Recent plays and first impressions of Tricky Kids, Unmatched: Lee v Ali, and Castle Combo!

Tonight, Steve "The Name Father" O'Rourke is back in the Gumbo Pot with BJ, fresh off a visit to PAX UNPLUGGED. But this time, Steve's brought guests -- Julie & Houston, fellow academics and board game aficionados.  The three enlighten BJ about the wonders of Philly, and break down their impressions of games, games, games:  Whisperstone (a new RPG from the Flatout Games team)

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A standalone puzzly tile-layering follow-up to the award-winning game Cascadia, with beautiful artwork by Beth Sobel!

One of those 'grail games' for many euro game fans is an old Reiner Knizia classic, Rheinländer. And if Rheinländer has been on your gotta-have-it-somehow list, you are in luck as 25th Century Games has launched it on Kickstarter!

It's the holiday season! And everybody is asking for appropriate games to bring to family and friend game nights, so here's a list of ten games released -- or re-released in new editions -- in the past couple of years that are PERFECT for your next holiday game night! Games featured: Puppies or Poop (Fight In A Box Games) **

BJ has a list of ten games released -- or re-released in new editions -- in the past couple of years that are PERFECT for your next holiday game night!

BJ is terrible at yet another game. But will the fact that he "doesn't see The Matrix" spoil his enjoyment of the game?

Jeremy’s Gaming Gratons: DRACULA’S CURSE, which Jeremy says is a straight forward game but with lots of interesting decisions in its game loop.

BJ needs inspiration from a character from one of the great American Novels to change his luck in TAG TEAM. Here's the Gumbo review on this brand new auto-battler from Scorpion Masque.

It's been almost ten years since the original review here on the Gumbo of Stronghold Games' MY VILLAGE. Does it hold up?

2025 Summit Award Winner announced as War Story: Occupied France!

It’s another “lagniappe” episode of the Gumbo podcast, this time with Mitchell Prudhomme, the director from Southern Board Game Fest!  First, BJ and Mitchell chat up their recent experiences listening to The Beans & Dice Podcast, plus BJ gives an update on Gamers For Cures, hosted by Dan Patriss of The Geek All Stars.   Then, they dish about recent plays of The Hobbit: There And Back Again (a new roll and write from Reiner Knizia and Office Dog Games), Tend (the new IV Studios game), and My Village (a classic game from Inka & Markus Brand and Stronghold Games). 

Forest Shuffle Dartmoor is the best version of Forest Shuffle that BJ has played so far. But there's just one problem...

It’s another “lagniappe” episode of the Gumbo podcast, this time with Mitchell Prudhomme, the director from Southern Board Game Fest!  First, BJ and Mitchell chat up their recent visit to another friendly local game store (sans board games) called LVL 1 Gaming. Then, we dish about recent plays of Tag Team, Big Sur, and Origin Story. Plus, we throw in some lagniappe — our first impressions of ASIAN TIGERS: A STORY OF PROSPERITY, a crunchy mid-weigh euro from the team that brought you NIPPON and MADEIRA. 

Spoonbill Games' COALITION: COUNCILS OF THE REPUBLIC can be played at BGG.CON next month in Dallas! Sign up now for your time and place!

Four more games to play at BGG.CON that are being highlighted at ESSEN SPIEL 2025!

It's ESSEN SPIEL week! BJ from Board Game Gumbo is back with TEN more games that he has the ENVIE to buy at ESSEN SPIEL 2025. Plus, there's a little bit of lagniappe, with six interesting games that might slip under the radar, and two expansions that would have definitely come home in the Gumbo suitcase. Do these games catch your eye, too?

Roux Dat: recap of games played at our recent game night, including Spooktacular, Squirrel Away and Trio!

The summer break is over, and we are back in the Gumbo Pot! This time, Jeremy from the Acadiana Board Gamers is back to teach us how to play CASCADIA ALPINE LAKES, out on Kickstarter right now from our friends at Flatout Games.  You like Cascadia? You want it even more breezy, and with a 3D component? Check this game out! 

Kickstarter Lagniappe -- sneak peeks at crowdfunding projects for CASCADIA ALPINE LAKES and SNOWDONIA GRAND TOUR + SPECIAL EDITION

Tenpenny Parks is live on Kickstarter -- here's BJ's review from 2022 and a link to a playthrough if you are curious as to the gameplay

Roux Dat: Game day recaps of recent plays of Luthier, Tag Team and Legions of Kadmon

BJ reviews the solo option of playing DIRT & DUST, the new deck building rally race game from Albi.

BJ from Board Game Gumbo discusses twenty new games to check out at SPIEL ESSEN 2025 coming up in October!