Sam, Daz, Tristan and Leki nurture budding civilisations into thriving city states and play a little town planning Sudoku on the side playing Jamey Steigmaier's latest offering; Tapestry.We also find a little time to have a quick go at 1565: St Elmo's Pay, Tristan's alternate history card game based on the siege of Malta.How did you like Tapestry? …

This week Leki talks to Tristan about the latest game he's brought to Kickstarter - 1565: St Elmo's Pay. A historical competitive card game for 1-2 players based on the events of the great siege of Malta.Check out 1565: St Elmo's Pay on Kickstarter today https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tristanhall/1565-st-elmos-pay-the-card-game-of-war-and-his…

At GenCon 2019 Tristan was lucky enough to talk with some titans of the industry about their upcoming games and new releases:00:14 - Jason Hill of Flying Frog Productions/Shadows of Brimstone05:44 - Isaac Childres of Cephalofair Games/Gloomhaven08:16 - Board To Death video reviewers11:18 - Adam and Brady Sadler of Black List Games/Altar Quest14:50 …

Tristan and Leki speak to Sam Illingworth and Paul Wake about their game Carbon City Zero; a deck builder which sees mayors of rival cities race to be the first carbon neutral city.Sam and Paul have been working with 10:10 Climate Action to produce a game that engages players with the concept of what being a carbon zero city means. Check out Carbon…

This week Tristan, Leki, Daz and Sam get together to play The Ancient World and Call to Adventure but talk about them in the opposite order.Call to Adventure is a card based fantasy game from Johnny O'Neale and Christopher O'Neale that challenges each player to evolve a character by completing several challenges and each challenge succeeds or fails…

This week Leki, Tristan, Daz and Sam grab their binoculars, head for the aviary and have a go at Stonemaier Games' eagerly anticipated Wingspan.Wingspan is a card based engine builder from designer Elizabeth Hargrave.Did Wingspan leave you feeling eggcited (sorry) then let us know how you got on with Wingspan by posting to the BoardChitless Faceboo…

Leki, Tristan and Sam don their finest denim and saddle up for an adventure across The Great Western Trail; a worker placement and deck building game from Alexander Pfister.Have you also had a ridiculous amount of fun driving cattle or did it leave you in a moooooo-d (sorry!) share your thoughts on Great Western Trail by posting to the BoardChitles…

This week Sam, Tristan and Leki revisit 7 Wonders, Anotoine Bauza's card drafting civ builder this time dipping our toes in the Armada naval expansion.Then we talk about our investigations into the hellish and paranormal playing Mantic Games' Hellboy: The Board Game, a co=operative dungeon crawler for 1-4 players.To hear more about 7 Wonders check …

Leki spent a weekend roaming the exhibition halls of UK Games Expo 2019 interviewing loads people inside and around the UK's board game industry.Interviewees include (in order of appearance, timecodes included for interview fast travel, and all links included in description :);01:03Mark McKinnon, designer of Wreck and Ruin and founder of Dream Big …

This week Tristan, Leki and Sam follow leads, comandeer vehicles and chase bad guys all in the name of keeping the streets of Brook City clean! Brook City is a brand new game from Blacklist Games featuring their modular deck system designed by Adam and Brady Sadler that sees the player take on the role of cops out to solve various crimes.Thanks aga…

Adam and Brady Sadler return to talk to Tristan and Leki about Altar Quest, their latest game using the modular deck system.We also learn about Adam and Brady's past as rock stars and what they do when they aren't designing board games.To learn more about Altar Quest head to the Blacklist Games website. You'll also be able to find the Kickstarter c…

This week Tristan and Leki were lucky enough to be invited to Steamforged Games; the brains behind Guild Ball, Dark Souls: The Board Game and Resident Evil 2: The Board Game.We talk to Steamforged's founder & CEO Richard Loxam and Senior Developer Jamie Perkins about Steamforged Games' latest project coming to Kickstarter; Devil May Cry: The Bloody…

This week Leki, Tristan, Daz and Ant play take off their shoes and stomp their way to victory playing "Viticulture"; the classic wine themed worker placement euro from Stonemaier Games. Tristan, Leki and Sam will also be attending UK Games Expo at the Birmingham NEC again this year so be sure to pop by stand 1-1016 on Kilforth Avenue to say hello a…

This week Sam, Leki and Tristan talk all about Euphoria, a worker placement-y, dice allocate-y, area control-y game from Stonemaier Games.Thanks again to our listeners for tuning in each week, in particular TheLoneGamesman who left us a particularly lovely review recently. Please, please, please head over to iTunes and leave us a lovely rating and …

This week Sam, Tristan and Leki got lost within a nightmare realm and were forced to confront untold horrific monsters to escape but that's enough about the British winter, they also played Dark Souls: The Card Game!Dark Souls: The Card Game is a deck evolution game from Steamforged Games based on the popular video game series of the same name.Tris…

This week Tristan and Leki found themselves all alone presumably after the others got fed up with all the betrayal!We made the best of it by taking control of Waterdeep's nefarious factions in a race to uncover the secrets of the Vault of Dragons; a Dungeons and Dragons themed adventure card game by Gale Force Nine.We also played Spirit Island by R…

This week we have a go at the fantasy themed card based strategy game Arkon from Hill Gaming.We also find the time to go against the mutant horde playing Mutant Chronicles: Siege of the Citadel. A semi co-operative dudes on a map game.Arkon - 2:20Mutant Chronicles: Siege of the Citadel - 11:08Thanks very much to all our listeners who have reviewed …

We play Middle Earth: The Wizards and The Game of Thrones Board GameThis week we grabbed our archeology tools and dusted of ICE's 90's CCG Middle-earth: The Wizards. We were playing a variant of the rules known as 'The Ardour'.We also cover the friendship smashing experience we had last week playing The Game of Thrones: the Board game form Fantasy …

This week Leki and Tristan are lucky enough to play host to two very special guests; Matt Jarvis who is the editor of Tabletop gaming Magazine and freelance journalist Dan Jolin who is also contributing editor to EMPIRE magazine.We talk about loads of stuff including what makes a compelling board game, Tabletop Gaming Live, Discover: Lands Unknown,…

#BoardChitless Episode 57 - going V-Commando!This week Daz, Sam, Tristan and Leki put on their camo make up and grab a rifle to go deep behind enemy lines and frustrate the Nazi war effort playing Triton Noir's V-Commandos; a World War 2 co-op game that sees you forming an elite fighting unit seeking to use stealth to overcome the enemy.Let us know…

#BoardChitless Episode 56 - Resident Jack: Back to the Evil - We play "Samurai Jack: Back to the Past" and "Resident Evil 2"This week Tristan, Leki, Daz and Sam get stuck into USAopoly's new set collection game "Samurai Jack: Back to the Past" based on the cult Cartoon Network show of the same name.Once we've finished cleaning up the future of muta…

#BoardChitless Episode 55 - Thanos Rising: Avengers Infinity WarThis week Leki, Tristan and Sam were treated to a review copy of Thanos Rising: Avengers Infinity War by the publishers USAopoly.Thanos Rising: Avengers Infinity War is a co-operative dice allocation game that sees you and your friends take on the mad titan in an attempt to foil his sc…

54 - Between Two Dragonfires - We Play Between Two Castles Of Mad King Ludwig And DragonfireThis week Leki, Tristan and Sam are joined by their number 1 fan Dan and graphic designer to the stars Darren Marks for a few rounds of Between Two Castles of Mad King Ludwig, a hybrid game from Stonemaier and Bezier Games.We also have a look at Dragonfire; …

#BoardChitless Podcast 53 - Sadler's Revenge! - Adam and Brady Sadler 's 2nd InterviewGame design duo Adam and Brady Sadler return to the show to discuss their latest games including; Heroes of Terrinoth, Street Masters, Brook City and their upcoming Kickstarter project Aftershock.Adam and Brady have long since been friends of the show and you can …

#BoardChitless Podcast 52 - Tyrants of the UnderdarkThis week Leki and Tristan get dark and mysterious playing Drow noble house off against Drow noble house in Tyrants of the Underdark; a deck builder, area control hybrid set in the Dungeons and Dragons Neverwinter universe.Do you love or loathe Tyrants of the Underdark? Let us know why by commenti…

#BoardChitless Episode 51 - Scythe: The Rise of FenrisThis week Tristan, Dave, Sam and Leki grab their shovels, clamber into their mechs and have a crack at The Rise of Fenris, the campaign expansion of the hit game Scythe.We do our very best to keep a lid on all of the surprises that come in The Rise of Fenris and so you can listen to this episode…

#BoardChitless Episode 50 - Those Splendid Zombies! - We Play Splendor and Last Night on EarthLeki and Tristan are joined by their super special guest Anthony (he used to play DnD as a young man with Tristan don'cha know?)For our very special 50th episode we jump into the jewel industry of the middle ages with a game of Space Cowboys' Splendor.We a…

#BoardChitless Episode 49 - The Predatory Munchkin - We Play Munchkin and Legendary Encounters: PredatorThis week Tristan, Leki and Dave race each other through Steve Jackson Games' comedy dungeon playing "Moops Monster Mashup: A Munchkin Game". We also creep through the South American jungles hunted by an alien being in Upper Decks' deck building …

#BoardChitless Episode 48 - I'm Spartacus! - We Play "Spartacus - A Game of Blood and Treachery"This week Tristan, Dave, Jackie, Sam and Leki get positively Roman on each other playing as competing gladiatorial houses in Gale Force Nine's board game adaptation of the popular Starz TV show "Spartacus".We trade slaves, gladiators, cash, insults and j…

#BaordChitless Episode 47 - Don't Bring A Critter to a Fist Fight - We Play "Everdell" and "Street Masters"This week Tristan and Leki go head to head in what has to be one of the cutest and family friendly games known to man or creature alike. "Everdell" from Starling Games is a worker placement game set around the Ever Tree. Find out who will grow…

#BoardChitless Episode 46 - Chuck the Dice at the Automa!This week Tristan and Leki are joined by special guest Darren Marks. Darren is a graphic designer who has worked on games such as 'Gloom of Kilforth' and '1066: Tears to Many Mothers'.This week chuck dice like crazy people in an attempt to 'Escape the Curse of the Temple', the real time adven…

#BoardChitless Podcast - Episode 45 - GenCon SpecialThis week is a veritable feast of gamey interview goodness, fresh from GenCon 2018!Tristan catches up with the great and the good from the board games community at GenCon including;Adam and Brady Sadler (Street Masters, Heroes of Terranoth)Adam Smith (Rolling Solo)Frank West and Sara Jorge (City o…

#BoardChitless Episode 44 - Forever Lords of WaterdeepThis week Tristan, Sam and Leki play as the DC Universe's villains in Cryptozoic's deck builder 'Forever Evil'.We also throw our lot in with the 'Lords of Waterdeep' Wizards of the Coast's DND themed worker placement game.Catch up with #BoardChitless on our Facebook Group www.facebook.com/groups…

#BoardChitless Episode 43 - Total EclipseTristan and Leki return after a week of space conquest after playing Lautapelit's epic 4X space opera 'Eclipse'.Eclipse 2nd Edition is now open for backing on Kickstarter;https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/kolossalgames/eclipse-second-dawn-for-the-galaxy#BoardChitless Podcast is proudly sponsored by The Ga…

#BoardChitless Episode 42 - Last Exit to NowhereLast week we were tragically locked inside an abandoned cabin at the mercy of Kosmos Games' "Exit The Abandoned Cabin"; an escape room style puzzle game for 1-4 players (though you could easily get away with having more!)This is a spoiler free summary of our experience with the game so feel free to ju…

#BoardChitless Episode 41 - Sherlock Holmes Dark Castle DetectivesThis week Tristan, Francesca and Leki have been putting their adventuring and survival skills to the test in Themeborne's 'Escape the Dark Castle'.We also have a crack at sleuthing around London, pitting our wits against the world's most famous detective playing Ystari's 'Sherlock Ho…

#BoardChitless Epsiode 40 - Interview with Thomas Pike Co-designer of 'Escape the Dark Castle'This week Tristan is joined by Thomas Pike co-designer of 'Escape the Dark Castle'; a simple, cooperative game of retro-atmospheric adventure.Thomas tells Tristan all about Themeborne's Kickstarter success for 'Escape the Dark Castle' and how they have cap…

#BoardChitless Episode 39 - Interview with Jamey Stegmaier of Stonemaier GamesThis week Tristan and Leki are delighted to welcome Jamey Stegmaier to talk all about his early days on Kickstarter, building Stonemaier Games and of course designing board games.You can catch up with Jamey's latest projects and blog at https://stonemaiergames.com/#BoardC…

#BoardChitless Episode 38 - Lovecraft Letter From The Runebound!This week Tristan and Leki reminisce about that time they went to UK Games Expo...last weekend.We also talk about our correspondences with the Great Old Ones playing 'Lovecraft Letter' and casting mystical runes to save Terrinoth in 'Runebound' Third Edition.#BoardChitless Podcast is p…

#BoardChitless Episode 37 - 7 Wonders and Loads Moar Vikings!Tristan, Jackie, Dave and Leki compete as rival empires racing to build their wonders in Antoine Bauza's card drafting civ '7 Wonders'.We also have another crack at Academy Games' viking wargame '878 Vikings'; this time playing as teams.#BoardChitless Podcast is proudly sponsored by The G…

#BoardChitless Episode 36 - A Distant Plain AKA The Hardest Game Ever?This week Jackie, Dave, Tristan and Leki go head to head in 'A Distant Plain', a war game based on the COIN gaming system and wonder whether this is possibly the hardest game to learn?#BoardChitless Podcast is proudly sponsored by The Game Stewardwww.thegamesteward.com…

#BoardChitless Episode 35 - 838 Viking Street MastersThis week Leki and Tristan show off their martial arts skills playing Adam and Brady Sadler's 'Street Masters: Rise of the Kingdom', a co-operative miniatures game inspired by classic video games like 'Double Dragon' and 'Street Fighter'.As if that wasn't enough combat we also get a good look at …

#BoardChitless Episode 34 - One Deck DungeonTristan and Leki play 'One Deck Dungeon', a card based dungeon crawler for 1-2 players.#BoardChitless Podcast is proudly sponsored by The Game Stewardwww.thegamesteward.comOleh Aleksis WIlliams

#BoardChitless Episode 33 - NationsThis week Tristan and Leki talk about Lautapelit Games' civilisation builder "Nations".#BoardChitless Podcast is proudly sponsored by The Game Stewardwww.thegamesteward.comOleh Aleksis WIlliams

#BoardChitless Episode 32 - Let's Not Fallout Guys!This week Sam, Tristan and Jackie have set out to solve the mysteries of the wastelands playing the 'Fallout' board game, Fantasy Flight Games' interpretation of the massively successful video game series.#BoardChitless Podcast is proudly sponsored by The Game Stewardwww.thegamesteward.com…

#BaordChitless Episode 31 - Interview with Artwem Safarov, designer of Cauldron and UnbrokenTristan talks to game designer Artme Safarov about his latest game; Unbroken. Unbroken is a solo card game that sees the player take control of a wounded adventure following a disastrous quest.Unbroken is now available to back on Kickstarter and the campiagn…

#BoardChitless Episode 30 - Tokaido Road to the Rune AgeThis week Leki and Tristan are joined by composer Francesca Hall as they take a pilgrimage in FunForge's Tokaido.Leki and Tristan also have a crack at Rune Age, Fantasy Flight's fantasy themed deck builder.#BoardChitless Podcast is proudly sponsored by The Game Stewardwww.thegamesteward.com…

#BoardChitless Episode 29 - Solo Games RoundupTheir mother's said that they'd go blind but Tristan and Leki pointedly refuse to stop playing with themselves!This week's episode is a celebration of solo gaming with Leki and Tristan choosing their top 3 solo games in no particular order.#BoardChitless Podcast is proudly sponsored by The Game Stewardw…

#BoardChitless Episode 28 - The 7th ContinentThis week Tristan and Leki get entangled in a good old fashioned 20th century adventure and attempt to lift an ancient curse in Serious Poulp's "The 7th Continent".#BoardChitless Podcast is proudly sponsored by The Game Stewardwww.thegamesteward.comOleh Aleksis WIlliams

#BoardChitless Episode 27 - The Darkest of Souls!Leki and Tristan try their hands at Element Games' "Dark Souls", a dungeon crawler for 1-4 players based on the massively successful "Dark Souls" video games.We also learn that Mark Chaplin's sci-fi survival horror epic "Lifeform" is set for launch on Kickstarter on Thursday 29th March...YAY! You can…