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Five Contributors, Five Reviews, Five Minutes Each. Bringing you a monthly dose of rapid-fire board game reviews. Every four Wednesdays our five contributors will talk about a game on their radar that week. Follow us on Facebook (https://facebook.com/FiveByGames), Twitter (https://twitter.com/FiveByGames), Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/FiveByGames/), or support us on Patreon (http://Patreon.com/FiveByGames).

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Episode 178: Scream! Campers vs Creatures, Circadia, Thunder Road: Ignition, Unstable Unicorns, King of Tokyo: Godzilla

2026/09/23

Hello friends and welcome to The Five By! Your quatriweekly source of rapid-fire board game reviews. 00:00 Sarah - Introduction 00:46 John - Scream! Campers vs Creatures 06:20 Aaron - Circadia 11:41 Amanda - Thunder Road: Ignition 17:04 Sarah - Unstable Unicorns 22:22 Jose - King of Tokyo: Godzilla 27:44 Meeple Lady - Outro

Episode 177: Pondscape, 1822PNW, ito, Realm of Reckoning, dnup

2026/08/26

Hello friends and welcome to The Five By! Your quatriweekly source of rapid-fire board game reviews. 00:00 Jose - Introduction 00:45 Aaron - Pondscape 06:11 Phantom Meeple - 1822PNW 11:48 Meeple Lady - ito 16:34 Jose - Realm of Reckoning 21:41 John - dnup 26:36 Amanda - Outro Special Guest: Phantom Meeple.

Episode 176: Shards of Creation, Menagerie: Unlock the Wonders of a Miniature World, Wispwood, Tales of the Arabian Nights: 40th Anniversary, Shall We Dance

2026/07/29

Hello friends and welcome to The Five By! Your quatriweekly source of rapid-fire board game reviews. 00:00 Meeple Lady - Introduction 00:43 John - Shards of Creation 06:34 Aaron - Menagerie: Unlock the Wonders of a Miniature World 11:51 Amanda - Wispwood 16:25 Sarah - Tales of the Arabian Nights: 40th Anniversary 22:00 Meeple Lady - Shall We Dance 27:20 Jose - Outro

Episode 175: The Daily Weather, Gachapon Trick, Spooktacular, Atiwa, Fifty

2026/07/01

Hello friends and welcome to The Five By! Your quatriweekly source of rapid-fire board game reviews. 00:00 Aaron - Introduction 00:49 Sarah - The Daily Weather 06:13 Meeple Lady - Gachapon Trick 11:04 Jose - Spooktacular 16:07 John - Atiwa 21:22 Aaron - Fifty 26:28 Amanda - Outro

Episode 174: Nippon: Zaibatsu, Moon Colony Bloodbath, Fliptoons, Pirates of the High Teas, Root: The Homeland Expansion

2026/06/03

Hello friends and welcome to The Five By! Your quatriweekly source of rapid-fire board game reviews. 00:00 Amanda - Introduction 00:35 Jose - Nippon: Zaibatsu 05:56 John - Moon Colony Bloodbath 11:03 Aaron - Fliptoons 16:24 Amanda - Pirates of the High Teas 21:34 Sarah - Root: The Homeland Expansion 27:02 Meeple Lady - Outro

Episode 173: Zhenya's Wonder Tales, Rainbow, Soothsayers, War of the Ring, Rowdy Partners

2026/05/06

Hello friends and welcome to The Five By! Your quatriweekly source of rapid-fire board game reviews. 00:00 John - Introduction 00:36 Sarah - Zhenya's Wonder Tales 06:03 Meeple Lady - Rainbow 10:58 Jose - Soothsayers 16:16 John - War of the Ring 21:10 Amanda - Rowdy Partners 26:26 Aaron - Outro

Episode 172: Composition, Sweet Lands, The Lord of the Rings: Fate of the Fellowship, Spokes, 20 Strong: Tanglewoods

2026/04/08

Hello friends and welcome to The Five By! Your quatriweekly source of rapid-fire board game reviews. 00:00 Meeple Lady - Introduction 00:39 Aaron - Composition 05:52 Amanda - Sweet Lands 11:21 Sarah - The Lord of the Rings Fate of the Fellowship 16:43 Meeple Lady - Spokes 21:06 Jose - 20 Strong: Tanglewoods 26:18 John - Outro

Episode 171: Tornado Splash, Genotype: A Mendelian Genetics Game, Ruins, We Need To Talk: A Trick-Taking and Shedding Game About Letting Go, Broken and Beautiful: A Game About Kintsugi

2026/03/11

Hello friends and welcome to The Five By! Your quatriweekly source of rapid-fire board game reviews. 00:00 Jose - Introduction 00:48 Amanda - Tornado Splash 06:18 Christina - Genotype: A Mendelian Genetics Game 11:33 Meeple Lady - Ruins 16:53 Jose - We Need To Talk: A Trick-Taking and Shedding Game About Letting Go 22:22 Aaron - Broken and Beautiful: A Game About Kintsugi 27:39 John - Outro Special Guest: Christina Ha.

Episode 170: Come Sail Away!, Àiyé, Big Sur, Fromage, Formaggio, This Is Not A Game About A Pipe

2026/02/11

Hello friends and welcome to The Five By! Your quatriweekly source of rapid-fire board game reviews. 00:00 Aaron - Introduction 00:53 Meeple Lady - Come Sail Away! 05:57 Jose - Àiyé 11:14 Aaron - Big Sur 16:31 Amanda - Fromage / Formaggio 21:49 Shoe - This Is Not A Game About A Pipe 27:16 John - Outro Special Guest: Shoe.

Episode 169: Slay The Spire: The Board Game, Neko Syndicate, No Thanks & I'm Out, Panda Royale, Snow Colony

2026/01/14

Hello friends and welcome to The Five By! Your quatriweekly source of rapid-fire board game reviews. 00:00 Amanda - Introduction 00:56 Sarah - Slay The Spire: The Board Game 06:11 Meeple Lady - Neko Syndicate 10:54 Jose - No Thanks / I'm Out 16:02 Aaron - Panda Royale 21:12 Amanda - Snow Colony 26:39 John - Outro

Episode 168: Best of 2025: Iliad, That's Not A Hat, Lords of Vegas, Darwin's Journey, Almanac: The Dragon Road

2025/12/17

Hello friends and welcome to The Five By! Your quatriweekly source of rapid-fire board game reviews. 00:00 Meeple Lady - Introduction 00:42 Sarah - Iliad (Episode 161) 6:29 Meeple Lady - That's Not A Hat (Episode 161) 11:29 Jose - Lords of Vegas 15:53 John - Darwin's Journey (Episode 160) 26:16 Aaron - Almanac: The Dragon Road (Episode 163) 26:31 Amanda - Outro

Episode 167: Magical Athlete, Ahoy: Rivals & Renegades, Ahoy: Fang & Fortune, 5 Towers, The White Castle Duel, Habemus Papam

2025/11/19

Hello friends and welcome to The Five By! Your quatriweekly source of rapid-fire board game reviews. 00:00 John - Introduction 00:42 Meeple Lady - Habemus Papam 6:29 Jose - Magical Athlete 11:29 John - Ahoy: Rivals & Renegades / Ahoy: Fang & Fortune (Ahoy) 15:53 Aaron - 5 Towers 26:16 Amanda - The White Castle Duel 26:31 Justin - Outro

Episode 166: Striking Flint, House of 1000 Corpses, Halloween, Hunters of the Lost Creatures, Transgalactica

2025/10/22

Hello friends and welcome to The Five By! Your quatriweekly source of rapid-fire board game reviews. 00:00 Aaron - Introduction 01:02 Meeple Lady - Striking Flint 06:32 Jose - House of 1000 Corpses 12:12 John - Halloween 17:24 Aaron - Hunters of the Lost Çreatures 22:25 Justin - Transgalactica 27:38 Amanda - Outro

Episode 165.5 Bonus Episode: Conventions

2025/10/10

Hello friends and welcome to The Five By! Your quatriweekly source of rapid-fire board game reviews. In this bonus episode, Jose, John and Amanda talk about conventions!

Episode 165: Metal Gear Solid: The Board Game, Sanctuary, Twinkle Twinkle, SILOS, Gatsby

2025/09/24

Hello friends and welcome to The Five By! Your quatriweekly source of rapid-fire board game reviews. 00:00 Jose - Introduction 00:39 Justin - Metal Gear Solid: The Board Game 05:57 Amanda - Sanctuary 10:44 Sarah - Twinkle Twinkle 15:56 Jose - SILOS 21:04 John - Gatsby 26:38 Justin - Outro

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38 reviews

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Pompadour74 2020/12/16

Just stop

The game reviews and descriptions are fine and good. The “woke” narratives and the “scary covid” commentary is quite honestly, triggering. We hear tha...

★☆☆☆☆

rayzor6 2020/03/11

Woke

I love the idea of this podcast but some of these non binary organisms are woke to PC culture and their review has to be about their need to tell you ...

★★★★☆

Akuden 2020/01/31

Recommended!

I enjoy this podcast when I’m looking for a quick overview about a game I am curious about. They cover a wide variety of hidden gems and hotness games...

★☆☆☆☆

Colejm 2018/11/16

Unfortunate

Started out rather strong, and I like the format of short reviews, but many of the presenters are beyond terrible. Stephanie (sp?) reads off of a scr...

★★★★★

batmartin79 2018/05/24

Concise, no-nonsense board game reviews

The Five By is one of the best board game podcasts precisely because of its constrained format. Five reviews of five minutes each, from five different...

★★★★★

Beth Sobel 2018/05/24

Consise and considered

I love this podcast! Five minute overviews of five board games, and they do not only focus on new releases, which is wonderful. Highly recommended for...

★☆☆☆☆

italianbreadman 2018/03/25

Hard to listen to.

Everyone on this podcast sounds like they're reading...painfully.

★★★★★

Shreddemon 2017/10/12

Awesome quick shot board game reviews!

Been listening to the podcast since the early episodes. Love their quick fire reviews of boardgames. They cover so much ground and are very detailed i...

★★★★★

DaboGirl 2017/10/10

The best in concise game reviews

Each segment may only be five minutes, but the contributors do an amazing job of explaining the nuts and bolts of a game, along with their personal th...

★★★★★

Raf193848 2017/04/27

Great Unique Format

Not a lot of gaming podcasts out there that hit games this fast. Live the quick concise reviews.

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