Meeple Nation Board Game Podcast
Weekly, episodes about board games and the board game hobby.
We dive in to a wide selection of game mechanics, themes, and reviews. We discuss game news, gaming highlights, and the people who make our games amazing.
Come join us at the game table.
Hosted by Nathan Howard, Andy Holliday, Douglas Stewart, David Holliday, and Logan Howard.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 41 minutes
- Episodes
- 613
- Years Active
- 2014 - 2025
MN 0253 Pressing Your Luck with Dead Man's Draw, Formula D, Clank
This week we continue our discussion of press-your-luck in games as we talk card flips in Dead Man's Draw, gear dice selection and dice rolling in Formula D, and progressing deeper and pushing clank …
MN 0252 Quacks of Quedlinburg
This week we review the press-your-luck game, winner of the 2018 Kennerspiel des Jahres, Quacks of Quedlinburg
MN 0251 Press Your Luck Games
Just flip one more card or roll the dice on more time, right? This week we are talking press your luck games such as Quacks of Quedlingburg, Dead Man's Draw, Incan Gold, or Deep Sea Adventure.
MN 0250 Gaming News and Gaming Goals 2019
Join us as we talk about gaming goals, what we accomplished and what we didn't. We celebrate Nathan's fantastic gaming year.
We also talk news including
- New Frontiers
- The City
- Suburbia Collectors Ed…
MN 0249 Time Travel Games, Marvel v DC, and More Answers
We dip into the mailbag and answer a few questions from listeners, starting with the question of Time Travel in board games.
MN 0248 Everything Pandemic
We talk everything Pandemic including:
Pandemic 2008
- On the brink 2009
- In the Lab 2013
- State of Emergency 2015
Pandemic: Contagion 2014
Pandemic: The Cure 2014
- Experimental Meds 2016
Pandemic: Le…
MN 0247 Year End Gaming and Answers
We discuss NaNoWriMo, Social Deduction, Gaming Goals, App Supported Board Games, and answer a few questions.
MN 0246 More Games Played at BGG.Con 2018
Brent and Nathan sit down and talk about their last few days of gaming from BoardGameGeek.Con 2018 in Dallas.
Games played:
- Poker
- Two Rooms and a Boom
- Capital Lux
- Rebel Nox
- Discover: Lands Unknown
- …
MN 0245 December 2018 Gaming News
We are joined by Matt for this news episode.
We talk Keyforge Names, Kickstarter Games, One Dollar Kickstarter Pledges, Errant Uber Drivers, Layoffs and Acquisition during this Golden Age.
MN 0244 Twenty Games Played in 3 Days - BGG.Con 2018
Nathan and Ryan made it to BGG.Con 2018. This recording is their coverage of the first 20 games they play which includes:
Downfall
Brikks
Blueprint
Sherlock: Last Call
Sherlock: Tomb of the Archeolog…
MN 0243 Everything Cthulhu Mythos
This is the episode that everyone, or at least one, has been waiting for. In this episode we discuss dozens of games, and a history of what makes up the Cthulhu Mythos. We start with the Fantasy Flig…
MN 0242 Holiday Gift Guide 2018
This is our 5th annual Holiday Gift guide. We each bring five recommendations to the table, along with our recommendations for audience.
Nathan
- Muse
- Sagrada
- Space Base
- Azul
- Magic Maze
Brent
- Ticket…
MN 0241 Perceptions and Attitudes in Gaming
This week we have an intervention of sorts, but who needs intervening, Nathan or Ryan? We discuss how perception, attitude, and enthusiasm affect enjoyment in gaming, for everyone.
What is your attit…
MN 0240 October 2018 Gaming News
Ryan, Brent and Nathan sit down with Matt and Barb and talk news and Kickstarters.
Make sure you look for us at BGG.con and consider donating to our Extra Life effort at https://extra-life.org/team…
MN 0239 Introducing New Games to Players
Once again Brent is away which somehow means that Sam comes over to play. Sam Aho from Sam Says Game Reviews joins Ryan and Nathan while they discuss Introducing New Games to Players.
What should you…
MN 0238 Forgotten Board Game Gems
We discuss games from the past, ones we consider hidden gems including Taj Mahal, Balloon Cup, Cartagena, Pirates Cove, Around the World in 80 Days (Michael Reinick version), and Mutant Chronicles: S…
MN 0237 Tiny Epic Extravaganza
This week, Sam Aho, of Sam Says, joins Ryan and Nathan to talk about two games from Gamelyn Games and Scott Almes, Tiny Epic Zombies and Tiny Epic Galaxies, including the Into the Dark expansion.
Lis…
MN 0236 Heroes of Land Air and Sea
Nathan, Ryan and Sam Aho from Sam Says sit down to discuss their experience with this Scott Almes creation from Gamelyn Games.
Heroes of Land Air and Sea is a 4X game, and definitely not tiny. Listen…
MN 0235 September 2018 Board Game News
In this month's news episode we discuss expansions including The Quest for El Dorado: Heroes and Hexes, Magic Maze: Hidden Roles, remixed games including Between Two Castles of Mad King Ludwig, and m…
MN 0234 Raiders of the North Sea and Expansions
This week we talk about Raiders of the North Sea along with the Hall of Heroes and Fields of Fame expansions.
These games are now published in the US and are designed by Shem Phillips with art by Mih…