SYDNEYS FAMILY DAY DAY TICKETS AVAILABLE NOW www.sydneysfamilygameday.com Are Board Games falling into the movie trap of chasing sequels for money at the expense of creativity and uniqueness? This is the topic of discussion on this week's episode of the Board Game Gateway Podcast. Neeber, Damien, Ralph and Joel get together behind the microphones to discuss this topic as well as some of the games that they have been playing this week including the classic King of Tokyo, the outrageous Cthulhu: Death May Die, the think Spectral and the up-and-comer Nekojima. 4 Games and a Discussion topic, this is one Smorgasbord of an auditory adventure for you this week. Timestamps 00:00 - Introduction 03:22 - King of Tokyo 12:28 - Cthulhu: Death May Die 29:39 - Spectral 46:20 - Nekojima (Gateway Game of the Week) 57:16 - Discussion Topic: Are Board Games losing their creativity by focusing on JO sequels and focusing on profits rather than creating new and interesting IPs? *********************************************************************** SYDNEYS FAMILY GAME DAY 2025 TICKETS AVAILABLE NOW www.sydneysfamilygameday.com We want to thank all of you for supporting us and being a part of the community. We would also like to invite you to join our community by joining our Discord Community & the Facebook Group. SUBSCRIBE - https://www.youtube.com/@bggateway?sub_confirmation=1 JOIN OUR DISCORD - https://discord.gg/wFUVu5ry5s VIEW THE WEBSITE - www.boardgamegateway.com OUR COMMUNITY FACEBOOK - https://www.facebook.com/groups/boardgamegateway Intro / Outro Music Merry Bay by Ghostrifter Official | ⁠⁠https://soundcloud.com/ghostrifter-official⁠⁠

Why do we buy board games? Is it the Spectacular Art of the Cards, Board and Components? Is it the interplay of Players, Mechanics and Theme? Whatever the reason our hosts are going to chat about why they keep games or buy them in the first place.

Neeber, Ralph, Damien and Jol return for another podcast where we chat about the new 2 player sensation Lord of the Rings; Duel for Middle Earth, the relaxing yet satisfying Takaido Duo and the surprisingly satisfactory cooperative Hanabi.

A return to form is coming your way and we can't wait to share it with you. Timestamps 00:00 - Introduction02:23 - Lord of the Rings; Duel for Middle Earth16:32 - Tokaido Duo31:45 - Hanabi (Gateway Game of the Week)44:56 - Discussion Topic: THEME or MECHANICS? Why do you buy a game? Submitted by @crowbat5428 *********************************************************************** We want to thank all of you for supporting us and being a part of the community. We would also like to invite you to join our community by joining our Discord Community & the Facebook Group. SUBSCRIBE - https://www.youtube.com/@bggateway?sub_confirmation=1 JOIN OUR DISCORD - https://discord.gg/wFUVu5ry5s VIEW THE WEBSITE - www.boardgamegateway.com OUR COMMUNITY FACEBOOK - https://www.facebook.com/groups/boardgamegateway Intro / Outro Music Merry Bay by Ghostrifter Official | ⁠⁠https://soundcloud.com/ghostrifter-official⁠⁠

Rewarding experiences are everywhere in board gaming but what game/games provide the best? That is the topic of discussion in this week's episode of the Board Game Gateway podcast. Not only that but we have 3 fantastic games we want to chat about. The classic Tokaido, the surprisingly funny Hand-to-Hand Wombat, and our gateway game of the week Land vs Sea. Not only that but we have an exciting announcement that Joel will be joining us as a host going forward. We are super excited to have him join us, and can not wait to bring you more content. Sydney's Family Game Day TICKETS Book NOW: www.sydneysfamilygameday.com Timestamps 00:00 - Introduction 01:28 - Exciting Announcement 02:25 - Sydney's Family Game Day 13:12 - Tokaido 23:35 - Hand to Hand Wombat 32:47 - Land vs Sea (Gateway Game of the Week) 43:07 - What are the Game/s that provide the most rewarding Experiences? *********************************************************************** We want to thank all of you for supporting us and being a part of the community. We would also like to invite you to join our community by joining our Discord Community & the Facebook Group. SUBSCRIBE - https://www.youtube.com/@bggateway?sub_confirmation=1 JOIN OUR DISCORD - https://discord.gg/wFUVu5ry5s VIEW THE WEBSITE - www.boardgamegateway.com OUR COMMUNITY FACEBOOK - https://www.facebook.com/groups/boardgamegateway Intro / Outro Music Merry Bay by Ghostrifter Official | ⁠⁠https://soundcloud.com/ghostrifter-official⁠⁠

Why do we still play board games? After discovering the hobby and being settled into it our hosts look bad and see that we have been playing board games for over 10 years with no end in sight. Why? This is the topic of our discussion today.

Before we get to the discussion though we talk about some very exciting games that we have played. beautiful and tight Kelp: Octopus vs Shark, the harsh and tactical John Company 2nd Edition and the silly but amazing Dropolter.

We welcome Joel back to the podcast for a second time and we are proud to present this week's podcast.

Timestamps ⁠00:00⁠ - Introduction

03:00 - Kelp

14:16 - John Company 2nd Edition

30:41 - Cloudspire (Preview)

42:00 - Dropolter (Gateway Game of the Week)

51:27 - Discussion Topic: Why do we continue to play games? *********************************************************************** We want to thank all of you for supporting us and being a part of the community. We would also like to invite you to join our community by joining our Discord Community & the Facebook Group. SUBSCRIBE - https://www.youtube.com/@bggateway?sub_confirmation=1 JOIN OUR DISCORD - https://discord.gg/wFUVu5ry5s VIEW THE WEBSITE - www.boardgamegateway.com OUR COMMUNITY FACEBOOK - https://www.facebook.com/groups/boardgamegateway Intro / Outro Music Merry Bay by Ghostrifter Official | ⁠⁠https://soundcloud.com/ghostrifter-official⁠⁠

Are we nostalgic for older board games? This is the topic of discussion in Episode 60 of the Board Game Gateway Podcast. We invite another guest to this episode, Mr Leo from The Game Shelf. Neeber, Damien, Ralph & Leo all played the Reiner Knizia classic 'Samurai' and we not only shared our thoughts on this classic tile placement game, but also had a chance to discuss why there are not as many games that like it being released in the current board gaming climate. It's a super interesting discussion and episode and we can not wait for you to hear it! Timestamps 00:00 - Introduction 02:53 - Samurai 20:48 - Discussion Topic: Are we Nostalgic for older games? *********************************************************************** We want to thank all of you for supporting us and being a part of the community. We would also like to invite you to join our community by joining our Discord Community & the Facebook Group. SUBSCRIBE - https://www.youtube.com/@bggateway?sub_confirmation=1 JOIN OUR DISCORD - https://discord.gg/wFUVu5ry5s VIEW THE WEBSITE - www.boardgamegateway.com OUR COMMUNITY FACEBOOK - https://www.facebook.com/groups/boardgamegateway Intro / Outro Music Merry Bay by Ghostrifter Official | ⁠⁠https://soundcloud.com/ghostrifter-official⁠⁠

We welcome special guest Joel to this very special episode of the podcast. We recap our 2nd event, B3GD Winter 2024 and also talk about our Gateway Game of the Week; Pass the Party Food.

There is now only 99 days until Christmas so as we start to run into the end of the year we have got a lot of games, themes and things to cover. We are super excited to get into it starting with this episode.

Timestamps

00:00 - Introduction

01:24 - B3GD Winter 2024 Official Recap

26:49 - Pass the Party Food (Gateway Game of the Week)

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In this episode we finally got the boys to play Star Tycoon and share their thoughts and feelings about it. Damien introduced Neeber to the mean auction game of The Estates and the amazing post-apocalyptic tableau builder in 51st State.

Neeber and Damien are excited to be back and to bring you even more board gaming content after such a successful B3GD Winter 2024.

Timestamps

00:00 - Introduction

02:23 - Leviathan Wilds (Preview)

07:06 - The Estates

22:03 - Star Tycoon

41:52 - 51st State

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Neeber and Ralph bring you a really special episode today as we get to interview another Sydney-based game designer; Keith from Cutlass Board Games. Keith is the designer of games such as Castles of Caleira, Treachery of the Paper Fox and Murders at Tealwoods Manor. He has a new game that he is excited to talk to us about which is called...Cutlass. We had a great chat about how he got into board gaming, what are some of the games that he enjoys and pulls inspiration from and we go into how his new games play. We hope you enjoy this new episode. B3GD Winter 2024 Tickets are available now: www.b3gd2024.com Make sure you purchase your tickets for Board Game Gateways Game Day before they are all gone!

*********************************************************************** We want to thank all of you for supporting us and being a part of the community. We would also like to invite you to join our community by joining our Discord Community & the Facebook Group. SUBSCRIBE - https://www.youtube.com/@bggateway?sub_confirmation=1 JOIN OUR DISCORD - https://discord.gg/wFUVu5ry5s VIEW THE WEBSITE - www.boardgamegateway.com OUR COMMUNITY FACEBOOK - https://www.facebook.com/groups/boardgamegateway Intro / Outro Music Merry Bay by Ghostrifter Official | ⁠⁠https://soundcloud.com/ghostrifter-official⁠⁠