Sinopsis
Meeple Overboard! is a podcast about board games, the gaming community, and our little slice of heaven that plays them. We're Chris and Wendy, and we love board games. Each Saturday, we'll bring you a half-hour episode featuring three segments:1. Shop Talk! We'll discuss a general board gaming topic, answer your questions, or discuss some news.2. Random Rally! We've got lots of interests, and eat lots of tasty things, and have a lot to share. Random Rally! is a few minutes of food for thought on a different topic each week.3. Game Time! Let's dive into a game and tell you what we think about it. We love playing a wide, wide variety of games, so there's lots to review. We'll even take some recommendations.Join us each Saturday for some fun conversation! Contribute to the conversation on our Facebook and Instagram pages or by email. Send us any questions you'd like us to answer.www.facebook.com/meepleoverboardwww.instagram.com/meeple.overboardmeepleoverboard@gmail.comboardgamegeek.com/guild/2946
Episodios
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School Traffic and Detective: City of Angels
05/10/2021 Duración: 27minWendy and Chris discuss how much the nice little town of Homestead changes once school begins, and then we review a criminal investigation game called Detective; City of Angels by Van Ryder Games.
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Hindsight: Hadara, Crusaders, Dead of Winter, Oh My Goods
02/09/2021 Duración: 36minChris and Wendy take a look at the reviews they did 2 years back and 4 years back including a lot of titles that either have rose colored glasses, a lot of love, a lot of less of love, or maybe we are thinking of trying them again. Maybe the audience could petition Wendy to try Broom Service again, who knows! We shall see what the future holds.
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Super Mega Lucky Box and Summer Camp
19/08/2021 Duración: 28minChris and Wendy are back after a delay - there was a family emergency which took a lot out of us, even taking us out of town, so we're back, and we're talking about TWO designs by Hall of Fame Designer Phil Walker-Harding!
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Aeon's End Outcasts, Andor, and Anno 1800
18/07/2021 Duración: 36minChris and Wendy review a pile of games they've been playing recently, a standalone expansion for a solid deck building franchise, a children's game, and a new Martin Wallace title.
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Hindsight: Viticulture, Barenpark, Carpe Diem
05/07/2021 Duración: 40minChris and Wendy take a step into our time machine and talk about games that we reviewed two years and four years ago. We didn't really need to step into our time machine to do that, we could have just talked about our feelings about the games now. Good thing that's actually what we did. We don't even own a time machine. Not yet...
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Top 5 Games in Our Collection we Want to Play Next
19/06/2021 Duración: 27minIn this week's episode, Wendy and Chris discuss the top 5 games that are sitting on their shelf that they want to pull off and play next! Some are games we haven't played yet, some are favorites we are dying to pull out again. What are they gonna be? And will we play them soon?! Let's find out.
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Hindsight June 2021 - Roll for the Galaxy, Pipeline, Journeys in Middle Earth
11/06/2021 Duración: 34minChris and Wendy look back at our reviews from2 and 4 years ago!
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Interview with Jamey Stegmaier on Designing Red Rising
29/05/2021 Duración: 28minJamey Stegmaier was gracious enough to come on the show and discuss his design process for his brand new game Red Rising, co-desined with Alexander Schmidt. We talk about the missteps along the way and how it all came together, what he hopes people will get out of it and answers the hardest hitting, flavor-related questions in board game media.
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Making Top 5 Lists, Key Lime Pie, and Destinies
22/05/2021 Duración: 38minJoin Wendy and Chris as they talk about how they craft top 5 lists, learning to make Key Lime Pies, and Destinies, the new game by Lucky Duck Games.
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IP Based Games, MCU TV, and Red Rising
17/05/2021 Duración: 36minChris and Wendy discuss the topic of IP based board games in the same episode they review Red Rising, a game about a great series of books by the same name! Also, we talk about the Marvel Cinematic Universe TV shows Wandavision and Falcon and the Winter Soldier.
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Hindsight May 2019 - Tiny Towns, Magnastorm, Ethnos, and More
01/05/2021 Duración: 42minIt's hindsight time! This time we're looking at May of two and four years ago! There's plenty of good gamess to discuss, and plenty of bad jokes to be had. Hope you enjoy!
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Jealousy, The Dragon Prince, and CloudAge
23/04/2021 Duración: 32minAll of us are jealous at times, and even in board gaming there is no exception. So how do we overcome it? Then we discuss a Netflix children's series, The Dragon Prince. Lastly, we review CloudAge by Alexander Pfister and Arno Steinwender, with its post apocalyptic airships mixed with deck building.
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Hindsight: Aeon's End Legacy, Root, Food Chain Magnate, and Dan Hughes
17/04/2021 Duración: 33minWe take a look back at the reviews we did two years ago, which includes the hindsight of four years ago. How do the games hold up? Let's see!
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Painting, Books, and Terraforming Mars Ares Expedition
17/04/2021 Duración: 33minWendy has been painting, we've both been reading, and we're reviewing Terraforming Mars Ares Expedition, the card game based on the original. How does it hold up? Well, come along and find out.
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Godzilla vs King Kong, and Marvel United
03/04/2021 Duración: 31minTwo monsters enter the movie, only the audience comes out damaged. We discuss our thoughts upon watching Godzilla vs King Kong. Also, we review the retail edition of Marvel United by CMON games, a light-weight cooperative super hero games.
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Top 5 Games We Look Forward to Playing at Conventions
27/03/2021 Duración: 28minWhile nothing about the future is set in stone just yet, there's an upswing of hope for getting back together for conventions in the not-too-distant future. Therefore, we figured we would do our first Top 5 list in a little while, focusing on games that we personally are looking forward to play with other folks soon!
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X-Men Mutant Insurrection, and Stardew Valley
14/03/2021 Duración: 35minWendy and Chris dive into two very popular IP-based co-op games. How thematic an experience does Stardew Vallely give you if you want to punch mutants? Does the X-Men game give you that peaceful feeling of growing crops? Come find out!
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Hindsight Reviews: Top 5 Unique Components, Blackout Hong Kong, Codenames, A Feast For Odin
06/03/2021 Duración: 44minChris and Wendy look at the reviews they did two years ago, and the ones they even did four years ago! We did a Top 5 list with Danny Quatch from Danny Plays Gamez. It was a fun time those many years ago, so let's relive them!
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Hobby Breaks, Soap Dispenser Moments, Long Shot The Dice Game
27/02/2021 Duración: 33minChris and Wendy talk about the good part of taking a small break for a little bit, explain what Soap Dispenser Moments are, and then review Long Shot The Dice Game, a roll and write version of the original game that is quicker and smaller.
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Board Game Arena, Behavioralism, and Rococo Deluxe
20/02/2021 Duración: 39minRococo Deluxe by Eagle Gryphon Games is the huge box fancified new version of a classic, beloved game. How is it with the updated treatment? Well, still the same game as before, so let's talk about it. We also discuss recent news with Board Game Arena and talk about not punishing the behavior you want to see from people.