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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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Gumbo Live! is back with a new season! In our fifth show, we visit with the krewe from Meeple Town, Dean and Deron, long-time friends and now long-time podcasters about board games! We chat about the transition to Deron as the new co-host, with a surprise visit(?), and then get right to the games, games, games!
- Floe
- The Magnificent
- Xylotar
- Exhibition: 20th Century
- Mind Space
Finally, we played a long time favorite game from Steve "The Name Father" called Meeple Town Building Committee or something like that. BJ didn't quite get the rules, but no matter, there's plenty enough shenanigans for all.
Laissez les bon temps rouler!
For more information about Meeple Town and their excellent podcast, click here: https://boardgamegeek.com/guild/3407
Thursday Mar 14, 2024
Episode 149 with Ben Hammer (We All Take From The River)
Thursday Mar 14, 2024
Thursday Mar 14, 2024
Gumbo Live! is back with a new season! In our fourth show, we visit with Ben Hammer about his brand new game coming soon to Kickstarter WE ALL TAKE FROM THE RIVER. It's a resource management and social deduction game that also gives insight to keeping a river and its estuary clean from pollution. It's Ben's first design, and he not only designed the game but did all the artwork himself.
We also talked about a spicy hot game that Steve played recently called SKOVENTYR, a one to four person game designed by famed automa designer Morten Monad Peterson with gorgeous art from Vincent Detroit.
Finally, we played THE ENVIE game with Ben and Verla and Steve and the Chat Krewe.
Laissez les bon temps rouler!
For more information about Ben's game, or to sign up for notification when the project is launched, click here: https://wealltakefromtheriver.com
Sunday Mar 10, 2024
LOGIC & LORE and CASCADIA ROLLING HILLS -- First Look!
Sunday Mar 10, 2024
Sunday Mar 10, 2024
BJ and Jeremy played Barcelona and Rats of Wistar on a recent Twitch Tuesdays in the Gumbo Pot, but before the euro game goodness started, they took a look at two projects on Kickstarter right now for some first impressions:
- Logic & Lore from Weird Giraffe Games, a two player card game all about deducing the cards already in your tableau; and
- Cascadia: Rolling Hills from Flatout Games, a multiplayer flip-and-roll-and-write game from Randy Flynn!
You can check out the Cascadia Rolling Hills crowdfunding project right here:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/flatoutgames/cascadia-rolling
You can find out more about the Logic & Lore crowdfunding project here:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/weirdgiraffegames/logic-and-lore
Our thanks to the publishers for providing these preview copies.
Until next time, laissez les bon temps rouler!
Friday Mar 01, 2024
Episode 148 with Darren Reckner & Jason Hager (The Durdles!)
Friday Mar 01, 2024
Friday Mar 01, 2024
Gumbo Live! is back with a new season! Our third show was a big thrill -- thanks to our friend Carla Kopp at Weird Giraffe Games, we were able to chat with Jason Hager & Darren Reckner (a/k/a "The Durdles") about their new game on Kickstarter right now called LOGIC & LORE!
We also talked about some spicy hot games we've played recently, including:
- Rumble Nation
- Sweet & Spicy a/k/a Spicy card game
- Unmatched Adventures: Tales To Amaze (which they designed!)
Finally, we played THE WHO SAID DAT game, Cincy style, with The Durdles and the Chat Krewe!
Laissez les bon temps rouler!
Monday Feb 26, 2024
Monday Feb 26, 2024
Gumbo Live! is back with a new season! Our second guest is Don Eskridge, the designer of THE RESISTANCE and AVALON and ABANDON PLANET and a bunch of other cool games!
Don came by the Gumbo Pot to chat about his brand new book HAND GAMES 21: NEW GAMES FOR FRIENDS & FAMILIES. It's a hoot with some great family style dexterity games.
We also talked about some spicy hot games we've played recently, including:
- The Wolves
- FTW
- The Chance
Finally, we announced the winner of our giveaway of THE WOLVES courtesy of our friends at Pandasaurus Games, and played THE ENVIE GAME with the Chat Krewe!
Laissez les bon temps rouler!
Thursday Feb 01, 2024
Episode 146 with Connie Vogelmann chatting Wyrmspan and Skyteam
Thursday Feb 01, 2024
Thursday Feb 01, 2024
The 2024 season of Gumbo Live! opens with a dragon fang! Err...bang! We welcome in Connie Vogelmann, designer of APIARY and WYRMSPAN, into the Gumbo Pot to chat about games, games, games!
We also get her thoughts on her recent plays of SKY TEAM
Finally, we end the night with a rousing game of THE BOUDIN BOWL with Connie, Verla, Steve, and BJ participating with the Chat Krewe!
Laissez les bon temps rouler!
Thursday Dec 07, 2023
Episode 145 with The Jay Bell -- Games For Christmas Gifts and PaxU Recap!
Thursday Dec 07, 2023
Thursday Dec 07, 2023
It's the return of The Jay Bell to the Gumbo Pot!
Steve, Verla, BJ and Jay gave a list of their favorite games to give friends and family during the holidays!
Tipperary
Akropolis
Pictomania
World Wonders
Crokinole
Plus, Jay recounts his trip to Pax U and gives an update on some of the hot games he played.
-- Disney Lorcana
-- Sky Team
-- Gnome Hollow and Twinkle, Twinkle
-- Nocturne
Finally, we end the night with a rousing game of WHO SAID DAT with the Chat Krewe!
Laissez les bon temps rouler!
Tuesday Dec 05, 2023
Nocturne and Early Thoughts on Game of the Year with Jeremy D
Tuesday Dec 05, 2023
Tuesday Dec 05, 2023
Jeremy D is back in the Gumbo Pot! BJ and Jeremy talk about NOCTURNE, the newest game from Flatout Games out on Kickstarter right now:
Plus, there is some chatter about potential games for the 2023 Game Of The Year list. Who will win the coveted Fleur de Ludo awards?
Friday Nov 17, 2023
BGG CON 2023 - Convention Recap with Jack
Friday Nov 17, 2023
Friday Nov 17, 2023
Jack and BJ are in the road after a special trip to BGG CON 2023 in Dallas! Time to recap the highlights of the games played at the con, people we games and chatted with, and a couple of lagniappe experiences!
Thursday Nov 09, 2023
Thursday Nov 09, 2023
BJ and Steve welcome in a content creator who is also deep diving into the world of designing board games on Episode 144! This time, The NameFather has invited Liz Davidson, reviewer with Beyond Solitaire's YouTube Channel and podcast, and the co-designer (with David Thompson) of the upcoming game, Night Witches, from Fort Circle Games to talk about some spicy hot board games!
In the banter, we chatted about:
- SDHistCon and the Summit Awards
- Recent plays of The Mists Over Carcassonne
- Recent plays of Chaos Cove
- Crowdfunding projects that have caught Liz's eye
The big feature was a deep dive into NIGHT WITCHES, a new two-player game designed by Liz Davidson and David Thompson that is in development with Fort Circle Games. That's right -- it's a Gumbo Scoop -- you'll hear all about the design choices, history of the game, and development even before it hits crowdfunding!
And finally, it's not Gumbo Live! unless we play a game with the Chat Krewe -- this time Steve and I bring back the all time Gumbo favorite, The Jambalaya Game! We mix in a lot of ancient history jokes (Liz is a Latin teacher and a student of ancient history) in with some really bad board game puns.
CHAOS COVE crowdfunding project is on Gamefound right now and almost funded already!
https://gamefound.com/en/projects/apegamer/chaos-cove
Thanks for listening!
Laissez les bon temps rouler!