Board Game Impact
Board Game Impact podcast shares waht experiences we are having so that you can make informed decisions for yourself and your gaming group. This is done by breaking down board game hobby related experiences through an educational lens that has been developed over years of teaching at universities and adding in scholarly research whenever possible, and combining that all for you to get more enjoyment out of this amazing hobby.
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- Update frequency
- every 15 days
- Average duration
- 48 minutes
- Episodes
- 73
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2023
Episode 73 – Pikes Peak Gamer Con
This past weekend I had the privilege of traveling to Colorado Springs for Pikes Peak Gamer (PPG) Con! This local convention with a library of over 1,300 great games was an absolute blast. In this e…
00:40:10 |
Thu 14 Sep 2023
Episode 72 – Chicken
This episode is all about the little dice game that captivated me from GAMA Expo and was just released by Keymaster games...Chicken! In addition, Bruce shares some incredible news about Tabletop All…
00:18:02 |
Wed 16 Aug 2023
Episode 71 – Dorfromanik
Today's episode is all about the 2023 Spiel des Jahres winner, Dorfromantik! This tile laying gaming campaign experience took my family by storm while we attended BGG.Spring. You definitely want to …
00:29:14 |
Wed 19 Jul 2023
Episode 70 – Hunt A Killer: Body on the Boardwalk
In this gamine experience deep dive we talk all about the Hunt A Killer Mystery Box: Body on the Boardwalk case. This case experience was sent to us by Hunt A Killer and we are glad they did because…
00:20:34 |
Thu 13 Jul 2023
Episode 69 – Team Games & Learning Journeys
In this episode of Board Game Impact released on 6/9 we welcome Dean as a guest so we can chat about team games, particularly the Crew and the lessons we learn while playing games together. This inc…
00:55:02 |
Sat 10 Jun 2023
Episode 68 – Disney Lorcana
This episode is all about getting to be one of the first to play Disney Lorcana while at the GAMA Expo 2023 and my first impressions of the trading card game. Disney Lorcana is set to release to ret…
00:40:03 |
Tue 23 May 2023
Episode 67 – The Doctor is in!
It has been an incrediblely life changing couple months and you have been extremely kind in your patience for another episode. I am happy to share that I am officially Dr. Bruce Brown (aka "Doc Brow…
00:44:02 |
Tue 09 May 2023
Episode 66 – Lots to be thankful for
It has been an incredible month and a half since the last recording! We have been able to further the Tabletop Alliance impact to 18,000+ students, attended BGG.Con, made significant progress on my …
00:33:30 |
Fri 23 Dec 2022
Episode 65 – Lords of Baseball
Join us as we interview Max Jamelli, an educator who uses games and now has a game of his own design (along with his father) coming to Kickstarter at the end of the month called Lords of Baseball! W…
01:11:08 |
Thu 20 Oct 2022
Episode 64 – World Series of Board Gaming (Part 2)
In this episode Josh is back sharing all about his experience from the first ever World Series of Board Gaming and even his experience playing Terraforming Mars The Dice Game!!! Definately a lot of …
01:06:25 |
Wed 12 Oct 2022
Episode 63 – World Series of Board Gaming (Part 1)
Josh is back to talk all about his upcoming trip to the World Series of Board Gaming happening in Vegas! Josh is going to talk to us all about his prep and how this whole world series works.
Join…
00:44:40 |
Tue 27 Sep 2022
Episode 62 – Downforce
In this episode Bruce revs up his engines as he shares about Downforce, a game by Restoration Games designed by Wolfgang Kramer. Also, Bruce shares how the podcast has surpassed 9,000 downloads than…
00:33:24 |
Wed 21 Sep 2022
Episode 61 – Beyond the Sun
For starters I am beyond the moon thankful to share that this podcast has been downloaded more than 9,000 times!!!! In this episode Bruce does a deep dive into Beyond the Sun by Rio Grande Games, de…
00:33:38 |
Tue 06 Sep 2022
Episode 60: Destiny Quest – The Legion of Shadow
In this episode of Board Game Impact Bruce reviews Destiny Quest - The Legion of Shadow game book by Michael J. Ward. This choose your own adventure game book has over 900 passages that the characte…
00:41:10 |
Mon 22 Aug 2022
Episode 59 – 28+ Games in 40 Minutes!
The podcast is back!!!!!
After a long and jam packed PhD adventure of finishing off all coursework I am so happy to be back playing games and getting to share about them with you for the benefit …
00:48:46 |
Tue 09 Aug 2022
Episode 58 – Parks & Trails
In this episode Bruce and Josh compare and contrast Parks and Trails, both by Keymaster games. They discuss the nuances of each, gameplay, components, and overall whether one replaces the other or i…
00:39:34 |
Tue 29 Jun 2021
Episode 57 – Twilight Imperium
In this episode Bruce uses his dozens of hours of playtime to ask Josh about his first every play of Twilight Imperium 4th Edition which included playing with the new Prophecy of the Kings Expansion…
01:44:50 |
Tue 08 Jun 2021
Episode 56 – BGG Awards
In this episode the BoardGameGeek Golden Geek Award goes to.......quite a lot of games actually. That's right Bruce and Josh share who won each of the game categories of the BGG Golden Geek Awards. …
01:11:49 |
Tue 11 May 2021
Episode 55 – Hello World
The time has come for the start of in-person gaming and to nominate your favorites for the Board Game Geek "Golden Geek" Awards! Now that they are vaccinated they have started to play games again wi…
01:18:55 |
Tue 13 Apr 2021
Episode 54 – Teaching & Learning Games
In this episode Josh brought up a discussion topic that was the focus of the entire show, how do we go about "teaching and learning games?" Given our backgrounds in education we easily could have ke…
01:25:31 |
Tue 16 Mar 2021
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