Board Game Bros

 This week the board game bros discuss Keyforge - the competitive card game with procedurally generated decks and zero deckbuilding. In this episode we talk about the importance of board control and the effects that the faction system has on the game as a whole. 

This week the Board Game Bros discuss Koi, the serene game of eating bugs and frogs. Matt and Jeff talk about how to out-swim your opponents before diving into an in-depth discussion about randomness and how this game flounders from it.

This week the Board Game Bros discuss one of their top pics from Geekway to the West, Tiny Towns. Learn about the depth of player interaction in this pleasantly simple game.

This week the board game bros discuss the press-your-luck potion-crafting game Quacks of Quedlinburg. Learn how this Kennerspiel winner uses immersive modular components to give this game an intense atmosphere.

This week the board game bros discuss the hex-based, insectoid, abstract game Hive. The strategy portion starts with an intense debate over the strategy of pinning ants, but things quickly become amicable, and eventually end in an interesting discussion on abstract games.

This week the Board Game Bros discuss the award-winning, mind-melding, communication-forbidding game from 2018, The Mind. Learn how this game melds a simple objective into a fun arcade-esque psychic experience.

This week the Board Game Bros put on another video-game-themed end-of-month episode when they run down every trivia and party game in every Jackbox Party Pack, all the way from 1 to 5\. Listen to their thoughts on which games they think are great, which ones they think are duds, and how the packs stack up against each other.

This week the Board Game Bros continue their social deduction theme with Werewords. Listen for how this game puts a deduction spin on 20-questions by telling key players what the word is and making them use that information without giving themselves away. Also, you heard it here - Werewords is a Euro game.

This week the Board Game Bros carry the social deduction theme for the month when they talk about The Resistance. Learn how to blend in as a Spy and see how the many bureaucratic steps of assigning mission give the resistance small pieces of information to form conclusions from.

This week the Board Game Bros kick off their month of bluffing and deduction games with Spyfall. Learn what makes a good spy, what makes a good non-spy, and what makes this game good.

In this end of the month episode the Board Game Bros discuss difficulty in board games. Listen for reasons why you would make a difficult board game and what you have to do to achieve a good level of difficulty.

This week the Board Game Bros discuss the auction-bidding, map-controlling, power-supplying game Power Grid. Learn about this 15 year old game's strategic depth and why having a table on the back of the rulebook isn't so fun.

This week the Board Game Bros discuss the leap-frogging tile placement game Heaven and Ale. Listen for their expert lap-1 strategy and the reasons why this game can be frustrating for newcomers but satisfying for expert gamers.

This week the Board Game Bros discuss the family-friendly betting game Camel Up. Listen to how the components are used to amusing and brilliant effect to balance the game's predictability and surprise factor.

This week the Board Game Bros are covering their first listener-suggested game, Fury of Dracula. Listen where this hidden movement, combat clashing game stands out and where it falls short.

On this special end-of-month episode, the Board Game Bros discuss another board-game-themed video game (mod, that is), DotA 2: Autochess. Learn about the deep complexities and the unique catchup mechanics in this mod that's worthy of the same attention and analyzation as a full blown game.

This week the Board Game Bros review Leder Games' 2018 release Root. Learn about the strategies for the various woodland factions and the lessons Leder Games learned from Vast in order to make a more cohesive and beginner friendly asymmetrical game.

This week the Board Game Bros discuss the dystopian worker placement game Euphoria. Listen to the key strategy to managing your minions' knowledge and the key difference between this game's worker placement versus others'.

This week the Board Game Bros depart from their usual format to discuss the virtual board game Super Mario Party. Hear about how Nintendo mitigated luck and rewarded strategy in this update to their classic party game series.

This week the Board Game Bros Discuss how the aspects of a legacy game when paired with the dread that emerges from the horror theme in Betrayal Legacy.