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The Heavy Cardboard Podcast

Heavy Cardboard
Leisure
Games
A podcast dedicated to the love & enjoyment of the heavier side of board gaming.
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Davis' Mixtape Vol. III: HeavyCon 8 Recap

Were you planning on attending HeavyCon 8, but were suddenly waylaid by inter-dimensional adventurers, desperately requiring your help to find the Lost Artifact of Borthax? No worries! That's a perfectly valid excuse. The rest of you lot, though? Shame. SHAME. To offer some proper motivation for you to attend next year, here are Edward and Martin the Elder with a recap of all the good times that were had, and some Ask the Elephant questions sprinkled in for good measure....

Jun 13, 2025•1 hr 30 min

Episode 3: If Everything Was Perfect

According to experts, all eight (YES, EIGHT) planets are likely to line up within 1 degree every 13.4 trillion years. Given that our solar system only formed around 4.6 billion years ago, this has probably never happened. Given that our sun has about another 5 billion years of life left in it, it'll also probably never happen. Similarly, the perfect game night has roughly the same odds. So, let's all close our eyes and imagine what it would be like if everything in your life aligned, and you wer...

May 22, 2025•1 hr 31 min•Ep. 3

Davis' Mixtape Vol. II: Recent Roundtable Replay

Another week, another rummaging through Davis' closet for another mix of Roundtable Replays. This week, we've got discussions from Swedish nation-builder Pax Penning, brewery-builder Bier Pioniere, Bolshevik railway-builder Age of Steam's Stalinist Russia map, and Capitalist hotel-builder Acquire. As a bonus treat, we have Local Really Interesting Guy Joe Huber in the studio during the Acquire session to charm us with tales of the inimitable Sid Sackson, who you may know as the designer of the f...

May 15, 2025•1 hr 47 min

Episode 2: 11 Days Is a Long Week

This week, Edward, Shrey, and Kyle tell us all about their journey to exotic Upstate New York for the Gathering of Fiends, in which evildoers around the world get together over 11 days to discuss the best ways to subjugate and/or destroy the... oh, wait. Hang on one second. OK... I'm just now hearing that this is, in fact, a Gathering of FRIENDS. That is... substantially different. Since I have no idea what goes on at that kind of thing, it's fortunate that these guys are here to tell us all abo...

May 02, 2025•1 hr 32 min•Ep. 2

Davis' Mixtape Vol. I: Recent Roundtable Replay

This week, we have the first volume of Davis' Mixtape. Davis is our lovable, slightly corpulent mascot, and for this first volume, he's prepared a Roundtable Replay, which is a collection of roundtable discussions we've had recently - all assembled in one place for you to enjoy in a purely audio format. Don't come in expecting any kind of ASMR, though. None of us have that soothing a voice. Games Discussed: 01:53 - The Lord of the Rings Trick-Taking Game 22:15 - A Gest of Robin Hood 37:27 - Shac...

Apr 25, 2025•1 hr 29 min

Episode 1: What Even Is a Filler?

In this, the inaugural episode of a new era of Heavy Cardboard Podcasting, we ponder the nature of the Filler Game. What does that even mean? We also talk about the games we've been playing recently, most of which have been featured on the Heavy Cardboard YouTube channel! (00:00) - - What Even Is a Filler? (38:30) - - What're We Playing? Games discussed: Maglev Metro Bier Pioniere Dilluvia Project Agricola Oranges & Lemons Shackleton Base Railways of the Lost Atlas Power Grid...

Apr 17, 2025•1 hr 20 min•Ep. 1
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