Posts in BS1XX
BattleTech, Necromunda, Origins 2022 (Special Guest Ken from Geek-Craft!) - Boards & Swords #198

Apparently Backerkit is making its own Kickstarter like platform? Also Magic the Gathering is 30 years old? In more recent news, Origins Game Fair was a few weekends ago and Ken from Geek Craft is here to talk about it!

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Bittersweet, Frameworks Miniatures, This Game Does Not Exist? - Boards & Swords #197

Lots of announcements in the board game space: awards! Expansions! Conventions! Chris bought more Warhammer! (That last one was probably the most obvious one). Also, we use Board Game names to come up with weird new AIs in a new gameshow!

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Spelljammer 5e, Co-Op Viticulture, Digital Gaming 2 Years Later? - Boards & Swords #195

Spelljammer is coming to D&D5e! Also, Hasbro might be using D&D system for other properties, go figure! It’s also been two years since Digital Gaming was forced onto the center stage - what do we think? Where can it stay when many are going back to in person games??

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Space Dwarves in 40K, Spider-Ham, Games with Books Written About Them - Boards & Swords #194

We get scholarly in this episode as we talk about books! Specifically, what board games have fiction books written in their world? Plus, plenty of april fool’s jokes that weren’t jokes after all, Mandalorian minis coming soon to your Star Wars games, and a campaign expansion for Cosmic Encounter?

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Mad Max Warhammer, Firefighter RPG, Best Games for On The Go - Boards & Swords #193

Philip is recovering from Vegas, so Chris got Shaun from the former “All the Bits” podcast to come on the show and talk about a few games that are great to play on the go. Also, a brand new version of Catan got announced, a popular RPG maker is making a game where you play as First Responders, and much more!

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Pokemon Fraud, Star Wars Villainous, What should game developers do more of? - Boards & Swords #192

Board Game publishers: What should they be doing more of? Chris & Philip talk about what kinds of things they think publishers should do more of, and take a look at what the internet thinks. Plus, someone spent business money on a Pokemon card, Betrayal at House on the Hill 3rd edition? And a return of board game puns sponsored by our patrons!

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Best Expansions, D&D& Doctor Who, Games are still popular on Kickstarter - Boards & Swords #191

Philip and Chris spent a lot of time last week playing the new Destiny 2 expansion…which got them to thinking which board games and video games have the best expansions? Also, is Hasbro going to spin off Wizards of the Coast into its own company?

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Gundams in 40K, Marvel Zombicide?, Try Buy or Sigh: Winter Games Edition - Boards & Swords #185

Chris & Philip talk about the potential for a Marvel Zombicide game, an asmodee game about asmodee games, and using Gundams in Warhammer 40,000! Also, there’s a new segment: “Try, Buy, or Sigh”

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Special Guests Mik & Starla from Our Family Plays Games! - Boards & Swords #184

Mik & Starla from the YouTube channel “Our Family Plays Games” (https://www.youtube.com/c/OurFamilyPlaysGames) join Chris & Philip to share some gaming stories and cringe at Chris’ terrible dad jokes. Plus we bring back a podcast favorite gameshow!

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Steampunk Rally Fusion, Lockup, Taco Cat Goat Cheese Pizza - Boards & Swords #183

Philip is out visiting family, so Cory & Jimmy from the Dirtbags of Holding podcast are here to talk with Chris about things like: a Risk Legacy Sequel? A board game with stacking magnet cubes? A game called Taco Cat Goat Cheese Pizza? Stick around for the first game show in awhile also!

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CMON NFTs, Warhammer Escalation League, How are we doing? - Boards & Swords #181

Chris is up to his eyeballs in painting miniatures - is that someone on the inside of his ear?? How did that get there?? Board Games did well on Kickstarter again, and NFTs coming to board games?? Plus Chris & Philip talk about the past year of the show and where they see it going over the next year.

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