Which Game First: A Board Game Podcast

Apr 17 2024 1.3k
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We all know that board games are the cornerstone of every great civilization.

Now finally, as never before, there’s a podcast that can help you discover which games to play!

Celeste DeAngelis hosts the panel of intrepid game explorers and designers Mike Grenier, Ed Povilaitis, Evan Bernstein and Joe Unfried. Each episode they explore the hilariously huge world of board gaming, unearthing the gems and the junk.

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216: Piepmatz | Tiny Towns | Kingdoms

Apr 17 2024 38 mins  
Welcome to Which Game First where we boldly explore the hilariously huge world of board games. Did we unearth any hidden treasures you’ve been missing out on? Let’s find out! First up: We puff out our feathered chests for mating season as we scoop up seeds for the win in PiepmatzNext: We scramble for woodland resources to help our little furry friends thrive, in Tiny TownsA

215: Mutant Crops | Dog Park | Diceathlon

Mar 31 2024 47 mins  
Welcome to Which Game First where we boldly explore the hilariously huge world of board games. Did we unearth any hidden treasures you’ve been missing out on? Let’s find out! First up: It’s pesticide warnings be damned as we grow big in Mutant Crops Next: We collect the finest breeds of man’s best friend to take on a stroll through the Dog Park And lastly: We wa

214: Unboxed | Tesseract | Now Boarding

Mar 11 2024 42 mins  
Welcome to Which Game First where we boldly explore the hilariously huge world of board games. Did we unearth any hidden treasures you’ve been missing out on? Let’s find out! First up: We dig up the ancient past to discover long forgotten games in UnboxedNext: We chip away at an ominous cube to save the multiverse in TesseractAnd lastly: We pack our 747s with impatient trav

213: Vaalbara | Rauha | Hypnosia

Feb 12 2024 39 mins  
Welcome to Which Game First where we boldly explore the hilariously huge world of board games. Did we unearth any hidden treasures you’ve been missing out on? Let’s find out! First up: We call on our tribesmen to settle the land in VaalbaraNext: We call forth our Shamen to shape the land in RauhaAnd lastly: We zoom towards the center of the void at a dizzying pace in Hypnos

Side Quest – Interview with iDventure on Cryptic Nature

Feb 02 2024 33 mins  
Evan hosts Alexander, Christian and Tatsiana from the iDventure Team for an interview about their upcoming board game called Cryptic Nature. Check out the Kickstarter at: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/idventure-games/cryptic-nature

212: Fika | Sky Team | Wizards of the Grimoire

Jan 27 2024 40 mins  
Welcome to Which Game First where we boldly explore the hilariously huge world of board games. Did we unearth any hidden treasures you’ve been missing out on? Let’s find out! First up: We try to outserve our fellow coffee shop owners one delicious cup and treat at a time in FikaNext: We partner up aiming for smooth take offs, and soft landings, in Sky Team!And lastly: Frien

211: For the King (and Me) | Santa Monica | Flaming Pyramids

Jan 17 2024 41 mins  
Welcome to Which Game First where we boldly explore the hilariously huge world of board games. Did we unearth any hidden treasures you’ve been missing out on? Let’s find out! First: We slap our wigs on and jockey for jobs with our incompetent monarch in For the King (and Me)Next: We develop our beach front property into a peaceful oasis or maybe a money grabbing tourist tra

210: Rainforest | Solar Storm | Mountain Goats

Dec 22 2023 38 mins  
Welcome to Which Game First where we boldly explore the hilariously huge world of board games. Did we unearth any hidden treasures you’ve been missing out on? Let’s find out! First up: We build cradles of diversity one tile at a time to repopulate the ecosystem in RainforestNext: We deal cards and try not to panic as our ship is caught in the sun’s gravitational pull

209: Quirky Quarks | Expeditions | Balancing Aliens

Nov 29 2023 49 mins  
Welcome to Which Game First where we boldly explore the hilariously huge world of board games. Did we unearth any hidden treasures you’ve been missing out on? Let’s find out! First: We smashing our way to success one particle at a time in Quirky QuarksNext: We see a chance for glory amid the wreckage of a Siberian meteor strike in ExpeditionsAnd lastly: We find out just how

208: Don’t Go In There | Akropolis | Piratz

Nov 17 2023 43 mins  
Welcome to Which Game First where we boldly explore the hilariously huge world of board games. Did we unearth any hidden treasures you’ve been missing out on? Let’s find out! First up this week: We grab some d6’s and ignore our better judgment in Don’t Go In ThereNext up: We are long ago architects building ancient Greece one hex at a time in AkropolisAnd lastly