The Gamecasters: A Board Gaming Podcast About Board Games (The Gamecasters)

Episode 12 is here! I talk about my 8th annual weekend mini-convention I run every year as well as a few games I've played lately, and then I discuss my 10x10 for 2017! Check it out!

Tonight we played Alien Frontiers and Biblios and explored various aspects of "winning," and what that means to us. Hope you enjoy!!

In tonight's episode of The Gamecasters, we played Galaxy Trucker, Micro Mutants, Loopin' Chewie, and KLASK. We took a look at expansions and talked in depth about them. Are they necessary? Which ones are essential? Find out by giving a listen!

We're baaaaaaack!! Well...I'm baaaaaaack. The almost nine month wait for episode 11 is over!! I take the reins solo (minus Jeremy this time) and talk about most of the games I played this year, and which ones I thought were the best! Enjoy!

Episode Five has something a little different. We did our first ever top five list of our favorite 2p only games! The audio was recorded badly, and will be fixed next week. Hope you enjoy!

Tonight we played Suburbia and then Ascension: Chronicles of the Godslayer. We then talked about teaching games. Is there an art to teaching? Find out in episode four!

In tonight's episode of The Gamecasters we played Letters from Whitechapel and The Grizzled as well as talked about our thoughts on gaming conventions. Hope you enjoy the discussion!

A board gaming podcast about board games! This first episode is kind of an all over the place introduction to who we are, and the audio is a bit low, but here we go! We're just two guys who love games and who love talking about games. We're going to try and do weekly episodes about various topics related to board games.

Tonight on The Gamecasters, we played Elzra's Catacombs as well as KLASK. We then talked all about dexterity games and went through our top five. Hope you enjoy!

On tonight's episode of The Gamecasters we played Queen Games' Shogun. We also talked about different things related to game storage. Sleeving your cards, inserts for boxes, and shelves. Enjoy!

On tonight's tenth episode of The Gamecasters we played Cosmic Encounter and Crokinole and also talked about filler games and gave our top five! Hope you enjoy the discussion! 

In this second episode of The Gamecasters, we talk about what we played tonight as well as focusing your game collection.

Hey hey, Gamers, and welcome to Episode 83 of The Gamecasters! In today's episode we explore the latest Ryan-obsession in blank and write games! Natalie's Nook and the top five are also all about blank and writes but fear not if you don't care much about those as Jeff talks about a couple non-blank and write games he's been playing!

We start off with a hilarious post-nerdfest story of woe, we shake things up in the Game We Play When We Don't Have A Game To Play where Ryan gives clues to Natalie to try and get 30 games guessed in 3 minutes, and as stated before we end the show with our Top 5 Blank and Write Games!

Hope you enjoy!

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Hey hey, Gamers, and welcome back to The Gamecasters! In tonight's episode we talk about a bunch of under-the-radar games, what ruins your boardgame experience in the Instagram Inbox, we announce the winner(s?) of our Motor City Patreon Giveaway and end the show with our Top 5 Gaming Pet Peeves.

Enjoy!

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Hey there, Gamers, and welcome to Episode 97 of The Gamecasters! In this episode we talk all about a LOT of new, interesting games. Natalie and Ryan have very different opinions on one of them. We talk all about the cost of games in this episode's Nook discussion, play a board game version of Mad Gab on the show, and end with our Top 5 Games that play great AWAY from the gaming table.

Lots of stuff in this episode, so I'll let you get to it!

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Hey Gamers, and welcome to episode 110! We talk about a bunch of games in this episode; Jeff asks for an interesting factoid from our listeners; Natalie talks all about how to handle a negative review for a game gifted to you by a publisher, we play a game of "Who Am I?" and we end the show with our Top 5 Games Ranked Lower than 7 on BGG.

Enjoy!!

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Hey hey, Gamers, and welcome back to Episode 142 of The Gamecasters. In tonight's episode we talk all about some hot new games, hear embarrassing stories on the Instagram Inbox, play a game of the Association Station and end the show with our Top 5 Multiplayer Games that Play Great at 2! Enjoy!

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***VULGARITY DISCLAIMER! There are an excessive amount of profanities vomited forth from our sound holes during this episode's game, which begins around the 1 hour 38 minute mark. If you are opposed to that, please skip until around 1 hour 52 minutes when we start our Top 5. THANK YOU***

Hey there, Gamers, and welcome back to Episode 44!! In this episode we talk all about Chess, Mandala, Gugong, The Voyages of Marco Polo, Animix, Plunderbund and more!! We give Spirit Island the Boardgame Beatdown treatment, and have a surprise game for an impromptu Boardgame Buildup segment!

We play a new game called FMK (you'll understand when you get there) and then end things off with our Top 5 Heavy Games!!

Hope you enjoy!

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Hey there, gamers. It's been about a month since our last episode, and that's because of the craziness that was Nerdfest 2023. If you don't know, Nerdfest is an annual gaming weekend that we've put on for the last decade+. Well this year we went big and made it a full-blown convention at a hall. This episode details how it went.  We also talk about some great games we played!

Hope you enjoy :)

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Hellllllo there, Gamers, and welcome to episode 104 of The Gamecasters! Christmas is approaching what better time to spread that Christmas cheer and joy than by listening to US for the next three and a half hours!!!! Listen in today to hear about the pizza incident, our thoughts on EVERYTHING, a rousing game of The Association Station, and our top 5 things we do when we're not gaming :)

There's a lot going on, so buckle up and prepare yourselves.  The new episode begins NOW..........(push play so this effect is cool)

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Hey there, Gamers, and welcome to Episode 49 of The Gamecasters!!! In today's episode we talk all about the new hotnesses Pendulum, Calico, Pictures, Imaginarium, and Quirky Circuits.

We find out all of our listener's boardgame quirks and then Natalie beats down Puerto Rico!

We play a cooperative game on the show and then end things off with our Top 5 Game Designers!

You won't want to miss this one :)

Thanks so much for listening!!

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Hey there, Gamers, and welcome to Episode 112 of The Gamecasters! In today's episode we talk about a couple hot games, Natalie takes us through how to deal with an AP prone player in the Nook, we play Guess the Game Based On The Description of the Box, and end the show with our Top 5 Second Favorite Games by 5 Different Designers.

Hope you enjoy!!

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Hey Gamers, and welcome back to Episode 75! It feels like only two mere weeks since our last episode and we're back at it talking about great games and having a great time for you all! We discuss Oltree, Gorinto, Atlantis Rising, Islands in the Mist and many more!

Listen in to hear my kids' thoughts on Land vs Sea and stick around for our first foray into the game Jeffpardy!

We end things off with our Top 5 Games in the BGG Top 100.

Enjoy!!

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**We had some technical issues this episode that weren't found until AFTER we recorded, so the sound quality of Natalie and Ryan's microphones are very poor this episode. Everything should be back to normal next time. Sorry about that**

Hi there, Gamers, and welcome to episode 82! We reveal the winners of the Gamecasters Awards, we talk all about some hot new games, hear about what games everyone is looking forward to in 2022, we play the Plurpee edition of Before and After, and then we end the show with our top 5 games that are simple to setup.

Thanks and enjoy!

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We're back with Episode 77! The Riddle Game is afoot! Find the answer to the three riddles in this episode AS WELL AS the three riddles in Episode 34 of the Date Night Dice podcast to be entered to win Arch Ravels, Tobago, Unlock Mythic Adventures and the Sushi Go Date Night Box!!!!!! So much value there! And all you have to do is intake audio through your earholes for a couple hours. EZ-PZ!

We also talk about a bunch of games, Natalie takes us through an exploratory Nook topic about separating Art from the Artist, we play a new game called "To The, or not To The" and then end the show with our Top 5 Games that Sound Sexual but Really Arent!

Hope you enjoy!!!

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Hi there, Gamers, and welcome to the first ever Gamecasters Adjacent episode!! We're going to start releasing content on our off weeks, and it's going to be a potpourri of content. Some serious, some not, some more put together and thought out, and some not...In any event it's going to be MORE, and that's all you really need. MORE! 

Join us for episode 1 as we recap Nerdfest 2022, talking about the people and games that made it so special for us.

Hope you enjoy!

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Hey there, Gamers! Welcome back to Episode 135 of The Gamecasters Podcast. In tonight's episode we recap Nerdfest 2024, we talk about the golden geek nomination for best podcast that we have! Please vote for us over at boardgamegeek.com!! Jeff talks about what our listeners would rather do than vote for us in the Instagram Inbox and friend of the show Chris Wilson takes Ryan and Natalie through an Association Station and then we end the show with our Top 5 Games You Teach Really Well.

Enjoy!!

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Hello there, Gamers, and welcome to the first episode of 2021!! In it we discuss new hot games, such as Praga Caput Regni, The Castles of Tuscany, Catacombs Cubes, Runir, and more!!

Natalie comes up with a new segment we're calling Natalie's Nook, Jeff reads the top 2020 games from our Instagram followers, Ryan finally understands why Natalie doesn't like Boardgame or Bullshit, and then we end the show with our Top 5 Gaming Resolutions of 2021!

Thanks so much for listening!!

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Welcome back, Gamers, to Episode 46 of The Gamecasters!! Join us this episode to hear our thoughts on the following games:

Cosmic Encounter Duel

High Rise

Surrealist Dinner Party

Heist

Pictionary Air

We also discuss our Top 5 eurogames for people who hate eurogames. There's a lot of silliness and laughter along the way.

Sincerely hope you enjoy!!

If you do, please consider sharing us with anyone you feel may enjoy :)

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Hey Gamers, and welcome to Episode 81 of the Gamecasters! We're here with our 2022 Resolutions, some 2022 predictions from our listeners, we unveil the start of the Gamecasters Awards, and then we end the show with our top 5 new to me games in 2021!

There is a LOT to unpack here, so settle in :)

We also play a great game sent to us by Phil from Bad Board Game Covers. Thanks, Phil!!!

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Hey there, Gamers, and welcome back to Episode 128 of The Gamecasters! Join us in today's episode to hear about all the great games we've played lately! We talk about our OG Nerdfest that happened over the weekend, we listen to all the games our listeners find "moist," Natalie takes us through our BG Stats in the Nook. We play a round of NAME. THAT. GAME. and then end the show with our top 5 filler games, revisited!

Hope you enjoy :)

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Lyrics to the song of the episode, Playin' Revive:

Well you can tell by the way I slot my cards I'm a tribal man, no time to talk They say once the earth was warm, I've been chasm bound Since I was born

And now it's all ice, go that way And I'll explore some new terrain We just want to build on sand In this icy frozen wasteland

Whether hibernatin' or if you're populatin' You're playin' Revive, playin' Revive Crystals you can trade in and machines activatin' And we're playin' Revive, playin' Revive Ah, ha, ha, ha, playin' Revive, playin' Revive  Ah, ha, ha, ha, playin' Revive  Oh, when you walk

I get low and I play high And with some tech upgrades, to the right side Got gears and food and books to choose I'm a Kuniban and I just can't lose

And now it's all ice, go that way And I'll explore some new terrain We just want to build on sand Next to water or a mountain

Whether crates get open or using a switch token  You're playin' Revive, playin' Revive Artifacts get taken as everybody's racin' And we're playin' Revive, playin' Revive Ah, ha, ha, ha, playin' Revive, playin' Revive Ah, ha, ha, ha, playin' Revive

Life goin' nowhere, somebody help me Somebody help me, yeah Life goin' nowhere, somebody help me, yeah I'm playin' Revive

Hey, hey, Gamers! We're back! It's been about a month since our last episode. I recently lost my father and so have been dealing with all the fallout of that. But we're back at it again finally and we have a lot of new games to talk about! I also tell a few entertaining stories about my dad. We play a new game on the show, Natalie facilitates a great discussion on her Nook segment, and then we end the show with our Top 5 Games that begin with the letter D.

Hope you enjoy!!

If you're looking to support us, please consider donating to our Patreon at patreon.com/thegamecasters

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Thanks so much!! :)

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Hello there, Gamers, and welcome to Episode 48!! In this episode we talk all about the new game Pan Am, go back in time to talk about Lords of Waterdeep and then talk again about a new game Starlink!

Find out what Urban Dictionary has to say about our names, get schooled on the Gaming Libido, and then be dazzled by our listeners providing us with poor descriptions of popular games!

Natalie takes us through another boardgame beatdown, we play Boardgame or Bullshit and then end the show with our Top 5 Gaming Moments of all time!

There's a lot of content in this episode, so sit back and relax as we power through another rousing episode of The Gamecasters!!

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Welcome back, Gamers, to episode 146 of The Gamecasters podcast! In tonight's episode we talk about a bunch of hot new games and discuss our gaming progressions. Jeff takes us through a hilarious Instagram Inbox segment about board game dirty talk, we go through an NFW and play an Association Station before ending the show with our top 5 games we wouldn't want to live in.

Hope you enjoy!

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Hey there, Gamers, and welcome back to another episode of The Gamecasters podcast! In tonight's episode we talk about a bunch of little games we played at Origins, Jeff reads aloud what our tagline should be in the Instagram Inbox segment, Natalie talks all about our first ever experience at Origins 2023, and then we end the show with our Top 5 Reasons Games Are Better Than Dating!

Enjoy!

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Hi there, Gamers, and welcome back to episode 63! In today's show we talk about a lot of games, such as:

Marvel United Ginkgopolis Smartphone Inc. Between Two Castles of Mad King Ludwig The Whatnot Cabinet Block Ness We talk all about online vs IRL gaming in Natalie's Nook, we play a new game called 555, and then end the show with our Top 5 Uwe Rosenberg Games!

We also have a board game chopped challenge and have a lot of fun!

Listen in to find out more :)

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Hey hey, Gamers, and welcome to Episode 87 of The Gamecasters! In today's episode we talk all about Jeff's newly created madboardgamette, he tells a story about a special kind of utensil, we beat down Welcome To, play a game of First Letter Last Letter and then end the show with our top 5 games that begin with the letter "M."

Hope you enjoy the show!!

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Hi again, Gamers, and welcome to Episode 79! In today's episode we talk all about a bunch of hot new games and a super old classic.

Natalie talks all about Worker Placement in today's Nook, and Jeff gives us some rapid fire questions from you all in the Instagram Inbox.

We play a game of Before and After and then end the show with our Top 5 Games where we couldn't care less about the theme...

Hope you enjoy!

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Hi gamers, and welcome to episode 94! In it we talk all about the mini-nerdfest event that Jeff hosted and all the games we played. We go over the Spiel and Kennerspiel winners, Jeff reads all of your annoyances in the Instagram Inbox, Natalie beats down Galaxy Trucker, we play a game of Gamecasters Monikers, and then end the show with our Top 5 Annoyances in Games!

There's a lot to get to, so get to it! Thanks so much for listening :)

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Hello Gamers, and welcome to episode 33! Come listen to our thoughts on Detective: City of Angels, Istanbul, Silver and Gold, Lords of Vegas, Kemet, and much more!

Our Boardgame Beatdown segment features Agricola and we bring back the Association Station, as well as do our Top 5 Games on our Shelf of Shame!

We are very grateful for each and every one of you who listens, and hope you enjoy Episode 33!!

If you want to get ahold of us you can find us on Facebook and Instagram by searching for "Gamecasters." You can also email us at thegamecasterspodcast@gmail.com

Thanks and enjoy the show!

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Hey there, Gamers, and welcome to episode 121 of The Gamecasters! Listen in as we talk about a ton of new games, Jeff tells us what kind of chips our audience thinks we are, Natalie takes us through a discussion about how many times we should play a game before we know if we like it or not, we play Everything Ever and then end the show with our Top 5 Snackfoods to eat at the table!

Hope you enjoy :)

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Welcome back, Gamers, to episode 141 of The Gamecasters podcast! In this episode we talk about a ton of hot new games, talk about some boardgame olympic events, go through another NFW segment, play a game from friend of the show Ryan Zombo, and then end it off with our Top 5 Justifications for buying Boardgames.

Hope you enjoy!

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Well well well, welcome back, Gamers to episode 95 of The Gamecasters! In what is our lengthiest episode of all time, we've got a lot to discuss. From games we just absolutely LOVE to discussion about Gencon 2022, as well as a new game we've never played before, a would-you-rather Instagram Inbox and then we end the show with our Top 5 Games to check out at Gencon 2022!

We sincerely hope you enjoy!

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Hey hey, Gamers, and welcome back to Episode 125 of The Gamecasters! In today's episode we talk about a lot of new games. Listen in to hear talk about strategy and how we approach playing new games in Natalie's Nook segment. We play our 3 minute game and then end the show with our top five dice games.

Enjoy!

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Hi there, Gamers, and welcome to the next episode in the Gamecasters Adjacent series! In tonight's episode Ryan talks all about Content Creation, and what he thinks are the necessary things you need to be a successful creator in this space.

If you're considering starting a podcast or a Youtube channel about boardgames, or if your current podcast or channel isn't growing like you thought, this may be the episode for you!!

Thanks for listening, and we'll be back next week with another flagship episode of The Gamecasters podcast!

Hello there, Gamers, and welcome back to episode 43 of The Gamecasters! In this episode we discuss our thoughts on some new games, such as In The Hall Of The Mountain King, Far Away, Masters of Renaissance and more! We play a new emag for you all, Blood Rage gets the Boardgame Beatdown treatment, and we end the show with out Top 10 Games of all Time!!

We also talk about our good friend Jim Gamer's new website www.whatboardgame.com 

Go check that out if you're looking for a new boardgaming website. It's a very cool place to hang out :)

We also touch a bit on the racial atrocities that have been going on in our country and would like to emphatically restate that we firmly stand together with the black lives matter movement. If you're looking for ways to get involved, here are a few links to check out:

75 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice

Anti-Racism Project

Resources for White People to Learn and Talk About Race and Racism

Rachel Ricketts’ anti-racism resources

Thank you and we sincerely hope you enjoy the episode!!

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Hi Gamers, and welcome to Episode 73 of The Gamecasters podcast! We are doing a Gencon Preview this episode that we have fused together with our top 5! Before you get there hear about a bunch of great games, like Regicide, Gloomhaven: Jaws of the Lion, Super Mega Lucky Box, So Clover, and Cloud Control!

We play a game as well and have a blast all along the way!

Hopefully you enjoy and thank you so much for listening :)

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Welcome back to another Gamecasters Adjacent Episode! Today Ryan interviews Mat Cousineau, one half of the design team behind the game Kuiperium, which is currently on Kickstarter!!

Listen along to find out all about the game and the burning hot questions everyone wants to know like, if his favorite food came out of his butt, would he eat it?

We also play a Kuiperium Mad-Lib and just have a blast. 

Come along and join us!

Kuiperium Kickstarter - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/whitewatercastle/kuiperium

Enjoy!

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Hey there, Gamers, and welcome to Episode 70!! Come along with us and listen to our thoughts on the new hotness from CMON, Ankh Gods of Egypt as well as La Granja, Twinkle, Tales of the Arabian Nights and the expansion for Nidavellir!

Istanbul is this episode's Gamecasters Essential and find out which superpower Kirby would gain after swallowing our listeners in this episode's Instagram Inbox!

Natalie provides a Nook topic for us to discuss, we play a game and then end the show with our Top 5 Party Games!!

We had a lot of fun this week. Hopefully you have as much fun listening :)

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We're on Instagram @gamecasters and @madboardgamer

Thanks again and enjoy the show! :)

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Hey there, Gamers, and welcome to episode 93! In today's episode we talk all about a bunch of games, we get to hear Natalie's "combo" story for Ryan; Jeff talks about his feelings on fireworks; Natalie savagely eviscerates Terra Mystica on the Boardgame Beatdown; we play an Association Station and then end the show with our Top 5 Games that use cards as the primary mechanism.

There's a lot in this one!

Enjoy!

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Hey there, Gamers, and welcome to the third installment of the Gamecasters Adjacent show. Today join Ryan as he talks about gaming desire and how and why peaks and valleys happen. Hear his own personal journey, where he's at, and also hear him ask all of you where you are in your own gaming journey as it relates to desire to play games :)

Hope you enjoy!

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Hey Gamers, and welcome to episode 113 of The Gamecasters! In tonight's episode we talk about some great new games, run through the winners of the golden geek awards, talk about the new spiel des jahres nominees, do a this-or-that inbox, beatdown Wonderland's War, play a new game made by Chat GPT and then end the show with our top five game designers who aren't household names, but should be!

There's a LOT to this one, so hope you're ready!

Enjoy :)

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Hey there, Gamers! Welcome to episode 66 of the show! In today's show we talk all about:

Beyond the Sun Santa Monica Storytailors King of 12

and more!

We have the kids on the show as special guests and they review Storytailors with us as well as feature in Natalie's Nook segment!

We end the show with our Top 5 Games to Play with Kids

Hope you enjoy!

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Hi there, Gamers, and welcome back to another half episode interview, this time with the ultra-impressive Lydia, host of the Instagram account @AllTheWorldsAStage07.

Come listen in to hear Lydia's captivating perspective on our hobby, and also how she feels surrounding inclusivity. You won't help being completely entranced by everything this brilliant woman has to say, and we sincerely hope she will come back and chat with us simpletons again soon!

Enjoy the show!

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Welcome back, Gamers, to another episode of The Gamecasters! In the last episode of the year for us listen in to hear our 2024 gaming resolutions. We play an association station, hear some great things our listeners have done this year and then end the show with our top 10 new to me games of 2023.

Enjoy!

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Hey there, Gamers, and welcome to episode 118 of The Gamecasters podcast! in tonight's episode listen in as we talk about Natalie getting the zoomies, we hear everyone say what the name of their boardgame would be in the Instagram Inbox segment, we do a GEN CON PREVIEWWWW, play a new game, and then end the show with our top five reasons conventions are better than tropical vacations.

Hope you enjoy the show!

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Hey there, Gamers, and welcome back to another episode of The Gamecasters! In today's episode we talk all about some hot new games, discuss the release of GRIT Fantasy RPG, and then spend the last entire hour of the show talking all about Gencon!! So sit back and enjoy yourselves while you make the trip to Indy next week and we'll keep you company!!

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https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/484167/grit-fantasy-rpg

Welcome back, Gamers, to episode 45! This is a very special episode as we have done our first ever crossover show with the super awesome Ben and Em from Date Night Dice! 

Listen in to hear all about Anachrony, Clinic, The Ancient World, and more! We give Orleans' the Boardgame Beatdown treatment, play a game pitting the DnDers against the Gamecasters and then end the show with our top 5 games to play on a first date!

Hope you enjoy!!

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Hi there, Gamers, and welcome to another half episode! My niece and nephew were over on Christmas Day and we played a hot new kids game I bought for my niece called Zombie Kidz Evolution!

Listen in to find out Leah and Jack's thoughts as well as the definitive pronunciation of the word "envelope."

Enjoy!!

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Hey there, Gamers, and welcome to episode 72 of The Gamecasters! In tonight's episode we discuss a bunch of games, Jeff smacks the everloving crap out of me, then does an Instagram Inbox segment about what toys/games our listeners played with as kids. Natalie beats down Lords of Vegas...we play another Association Station for you, and then we end the show with our top 5 expansions!

Hope you enjoy!!

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Hey there, Gamers, and welcome back to Episode 136!! In tonight's episode we find out what Natalie REALLY thinks inside her head, we go over the Golden Geek award winners. Jeff asks what can you say to your game friends that you can't say to your boss, we do another NFW segment and then play a game of Hollywood Squares before ending the show with our top 5 publishers.

Lots to get into, so go get into it!!

Thanks for listening :)

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Hey Gamers and welcome to episode 149 of The Gamecasters podcast! We talk about a bunch of games in tonight's episode after Natalie reads us an Am I The Asshole on Reddit about boardgames, and then we end the show with a cooperative game of Before and After.

Enjoy!

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Hey Gamers, and welcome back to episode 122 of The Gamecasters! In today's episode we talk a lot about poop, games, collection size, association stations, and why games are better than money.

There's a lot of fun, chunky laughter in this one so hopefully you're ready to vomit!!

Enjoy :)

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Hello gamers!! Welcome to Episode 59 of The Gamecasters!! In a rush to play the rest of the 2020 games in my collection ahead of the Insties (check it out on the Gateway Network's Instagram account) we get some great games to the table, which is hopefully fun for you all to listen to! Come along to hear us talk in detail about:

Lost Ruins of Arnak Dune Imperium Calimala Unfair Funfair MicroMacro

Natalie talks about teaching board games in the Natalie's Nook segment, Jeff talks about our Instagram users' 2021 gaming resolutions in this episode's Instagram Inbox, we play a game and then go through our top five games we've only played once!

Want to support us? We have a patreon!

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We also have merch!!

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We sincerely hope you enjoy the episode :)

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Welcome back, Gamers, to another episode of The Gamecasters podcast! We're FINALLY back with more content! In this episode we talk all about where we've been, some great new games, Nerdfest 2025, and tons more!

Jeff asks the Instagram Inbox world to give their opinions on where we've been, Natalie beats down Arcs, we play the 3-minute game, and then end the show with our Top 5 Things We Did While On Hiatus.

Hope you enjoy!

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Nerdfest 2025 https://tabletop.events/conventions/nerdfest-2025

Hi there, Gamers and welcome to episode 86! In this episode we talk about a lot of games as well as some expansion! I share a song I wrote for Natalie, Jeff reads us the board game equivalent of all of your genitalia. Natalie beats down The Crew, we play ANOTHER Association Station and then end the show with our top five games that start with the letter T, that AREN'T the T-games.

Hope you enjoy!

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Hi there, Gamers, and welcome back to Episode 39 of The Gamecasters! In this episode hear our thoughts on Blackout Hong Kong, Crusaders Thy Will Be Done, Codenames Duet, Detective A Modern Crime Board Game and many more!

We bring back the boardgame beatdown segment and then do our top five games we thought we'd like but didn't.

Here are some timestamps for segments for the first time!

Instagram Inbox - 1 hour 1 minute 6 seconds

Boardgame Beatdown - 1 hour 9 minutes 58 seconds

Game of the Episode - 1 hour 24 minutes 13 seconds

Top 5 - 1 hour 33 minutes 50 seconds

Thanks so much for listening!!!

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Hey hey, Gamers, and welcome to Episode 130 of The Gamecasters!! In tonight's episode we look at a hot new game coming to Kickstarter, we cover our first look-back game, we find out how all of you got into the hobby, do another No Fucking Way segment, Jeff takes Natalie and I through another game of What's In The Box!? and then we end the show with our Top 5 Games I Wish You Liked More! Enjoy :)

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Hi there, Gamers, and welcome back to Episode 56 of The Gamecasters! We're ending our three episode long polyomino journey with a snap, crackle, and POP!

In this episode we talk all about The Grand Carnival, Marvel United, and Fossilis, and then we end the show with a trivia/riddle game right ahead of our grand finale polyomino discussion and top five! We get the people involved for their picks as well!

It's a good time, hope you come along and have fun!

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Welcome back, Gamers, to episode 147 of The Gamecasters podcast. In tonight's episode we talk about a bunch of cool games, including one Ryan is designing! Jeff takes us through an Instagram Inbox of people's anti-resolutions, Natalie takes us through our 2025 resolutions and our 2024 stats in the Natalie's Nook, and then Ryan plays the whisper game with Jeff and Natalie before ending the show with our top 5 games of 2024. There's a lot to get through in this one! Enjoy!

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Hey hey, Gamers, and welcome back to Gamecasters Adjacent episode 13! In this episode Ryan talks all about the relationship TIME has on gaming, and shares some general thoughts about it.

Hope you enjoy!

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Hello, Gamers, and welcome to episode 32 of the show! On tonight's show we talk about the hot new game from CMON, Cthluhu: Death May Die, as well as Clank in Space, Wavelength, Key Market, and the old-school classic game Crossfire!

We also provide some 2020 gaming resolutions, play a new game for you and introduce a new segment of the show we call the Boardgame Beatdown! Listen in to find out what that is!

Don't be a non! Listen to the show! :)

Hope you enjoy, and seriously thank you all for listening!

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Hi there, Gamers, and welcome to another Gamecasters Adjacent Episode! Today I talk all about getting people into the hobby, and how much fun that can be, how to not begin conversations with potential nons, and what things worked for me.

Hope you enjoy!

Hey hey, gamers, and welcome to episode 105 of The Gamecasters! We've got a lot of great stuff packed into this episode of the show. We have a special guest host for our end-of-year episode. We talk about our top 2022 games of the year, dole out some Gamecasters Awards, talk about gaming resolutions we want to make, play a new game and end the show with our top 5 new-to-me games of 2022! Hope you enjoy :) -The Gamecasters

Welcome back, Gamers, to episode 88 of the show! In today's episode we talk all about Russian Mail Order Brides, Pooping In The Shower, Games, Selena Gomez Sex Dolls, Natalie beats down Gaia Project, and then we play a game and end the show with our Top 5 Excuses Why We Just Lost That Game!

Hope you enjoy! :)

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Hey there, gamers, we're back again with another episode! Hear us talk all about anger inducing dreams, new movies, games, incomprehensible sentences with the Board Game Speak Out game Jeff prepared for us, and then we end the show with our top 5 games we would take with us in an emergency situation like a flood, or if the house was on fire.

Enjoy the show!!

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Hey Gamers, and welcome to Episode 85 of The Gamecasters! We talk about a lot of hot new games this episode, plug Rare Disease Day once more, as it's February 28th, laugh hysterically at the dirty names of games in today's Instagram Inbox, talk about Boardgaming Culture in Natalie's Nook, play another Association Station and then end the show with our Top 5 Abstract Strategy Games!

There's a lot to unpack this episode, so sit back, relax, get a bit uncomfortable with us and have a great time with the newest episode of The Gamecasters :)

We sincerely hope you enjoy :)

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Welcome back, Gamers, to episode 98 of The Gamecasters! In today's episode we talk all about some hot new games. We detail our trip to Grand Con, Jeff asks all of you to give some advice to new board gamers in the Instagram Inbox, Natalie beats down Paladins of the West Kingdom, we play the Game We Play When We Don't Have Another Game To Play game, and then end the show with our Top 5 Games from 400-499 on BGG. 

We sincerely hope you enjoy :)

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Hey there, Gamers, and welcome to Episode 62! Listen in to hear our thoughts (mostly Jeff's as Natalie and still have incredibly kinked hoses) on Nidavellir, Overboss, Caretos and Paper Tales!

Natalie discusses Cooperative Games in the Natalie's Nook segment. Ryan takes Jeff and Natalie through a new game of Name. That. Gaaaame!! and then we end the show with our top 5 Game Boards!

Hope you enjoy yourselves and thanks for listening!

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Hello Gamers, and welcome back to Episode 54!! In today's episode we talk about a bunch of new games we've played as Ryan's hose remains fully unkinked! It's the first of a two episode stretch of Polyomino games! Here's what we played:

Tawantinsuyu Spirit Island The Princes of Florence Arraial Paris La Cite De La Lumiere Miyabi We hear jokes told from our listeners in this episode's Instagram Inbox. Natalie switches up the Beatdown this episode and does something different. We harken back to the olden days and play another Association Station, and then end the show with our Top 5 Games with Stupid Names.

Thank you so much for listening!! :)

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Welcome back to episode 123 of The Gamecasters podcast! In today's episode hear us talk all about a bunch of hot new games, listen to another HILARIOUS Instagram Inbox about switching letters in games to make new titles, listen to Natalie's Nook to hear about how to deal with losing by a TON of points, we bring back Boardgame or Bullshit and then end the show with our top 5 gaming hot takes.

Enjoy!

Welcome back, Gamers, to episode 64 of The Gamecasters! In this top-fiveless episode we talk about the following:

The Initiative Hallertau Cryo Catacombs Conquest Evil Corp Natalie's Nook is all about the ownership and win/loss biases, and the Instagram Inbox let's us hear about some more games with last episode's Chopped ingredients!

We end the show with a rousing Association Station.

Come one, come all!!!

Hope you enjoy :)

-The Gamecasters

Welcome back, Gamers, to episode 137 of The Gamecasters podcast! In tonight's episode we talk about a disgusting thing that happened to Ryan, go over the Spiel des Jahres nominees, listen to boardgame related insults in the Instagram Inbox, answer a series of questions in Natalie's Nook, play a game of the Association Station and end the show with our Top 5 Multiplayer Solitaire Games.

There's a lot to get to...so get to it!

Thanks for listening :)

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Hey hey, Gamers and welcome to Episode 115! In this episode we talk all about some hot new games, talk about our excitement about going to Origins for the first time, Natalie takes us through the history of board games, we play another Association Station for you and then end the show with our top five games that can SUCK IT! What does that mean? Listen in to find out!

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Hello Gamers, and welcome to episode 47!! In tonight's episode we talk all about some great games we managed to get to the table, such as:

Fort

Sidereal Confluence

Euphoria: Build a Better Dystopia

Skull King

And more!

We play another NSFW version of F*#@, Marry, Kill and end the show with our top 5 things we do while playing games.

Hope you enjoy!!

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Welcome back, Gamers, to another episode of The Gamecasters! In this episode we talk about some hot new games, find out where Natalie REALLY went for Jamaica, decided if pineapple belongs on pizza, played the three-minute game, and then ended the show with our Top 5 games we want to see deluxified.

There's lots to get into, so get into it!

Thanks for listening :)

-The Gamecasters

**DISCLAIMER** Ugh we got a new computer to record on, and it wasn't until AFTER we recorded the episode that there was some audio setting turned on that made the audio sound like we're underwater at best, and like your ears will bleed at worst. We're very sorry for the lack of quality this episode, but the issue has been fixed and so we'll be back with the usual quality (sound, not content, we can never guarantee that will be any good) next episode :)

Hi there, Gamers, and welcome back to episode 89 of The Gamecasters! In this episode we talk all about some hot new games, we hear excuses why our listeners lost a game in this episode's Instagram Inbox, Natalie beats down Go, we play another association station, and then we end the show with our top 5 quick-to-play games.

Hope you're able to enjoy despite the audio stupidity!

-The Gamecasters

Heyyyy there, Gamers, and welcome to Episode 117 of The Gamecasters Podcast! In this episode we talk all about a lot of hot new games, we talk about this year's mini-nerdfest celebration, Natalie discussions the different levels of gaming in Natalie's Nook, we play an Association Station and then end the show replacing words in games with the word Butthole. 

It's a fun ride, hop on!!!

-The Gamecasters

Hey there, Gamers, and welcome to episode 107 of The Gamecasters! Hear discussion about lots of new games, Jeff's thoughts on Player Aids, Natalie's thoughts on Canadian Bowling, and Ryan's thoughts on who the hell knows. We discuss deck vs bag building on today's Natalie's Nook, hear about what you most dread when learning a new game in the Instagram Inbox, play another Association Station and then end the show with the first five of our top ten games of all time!

Enjoy!!

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Welcome back, Gamers, to episode 132 of The Gamecasters Podcast!! In tonight's episode we discuss how game weight can be compared to girth. We do a couple of lookback games. Jeff finds out what the most nerdy thing is about our listeners, Natalie discusses play in all forms on Natalie's Nook, we play the Match Game and then end the show with our Top 5 games we think are harder than they look.

Enjoy!

-The Gamecasters

Hey there, Gamers! Welcome to episode 124 of The Gamecasters! Join us tonight for some talk about a lot of great games. Natalie gives us some Thanksgiving trivia, and asks us some questions about how we log our plays, we play a game of What's On The Cover and then end the show with our Top 5 Reasons Games Are Better Than Thanksgiving!

Hope you enjoy!

-The Gamecasters

Hey there, Gamers and welcome back to Episode 101! We've crossed the 100 episode threshold and are now doing absolutely nothing different than we've done before. MORE OF THE SAME!!!!!

In this episode we talk about Natalie's confusing family tree, Ryan tells a few more D stories, Jeff asks an inbox about why we have so many games, Natalie takes us through a discussion about what makes a game "classic" in today's Nook, we play a new game and then end the show with our top 5 games we've cooled on.

Hope you enjoy!

-The Gamecasters

Hey there, Gamers, and welcome back to another Gamecasters Adjacent episode! In this episode Ryan talks all about Collection Bloat and what that can do to the mental state of us gamers, and how collecting boardgames can feel an awful lot like another type of game...

Enjoy!

-The Gamecasters

Hi there, gamers, and welcome back to episode 60 of The Gamecasters! In this episode we talk all about the following new games:

Dwellings of Eldervale Bonfire Canvas The Fuzzies

Jeff finds out all about what our Instagram listeners think about big-box games, and Natalie talks about FLGS vs OLGS in this episode's Natalie's Nook!

We play another Association Station (with the help of a listener!!) and then end the show with our Top 5 Big-Box Games.

If you're interested in supporting the show, please consider either buying some Gamecasters merch, which you can find at:

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You can also support us on Patreon, over at:

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Thank you all so much for listening, and we hope you enjoy the show!

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Hey there, Gamers! It feels like forever since we've gotten an episode out to you! We genuinely hope everyone is staying safe and healthy at home, and we're here to bring you some quarantine entertainment!! We talk about some hilarious COVID_19 memes, discuss games such as Sorcerer City, Barrage, Viticulture, and Kingdomino Duel, play a Who Am I game and then give you five games that have really interesting player boards!

We also simulcasted on video! Stay tuned to hear how to get access to that if you so choose, and we'll see you guys next time!

Enjoy!

-The Gamecasters

Hey there, Gamers, and welcome back to episode 92 of The Gamecasters!! In tonight's episode we talk all about a bunch of hot new games, Natalie lays out the details of Nerdfest 2023, we play the 3 minutes 30 games game and then we end the show with our Top 5 Games with Unique Mechanisms.

Hope you enjoy!

-The Gamecasters

Hey hey, Gamers, and welcome to episode 10 of The Gamecasters Adjacent! We have another gaming with kids episode tonight, and this time listen in to hear Scarlett talk all about the new game 7 Wonders: Architects!!

Hope you enjoy!

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Hello there, Gamers, and welcome back to Episode 35 of The Gamecasters! Come listen in to find out our thoughts on Watergate, Yellow & Yangtze, Time Chase, Bites, Widget Ridge, and more! 

We give Twilight Struggle a Boardgame Beatdown, do another Association Station, and then dive into our Top 5 Games Outside the BGG Top 1000!

It's a poopy-filled episode to be sure.

Come along and listen!!

-The Gamecasters

Hey there, Gamers! Welcome back to Episode 74! We go through and debrief our Gencon 2021 experience and talk about a bunch of games we've played. Notably Juicy Fruits, Tutankhamun and Land vs Sea.

We play a Gencon version of the Association Station, Jeff finds out everyone's guilty pleasures in today's Instagram Inbox and then we end the show with our Top 5 Games that take a LONG time!

Hope you enjoy!

-The Gamecasters

Welcome back, Gamers, to episode 134 of The Gamecasters! In tonight's episode we talk all about the golden geek awards and how we hope you'll nominate us! We also discuss the upcoming Nerdfest convention and how excited we are for that.

We then talk about a bunch of great new games, Jeff takes us through an AMA in the Instagram Inbox, Natalie asks how we would go about finding a gaming group if we were alone, we play a game from listener Plurpee called 2 Tricks and a Lie, and then we end the show with our Top 5 Crowdfunding Disappointments. We hope you enjoy!

-The Gamecasters