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Happy Birthday Verla and CHUCK CON Recap and Cosmoctopus

Hey board gamers, we are back with more Twitch Tuesday game talk just for you! And super excited to have THE JAY BELL back in the Gumbo Pot! In this episode, we wish the Gumbo Overlord a happy birthday, chat about our favorite things from CHUCKCON, and then Jay teaches COSMOCTOPUS before both Jay and BJ give their post-game analysis of our play!  ** Some of the games discussed may have been provided by publishers as a promotional copy. **  Laissez les bon temps rouler!  Get your Board Game Gumbo merch here: https://boardgamegumbo.wordpress.com/gumbo-merch/   Board Game Gumbo plays your games every TUESDAY on TWITCH! twitch.tv/boardgamegumbo @boardgamegumbo on Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Twitch, and Instagram www.boardgamegumbo.com ← our written reviews, news, and convention recaps  

Southern Board Game Fest contest info and Everdell Farshore review with Jerod

Hey board gamers, we are back with more Twitch Tuesday game talk just for you! BJ was up first with some news on Southern Board Game Fest (Oct 14-15 in Lafayette, LA). Get your badges at www.southerngamefest.com Our topic du jour in the Gumbo Pot was chatting about our first impressions and post-game analysis of our play of EVERDELL: FARSHORE, with our review copy provided courtesy of Starling Games. Jerod teaches the new stuff in the game to BJ, and then you will hear this post-game review!  ** A complimentary review copies of game was provided by the publisher. **  Laissez les bon temps rouler!  Get your Board Game Gumbo merch here: https://boardgamegumbo.wordpress.com/gumbo-merch/   Board Game Gumbo plays your games every TUESDAY on TWITCH! twitch.tv/boardgamegumbo @boardgamegumbo on Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Twitch, and Instagram www.boardgamegumbo.com ← our written reviews, news, and convention recaps  

Praga Caput Regni 3 Ring Circus GENCON Trekking

Hey board gamers, we are back from our July hiatus with more Twitch Tuesday game talk just for you! BJ   welcomed back to the Gumbo Pot, Mitchell from the Beans & Dice podcast. Our topic du jour in the Gumbo Pot was chatting about a great new board game experience we had in July. Then some talk about an anticipated game at GENCON. And finally, we wrapped up our fresh thoughts of playing Trekking Through History right after we played it!  • Praga Caput Regni • 3 Ring Circus • GENCON  • Kutná Hora: The City of Silver   • River & Gold (a game in the Legends of the 5 Rings universe) • Castles By The Sea • World Wonders • Trekking Through History ** In the past, we may have received complimentary review copies of games from some of the publishers mentioned **  Laissez les bon temps rouler!  Get your Board Game Gumbo merch here: https://boardgamegumbo.wordpress.com/gumbo-merch/   Board Game Gumbo plays your games every TUESDAY on TWITCH! twitch.tv/boardgamegumbo @boardgamegumbo on Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Twitch, and Instagram www.boardgamegumbo.com ← our written reviews, news, and convention recaps  

Envie Crowdfunding Games plus Mille Fiori review

Two Tuesdays in a row, it's another Twitch Tuesday!  BJ and Jerod welcomed back to the Gumbo Pot their buddies, Mitchell from the Beans & Dice podcast and Logan from the Louisiana Board Gamers Facebook Group and a regular gamer at our FLGS, Anubis Game & Hobby.   Our topic du jour in the Gumbo Pot was all about ENVIE. What games are we excited to check out that are either on some crowdfunding site now or about to hit the pages!  • Andromeda's Edge • Dog Park: New Tricks • Daybreak (from Matt Leacock) • Clans of Midgard  • Planet Unknown: Supermoon • Inventions: Evolution of Ideas (by Vital Lacerta) • Shipwrights of the North Sea REDUX • Night Witches • The Halls of Montezuma • Monster Hunter Then board gamers, it's time for a check up -- a visit to the Good Doctor, of course! Mille Fiori is a beautiful abstract game by Dr. Reiner Knizia and published by Devir Games. We give a brief overview, play it, and then discuss our thoughts right after the play!  ** A complimentary copy of Mille Fiori was provided by the publisher ** ** Apologies for Logan's mic during the first few minutes, we forgot at first to plug it into the mixer! **  Laissez les bon temps rouler!  Get your Board Game Gumbo merch here: https://boardgamegumbo.wordpress.com/gumbo-merch/   Board Game Gumbo plays your games every TUESDAY on TWITCH! twitch.tv/boardgamegumbo @boardgamegumbo on Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Twitch, and Instagram www.boardgamegumbo.com ← our written reviews, news, and convention recaps  

Best Game We’ve Played Recently plus COLOMA!

It's another Twitch Tuesday, this time actually on a Tuesday, and BJ welcomed to the Gumbo Pot a new voice: Logan from the Louisiana Board Gamers Facebook Group and a regular gamer at our FLGS, Anubis Game & Hobby.   Logan tells us his cardboard hero origin story, and then we get down to business. Time to talk about some spicy hot games! What are our favorite games played over the last month?   The Chat Krewe jumps in on the topic, and BJ, Jerod, Mitchell from the Beans & Dice podcast, and Logan all give surprising -- and not-so-surprising -- answers!  • Tiletum • Ark Nova • Dog Park • Elawa • Tranquility • Tribes of the Wind • Twilight Inscription Then pardners, it's time to saddle up them horses and head to Coloma!  The four played Coloma and have some fresh takes about this gem of a game. Look for some content showcasing the brand new expansion, Coloma: New Prospects, soon!  Laissez les bon temps rouler!  Get your Board Game Gumbo merch here: https://boardgamegumbo.wordpress.com/gumbo-merch/   Board Game Gumbo plays your games every TUESDAY on TWITCH! twitch.tv/boardgamegumbo @boardgamegumbo on Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Twitch, and Instagram www.boardgamegumbo.com ← our written reviews, news, and convention recaps  

Top Games of 2022 (sort of?) with Mitchell, Jeremy, and Doooogah

BJ welcomes back to the Gumbo Pot a great krewe. We enlisted Mitchell from the Beans & Dice Podcast, Jeremy from the Louisiana Board Gamers Facebook Group, and the inimitable Dave Doooooogahhhh, the commissioner for life of the Board Boys Legacy League to chat about the top games of 2022. In typical Gumbo Pot fashion, things went off the rails pretty quickly as the gents had a little trouble with the calendar and the number "one". But we settled on some pretty decent choices, including:  • Marrakesh • Atiwa • Ark Nova • Merchants of the Dark Road • Star Wars the Deckbuilding Game • Massive Darkness 2ed • Tiletum • Challengers We leave it up to you if there were any cheating going on' in the years chosen. Laissez les bon temps rouler!  Get your Board Game Gumbo merch here: https://boardgamegumbo.wordpress.com/gumbo-merch/   Board Game Gumbo plays your games every TUESDAY on TWITCH! twitch.tv/boardgamegumbo @boardgamegumbo on Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Twitch, and Instagram www.boardgamegumbo.com ← our written reviews, news, and convention recaps  

French Quarter with Jeremy Dobler

The Dobster made his triumphant return to the Gumbo Pot! Jeremy Dobler and BJ chatted about Jeremy's recent plays of In The Hall of The Mountain King, why his group likes campaign games like Descent and Oathsworn, and their thoughts on Three Sisters and the French Quarter crowdfunding project.  A complimentary copy of Three Sisters and French Quarter were provided by the publisher.  Thanks for listening!   Laissez les bon temps rouler!  Get your Board Game Gumbo merch here: https://boardgamegumbo.wordpress.com/gumbo-merch/   Board Game Gumbo plays your games every TUESDAY on TWITCH! twitch.tv/boardgamegumbo @boardgamegumbo on Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Twitch, and Instagram www.boardgamegumbo.com ← our written reviews, news, and convention recaps 



Mitchell of Southern Board Game Fest & The Beans and Dice Podcast

After a month of Gumbo Live! interview shows, it was time to get back to the table in the Gumbo Pot!   Mitchell from the Beans & Dice Podcast and playthrough coordinator at the Southern Board Game Fest joins BJ chatting about this year's upcoming festival, board game sales, and convention talk. Plus, you'll get their very fresh thoughts on their playthrough of ROLL CAMERA: The Filmmaking Board Game, a cooperative game from Keen Bean Studios.  Until next time, laissez les bon temps rouler! A complimentary copy of Roll Camera was provided by the publisher.   

Episode 142 with Keith Law

BJ, Steve and Verla welcomes in Keith Law, board game blogger and reviewer for Paste Magazine, to chat about board games!

We reviewed:

• Earth
• Iki

Plus, Steve and I may have met our match in the Jambalaya game. You have to hear Keith to believe it!

Keith's info: 

Keith Law, the author of The Inside Game and Smart Baseball and senior baseball writer for The Athletic AND more particularly for our show, a board games writer for Paste Magazine! 

You can find links to almost all of his reviews, plus his thoughts on music, movies, and culture on his blog: 

http://meadowparty.com/

Thanks for listening!

Laissez les bon temps rouler!

Episode 141 - The Spiel Nominees!

BJ and Verla and Steve were hoping to get Keith Law in this week (spoiler alert -- Keith's appeared on May 30 for the #142 show) so while waiting, they talked about some of their recent plays of a few spicy hot games, plus their thoughts on the Spiel nominees: 

• Spots (on BGA)
• Akropolis
• Planet Unknown
• Ike
• Challengers

Next episode: Keith Law! 

Laissez les bon temps rouler! 

 

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