Welcome to Episode 45 of the Pub Meeple Podcast! Join Gary, Shuck, Just Bryan and Proper Brian as they talk about one of Shuck's great passions - creating a collection of travel games. But, of course, we first have to define our terms. What constitutes a travel game anyway?  As always, thanks so much for listening. If you like our show please share it with someone else or leave a review on iTunes or your platform of choice. There are lots of other ways to support us including a small contribution via Paypal. If you want new episodes whenever they drop, subscribe!  TIME - TOPIC: 0:00 - Intro and brew talk 4:02 - What we've been playing 9:52 - MAIN TOPIC - Travel Games

Welcome to Episode 45 of the Pub Meeple Podcast! Join Gary, Shuck, Just Bryan and Proper Brian as they talk about one of Shuck's great passions - creating a collection of travel games. But, of course, we first have to define our terms. What constitutes a travel game anyway? As always, thanks so much for listening. If you like our show please share it with someone else or leave a review on iTunes or your platform of choice. There are lots of other ways to support us including a small contribution via Paypal. If you want new episodes whenever they drop, subscribe! TIME - TOPIC: 0:00 - Intro and brew talk 4:02 - What we've been playing 9:52 - MAIN TOPIC - Travel Games

Episode 45 – Travel Games

Welcome to Episode 44 of the Pub Meeple Podcast! Join Gary, Shuck, Just Bryan and Proper Brian as they talk about collecting games. Is collecting games as much a part of the hobby as playing them? Or is it a hobby unto itself?  As always, thanks so much for listening. If you like our show please share it with someone else or leave a review on iTunes or your platform of choice. There are lots of other ways to support us including a small contribution via Paypal. If you want new episodes whenever they drop, please subscribe.  TIME - TOPIC: 0:00 - Intro and brew talk 4:58 - What we've been playing 17:56 - MAIN TOPIC - Collecting as part of the hobby

Welcome to Episode 44 of the Pub Meeple Podcast! Join Gary, Shuck, Just Bryan and Proper Brian as they talk about collecting games. Is collecting games as much a part of the hobby as playing them? Or is it a hobby unto itself? As always, thanks so much for listening. If you like our show please share it with someone else or leave a review on iTunes or your platform of choice. There are lots of other ways to support us including a small contribution via Paypal. If you want new episodes whenever they drop, please subscribe. TIME - TOPIC: 0:00 - Intro and brew talk 4:58 - What we've been playing 17:56 - MAIN TOPIC - Collecting as part of the hobby

Episode 44 – Collecting as Part of the Hobby

Welcome to Episode 43 of the Pub Meeple Podcast! Join Gary, Shuck, Just Bryan and Proper Brian as they look forward to all things 2021 - playing our games with people, new games, revisiting old games, events, and much more.  As always, thanks so much for listening. If you like our show please share it with someone else or leave a review on iTunes or your platform of choice. There are lots of other ways to support us including a small contribution via Paypal. If you want new episodes whenever they drop, subscribe.  TIME - TOPIC: 0:00 - Intro and Our Brews 2:15 - Project Triangle Strategy and Tactics Games discussion 13:00 - Shuck's travel games 17:56 - MAIN TOPIC - 2021 Look Forward

Welcome to Episode 43 of the Pub Meeple Podcast! Join Gary, Shuck, Just Bryan and Proper Brian as they look forward to all things 2021 - playing our games with people, new games, revisiting old games, events, and much more. As always, thanks so much for listening. If you like our show please share it with someone else or leave a review on iTunes or your platform of choice. There are lots of other ways to support us including a small contribution via Paypal. If you want new episodes whenever they drop, subscribe. TIME - TOPIC: 0:00 - Intro and Our Brews 2:15 - Project Triangle Strategy and Tactics Games discussion 13:00 - Shuck's travel games 17:56 - MAIN TOPIC - 2021 Look Forward

Episode 43 – 2021 Look Forward

Welcome to Episode 42 of the Pub Meeple Podcast! Join Gary, Shuck, Just Bryan and Proper Brian as they talk about what makes dungeon crawlers great. Or, in some cases not so great. But first we try to define what a dungeon crawler actually is.  As always, thanks so much for listening. If you like our show please share it with someone else or leave a review on iTunes or your platform of choice. There are lots of other ways to support us including a small contribution via Paypal. If you want new episodes whenever they drop, please subscribe.  Time-Topic 0:00 - Intro and Our Brews 4:14 - What we've been playing 16:41 - MAIN TOPIC - What's So Great About Dungeon Crawlers?

Welcome to Episode 42 of the Pub Meeple Podcast! Join Gary, Shuck, Just Bryan and Proper Brian as they talk about what makes dungeon crawlers great. Or, in some cases not so great. But first we try to define what a dungeon crawler actually is. As always, thanks so much for listening. If you like our show please share it with someone else or leave a review on iTunes or your platform of choice. There are lots of other ways to support us including a small contribution via Paypal. If you want new episodes whenever they drop, please subscribe. Time-Topic 0:00 - Intro and Our Brews 4:14 - What we've been playing 16:41 - MAIN TOPIC - What's So Great About Dungeon Crawlers?

Episode 42 – What’s So Great About Dungeon Crawlers?

Welcome to Episode 41 of the Pub Meeple Podcast! Join Gary, Shuck, Just Bryan and Proper Brian as they talk about luck in games. How much is too much? When is luck a good thing? How does luck best serve a game.  As always, thanks so much for listening. If you like our show please share it with someone else or leave a review on iTunes or your platform of choice. There are lots of other ways to support us including a small contribution via Paypal. If you want new episodes whenever they drop, please subscribe.  TIME - TOPIC: 0:00 - Intro and what we've been playing 13:45 - MAIN TOPIC - How much luck is too much luck?

Welcome to Episode 41 of the Pub Meeple Podcast! Join Gary, Shuck, Just Bryan and Proper Brian as they talk about luck in games. How much is too much? When is luck a good thing? How does luck best serve a game. As always, thanks so much for listening. If you like our show please share it with someone else or leave a review on iTunes or your platform of choice. There are lots of other ways to support us including a small contribution via Paypal. If you want new episodes whenever they drop, please subscribe. TIME - TOPIC: 0:00 - Intro and what we've been playing 13:45 - MAIN TOPIC - How much luck is too much luck?

Episode 41 – How much Luck is too much Luck?

Welcome to Episode 40 of the Pub Meeple Podcast! Join Gary, Shuck, Just Bryan and Proper Brian as they talk through the things they hate about the games they love. Every game has its warts and the guys do their best to forgive these games.  As always, thanks so much for listening. If you like our show please share it with someone else or leave a review on iTunes or your platform of choice. There are lots of other ways to support us including a small contribution via Paypal. If you want new episodes whenever they drop, please subscribe.  TIME - TOPIC: 0:00 - Intro and our Brews 3:10 - WandaVision!! 9:20 - MAIN TOPIC - The things we don't like about games we love

Welcome to Episode 40 of the Pub Meeple Podcast! Join Gary, Shuck, Just Bryan and Proper Brian as they talk through the things they hate about the games they love. Every game has its warts and the guys do their best to forgive these games. As always, thanks so much for listening. If you like our show please share it with someone else or leave a review on iTunes or your platform of choice. There are lots of other ways to support us including a small contribution via Paypal. If you want new episodes whenever they drop, please subscribe. TIME - TOPIC: 0:00 - Intro and our Brews 3:10 - WandaVision!! 9:20 - MAIN TOPIC - The things we don't like about games we love

Episode 40 – This Goes Out to the Games We Love

Welcome to Episode 39 of the Pub Meeple Podcast! Join Gary, Shuck, Just Bryan and Proper Brian as they go through the Board Game Ranking Engine 2020 top 10 and announce the 2020 Game of the Year. This is the game published in 2020 that was the highest ranked by the people who use the Ranking Engine. What game will sit on top of the heap of 2020? Listen and find out. We then go through some interesting ranking stats from the year to close out the episode.  As always, thanks so much for listening. If you like our show please share it with someone else or leave a review on iTunes or your platform of choice. There are lots of other ways to support us including a small contribution via Paypal.  TIME - TOPIC: 0:00 - Intro/What we've been playing 6:15 - MAIN TOPIC - BGRE Rankings Intro 8:10 - BGRE Top 10 2020 25:45 - BGRE Game of the Year 2020 36:30 - Some fun ranking stats

Welcome to Episode 39 of the Pub Meeple Podcast! Join Gary, Shuck, Just Bryan and Proper Brian as they go through the Board Game Ranking Engine 2020 top 10 and announce the 2020 Game of the Year. This is the game published in 2020 that was the highest ranked by the people who use the Ranking Engine. What game will sit on top of the heap of 2020? Listen and find out. We then go through some interesting ranking stats from the year to close out the episode. As always, thanks so much for listening. If you like our show please share it with someone else or leave a review on iTunes or your platform of choice. There are lots of other ways to support us including a small contribution via Paypal. TIME - TOPIC: 0:00 - Intro/What we've been playing 6:15 - MAIN TOPIC - BGRE Rankings Intro 8:10 - BGRE Top 10 2020 25:45 - BGRE Game of the Year 2020 36:30 - Some fun ranking stats

Episode 39 – BGRE Game of the Year 2020

Welcome to Episode 38 of the Pub Meeple Podcast! Join Gary, Shuck, Just Bryan and Proper Brian as they go through their personal top 5 games as well as the groups combined top 5. Shifts in these lists are inevitable each year as more games are played but which will come out on top?  As always, thanks so much for listening. If you like our show please share it with someone else or leave a review on iTunes or your platform of choice. There are lots of other ways to support us including a small contribution via Paypal.  TIME - TOPIC: 0:00 - Intro/Our Brews 2:31 - Game Spotlight - Parks 12:47 - MAIN TOPIC - Top 5s Intro 13:10 - Pub Top 5 32:34 - Our Personal Top 5s

Welcome to Episode 38 of the Pub Meeple Podcast! Join Gary, Shuck, Just Bryan and Proper Brian as they go through their personal top 5 games as well as the groups combined top 5. Shifts in these lists are inevitable each year as more games are played but which will come out on top? As always, thanks so much for listening. If you like our show please share it with someone else or leave a review on iTunes or your platform of choice. There are lots of other ways to support us including a small contribution via Paypal. TIME - TOPIC: 0:00 - Intro/Our Brews 2:31 - Game Spotlight - Parks 12:47 - MAIN TOPIC - Top 5s Intro 13:10 - Pub Top 5 32:34 - Our Personal Top 5s

Episode 38 – 2020 Pub Top 5s

Welcome to Episode 37 of the Pub Meeple Podcast! Join Gary, Shuck, Just Bryan and Proper Brian as they discuss games that are worth a deep dive - games (or types of games) we would like to spend more time with to see all they have to offer.  As always, thanks so much for listening. If you like our show please share it with someone else or leave a review on iTunes or your platform of choice. There are lots of other ways to support us including a small contribution via Paypal. If you want new episodes whenever they drop, please subscribe.  0:00 - Intro/What we've been playing 9:54 - MAIN TOPIC - Deep Dives

Welcome to Episode 37 of the Pub Meeple Podcast! Join Gary, Shuck, Just Bryan and Proper Brian as they discuss games that are worth a deep dive - games (or types of games) we would like to spend more time with to see all they have to offer. As always, thanks so much for listening. If you like our show please share it with someone else or leave a review on iTunes or your platform of choice. There are lots of other ways to support us including a small contribution via Paypal. If you want new episodes whenever they drop, please subscribe. 0:00 - Intro/What we've been playing 9:54 - MAIN TOPIC - Deep Dives

Episode 37 – Deep Dives

Welcome to Episode 36 of the Pub Meeple Podcast! Join Gary, Shuck, Just Bryan and Proper Brian as they pick their only nine. If you could only have nine games, which would they be? And these aren't just our top 9 games. It's a harder exercise than you think.  As always, thanks so much for listening. If you like our show please share it with someone else or leave a review on iTunes or your platform of choice. There are lots of other ways to support us including a small contribution via Paypal. If you want new episodes whenever they drop, please subscribe.  0:00 - Intro/Brew Talk 3:30 - What have we been up to? 14:34 - MAIN TOPIC - Only Nine 2020

Welcome to Episode 36 of the Pub Meeple Podcast! Join Gary, Shuck, Just Bryan and Proper Brian as they pick their only nine. If you could only have nine games, which would they be? And these aren't just our top 9 games. It's a harder exercise than you think. As always, thanks so much for listening. If you like our show please share it with someone else or leave a review on iTunes or your platform of choice. There are lots of other ways to support us including a small contribution via Paypal. If you want new episodes whenever they drop, please subscribe. 0:00 - Intro/Brew Talk 3:30 - What have we been up to? 14:34 - MAIN TOPIC - Only Nine 2020

Episode 36 – Only Nine 2020

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Hello, and welcome to the Pub Meeple Podcast! Join us as we discuss board game expansions - our favorites and why we buy them (or don't). We also talk about our all new Board Game Ranking Engine (data is fun, right?).

Episode 10 – Our Favorite Expansions

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Episode 3 – Family Games

Hello, and welcome to the Pub Meeple Podcast! Join us as we talk about our personal top 10 games for 2018. We value your time so check out the show notes on our site so you can jump straight to games you want to hear us discuss. Or just listen through. Either way is fine with us.  https://www.pubmeeple.com/episode-14-top-10-games-2018-edition

Hello, and welcome to the Pub Meeple Podcast! Join us as we talk about our personal top 10 games for 2018. We value your time so check out the show notes on our site so you can jump straight to games you want to hear us discuss. Or just listen through. Either way is fine with us. <a href="https://www.pubmeeple.com/episode-14-top-10-games-2018-edition" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.pubmeeple.com/episode-14-top-10-games-2018-edition</a>

Episode 14 – Top 10 Games (2018 Edition)

Christina from Girls Game Shelf comes on the show for an interview about her YouTube channel, diversity in board games, and much more.

Microbrew 1 – Girls Game Shelf Interview

Welcome to Episode 21 of the Pub Meeple Podcast! Join Just Bryan, Shuck, Gary and our first guest host Ned as they discuss games games they would play anytime, anywhere. These are the games that, no matter what time it is or where you are, you would play at the drop of a hat.  But before that, queue up game two of Name the Game - where one of us gives a series of clues about a game and the others try to guess what it is. Just Bryan is in the clue giver position this time and puts a Dr. Seuss spin on them.  As always, thanks so much for listening. If you like our show please share it with someone else or post a review on iTunes or your podcast platform of choice. There are lots of other ways to support us including a small contribution via Paypal. Please subscribe if you want new episodes when they are available.  Time-topic 0:00 - Intro 1:58 - Brew Talk 6:30 - Name the Game 11:30 - What we’ve been playing 28:53 - MAIN TOPIC - Anytime-Anywhere games

Welcome to Episode 21 of the Pub Meeple Podcast! Join Just Bryan, Shuck, Gary and our first guest host Ned as they discuss games games they would play anytime, anywhere. These are the games that, no matter what time it is or where you are, you would play at the drop of a hat. But before that, queue up game two of Name the Game - where one of us gives a series of clues about a game and the others try to guess what it is. Just Bryan is in the clue giver position this time and puts a Dr. Seuss spin on them. As always, thanks so much for listening. If you like our show please share it with someone else or post a review on iTunes or your podcast platform of choice. There are lots of other ways to support us including a small contribution via Paypal. Please subscribe if you want new episodes when they are available. Time-topic 0:00 - Intro 1:58 - Brew Talk 6:30 - Name the Game 11:30 - What we’ve been playing 28:53 - MAIN TOPIC - Anytime-Anywhere games

Episode 21 – Anytime, Anywhere

Welcome to Episode 24 of the Pub Meeple Podcast! Join Just Bryan, Shuck, Gary, and Proper Brian as they take a look back at 2019. We discuss our favorite moments of the year - games, podcasting, family, and more. Then we take a look forward to 2020 and what we are excited for in the new year.  As always, thanks so much for listening. If you like our show please share it with someone else or post a review on iTunes or your podcast platform of choice. There are lots of other ways to support us including a small contribution via Paypal. Please subscribe if you want new episodes when they are available.  0:00 - Intro and Brew Talk 3:05 - What we’ve been playing 14:02 - A Musical Interlude 14:50 - MAIN TOPIC - 2019 Year In Review 45:32 - 2020 Look Forward

Welcome to Episode 24 of the Pub Meeple Podcast! Join Just Bryan, Shuck, Gary, and Proper Brian as they take a look back at 2019. We discuss our favorite moments of the year - games, podcasting, family, and more. Then we take a look forward to 2020 and what we are excited for in the new year. As always, thanks so much for listening. If you like our show please share it with someone else or post a review on iTunes or your podcast platform of choice. There are lots of other ways to support us including a small contribution via Paypal. Please subscribe if you want new episodes when they are available. 0:00 - Intro and Brew Talk 3:05 - What we’ve been playing 14:02 - A Musical Interlude 14:50 - MAIN TOPIC - 2019 Year In Review 45:32 - 2020 Look Forward

Episode 24 – 2019 Year in Review

Welcome to the Pub Meeple Podcast! In this episode we discuss the Board Game Geek top 100 list and its relevancy. Then we introduce a new segment all about ranking very specific lists of games and reporting the results. This time we cover Worker Placement games.

Episode 8 – Is the BGG Top 100 Relevant?

Welcome to Episode 22 of the Pub Meeple Podcast! Join Shuck, Gary, and Proper Brian as they discuss their Only Nine. If we could only keep nine games in our collections, which games would they be? Lots of hard decisions ahead.  But before that, queue up a game of Name the Game - where one of us gives a series of 5 clues about a game and the others try to guess what it is. Points are scored depending on when or if the game is guessed. Since Gary won last episode he is our clue giver.  TIME-TOPIC 0:00 - Intro 0:54 - Brew Talk 1:49 - What we’ve been playing 11:36 - Name the Game 16:20 - Top Nine Feature 19:35 - MAIN TOPIC - Only Nine 20:36 - Nine 23:24 - Eight 28:28 - Seven 34:46 - Six 40:07 - Five 45:44 - Four 50:00 - Three 55:22 - Two 1:02:08 - One 1:07:32 - Wrap up

Welcome to Episode 22 of the Pub Meeple Podcast! Join Shuck, Gary, and Proper Brian as they discuss their Only Nine. If we could only keep nine games in our collections, which games would they be? Lots of hard decisions ahead. But before that, queue up a game of Name the Game - where one of us gives a series of 5 clues about a game and the others try to guess what it is. Points are scored depending on when or if the game is guessed. Since Gary won last episode he is our clue giver. TIME-TOPIC 0:00 - Intro 0:54 - Brew Talk 1:49 - What we’ve been playing 11:36 - Name the Game 16:20 - Top Nine Feature 19:35 - MAIN TOPIC - Only Nine 20:36 - Nine 23:24 - Eight 28:28 - Seven 34:46 - Six 40:07 - Five 45:44 - Four 50:00 - Three 55:22 - Two 1:02:08 - One 1:07:32 - Wrap up

Episode 22 – Only Nine

Hello, and welcome to the Pub Meeple Podcast! Join us as we talk about how we store our board games from shelves to sleeves, boxes to baggies, and everything in between. We also bring back our board game mechanism rankings segment - this time with Area Control games.

Episode 12 – Shelves to Sleeves (and everything in between)

Welcome to Episode 23 of the Pub Meeple Podcast! Join Just Bryan, Shuck, and Proper Brian as they discuss other ways to enjoy the hobby. While playing games is the obvious way, there are so many other ways to interact with the hobby and we discuss those.  But before that, queue up game four of Name the Game - Shuck is our clue giver this round. This our final Name the Game game since we will be debuting a new podcast game next year. Stay tuned for details!  As always, thanks so much for listening. If you like our show please share it with someone else or post a review on iTunes or your podcast platform of choice. There are lots of other ways to support us including a small contribution via Paypal. Please subscribe if you want new episodes when they are available.  0:00 - Intro and Brew Talk 3:08 - What we've been playing 12:30 - Name the Game 16:55 - MAIN TOPIC - Other Ways to Enjoy the Hobby

Welcome to Episode 23 of the Pub Meeple Podcast! Join Just Bryan, Shuck, and Proper Brian as they discuss other ways to enjoy the hobby. While playing games is the obvious way, there are so many other ways to interact with the hobby and we discuss those. But before that, queue up game four of Name the Game - Shuck is our clue giver this round. This our final Name the Game game since we will be debuting a new podcast game next year. Stay tuned for details! As always, thanks so much for listening. If you like our show please share it with someone else or post a review on iTunes or your podcast platform of choice. There are lots of other ways to support us including a small contribution via Paypal. Please subscribe if you want new episodes when they are available. 0:00 - Intro and Brew Talk 3:08 - What we've been playing 12:30 - Name the Game 16:55 - MAIN TOPIC - Other Ways to Enjoy the Hobby

Episode 23: Other Ways to Enjoy the Hobby

Welcome to Episode 19 of the Pub Meeple Podcast! Join us as we lament games that are are no longer in print - but should be! We hit on some older classics and some newer games that didn't last long. Of course, Shuck has to close us out with one we weren't expecting. Should these games be reprinted? Email us and tell us your thoughts.  After that we try out a new segment - unpopular opinions. In this segment we each state an unpopular opinion then sit back and let the others run with it.  As always, thanks so much for listening. If you like our show please share it with someone else or post a review on iTunes or your podcast platform of choice. There are lots of other ways to support us including a small contribution via Paypal. Please subscribe if you want new episodes when they are available.  Time-topic 0:00 - Intro 0:49 - Brew Talk 4:49 - Recent Plays 13:56 - MAIN TOPIC - Games that Deserve a Reprint 36:48 - Unpopular Opinions

Welcome to Episode 19 of the Pub Meeple Podcast! Join us as we lament games that are are no longer in print - but should be! We hit on some older classics and some newer games that didn't last long. Of course, Shuck has to close us out with one we weren't expecting. Should these games be reprinted? Email us and tell us your thoughts. After that we try out a new segment - unpopular opinions. In this segment we each state an unpopular opinion then sit back and let the others run with it. As always, thanks so much for listening. If you like our show please share it with someone else or post a review on iTunes or your podcast platform of choice. There are lots of other ways to support us including a small contribution via Paypal. Please subscribe if you want new episodes when they are available. Time-topic 0:00 - Intro 0:49 - Brew Talk 4:49 - Recent Plays 13:56 - MAIN TOPIC - Games that Deserve a Reprint 36:48 - Unpopular Opinions

Episode 19 – Games that Deserve a Reprint

Welcome to Episode 25 of the Pub Meeple Podcast! Join Just Bryan, Shuck, Gary, and Proper Brian as they crown the Board Game Ranking Engine Game of the Year for 2019. This award is based on all of the rankings done via the BGRE in 2019. Out of all the games published in 2019 the winner was ranked the highest.  We also talk through all the other top 5s – our collective and individual top 5s as well as the BGRE top 5. Lots of great games are discussed.  TIME-TOPIC 0:00 – Intro and Brew Talk 2:52 – The Pub and BGRE Top 5s 23:10 – 2019 BGRE Game of the Year 33:50 – Our Personal Top 5s

Welcome to Episode 25 of the Pub Meeple Podcast! Join Just Bryan, Shuck, Gary, and Proper Brian as they crown the Board Game Ranking Engine Game of the Year for 2019. This award is based on all of the rankings done via the BGRE in 2019. Out of all the games published in 2019 the winner was ranked the highest. We also talk through all the other top 5s – our collective and individual top 5s as well as the BGRE top 5. Lots of great games are discussed. TIME-TOPIC 0:00 – Intro and Brew Talk 2:52 – The Pub and BGRE Top 5s 23:10 – 2019 BGRE Game of the Year 33:50 – Our Personal Top 5s

Episode 25 – Game of the Year and Our Top Games

Welcome to Episode 20 of the Pub Meeple Podcast! Join us as we discuss all of the facets of "classics". What is a classic? What does it take to become a classic? Vintage and modern classics. If it has to do with classics, we cover it here.  Before that we try out a new segment - a podcast game called Name the Game. It's our first time trying it out. We will let you be the judge of how it goes.   As always, thanks so much for listening. If you like our show please share it with someone else or post a review on iTunes or your podcast platform of choice. There are lots of other ways to support us including a small contribution via Paypal. Please subscribe if you want new episodes when they are available.  Time-topic 0:00 - Intro 1:00 - Ranking Engine Update 3:05 - Brew Talk 6:27 - What we've been playing 22:34 - Name the Game 28:50 - MAIN TOPIC - What Makes a Classic?

Welcome to Episode 20 of the Pub Meeple Podcast! Join us as we discuss all of the facets of "classics". What is a classic? What does it take to become a classic? Vintage and modern classics. If it has to do with classics, we cover it here. Before that we try out a new segment - a podcast game called Name the Game. It's our first time trying it out. We will let you be the judge of how it goes. As always, thanks so much for listening. If you like our show please share it with someone else or post a review on iTunes or your podcast platform of choice. There are lots of other ways to support us including a small contribution via Paypal. Please subscribe if you want new episodes when they are available. Time-topic 0:00 - Intro 1:00 - Ranking Engine Update 3:05 - Brew Talk 6:27 - What we've been playing 22:34 - Name the Game 28:50 - MAIN TOPIC - What Makes a Classic?

Episode 20 – What Makes a Classic?

Hello, and welcome to the Pub Meeple Podcast! Join us as we provide some tips for teaching games. Teaching is such an important part of the hobby and we are always learning how to do it better. We also dive into a few stories of teaching failures so stick around until the end.

Episode 15 – Tips for Teaching

Welcome to the Pub Meeple Podcast! Join us as we talk about our experiences at CritiCon and have a discussion about Legacy games.

Episode 6 – Legacy Games

Hello, and welcome to the Pub Meeple Podcast! Join us as we discuss the heavy topic of elitism in board gaming -  how it manifests and what we can do about it. We also introduce a new segment - The Gaming Lexicon - where we define a board gaming term and discuss it. This time we tackle the term fiddly. That's right. Fiddly.

Episode 13 – Elitism in the Board Gaming Hobby

Hello, and welcome to the Pub Meeple Podcast! Join us as we discuss "keeping up with the board gaming Joneses". It is quite easy to look around and see what others are buying, playing, and doing in the hobby and then wanting to keep up. What is a board gamer to do? This topic has something for everyone but especially for those who feel a restriction on their time, money, or space.  As always, thanks so much for listening. If you like our show please share it with someone else or post a review on iTunes or your podcast platform of choice. There are lots of other ways to support us including a small contribution via Paypal. Please subscribe if you want new episodes when they are available.  Time/Topic: 0:00 - Introduction 0:50 - Our Brews 4:56 - Some recent favorite games MAIN TOPIC 21:46 - Keeping up with the board gaming Jonses 29:55 - When to stop buying games 35:31 - The Shuck Method of buying 43:00 - How to Stop or Slow game-buying 45:35 - The phases and cycles of life and hobby 51:50 - Finding contentment where you are

Hello, and welcome to the Pub Meeple Podcast! Join us as we discuss "keeping up with the board gaming Joneses". It is quite easy to look around and see what others are buying, playing, and doing in the hobby and then wanting to keep up. What is a board gamer to do? This topic has something for everyone but especially for those who feel a restriction on their time, money, or space. As always, thanks so much for listening. If you like our show please share it with someone else or post a review on iTunes or your podcast platform of choice. There are lots of other ways to support us including a small contribution via Paypal. Please subscribe if you want new episodes when they are available. Time/Topic: 0:00 - Introduction 0:50 - Our Brews 4:56 - Some recent favorite games MAIN TOPIC 21:46 - Keeping up with the board gaming Jonses 29:55 - When to stop buying games 35:31 - The Shuck Method of buying 43:00 - How to Stop or Slow game-buying 45:35 - The phases and cycles of life and hobby 51:50 - Finding contentment where you are

Episode 16 – Keeping Up with the Joneses

It's another Microbrew episode! Join us as we have a short discussion on game design -  the differences between designing content and structure and how to get your early prototypes on the table quickly.

Microbrew 3 – Structure and Content

Welcome to Episode 17 of the Pub Meeple Podcast! Join us as we take a deep dive down the Kickstarter rabbit hole. We cover everything from the first games we Kickstarted, how we decide what to back, all the way to the ones we are excited about in the future (and lots more in between). We then wrap up with our overall thoughts on Kickstarter and where we think it is headed.  As always, thanks so much for listening. If you like our show please share it with someone else or post a review on iTunes or your podcast platform of choice. There are lots of other ways to support us including a small contribution via Paypal. Please subscribe if you want new episodes when they are available.  Time-topic 0:00 - Introduction 2:32 - Our Brews 5:50 - Stuff we are into 17:15 - MAIN TOPIC - Kickstarter 18:08 - What is the first Kickstarter game(s) we backed? 26:55 - How many Kickstarter games have we kept? 33:50 - What is the last game we Kickstarted? 35:02 - What is our best Kickstarter purchase? 44:42 - What Kickstarters do we feel we missed out on? 57:30 - What Kickstarter have we played the most? 63:20 - Upcoming Kickstarters we are excited about 71:10 - Final Kickstarter thoughts

Welcome to Episode 17 of the Pub Meeple Podcast! Join us as we take a deep dive down the Kickstarter rabbit hole. We cover everything from the first games we Kickstarted, how we decide what to back, all the way to the ones we are excited about in the future (and lots more in between). We then wrap up with our overall thoughts on Kickstarter and where we think it is headed. As always, thanks so much for listening. If you like our show please share it with someone else or post a review on iTunes or your podcast platform of choice. There are lots of other ways to support us including a small contribution via Paypal. Please subscribe if you want new episodes when they are available. Time-topic 0:00 - Introduction 2:32 - Our Brews 5:50 - Stuff we are into 17:15 - MAIN TOPIC - Kickstarter 18:08 - What is the first Kickstarter game(s) we backed? 26:55 - How many Kickstarter games have we kept? 33:50 - What is the last game we Kickstarted? 35:02 - What is our best Kickstarter purchase? 44:42 - What Kickstarters do we feel we missed out on? 57:30 - What Kickstarter have we played the most? 63:20 - Upcoming Kickstarters we are excited about 71:10 - Final Kickstarter thoughts

Episode 17: The Kickstarter Rabbit Hole

Welcome to Episode 18 of the Pub Meeple Podcast! Join us as we attempt to civilly discuss house rules. We start off by asking the question, "Do we like house rules?" but quickly find that this question is far too simple. We talk through games we have house ruled, games we would like to, and games we would never attempt to touch. Where we all finally land on house rules was up in the air all the way to the end.   After that we dive into another of Shuck's Board Game Mechanics segments - this time all about Tile Laying games.  As always, thanks so much for listening. If you like our show please share it with someone else or post a review on iTunes or your podcast platform of choice. There are lots of other ways to support us including a small contribution via Paypal. Please subscribe if you want new episodes when they are available.  0:00 - Introduction 1:00 - Our Brews 2:55 - Recent Plays 12:49 - MAIN TOPIC - House Rules 47:44 - Board Game Mechanics - Tile Laying

Welcome to Episode 18 of the Pub Meeple Podcast! Join us as we attempt to civilly discuss house rules. We start off by asking the question, "Do we like house rules?" but quickly find that this question is far too simple. We talk through games we have house ruled, games we would like to, and games we would never attempt to touch. Where we all finally land on house rules was up in the air all the way to the end. After that we dive into another of Shuck's Board Game Mechanics segments - this time all about Tile Laying games. As always, thanks so much for listening. If you like our show please share it with someone else or post a review on iTunes or your podcast platform of choice. There are lots of other ways to support us including a small contribution via Paypal. Please subscribe if you want new episodes when they are available. 0:00 - Introduction 1:00 - Our Brews 2:55 - Recent Plays 12:49 - MAIN TOPIC - House Rules 47:44 - Board Game Mechanics - Tile Laying

Episode 18 – Get Off My (House) Rules

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