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 0133 Seven Games Reviewed in 30 Minutes - Quadralegthimotcovok
- Quadropolis
- Ravenous River
- Legendary: Big Trouble in Little China
- Thief's Market
- Mottainai
- Codenames: Pictu…
MN 0132 Covert
It's the cold war and you are a 20 year-old mastermind spy, controlling your network of the three spies you have across Europe. Gather your spy camera, tracking device, lock picks, and other gear, po…
MN 0131 Mystic Vale
Mystic Vale uses an innovative card crafting system designed by John D. Clair. Druid clans attempt to cleanse the curse upon the land...and competing to do it better than the other clans by gaining t…
MN 0130 Breakup, Themes, Awards, and News
Fantasy Flight and Games Workshop broke up. What will happen with their kids? We discuss this, get stuck talking about theme again, cover three different awards, introduce our favorite Kickstarters, …
MN 0129 504
Friedemann Friese delivers not just 1 new game, but 504 new games in a single, but heavy, box. 504 is a bundle of mechanisms and bits that you combine together using a flip book to discover the rules…
MN 0128 Short Social Games with Tim Fowers
We sit down with game designer Tim Fowers to talk about four different social games. We first talk about Cockroach Poker, then Grifters, followed by Don't Mess With Cthulhu, and finally Coup: Rebelli…
MN 0127 Ratings
Your hosts talk about the use of rating systems to evaluate board games including the flawed rating system on the popular Board Game Geek website. We discuss 1-10, thumbs up, stars, among others. Nat…
MN 0126 Just Play Nice
We've all had that experience. Yes, that one, where a perfectly fine game was ruined by other players. Perhaps last time it was their attitude, or Kingmaking, or someone who refuses to put down their…
MN 0125 Barbigra and GenCon 2016
MN 0124 Champions of Midgard
The old Jarl has died. Fearsome trolls, draugrs and a smattering of monsters are attacking from all sides. The Vikings need a champion to repel the surmounting threats and lead the people to glorious…
MN 0123 Blood Rage
Ragnarök has arrived. We're all going to die, but we're going to die in a blaze of glory and celebrate our victories in Valhalla. Oh, and my clan is going to die better than your clan. Blood Rage is …
MN 0122 Scythe
It is a dark time after the last Great War in 1920's Europa where large mech war machines are all that remain from the the capitalistic city-state known simply as “The Factory". When the Factory goes…
MN 0121 Quirky Engine Entertainment and Epic Puzzles and Games
We speak with Craig Nybo, author, musician, and designer of various board games. Quirky Engine Entertainment publishes under a few different games including 3 Headed Giant, Gangrene Games, and GameAR…
MN 0120 News- Magic, Buffy, Mystic Vale, Sheriff Bluffing, Counter Magazine
Ryan, Nathan, and Brent sit down to discuss the News and current Kickstarters including:
- Bluffing in Sheriff of Nottingham
- Mystic Vale
- Guildhall: Fantasy
- AEG does Deckbuilding a little wrong
- Clout w…
MN 0119 Yet Even More 2-Player Games
We continue our coverage of the fantastic two player games available right now. Star Realms: Colony War was a sure hit with us, but Brent and Ryan discover even more difference in their play styles e…
MN 0118 More Interviews- Joshua from CGE, John of Bink Inc, Michael from Gamelyn Games, and Luke of Sea Pig
We have four interviews from Game Industry professionals!
1:00-7:30 Joshua Githens of CGE Games
7:31-19:22 John Binkley of Bink Inc, Makers of Trekking the National Parks
19:23-36:29 Michael Coe of G…
MN 0117 Even More Two Player Games
Two player games are the perfect pastime to spend with your significant other, your soulmate or a random guy at the park. We love our two player games so much, we devoted several new podcasts to the …
MN 0116 Lost SaltCON Interviews - Dapper Kris, Daft Chris, Designers Dale Tolley and Matt Saunders, and STGCon Organizers, Alex and Shaea
Brent and Ryan finally get around to editing more interviews from SaltCON 2016. Here are five great interviews recorded back in March. Enjoy!
0:00-1:11 - Introduction
1:12-14:38 Kris McClanahan from …
MN 0115 News, Batteries Consumed, Bang! Loses, Brent Rants
Bang! Loses its lawsuit against a copycat game, We talk many Kickstarters, Cthulhu Realms Eats My Batteries is not an expansion, Brent Rants about CMoN, Kickstarter Exclusives, and the Boardgame Bubb…
MN 0114 The Broken Token
At SaltCON 2016 we sat down with Greg Spence and talked about inserts, how he started the company, and many of his offerings, including his impressive convention schedule. You can find them at their …