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Meeple Overboard! is a podcast about board games, the gaming community, and our little slice of heaven that plays them. We're Chris and Wendy, and we love board games. Each Saturday, we'll bring you a half-hour episode featuring three segments:1. Shop Talk! We'll discuss a general board gaming topic, answer your questions, or discuss some news.2. Random Rally! We've got lots of interests, and eat lots of tasty things, and have a lot to share. Random Rally! is a few minutes of food for thought on a different topic each week.3. Game Time! Let's dive into a game and tell you what we think about it. We love playing a wide, wide variety of games, so there's lots to review. We'll even take some recommendations.Join us each Saturday for some fun conversation! Contribute to the conversation on our Facebook and Instagram pages or by email. Send us any questions you'd like us to answer.www.facebook.com/meepleoverboardwww.instagram.com/meeple.overboardmeepleoverboard@gmail.comboardgamegeek.com/guild/2946

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School Traffic and Detective: City of Angels

2021/10/05

Wendy and Chris discuss how much the nice little town of Homestead changes once school begins, and then we review a criminal investigation game called Detective; City of Angels by Van Ryder Games.

Top 5 Games in Our Collection we Want to Play Next

2021/06/19

In this week's episode, Wendy and Chris discuss the top 5 games that are sitting on their shelf that they want to pull off and play next! Some are games we haven't played yet, some are favorites we are dying to pull out again. What are they gonna be? And will we play them soon?! Let's find out.

Hindsight June 2021 - Roll for the Galaxy, Pipeline, Journeys in Middle Earth

2021/06/11

Chris and Wendy look back at our reviews from2 and 4 years ago!

Making Top 5 Lists, Key Lime Pie, and Destinies

2021/05/22

Join Wendy and Chris as they talk about how they craft top 5 lists, learning to make Key Lime Pies, and Destinies, the new game by Lucky Duck Games.

Painting, Books, and Terraforming Mars Ares Expedition

2021/04/17

Wendy has been painting, we've both been reading, and we're reviewing Terraforming Mars Ares Expedition, the card game based on the original. How does it hold up? Well, come along and find out.

Godzilla vs King Kong, and Marvel United

2021/04/03

Two monsters enter the movie, only the audience comes out damaged. We discuss our thoughts upon watching Godzilla vs King Kong. Also, we review the retail edition of Marvel United by CMON games, a light-weight cooperative super hero games.

Top 5 Games We Look Forward to Playing at Conventions

2021/03/27

While nothing about the future is set in stone just yet, there's an upswing of hope for getting back together for conventions in the not-too-distant future. Therefore, we figured we would do our first Top 5 list in a little while, focusing on games that we personally are looking forward to play with other folks soon!

Hobby Breaks, Soap Dispenser Moments, Long Shot The Dice Game

2021/02/27

Chris and Wendy talk about the good part of taking a small break for a little bit, explain what Soap Dispenser Moments are, and then review Long Shot The Dice Game, a roll and write version of the original game that is quicker and smaller.

Board Game Arena, Behavioralism, and Rococo Deluxe

2021/02/20

Rococo Deluxe by Eagle Gryphon Games is the huge box fancified new version of a classic, beloved game. How is it with the updated treatment? Well, still the same game as before, so let's talk about it. We also discuss recent news with Board Game Arena and talk about not punishing the behavior you want to see from people.

Hindsight Reviews: Wingspan, Smartphone Inc, Mansions of Madness 2.0

2021/02/13

Wendy and Chris look back two years to the reviews we did in February of 2019, which includes our hindsight reviews of the games we covered in February fo 2017! We forgot that we've been doing hindsight episodes for so long that we're now hindsight-ing our hindsights. If HIndsight is 20/20, then this is 20/20/20/20? Anyway, we talk about a bunch of games AND we discuss the current Kickstarter game of CoraQuest that you can still back in mid-February. It's a heart-warming story, and we're happy for its success!

Christmas Q&A Episode

2020/12/25

Wendy and Chris answer YOUR question today. For the 4th year in a row, we've continued the cherished traition of doing a Q&A episode. It's easy plannning on our part. Some heavy news to start with, but it is a fun, light-hearted episode with a lot of fun discussion that has been a nice break for us from the real world right now. Hope you enjoy!

Top 5 "Point"less Games with ThinkerThemer

2020/11/13

We're discussing our Top 5 games that don't use victory points, particular a big tally of victory points at the end of the game, We're joined by two excellent guests, Amy and Maggie from ThinkerThemer, a great YouTube channel where they review board games from the perspective of a mechanisms perspective (Thinker) and the thematic and story-telling experience (Themer). Go check them out!

Read Meeple Overboard! podcast reviews

4.3 out of 5

24 reviews

gmacch 2019/08/22

Better than baby carrots!

If you’re like me, you were born in Las Vegas, Nevada! And like me, you only want board game content from Las Vegas gamers. Then like me, you have to ...

Churantheman 2021/05/11

Just this episode

Ok if you’re going to tackle an entire designer then you really need to make sure you know the material and not just some of it. Someone kept saying h...

earthlindz 2019/01/11

Great chemistry!

I love this podcast. Upbeat with lots of positive energy. Wendy and Chris have a lot of talent as entertainers, but also bring interesting perspecti...

bhepdogg 2017/12/27

Awesome Podcast!

Chris and Wendy do an amazing job in this podcast. They are informative, funny, and a real pleasure to listen to.

JoshuaAcosta 2017/03/15

Perfectly delectable, bite-sized board game podcast

Meeple Overboard is like a rich German chocolate bar on a cool winter's day: the perfect combination of sweet, smooth, savory and satisfying. With the...

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