We are Jeffrey Craig and Matthew Craig - brothers in real life and board game designers in real life. This is our board game hobbyist/design podcast where we talk about our favorite games. We start every episode talking about how the game is played, and then we examine how game design was used to assist the player and enhance the gameplay.
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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 abso…
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 Jef…
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)…
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…
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 th…
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 gam…
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 ga…
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, an…
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 reliab…
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 manipulati…
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 …
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 …
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…
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…
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 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, a…
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!