Board Game Barrage
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Podcast about board games, the latest hotness, and how to have fun with your friends even when you're losing. Hosted by:
Christina: christinaknueven.bsky.social
Kellen: klaker.bsky.social
Mark: markbesada.bsky.social
Neilan: neilan.bsky.social
Christina: christinaknueven.bsky.social
Kellen: klaker.bsky.social
Mark: markbesada.bsky.social
Neilan: neilan.bsky.social
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Episode 354: Don't Call It a Comeback - Board Game Barrage Wiki
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Podcast! We're reveling in the recently resplendent reserve of remakes, reimplementations, and reimaginings. We also talk about Agent Avenue, 7 Empires, and Stellar Ventures.
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Podcast! We're reveling in the recently resplendent reserve of remakes, reimplementations, and reimaginings. We also talk about Agent Avenue, 7 Empires, and Stellar Ventures.
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Episode 354: Don't Call It a Comeback - Board Game Barrage Wiki
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February 12, 2026 at 6:02 PM
Podcast! We're reveling in the recently resplendent reserve of remakes, reimplementations, and reimaginings. We also talk about Agent Avenue, 7 Empires, and Stellar Ventures.
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Podcast! We're going into the Goldilocks zone with games that fit riiiiiight in the middle of other games that are maybe just a little bit too much at times. We also talk about Rise and Fall, and JOYRIDE: Survival of the Fastest.
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Episode 353: Getting it Just Right - Board Game Barrage Wiki
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January 29, 2026 at 4:51 PM
Podcast! We're going into the Goldilocks zone with games that fit riiiiiight in the middle of other games that are maybe just a little bit too much at times. We also talk about Rise and Fall, and JOYRIDE: Survival of the Fastest.
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Podcast! It's maybe one of the most profoundly silly things we've done, but the important thing is we did it. Our collaborative, and most importantly, DEFINITIVE top ten games of all-time.
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January 15, 2026 at 7:35 PM
Podcast! It's maybe one of the most profoundly silly things we've done, but the important thing is we did it. Our collaborative, and most importantly, DEFINITIVE top ten games of all-time.
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Podcast! It's time for our Top 50, but things are a bit different. We're ... collaborating? It goes about as well as you think. Things get spicy fast!
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December 18, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Podcast! It's time for our Top 50, but things are a bit different. We're ... collaborating? It goes about as well as you think. Things get spicy fast!
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Podcast! We're talking about the price of games, and what we expect to get out of a game for our hard earned cash. We also talk about The Presence, and River of Gold.
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Episode 346: It’s One Bananagrams, How Much Could It Cost? - Board Game Barrage Wiki
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October 30, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Podcast! We're talking about the price of games, and what we expect to get out of a game for our hard earned cash. We also talk about The Presence, and River of Gold.
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Podcast! It's the Essen Spiel hype list, we're not going to Germany but that's not going to stop us being excited about games at the show! We also talk about Calimala, Tír na nÓg, and Typewriter.
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Episode 345: Essen SPIEL 2025 Hype List - Board Game Barrage Wiki
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October 16, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Podcast! It's the Essen Spiel hype list, we're not going to Germany but that's not going to stop us being excited about games at the show! We also talk about Calimala, Tír na nÓg, and Typewriter.
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Podcast! One of our earliest episodes was about our first board game loves, so here's the sequel! Games that really cemented our love for the hobby. We also talk about Der Fliegende Holländer, and The Hobbit: There and Back Again.
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Episode 344: ... But the Second Leaves a Mark - Board Game Barrage Wiki
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October 2, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Podcast! One of our earliest episodes was about our first board game loves, so here's the sequel! Games that really cemented our love for the hobby. We also talk about Der Fliegende Holländer, and The Hobbit: There and Back Again.
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Podcast! We're back drafting games, and this time it's all about card games! Vote for your favourite picks, and you could win $100! We also talk about Money!, Venture, and Fishing.
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Episode 343: Fantasy Draft: Card Games - Board Game Barrage Wiki
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September 18, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Podcast! We're back drafting games, and this time it's all about card games! Vote for your favourite picks, and you could win $100! We also talk about Money!, Venture, and Fishing.
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Podcast! We're talking about games that go hard and finish strong.🥵 We also talk about No Loose Ends, Eselsbrücke, and The Lord of the Rings: Fate of the Fellowship.
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Episode 342: Oops! All Foreplay - Board Game Barrage Wiki
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September 4, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Podcast! We're talking about games that go hard and finish strong.🥵 We also talk about No Loose Ends, Eselsbrücke, and The Lord of the Rings: Fate of the Fellowship.
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Podcast! We're mailbagging it up, answering your frank, bold, and brave questions. We also talk about Wheedle, Dune: War for Arrakis, and Transgalactica.
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Episode 341: A Little Bit of Mailbag - Board Game Barrage Wiki
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August 21, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Podcast! We're mailbagging it up, answering your frank, bold, and brave questions. We also talk about Wheedle, Dune: War for Arrakis, and Transgalactica.
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Podcast! We're talking about solo games, each of us, all three of us. We also talk about Hunted: Kobayashi Tower, Corps of Discovery, and Senji.
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Episode 340: All by Myself - Board Game Barrage Wiki
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August 7, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Podcast! We're talking about solo games, each of us, all three of us. We also talk about Hunted: Kobayashi Tower, Corps of Discovery, and Senji.
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Podcast! It's time again for our Listener Top 20, where we ask YOU what your favourite games are. Find out what our community is into! We also talk about Flip 7 (The Op), Hot Streak (CMYK), and Kolejka (IPN).
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Episode 337: Our Listeners’ Top 20 Board Games of All-Time 2025 - Board Game Barrage Wiki
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June 26, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Podcast! It's time again for our Listener Top 20, where we ask YOU what your favourite games are. Find out what our community is into! We also talk about Flip 7 (The Op), Hot Streak (CMYK), and Kolejka (IPN).
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Podcast! We're asking ourselves whether we should be more cool with letting mistakes happen in board games. We also talk about Apiary, Wizards Cup, and Wroth.
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Episode 336: Happy Little Accidents - Board Game Barrage Wiki
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June 12, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Podcast! We're asking ourselves whether we should be more cool with letting mistakes happen in board games. We also talk about Apiary, Wizards Cup, and Wroth.
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Podcast! We're diving deep on Cole Wehrle in a new designer spotlight! We also talk about Toy Battle, Subjective, and Wild Tiled West.
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Episode 335: A Cole New Wehrle - Board Game Barrage Wiki
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May 29, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Podcast! We're diving deep on Cole Wehrle in a new designer spotlight! We also talk about Toy Battle, Subjective, and Wild Tiled West.
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Podcast! We're asking if anyone's done it better than some of the classics. We also talk about Box Two (theory11), Catan: Cities & Knights (Catan Studio), and An Infamous Traffic (Hollandspiele).
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Episode 334: Nothing's Done It Better - Board Game Barrage Wiki
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May 15, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Podcast! We're asking if anyone's done it better than some of the classics. We also talk about Box Two (theory11), Catan: Cities & Knights (Catan Studio), and An Infamous Traffic (Hollandspiele).
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Podcast! Happy 333! We're talking about the nominees for the 2025 Golden Geek Awards, and predicting/deciding the winners! We also talk about Einfach Genial 3D (KOSMOS), Gazebo (Bitewing Games), and Stalk Exchange (The Op).
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Episode 333: Golden G33ks - Board Game Barrage Wiki
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May 1, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Podcast! Happy 333! We're talking about the nominees for the 2025 Golden Geek Awards, and predicting/deciding the winners! We also talk about Einfach Genial 3D (KOSMOS), Gazebo (Bitewing Games), and Stalk Exchange (The Op).
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Podcast! We forgot to post about this last week, yikes! We discuss games that we NEVER want to play. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES. We also talk about TRICKTAKERs, Hubworld: Aidalon, and Iquazú.
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Episode 332: Hard Pass! - Board Game Barrage Wiki
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April 22, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Podcast! We forgot to post about this last week, yikes! We discuss games that we NEVER want to play. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES. We also talk about TRICKTAKERs, Hubworld: Aidalon, and Iquazú.
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Podcast! As much as it pains us, we're trying to find one thing that bugs us about some of our favourite games. We also talk about Classified Information, Starline Hill, Panda Spin, and SHASN: AZADI.
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Episode 331: One Thing I Hate About You - Board Game Barrage Wiki
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April 3, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Podcast! As much as it pains us, we're trying to find one thing that bugs us about some of our favourite games. We also talk about Classified Information, Starline Hill, Panda Spin, and SHASN: AZADI.
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Podcast! We give our full report of the best and weirdest stuff we played at Dice Tower West in Las Vegas! Including some great stuff like Moon Colony Bloodbath (Rio Grande Games), Out of Sorts (@connor.alwaysawake.games), and Feierabend (2F-Spiele).
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Episode 330: We Played a Load of Games! - Board Game Barrage Wiki
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March 20, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Podcast! We give our full report of the best and weirdest stuff we played at Dice Tower West in Las Vegas! Including some great stuff like Moon Colony Bloodbath (Rio Grande Games), Out of Sorts (@connor.alwaysawake.games), and Feierabend (2F-Spiele).
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Podcast! We're doing something new - auctioning the games of 2025 to see who lands the best set! You can win $50 by voting! We also talk about Nyakuza, Hooky, and Altay: Dawn of Civilization!
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Episode 328: Anticipation Auction: Games of 2025 - Board Game Barrage Wiki
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February 20, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Podcast! We're doing something new - auctioning the games of 2025 to see who lands the best set! You can win $50 by voting! We also talk about Nyakuza, Hooky, and Altay: Dawn of Civilization!
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Podcast! It's finally here, the episode after the penultimate episode, the Top 10 Board Games of All-Time!
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Episode 327: Top 50 Games of All-Time 2024: 10-1 - Board Game Barrage Wiki
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February 6, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Podcast! It's finally here, the episode after the penultimate episode, the Top 10 Board Games of All-Time!
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Podcast! Neilan's back to continue his top 50 games of all time, with the next twenty games, 30 through 11!
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Episode 326: Top 50 Games of All-Time 2024: Neilan's 30-11 - Board Game Barrage Wiki
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January 30, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Podcast! Neilan's back to continue his top 50 games of all time, with the next twenty games, 30 through 11!
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Podcast! The top 50 continues, and we're back to Mark with the next games in his lineup, 30-11!
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Episode 325: Top 50 Games of All-Time 2024: Mark's 30-11 - Board Game Barrage Wiki
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January 23, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Podcast! The top 50 continues, and we're back to Mark with the next games in his lineup, 30-11!
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Podcast! It's the next episode of the Top 50 Games of All-Time, with the first twenty on Neilan's list. 50-31!
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Episode 324: Top 50 Games of All-Time 2024: Neilan's 50-31 - Board Game Barrage Wiki
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January 16, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Podcast! It's the next episode of the Top 50 Games of All-Time, with the first twenty on Neilan's list. 50-31!
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Podcast! It's time again for the TOP 50 GAMES OF ALL-TIME. We're kicking things off a bit differently this time, with the first twenty games from Mark's list (his #50-#31), while we tell him how right or wrong he is.
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Episode 323: Top 50 Games of All-Time 2024: Mark's 50-31 - Board Game Barrage Wiki
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January 9, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Podcast! It's time again for the TOP 50 GAMES OF ALL-TIME. We're kicking things off a bit differently this time, with the first twenty games from Mark's list (his #50-#31), while we tell him how right or wrong he is.
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