Board Games in Bed

Firstly, this podcast was recorded a few weeks ago prior to a lot of the social distancing measures being enforced in the UK. Apologies if any of our comments seem flippant or insensitive. Secondly we had some audio issues I suspect caused by the baby monitor. I have tried to correct these but occasionally there is still buzzing, and on other occasions it sounds like we are underwater. Hopefully it isn't too distracting. We hope you enjoy this view based episode, the items reviewed we as follows: The Board Game Book https://www.boardgame-book.com/ The Game Designers https://thegamedesignersmovie.com/ Microbrew https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/240529/microbrew Vektorace https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/256839/vektorace Heropath: Dragon Roar https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/238412/heropath-dragon-roar

It's been a very long time since we last put out a podcast so we have prepared an extra special, extra long episode featuring our top 10 games (and a few extra games along the way). We have missed you all and hope to do more episodes in 2020! For more about the podcast check out boardgamesinbed.com and to rank your own games collection check out https://rankingengine.pubmeeple.com/

This week we are covering our one day experience of the UK Games Expo 2019. We discuss what it is like to take a 4 month old baby to a convention plus the games we got to demo there including Maki Stack, Ticket to Ride London, Overbooked, Medium and Dice Hospital. We also discuss some of the games we have been playing recently, namely Wingspan and Kitchen Rush. For more information about the podcast and links to all our social media check out boardgamesinbed.com

This episode we are attempting a proper review! We are covering the amazing Wibbell ++, a deck of cards for word games! We discuss the new delux version and the core games that can be played with it as well as our thoughts about the system in general. For more info check out http://www.stuffbybez.com/. We also talk about a few of the games we have been playing recently including Splendor, High Society, For Sale, Star Realms Frontiers, Cobra Paw and Slam it. Check out our website boardgamesinbed.com for links to all our social media

We are back again and we have actually been playing some games! This episode we discuss Legacy of Dragonholt (no spoilers), Batman Gotham City Chronicals and Ganz Schön Clever. Asides from real board games we have also been playing a lot of app board games at the moment, so unsurprisingly that is this episodes pillow talk. We discuss some of the app games we have been playing recently as well as what makes a good app game, online play vs pass n play, the benefits and pitfalls of app gaming and why the wooden blocks app isn't a board game. Long term listeners might also remember we covered this topic back in episode 2! A fact I forget to mention the entire episode but if you are interested in what we thought about board game apps back in May 2017 go check it out: https://soundcloud.com/becky-crothers/episode-2-board-game-apps For links to all our social media check out our website www.boardgamesinbed.com

Since we are so late with our Christmas special it only seemed fitting to release it on April fools day! This episode was recorded 30th December 2018 - it really has taken me 4 months to get round to editing it, that not a joke! We discuss the games we got to play with our families over Christmas including Confident?, Strictly Come Dancing Board Game, Santa Banta, Skull, Quixx, Azul, Welcome To.., Machi Koro, and High Society. We also discuss what makes a good Christmas game and why are board games are so popular at Christmas, all useful and relevant stuff for April. For links to all our social media check out www.boardgamesinbed.com

We had a baby! Surprisingly enough it has got in the way of us both playing board games and recording podcasts. This episode we talk about how having a baby has affected our gaming and what kind of games might be suitable for playing when there is a newborn baby around. For links to all our social media check out our website www.boardgamesinbed.com

Its been embarrassingly long since our last podcast but in our defence we have been quite busy! This weeks episode we are discussing some of the games we have been playing in our long absence including El Grande, Santorini, Pillars of the Earth, Loony Quest and Last Will as well as the difficulties of moving a games collection! For links to all our social media check out our website www.boardgamesinbed.com

OK so its been more like 4 weeks than 2 weeks since the last one! But we are back with another episode (that may or may not have been recorded over 2 weeks ago) This time we are talking about a current passion - Escape Room games! The only thing we have been playing a lot of recently! We mention the excellent Escape This Podcast A LOT this episode so be sure to check out them. http://www.escapethispodcast.com/ We also talk about Mark Robers youtube video on how to beat escape rooms, check it out here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwgaTYOx0RI Finally we mention a print and play escape room that @Merchm3nt recommended us on twitter https://www.escape-team.com/ - we have yet to check it out but that doesn't mean you shouldn't! We also talk about some of the other games we have been playing recently including Cockroach Poker, World Championship Russian Roulette, Sushi Go and Quixx. For links to all our social media check out our website boardgamesinbed.com

This week we are discussing something we don't usually mention on our podcast - designers! We love games but don't always pay attention to the people that make them. This week we are discussing why we should be paying more attention as well as some of the reasons we don't. We also discuss some of the games we have been playing recently including Modern Art, Mountains of Madness, Majesty for the Realm, Descent, Strike and BSG (of course) For links to everything check out our website www.boardgamesinbed.com

Much like getting this podcast out, it can some times be a struggle to organise a games day with friends. Make it the same group of friends and a regular intervals and that challenge gets even harder. Even so there is something about campaign games that makes it worth your time. This week we are discussing some of our on going campaign games as well as discussing some we have enjoyed in the past focusing on Descent, Near and Far and Pandemic Legacy. We also discuss some of the games we played this week including Majesty: For the Realm, Clank, Strike and World Championship Russian Roulette. For links to all our social media check out our website www.boardgamesinbed.com

We haven't been playing many games recently so this week we are doing a one off mini episode on Jigsaw Puzzles. We discuss how similar jigsaw puzzles are to board games and discuss a review puzzle we received recently from Buzzed Puzzles - check out their new take on jigsaw puzzles at their website - http://www.buzzedpuzzles.com/about.php

This week is all about dice and the many different ways dice are used in board games. We discuss the perception that dice games are high luck and low strategy and the different ways games mitigate the luck of the dice, using a few case studies of games we have played this week including Dice Forge, Champions of Midgard, Roll Player and Strike (as well as talking about a few other favourites from our collection). We also discuss some of the games we played in the week including Santorini, New York Slice and 5 Player Splendor. For links to all our social media check out www.boardgamesinbed.com. To learn more about Carcassonne the board game visit http://www.carcassonnecentral.com And if you are interested in purchasing your own case for Splendor check out https://3d.firedrake.org/#Splendor

This week it was my birthday! And I was lucky enough to receive a number of games as gifts from family friends for which I was very grateful. But it's also brought about a mini existential crisis about the size of our board game collection - do we now have too many games? I fully appreciate that this is a ridiculous issue to have, there are plenty of people in the world with real problems and having too much of a good thing is not a real problem - but this is a podcast about board games so that's what we are talking about! We also discuss the games we played this week including Clank, Skrike and Oh My Goods. Check out www.boardgamesinbed.com for links to all our social media

Apologises this weeks podcast is so late- we had some technical issues which caused it to be delayed by a week and then the extra four days is just lazyness on my part (its too hot). Hopefully you haven't forgotten about us because this week we are discussing our forgotten games- games we like but that just haven't made it off the shelf in over a year. We discuss three different games this has happened too (Cacao, Machi Koro and Forbidden Island) and the different reasons that have kept them on the shelf. We also discuss some other games we have played this week including Age of Sigmar and Battlestar Galactica. Our discussion of BSG lasts 7 minutes and its account of our last game- if you haven't played BSG before (or even if you have) it might not make loads of sense and you might want to skip it! Its on from 10.45 - 17.45. To catch up with us else where there are links to all our social media on our website www.boardgamesinbed.com. For more information about Inside Voices including the fellowship program check out https://www.insidevoicesnetwork.com/news/