Sam, Daz, Tristan and Leki nurture budding civilisations into thriving city states and play a little town planning Sudoku on the side playing Jamey Steigmaier's latest offering; Tapestry. We also find a little time to have a quick go at 1565: St Elmo's Pay, Tristan's alternate history card game based on the siege of Malta. How did you like Tapestry? Let us know your thoughts on the BoardChitless Facebook page or leave a comment. www.facebook.com/groups/428015890882352/
Jan 20, 2020•31 min
This week Leki talks to Tristan about the latest game he's brought to Kickstarter - 1565: St Elmo's Pay. A historical competitive card game for 1-2 players based on the events of the great siege of Malta. Check out 1565: St Elmo's Pay on Kickstarter today https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tristanhall/1565-st-elmos-pay-the-card-game-of-war-and-history Like the sound of Tristan's latest game? Let us know your thoughts on the BoardChitless Facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/groups/428015890...
Oct 20, 2019•34 min
At GenCon 2019 Tristan was lucky enough to talk with some titans of the industry about their upcoming games and new releases: 00:14 - Jason Hill of Flying Frog Productions/Shadows of Brimstone 05:44 - Isaac Childres of Cephalofair Games/Gloomhaven 08:16 - Board To Death video reviewers 11:18 - Adam and Brady Sadler of Black List Games/Altar Quest 14:50 - Caleb Grace of Fantasy Flight Games/The Lord of the Rings LCG and Marvel Champions It. Was. Awesome... This episode of Board Chitless is proudl...
Oct 15, 2019•19 min
Tristan and Leki speak to Sam Illingworth and Paul Wake about their game Carbon City Zero; a deck builder which sees mayors of rival cities race to be the first carbon neutral city. Sam and Paul have been working with 10:10 Climate Action to produce a game that engages players with the concept of what being a carbon zero city means. Check out Carbon City Zero on Kickstarter. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1010climateaction/carbon-city-zero Like what you hear about Carbon City Zero? Share y...
Sep 23, 2019•35 min
This week Tristan, Leki, Daz and Sam get together to play The Ancient World and Call to Adventure but talk about them in the opposite order. Call to Adventure is a card based fantasy game from Johnny O'Neale and Christopher O'Neale that challenges each player to evolve a character by completing several challenges and each challenge succeeds or fails by rolling runes. The Ancient World is a worker placement/civ builder game from veteran games designer and illustrator extraordinaire Ryan Laukat. E...
Jul 28, 2019•49 min
This week Leki, Tristan, Daz and Sam grab their binoculars, head for the aviary and have a go at Stonemaier Games' eagerly anticipated Wingspan. Wingspan is a card based engine builder from designer Elizabeth Hargrave. Did Wingspan leave you feeling eggcited (sorry) then let us know how you got on with Wingspan by posting to the BoardChitless Facebook group: www.facebook.com/groups/428015890882352 Thanks again to our listeners for tuning in each week. Please, please, please head over to iTunes a...
Jul 07, 2019•33 min
Leki, Tristan and Sam don their finest denim and saddle up for an adventure across The Great Western Trail; a worker placement and deck building game from Alexander Pfister. Have you also had a ridiculous amount of fun driving cattle or did it leave you in a moooooo-d (sorry!) share your thoughts on Great Western Trail by posting to the BoardChitless Facebook group: www.facebook.com/groups/428015890882352 Thanks again to our listeners for tuning in each week. Please, please, please head over to ...
Jun 25, 2019•41 min
This week Sam, Tristan and Leki revisit 7 Wonders, Anotoine Bauza's card drafting civ builder this time dipping our toes in the Armada naval expansion. Then we talk about our investigations into the hellish and paranormal playing Mantic Games' Hellboy: The Board Game, a co=operative dungeon crawler for 1-4 players. To hear more about 7 Wonders check out episode 37 where we talk more about the base game. https://soundcloud.com/boardchitless/episode-37-7-wonders-and-loads-moar-vikings As always le...
Jun 16, 2019•40 min
Leki spent a weekend roaming the exhibition halls of UK Games Expo 2019 interviewing loads people inside and around the UK's board game industry. Interviewees include (in order of appearance, timecodes included for interview fast travel, and all links included in description :); 01:03 Mark McKinnon, designer of Wreck and Ruin and founder of Dream Big Games https://www.facebook.com/dreambiggames https://wreckandruingame.co.uk 07:18 Rob Harris from Playtest UK www.playtest.co.uk www.meetup.com/pla...
Jun 08, 2019•53 min
This week Tristan, Leki and Sam follow leads, comandeer vehicles and chase bad guys all in the name of keeping the streets of Brook City clean! Brook City is a brand new game from Blacklist Games featuring their modular deck system designed by Adam and Brady Sadler that sees the player take on the role of cops out to solve various crimes. Thanks again to our listeners for tuning in each week. Please, please, please head over to iTunes and leave us a lovely rating and review...or even a mediocre ...
Jun 01, 2019•28 min
Adam and Brady Sadler return to talk to Tristan and Leki about Altar Quest, their latest game using the modular deck system. We also learn about Adam and Brady's past as rock stars and what they do when they aren't designing board games. To learn more about Altar Quest head to the Blacklist Games website. You'll also be able to find the Kickstarter campaign there once it launches on May 28th. https://www.blacklistgamesllc.com/altarquest Thanks again to our listeners for tuning in each week. Plea...
May 27, 2019•40 min
This week Tristan and Leki were lucky enough to be invited to Steamforged Games; the brains behind Guild Ball, Dark Souls: The Board Game and Resident Evil 2: The Board Game. We talk to Steamforged's founder & CEO Richard Loxam and Senior Developer Jamie Perkins about Steamforged Games' latest project coming to Kickstarter; Devil May Cry: The Bloody Palace. We also chat about the development cycle, the current state of Kickstarter as a platform and The Forge; Steamforged Games' very own game...
May 19, 2019•49 min
This week Leki, Tristan, Daz and Ant play take off their shoes and stomp their way to victory playing "Viticulture"; the classic wine themed worker placement euro from Stonemaier Games. Tristan, Leki and Sam will also be attending UK Games Expo at the Birmingham NEC again this year so be sure to pop by stand 1-1016 on Kilforth Avenue to say hello and demo any of the Hall or Nothing back catalogue. Disappointed that you missed the Kickstarter for Shadows of Kilforth? Well turn that frown upside d...
May 12, 2019•33 min
This week Sam, Leki and Tristan talk all about Euphoria, a worker placement-y, dice allocate-y, area control-y game from Stonemaier Games. Thanks again to our listeners for tuning in each week, in particular TheLoneGamesman who left us a particularly lovely review recently. Please, please, please head over to iTunes and leave us a lovely rating and review...or even a mediocre one :) itunes.apple.com/nz/podcast/board…d1227891466?mt=2 Want to share your thoughts on Euphoria with us? Head over to t...
Apr 15, 2019•30 min
This week Sam, Tristan and Leki got lost within a nightmare realm and were forced to confront untold horrific monsters to escape but that's enough about the British winter, they also played Dark Souls: The Card Game! Dark Souls: The Card Game is a deck evolution game from Steamforged Games based on the popular video game series of the same name. Tristan has also been Kickstarting again. This time funding Shadows of Kilfort, the eagerly anticipated follow-up to Gloom of Kilforth. You can learn mo...
Mar 19, 2019•31 min
This week Tristan and Leki found themselves all alone presumably after the others got fed up with all the betrayal! We made the best of it by taking control of Waterdeep's nefarious factions in a race to uncover the secrets of the Vault of Dragons; a Dungeons and Dragons themed adventure card game by Gale Force Nine. We also played Spirit Island by R Eric Rauss; a co-operative hand management/area control game where players control the guardian spirits of an island against the colonial powers of...
Feb 20, 2019•44 min
This week we have a go at the fantasy themed card based strategy game Arkon from Hill Gaming. We also find the time to go against the mutant horde playing Mutant Chronicles: Siege of the Citadel. A semi co-operative dudes on a map game. Arkon - 2:20 Mutant Chronicles: Siege of the Citadel - 11:08 Thanks very much to all our listeners who have reviewed the BoardChitless podcast on iTunes, in particular BarleyCorn1875. Have a look at his kind words and please leave some of your own here: https://i...
Feb 10, 2019•35 min
We play Middle Earth: The Wizards and The Game of Thrones Board Game This week we grabbed our archeology tools and dusted of ICE's 90's CCG Middle-earth: The Wizards. We were playing a variant of the rules known as 'The Ardour'. We also cover the friendship smashing experience we had last week playing The Game of Thrones: the Board game form Fantasy Flight. The Game of Thrones is an area control game that sees each player controlling one of the houses of the seven kingdoms in a struggle for the ...
Feb 06, 2019•52 min
This week Leki and Tristan are lucky enough to play host to two very special guests; Matt Jarvis who is the editor of Tabletop gaming Magazine and freelance journalist Dan Jolin who is also contributing editor to EMPIRE magazine. We talk about loads of stuff including what makes a compelling board game, Tabletop Gaming Live, Discover: Lands Unknown, 7th Continent and Matt and Dan make their predictions for what's coming up in 2019. Keep up to date with the very latest in board games by visiting ...
Jan 26, 2019•55 min
#BoardChitless Episode 57 - going V-Commando! This week Daz, Sam, Tristan and Leki put on their camo make up and grab a rifle to go deep behind enemy lines and frustrate the Nazi war effort playing Triton Noir's V-Commandos; a World War 2 co-op game that sees you forming an elite fighting unit seeking to use stealth to overcome the enemy. Let us know how you got on with V-Commandos or if there's another World War 2 game that is closer to your heart by posting to the #BoardCHitless facebook group...
Jan 20, 2019•36 min
#BoardChitless Episode 56 - Resident Jack: Back to the Evil - We play "Samurai Jack: Back to the Past" and "Resident Evil 2" This week Tristan, Leki, Daz and Sam get stuck into USAopoly's new set collection game "Samurai Jack: Back to the Past" based on the cult Cartoon Network show of the same name. Once we've finished cleaning up the future of mutants, robots and aliens we turn our attention to present day Raccoon City with Steam Forged Games' latest video game inspired game; "Resident Evil 2"...
Jan 14, 2019•48 min
#BoardChitless Episode 55 - Thanos Rising: Avengers Infinity War This week Leki, Tristan and Sam were treated to a review copy of Thanos Rising: Avengers Infinity War by the publishers USAopoly. Thanos Rising: Avengers Infinity War is a co-operative dice allocation game that sees you and your friends take on the mad titan in an attempt to foil his scheme of destroying half of the population of the universe. Did you find Thanos a worthy adversary or a complete pushover? Let us know by commenting ...
Jan 05, 2019•36 min
54 - Between Two Dragonfires - We Play Between Two Castles Of Mad King Ludwig And Dragonfire This week Leki, Tristan and Sam are joined by their number 1 fan Dan and graphic designer to the stars Darren Marks for a few rounds of Between Two Castles of Mad King Ludwig, a hybrid game from Stonemaier and Bezier Games. We also have a look at Dragonfire; a Dungeons and Dragons licensed deck building adventure from Catalyst Games based on the Dragonrun Crossfire game engine. Do you prefer the cyberpun...
Dec 05, 2018•47 min
#BoardChitless Podcast 53 - Sadler's Revenge! - Adam and Brady Sadler 's 2nd Interview Game design duo Adam and Brady Sadler return to the show to discuss their latest games including; Heroes of Terrinoth, Street Masters, Brook City and their upcoming Kickstarter project Aftershock. Adam and Brady have long since been friends of the show and you can hear them in previous episodes; Episode 9 - Sadler Brothers Interview https://soundcloud.com/boardchitless/episode-9-sadler-brothers-interview Episo...
Oct 14, 2018•39 min
#BoardChitless Podcast 52 - Tyrants of the Underdark This week Leki and Tristan get dark and mysterious playing Drow noble house off against Drow noble house in Tyrants of the Underdark; a deck builder, area control hybrid set in the Dungeons and Dragons Neverwinter universe. Do you love or loathe Tyrants of the Underdark? Let us know why by commenting below or joining the #BoardChitless Facebook group www.facebook.com/groups/428015890882352/
Oct 10, 2018•23 min
#BoardChitless Episode 51 - Scythe: The Rise of Fenris This week Tristan, Dave, Sam and Leki grab their shovels, clamber into their mechs and have a crack at The Rise of Fenris, the campaign expansion of the hit game Scythe. We do our very best to keep a lid on all of the surprises that come in The Rise of Fenris and so you can listen to this episode safe in the knowledge that it is 99.9% spoiler free. If you've had fun with The Rise of Fenris campaign or have decided to stay well away then plea...
Sep 23, 2018•51 min
#BoardChitless Episode 50 - Those Splendid Zombies! - We Play Splendor and Last Night on Earth Leki and Tristan are joined by their super special guest Anthony (he used to play DnD as a young man with Tristan don'cha know?) For our very special 50th episode we jump into the jewel industry of the middle ages with a game of Space Cowboys' Splendor. We also attempt to survive a zombie apocalypse with Flying Frog's Last Night on Earth however the zombies clearly have other ideas. Thank you so much t...
Sep 13, 2018•38 min
#BoardChitless Episode 49 - The Predatory Munchkin - We Play Munchkin and Legendary Encounters: Predator This week Tristan, Leki and Dave race each other through Steve Jackson Games' comedy dungeon playing "Moops Monster Mashup: A Munchkin Game". We also creep through the South American jungles hunted by an alien being in Upper Decks' deck building classic "Legendary Encounters: Predator". Let us know which deck builders get your motor running by commenting below or joining our Facebook group ww...
Sep 01, 2018•35 min
#BoardChitless Episode 48 - I'm Spartacus! - We Play "Spartacus - A Game of Blood and Treachery" This week Tristan, Dave, Jackie, Sam and Leki get positively Roman on each other playing as competing gladiatorial houses in Gale Force Nine's board game adaptation of the popular Starz TV show "Spartacus". We trade slaves, gladiators, cash, insults and jeopardise friendships in a race to be Rome's greatest supplier of fighters for the arena. Let us know what games you love that also push your friend...
Aug 27, 2018•46 min
#BaordChitless Episode 47 - Don't Bring A Critter to a Fist Fight - We Play "Everdell" and "Street Masters" This week Tristan and Leki go head to head in what has to be one of the cutest and family friendly games known to man or creature alike. "Everdell" from Starling Games is a worker placement game set around the Ever Tree. Find out who will grow the most successful fur-based civilisation. Afterwards we go to to toe with some hench arcade villains and once again get beaten to a pulp playing B...
Aug 20, 2018•41 min
