Meeple Overboard!

Wendy and Chris look back two years to the reviews we did in February of 2019, which includes our hindsight reviews of the games we covered in February fo 2017! We forgot that we've been doing hindsight episodes for so long that we're now hindsight-ing our hindsights. If HIndsight is 20/20, then this is 20/20/20/20? Anyway, we talk about a bunch of games AND we discuss the current Kickstarter game of CoraQuest that you can still back in mid-February. It's a heart-warming story, and we're happy for its success!

Don't call it a comeback. Or do. We're not the boss of you. But whatever you call it, Meeple Overboard is back on the air. We return to talk about the personal chaos of the last month and Chris beginning working full-time for the Dice Tower, and also we review Tapestry Plots and Ploys expansion by Stonemaier Games. Enjoy!

Welcome to the episode 200 spectacular of Meeple Overboard!  Two! Hundred! Episodes!  To celebrate, we're joined by special guest Jordan Hopper of the No Cube Zone for what the Brother's Murph have coined as the "One In a Hundred" list. We went through the Board Game Geek dot com rankings and chose our favorite game out of each page of 100 games. Therefore, out of the top 1,000 games, we were FORCED to chose 10 games spread fairly evenly throughout. It's great because it means we talk about games that seldom otherwise get mentioned. Enjoy!Yes, we know this was supposed to be posted as the last episode in 2020. A whole lot of life happened. We'll discuss it in the next episode of the show after we accidentally took our January hiatus early. All will be resolved. Enjoy the first new episode in like a month!

Wendy and Chris answer YOUR question today. For the 4th year in a row, we've continued the cherished traition of doing a Q&A episode. It's easy plannning on our part. Some heavy news to start with, but it is a fun, light-hearted episode with a lot of fun discussion that has been a nice break for us from the real world right now. Hope you enjoy!

It's the end of 2020, which means that it's time to assess the best games of the year!  But not this year. We haven't played enough of them. How about the best games of 2019! Let's look back to the year when we were so wonderfully innocent and doe-eyed and playing "old" games. 

Join Chris and Wendy as we re-review the games and the Top 5 lists we covered two years ago on the podcast during the month of December. Top 5 Games We Wish Existed with Billy "LBO" Dunmire, and Top 5 Puzzly Games with the Board Boys.

American Thanksgiving just happened, and we recorded on that day, so why not talk about some games we're thankful for. Not just games we like, but that somehow mean something kind of cooler to us. Check it!

Wendy and Chris talk about the reviews we did two years ago, including an interview with Nikki Valens, and some very hot games of their era. How do they stack up now? Well, suffer through some Goof Troop references, then find out!

Chris and Wendy review Sushi Go Party and all the other Phil Walker-Harding titles we've played. Why not talk about 10 games in a single episode! If you want to watch the aforementioned marathon of games we played in one night, go ahead and check out our YouTube channel!

We're discussing our Top 5 games that don't use victory points, particular a big tally of victory points at the end of the game, We're joined by two excellent guests, Amy and Maggie from ThinkerThemer, a great YouTube channel where they review board games from the perspective of a mechanisms perspective (Thinker) and the thematic and story-telling experience (Themer).  Go check them out!

Happy Halloween! Chris and Wendy are posting early so you can enjoy this goodness before the actual holiday. We're reviewing Core Connection by Japanime Games and Sonora by Pandasaurus Games. Also, some candy talk, for the holiday. Enjoy.

Chris and Wendy steal an idea from Board Game Barrage. What would you repurchase if you only had $100 after losing your entire game collection? We take on the challenge. Then, we review Hoop Godz, currently on Kickstarter by Board Game Brothas.  Live as of the posting of this episode, so go check it out: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/omariakil/hoop-godz/?ref=kicktraq

Chris and Wendy hop into the Way Back Machine and travel to the distant land of October of 2018. We discuss movies and music of the time, and re-review the games we covered back then! How do Black Orchestra, Prowler's Passage, and SeaFall hold up today?  Come find out!

Chris and Wendy go through two games with excellent themes, anime classics and theme parks. Both games were provided us by the publishers Japanime Games and Blue Orange games. Enjoy!

Here with our bonus monthly episode ....okay, so we haven't done a monthly ketchup since March. It's been 2020, you understand of course. So, we wanted to do a special Ketchup episode where we talk about our journey through the year. It's not an episode for a lot of people because we kind of talk about games very little. We talk about the stress of life, the burnout we had with games, the struggle of finding balance in a year of upheaval, but also the great times and memories that we've made. Whatever it is, hopefully it feels real. 

Chris and Wendy review a set of worker placement games with some nice unique themes and pleasant execution. Demon Worker was a review copy provided us by Japanime Games. Pan Am is a Target Exclusive game by Prospero Hall and Funko Games.

Chris interview Tony Miller, designer of Weird Giraffe's Fire in the Library and the upcoming Kabuto Sumo being published by BoardGameTables.com. We discuss the incredible story of how this game came into existence and became an instant hit with everyone who saw it. We also discuss the upcoming New Mill Industries and The Science and Seance Society. All stuff worth checking out!Also, for your reference, here are the organizations Tony recommended you could donate to:https://www.gofundme.com/f/louisville-mutual-aid-a-new-world-is-possiblehttps://bailproject.org/louisville/

Time for another double-header review of two games we reeived review copie sof, Cloud City by Blue Orange Games and Pendulum by Stonemaier Games. These are two different games, though quite unique from other games on the market. Enjoy!

It's hindsight time! Time to look back on the games we reviewed two years ago and see how they hold up. This particular month, we feel strongly about. We love doing these hindsight episodes, and hopefully you find them instructive as well!

As a bonus episode we owe our listeners, we're following through with our promise to review the Star Wars sequel trilogy. Since it ended up being very long.  Veeery long. So, we split it into three parts. A "trilogy" one  might call it. There WILL be spoilers for each film, so listen at your own discretion. Hope you enjoy as we discuss the Force Awakens, the film that started off the new generation of Star Wars in 2015.