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Meeple Overboard!

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... Read more

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Interview with Nikki Valens, Designer of Arkham Horror 3rd Edition

Interview with Nikki Valens, Designer of Arkham Horror 3rd Edition

We're joined by Nikki Valens, a fantastic game designer who has made classic games while at Fantasy Flight Games includi... Read more

17 Nov 2018

29mins

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Saltcon, and First Look: Brass Birmingham

Saltcon, and First Look: Brass Birmingham

SaltCon 2018 was an excellent convention, with plenty of great games and a few special looks. One of those special looks... Read more

10 Mar 2018

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TableTop, Fake Board Game Commercials, and Elder Sign

TableTop, Fake Board Game Commercials, and Elder Sign

Chris and Wendy discuss Wil Wheaton's hit show TableTop!  Afterwards, we present to you some exclusive, one-of-a-kind, a... Read more

8 Apr 2017

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Top 5 Worker Placement Games

Top 5 Worker Placement Games

We love worker placement games!  Should we have done a Top 5 list of them?  Well that decision was out of our hands, bec... Read more

4 Nov 2017

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Mental Health, Depression, and Board Games (with Dan Hughes)

Mental Health, Depression, and Board Games (with Dan Hughes)

Guest Dan Hughes, Titan of the Internet, joins us to talk about mental health, anxiety, depression, and board games. Thi... Read more

27 Apr 2019

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Dice Tower Cruise and First Impression: Wingspan

Dice Tower Cruise and First Impression: Wingspan

We're back on land! We're exhausted after a long flight, but we organized enough thoughts to make a coherent episode. Wa... Read more

19 Jan 2019

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Top 5 Cooperative Board Games!

Top 5 Cooperative Board Games!

For episode 20, we're doing a top 5 list.  Wendy's Top 5, and Chris' Top 5 cooperative board games.  Celebrating 20 epis... Read more

1 Jul 2017

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Top 5 Games that Improve with More Plays (with Patrick Hillier)

Top 5 Games that Improve with More Plays (with Patrick Hillier)

You can bet it's gonna be a pun day with Patrick Hillier in the house! Enjoy some pure nonesense as well as a very sensi... Read more

13 Jul 2019

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Abstract Games, We Bare Bears, and Rajas of the Ganges

Abstract Games, We Bare Bears, and Rajas of the Ganges

Continuing in our series of categories and mechanisms of games, we talk about Abstracts. Why are they interesting, and w... Read more

5 May 2018

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Top 5 Games Named After Cities (w/Matthew Jude)

Top 5 Games Named After Cities (w/Matthew Jude)

Joined by special guest, Matthew Jude, known from This Game is Broken and the Dice Tower's Board Game Breakfast, we're t... Read more

16 Feb 2019

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Top 5 Two-Player Games

Top 5 Two-Player Games

Per request of the public, it's time that Meeple Overboard officially declares the best games for two players on the pla... Read more

18 May 2019

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Hindsight: Istanbul, Codenames, A Feast for Odin

Hindsight: Istanbul, Codenames, A Feast for Odin

Time to revisit our reviews from two years ago. Istanbul, Medieval Academy, Codenames, and A Feast For Odin were the gam... Read more

2 Mar 2019

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Gaming Wheelhouse, Why Patreon, and Architects of the West Kingdom

Gaming Wheelhouse, Why Patreon, and Architects of the West Kingdom

Happy two year anniversary!  We're reviewing Architects of the West Kingdom by Garphil Games, and coincidentally, we are... Read more

23 Feb 2019

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Top 5 Games that Create Stories (With Crystal Pisano from Board Game Blitz)

Top 5 Games that Create Stories (With Crystal Pisano from Board Game Blitz)

Hey hey hey!  We're joined by Crystal Pisano from Board Game Blitz, a female-led podcast that also runs 30 minutes. Crys... Read more

10 Feb 2018

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Gaming Tables, Negative Prefixes, and Century Spice Road

Gaming Tables, Negative Prefixes, and Century Spice Road

Want to learn about how to realistically get a gaming table?  We've got some suggestions.  We also discuss the not-at-al... Read more

16 Sep 2017

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Roll and Write Games, Birthdays, and Lords of Waterdeep

Roll and Write Games, Birthdays, and Lords of Waterdeep

We're going back in time and reviewing a classic game, Lords of Waterdeep. This game put Worker Placement on the map (pu... Read more

14 Jul 2018

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Modernized Versions of Classic Games, Customer Support, Unlock! Sqeak and Sausage

Modernized Versions of Classic Games, Customer Support, Unlock! Sqeak and Sausage

Are there games that are like the classics we played as kids, but you know...better?  We're going to discuss them now, i... Read more

23 Jul 2017

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Top 5 Puzzly Games (w/The Board Boys Podcast)

Top 5 Puzzly Games (w/The Board Boys Podcast)

Hope you're excited to talk with The Board Boys! Josh, Cam, and Frank join us today from The Board Boys Podcast, another... Read more

15 Dec 2018

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Trick Taking Games, New Years Traditions, and Gingerbread House

Trick Taking Games, New Years Traditions, and Gingerbread House

Let's get this gingerbread!  Want to learn about Phil Walker-Harding's new game about being witches trying to lure fairy... Read more

5 Jan 2019

34mins

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Top 5 Board Game Covers (guest: Mike DiLisio)

Top 5 Board Game Covers (guest: Mike DiLisio)

When you have a guest like Mike DiLisio on the podcast, you know he'll want to come back again. Maybe for some feelings ... Read more

28 Oct 2018

44mins

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