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A weekly talk show hosted by BJ from Board Game Gumbo. BJ interviews industry guests, designers, artists, content creators, and gamers about their favorite board games, latest board game news, conventions…and even plays a game or two with the Chat Krewe! A proud member of Punchboard Media.
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We took the month off of June from podcasting to play some games! We’re back with a special episode of Gumbo Live! this time with Steve “The Name Father” O’Rourke dishing on his recent adventures at Chuck Con IV in Salt Lake City.
But Steve’s not alone — he’s brought friends! Our old friend, Phillip Millman (“Baseball Highlights 2045”) joins Becke from the Chuck’s Gateway & Filler Games Facebook Group to chat about all things Chuck Con.
Chuck Con is an annual “friend con” hosted by the members of the Chuck’s Gateway & Filler Games group. The group is dedicated to the memory of Chuck Yeager, who started the group and championed lightweight family friendly games that just have a way of bringing more people into the hobby.
Sit back with a cold dirty soda, grab some smooth cheese and Russian pickled peppers, munch on a croissant from the Beaucoup Bakery and enjoy another Gumbo Live!
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Wednesday May 21, 2025
Wednesday May 21, 2025
It’s another Twitch Tuesday in the Gumbo Pot! This time, Jeremy and Doug stop by to play Pirates of Maracaibo and Schrodinger’s Cat, which you can find on our Twitch and YouTube channels. But before they get to playing the games, they have to chat about the news that came out today — it’s Spiel nominations time!
The krewe chat about their experiences playing all of the Spiel and Kennerspiel nominations:
Kenner: Endeavor Deep Sea, Faraway and Looooot
Spiel des Jahres: BombBusters, Flip 7 and Krakel Drakel
Until next time, laissez les bon temps rouler!
Friday May 09, 2025
Friday May 09, 2025
Gumbo Live! welcomed in Josh Ballagh, designer and publisher of Coalition: Councils of the Republic, which is hitting Kickstarter this summer! Josh is also one of the co-heads of our awesome GEAUXPUB section at Southern Board Game Fest, and we chatted about the successful con!
Then we chatted up the history of Coalition and how it came from Josh’s days in school to now. Plus, we played a game live with the Chat Krewe!
For more information on Coalition: Councils of the Republic:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/coalition-the-game/coalition-councils-of-the-republic
Laissez les bon temps rouler!
Monday Apr 07, 2025
Monday Apr 07, 2025
Jerod and I opened up a new box on Twitch — the kickstarter preview copy of The Pirate Code — and once we finished, we started chatting about our top games played at Southern Board Game Fest 2025 in beautiful downtown Lafayette, Louisiana!
Laissez les bon temps rouler!
Tuesday Apr 01, 2025
Tuesday Apr 01, 2025
Gumbo Live! welcomed in Rob from www.theboardboyspodcast.com and Logan from the Acadiana Board Gamers Discord to chat about everything SoBo2025! (But only after we got in a BEAUX-NESS episode with Beau from the Board Boys).
That’s right, the krewe is back from another successful Southern Board Game Fest in beautiful downtown Lafayette, Louisiana.
We chatted about the top games checked out of the Library, Hot Games, and Play-to-Win sections, then moved on to our spicy hot games:
- Sardegna
- Endeavour: Deep Sea
- Shackleton Base
- Automania
- The Gest of Robin Hood
And many other games!
Laissez les bon temps rouler!
Thursday Mar 27, 2025
Thursday Mar 27, 2025
Gumbo Live! welcomed Charlie McCarron, designer of SURPLUS OF SLOTHS, into the Gumbo Pot!
We chatted about his background in music, the process of tying theme to these mechanisms, and all of the fun of the crowdfunding campaign! For more information, click here:
Plus, we chatted about his previous game, FOUR HUMOURS, that we are giving away at Southern Board Game Fest!
Before we wrapped up the night, we continued our quest to come up with the perfect board game quiz with the guest. This time, it’s all about the world of movie themes. Can you spot the fake ones from the real?
Don't forget -- Southern Board Game Fest 2025 in Lafayette, Louisiana the weekend of March 29: www.southerngamefest.com Come join the Krewe and play some games -- you might even see some special Gumbo guests there!
Laissez les bon temps rouler!
Wednesday Feb 26, 2025
Wednesday Feb 26, 2025
Gumbo Live! welcomed Gregory Alford, designer of FOOD TRUCK RACE, into the Gumbo Pot!
We chatted about his start in board gaming, the design process behind the game, playtesting the game, and all of the fun of the upcoming kickstarter! For more information, click here:
https://www.foodtruckracegame.com/yes-chef
Plus, we chatted about some spicy hot games that we’ve played recently:
- Wilmot’s Warehouse
- Run Run Run!
- Flip 7
Before we wrapped up the night, we played THE ENVIE GAME with Gregory. This is one we should’ve gotten. Did we guess it?
Don't forget -- tickets are still on sale for Southern Board Game Fest 2025 in Lafayette, Louisiana the weekend of March 29: www.southerngamefest.com Come join the Krewe and play some games -- you might even see some special Gumbo guests there!
Laissez les bon temps rouler!
Friday Feb 14, 2025
Friday Feb 14, 2025
Gumbo Live! welcomed back Glenn Flaherty from Boardgames & Bourbon to chat about the new release of TABRIZ from Crafty Games! Well, that was the plan…but everyone’s got a plan until … well, you know.
So, we started talking about ALL the games that Crafty Games is releasing, and got on some tangents about conventions and content creation and even a guest appearance from the cutest little board gamer ever. But in particular, we gabbed about:
- Sardegna
- Flame & Fang
- Siege of Valeria
- Flip 7
- Banana Boy v Unicone
- The Great Meteora
Before we wrapped up the night, we debuted a new game with Glenn called Liar’s Liquid or Liar’s Cardboard or something. Doesn’t matter, because it was a fun game where Steve and Glenn had to compete to distinguish between wacky (but real) board games from BGG versus wacky (but fake) board games created by Chat GPT.
Don't forget -- tickets are still on sale for Southern Board Game Fest 2025 in Lafayette, Louisiana the weekend of March 29: www.southerngamefest.com Come join the Krewe and play some games -- you might even see some special Gumbo guests there!
Laissez les bon temps rouler!
Friday Jan 31, 2025
Friday Jan 31, 2025
Gumbo Live! welcomed back Alex Goldsmith who has done it all in the industry. He’s playtested, pod created, Kickstarter shepherded, and now he’s back to playing games with his friends in St. Louis! Alex was the former host of The Dukes of Dice (a Gumbo fave) and former marketing guru for Grey Fox Games.
Before they swim into a deep discussion of Finspan, they talk about some ENVIE games that they are looking forward to playing 2025!
- Vantage
- First Monday in October
- LOTR: Fate of the Fellowship
Lastly, it was time to play a game! This week, it’s a hockey edition of DID YOU KNEAUX!
Don't forget -- tickets are still on sale for Southern Board Game Fest 2025 in Lafayette, Louisiana the weekend of March 29: www.southerngamefest.com Come join the Krewe and play some games -- you might even see some special Gumbo guests there!
Laissez les bon temps rouler!
Wednesday Jan 15, 2025
Wednesday Jan 15, 2025
Gumbo Live! welcomed in Andrew Stiles, the designer of Wine Cellar, a brand new bidding game from 25th Century Games going out to backers and retailers soon. Andrew is also the co-host of Tabletop Submarine, where he and his co-host Josh do a deep dive into board game stories with guests each episode.
But before…diving…into some board games, the Gumbo krewe talked with Andrew about his former life as a wine sommelier and podcaster, about spicy wine-and-board game pairings, and some news of some of his upcoming games.
Next up, it was time to talk about some spicy hot games:
- Wine Cellar (25th Century Games)
- Digging for Dinos (3WS games)
- Forest Shuffle: Woodland Edge (Lookout Games)
Lastly, it was time to play a game! This week, Andrew tries to stump us in the ENVIE game!
Make sure you check out https://www.facebook.com/tabletopsub/ Tabletop Submarine Podcast for all of Andrew’s podcasting about board games.
Don't forget -- tickets are still on sale for Southern Board Game Fest 2025 in Lafayette, Louisiana the weekend of March 29: www.southerngamefest.com Come join the Krewe and play some games -- you might even see some special Gumbo guests there!
Laissez les bon temps rouler!