Brawling Brothers Boardgaming Podcast

In episode 68 we have a jovial visit with Evan Derrick of Van Ryder Games.  Evan tells us about there newest kickstarter offering, The Big Score, while Josh and Brandon chime in with their experiences with the game.  We discuss some of our "Grail Games" and how so many of them are being reprinted / reworked in the coming year.  Our TNT: Now segment is loaded with awesome games that we are currently playing, including Luna from Tasty Minstrel Games and Dokmus from Renegade Games. 

A brief glance at the Brawling Brothers guild shows lots of excitement for Rising Sun from Cool Mini or Not.  Josh shares his love of Civilization (Avalon Hill) with us in the "TNT: Then" segment, and we share all of the games we've been playing (like Downforce and Ex Libris).  Our Godfather Review lands and we deep dive into this popular area control game, then the episode concludes with Josh and Brandon revealing their top 21-30 board games of all time!

We are certain you will love the dialog surrounding Charterstone, the hot new legacy game, but in the end you have to take sides - will you support #teamjosh or #teambrandon after our Charterstone Review?? After that we dive headfirst into our "Best Board Games of 2017" segment! Year in and year out we absolutely love putting this segment together - tune in to find out who brings home the honors in 12+ categories relating to our favorite board games of 2017.

Tune in as we discuss the amazing reviews that Scott (not that Scott) has been posting on the Brawling Brothers Website. Our Raiders of the North Sea review is one that has been requested for awhile - we give you a bonus and include a Hall of Heroes Review as well as a Fields of Fame review - Both Raiders of the North Sea expansions reviewed! We finish up the show with a the opening of our Secret Santa gifts. Tune in and feel like Christmas morning, all over again - This time with the Brawling Brothers!

In our 3rd annual holiday episode we bring you a comprehensive (SPOILER FREE) review and comparison of all three major Escape Room Board Game lines (Exit, Unlock & Deckscape).  We reflect on the games we were playing last year - both turned out to be COMPLETE monsters in our hobby, and then talk about our current plays including.  Per Christmas tradition we pen a Brawling Brothers Christmas song and wrap up the holiday festivities with a jovial bout of Questions from the hat with Cat (and Noel).

We are delighted to unveil all the exciting details of BGGcon 2017, including a recap of our first ever Brawling Brothers Meetup! If you're looking for gifts for the family, friends or an upcoming gift exchange, we churn through our Board Game Gift Guide! Tune in to discover our favorite games to give in the following categories: Party Games, Family Games, Thematic Games, Stocking Stuffers, Cooperative Games, Mid to heavy weight games and the ULTIMATE Christmas Board Game.

Listen in to discover an embarrassing moment at the airbnb, Brandon's fight for his life during a (near) riot at Dusseldorf Main Station, tales of gluttony and delicious food, shenanigans with 1/2 of Blue Peg Pink Peg, and GAMES.  Lots and lots of games!  This episode is all about experiences and Brandon does his best to walk you through a unplanned and not so well thought out trip to Essen 2017!

Tune in as we talk about the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta, flash back on Mythos Tales from 8th Summit Games, unveil #Uwetober and unveil our unconventional plans for the first ever Brawling Brothers Meetup (at BGGcon 2017). We confess a huge mistake from Episode 60 and beg for forgiveness and then fade into our Fury of Dracula Review.  We produce 2 different user submitted stories, and offer a money back guarantee on your enjoyment of these outstanding pieces of voice acting!

Interviews with Lance "Undead Viking" Myxter from Tasty Minstrel Games and Evan Derrick of Van Ryder Games are the highlight of this episode.  We talk about our "advance screening" and present our Detective City of Angels review.  Did you know that Wrigley Field was originally in Los Angeles??!  We wrap up the show by listing our #31-40 favorite games... These are clearly the BEST board games (at least according to the Brawling Brothers).

Cat joins us for a good majority of this episode. We present our Century Spice Road Review and talk about the controversy that Century Golem Edition stirred up.  Cat joins us for our feature segment as we take Questions from the Hat with Cat, including doozies like: If your house was on fire and you could only rescue 2 games, which would they be?  Does gaming have a place in education? And some in depth discussion on if some people are better at rolling dice than others.  

From Essen to the NFL, multiple reviews and an EPIC discussion about Twilight Struggle - this episode is absolutely packed with GREATNESS!  Listen in as Josh and Brandon review 2 of the hottest "family friendly games of the year" and being our first ever Top 50 games list!

Brandon is back from Gen Con 50 and he has tons of exciting news about new releases and up and coming titles, like Ex Libris, Clank in Space, and even the Fallout Boardgame! We talk about what we are currently playing, including Lorenzo il Magnifico, Barenpark and Covert. We conclude our Tikal Giveaway (sponsored by Game Surplus) and highlight some of the hottest boardgame kickstarters!

This BONUS EPISODE brought to you by War Room Studios.  Brandon was away for Gen Con 50 for the last 7 days, so we decided to release some bonus content instead of not having an episode come out.  In this bonus episode we announce a new BIG contest, feature a fan favorite character and replay the winning story from our Halloween Episode (2016).

Brandon is convinced that noone reads the episode description and has decided to greatly shorten them. Blah blah blah Josh takes whiskey instead of pain meds, Blah blah We arent geologists. Blah blah Boardgame Symposium with The Board Game Group, blah blah Bison Jerky, Blah Blah Josh breaks a spring in the leather couch. Plus Blah blah blah blahity blah The Climbers from Simply Complex launches at Gen Con blah blah 2017 Gen Con 50 Preview with Across the Board.

In this episode we discuss Brandon's recent trip to Denver to hang out of with Heavy Cardboard, interview Isaac Childres, the Mad Scientist - owner of Cephalofair Games and the creator of the Gloomhaven Universe. We review Between Two Cities and Between Two Cities Capitals from Stonemaier Games, and then discuss the big No-No's that we have around the board game table.