Boards Alive Podcast

In our extra sexy sixty-ninth episode, we celebrate the most love filled month of the year as we talk about what we’ve been playing recently. We also review the beer brewery themed worker placement game Brew Crafters. Then Quinten and Aaron are joined by James D'Amato of One Shot Podcast and Campaign Podcast for the third segment in the Behind the Screen RPG series, providing tips for Game Masters. This episode is sponsored by Board Game Bliss & Tasty Minstrel Games

In our sixty-eighth episode, we are joined by special co-host Mike from Nights at the Game Table as we talk about what we’ve been playing recently. We also review the First Person Shooter themed area majority game Adrenaline. Then we discuss why it's so important to talk about the positives in our hobby and have Mike talk a bit about the premise of his new podcast Nights at the Game Table. This episode is sponsored by Board Game Bliss & Tasty Minstrel Games

In our sixty-seventh episode, we recap our trip to OrcaCon 2017 in Everett, WA, including all the games we played, the panels we attended and the awesome people we met. We also review the global energy themed worker placement game The Manhattan Project: Energy Empire. And Linsae provides another Linsae Reviews of Adrenaline. This episode is sponsored by Board Game Bliss & Tasty Minstrel Games

In our sixty-sixth episode, we recap our holiday gaming and we talk about what we’ve been playing recently. We also review the Viking themed worker placement game Raiders of the North Sea. Then we provide you with some Tips for Introducing People to Role Playing Games in this weeks RPG discussion. This episode is sponsored by Board Game Bliss & Tasty Minstrel Games

In our sixty-fifth episode, it’s our 3rd annual BA Holiday Special so we are joined by Linsae and Graeme as we talk about the games we have been playing lately. We also review the scenario-based combat game Conan, discuss our favourite party games that we played this year, and do our Holiday gift exchange. This episode is sponsored by Board Game Bliss & Tasty Minstrel Games

In our sixty-fourth episode, we mention our plans for the upcoming holiday and we talk about what we’ve been playing recently. We also review the Celtic themed area control game Inis. Then our friend Dave is back to talk about his experience at the Fantasy Flight World Championships for Android Netrunner. This episode is sponsored by Board Game Bliss & Tasty Minstrel Games

In our sixty-third episode, Aaron says he spreads his love all over the board gaming hobby and then we talk about what we’ve been playing recently. We also review the sci-fi themed area control game Cry Havoc. Then we celebrate the 6th year of the RPGGeek.Com Question of the Day thread and answer some of the first questions ever asked on the thread. This episode is sponsored by Board Game Bliss & Tasty Minstrel Games

In our sixty-second episode, we hope you're in a giving mood because we talk about the Jack Vasel Memorial Fund Auction and our items up for bid and talk about a board game subscription box called Board Game Bento. Then we talk about what we’ve been playing recently. We also review the space exploration sandbox game Xia: Legends of a Drift System. Then we talk about Overused & Underused Themes in Board Games and pitch a couple games with underused themes. This episode is sponsored by Board Game Bliss & Tasty Minstrel Games

In this extra spooky seventh episode of our board game variety show Sean and Alex from the Dukes of Dice pitch us their Big Screen Board Game, Jake and Danielle from Draft Mechanic pair some beers with Fury of Dracula 3rd Ed., we mention our Jack Vasel Memorial Fund Auction items, Quinten rants about being greedy, Nick Mariner pitches us his favourite Halloween games as board games, Aaron uses Dark Stories to teachcreative writing in Board Game Education, Linsae Reviews some games, and we tell you our Game of the Month. This episode is sponsored by Tasty Minstrel Games

In our very special Halloween-themed sixty-first episode, Linsae joins Aaron and Quinten as we talk about the spooky games we’ve been playing recently and do another Dawn of the FunDead segment for the game Dracula's Feast. We also review the Lovecraft-themed cooperative mystery game Mansions of Madness 2nd Edition. Then we (sort of) review the RPG Labyrinth and talk about Why It's So Hard to Try New RPGs. This episode is sponsored by Board Game Bliss & Tasty Minstrel Games

In our sixtieth episode, we talk about our busy-ness with the new school year and the games we have been playing lately. Then we interview Mike Selinker of Lone Shark Games about how his childhood design skills, his spooky designs and his life as a publisher, including his newest games Apocrypha, Betrayal at House on the Hill: Widow's Walk and his upcoming game Thornwatch with Penny Arcade. This episode is sponsored by Board Game Bliss & Tasty Minstrel Games

In our fifty-ninth episode, we participate in the Fantasy Board Game League put on by the Draft Mechanic podcast and we talk about the games we have been playing lately. We also review the zombie survival bidding game Hit Z Road by Martin Wallace, and then Quinten and Aaron are joined by Skid Maher and Troy Lavallee of the Glass Cannon Podcast for the second segment in the Behind the Screen RPG series, providing tips for Game Masters. This episode is sponsored by Board Game Bliss & Tasty Minstrel Games

In our fifty-eighth episode, we talk about Linsae's brand new Gaming Nemesis and do a quick Survival Kit Segment on Counter Magazine. Then we talk about what we've been playing recently. We also review the TV Station creating drafting game The Networks. Then we take a break from talking about tabletop games in our new segment all about Geek Culture as we talk about our favourite TV shows. This episode is sponsored by Board Game Bliss & Tasty Minstrel Games

In our fifty-seventh episode, Linsae joins Aaron and Quinten as we recount our GenCant experiences and talk about what we've been playing recently. We also review the civilization building game Through the Ages: A New Story of Civilization. Then we field all of your role playing game questions in another RPG Q&A. This episode is sponsored by Board Game Bliss & Tasty Minstrel Games

In our fifty-sixth episode, Graeme joins Aaron and Quinten as we try and heal Quinten's booboo with a Survival Kit segment for the Meeple Realty inserts Huts of Bora Bora, Rebellion Outpost, & Mystic Tavern. We also have not one, but three reviews this episode in our Reviewapalooza. We review three Crash of Games games, the fish set collection game Fish Frenzy, the fruit collecting trick taking game Plums, and the drafting game Backyard Builder's Treehouse. Then we discuss Art & Components and how they affect our enjoyment of a game. This episode is sponsored by Board Game Bliss & Tasty Minstrel Games

In our fifty-fifth episode, we talk about our summer vacations so far and the games we have been playing lately. Then we interview Jamey Stegmaier of Stonemaier Games about how his Kickstarter Guru skills, his designs and his life as a publisher, including his newest game Scythe and his upcoming legacy style game Charterstone. This episode is sponsored by Board Game Bliss & Tasty Minstrel Games

In our fifty-fourth episode, Aaron and Quinten talk about the games we have been playing lately. We also review the Alien films themed deck building cooperative game Legendary Encounters: An Alien Deck Building Game, and we discuss the worst "fumble" we've ever seen, the best series of dice rolls we've seen in an RPG, how to run a campaign with evil characters, and the RPG system we're dying to try in our RPG Question of the Day discussion. This episode is sponsored by Crash of Games & Tasty Minstrel Games

In the sixth episode of this board game variety show, Patrick from the What Did You Play This Week Podcast Thing talks about RPGs at Conventions, Sean from the Dukes of Dice pitches us his Big Screen Board Game, Quinten rants about a mess of mechanics in a box, Baker from Bored Online Board Offline talks about Xia: Legends of the Drift System, Aaron introduces a new segment called Board Game Education, Linsae Reviews some games, and we tell you our Game of the Month. This episode is sponsored by Crash Games & Tasty Minstrel Games

In our fifty-third episode, Aaron and Quinten are joined by special co-hosts Matt Riddle, Ben Pinchback, and Jon Gilmour, designers of the upcoming game Wasteland Express Delivery Service. We talk about the games we have been playing lately and let Jon go on random tangents throughout the episode. We also review the fantasy-themed territory building game Terra Mystica, and we discuss Collaboration in Game Design and their upcoming game Wasteland Express Delivery Service. This episode is sponsored by Crash of Games & Tasty Minstrel Games

In our fifty-second episode, Linsae joins Aaron and Quinten as we talk about the games we have been playing lately. We also review the worker placement and action selection game The Prodigals Club, and we discuss the best RPG campaign we've ever ran, how we deal with mundane tasks in RPGs, named weaponry, and how we create our characters in our RPG Question of the Day discussion. This episode is sponsored by Crash of Games & Tasty Minstrel Games