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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 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

Episode 164: CVLT, Lightning Train, Bonds Between, Galileo Galilei, Azul Duel

2025/08/27

Hello friends and welcome to The Five By! Your quatriweekly source of rapid-fire board game reviews. 00:00 John - Introduction 00:34 Aaron - CVLT 06:03 Amanda - Lightning Train 11:36 Sarah - Bonds Between 17:06 Meeple Lady - Galileo Galilei 22:37 John - Azul Duel 28:06 Justin - Outro

Episode 163: Innovation Ultimate, Almanac: The Dragon Road, Tower Up, The Lord of The Rings: Fate of the Fellowship, Rats of Wistar

2025/07/30

Hello friends and welcome to The Five By! Your quatriweekly source of rapid-fire board game reviews. 00:00 Meeple Lady - Introduction 00:53 Jose - Innovation Ultimate 05:44 Aaron - Almanac: The Dragon Road 11:10 Justin - Tower Up 16:17 Amanda - The Lord of The Rings: Fate of the Fellowship 20:53 Meeple Lady - Rats of Wistar 25:47 John - Outro

Episode 162: Newton, Judge Dredd, Fateforge: Chronicles of Faan, Dr. Finn's Book of Solo Strategy and Word Games, Shuffle and Swing

2025/07/02

Hello friends and welcome to The Five By! Your quatriweekly source of rapid-fire board game reviews. 00:00 Sarah - Introduction 00:39 John - Newton Episode 70 Darwin's Journey 06:15 Aaron - Judge Dredd 11:49 Justin - Fateforge: Chronicles of Kaan 16:56 Sarah - Dr. Finn's Book of Solo Strategy and Word Games 22:02 Jose - Shuffle and Swing 27:46 Meeple Lady - Outro

Episode 161: Iliad, That's Not a Hat, Daimyo: Rebirth of the Empire, Rivages, SETI: Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence

2025/06/04

Hello friends and welcome to The Five By! Your quatriweekly source of rapid-fire board game reviews. 00:00 Justin - Introduction 00:49 Sarah - Iliad 06:03 Meeple Lady - That's Not a Hat 10:33 Jose - Daimyo: Rebirth of the Empire 16:01 Aaron - Rivages 21:20 Justin - SETI: Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence 26:28 John - Outro

Episode 160: The White Castle: Matcha, The Bird Oracle, Enemy Anemone, Darwin's Journey, Silver & Gold

2025/05/07

Hello friends and welcome to The Five By! Your quatriweekly source of rapid-fire board game reviews. 00:00 Aaron - Introduction 00:56 Justin - The White Castle: Matcha 06:20 Sarah - The Bird Oracle 11:55 Jose - Enemy Anemone 17:47 John - Darwin's Journey 23:57 Aaron - Silver & Gold 29:14 Meeple Lady - Outro

Episode 159: Jubako, The Elder Scrolls: Betrayal of the Second Era, The Castles of Burgundy, Before the Guests Arrive, Creepshow: The Suspense-Building Game

2025/04/09

Hello friends and welcome to The Five By! Your quatriweekly source of rapid-fire board game reviews. 00:00 John - Introduction 00:43 Aaron - Jubako 06:17 Justin - The Elder Scrolls: Betrayal of the Second Era 11:32 Sarah - The Castles of Burgundy (Chateauma PNP) 16:59 Meeple Lady - Before the Guests Arrive 22:13 John - Creepshow: The Suspense-Building Game 27:54 Jose - Outro

Episode 158: Mountain Goats, Xylotar, Lok, Castle Combo, Bottle Imp

2025/03/12

Hello friends and welcome to The Five By! Your quatriweekly source of rapid-fire board game reviews. 00:00 Jose - Introduction 00:50 John - Mountain Goats 05:39 Justin - Xylotar 11:04 Sarah - Lok 16:19 Meeple Lady - Castle Combo 21:04 Jose - Bottle Imp 26:34 Aaron - Outro

Episode 157: Murray the A**hole Frog, The Fellowship of the Ring: Trick-Taking Game, ARTBOX, Rebel Princess, A Gentle Rain

2025/02/12

Hello friends and welcome to The Five By! Your quatriweekly source of rapid-fire board game reviews. 00:00 Meeple Lady - Introduction 00:43 Jose - Murray the A**hole Frog 06:18 John - The Fellowship of the Ring: Trick Taking Game 11:02 Aaron - ARTBOX 16:35 Justin - Rebel Princess 21:38 Meeple Lady - A Gentle Rain 26:02 Ruel - Outro

Episode 156: Murdle, Cat Blues: The Big Gig, Combo aka Surfosaurus MAX, Shackleton Base: A Journey To The Moon, Ticket to Ride Legacy: Legends of the West

2025/01/15

Hello friends and welcome to The Five By! Your quatriweekly source of rapid-fire board game reviews. 00:00 Sarah - Introduction 00:38 Meeple Lady - Murdle 05:19 Jose - Cat Blues: The Big Gig 09:54 Aaron - Combo aka Surfosaurus MAX 15:12 Justin - Shackleton Base: A Journey To The Moon 20:26 Sarah - Ticket to Ride Legacy: Legends of the West 25:58 John - Outro

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37 reviews

★★★★☆

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...

★☆☆☆☆

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 ...

★★★★★

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...

★☆☆☆☆

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...

★★★★★

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...

★★★★★

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...

★☆☆☆☆

italianbreadman 2018/03/25

Hard to listen to.

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

★★★★★

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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