On Board Games (board games)
A show about board and card games. The folks of On Board Games discuss games from the viewpoints of new and expert players, reviewers, and people from the industry, to allow listeners insight into the gaming hobby so they can enjoy games more thoroughly.

Categories

board games
podcasts
interview
Pirate Episode
All Alone
general
Out of This World
Show Invasion
Crowd Funding Edition

Archives

2024
December
November
October
September
August
July
June
May
April
March
February
January

2023
December
November
October
September
August
July
June
May
April
March
February
January

2022
December
November
October
September
August
July
June
May
April
March
February
January

2021
December
November
October
September
August
July
June
May
April
March
February
January

2020
December
November
October
September
August
July
June
May
April
March
February
January

2019
December
November
October
September
August
July
June
May
April
March
February
January

2018
December
November
October
September
August
July
June
May
April
March
February
January

2017
December
November
October
September
August
July
June
May
April
March
February
January

2016
December
November
October
September
August
July
June
May
April
March
February
January

2015
December
November
October
September
August
July
June
May
April
March
February
January

2014
December
November
October
September
August
July
June
May
April
March
February
January

2013
December
November
October
September
August
July
June
May
April
March
February
January

2012
December
November
October
September
August
July
June
May
April
March
February
January

2011
December
November
October
September
August
July
June
May
April
March
February
January

2010
December
November
October
September
August
July
June
May
April
January

2009
December
November
August
July
June
May
April
March
February
January

2008
December
November
October
September
August
July
June
May
April
March
February
January

2007
December
October
September
August
July
June
May
April
March

December 2024
S M T W T F S
     
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31

Syndication

Erik, Donald, and Scott discuss Epic games

Don reviews Poo and a host of Minion games

Jonathon reviews Carcassonne for the iPhone

Erik reviews Crokinole

http://onboardgames.net/ 
RSS Feed: http://onboardgames.libsyn.com/rss 
Email us: onboardgames.net@gmail.com 
On Board Games Guild at Board Game Geek

Direct download: OBG50_100310.mp3
Category:board games -- posted at: 10:26pm EST

OBG 26: Teaching Games Mail bag and train game episode feedback.
Hobby Games: The 100 Best homework and call in request

Round Table
Teaching games Scott, Erik, & Donald

Correspondent Segments
Giles on the Boardgames Australia Awards.

Reviews


Outro
  • Send questions, comments, or snide remarks, to: onboardgames.net@gmail.com in the form of emails or mp3 files
  • Join us for further discussions, musings and occasional rants on our forums at the Guild on BGG: http://www.boardgamegeek.com/guild/325
  • On Board Games is covered under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License

Web Site: http://onboardgames.net/
RSS Feed: http://onboardgames.libsyn.com/rss
Email us: onboardgames.net@gmail.com
Discuss this: http://www.boardgamegeek.com/article/2452818
Direct download: OBG_26_080706.mp3
Category:board games -- posted at: 11:24pm EST

OBG Music Contest Episode 1 Contest Episode where I share the contest entries. Visit the BGG guild to chat about them!


http://www.boardgamegeek.com/article/2417437

Submissions by
Pat
Johan  - 30ought6 on BGG
Dave - clockwirk on BGG
Dan -  Durak60 on BGG
Christopher


Direct download: Music_Contest_Episode_1.mp3
Category:board games -- posted at: 11:49pm EST

OBG 024: International Gamers Awards

Special Interview

Game Awards Scott, Donald and guest Greg Schlosser
http://www.internationalgamersawards.net/

Correspondent Segments

Games in Education - Giles discusses talks about the Games for Educators site. http://www.gamesforeducators.com/

Preview 

  • Ghost Stories Preview from Repos Productions previewed by Donald & Scott 

Reviews 

  • Dungeonquest & Dungeonquest Catacombs, from Games Workshop reviewed by Scott
  • Imperial from Rio Grande Games reviewed by Erik


Rights, Recognition, and Links

  • A big thanks to Erik, Scott, Giles,
  • Send questions, comments, or snide remarks, to onboardgames.net@gmail.com in the form of emails or mp3 files
  • Join us for further discussions, musings and occasional rants on our forums at the Guild on BGG: http://www.boardgamegeek.com/guild/325
  • On Board Games is covered under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License



Direct download: OBG_024_080608.mp3
Category:board games -- posted at: 10:32pm EST

 OBG 023: Train Games Chit Chat
Erik http://www.balanceinallthings.org/
Scott's blatant plug - Tulipmania.
http://www.gamesinlibraries.org/
Contest announcement - the Music for the show.

Round Table

Train games Scott, Erik, & Donald discuss the wide variety of train games

Correspondent Segments

Games in Education - Giles interviews Tom Vasel about games in schools.
A Guide to the Geek - Ben covers the GEEKLIST feature on Board Game Geek.

Reviews

 

  • Stone Age reviewed by Scott
  • Covert Action reviewed by Erik
  • Pandemic reviewed by Ben
  • Transeuropa reviewed by Donald, Connie, Danny, & Joey
Outro
  • Send questions, comments, or snide remarks, to onboardgames.net@gmail.com in the form of emails or mp3 files
  • Join us for further discussions, musings and occasional rants on our forums at the Guild on BGG: http://www.boardgamegeek.com/guild/325
  • On Board Games is covered under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License
Direct download: OBG_23_080415.mp3
Category:board games -- posted at: 11:07pm EST

OBG 022: Print and Play Games Contest
Announcement/refresher - the Music for the show.

OBG Mail Bag
Links for Chris about getting someone to play your games
Getting Your Game Collection into Play http://onboardgames.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=226530
Gateway Games: The First Hit is Free http://onboardgames.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=248032

Round Table
Print and Play Games Scott, Erik, & Donald
No links provided for making your own board tutorial. Sorry. I blame Erik.
For more info on print and play games, check out the Print and Play podcast which has recently moved. http://www.printandplay.co.uk/

Correspondent Segment
Games in Education - Giles discusses the stigma of games in schools, and curriculum support justification of including them in the classroom.

Reviews

Sorry for the delay of podcast, but we had an emergency in the family that had to take precidence. Connie's sister has disappeared. If you are in the area around NY state, and would be willing to hand out fliers, or could help us get keep this in the news, please let me know.

Once you are done with this episode of On Board Games check out http://boardgamepodcasts.com/

Web Site: http://onboardgames.net/
RSS Feed: http://onboardgames.libsyn.com/rss
Email us: onboardgames.net@gmail.com
On Board Games Guild at Board Game Geek
On Board Games MicroBadge at Board Game Geek

On Board Games is covered under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License
Direct download: OBG_022_080423.mp3
Category:board games -- posted at: 11:15pm EST

Emergency Delay of Podcast I’ve been very busy dealing with a family emergency, so the episode that was supposed to drop today will be delayed for up to a week.
Direct download: Late_episode.mp3
Category:board games -- posted at: 8:40pm EST

Scott's blatant plug - Tulipmania
Contest announcement - Contest to create music for the show

Round Table
Player scale-ability  Scott, Erik, & Donald

Erik's traitorous work for the Print and Play podcast
Scott's Game Lab work
Donald talks about boardgamepodcasts.com

Correspondent Segments

  • Games in Education - Giles reveals game uses at school.
  • A Guide to the Geek - Ben covers the advanced search feature on Board Game Geek.

 


Reviews 

Promos
Wandering Geek
OBG Music Contest
Infected by Scott Sigler

Web Site: http://onboardgames.net/
RSS Feed: http://onboardgames.libsyn.com/rss
Email us: onboardgames.net@gmail.com
On Board Games Guild at Board Game Geek
On Board Games MicroBadge at Board Game Geek

On Board Games is covered under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License
Direct download: OBG_20_080317.mp3
Category:board games -- posted at: 4:16am EST

OBG 018: The Culture of Game Consumption

We're excited to have over 200 guild members and 15 BGG users who own the On Board Games microbadge!

Join the On Board Games Guild - a big thanks goes out to all those fans of On Board Games who have contributed their ideas, opinions and thoughts in the guild, it's been great to read your responses to our roundtable discussions, and to hear your thoughts on the show.

Prezcon announcement

Round Table
The Culture of Game Consumption Scott, Erik, & Donald

Wandering Geek OBG Promo

Correspondent Segments
Games in Education - Giles discusses why games make a good addition to any classroom.


Reviews


Endgame
  • Send questions, comments, or snide remarks, to onboardgames.net@gmail.com in the form of emails or mp3 files
  • Join us for further discussions, musings and occasional rants on our forums at the Guild on BGG: http://www.boardgamegeek.com/guild/325
  • On Board Games is covered under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License
Web Site: http://onboardgames.net/
RSS Feed: http://onboardgames.libsyn.com/rss
Email us: onboardgames.net@gmail.com
On Board Games Guild at Board Game Geek
On Board Games MicroBadge at Board Game Geek
Direct download: OBG_18_080216.mp3
Category:board games -- posted at: 10:39am EST

OBG 017: The Big Event In this episode the guys discuss different types of gaming events. We offer a plethora of Stoplight game reviews. And friends of the podcast, Caradoc and Blott  chime in as well.    Warning! This episode may contain RA!

Another "Donald is going to PrezCon" announcement.

Round Table
Event Round Table
Erik, Scott, and Donald discuss industry only shows, trade to consumer shows, and fan oriented shows.
  • BGG Con
  • Chitag
  • GAMA
Australian Big Event segment by Caradoc

Reviews
  • Smuggler review by Scott
  • Hit & Run Zeus on the Loose review by Donald
  • 1960: The Making of the President  review by Erik
  • Rage review by Blott
  • Good Question review by Donald
  • Felix, the Cat in the Sack review by Scott
Outro
  • Big Thanks to Erik, Scott, Blott, and Caradoc,
  • Email us at onboardgames.net@gmail.com, send us your voice via MP3s, or join us on our forums. We don't make any money on this, so we live for feedback!
  • On Board Games is Covered under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License
Direct download: OBG_017_080201.mp3
Category:board games -- posted at: 12:19am EST

OBG 016: Down Time and Delay of Game Web Site: http://onboardgames.net/
RSS Feed: http://onboardgames.libsyn.com/rss
Email us: onboardgames.net@gmail.com
On Board Games Guild at Board Game Geek
On Board Games MicroBadge at Board Game Geek

On Board Games Round Table

Don, Erik, and Scott discuss games with long down time and players who cause a delay of game. Suggestions are given on how to pass the time, or get the game moving.

Stoplight Reviews

Discuss this episode in our guild, on Board Game Geek

Direct download: OBG_16_080117.mp3
Category:board games -- posted at: 11:26pm EST

OBG 013: The Price of Games Web Site: http://onboardgames.net/
RSS Feed: http://onboardgames.libsyn.com/rss
Email us: onboardgames.net@gmail.com
On Board Games Guild at Board Game Geek
On Board Games MicroBadge at Board Game Geek

On Board Games Round Table

Don, Erik, and Scott discuss manufacturer setting a maximum retail discount on their board games.

Stoplight Reviews

Discuss this episode in our guild, on Board Game Geek

Direct download: obg_013_071202.mp3
Category:board games -- posted at: 11:16pm EST

OBG 012: Role-Playing Board Games

Web Site: http://onboardgames.net/
RSS Feed: http://onboardgames.libsyn.com/rss
Email us: onboardgames.net@gmail.com
On Board Games Guild at Board Game Geek
On Board Games MicroBadge at Board Game Geek

Letters

  • Scott gives an impromptu Quelf review
  • One fan of the show asks about Scott's weird games.
  • Donald is mocked due to the episode's likely delay and fading relevance to Essen
  • Return of Return of the Heroes

On Board Games Round Table

Don, Erik, and Scott discuss board game/role-playing game hybrids

Stoplight Reviews

Discuss this episode in our guild, on Board Game Geek

 

 

 

Direct download: OBG_012_071029.mp3
Category:board games -- posted at: 1:35am EST

OBG 011: Not Your Father's Board Games

OBG 011: Not Your Father's Board Games

Web Site: http://onboardgames.net/ RSS Feed: http://onboardgames.libsyn.com/rss Email us: onboardgames.net@gmail.com On Board Games Guild at Board Game Geek On Board Games MicroBadge at Board Game Geek

On Board Games Round Table

Erik, & Donald discuss playing games with children

Stoplight Reviews

Discuss this episode in our guild, on Board Game Geek

Direct download: OBG_011_070923.mp3
Category:board games -- posted at: 12:59am EST

OBG 010: 070907 Social by Request

On Board Games Episode 10: Social by Request

Web Site: http://onboardgames.net/ RSS Feed: http://onboardgames.libsyn.com/rss Email us: onboardgames.net@gmail.com On Board Games Guild at Board Game Geek On Board Games MicroBadge at Board Game Geek

On Board Games Round Table

Scott, Erik, & Donald discuss games that promote social interaction

Stoplight Review

Advanced Squad Leader Starter Sets from Multi Man Publishing reviewed by Erik

Airlines & Airlines 2 from Avanch Press reviewed by Erik

Discuss this episode in our guild, on Board Game Geek

Direct download: OBG_010_070907.mp3
Category:board games -- posted at: 10:45pm EST

OBG 009: Gateway Games - The First Hit is Free Web Site: http://onboardgames.net/ RSS Feed: http://onboardgames.libsyn.com/rss Email us: onboardgames.net@gmail.com On Board Games Guild at Board Game Geek On Board Games MicroBadge at Board Game Geek

 

On Board Games Round Table

Scott, Erik, & Donald discuss the care and feeding of new gamers

Board Game Podcast Award for Best Gateway Game

The guys

  • Give a summary of nominees
  • Announce winner
  • Discuss why winner is a great gateway game

Stoplight Review

Penguin from Fantasy Flight Games reviewed by Scott

    Discuss this episode in our guild, or in the podcast forums on Board Game Geek

    Direct download: OBG_009_070821.mp3
    Category:board games -- posted at: 11:57pm EST

    OBG 008: We Rule!

    Web Site: http://onboardgames.net/ RSS Feed: http://onboardgames.libsyn.com/rss Email us: onboardgames.net@gmail.com

    On Board Games News -

    Erik & Donald rant about poorly designed rules books.

    • Discuss games with poorly assembled rules and various formats
      • By the numbers
      • Starter rules
      • Multiple Books
      • Publisher rules supplemental explanation
    • Supplemental material on BGG
    • Review of Return of the Heroes

    Wandering Geek Promo

    Scott & Donald on Gaming in Libraries

    Stoplight Reviews

    Discuss this episode in our guild, or in the podcast forums on Board Game Geek

    Direct download: OBG_008_070806.mp3
    Category:board games -- posted at: 10:18pm EST

    OBG 006: Endgame

    Web Site: http://onboardgames.net/

    RSS Feed: http://onboardgames.libsyn.com/rss
    Email us: onboardgames.net@gmail.com

    The On Board Games Round Table

    • Not all games are worth the time it takes to play them, at least not to all people.
    • Scott, Erik, and Donald discuss the differences between victory conditions and victory points.

    Stoplight Reviews

    • Erik reviews Cash and Guns
    • Donald reviews Jolly Roger
    • Scott and Donald have an in depth discussion about Quest for the Dragon Lords.

    Once again I'd like to thank Scott Nicholson and Erik Dewey for joining me in this episode.

    Check onboardgames.net for links to the feed and show notes.

    Discuss the episode at BoardGameGeek: http://www.boardgamegeek.com/article/1590210#1590210

     

    Direct download: OBG_006_050707.mp3
    Category:board games -- posted at: 1:16am EST

    OBG 005: Getting Your Game Collection into Play

    OBG 005 - Getting Your Game Collection into Play

    Web Site: http://onboardgames.net/ RSS Feed: http://onboardgames.libsyn.com/rss Email us: onboardgames.net@gmail.com

    News - Wiz' War

    Wiz Kids vs. Wizards of the Coast (Topps vs. Hasbro)

    Round Table

    Michael asks about getting your gamer group to play your games

    Donald and Erik propose hosting, and theme nights with a mention of seasonal gaming

    Stoplight Reviews

    Discuss this episode HERE on Board Game Geek

    Direct download: OBG_005_180607.mp3
    Category:board games -- posted at: 2:00am EST

    OBG 004: Building a Game Group

    OBG season 1 Episode4: Building a Game Group

    Web Site: http://onboardgames.net/
    RSS Feed: http://onboardgames.libsyn.com/rss
    Email us: onboardgames.net@gmail.com

    Round Table on Starting a Game Group

    Finding people, finding space, publicity, game choices.

    Resources:

    Eric has a Moment

    • About Dice

    Reviews

    Discuss this episode HERE

    Direct download: OBG_004_180507.mp3
    Category:board games -- posted at: 9:36pm EST

    OBG 003: Critical Reviews and the Modern Board Game

    On Board Games Season One Episode 003

    Web Site: http://onboardgames.net/
    RSS Feed: http://onboardgames.libsyn.com/rss
    Email us: onboardgames.net@gmail.com

    OBG Roundtable

    Donald, Scott, and Erik discuss board game reviews and ratings.

    • Why Board Games with Scott is not a review
    • Knucklebones Review policy
    • BGG forum thread on ratings http://www.boardgamegeek.com/article/1386022#1386022

    Reviews should take the audience into account

    • Families playing games vs. Board Game Geeks
    • Children's game ratings kidgameratings.com
    • Designers

    What elements could have impact on the review?

    • How do free games impact bias
    • Pre game expectations, possibly due to financial outlay
    • Graphics and components
    • Adherence to theme
    • Play group/play experience

    Some things to consider when writing reviews:

    • Value for money
    • Replayability
    • Game vs. game experience
    • Consistency
    • Avoiding outlandish or untrue statements
    • Recognize your bias and try to control for it.

    Review Resources

    Online resources Magazines / Print resources

    Games mentioned in the round table:

    Stoplight Reviews

    Sideboard

    Scott and Donald discuss what we call games and why it matters.

    • Traditional American Board Games
    • Ameritrash
    • Eurogames
    • American Style Board Games
    • Designer Board Games
    • Modern Board Games

    Thanks

    To Erik, Scott, and Connie for their contributions and assistance.


    Direct download: OBG_003_070413.mp3
    Category:board games -- posted at: 4:20pm EST

    OBG 002: Expanding Game Play

    OBG season 1 Episode 2: Expanding Game Play

    On this episode of On Board Games

    • Donald, Scott, and Erik discuss the benefits and purposes of expansions on the board game round table.
    • In Red, Yellow, Green, Scott reviews War On Terror.
    • In the Industry sideboard Erik and Donald discuss creating prototypes and pitching games to publishers.

    Round Table

    • Erik has a review copy of Formidable Foes to review for Knuckle Bones. (He and Scott like to be the dumbest player!)

    Scott Played

    Donald Played

    Erik had previously reviewed Dragon Lords for Undefeated. Dragon Lords has expansions.

    The guys discuss expansions:

    Separating Expansions after integration for play

    Games with new play area expansions

    Expansions for every game

    Expansions that were originally designed as part of the game

    • Lord of the Rings
    • Settlers, Entdecker and Lowenhertz

    Why do companies do expansions?

    • New units to sell
    • Boost sales of existing game
    • Cost effective to make

    Why design new games?

    • Expansions don't necessarily make better game even though they can fix broken game
    • Can make games longer, more fiddley
    • Change nature of game so it does not appeal to original fans

    Games fixed by expansions

    All expansions

    Collectible card games

    • CCG expansions both fix and break the game.

    Erik wants his own "Erik Wins" card, so Scott creates a new expansion product.

    Red, Yellow, Green

    Industry Sideboard

    Prototypes and pitching games to game companies (Erik & Donald)

    • What to do, when do do it, and how prepaired do you need to be?
    • Ex:Camelot Legends
    • Pitching games to Companies like Days of Wonder or Cheapass Games

    Once again I'd like to thank Scott Nicholson and Erik Dewey for joining me in this episode. Check onboardgames.net for links to the feed and show notes.

    Direct download: obg2_final.mp3
    Category:board games -- posted at: 2:56am EST

    OBG 001: Don't Quit Now

    On Board Games Episode 1 Show Notes

    Recently, Erik played Heroscape, Bootleggers, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and Nexus Ops

    Scott and Don played, Hammer of the Scots, War on Terror, and Alles Fucht

    Turns out, Scott isn't a complete jerk

    The roundtable talks about quitting a game in progress

    Erik is too nice to bail out

    Scott proposes to the table if no one is having fun, one player is really doing well and no one else is having fun, if you screw up the rules so badly you just have to stop, or a game is just broken

    Erik realized that when filling the ship in Puerto Rico you don't count the empty plantations

    Scott played Marvel Superheroes by playing through a few turns by himself

    Scott also played Iliad as a six player partnership game it has a similar mechanic as Beowolf

    Buffy is nice because it was a group of players that bond together. It is a roll and move but has nice mechanics. Plays like a faster Doom or Descent.

    There is an interview with Niagara Board Gaming Weekend, Mike Cardwell

    He discusses when to plan an event, how to choose a hotel, the timeline of the event, marketing, etc.

    Scott likes playing long games like Roads and Boats and 1861 at events

    Erik likes playing with different people because they tend to use different strategies

    Don and Erik went to Conestoga last year and had fun playing Wreckage

    There are 4 basic types of events: Demos, tournaments, scheduled games, open gaming

    Don had best results with scheduled time slots

    Don reviews about Sante Anno

    Scott and Don preview Tide of Iron - in Stereo!

    Direct download: OBG_001_070314.mp3
    Category:board games -- posted at: 10:07am EST

    OBG 000: Meet the Makers

    Show notes for Episode 0

    Scott enjoys:
    The Dicetower podcast
    The Boardgames to Go podcast
    Scott and Erik used to hang out at the Imagination Network
    Scott used to look forward to the Games 100 each year
    Scott has been to Essen
    He acts silly in his basement
    Hungry Hungry Hippos
    Louping Louie
    Deflexion renamed to Khet which we think was not a positive change
    We all have fond memories of Talisman
    Chaos Marauders
    Dungeon Quest
    Curse of the Mummys Tomb
    Rogue Trooper
    HeroQuest
    Cosmic Encounter
    Hoity Toity
    Saying Ra around Scott makes him yell like he has Tourette's.
    He likes Wallenstein's end
    He also likes El Grande's end options

    Don enjoys:
    Chess
    Pente
    Much to his chargrin, Dicemaster still came out
    He and Erik are part of Second Rat Games
    Arclight is a space miniatures game from Second Rat and will not be on Boardgames with Scott anytime soon.
    He Blackbox played with his brother a lot
    Medici
    He likes the general timer found in Lowenherz

    Erik enjoys:
    Kingmaker
    Civilization
    ASL
    Erik has reviews published in - rpg.net, BoardGameGeek, Undefeated, Knucklebones
    Erik feels a little insecure about his game collection
    Payday
    Monopoly
    Life
    Dark Tower
    Chopper Strike
    Settlers of Catan
    Erik liked Leisure Games in London, he found Pulp Adventures there
    Lost Cities
    Tikal
    Java
    Modern Art
    Vegas Showdown
    If he ever plays it, Erik is taking Die Macher seriously

    Direct download: podcast_0.1.mp3
    Category:board games -- posted at: 2:08pm EST