In Episode 265 we review and discuss the Wyrmspan: Dragon Academy expansion.
We also discuss what we look for in expansions and what usually makes great expansions for us.
Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
00:50 Wyrmspan: Dragon Academy
20:13 Hot Topic: What We Look for in Board Game Expansions
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In Episode 264 we give our hot take review on Stupor Mundi covering the mechanisms, the production, and our overall feelings of the game.
We discuss a poll on 'Take That' in board games, Chris gives us his 5 year anniversary cocktail segment, and then we talk about some games that have been on our tables including District Noir, and The Lord of Rings: Fate of the Fellowship.
Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
00:21 Poll Time: How do you feel about 'Take That' in multiplayer board games?
09:15:Board Game Giveaway Winner Announced
10:30 Stupor Mundi Description
11:01 Gameplay and Mechanisms
36:02 Production and Theme
45:36 Final Thoughts
50:08 5 Year Anniversary Cocktail
54:48 Azul and District Noir
1:01:27 The Lord of the Rings: Fate of the Fellowship
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In Episode 263 we celebrate 5 years of the Board Game Hot Takes Podcast!
Friend of the Show, Leanne, hosts an exciting board game and podcast quiz show for our hosts.
Then we all (as well as several listeners) look back at some of the best episodes and moments from the last 263 episodes.
Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
02:55 5th Anniversary Quiz
03:21 Round 1: Spiel de Jahres winners in the style of Poetry for Neanderthals
11:44: Listener Choice - Episode 197 - Top 5 Games We Suck At
12:18 Round 2: Podcast History Trivia
23:20 Listener Choice - Episode 109 - Clans of Caledonia
23:56 Round 3: Formative Games
29:40 Listener Choice - Episode 90 - Great Western Trail and Episode 99 - Top Board Games of All Time 2022 Edition (1-10)
30:55 Round 4: Favorite Games Based on Bad Reviews on BGG
38:50 Listener Choice - BGHT Con Episodes
39:41 Round 5: Review Episodes in Style of Just One
48:35 Round 6: Favorite Games Since 2020
57:55 Top 3 Episodes that Best Represent the BGHT Podcast
58:22 Leanne #3 - Episode 216 - 5 Formative Games - The Games that Made Us Fall In Love With the Board Game Hobby
58:52 Chris #3 - Episode 46 - Kemet: Blood and Sand
1:03:18 Adam #3 - Episode 92 - Unanimous Takes
1:04:55 Tim #3 - Episode 214 - Board Game Topicpalooza
1:06:13 Leanne #2 - Episode 259 - Confessions of a Casual Board Gamer
1:08:12 Chris #2 - Episode 175 - Top 5 Games We Want To Play In 2024
1:12:05 Listener Choice - BGHT Con Episodes
1:12:41 Adam #2 - Episode 145 - SedonaCon Coverage Part 2
1:14:42 Tim #2 - Episode 199 - Hot Topic - You're Just Not My Type
1:16:41 Leanne #1 - Episode 100 Listener Top 20 Board Games
1:22:26 Chris #1 - Episodes 194 and 195 - BigBear Con Coverage
1:25:53 Adam #1 - Episode 190 - Top 5 Desert Island Games (Runners Up - Episode 108 - Top 10 Board Games that Should be Made Into Movies and Episode 185 - Wrong Hot Takes)
1:29:21 Chris Honorable Mentions - Episode 53 - Aquatica and 1 Year Anniversary and Episode 71 - Tzolk'in: The Mayan Calendar and Episodes 165, 167, 169, 171 - Board Games as Stories
1:31:17 Tim #1 - Episode 158: Hegemony: Lead Your Class to Victory
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In Episode 262 we give our hot take review on Moon Colony Bloodbath covering the mechanisms, the production, and our overall feelings of the game.
We discuss a poll on buying games without researching them and then talk about some games that have been on our tables including Modern Art, Toy Battle, and Forest Shuffle.
Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
00:22 Poll Time: Have you ever bought a game when you were in a store without knowing anything about it before seeing it on the shelf?
08:37 Moon Colony Bloodbath Description
11:01 Gameplay and Mechanisms
23:53 Production and Theme
31:08 Final Thoughts
36:55 Modern Art
44:57 Toy Battle
48:44 Forest Shuffle
1:00:11 Listener Shoutout
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In Episode 261 we wrap up the 2025 countdown of our 40 favorite Board Games of all time with choices 1-10.
Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
04:26 Chris #10 Terraforming Mars
07:20 Adam #10 Chaosmos
10:42 Tim #10 Grand Austria Hotel
13:44 Chris #9 - Through the Ages: A New Story of Civilization
18:45 Adam #9 - Wonderland's War
20:43 Tim #9 - Pulsar 2849
21:53 Chris #8 - Distilled
26:00 Adam #8 - Smartphone, Inc.
28:34 Tim #8 - Everdell
34:16 Chris #7 - Barrage
38:02 Adam #7 - Dune: Imperium
40:38 Tim #7 - Terraforming Mars
41:05 Chris #6 - Gaia Project
43:43 Adam #6 - Dune
47:25 Tim #6 - Lost Ruins of Arnak
48:18 Chris #5 - Eclipse: Second Dawn for the Galaxy
49:59 Adam #5 - Baseball Highlights: 2045
53:20 Tim #5 - Dune: Imperium
54:53 Chris #4 - Dune: Imperium
56:04 Adam #4 - Hegemony: Lead Your Class To Victory
58:53 Tim #4 - Castles of Burgundy
1:00:03 Chris #3 - Darwin's Journey
1:03:53 Tim #3 - Lorenzo il Magnifico
1:07:12 Chris #2 - Tapestry
1:10:14 Adam #2 - Eclipse: Second Dawn for the Galaxy
1:11:59 Tim #2 - Gaia Project
1:13:03 Chris #1 - Star Realms
1:18:23 Adam #1 - Azul
1:21:04 Tim #1 - Darwin's Journey
1:23:56 - Runners Up
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In Episode 260 Rolling Reggie joins us to talk about some of our favorite board games that use dice and why we love the dice mechanisms in those games.
You can find Reggie's YouTube Channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@rolling.reggie
Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
04:45 Top 5 Board Games with Dice
07:00 Spots
10:28 Dice Miner
13:47 Wroth
17:26 Troyes
22:14 Castles of Burgundy
27:03 Sentient
30:28 Rajas of the Ganges
33:33 The White Castle
37:16 Dice Throne
42:30 Tiletum
46:31 Lords of Vegas
49:57 Arcs
53:40 Crystal Palace
57:27 Sagrada
1:00:53 Dune: War for Arrakis
1:05:40 Honorable Mentions: Gang of Dice, Civolution, Fantastic Factories, Bang: The Dice Game, Sky Team
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In Episode 259 our guest host, Danielle, answers our questions about her tastes, preferences, and feelings about the board gaming hobby as a casual board gamer.
Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
01:05 Definition of a Casual Board Gamer
05:30 Thinking About Board Games
10:21 Buying/Looking For New Games
17:10 Learning New Games
32:45 Board Game Complexity
33:09 Board Game Conventions
36:00 Board Game Annoyances
47:03 Listener Shoutout
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In Episode 258 we continue the 2025 countdown of our 40 favorite Board Games of all time with choices 11-20.
Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
01:10 Chris #20 Obsession
04:18 Adam #20 Stockpile
05:42 Tim #20 Lord of the Rings: Duel for Middle Earth
06:53 Chris #19 - La Granja
08:44 Adam #19 - Battle for Rokugan
09:58 Tim #19 - Fromage
12:20 Chris #18 - A Feast for Odin
15:33 Adam #18 - Star Wars Rebellion
16:55 #18 - Clank! Catacombs
19:51 Chris #17 - Kanban EV
23:12 Adam #17 - Gaia Project
24:28 Tim #17 - Endeavor: Deep Sea
26:09 Chris #16 - Tzolk'in: The Mayan Calendar
28:16 Adam #16 - Ankh: Gods of Egypt
29:19 Tim #16 - Blood Rage
33:26 Chris #15 - Pan Am
36:12 Adam #15 - The Expanse Board Game
37:25 Tim #15 - The Voyages of Marco Polo / Marco Polo II: In the Service of the Khan
39:27 #14 - Blood Rage
40:32 #14 - Fractal
45:07 Tim #14 - Isle of Skye: From Chieftain to King
47:41 Chris and Tim #13 - Agricola
1:19:07 Adam #13 - Frozen Frontier
53:58 Chris #12 - 7 Wonders Duel
55:39 Adam #12 - Pan Am
57:15 Tim #12 - Tapestry
1:00:08 Chris #11 - Azul
1:02:20 Adam #11 - Sol: Last Days of a Star
1:03:28 Tim #11 - Arc Nova
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In Episode 257 Mark Johnson from the Board Games To Go podcast joins us to discuss Tigris & Euphrates covering the mechanisms, the production, and our overall feelings of the game.
We discuss a poll on which modern era our favorite games were from and then talk about some games that have been on our tables including Tycoon: India 1981 and Castles of Tuscany.
Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
00:45 Poll Time: What Timeframe was your #1 Favorite Board Game Published Within?
03:39 Intro to Mark Johnson and Board Games To Go
06:48 Tigris & Euphrates Description
09:18 Gameplay and Mechanisms
28:21 Production and Theme
32:39 Final Thoughts
28:28 Tycoon: India 1981
50:41 Castles of Tuscany
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In Episode 256 we continue the 2025 countdown of our 40 favorite Board Games of all time with choices 21-30.
Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
00:54 Chris #30 Outlive
05:09 Adam #30 Brian Boru: High King of Ireland
08:22 Tim #30 Cyclades: Legendary Edition
12:58 Chris #29 - The Guild of Merchant Explorers
16:17 Adam #29 - SpaceCorp: 2025-2300AD
18:29 Tim #29 - Scythe
21:37 Chris #28 - Lost Ruins of Arnak
26:14 Adam #28 - Scout
28:29 #28 - Cthulhu: Death May Die
33:31 Chris #27 - Cascadia
37:27 Adam #27 - Shamans
40:29 Tim #27 - Revive
44:50 Chris #26 - Viticulture Essential Edition
49:19 Adam #26 - Inis
52:56 Tim #26 - Azul
55:20 Chris #25 - Thunder Road: Vendetta
58:21 Adam #25 - Biohack
1:02:34 Tim #25 - Tichu
1:05:29 Chris #24 - Pirates of Maracaibo
1:10:38 Adam #24 - Skull
1:13:19 Tim #24 - Space Base
1:17:01 Chris #23 - Wonderland's War
1:19:07 Adam #23 - Through the Ages: A New Story of Civilization
1:21:16 Tim #23 - Rising Sun
1:22:47 Chris #22 - Clank! In! Space!
1:26:15 Adam #22 - Marrakesh
1:31:41 Tim #22 - Woodcraft
1:34:09 Chris #21 - Teotihuacan: City of Gods
1:38:40 Adam #21 - Terraforming Mars
1:40:43 Tim #21 - Sea Salt & Paper
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In Episode 255 we start the 2025 countdown of our top 40 Board Games of all time with choices 31-40.
Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
01:05 Favorite Games of All Time - How we made our lists
07:25 Chris #40 Rats of Wistar
11:01 Adam #40 Mosaic: A Story of Civilization
13:16 Tim #40 The Castles of Tuscany
14:49 Chris #39 - Wingspan
16:44 Adam #39 - Rebirth
18:18 Tim #39 - Le Havre
19:51 Chris #38 - Smartphone, Inc.
22:03 Adam #38 - On Mars
24:30 Tim #38 - Thunder Road Vendetta
26:23 Chris #37 - Revive
28:56 #37 - Beyond the Sun
30:15 Tim #37 - Boast or Nothing / Best of Neapolitan
32:03 Chris #36 - Keyflower
34:41 Adam #36 - Voidfall
36:47 Tim #36 - Star Realms
38:13 Chris #35 - Cthulhu: Death May Die
41:11 Adam #35 - Tycoon: India 1981
44:54 Tim #35 - Wonderland's War
45:52 Chris #34 - Nemesis
49:30 Adam #34 - Revive
50:54 Tim #34 - Viticulture: Essential Edition
52:00 Chris #33 - Heat: Pedal to the Metal
54:57 Adam #33 - Xenon Profiteer
56:15 Tim #33 - Slay the Spire: The Board Game
58:00 Chris #32 - Scythe
59:24 Adam #32 - Pax Pamir: 2nd Edition
1:01:37 Tim #32 - Clans of Caledonia
1:02:31 Chris #31 - Cthulhu Wars
1:05:08 Adam #31 - Hot Streak
1:09:31 Tim #31 - Anachrony
In Episode 254 we discuss games that end a little too quickly.
Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
03:14 Race for the Galaxy
07:23 Newton
09:57 Pirates of Maracaibo
14:10 Mycelia
19:14 Fantasy Realms / Marvel Remix
22:11 Biohack
24:36 Smartphone, Inc.
27:46 Near and Far
37:17 Distilled
42:01 Robot Quest Arena
44:12 Woodcraft / Pulsar 2849
47:13 Thunder Road: Vendetta
53:26 Sol: Last Day of a Star
56:21 Architects of the West Kingdom
59:26 Gaia Project / Agricola
1:03:37 Honorable Mentions: Anunnaki: Dawn of the Gods, Keyflower
1:05:52 Listener Shoutout
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In Episode 253 we give our hot take review on Inis covering the mechanisms, the production, and our overall feelings of the game.
We discuss a poll on gamer types and then talk about some games that have been on our tables including Modern Art, Cribbage, and Bomb Busters.
Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
00:25 Poll Time: What type of board gamer do you consider yourself?
08:09 Inis Description
11:50 Gameplay and Mechanisms
26:04 Production and Theme
32:39 Final Thoughts
44:27 Modern Art and Cheeky Monkey
51:16 Cribbage
1:00:11 Bomb Busters
1:09:32 Listener Shoutout
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In Episode 252 we discuss our favorite wooden figures (meeples) in board games.
We also answer a listener's question on which games are great for asynchronous play on Board Game Arena.
Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
00:20 Great (and not so great) async BGA games - Lost Ruins of Arnak, Ark Nova, Tapestry, Revive, Harmonies, Gaia Project, Through the Ages, Blood Rage, Rats of Wistar, Azul, La Granja
11:30 5 Favorite Meeples
19:40 Royal Visit
21:50 Scoville
25:07 Everdell
27:19 Survive the Island
30:25 Root
33:03 Power Vacuum
35:41 Wondrous Creatures
37:57 Circadians: Chaos Order
40:37 Charterstone
43:30 On Mars
45:47 Golem
49:05 Glen More II: Chronicles
49:58 Aqua Garden
52:07 Merchants of the Dark Road
55:02 Gentes Deluxified Edition
57:47 Honorable Mentions: Arcs, Teotihuacan: City of Gods, Parks, Meepile, Luthier, Bonfire
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In Episode 251 we give our hot take review on Dinogenics covering the mechanisms, the production, and our overall feelings of the game.
We discuss a poll on favorite publishers and then talk about some games that have been on our tables including Masters of Renaissance, Cyclades: Legendary Edition, Endeavor: Deep Sea, and Finspan.
Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
01:53 Poll Time: When you listen to board game reviews what are you most interested in hearing about?
07:54 Dinogenics Description
10:01 Gameplay and Mechanisms
26:31 Production and Theme
35:28 Final Thoughts
40:46 Master of Renaissance: Lorenzo il Magnifico - The Card Game
47:04 Cyclades: Legendary Edition
48:41 Endeavor: Deep Sea
55:45 Finspan
1:01:05 Listener Shoutout
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In Episode 250 we discuss the top 5 board game publishers that are represented on our game shelves.
Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
02:52 Top 5 Publishers On Our Game Shelves
06:44 Dire Wolf (Clank! Legacy, Clank! In Space, Dune: Imperium - Uprising)
08:54 Wehrlegig Games (Pax Pamir 2nd Edition, John Company 2nd Edition)
10:47 CMON Games (Blood Rage, Cthulhu: Death May Die, Rising Sun)
12:57 AEG (Cascadia, Calico, Let's Go To Japan)
17:17 Eagle-Gryphon Games and (Baseball Highlight 2045, Xenon Profiteer, On Mars, Clockwork Wars) - Buffalo Games (Planted, Oh No! Volcano)
18:51 Garphill Games (Architects of the West Kingdom, Paladins of the West Kingdom, Legacy of Yu)
22:30 Wise Wizards Games (Star Realms, Star Realm: Rise of Empire, Hero Realms, Robot Quest Arena)
25:13 Cosmodrome Games (Smartphone, Inc., Frozen Frontier, Aquatica)
25:52 GMT Games (Dominant Species, SpaceCorp: 2025-2300AD, A Gest of Robin Hood)
30:35 REPOS Production (7 Wonders, 7 Wonders Duel, Just One, Fun Facts, Lord of the Rings: Duel for Middle-Earth)
32:07 Awaken Realms (Nemesis, This War of Mine, Lords of Ragnarok, Tainted Grail, Great Wall, Castles of Burgundy: Special Edition)
37:04 Roxley Games (Brass: Birmingham, Radlands, Dice Throne, Skyrise)
38:51 Stonemaier Games (Libertalia: Winds of Galecrest, Scythe, Viticulture, Tapestry, Apiary, Red Rising, Wingspan, My Little Scythe, Pendulum, Expeditions)
44:12 Fantasy Flight Games (Battle for Rokugan, Star Wars Rebellion, Star Wars: The Deckbuilding Game, Android Netrunner, Arkham Horror: CCG)
48:26 CGE (T'zolkin: The Mayan Calendar, Lost Ruins of Arnak, Codenames, Pulsar 2849, Under Falling Skies)
50:28 Final Thoughts
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In Episode 249 we give our hot take review on Finspan covering the mechanisms, the production, and our overall feelings of the game.
We discuss a poll on favorite publishers and then talk about some games that have been on our tables including Sol: Last Days of a Star, Galactic Cruise, and Pirates of Maracaibo.
Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
00:20 Poll Time: Do you have favorite publishers?
09:53 Finspan Description
12:15 Gameplay and Mechanisms
30:29 Production and Theme
38:34 Final Thoughts
42:59 Sol: Last Days of a Star
47:09 Galactic Cruise
54:39 Pirates of Maracaibo
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In Episode 248 we discuss all of the games played during the second half of our semi-annual in-person games gathering, this time in Phoenix, AZ.
Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
01:10 Gaia Project (with The Lost Fleet)
14:50 Anunnaki: Dawn of the Gods
28:36 Eclipse: Second Dawn for the Galaxy
33:24 Stockpile
40:07 Darwin's Journey (with Fireland Expansion)
49:50 Dune: Imperium Uprising (with Bloodlines and Immortality)
57:39 Dungeon Fighter
1:01:34 Biohack
1:09:34 Wandering Towers
1:13:53 Final Thoughts
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In Episode 247 we discuss all of the games played during the first half of our semi-annual in-person games gathering, this time in Phoenix, AZ.
Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
04:59 Finspan
08:41 Clank! Catacombs (with Lairs and Lost Chambers)
13:42 Rebirth
19:10 Rebel Princess
26:26 Power Vacuum
32:30 Flip 7
39:01 Sky Team
43:55 Final Frontier
51:16 Thunder Road: Vendetta
1:02:10 Cyclades: Legendary Edition
1:13:05 Crokinole
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In Episode 246 we look like the games that we feel obligated to play but aren't really excited about. The mandatory assignments that we've missed.
Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
00:34 The unfortunate required coursework of the board game designer
04:33 Twilight Imperium 4th Edition
06:11 Tigris and Euphrates
10:40 The Crew: Deep Sea, The Crew, The Fellowship of the Ring: The Trick Taking Game
13:19 Food Chain Magnate
15:58 Battlestar Galactica: The Board Game
20:47 Caverna: The Cave Farmers
22:41 Puerto Rico
25:25 Concordia, Lisboa
29:55 Android: Netrunner, Magic: The Gathering
36:11 Blood on the Clocktower
37:58 Terra Mystica
40:52 Civilization
43:18 Commands and Colors: Ancients
46:00 Gloomhaven, Gloomhaven: Jaws of the Lion, Frosthaven
52:44 Diplomacy
54:59 Final Thoughts and Honorable Mentions: Cosmic Encounter, The Great Zimbabwe, Mage Knight, Slay the Spire: The Board Game
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