The Boarding Party
Join us every other week for our podcast about board games, card games, and all things tabletop.
- Update frequency
- every 13 days
- Episodes
- 25
- Years Active
- 2017 - 2018
Episode 33: The one about trading in Japan and market oversaturation
We're back to our regularly scheduled programming! Recently Played (00:15) - Transatlantic, Deception: Murder in Hong Kong News (14:33) - Scythe: Rise of Fenris expansion It Factor (20:22) - What mak…
Mon 15 Jan 2018
Episode 32: The one about Bruno Cathala, stained glass windows, and extreme themes
After a lengthy hiatus for the holidays, we're back with our first episode in 2018! Recently Played (00:15) - Kanagawa, Kanban: Automotive Revolution News (13:54) - Expansions for Abyss (Leviathan) a…
Mon 08 Jan 2018
Episode 31: The one about fighting plagues, woodland creatures, and game collections
Episode 31 is here! Recently Played (00:15) - La Granja; Pandemic Legacy: Season 2 News (08:21) - Root KS Campaign "it" Factor (18:38) - Tokaido as a great example elegance and simplicity. #culture (…
Mon 20 Nov 2017
Episode 30: The one about Essen Spiel 2017
In Episode 30, we talk about those games coming out of Essen Spiel 2017 that have us most interested. Nemesis (01:15) Terraforming Mars: Venus Next (05:20) Alien Artifacts (08:10) Nusfjord (12:03) Ch…
Sun 05 Nov 2017
Episode 29: The one about deluxe games, card games, and downfalls
Episode 29 is here! Recently Played (00:15) - Gloomhaven; Lost Cities News (10:23) - Downfall KS Campaign "it" Factor (20:02) - First Class as a great example of a card game based on a board game. #c…
Tue 31 Oct 2017
Episode 28: The one about building cities, ponzi schemes, and eating donuts
Episode 28 is here! Recently Played (00:15) - Between Two Cities (+ Expansion) and Ponzi Scheme News (10:03) - 7th Continent KS Campaign "it" Factor (19:39) - Twilight Imperium and giving you directi…
Mon 09 Oct 2017
Episode 27: The one about buying low, selling high, and getting lucky
Episode 27 is here! In this one, we finally don't talk about Gen Con, as we go through some news for Stefan Feld's newest game (Merlin) and Cerebia: The Inside World; why we love the bidding in For S…
Mon 25 Sep 2017
Episode 26: The one all about Gen Con 2017
We've hit a milstone - 1 year doing The Boarding Party! And despite doing daily Gen Con recaps, we wanted to give an overview of our Gen Con experience as a whole, in addition to what we've been play…
Tue 05 Sep 2017
Episode 25c: The one about Gen Con day 3
Our Episode 25 is going to be split into several parts, as Jeremiah and Jeff give quick recaps of each of their days at Gen Con. In this instalment, we talk about our plays of Dead of Winter: Warring…
Sun 20 Aug 2017
Episode 25b: The one about Gen Con day 2
Our Episode 25 is going to be split into several parts, as Jeremiah and Jeff give quick recaps of each of their days at Gen Con. In this instalment, we talk about our plays of Terraforming Mars, Twil…
Sat 19 Aug 2017
Episode 25a: The one about Gen Con day 1
Our Episode 25 is going to be split into several parts, as Jeremiah and Jeff give quick recaps of each of their days at Gen Con. In this instalment, we talk about our plays of Exit, Go Nuts for Donut…
Fri 18 Aug 2017
Episode 24: The one about Gen Con 2017
With our 24th episode, we bring you our Top 10 games (in no particular order, of course!) that we're looking forward to at Gen Con 2017. These could be games we want to demo (or at least watch others…
Wed 09 Aug 2017
Episode 23: The one about founding Gloomhaven, fighting alien hordes, and flipping cities
Episode 23 is here! In this one, we talk about Founders of Gloomhaven, why we love Xenoshyft, how we might improve Flip City ... and trials and tribulations of finding new game groups. Recently Playe…
Tue 01 Aug 2017
Episode 22: The one about impromptu space operas, house rules, and having direction
After a short hiatus, Episode 22 is upon us! Jeff is in Canada, and we're recording remotely. In this episode, we talk about what we've been up to (Patchwork, Twilight Imperium, Codenames: Deep Under…
Sun 09 Jul 2017
Episode 21: The one about long nights, diving deep into abyss, and game discounts
Episode 21 is here! In this one, we gush about our recent play through of Dead of Winter: The Long Night, go through our Gencon event schedule, and talk about the future of our podcast. In addition, …
Mon 12 Jun 2017
Episode 20: The one all about CMON Expo
Join us for our special 20th episode, all about CMON Expo! The Godfather: Corleone's Empire (02:50) Swag Bags (15:24) Kronia (19:34) Council of Four (29:10) Massive Darkness (37:17) Ethnos (45:45) TL…
Mon 22 May 2017
Episode 19: The one about CMON Expo, Elysiums, and Marvel
Join us for our 19th Episode! Since it's been a while, we talk about what we've been up to outside of games (mostly Marvel stuff!), and run through recent plays of Sagrada and Trajan. We give our tho…
Fri 12 May 2017
Episode 18: The one about clever dice and reprints vs. new editions
Join us for our 18th Episode! We run through of our recent play of Mechs vs. Minions; go on and on about the Gloomhaven Kickstarter; talk about our favorite uses of dice in modern games; and ask the …
Mon 01 May 2017
Episode 17: The one about terraforming mystics, iconography, cults of the new
We're happy to bring your our 17th Episode! Listen on to hear what we've played recently, all things Terra Mystica news, the use (misuse?) of icons in games, and the dreaded cult of the new. About Us…
Wed 19 Apr 2017
Episode 16: The one about Iron Fist and social gaming
A little late, but we're back for Episode 16! About Us (00:15) A quick discussion of video games we've been playing ... plus a lengthy discussion about why we didn't like Iron Fist. Recently Played (…
Fri 07 Apr 2017
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