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There are big spiky moments that happen in the meta that is the board game hobby, and the Brass: Pittsburgh crowdfunding campaign feels like one of them. It is after all, a successor to the #1 ranked game on BGG. That’s something! Enough so that it sent Mark into a bit of an existential spiral, and we’re here to talk him down. Before we catch a falling Wallace, we talk about Hummingbirds, Fendo, and Soothsayers.

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Timecodes:

06:59 – Hummingbirds
14:44 – Fendo
18:53 – Soothsayers
29:23 – Brass: Pittsburgh crowdfunding

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Oh man, oh man, it’s time that we ask you (yes, you) to tell us (yes, us) what your favourite games are, because for one time a year, it doesn’t matter what we think about games, but you better be ready to tell us what you think about games. A lot of you did, so here it is, the listener top 20! Before we ask you to do all the work, we talk about Emberheart, Gods & Mortals, and Feya’s Swamp.

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Timecodes:

01:30 – Emberheart
14:11 – Gods & Mortals
23:46 – Feya’s Swamp
33:38 – Listener Top 20
37:14 – A Feast for Odin
37:55 – Agricola
38:32 – Terraforming Mars
39:17 – Guards of Atlantis II
40:09 – Concordia
42:05 – Tigris & Euphrates
43:16 – Blood on the Clocktower
44:00 – El Grande
44:47 – The Castles of Burgundy
46:12 – Inis
47:38 – Race for the Galaxy
48:06 – Arcs
49:08 – Ark Nova
49:30 – Root
50:06 – Innovation
51:11 – Spirit Island
52:05 – Ra
52:51 – Brass: Birmingham
53:26 – Dune: Imperium
54:04 – Hansa Teutonica

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We made it back in one piece, and all told I think we did pretty well! We got through a heck of a lot of what we wanted to play, and we’re here to tell you all about it – including Dark Pact, Totally Human, and Banana Governance, and more!

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Timecodes:

02:36 – Totally Human
14:04 – Dark Pact
20:56 – Gold Country
28:21 – Staked!
32:58 – Secret Tribe
41:34 – Habemus Papam
50:11 – 3 Chapters
55:22 – Banana Governance
1:02:29 – Hellapagos

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By the time you’re listening to this, we’re probably already in Vegas for Dice Tower West! We’re going to hang about all day playing games – which naturally leads to the question of what we’re going to play? These are the games we came up with! Before we bite off more than we can chew, we talk about Ghost Lift, Cities, and I, Napoleon.

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Timecodes:

02:31 – Ghost Lift
08:13 – Cities
14:06 – I, Napoleon
24:40 – Dice Tower West anticipated games
26:05 – Biblios
27:04 – Feya’s Swamp / Kaivai
28:26 – Cheese Thief
29:03 – Habemus Papam
31:15 – Wroth
33:33 – Greed Incorporated
35:39 – Dark Pact
38:45 – Secret Tribe
39:52 – Eternal Decks
41:03 – All In: Predictions
42:04 – Cthulhu: Dark Providence
44:14 – Robo Rally Dice

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I think it’s fair to say that we crushed this last year (although some of us better than others), so it’s only correct and right that we should return to do it again. What are the best games of 2026 going to be? Well, only we know, but we’re willing to part with that information. Get your fat stacks ready. Before we set ourselves up for failure, we talk about Alibis, Mosaic: A Story of Civilization, and Cyclades: Legendary Edition.

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Timecodes:

03:02 – Alibis
09:18 – Mosaic: A Story of Civilization
23:25 – Cyclades: Legendary Edition
36:27 – Anticipation Auction 2026
41:18 – The Game Makers
44:25 – Cozy Stickerville
46:39 – Brass: Pittsburgh
50:35 – The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers – Trick-taking Game
54:04 – Revenant
56:21 – World Order
59:31 – Dark Pact
1:02:28 – The Great Library
1:03:56 – Spirited
1:05:25 – Realm of Reckoning
1:08:55 – Avalon: The Riven Veil
1:12:57 – La Pâtisserie Rococo
1:14:24 – Nippon: Zaibatsu
1:17:24 – Rewild: South America
1:18:44 – Movers & Shakers

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All of this has happened before and will happen again. Everything comes back around, including games you could swear you’ve played before. Whether they’re remakes, reimplimentations, or rejuvenations, we’re tackling the world of board game revivals. Before what’s old is new, we talk about Agent Avenue, 7 Empires, and Stellar Ventures.

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Timecodes:

02:24 – Agent Avenue
07:25 – 7 Empires
18:26 – Stellar Ventures
33:52 – Remakes
39:01 – Blood on the Clocktower
40:55 – Zoo Vadis
48:03 – Dune Imperium – Uprising
54:14 – A Feast for Odin

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Sometimes you know the type of game you want to play, just not exactly which game quite fits the bill. Is that heavy Euro too heavy? That deck builder not builder-y enough? Before we sit down with Goldilocks, we talk about Rise and Fall, and JOYRIDE: Survival of the Fastest.

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Timecodes:

01:09 – Rise and Fall
12:53 – JOYRIDE: Survival of the Fastest
25:08 – Games that are Just Right
29:30 – Hanabi
29:57 – Wilmot’s Warehouse
30:13 – Bomb Busters
33:25 – Eternal: Chronicles of the Throne
37:59 – Lisboa
38:55 – SETI: Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
42:58 – Dominion

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Well, we started this thing, so I guess we ought to finish it, as ill-advised as that might be. This is where all the chickens come home to roost, where we learn how badly we’ve set ourselves up to fail – but you never know, it might just all work out! It’s the top ten greatest board games … of all-time!

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Timecodes:

06:29 – #10 – Codenames
13:56 – #9 – The Resistance
18:15 – #8 – Age of Steam
23:09 – #7 – Troyes
27:52 – #6 – Hansa Teutonica
32:39 – #5 – Cthulhu Wars
33:48 – #4 – Hundreds of Horses
40:27 – #3 – Brass: Birmingham
44:40 – #2 – A Question of Scruples
52:05 – #1 – Time’s Up!

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Happy new year! We’re back to continue the very peaceful, collaborative, kind endeavour that is coming together to harmoniously assemble our top 50 games. It’s been nothing but chill, friendly vibes, and we expect that to continue into 2026. It’s the next twenty games on our definitive top 50 board games… of all-time!

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Timecodes:

01:20 – #30 – Tzolk’in: The Mayan Calendar
06:43 – #29 – Dominion
09:36 – #28 – Fuji Flush
11:13 – #27 – Innovation
12:53 – #26 – Blue Lagoon
14:27 – #25 – El Grande
15:11 – #24 – Dune
16:17 – #23 – Inis
19:16 – #22 – Decrypto
21:27 – #21 – The Estates
23:24 – #20 – Yellow & Yangtze
26:08 – #19 – Archipelago
27:34 – #18 – Agricola
30:04 – #17 – Guards of Atlantis II
31:33 – #16 – Taj Mahal
33:03 – #15 – The Voyages of Marco Polo
35:08 – #14 – I’m the Boss!
37:00 – #13 – Lords of Vegas
38:05 – #12 – A Feast for Odin
41:32 – #11 – Telestrations

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Okay, things are a bit different this year. In honour of our 350th episode (a very important milestone), we’re going to combine forces, like … Voltron. I’m the head, and my left and right feet are here with me to collaboratively (yes, you heard right) compile Board Game Barrage’s definitive (definitely definitive) top 50 board games… of all-time!

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Timecodes:

06:27 – #50 – Zoo Vadis
08:32 – #49 – Splendor
11:45 – #48 – Azul
14:51 – #47 – Imperial 2030
17:13 – #46 – Sidereal Confluence: Trading and Negotiation in the Elysian Quadrant
19:15 – #45 – Pictomania
25:50 – #44 – Stationfall
32:35 – #43 – Ra
34:20 – #42 – Food Chain Magnate
39:31 – #41 – Diplomacy
41:41 – #40 – Dune: Imperium – Uprising
43:33 – #39 – Race for the Galaxy
47:40 – #38 – Caylus 1303
50:59 – #37 – Root
54:34 – #36 – Cosmic Encounter
56:40 – #35 – Blood on the Clocktower
59:03 – #34 – Glory to Rome
1:01:04 – #33 – Fresh Fish
1:05:01 – #32 – Biblios
1:06:23 – #31 – So Clover!

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Remember way back at the beginning of the year when we took some bets on what we thought the games of the year were gonna be? Well, all those good and bad decisions are back to help or haunt us, as we tally up where things stand with the end of the year results. Before we find a winner, we talk about Wriggle Roulette, Whale Street, and Scales of Fate.

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Timecodes:

04:45 – Wriggle Roulette
11:32 – Whale Street
19:12 – Scales of Fate
29:45 – Anticipation auction results

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Somehow Ghost Turkey returned. And you never saw it coming! That might be because we forgot to remind people that it’s Thanksgiving, but never mind that, the important thing is you’re fools. Not us though, we’re back with yet another juicy, cranberry soaked list of bird gaming goodness. Gobble gobble!

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Timecodes:

00:00 – ???

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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.

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Timecodes:

03:29 – Iliad
13:56 – The Old King’s Crown
34:01 – Franchise
42:04 – BGBBOB: Game designers

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