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This week the Board Game Bros review the co-op/competitive hybrid tile drafting game Between Two Castles of Mad King Ludwig (sheesh... that was a mouthful). Listen for the reasons why you should absolutely not care about sleeping rooms and hear about all the different draft strategies we recommend for mad-king-pleasing success.

This week the Board Game Bros discuss the card drafting, area control game Bunny Kingdom. Listen as they break down the surprisingly strong strategy and the unfortunate terminology within the game.

In this special episode of Goodstuffs, the board game bros give the usual recap of their interests before talking about their favorite games and episodes of the year. Hear which episodes Matt and Jeff liked recording the most and why. Also get some merch at teepublic.com/user/bgbcast!

This week the Board Game Bros discuss the character-creation board game Roll Player. Learn how this game accurately draws from the experience of creating a character for an RPG (sometimes to a fault) and why you should always tank charisma.

This week the Board Game Bros discuss the dungeon-delving asymmetrical board game Vast: the Crystal Caverns. Listen as Jeff and Matt go into great detail how the unique player rolls play and interact with each other and why you should brush up on your rule book interpretation skills before sitting down with this game.

When the Board Game Bros started the podcast, they made a series of episodes covering the traditional list of gateway games. This week, Matt and Jeff give that list an update with some newer games that better exemplify what it means to be a gateway game. Also, get our new t-shirst at [www.teepublic.com/user/bgbcast](https://www.teepublic.com/user/bgbcast)

This week the Board Game Bros discuss the worker placement game of intrigue Lords of Waterdeep. Listen for the reasons why Jeff and Matt believe this game belongs in the list of essential gateway games.

Jeff's on vacation this week but the other brother in real life and game designer in real life is still here! Joining Matt this week is friend and special guest, Galen. In this episode these board game friends discuss board games, video games, and video game adaptations of board games!

This week the Board Game Bros have a few choice words for the card-crafting game of natural energy Mystic Vale. Listen to the issues Matt and Jeff take with the balance and mechanics of this game, and if you hear a weird noise from time to time, it's probably Jeff peeling the protective film from some of the cards.

This week the Board Game Bros discuss the 2018 Spiel Des Jahres winner Azul. Listen to Jeff and Matt talk about how the connected scoring and tile acquisition encourage a pre-planned, slow but reliable strategy, and how plans going awry make this a good gateway game.

The Boooo-oard Game Bros (sorry not sorry) wrap up October with a discussion on the genre/mechanic of Social Deduction in board games. Learn how games will force players to lie through the manipulation of information and how a simplified rule set gives players the agency to affect a game through their words.

Jeff had a sore throat last weekend so this is a special mid-week edition of your otherwise regularly-scheduled Board Game Bros podcast! This week the Board Game Bros review the RPG-inspired game of a traitor, hidden even to themself, Betrayal at House on the Hill. Learn how design and the use of randomness leads to a great deal of narrative equity (and try and play nice before you stab everyone in the back).

This week the Board Game Bros continue the spooky games discussion with the ghost-murder-solving game of psychic visions, Mysterium! Learn the best ways to interpret clues and see how the surrealist artwork leads to an evolving unorthodox communication method.

It's the most spookiest time of the year and the Board Game Bros are here to review spooky games! This week the Board Game Bros review the hybrid co-op competitive zombie survival game Dead of Winter: The Long Night. Listen to the mechanical and social strategies involved in staving off zombies in this cold abandoned town and see why an unseen threat may be the spookiest threat of all.

It's the end of the month, and so this week the Board Game Bros discuss the meta-genre of engine building. Learn about what an engine is, how to build it, and what makes building it so dang fun.

This week the Board Game Brothers discuss the image-linking guessing game Concept. Learn the various levels of using the pieces to creatively get the point across and hear why the points don't really matter in this game.

This week the Board Game Bros discuss the TV network management game The Networks. Hear about the simple math involved and learn how to set yourself up for success (specifically in seasons 1 and 3).

This week the Board Game Bros discuss the trick-taking potion-delivering board game Broom Service! Matt and Jeff are big fans of what the trick-taking bravery/coward mechanics do for the strategy in this game, and Matt has the just the right vocabulary to explain it.

This week the Board Game Brothers discuss the light deck-mixing card game Smash Up. Jeff and Matt provide their tier lists for the decks in the base game, provide some tips for how to combine them, and examine whether the unbalance of the game is acceptable due to its casual accessibility.

It's the first of the month and you know what that means! On this episode of BGB Goodstuffs the Board Game Bros discuss all manner of board games, video games, and board-game-themed video games!