Board Chitless - Board Gaming Podcast

Sam, Daz, Tristan and Leki nurture budding civilisations into thriving city states and play a little town planning Sudoku on the side playing Jamey Steigmaier's latest offering; Tapestry. We also find a little time to have a quick go at 1565: St Elmo's Pay, Tristan's alternate history card game based on the siege of Malta. How did you like Tapestry? Let us know your thoughts on the

This week Leki talks to Tristan about the latest game he's brought to Kickstarter - 1565: St Elmo's Pay. A historical competitive card game for 1-2 players based on the events of the great siege of Malta. Check out 1565: St Elmo's Pay on Kickstarter today https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tristanhall/1565-st-elmos-pay-the-card-game-of-war-and-history Like the sound of Tristan's

At GenCon 2019 Tristan was lucky enough to talk with some titans of the industry about their upcoming games and new releases: 00:14 - Jason Hill of Flying Frog Productions/Shadows of Brimstone 05:44 - Isaac Childres of Cephalofair Games/Gloomhaven 08:16 - Board To Death video reviewers 11:18 - Adam and Brady Sadler of Black List Games/Altar Quest 14:50 - Caleb Grace of Fantasy Flig

Tristan and Leki speak to Sam Illingworth and Paul Wake about their game Carbon City Zero; a deck builder which sees mayors of rival cities race to be the first carbon neutral city. Sam and Paul have been working with 10:10 Climate Action to produce a game that engages players with the concept of what being a carbon zero city means. Check out Carbon City Zero on Kickstarter. https:

This week Tristan, Leki, Daz and Sam get together to play The Ancient World and Call to Adventure but talk about them in the opposite order. Call to Adventure is a card based fantasy game from Johnny O'Neale and Christopher O'Neale that challenges each player to evolve a character by completing several challenges and each challenge succeeds or fails by rolling runes. The Ancient Wo

This week Leki, Tristan, Daz and Sam grab their binoculars, head for the aviary and have a go at Stonemaier Games' eagerly anticipated Wingspan. Wingspan is a card based engine builder from designer Elizabeth Hargrave. Did Wingspan leave you feeling eggcited (sorry) then let us know how you got on with Wingspan by posting to the BoardChitless Facebook group: www.facebook.com/groups

Leki, Tristan and Sam don their finest denim and saddle up for an adventure across The Great Western Trail; a worker placement and deck building game from Alexander Pfister. Have you also had a ridiculous amount of fun driving cattle or did it leave you in a moooooo-d (sorry!) share your thoughts on Great Western Trail by posting to the BoardChitless Facebook group: www.facebook.co

This week Sam, Tristan and Leki revisit 7 Wonders, Anotoine Bauza's card drafting civ builder this time dipping our toes in the Armada naval expansion. Then we talk about our investigations into the hellish and paranormal playing Mantic Games' Hellboy: The Board Game, a co=operative dungeon crawler for 1-4 players. To hear more about 7 Wonders check out episode 37 where we talk mor

Leki spent a weekend roaming the exhibition halls of UK Games Expo 2019 interviewing loads people inside and around the UK's board game industry. Interviewees include (in order of appearance, timecodes included for interview fast travel, and all links included in description :); 01:03 Mark McKinnon, designer of Wreck and Ruin and founder of Dream Big Games https://www.facebook.com/

This week Tristan, Leki and Sam follow leads, comandeer vehicles and chase bad guys all in the name of keeping the streets of Brook City clean! Brook City is a brand new game from Blacklist Games featuring their modular deck system designed by Adam and Brady Sadler that sees the player take on the role of cops out to solve various crimes. Thanks again to our listeners for tuning in