Board Game Bros

This week the Board Game Bros deviate from their end-of-month mechanical discussion to talk about the party game genre! Learn about what party games are meant for, what makes a good party game, and how to make one that doesn't use the Apples to Apples call-and-response-2-deck-format.

This week the Board Game Bros discuss the party "drinking" game Red Dragon Inn. Learn Jeff and Matt's takes on the political and apolitical strategies involved in the game, and see if you can find just as much amusement as Jeff did in the design of the health/alcohol tracker.

This week the Board Game Bros discuss the unique mechanics of the dice-building game Dice Forge. Listen to Jeff break down the various actions of the game into numbers of extra turns, and see if the brothers are able to discern why some cards cost sun shards while others cost moon shards (we thing we got close).

This week the Board Game Bros finally discuss the much hyped game Food Chain Magnate. Learn in detail how to avoid the various punishing aspects of the game in detail as Jeff and Matt answer the question: does this fast food game go down smooth or leave a bad taste in your mouth?

Welcome to another BGB bonus episode, Goodstuffs episode 3! In our special April 1st episode the brothers Matt and Jeff discuss all manner of games they have played in the past month–some old, some new, some borrowed, and some blue!

For this month's mechanical discussion the Board Game Bros talk about card drafting. Listen to Jeff and Matt discuss how a great depth of strategy and metagame comes from a mechanic that needs so few cards, and learn how some games introduce these concepts to their players through design.

This week the Board Game Bros cover the abstract area control game Tigris and Euphrates. Listen to Jeff and Matt talk about the simplicity of the mechanics and how they lead to dynamic conflicts in tile-based kingdom expansion.

The Board Game Bros have their first guest on the podcast when they talk about the party game Codenames. After a complicated game last week, Jeff, Matt, and their friend Clay discuss what sets Codenames apart from other party games, and just how terrible a clue "water" can be.

The Board Game Brothers discuss the fighting-game-made-board-game Battlecon: Devastation of Indines. Learn how this may be the most complicated Jeff and Matt have discussed yet, and why the complexity makes this the perfect game for spikes.

This week, the Board Game Bros discuss the fantasy wargame SmallWorld. Listen to Jeff and Matt discuss the decline mechanic that gives the game tension, and the race and class combinations that give the game life.

Welcome to another BGB bonus episode, Goodstuffs episode 2! In the second ever Goodstuffs episode, the Bros talk about Crank!, We Didn't Playtest This, the Munchkin CCG, and more! Also - is this too much video game discussion?

The Board Game Brothers dig deep in deck building design discussion on this week's episode. The brothers have decided that every last Saturday they will ditch the single game discussion to speak with greater detail on a broader topic. This week, we examine deck building's pros, cons, flavor, and how it gets used in many different games.

The brothers discuss farming in the dark ages in Agricola! Learn how this game is definitely not a gateway game, and how it's punishingly complicated (and that weirdly makes us want to play it again).

The Board Game Bros discuss 7 Wonders in the 7th and final part of their gateway games series. Even though this one might be a little more complicated than the other board games in the gateway games series, the brothers love this game too much to leave it out. The Board Game Bros gush about the elegant complexity of the card drafting mechanic, the visual design of the cards, and much more.

The Board Game Bros discuss Splendor in part 6 of their gateway games series. Listen as Jeff forgets to say all the friggin rules, and hear the brothers' short, succinct appreciation for Splendor's simple design that affords an excellent depth of strategy.

In this bonus Board Game Bros episode series, Jeff and Matt talk about board game news, give mini reviews of games they've been playing, and talk about all the other gaming stuff they are into. In the first Goodstuffs episode, the Bros talk about Kingdomino (can it dethrone Carcassonne???), Expedition, Dropmix, and more!

The Board Game Bros discuss the cooperative game Forbidden Island in part 5 of their gateway game series. Learn about what makes Forbidden Island the "gateway-weightiest" cooperative game and leave wondering if the game would be better with dinosaurs.

The Board Game Bros discuss the classic tile placement area control game Carcassonne in part 4 of their gateway games series. Learn about the strategic complexities that arise from the simple mechanic of matching the artwork of one tile to its neighbors and see if you can figure out how to win, since neither BGBro has a clear strategy.

The Board Game Bros discuss the "mother" of all gateway games, Ticket to Ride, in part 3 of their gateway games series. In this episode Jeff and Matt talk about what makes this popular train game such a great gateway game with its simplicity, tension, and brilliant map design.

The Board Game Bros' very first episode kicks off a 7-part series on gateway games with Settlers if Catan. In this episode Jeff and Matt talk about what Catan is all about, how the game's design has made it the 'monopoly' of our generation, and the hangups that have put them off of playing it over the years.