Beyond the Board
Welcome to Beyond the Board, a podcast where Mike and Spencer explore the themes and real life inspirations behind their favorite games.
- Update frequency
- every 10 days
- Average duration
- 29 minutes
- Episodes
- 45
- Years Active
- 2017 - 2019
Takenoko: Pandas, the Goofy "Bears"
Roll, flop, and grab a bamboo snack, cause Mike and Spencer hug some facts about pandas out with the game Takenoko!
Produced by: Mike Rieman & Spencer Campbell, in association with The Nerdologues
Ba…
00:26:00 |
Mon 16 Jul 2018
Rising Sun: Peace and Respect
Get cleaned up, cause Mike and Spencer are taking you to a shrine! While discussing the game Rising Sun, they take a look at the Shinto religion of Japan.
Produced by: Mike Rieman & Spencer Campbell,…
00:30:00 |
Mon 09 Jul 2018
Happy Salmon: Big Ol' Fish Fry
Flop with Mike and Spencer into the long journey of salmon migration, and get 'hooked' on Happy Salmon!
Produced by: Mike Rieman & Spencer Campbell, in association with The Nerdologues.
Midshow Break…
00:19:00 |
Mon 02 Jul 2018
Azul: I must be Moorish, 'cause Iberian!
The history of Moorish tiles are laid out by Spencer and Mike as they explore the influence for the mosaic building game, Azul.
Produced by: Mike Rieman & Spencer Campbell, in association with The Ne…
00:14:00 |
Mon 25 Jun 2018
Mysterium: Here's mud in your third eye!
Mike and Spencer channel the spirits to explain what a medium is and share some 'real life' crime solving psychic stories. (*insert spooky music here*)
Produced by: Mike Rieman & Spencer Campbell, in…
00:20:00 |
Mon 18 Jun 2018
Terraforming Mars: A Sweater for the Red Planet
Mike and Spencer talk about laying the groundwork for making Mars a habitable planet. (It's like Earth 2.0!)
Produced by: Mike Rieman & Spencer Campbell, in association with The Nerdologues
Break Mus…
00:26:00 |
Mon 11 Jun 2018
Pandemic: Rats, Flus, & Mosquitoes, Oh My!
SEASON 2 PREMIERE. NEW TO THE NERDOLOGUES. Mike and Spencer cough up and spread some knowledge on some of the worst outbreaks and pandemics in history. (Just sanitize your game when you're done!)
Pro…
00:24:00 |
Mon 04 Jun 2018
Season 2 Trailer
Mike and Spencer are back with a whole new season of Beyond the Board! Get pumped for all new reasons to go back and play all your favorite games! Now part of the Nerdologues family of podcasts!
00:01:00 |
Mon 28 May 2018
Joking Hazard - See You in the Funny Papers
Panel by panel, Spencer and Mike look at the history of comic strips (sequential art?), taking inspiration from the comic-building, party game Joking Hazard! (Podcast safe for work, game is not!)
00:38:00 |
Mon 15 May 2017
Competition Kitchen: Storytelling in Cooking! (plus a special interview!)
Mike and Spencer don their aprons and go head to head in the Iron Chef arena, where they learn all about the inspiration behind the card game Competition Kitchen! Join them after for a special interv…
00:54:00 |
Fri 05 May 2017
Flick 'em Up: This town ain't big enough...
Outlaws, duels, and lawmen! Mike and Spencer find the perfect recipe for a good ol' fashioned shootout! With the help of Pretzel Game's Flick 'Em Up, they discuss the some of the Wests most famous st…
00:39:00 |
Sun 30 Apr 2017
Bohnanza: Beans, Beans the Magical Fruit
Spencer and Mike trek through the fields of Bohnanza, the bean farming card game, and stop in a patch of coffee beans! They dig through coffee bean farming, coffee bean processing, and coffee bean ro…
00:34:00 |
Mon 24 Apr 2017
Boss Monster: Our Top 10 Video Game Villains
It’s a list episode! Mike and Spencer get sympathetic with some classic video game villains, as the check off their top 10 of those bad guys you love AND hate! (Put yourself in their monster shoes!)
00:34:00 |
Sun 16 Apr 2017
The Captain is Dead: Rocket to adventure! ...and probably death
Mike & Spencer go out of this world!!! ...mainly just right above the atmosphere, as we talk about the real dangers of living in space! All inspired by the dangerous situations in the cooperative spa…
00:44:00 |
Sun 09 Apr 2017
Beyond the Board Anomia: On the Tip of our Tongues
Spencer and Mike pick apart how the brain can be not firing on all cylinders. Also, how it can screw you up playing the tense-friend revealing card game, Anomia! (It’s ah… what’s the word?... EDUCATI…
00:28:00 |
Sun 02 Apr 2017
Machine of Death: Oil Up those Creative Cogs!
Spencer and Mike tinker with the gears and mechanics of Machine of Death, the card game! Then they talk about some real life wacky assassinations! (Because killing people for money is SO wacky!)
00:36:00 |
Sun 26 Mar 2017
Santorini: Or should I say Thera?
Flip back in your history books and discover the story of Santorini, as Spencer and Mike use their god-like powers and explore Roxley Games' hit strategy board game, Santorini! (Is there a board game…
00:30:00 |
Sun 19 Mar 2017
Forbidden Desert: We're dying for a tall glass of knowledge!
Spencer and Mike take a crash course in desert survival while discussing the cooperative, ever-changing, survival game, Forbidden Desert! Don't get caught without your airship! (how embarrassing!)
00:42:00 |
Mon 13 Mar 2017
Netrunner: Let's Hack THE MAN
Plug yourself in with Mike and Spencer as they discuss real life hacking and the history of electronic security, all inspired by the cyberpunk card game, Netrunner! (not LIFE hacking, but with comput…
00:46:00 |
Mon 06 Mar 2017
Codenames: BTB dives into the OSS, CIA, and Codes!
Spencer and Mike go undercover into the secret world of spies and try and decode the enigma machine! (Go go gadget podcast!)
00:43:00 |
Sun 26 Feb 2017
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