Announcing the 2021 Board Game Challenge!
BIG ANNOUNCEMENT!! We’re psyched to announce our brand new #2021BoardGameChallenge! See if you can get all these done, tell us about it, and win a chance to get a $15 gift card to a local game store of your choice!
We’re going to be covering each of these topics on upcoming episodes of the podcast too, just in case you need some help or motivation! Get psyched and happy new year!
Why I game.
In our home we’re painfully outnumbered by televisions. We have a bedroom TV, a TV for when we’re just lounging in the living room and for couch co-op gaming and then our beautiful dual Xbox/TV combo in the basement that would make 13-year-old me weep with joy. While that isn’t necessarily a bad thing, I despair for the condition my eyes will be decades from now. Aside from music and horror movies, I would say one of my earliest passions was video games. I have the fondest memories waking up one Christmas morning and losing my goddamn mind over cracking open my very own Sega Genesis. From then on I’ve enjoyed a multitude of consoles (sorry PC) and now we’re proudly an Xbox household. What draws me to gaming as a whole, aside the obvious of storytelling and gameplay, is the social aspect. We all can remember our drunken MarioKart evenings with friends or the first time you uppercut your opponent’s head off in a gory Mortal Kombat fatality.
Enter the world of board games. Just like video games, the possibilities are endless. You can battle monsters, grow trees, sail the 7 seas and more just by busting open a cardboard box. Finding that perfect balance of cooperation or competition with those who love a hobby the same as you do just feels good. Rolling some dice or slapping down a card to crush your opponent or wreck a boss harbors the same satisfaction as a video game does, but in a more intimate setting. You’re interacting with friends and strangers in a way that is strangely tribal. Stories are told, lessons learned and you leave with an experience that is unique enough to keep you running back to the game store time and time again to relive that experience. Combine that with beautiful artwork and components that remind you of your most cherished toys from ages ago, it’s hard for me to believe that there isn’t a game out there for everyone. And I’m willing to fight you on that.
Our Collection
We’re constantly adding games to our collection, and also pawning some off to unsuspecting friends… but here’s where we’re at today!
5 Minute Dungeon
7 Wonders Duel
Aerion
Azul
Babel
Bananagrams
BANG! The Dice Game
Bosk
Boss Monster
Bucket of Doom
Bumúntú
Caffeine Hit!
Card of the Dead
Catan Dice
Clank
Clank! In Space!
Codenames
Codenames Duet
Dark Souls
Dead Men Tell No Tales
Dead of Winter
Dead Panic
Diplomacy
Discover Lands Unknown
Dragon Castle
Duelosaur Island
Eight Minute Empire
Eldritch Horror
Euphoria
Evolution
Extra! Extra!
Flip City
Flipships
Forbidden Island
Galaxy Trucker
Guillotine
Hanabi
Harry Potter Hogwarts Battle
Heroes Wanted
House of Danger
If I’m Going Down…
Islebound
Istanbul
Istanbul The Dice Game
Kibble Scuffle
King of New York
Legendary
Love Letter
Machi Koro
Mice and Mystics
Munchkin
Mystic Vale
Onirim
Pandemic
Parks
Potion Explosion
Qwirkle
Robinson Crusoe
Rook
Sagrada
Saloon Tycoon
Sea of Clouds
Seikatsu
Settlers of Catan
Small World
Smash Up
Splendor
Star Wars Destiny
Steam Park
Stone Age
Super Fight
Sushi Go Party
Takenoko
The Ancient World
The Fox in the Forest
The Networks
The Oregon Trail Card Game
Ticket to Ride
Ticket to Ride New York
Tiny Epic Galaxies
Tsuro
Unearth
Viva Java
VS System
Wayfinders
Wordsy
Zombies!!!!