BJ needs inspiration from a character from one of the great American Novels to change his luck in TAG TEAM. Here's the Gumbo review on this brand new auto-battler from Scorpion Masque.

It's been almost ten years since the original review here on the Gumbo of Stronghold Games' MY VILLAGE. Does it hold up?

2025 Summit Award Winner announced as War Story: Occupied France!

It’s another “lagniappe” episode of the Gumbo podcast, this time with Mitchell Prudhomme, the director from Southern Board Game Fest!  First, BJ and Mitchell chat up their recent experiences listening to The Beans & Dice Podcast, plus BJ gives an update on Gamers For Cures, hosted by Dan Patriss of The Geek All Stars.   Then, they dish about recent plays of The Hobbit: There And Back Again (a new roll and write from Reiner Knizia and Office Dog Games), Tend (the new IV Studios game), and My Village (a classic game from Inka & Markus Brand and Stronghold Games). 

Forest Shuffle Dartmoor is the best version of Forest Shuffle that BJ has played so far. But there's just one problem...

It’s another “lagniappe” episode of the Gumbo podcast, this time with Mitchell Prudhomme, the director from Southern Board Game Fest!  First, BJ and Mitchell chat up their recent visit to another friendly local game store (sans board games) called LVL 1 Gaming. Then, we dish about recent plays of Tag Team, Big Sur, and Origin Story. Plus, we throw in some lagniappe — our first impressions of ASIAN TIGERS: A STORY OF PROSPERITY, a crunchy mid-weigh euro from the team that brought you NIPPON and MADEIRA. 

Spoonbill Games' COALITION: COUNCILS OF THE REPUBLIC can be played at BGG.CON next month in Dallas! Sign up now for your time and place!

Four more games to play at BGG.CON that are being highlighted at ESSEN SPIEL 2025!

It's ESSEN SPIEL week! BJ from Board Game Gumbo is back with TEN more games that he has the ENVIE to buy at ESSEN SPIEL 2025. Plus, there's a little bit of lagniappe, with six interesting games that might slip under the radar, and two expansions that would have definitely come home in the Gumbo suitcase. Do these games catch your eye, too?

Roux Dat: recap of games played at our recent game night, including Spooktacular, Squirrel Away and Trio!

The summer break is over, and we are back in the Gumbo Pot! This time, Jeremy from the Acadiana Board Gamers is back to teach us how to play CASCADIA ALPINE LAKES, out on Kickstarter right now from our friends at Flatout Games.  You like Cascadia? You want it even more breezy, and with a 3D component? Check this game out! 

Kickstarter Lagniappe -- sneak peeks at crowdfunding projects for CASCADIA ALPINE LAKES and SNOWDONIA GRAND TOUR + SPECIAL EDITION

Tenpenny Parks is live on Kickstarter -- here's BJ's review from 2022 and a link to a playthrough if you are curious as to the gameplay

Roux Dat: Game day recaps of recent plays of Luthier, Tag Team and Legions of Kadmon

BJ reviews the solo option of playing DIRT & DUST, the new deck building rally race game from Albi.

BJ from Board Game Gumbo discusses twenty new games to check out at SPIEL ESSEN 2025 coming up in October!

Inside the new Lost Ruins of Arnak: Adventure Chest. Is it needed? Define "need"!

Josh Ballaugh (designer of Coalition: Councils of the Republic) journeyed to PROTOSPIEL CHICAGO and gave us a wrap up of the visit — including plays of HORS D’OEUVRES, HEXAPOD, and SANT…

What is an abstract? What are our favorite abstracts? Does ATHENA add anything that's necessary to AKROPOLIS? Find out the answers as BJ ponders the questions further.

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Are expansions essential to add to the gameplay on the very first play of the game? Or should the teacher wait for the players to become more familiar? BJ explores the topic through the lens of IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF DARWIN: CORRESPONDENCE

Top Ten Favorite Games of 2024! BJ lists out his favorite game experiences and the games that will stay in his collection!

Vantage is for gamers with a sense of adventure, who want to recapture the days of turning on a computer or opening up a game box with no clue what to expect from this particular session. Here's BJ deeper thoughts after playing it solo.

Small box games that we enjoyed on our recent trip to Europe: Uno, Duck & Cover, and Finished!

Uchibacoya launches the Garden Trilogy on Kickstarter next month! BJ previews what we know about the project.