#BoardChitless Episode 46 - Chuck the Dice at the Automa! This week Tristan and Leki are joined by special guest Darren Marks. Darren is a graphic designer who has worked on games such as 'Gloom of Kilforth' and '1066: Tears to Many Mothers'. This week chuck dice like crazy people in an attempt to 'Escape the Curse of the Temple', the real time adventure game from Queen Games. After exhausting our wrists (ahem) from rolling we revisit Jamie Steigmaier's 'Scythe' to see how Morten Pedersen's auto...
Aug 13, 2018•33 min
#BoardChitless Podcast - Episode 45 - GenCon Special This week is a veritable feast of gamey interview goodness, fresh from GenCon 2018! Tristan catches up with the great and the good from the board games community at GenCon including; Adam and Brady Sadler (Street Masters, Heroes of Terranoth) Adam Smith (Rolling Solo) Frank West and Sara Jorge (City of Kings) Rich Loxam (Steamforged Games) Jason Hill (Flying Frog Productions) Let us know what were your highlights by commenting below or joining...
Aug 10, 2018•33 min
#BoardChitless Episode 44 - Forever Lords of Waterdeep This week Tristan, Sam and Leki play as the DC Universe's villains in Cryptozoic's deck builder 'Forever Evil'. We also throw our lot in with the 'Lords of Waterdeep' Wizards of the Coast's DND themed worker placement game. Catch up with #BoardChitless on our Facebook Group www.facebook.com/groups/428015890882352/
Jul 30, 2018•22 min
#BoardChitless Episode 43 - Total Eclipse Tristan and Leki return after a week of space conquest after playing Lautapelit's epic 4X space opera 'Eclipse'. Eclipse 2nd Edition is now open for backing on Kickstarter; https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/kolossalgames/eclipse-second-dawn-for-the-galaxy #BoardChitless Podcast is proudly sponsored by The Game Steward www.thegamesteward.com Catch up with #BoardChitless on our Facebook Group www.facebook.com/groups/428015890882352/
Jul 22, 2018•44 min
#BoardChitless Episode 42 - Last Exit to Nowhere Last week we were tragically locked inside an abandoned cabin at the mercy of Kosmos Games' "Exit The Abandoned Cabin"; an escape room style puzzle game for 1-4 players (though you could easily get away with having more!) This is a spoiler free summary of our experience with the game so feel free to jump in if you want to hear about the Exit The Game series. #BoardChitless Podcast is proudly sponsored by The Game Steward www.thegamesteward.com Cat...
Jul 14, 2018•19 min
#BoardChitless Episode 41 - Sherlock Holmes Dark Castle Detectives This week Tristan, Francesca and Leki have been putting their adventuring and survival skills to the test in Themeborne's 'Escape the Dark Castle'. We also have a crack at sleuthing around London, pitting our wits against the world's most famous detective playing Ystari's 'Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective'.
Jun 30, 2018•33 min
#BoardChitless Epsiode 40 - Interview with Thomas Pike Co-designer of 'Escape the Dark Castle' This week Tristan is joined by Thomas Pike co-designer of 'Escape the Dark Castle'; a simple, cooperative game of retro-atmospheric adventure. Thomas tells Tristan all about Themeborne's Kickstarter success for 'Escape the Dark Castle' and how they have capitalised on their momentum by focusing on expansions for their second campaign. You can learn more about Themeborne and 'Escape the Dark Castle' by ...
Jun 24, 2018•23 min
#BoardChitless Episode 39 - Interview with Jamey Stegmaier of Stonemaier Games This week Tristan and Leki are delighted to welcome Jamey Stegmaier to talk all about his early days on Kickstarter, building Stonemaier Games and of course designing board games. You can catch up with Jamey's latest projects and blog at https://stonemaiergames.com/ #BoardChitless Podcast is proudly sponsored by The Game Steward www.thegamesteward.com
Jun 17, 2018•42 min
#BoardChitless Episode 38 - Lovecraft Letter From The Runebound! This week Tristan and Leki reminisce about that time they went to UK Games Expo...last weekend. We also talk about our correspondences with the Great Old Ones playing 'Lovecraft Letter' and casting mystical runes to save Terrinoth in 'Runebound' Third Edition. #BoardChitless Podcast is proudly sponsored by The Game Steward www.thegamesteward.com
Jun 09, 2018•54 min
#BoardChitless Episode 37 - 7 Wonders and Loads Moar Vikings! Tristan, Jackie, Dave and Leki compete as rival empires racing to build their wonders in Antoine Bauza's card drafting civ '7 Wonders'. We also have another crack at Academy Games' viking wargame '878 Vikings'; this time playing as teams. #BoardChitless Podcast is proudly sponsored by The Game Steward www.thegamesteward.com
Jun 01, 2018•45 min
#BoardChitless Episode 36 - A Distant Plain AKA The Hardest Game Ever? This week Jackie, Dave, Tristan and Leki go head to head in 'A Distant Plain', a war game based on the COIN gaming system and wonder whether this is possibly the hardest game to learn? #BoardChitless Podcast is proudly sponsored by The Game Steward www.thegamesteward.com
May 28, 2018•42 min
#BoardChitless Episode 35 - 838 Viking Street Masters This week Leki and Tristan show off their martial arts skills playing Adam and Brady Sadler's 'Street Masters: Rise of the Kingdom', a co-operative miniatures game inspired by classic video games like 'Double Dragon' and 'Street Fighter'. As if that wasn't enough combat we also get a good look at Academy Games' '878 Vikings'; a head to head area control game based on the Viking invasions of England. #BoardChitless Podcast is proudly sponsored...
May 20, 2018•38 min
#BoardChitless Episode 34 - One Deck Dungeon Tristan and Leki play 'One Deck Dungeon', a card based dungeon crawler for 1-2 players. #BoardChitless Podcast is proudly sponsored by The Game Steward www.thegamesteward.com
May 13, 2018•27 min
#BoardChitless Episode 33 - Nations This week Tristan and Leki talk about Lautapelit Games' civilisation builder "Nations". #BoardChitless Podcast is proudly sponsored by The Game Steward www.thegamesteward.com
May 07, 2018•38 min
#BoardChitless Episode 32 - Let's Not Fallout Guys! This week Sam, Tristan and Jackie have set out to solve the mysteries of the wastelands playing the 'Fallout' board game, Fantasy Flight Games' interpretation of the massively successful video game series. #BoardChitless Podcast is proudly sponsored by The Game Steward www.thegamesteward.com
Apr 29, 2018•26 min
#BaordChitless Episode 31 - Interview with Artwem Safarov, designer of Cauldron and Unbroken Tristan talks to game designer Artme Safarov about his latest game; Unbroken. Unbroken is a solo card game that sees the player take control of a wounded adventure following a disastrous quest. Unbroken is now available to back on Kickstarter and the campiagn can be found here www.kickstarter.com/projects/122787…val-and-revenge #BoardChitless Podcast is proudly sponsored by The Game Steward www.thegamest...
Apr 22, 2018•44 min
#BoardChitless Episode 30 - Tokaido Road to the Rune Age This week Leki and Tristan are joined by composer Francesca Hall as they take a pilgrimage in FunForge's Tokaido. Leki and Tristan also have a crack at Rune Age, Fantasy Flight's fantasy themed deck builder. #BoardChitless Podcast is proudly sponsored by The Game Steward www.thegamesteward.com
Apr 15, 2018•44 min
#BoardChitless Episode 29 - Solo Games Roundup Their mother's said that they'd go blind but Tristan and Leki pointedly refuse to stop playing with themselves! This week's episode is a celebration of solo gaming with Leki and Tristan choosing their top 3 solo games in no particular order. #BoardChitless Podcast is proudly sponsored by The Game Steward www.thegamesteward.com
Apr 08, 2018•33 min
#BoardChitless Episode 28 - The 7th Continent This week Tristan and Leki get entangled in a good old fashioned 20th century adventure and attempt to lift an ancient curse in Serious Poulp's "The 7th Continent". #BoardChitless Podcast is proudly sponsored by The Game Steward www.thegamesteward.com
Apr 01, 2018•32 min
#BoardChitless Episode 27 - The Darkest of Souls! Leki and Tristan try their hands at Element Games' "Dark Souls", a dungeon crawler for 1-4 players based on the massively successful "Dark Souls" video games. We also learn that Mark Chaplin's sci-fi survival horror epic "Lifeform" is set for launch on Kickstarter on Thursday 29th March...YAY! You can check out the campaign by following the link below. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tristanhall/1945550561?ref=432185&token=8d774ec1 #Boar...
Mar 25, 2018•29 min
#BoardChitless Episode 26: Lords of Warfighter This week Tristan and Leki return from active duty where they've been patrolling the jungle in search of drug lords and fighting insurgents in the middle east...Well they've been pretending with Dan Verssen Games' Warfighter. Tristan also gives us a debrief from his weekend at Airecon where he's been promoting the Hall or Nothing Productions roster of board games. #BoardChitless Podcast is proudly sponsored by The Game Steward www.thegamesteward.com...
Mar 18, 2018•39 min
#BoardChitless Episode 25 with Timo Multamaki of Perdition's Mouth: Abyssal Rift Tristan catches up with Timo Multamaki lead designer of Perdition's Mouth: Abyssal Rift about projects spanning past, present and future. Timo talks about self publishing before KickStarter and how the platform has changed self publishing. Timo's latest design "Darwinnning" is live on Kickstarter until 16th March and can be backed herehttps://www.kickstarter.com/projects/509519175/darwinning-card-game-evolve-to-rule...
Mar 11, 2018•40 min
#BaordChitless Episode 24 with Mark McKinnon from Wreck and Ruin This week Tristan interviews indie game designer Mark McKinnon who's apocalyptic vehicle combat spectacular "Wreck and Ruin" comes back to KickStarter this month. Mark talks candidly on what he feels he did right and what he feels he got wrong in his first Kickstarter campaign and how he's tweaked his strategy before launching his latest campaign. You can check out the KickStarter for "Wreck and Ruin" here: https://www.kickstarter....
Mar 04, 2018•39 min
#BoardChitless Episode 20 - Empires to Avoid Tristan, Leki and Dave are just about on speaking terms again after playing 'Forbidden Stars'! Forbidden Stars is Fantasy Flight Games' epic space area control brawler set in the Warhammer 40K universe. Although popular this game is now sadly out of print as Fantasy Flight no longer own the license for the game. As discussed in the podcast the rules to this game are a beast to pick up so the rules overview video form 'Watch It Played' that Dave mentio...
Feb 25, 2018•41 min
#BoardChitless Episode 22 Interview with Isaac Childres on Gloomhaven Tristan speaks to Isaac Childres about his magnum opus, the boardgamegeek number 1 board game of all time "Gloomhaven", which designers inspire him, what games he loves, and all things gaming in this insightful interview into one of the most successfully crowdfunded board game projects of all time. #BoardChitless Podcast is proudly sponsored by The Game Steward www.thegamesteward.com.
Feb 20, 2018•54 min
#BoardChitless Episode 21 with Frank West of City of Kings Tristan speaks to Frank West about his board game "City of Kings" and the pitfalls of promoting projects on Kickstarter; especially working out which buttons to press. #BoardChitless Podcast is proudly sponsored by The Game Steward www.thegamesteward.com/
Feb 04, 2018•43 min
#BoardChitless Episode 20 - Empires of the Void This week we have a full house as Tristan, Jackie, Dave, Sam and Leki tackle Ryan Laukat's space reboot "Empires of the Void 2". #BoardChitless Podcast is proudly sponsored by The Game Steward www.thegamesteward.com/ If you like what you hear then please follow and share.
Jan 28, 2018•38 min
#BoardChitless Episode 19 - 51st State of Mind This week Tristan, Jackie, Dave and Leki get involved with Ignacy Trzewiczek's strategy card game '51st State' and can't help but compare it to Ignacy's earlier game; 'Imperial Settlers' . #BoardChitless Podcast is proudly sponsored by The Game Steward www.thegamesteward.com/ If you like what you hear then please follow and share.
Jan 21, 2018•29 min
#BoardChitless Episode 18 - Imperial Appsault This week Tristan and Leki discuss Fantasy Flight Games' "Star Wars: Imperial Assault" after their first game using the shiny new companion app. Many thanks to Dave for bringing the game along. #BoardChitless Podcast is proudly sponsored by The Game Steward www.thegamesteward.com/ If you like what you hear then please follow and share.
Jan 14, 2018•19 min
#BoardChitless Episode 17 - Flashpoints at Dawn! Tristan, Leki, Sam and Dave bid you a happy new year! This week we look back on our not so heroic tales of fire fighting with little success in Flashpoint. We've also had a little shufty at Civilization: A New Dawn which Tristan was eager to show off to the table and with good cause. #BoardChitless Podcast is proudly sponsored by The Game Steward https://www.thegamesteward.com/
Jan 07, 2018•25 min
