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 0233 SaltCON EOS and Games Galore
The many games played at SaltCON end of summer including Hail Hydra, Battleline, Reef and many more.
MN 0232 Majesty Prelude Madness Fortress Decrypto
This week we talk through five games we've been playing. We start with Majesty: For the Realm, Ryan continues with Terraforming Mars: Prelude, Nathan talks Mountains of Madness, I bring up Fast Forwa…
MN 0231 Camping, Picnicking and other Outdoor Games
When you picnic or camp do you game, or just enjoy the outdoors? Do you beat up your cards, watch over them carefully, or choose tile based or pencil games?
We discuss all manor of games from our pa…
MN 0230 August 2018 Gaming News
It is again time for news. We talk Power Rangers, Unique Games, Keyforge and Discover, the exit of Christian Peterson from Asmodee North America, and the merger of Stronghold Games and Indie Boards a…
MN 0229 Matt's GenCon Hat
This week we are again joined by Matt and Barb of the Players Wanted Podcast. We discuss their recent trip to GenCon including Oink Games, Pikoko, Ice Cool 2, and Matt's GenCon Hat, which is not a ga…
MN 0228 What Makes a Game an Evergreen?
We've been deep in the hobby for 20 years now and we are surprised when some games remain for sale continually, or in other words, become evergreen games, and why some don't.
What makes Ticket to Rid…
MN 0227 Standouts from the GenCon 2018 Preview List
This episode Ryan, Brent and Nathan each choose five games from the massive list of 615 titles previewed on boardgamegeek.com.
This list is found at https://www.boardgamegeek.com/geekpreview/7/gen-co…
MN 0226 Games in the Classroom with Thomas Roybal
We are joined this week by friend of the podcast, Thomas Roybal, a university professor that has used games and gaming concepts for years in his classrooms.
He gives us examples of games he was occa…
MN 0225 July 2018 Board Game News
Brent, Nathan and Ryan are joined again by Barb and Matt for a lot of fun and a little chaos.
We talk Kickstarters, Games ending, games beginning, and for some reason, real news about Big Trouble in …
MN 0224 Favorite Games with Sam Aho
Sam Aho joins Nathan and Ryan while they discuss their favorite games, including Ryan being on a quest.
MN 0223 Too Many Players - Games for 7+
What do you play when you have seven or more players and splitting into two or more groups isn't an option? We discuss games we enjoy plus ideas from you, the listeners. Let us know what we missed by…
MN 0222 Spirit Island
This week we sit down and talk about the fantastic cooperative game from Greater than Games.
Nathan likes it. Brent likes it. What does Ryan think? Does the theme resonate, do the mechanics and theme…
MN 0221 Space Base and The Thing: Infection at Outpost 31
This episode we introduce and review two games, starting with Space Base from John D Clair and AEG and The Thing: Infection at Outpost 31 from Mondo games and Joe Van Wetering.
Could Ryan and Natha…
MN 0220 June 2018 Board Game News
Nathan finally plays Starfarers of Catan, he raves about his Game Toppers Tables, we talk Kickstarter, more Asmodee acquisitions and Asmodee's possible desire to be acquired, and more June news.
MN 0219 Spiel des Jahres Nominees including In Depth Look at Ganz Shon Clever, The Mind, and Azul
We talk a bit about the nine Spiel des Jahres Nominees. Brent has played them all and Nathan and Ryan talk Ganz Shon Clever, The Mind and Azul. Ryan sneaks in some Terraforming Mars jabs.
Kinderspiel…
MN 0218 Daniel Hadlock from TMG
Ryan and Nathan are joined by Daniel Hadlock. Brent and Sam are conspicuously absent. Daniel is president of Tasty Minstrel Games and caries out a variety of tasks in order to get games out to market…
MN 0217 7th Continent, Muse, Illusion, Mystic Vale: Conclave, Time Stories: Estrella Drive
We discuss a number of games we have been playing including 7th Continent, Muse, Illusion, Mystic Vale: Conclave and the Estrella Drive expansion for Time Stories
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MN 0216 Roll Player, Charterstone, Eldritch Horror, Arkham Horror: TCG, And A Bit More
This week we talk about what we are playing including a non-spoiler wrap-up of Charterstone, Roll Player, Eldritch Horror, Arkham Horror: TCG, and despite an attempt to move this off 6 months, even m…
MN 0215 May 2018 Board Game News
Nathan is now interested in Thanos Rising: Infinity War. We talk about games we are playing (or watching) including Clank! The Mummy's Curse, The Quest for El Dorado, Welcome To Your Dream Home, Spac…
MN 0214 The Speed Of The Board Game Industry
A dozen years ago many of us talked about how to grow the gaming community. Now, the chatter has changed. Now, the question is more about when or if this golden age will end, and many of us wonder wh…