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 0173 Raxxon Hype, Travelling with Games, SdJ Winners
Nathan has returned and he talks travels with Brent. Ryan is out this week but should return for episode 174.
We talk about Raxxon, a game being shared through viral marketing, Monopoly Gamer and how…
MN 0172 Does Theme Matter?
Nathan is out and about in the islands of Hawaii so Ryan and Brent face off across the microphone to talk about the integration of theme. Ryan recreates one of his presentations from FryeCon with Bre…
MN 0171 Boardgamegeek.com
We discuss the fantastic website boardgamegeek.com. This stalwart site is chocked full of resources and user-generated content fit for any style and experience level of gamer, although each person is…
MN 0170 June 2017 News and Anecdotes
Board Game News for June 2017.
We talk Pandemic Legacy: Season 2, Big Trouble in Little China, Legendary: Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Battlestations: Second Edition, andCentury: Spice Road.
We cover th…
MN 0169 Oink Games - Deep Sea Adventure, Insider, Fake Artist, Maskmen, The Pyramid's Deadline
Nathan likes tiny boxes packed with lots of game pieces from the Japanese game company, Oink Games.
We start off talking Deep Sea Adventure, a press your luck, 20 minute game for 3-6 players.
We cont…
MN 0168 Games We Played Including BGG Spring 2017 Report
Brent chats about the games he enjoyed at BGGCon Spring, and Ryan and Nathan interject about the games played at home. We discuss Archipelago, Escape from 100 Million BC, Codenames: Duel, Flamme Roug…
MN 0167 SdJ 2017 Nominees in Depth, Part 2 - Kingdomino, Magic Maze, Race to El Dorado
This week we finish the discussion of the Spiel des Jahres 2017 nominees. We start with Kingdomino, talk about Magic Maze, and end with Race to El Dorado.
MN 0166 SdJ 2017 Nominees in Depth, Part 1 - Ice Cool, EXIT, Captain Silver, Terraforming Mars, Mysterious Forest
This episode we talk more in depth about Ice Cool, Mysterious Forest, and Captain Silver, the three Kinderspiel des Jahres nominees.
We then discuss what we know about Raiders of the North Sea, Terra…
MN 0165 Spiel des Jahres Nominees and News for May 2017
We start off this episode by bringing the news of the nine nominees for the three Spiel des Jahres awards and talk about two of the three of those that we played.
We also talk news!
Don't forget to s…
MN 0164 Cube Pushing, GIPF Legacy? and Pack O Games 2
Ryan Decaria regales us with a discussion of his adventures in gaming without the other hosts. He discusses Vanuatu and Tinners Trail.
Brent talks the GIPF series of abstract games, which leads to a …
MN 0163 Hidden Role Games
This we we discuss Hidden Role Games, Nathan's favorite genre. We discuss what we like about these games, including Don't Mess with Cthulhu, Battlestar Galactica, Shadows over Camelot, Burke's Gambit…
MN 0162 International Tabletop Day 2017 and Clank! Sunken Treasures
We recap the NUGG sponsored International Table Top Day event. We discuss 7 Wonders: Duel, Colt Express, Ice Cool, Terraforming Mars, Arkham Horror: the Card Game, and Clank!: Sunken Treasure. We al…
MN 0161 Kitchen Sink Episode
We cover many subjects including:
- Secrets of the Lost Tomb
- Big Trouble in Little China
- Trick of the Rails
- Diamonds
- Moons
- Solarquest
- Trick-Taking, The Trick-Taking Game
- Deck Building, the Deck Builde…
MN 0160 Board Game News for April 2017
It's Barb day on Meeple Nation where we give you the latest board game news. We talk Kickstarters with Aeon's End: War Eternal, Gloomhaven, Five Seals of Magic, Rise to Nobility, Hardback, Brass, and…
MN 0159 Hardback, Clank Sunken Treasures, Investigators of Arkham, Jump Drive, Castle Assault
This week Nathan, Ryan and Brent sit down and talk about games and related books that we have played recently. The list includes:
Hardback Castle Assault Investigator of Arkham Horror Clank: Sunken T…
MN 0158 Mechs vs Minions
This week Nathan and Ryan sit down with Sam Aho from Sam Says Game Reviews to talk about Mechs vs Minions, the surprisingly good board game from Riot Games. They talk about the mechanisms of the game…
MN 0157 Aeon's End
Are you ready to defend the underground city of Gravehold from the Nameless and their hordes of monstrous minions? How are you going to fight them? By playing Dominion. But instead of buying action c…
MN 0156 Colony
Colony by Bézier Games, Inc. is a tableau building dice game set in a post apocalyptic world where the players attempt to put civilization back together competitively. Nathan and his daughter embrace…
MN 0155 Game News for March 2017
Lets start with Rising Sun, move to Gloomhaven again, Dinosaur Island, Thunderstone Quest, even Gamer Deck 2. Should companies do second and third editions of games? MeepleCon and the GAMA Trade Show…
MN 0154 Good Times at SaltCON 2017
Meeple Nation's favorite convention is in the books. We played some games, met with friends, and put on four fantastic events, including a game show, a puzzle hunt, Werewolf and Deception: Murder at …