Watch and Listen as PJ & Adam, from TabletopVibes, share their favorite games from 2024. They also discuss the virtues of circular boards in games. Listen as they talk about games such as: Weird Wood Manor, Fromage, ARCs, Kelp, Let's Go to Japan, Windmill Valley, Unconscious Mind, Minos: Dawn of the Bronze Age, Black Forrest, Caution Signs, Star Trek Lower Decks: Buffer Time, SETI and more.
Feb 25, 2025•52 min
Listen as PJ & guest co host, Phalgun discuss the intricacies of the gaming industry and community in India.
Feb 18, 2025•1 hr 5 min
Listen as PJ and guest co-host, Kristen Mott talk about their favorite 2 player games for Valentine's Day!
Feb 14, 2025•44 min
A bonus episode where PJ shares with some games from his weekend of gaming at home
Feb 04, 2025•12 min
Listen as PJ chats with Nathan Jenne from Last Night Games. They discuss, publishing, designing and the relative ease of working with family.
Jan 31, 2025•48 min
Listen to this episode where PJ interviews Josh Wood (AEG Games) and they talk about his recent release of 2024, Let's Go To Japan.
Jan 26, 2025•41 min•Ep. 104
It’s finally Episode 107 where PJ teams up with Craig and Becky from Get Into Games On Air to chat about best practices for teaching boardgames, with theme vs mechanics. They also chat about Geekway mini and much much more!
Jan 21, 2025•1 hr 42 min•Ep. 107
It's episode 106 and PJ and Gareth catch up on all things holiday season! What's been going on in life, games they have been playing and board gaming highlights!
Jan 07, 2025•45 min•Season 1Ep. 106
In this week’s episode PJ and Gareth discuss which board games they would not part with from their collection….ever…! PJ and Gareth select just 3 to share and their reasons why that game deserves a place on the shelf forever. You can also hear which games some of the Instagram community would not cull from their collection either.
Nov 19, 2024•52 min
In this weeks episode PJ and Gareth chat to Angel Fischer, also known as @BoardGameAngel on Instagram who by is a freelance graphic designer whose portfolio crosses into the world of boardgames both with her range of boardgame related merchandise and boardgame logo designs for quite a few Instagram boardgame accounts. We talk about designs, the design process, our new logo, as well as some background on Angels own boardgame journey! Thank you Angel for both your time today and your logo, we love...
Nov 12, 2024•30 min
In episode 103 (not 104!) PJ and Gareth welcome Nick from Underdog Games to this week's episode. Nick recently posted about how a good strategy game has emergent qualities players can only discover with experience and we discuss this as well as top tips for boardgame design. Nick explains "Often, the first few times you play a strategy game, you’ll think some action optimal, but then later discover you were misvaluing something, or missing a possibility. After realising this, you discover the ga...
Nov 05, 2024•1 hr
Welcome to Episode 102, and for the first time ever PJ and Gareth are doing a Top 10 list! It's that time of year again to check out some spooky horror / scary games for Halloween, PJ and Gareth cover their favourites, some new and some old! Please like, subscribe and follow us for more boardgame content! #boardgamepodcast #meeple2meeple #halloweenboardgames
Oct 29, 2024•45 min
Listen as PJ interviews Carla Kopp, founder of Weird Giraffe Games and designer of the upcoming roll & write game, Reef & Ruins. They discuss the inspiration, design, theme and colors of the game as it launched on Kickstarter October 15, 2024
Oct 22, 2024•32 min
Welcome to Episode 100, yes 100 and from this episode on you can watch and well as listen to us! Enjoy! We have special guests Craig and Becky from @GetInToGames discussing all things podcasting, we have a special surprise guest….Dan Hallagan the designer of Obsession and Gareth and PJ share their favourites highlights of the last 99 episodes and whats to come in the next! #boardgamepodcast #meeple2meeple #episode100
Oct 15, 2024•1 hr 45 min•Ep. 100
Welcome to Meeple2Meeple Episode 99 (99!) where PJ and Gareth chat to Kathryn Hahn from Grod Games to talk about their upcoming Kickstarter campaign for her joint design Estate: Raise the Realm. Kathryn shares an overview of the game, the design process, Kickstarter readiness and some thoughts of future games. PJ and Gareth have both been fortunate to play a solid prototype and share their thoughts also. Big thanks to Kathryn for sharing her boardgame passion and development stories! ---- Meeple...
Oct 01, 2024•45 min•Ep. 151
Welcome to Episode 98 where PJ and Gareth chat with Tara (@tarastabletop on IG) all about parallel board games - those board games that get a Roll / Flip and Write edition. Hear about PJ and Gareths favourite games that fit this type as well as Tara’s dedicated commitment to share all these wonderful games via her channel. Games include: Fleer the Dice Game, Lost Cities, Cascadito, High Season, Parks Roll and Write and many more! Worth a listen for sure! Choo Choo! #meeple2meeple #boardgamepodca...
Sep 24, 2024•57 min
Welcome to Episode 97 where Gareth and PJ chat to their guest Christopher Preston and discuss the pros and cons of AI within the boardgame industry, especially from an artist perspective. Thanks Christopher for such a great conversation! Please leave a comment with your thoughts on this topic. #boardgamepodcast #boardgamedesigner #boardgamecontentcreator #meeple2meeple #boardgameAI #AIinboardgames
Sep 17, 2024•52 min
Welcome to Episode 96 where Gareth (no PJ!!) chats to Kristen (@family.boardgaming) and Laura (@obsessedwithboardgames) about their love of board games, how they got into the hobby, board game design with Kristen and board game content creation with Laura. Big thanks to both of them for such a great podcast chat! #boardgamepodcast #boardgamedesigner #boardgamecontentcreator #meeple2meeple
Sep 10, 2024•48 min•Ep. 96
Listen as PJ interviews John from TW games as he talks about the launch of his upcoming game Can’t Go to kickstart this week on September 6th 2024
Sep 03, 2024•41 min
Welcome to the Meeple2Meeple podcast Episode 94. PJ and Gareth talk all things holiday travel games now Gareth is back from his summer holiday. Hear about the games he packed, the games played with family and much much more!! Meeple2Meeple - your regular boardgame podcast in about 30 mins! @meeple2meeple on Instagram #boardgamepodcast #meeple2meeple #boardgamecommunity #boardgametravel #travelboardgames
Aug 27, 2024•34 min
Welcome to Episode 93 of Meeple2Meeple. This week PJ chats with Hannah (@han_playsgames) and Alex (@pink_meeple) from the UK Instagram Community all about their boardgame friendship as well as covering games like Rafter 5, Shadows of Camelot, Labyrinth, Kavengo and much much more! (Yes…Gareth is still on summer holiday!) #boardgamepodcast #meeple2meeple
Aug 20, 2024•54 min•Ep. 93
E92. In this week’s episode PJ chats to Caution Signs designer Danielle Reynolds with stand in co-host Kristen Matt (while Gareths soaks up the Greek sunshine!). Hear about the game, design and lots lots more #cautionsigns #meeple2meeple #boardgamepodcast
Aug 13, 2024•48 min
Welcome to Meeple2Meeple Episode 91 where PJ and Gareth chat all about PJ’s Gen Con 2024 experience. Hear about how much PJ fitted into his ONE day visit! Lots of games, friends, promos and stats!! Meeple2Meeple - your regular boardgame podcast fix in 30 minutes! #boardgames #boardgamepodcast #meeple2meeples #crowdfunding #boardgamecrowdfunding #botanyuch
Aug 06, 2024•40 min
Welcome to Meeple2Meeple Episode 90 where PJ chats to Dusty and Amy from Dux Somnium Games talking about Botany, a Kickstarter in fulfilment as well La Fluer which recently funded. Meeple2Meeple - your regular boardgame podcast fix in 30 minutes! #boardgames #boardgamepodcast #meeple2meeples #crowdfunding #boardgamecrowdfunding #botany
Jul 30, 2024•50 min
Welcome to Meeple2Meeple Episode 89 where PJ and Gareth talk all things about crowdfunding boardgames, they talk about platforms, learnings from over 10 years of backing games, their top tips and things to consider. Meeple2Meeple - your regular boardgame podcast fix in 30 minutes! #boardgames #boardgamepodcast #meeple2meeples #crowdfunding #boardgamecrowdfunding
Jul 23, 2024•40 min
Welcome to Meeple2Meeple Episode 88 where PJ and Gareth talk about boardgame play testing, they share their experiences, recent play-tests and PJ’s new feature..narrating boardgame rulebook intros… —— Meeple2Meeple - your regular boardgame fix via a podcast in only 30 minutes! IG: @Meeple2Meeple Linktree: Meeple2Meeple #boardgames #boardgamepodcast #meeple2meeple #boardgamecommunity #boardgamefriends #bo...
Jul 16, 2024•34 min•Season 1Ep. 88
Welcome to Meeple2Meeple Episode 87 where PJ chats to Fritz Paull the designer of Prestige - a city building game live on Kickstarter now. Hear from Fritz on the design and PJs involvement. Worth a listen!! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/oakloungegames/prestige-a-city-building-game —— Meeple2Meeple - your regular boardgame fix via a podcast in only 30 minutes! IG: @Meeple2Meeple Linktree: Meeple2Meeple...
Jul 09, 2024•39 min
Welcome to Meeple2Meeple Episode 86 where PJ and Gareth run through PJ’s highlights from his day at Origins. Hear about PJs jam packed day, what he played and soundbites from fellow content creators and board game designers. Worth a listen!! —— Meeple2Meeple - your regular boardgame fix via a podcast in only 30 minutes! IG: @Meeple2Meeple Linktree: Meeple2Meeple #boardgames #boardgamepodcast #meeple2mee...
Jul 02, 2024•48 min
Welcome to Meeple2Meeple Episode 85 where PJ (no Gareth) shares his thoughts on his upcoming trip to Origins game fair, what PJ is looking forward to and lots more!! —— Meeple2Meeple - your regular boardgame fix via a podcast in only 30 minutes! IG: @Meeple2Meeple Linktree: Meeple2Meeple #boardgames #boardgamepodcast #meeple2meeple #boardgamecommunity #boardgamefriends #boardgamechat #boardgameteacher #learni...
Jun 18, 2024•22 min
Welcome to a Meeple2Meeple bonus episode where PJ chats with Ren Multamäki, designer of Verdun - a thematic card game set in the trenches of WW1. Verdun goes live on Kickstarter 23rd July 2024. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ddpgames/verdun-a-thematic-card-game-set-in-the-trenches-of-wwi?ref=1ez8dz ---- Meeple2Meeple - your regular boardgame fix via a podcast in only 30 minutes! IG: @Meeple2Meeple Linktree: Meeple2Meeple #boardgames #boardgamepodcast #meeple2meep...
Jun 11, 2024•26 min•Season 1Ep. 2