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A Board Game Podcast by No Pun Included

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Episodes

Legacy Episodes - Live at Virtually Expo

Today’s episode is a little different. We recorded this one live as part of Virtually Expo, the online only version of UK Games Expo. Since we had a very strict one hour time slot, we had to truncate our longer format and revert to our previous “here’s three games we played, let’s talk about them” version of the podcast. Ah, but what games were discussed in this episode you might ask? Here’s a list with some time-stamps that will work perfectly with the video version and will be a little early f...

Aug 25, 2020•52 min

Legacy Episodes - Targi and Targi: The Expansion

If someone had said to me I’d be able to visit a Tokyo fish market, a quaint English village green, New York, and Sherlock Holmes all in one day I’d have thought they were doing a silly. But you can - and from the comfort of your own living room - by listening to our latest podcast episode. And who knows, maybe in the future we’ll really be able to visit all these places in a day - or at least go to the pub again. NPI News ( 03:03 ) Games We’ve Been Playing ( 08:11 ) Tussie Mussie ( 08:20 ) Vila...

Aug 06, 2020•2 hr 10 min

Legacy Episodes - Undaunted: North Africa and Plastic Inserts

Today’s episode is a treat because Undaunted: North Africa is just about the cleverest game NPI has put their mits on in a very long time. NPI News ( 04:40 ) Games We’ve Been Playing ( 06:43 ) - including Forgotten Waters, Gloomhaven: Jaws of the Lion, High Rise, Empyreal: Spells & Steam and Sprawlopolis. Games We’re Looking Forward To ( 36:41 ) Efka Grumps About a Game ( 41:33 ) Plastic inserts Elaine Says Something Nice About a Game ( 47:25 ) Acquire retooled Escape Game of the Episode ( 5...

Jun 30, 2020•1 hr 35 min

Legacy Episodes - Teotihuacan And Changes

Welcome back! If you’ve been enjoying the No Pun Included podcast - get ready for something bigger, longer, better. Episode Ten is a big change and we hope you're ready to fall in love with it all over again. NPI News ( 11:16 ) Games We’ve Been Playing ( 19:53 ) Efka Grumps about a Game ( 42:10 ) Escape Game of the Episode ( 50:39 ) Feature Review - Teotihuacan: The City of Gods ( 59:00)

Jun 03, 2020•1 hr 45 min

Legacy Episodes - Space, Cats, No Turtles

In today’s episode Elaine and Efka discuss: The Crew - ( 02:53 ) Isle of Cats - ( 21:23 ) On Mars - ( 39:20 ) Board games emulating video games - ( 1:00:35 ) If you enjoyed the podcast and would like to leave a comment, visit our podcast home at https://nopunincluded.com/podcast

Mar 03, 2020•1 hr 15 min

Legacy Episodes - Twentieth Anniversary Edition

In today’s episode Elaine and Efka discuss: The burgundiest castles from The Castles of Burgundy - ( 02:32 ) Get in tune with each other via Wavelength - ( 18:47 ) And conduct a conversation on their favourite mode of transportation via Bus - ( 30:16 )

Jan 15, 2020•51 min

Legacy Episodes - Hot Steamy Clouds

There are days when I am convinced of the magical nature of our podcast. Today is one of those days. Somehow we have managed to squeeze three very big games into what amounts just the same length of podcast. From a physics standpoint this is clearly impossible - and let’s face it - telling you how we do it would be giving away a very big industry secret. But by Jove, I think we've got it. Age of Steam: ( 04:35 ) - In theory, reprints of classic games are incredibly exciting because here’s a chan...

Dec 05, 2019•1 hr 6 min

Legacy Episodes - A Vast Schnitzel Sandwich

In this episode Elaine and Efka return from Essen Spiel, the biggest board game convention not just in North Rhine-Westphalia, but also the world. Now that we've played some of the exciting releases - it's time to talk about them. Era: The Medieval Age: ( 02:30 ) Vast: The Mysterious Manor: ( 13:19 ) Expedition to Newdale: ( 27:50 ) Maracaibo: ( 43:05 ) Mailbag: ( 1:05:06 )

Nov 05, 2019•1 hr 16 min

Legacy Episodes - Snails, Rails And Chocolate Trails

In this episode Elaine and Efka share some BIG NEWS (03:23 ) and talk about such potentially excellent board games as: Chocolate Factory ( 07:11 ) Sabotage ( 19:31 ) Irish Gauge ( 34:59 ) Tapestry ( 50:13 ) Don't forget to visit our Podcast website at http://nopunincluded.com/podcast and leave a comment!

Sep 30, 2019•1 hr 18 min

Legacy Episodes - Black Angel of Perth

Tune in to find out about critical darling Black Angel, surprise hit Watergate, follow up to the EXIT series and more! Rurik: Dawn of Kiev (07:43) QE (20:14) Adventure Games: The Dungeon (29:03) Black Angel (42:15) Watergate (1:03:07)

Sep 11, 2019•1 hr 22 min

Legacy Episodes - Eighteen Sofa Wars

Alert! Alert! The sofas have run amok and it is up to our heroes, Efka and Elaine, to put all the sofa pieces back together. What treasures will we find in the crevices? What hidden board game gems are gathering dust under those pillows? Star Wars: Outer Rim ( 03:55 )- How did an ENTIRE galaxy get lost in the folds of our sofa? We will never find out, but at least we can tell you if this Star Wars themed bimble bimbled our fancy. Undaunted: Normandy ( 17:44 ) - The definitive accent pillow of to...

Jul 19, 2019•1 hr 8 min

Legacy Episodes - Blood on the UK Games Expo

In our second episode we discuss a slew of games we played at UK Games Expo 2019 and there’s quite a few goodies we can’t wait to tell you about: Pandemic: Rapid Response (2:22) Copenhagen (17:40) Letter Jam (30:00) Blood on the Clocktower (38:57) And on a final note we’ve received quite a question in our mail bag but we’ll leave that for you to discover.

Jun 07, 2019•1 hr 6 min

Legacy Episodes - Arkwright The Hedgehog

In our very first episode we talk about such dangerous games as: Concordia: Venus - bringing you the terror of the mighty Roman Empire and never knowing the right time to tribune. Tiny Towns which is so tiny you won’t even notice it creep up behind you and plunge a 4x4 grid into your back. Arkwright - giving Elaine the heebie jeebies with it’s theme of British industrialism, a.k.a - what is it that the British have done again? Gentes the most dangerous kind of game of all - a mediocre euro-game....

May 02, 2019•50 min

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