Board Game Gateway

Dec 09 2024 70 ep. 68 mins 13
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The Board Game Gateway Podcast is your light and fun entry point for people who want to know more about the board gaming hobby and games that are simple and easy to play. We record the podcast once a week with plans to grow a community of gamers and add more content in the future.

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Ep 067 | Our FAVOURITE Board Games of ALL TIME (Top 10: #1 - #5)

Dec 09 2024 88 mins  
What are the Board Game Gateways Hosts Top 10 Board Games of All Time? As we come into the end of the year it's always interesting to see how our host's tastes have changed and what games they think are the best you can play. Welcome to PART 2 of this very special episode of the Board Game Gateway Podcast. In this episode, we see the favourite games of our hosts as we get to see #

Ep 066 | Our FAVOURITE Board Games of ALL TIME (Top 10: #6 - #10)

Dec 05 2024 79 mins  
What are the Board Game Gateways Hosts Top 10 Board Games of All Time? As we come into the end of the year its always interesting to see how our host's tastes have changed and what games they think are the best you can play. We also have a special announcement: We welcome another NEW HOST in Leo to the Main Host rotation of the Board Game Gateway Podcast. What better way to get to

Ep 065 | Top 5 Family Board Games 2024

Nov 27 2024 71 mins  
What are the BEST FAMILIES BOARD GAMES you can play with your friends and family over the holiday period that is just around the corner? That is what our hosts will help you answer in this weeks episode of the Board Game Gateway Podcast. Neeber, Ralph and Joel welcome back special guest Leo for this exceptional edition of the podcast. Each host has brought 5 games that they belie

Ep 064 | Are Board Games LOSING their Creativity? ft Nekojima, Spectral and Cthulhu Death May Die

Nov 20 2024 77 mins  
SYDNEYS FAMILY DAY DAY TICKETS AVAILABLE NOW www.sydneysfamilygameday.com Are Board Games falling into the movie trap of chasing sequels for money at the expense of creativity and uniqueness? This is the topic of discussion on this week's episode of the Board Game Gateway Podcast. Neeber, Damien, Ralph and Joel get together behind the microphones to discuss this topic as well as

Ep 063 | THEME or MECHANICS? What makes you buy a Board Game?

Nov 06 2024 60 mins  
Why do we buy board games? Is it the Spectacular Art of the Cards, Board and Components? Is it the interplay of Players, Mechanics and Theme? Whatever the reason our hosts are going to chat about why they keep games or buy them in the first place. Neeber, Ralph, Damien and Jol return for another podcast where we chat about the new 2 player sensation Lord of the Rings; Duel for Midd

Ep 062 | What board game/s are the most REWARDING?

Oct 23 2024 60 mins  
Rewarding experiences are everywhere in board gaming but what game/games provide the best? That is the topic of discussion in this week's episode of the Board Game Gateway podcast. Not only that but we have 3 fantastic games we want to chat about. The classic Tokaido, the surprisingly funny Hand-to-Hand Wombat, and our gateway game of the week Land vs Sea. Not only that but we hav

Ep 061 | Why are we still playing Board Games?

Oct 16 2024 79 mins  
Why do we still play board games? After discovering the hobby and being settled into it our hosts look bad and see that we have been playing board games for over 10 years with no end in sight. Why? This is the topic of our discussion today. Before we get to the discussion though we talk about some very exciting games that we have played. beautiful and tight Kelp: Octopus vs Shark,

Ep 060 | Are Old Board Games Making a COMEBACK?

Sep 25 2024 72 mins  
Are we nostalgic for older board games? This is the topic of discussion in Episode 60 of the Board Game Gateway Podcast. We invite another guest to this episode, Mr Leo from The Game Shelf. Neeber, Damien, Ralph & Leo all played the Reiner Knizia classic 'Samurai' and we not only shared our thoughts on this classic tile placement game, but also had a chance to discuss

Ep 059 | Pass the Party Food with the B3GD Recap

Sep 18 2024 51 mins  
We welcome special guest Joel to this very special episode of the podcast. We recap our 2nd event, B3GD Winter 2024 and also talk about our Gateway Game of the Week; Pass the Party Food. There is now only 99 days until Christmas so as we start to run into the end of the year we have got a lot of games, themes and things to cover. We are super excited to get into it starting with t

Ep 58 | A Tableau of Opportunity

Sep 04 2024 63 mins  
In this episode we finally got the boys to play Star Tycoon and share their thoughts and feelings about it. Damien introduced Neeber to the mean auction game of The Estates and the amazing post-apocalyptic tableau builder in 51st State. Neeber and Damien are excited to be back and to bring you even more board gaming content after such a successful B3GD Winter 2024. Timestamps 00:0