West, Cruise
06:37 - Fishing for Role Players
14:58 - Stat-Heavy Games: Pathfinder ACG, Mage Knight
17:48 - Character Building: Origin Story, Elder Scrolls, Too Many Bonews, Artisans of Splendent Vale
20:12 - Story-Based Character Progression: Call to Adventure, Tales of the Arabian Nights, Near and Far
22:17 - Campaign (Descent) vs. Combat: Wrath of Ashardilon, Wander the Cult of Barnacle Bay, Massive Darkness, Monster Hunter
27:36 - Silly: Dungeon Fighter, Dungeon Quest, Cora Quest, Munchkin, Talisman
30:31 - Exploration: Mansions of Madness, Clank Catacombs
32:57 - Storytelling: Mice and Mystics, Stuffed Fables, Tainted Grail, Oathsworn, Agemonia
35:03 - Video Games: Elden Ring, Bloodborne, Skyrim, GWENT
37:38 - Improvisational Storytelling: Freelancers, Wandering Galaxy, Adventure Party, Aye Dark Overlord, Once Upon a Time
41:22 - Teasing Next Time: RPGs for Boardgamers
42:27 - Rove
46:08 - Night Soil
49:04 - Mezen
52:50 - Gingerbread House
55:37 - Severton
1:00:35 - Spot It Catan
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While Mark is perhaps disappointed at the typical tragic dearth of questions related to Macross and Terry Bogard, and Walker secretly yearns to be granted naming rights to a listener's offspring (protip: don't let him), SVWAG answers all* of your questions!
*by which we mean some.
01:21 AYURIS: Cascadero (Reiner Knizia, Bitewing Games, 2024)
Games Played Last Week:
03:09 -Cerebria: The Inside World (Richard Amann, Viktor Peter, István Pócsi, Frigyes Schőberl, Nick Shaw, & Dávid Turczi, Mindclash Games, 2018)
09:41 -Captain's Gambit: Kings of Infinite Space (AC Atienza, Alvin Lee, and Mitchell Loewen, Cloudfall Interactive Studios, 2020)
14:27 -Iliad (Reiner Knizia, Bitewing Games, 2025)
19:37 -Floral (James Newman, Edition Spielwiese, 2024)
21:59 -Yomi 2: Road to Morningstar (David Sirlin, Sirlin Games, 2025)
28:58 -Tribune (Karl-Heinz Schmiel, Spielworxx, 2021)
31:46 -Windmill Valley: Blooming Sails (Dani Garcia, Board&Dice, 2025)
35:39 -Ada's Dream (Toni López, Ally Cat Games, 2025)
40:02 -D.E.I.: Divide et Impera (Tommaso Battista, Ludus Magnus Studio, 2022)
42:45 -Molly House (Jo Kelly & Cole Wehrle, Wehrlegig Games, 2025)
News (and why it doesn't matter):
50:59 How much The Gang is too much The Gang? 7-10 player expansion
52:27 The Judge in Circuit by Francis Tresham
53:48 Topic: Omnibus Questions Epsilon Aleph
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00:01:30 Intro
00:04:00 Home Repair Hints
00:09:00 Arkham Horror LCG Spoiler
00:13:30 Star Wars Store Event
00:15:00 Finding Mr. Christmas
00:17:00 Secret Squirrel
00:19:30 Just a Deck of Cards
00:22:30 The Grinch Flip 7
00:23:30 Taste Buds
00:31:30 Enthrone
00:39:00 Portal Games
00:40:00 Beasts
00:47:30 Covenant
01:10:30 Dungeons & Dragons: Edge of the Realms
01:15:00 Miniature Market
01:16:30 The Isle of Cats Duel
01:22:00 Final Fantasy Tactics – The Ivalice Chronicles
We’ve got a fresh lineup of reviews in this episode, plus a few handy home repair tips sprinkled in. While board games are our bread and butter, we love showing off our other skills too—because this podcast is about more than meeples and dice.
First up is Covenant, a new strategic euro game from Devir. The premise is straightforward: rebuild the dwarves’ ancestral mountain of Karrak-sur-Kazar. The mechanics are easy to grasp, but the real joy comes from chaining together clever combos that feel deeply satisfying when they click.
Beasts shifts gears into cooperative card play. Here, players manipulate a shared three-digit number by playing suits, each move pushing the total higher. The tension spikes when Beast cards appear, blocking suits and forcing quick adaptation. With communication restricted, every rising number adds to the suspense and challenge.
Then there’s Enthrone, a two-player abstract deduction game brimming with intrigue. Each player secretly commands one of eight fantasy pawns—King, Priestess, Knight, Assassin, and more—while trying to uncover their opponent’s identity. Victory can come through elimination, political maneuvering, or seizing the throne. At 20–30 minutes, it’s a sharp contest of hidden roles and bold strategies.
Finally, Dungeons & Dragons: Edge of the Realms takes us to Faerûn, where players explore magical terrain and landmarks through tile-laying. Everyone plays simultaneously, keeping the pace lively and accessible, though interaction between players remains light. It’s a breezy way to capture the spirit of D&D exploration in board game form.
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Join Dana, Lauren, Joe and the ghosts that haunt Dana's house as they chat about all the games hitting their tables. Joe has been checking out some small games to see whether they measure up, in Panda Panda and Vivo. Lauren thinks this one is so delightful, but that might be a knee-jerk reaction, with Soda Jerk. Dana engages in some nautical nonsense, breaking her back carrying all that loot in Pirates of Maracaibo.
We also have our question of the pod and round it up with what has us fired up!
Timestamps:
What we've been playing [0:01:22]
Vivo [0:27:41]
Panda Panda / Cat Poker [0:33:06]
Soda Jerk [0:37:42]
Pirates of Maracaibo [0:45:23]
Question of the Pod [0:57:09]
Fired Up [1:04:57]
New Question of the Pod: What is a small game that packs a big punch?
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Has this episode left you with a thirst for more? Here are all of the games that we discussed:
Clans of Caledonia Industria - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/391913/clans-of-caledonia-industria
Duel for Cardia - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/447243/duel-for-cardia
Horrified: Dungeons & Dragons - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/437705/horrified-dungeons-and-dragons
Ra and Write - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/422796/ra-and-write
Timber Town - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/436561/timber-town
Luthier - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/371330/luthier
Challengers! Beach Cup - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/390340/challengers-beach-cup
Vivo - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/420242/vivo
Panda Panda / Cat Poker - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/400113/panda-panda
Soda Jerk - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/446953/soda-jerk
Pirates of Maracaibo - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/397385/pirates-of-maracaibo
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On this episode of On Board Games, Erik talks with Bruce Voge III about games (and other things) they've played including:
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Reviews of The Voynich Puzzle and Cascadia: Alpine Lakes. All the pegs deep dive Civolution. Game discussion starts at {00:31:57}.
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This week we go exploring! First we head north and take photos of wildlife in
Borealis: Arctic Expeditions by Dariusz Mindur from Lucky Duck Games
(order the game directly here: https://quack.at/garretts-games-borealis)
then we head down into the depths with Captain Nemo and crew in
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Alberto Millan from Looping Games
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Ambie and Crystal discuss a couple games they played recently, including Spirits of the Wild: Awakening and Numberwang. Then, in honor of Crystal's upcoming wedding, we talk about board games that are about love, and we play some questions of The Couples Game!
0:00-Intro
0:41-Recent Games - Spirits of the Wild: Awakening
8:34-Numberwang
16:56-Love Games
31:40-Outro
32:44-Bloopers
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BGBBOB is back, and it's been long enough that you might need a reminder. Ten game designers enter the ring, and through the arduous process of one vs one battles, we arrive at our (and not just our, but the) definitive ranked list of ... these particular designers. It's science. Before we fight it out, we talk about Iliad, The Old King's Crown, and Franchise.
03:29 - Iliad 13:56 - The Old King's Crown 34:01 - Franchise 42:04 - BGBBOB: Game designers
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Nick is in the chair this week as he has spouts haikus, ponders tag-lines and has the gang reinvent some 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.
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In Becky's last episode of her run she and the gang do a deeper dive on games and mechanisms which have changed the hobby forever.
FIRST PLAYER: Becky
OTHER PLAYERS: Adrian & Tambo
In this episode you'll learn:
- all about the latest T game Tianxia from Board & Dice from Adrian with his recent experiences
- whether Nemesis: Retaliation is the best version of the game after Tambo has been un-aliving aliens whilst staying frosty in Awaken Realms latest iteration of the game
- that Becky has finally got her copy of Power Vacuum to the table by Keen Bean Studio
- about an exploration of games and mechanisms which have fundamentally changed the hobby space
LINKS REFERENCED IN THE SHOW
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EPISODE CHAPTERS
0:00 - TURN 1 - Player Count
2:09 - TURN 2 - Let's Talk About Hex
2:20 - Adrian - Tianxia
11:36 - Tambo - Nemesis: Retaliation
22:46 - Becky - Power Vacuum
29:49 - TURN 3 - Main Event: Games that Changed the Hobby
39:31 - Games that brought in mechanics which were never seen
46:52 - The importance of engine & tableau building in games
49:58 - The surge of worker placement games
52:54 - How have story driven & narrative games evolved?
1:00:20 - The impact of Zombicide on the industry within crowdfunding
1:04:56 - Stepping into the modern age with accessibility and asthetics
1:16:45 - Raising the bar in party games to influence wider games
1:22:31 - TURN 4 - Konn4ct F4ur
1:25:08 - TURN 5 - Penultimate Turn: What's Coming Up?
1:28:42 - TURN 6 - The Final Turn
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