The Boards & Bytes Podcast Mon, 27 Oct 2025 22:27:25 +0000 Mon, 27 Oct 2025 22:27:25 +0000 Libsyn RSSgen 1.0 http://boardsandbytes.tumblr.com http://boardsandbytes.tumblr.com () https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/e/c/7/8/ec789c6c3b21dc5d/boards_bytes_cover.jpg The Boards & Bytes Podcast false episodic no Excitement & Escape Rooms Excitement & Escape Rooms Mon, 21 Nov 2016 06:00:00 +0000 This week we are joined by David & Lisa from Room Escape Artist! They sit down with us to chat about Escape Rooms, what makes them great, and what good rooms do to engage all the players throughout the whole experience. We also chat about the expanding world of "Escape Rooms in a Box" where the thrill of Escape Rooms are recreated in your own home.

Find David & Lisa at https://roomescapeartist.com/ 

The World Turned Upside arrives December 3rd! Tickets are still available at twtud.eventbrite.com!

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]]> This week we are joined by David & Lisa from Room Escape Artist! They sit down with us to chat about Escape Rooms, what makes them great, and what good rooms do to engage all the players throughout the whole experience. We also chat about the expanding world of "Escape Rooms in a Box" where the thrill of Escape Rooms are recreated in your own home.

Find David & Lisa at https://roomescapeartist.com/ 

The World Turned Upside arrives December 3rd! Tickets are still available at twtud.eventbrite.com!

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]]> 49:01 false full 23: Horrors & Halloween 23: Horrors & Halloween Mon, 31 Oct 2016 05:00:00 +0000 OOOOOOOhhhhhhhhHh! It's Halloween so we talk about our favorite spooky games!

 

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]]> OOOOOOOhhhhhhhhHh! It's Halloween so we talk about our favorite spooky games!

 

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]]> 35:33 false full 22: Swords & Scale 22: Swords & Scale Mon, 24 Oct 2016 05:00:00 +0000 Stefan is joined by the megagame team and special guest Scott Silsbe, founder at Liveware Lab to talk about large-scale game design. We talk about some of the challenges to consider when playing a game with a bunch of people and discuss Scott and Mike's new game ExpoQuest!

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]]> Stefan is joined by the megagame team and special guest Scott Silsbe, founder at Liveware Lab to talk about large-scale game design. We talk about some of the challenges to consider when playing a game with a bunch of people and discuss Scott and Mike's new game ExpoQuest!

The World Turned Upside arrives December 3rd! Tickets are still available at twtud.eventbrite.com!

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]]> 40:23 false full 21: Summer & Scythe 21: Summer & Scythe Mon, 05 Sep 2016 05:00:00 +0000 We're back! We're wrapping up summer talking about what we played on our summer hiatus. That's right, a whole episode that's only Plays of the Week. Mike could barely contain himself. We talk Scythe, Food Chain Magnate, Liberty or Death and of course a few video games like Don't Starve and Pokemon Go. 

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]]> We're back! We're wrapping up summer talking about what we played on our summer hiatus. That's right, a whole episode that's only Plays of the Week. Mike could barely contain himself. We talk Scythe, Food Chain Magnate, Liberty or Death and of course a few video games like Don't Starve and Pokemon Go. 

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]]> 38:27 false full 20: DotA & Digital Dominance 20: DotA & Digital Dominance Fri, 12 Aug 2016 18:07:14 +0000 The time is near! TI6, The International DotA 2 Championships is coming to a close and the tournament has already thrown many surprises at e-sports followers. For those who aren't in the know we sit down with our e-sports correspondent, Raphael Diangkinay to discuss What makes The International so prolific and how to understand what in the world is going on.

 

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]]> The time is near! TI6, The International DotA 2 Championships is coming to a close and the tournament has already thrown many surprises at e-sports followers. For those who aren't in the know we sit down with our e-sports correspondent, Raphael Diangkinay to discuss What makes The International so prolific and how to understand what in the world is going on.

 

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]]> 30:37 false full 19: Mods & Made Up Rules 19: Mods & Made Up Rules Mon, 11 Jul 2016 03:12:53 +0000 We can't leave well enough alone with any of our games. So we're talking about our favorite house rules and game mods. 

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]]> We can't leave well enough alone with any of our games. So we're talking about our favorite house rules and game mods. 

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]]> 52:25 false full 18: Revolution & Royalty 18: Revolution & Royalty Mon, 04 Jul 2016 16:22:20 +0000 Happy 4th of July Everyone! We thought it fitting on the day of our independence to have a short chat about our new American Revolution Megagame, The World Turned Upside Down! Expect a lot of Hamilton chat on this one too!

Here's the Shut Up & Sit Down Video we referenced: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hN71v9H_gg8

And if you want to learn more about The World Turned Upside Down: http://ironmarkgames.com/games/the-world-turned-upside-down

 

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]]> Happy 4th of July Everyone! We thought it fitting on the day of our independence to have a short chat about our new American Revolution Megagame, The World Turned Upside Down! Expect a lot of Hamilton chat on this one too!

Here's the Shut Up & Sit Down Video we referenced: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hN71v9H_gg8

And if you want to learn more about The World Turned Upside Down: http://ironmarkgames.com/games/the-world-turned-upside-down

 

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]]> 51:33 false full 17: Decks & Dominance 17: Decks & Dominance Tue, 14 Jun 2016 04:43:26 +0000 It's favorite mechanism time! This week our favorite game mechanism is Deck Building. The crew is joined by Mike Gutman to discuss what makes deck builders so fun. And as always we close with our Plays of the Week!

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]]> It's favorite mechanism time! This week our favorite game mechanism is Deck Building. The crew is joined by Mike Gutman to discuss what makes deck builders so fun. And as always we close with our Plays of the Week!

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]]> 01:05:48 false full 16: Skill & Satisfaction 16: Skill & Satisfaction Wed, 08 Jun 2016 04:03:40 +0000 The Boards & Bytes crew talks skill in games and the line between difficulty that is enjoyable and just infuriating. Brandon, Darla, Mike and Stefan chat about Love Letter, Lords of Vegas, and of course, Overwatch. Then we end, as we are wont to do, with our Plays of the Week!

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]]> The Boards & Bytes crew talks skill in games and the line between difficulty that is enjoyable and just infuriating. Brandon, Darla, Mike and Stefan chat about Love Letter, Lords of Vegas, and of course, Overwatch. Then we end, as we are wont to do, with our Plays of the Week!

Drop us a line: podcast@ironmarkgames.com

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]]> 42:50 false full 15: Art & Aestheics 15: Art & Aestheics Mon, 30 May 2016 05:45:48 +0000 The crew gets together to talk art and how it changes the way we view games.

 

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]]> The crew gets together to talk art and how it changes the way we view games.

 

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 ]]> 49:06 false full 14: Mechanics & Matter 14: Mechanics & Matter Mon, 23 May 2016 21:21:34 +0000 The classic ludonarrative battle: Mechanics vs. Theme. We mostly talk about how it's not a conflict but rather two parts of games that must be reckoned with when making a game. Then we talk about our plays of the week!

 

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]]> The classic ludonarrative battle: Mechanics vs. Theme. We mostly talk about how it's not a conflict but rather two parts of games that must be reckoned with when making a game. Then we talk about our plays of the week!

 

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]]> 01:11:49 false full 13: Puzzles & Pokemon 13: Puzzles & Pokemon Mon, 16 May 2016 05:00:00 +0000 Can you figure out the mystery of this week's episode... It's about puzzles! Stefan sits down with Brian and Darla to talk puzzle games and what makes them awesome. Then we talk about our plays of the week, including Battleborn, Broom Service and about the new starter pokemon announced last week. Spoliers: Rowlet we choose you!

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]]> Can you figure out the mystery of this week's episode... It's about puzzles! Stefan sits down with Brian and Darla to talk puzzle games and what makes them awesome. Then we talk about our plays of the week, including Battleborn, Broom Service and about the new starter pokemon announced last week. Spoliers: Rowlet we choose you!

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]]> 43:27 false full 12: Grass & Geocaches 12: Grass & Geocaches Wed, 11 May 2016 04:26:25 +0000 Darla & Stefan go geocaching!

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]]> Darla & Stefan go geocaching!

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]]> 26:01 false full 11: Indies & Illuminations 11: Indies & Illuminations Mon, 02 May 2016 06:00:00 +0000 Today we're talking about all the cool games we saw at PAX East. We chat about some of the new tabletop games we saw there and some cool indie video games that we got to try out.

Indie MEGABOOTH Games: http://indiemegabooth.com/event/pax-east-2016/ 

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]]> Today we're talking about all the cool games we saw at PAX East. We chat about some of the new tabletop games we saw there and some cool indie video games that we got to try out.

Indie MEGABOOTH Games: http://indiemegabooth.com/event/pax-east-2016/ 

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]]> 46:34 false full 10: DMs & Dragons - Part 2 10: DMs & Dragons - Part 2 Mon, 25 Apr 2016 23:49:18 +0000 It's the return of Boards & Bytes after our season cliffhanger! Our DMs talk more Mastery of the Dungeon, and we see the return of an old favorite: the Pick of the Week!

 

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]]> It's the return of Boards & Bytes after our season cliffhanger! Our DMs talk more Mastery of the Dungeon, and we see the return of an old favorite: the Pick of the Week!

 

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]]> 45:59 false full 9: DMs & Dragons - Part 1 9: DMs & Dragons - Part 1 Mon, 18 Apr 2016 06:00:00 +0000 Stefan's called on the aid of a bunch of RPG friends to talk DMing! We cover a wide array of RPGs and discuss the different ways of DMing and how it changes in different games. It's a critical hit!

 

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]]> Stefan's called on the aid of a bunch of RPG friends to talk DMing! We cover a wide array of RPGs and discuss the different ways of DMing and how it changes in different games. It's a critical hit!

 

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]]> 46:27 false full 8: Time & Timing 8: Time & Timing Tue, 12 Apr 2016 05:38:48 +0000 We're heeding the Mcconaughey's advice and taking a look at time as a resource! We're joined by our good friend Guy Tuori as we discuss the different ways time is used in games.

 

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]]> We're heeding the Mcconaughey's advice and taking a look at time as a resource! We're joined by our good friend Guy Tuori as we discuss the different ways time is used in games.

 

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]]> 56:25 false full 7: PAX East & Playtests 7: PAX East & Playtests Mon, 04 Apr 2016 06:00:00 +0000 The big wigs over at corporate asked us to make this week's episode all about Ironmark Games and the crazy things going on with them. We start things off by talking about our little corner of PAX East that we'll be carving out this year and then talk about the games we've been playtesting over the last few weeks.

Indie Megabooth Lineup for PAX East 2016, featuring us!


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]]> The big wigs over at corporate asked us to make this week's episode all about Ironmark Games and the crazy things going on with them. We start things off by talking about our little corner of PAX East that we'll be carving out this year and then talk about the games we've been playtesting over the last few weeks.

Indie Megabooth Lineup for PAX East 2016, featuring us!

Drop us a line: podcast@ironmarkgames.com

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]]> 48:37 false full 6: Grind & Games 6: Grind & Games Mon, 28 Mar 2016 05:00:00 +0000 Today we're talking RPGs! We get into what makes them "game"-like and some of the differences between tabletop and Video Game RPGs.

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]]> Today we're talking RPGs! We get into what makes them "game"-like and some of the differences between tabletop and Video Game RPGs.

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]]> 40:33 false full 5: Insight & Immersion 5: Insight & Immersion Mon, 21 Mar 2016 05:00:00 +0000 This episode is all about immersion in Games! We'll cover the new ways games are bringing their players into the world they inhabit, starting with a conversation on the rise of room escapes. Then we get into the potential impact of VR on video gaming, and wrap up the discussion with megagames and how they are changing the way board games and RPGs are played. And as always we close with our pick of the week!

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]]> This episode is all about immersion in Games! We'll cover the new ways games are bringing their players into the world they inhabit, starting with a conversation on the rise of room escapes. Then we get into the potential impact of VR on video gaming, and wrap up the discussion with megagames and how they are changing the way board games and RPGs are played. And as always we close with our pick of the week!

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]]> 01:01:13 false full 4: News & Nothingness 4: News & Nothingness Mon, 07 Mar 2016 08:00:00 +0000 Darla & Stefan take over the podcast to give you the latest news in the board and video game worlds... which turns out to be not much this week. We also talk Pokemon and No Man's Sky. And of course we drop our plays of the week.

Show Notes:

http://kotaku.com/nintendos-snes-themed-3ds-is-just-beautiful-1762744336

http://www.polygon.com/2016/3/3/11157680/pocket-card-jockey-game-freak-nintendo-3ds

http://www.polygon.com/2016/3/3/11153362/no-mans-sky-release-date-retail-version

http://kotaku.com/even-finn-wants-a-star-wars-battlefront-campaign-1762517060

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]]> Darla & Stefan take over the podcast to give you the latest news in the board and video game worlds... which turns out to be not much this week. We also talk Pokemon and No Man's Sky. And of course we drop our plays of the week.

Show Notes:

http://kotaku.com/nintendos-snes-themed-3ds-is-just-beautiful-1762744336

http://www.polygon.com/2016/3/3/11157680/pocket-card-jockey-game-freak-nintendo-3ds

http://www.polygon.com/2016/3/3/11153362/no-mans-sky-release-date-retail-version

http://kotaku.com/even-finn-wants-a-star-wars-battlefront-campaign-1762517060

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]]> 45:20 false full 3: Matches & Madness 3: Matches & Madness Mon, 29 Feb 2016 09:00:00 +0000 It's (almost) March! Which mean's it's almost the beginning of everyone's favorite game-based holiday season: March Madness! This week we talk tournaments and how they affect the games we play. We talk Coup, Magic: The Gathering and a little bit of DOTA 2! And we close things out this week with our tabletop dominated "Plays of the Week." 

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]]> It's (almost) March! Which mean's it's almost the beginning of everyone's favorite game-based holiday season: March Madness! This week we talk tournaments and how they affect the games we play. We talk Coup, Magic: The Gathering and a little bit of DOTA 2! And we close things out this week with our tabletop dominated "Plays of the Week." 

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]]> 46:39 false full 2: Workers & Wages 2: Workers & Wages Mon, 22 Feb 2016 06:00:00 +0000 Everyone has recalled and it's time to start Turn 2 of Boards & Bytes! This week we talk about one of our favorite game mechanics, worker placement! There is much talk of games like Euphoria, Manhattan Project, Alien Frontiers and more! Then we suggest some things to check out in our "Plays of the Week!" 

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]]> Everyone has recalled and it's time to start Turn 2 of Boards & Bytes! This week we talk about one of our favorite game mechanics, worker placement! There is much talk of games like Euphoria, Manhattan Project, Alien Frontiers and more! Then we suggest some things to check out in our "Plays of the Week!" 

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]]> 44:43 false full 1: Friends & First Timers 1: Friends & First Timers Mon, 15 Feb 2016 06:00:00 +0000 The team from Ironmark Games talk about ways to bring your friends into the gaming fray. We cover games that are great for first timers like Love Letter, Flux, Codenames and tons more.

Then we close things out with our "Plays of the Week." Team Ironmark recommends some fresh new indie titles like The Witness and Firewatch. And some not new titles like D&D 5e.

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]]> The team from Ironmark Games talk about ways to bring your friends into the gaming fray. We cover games that are great for first timers like Love Letter, Flux, Codenames and tons more.

Then we close things out with our "Plays of the Week." Team Ironmark recommends some fresh new indie titles like The Witness and Firewatch. And some not new titles like D&D 5e.

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]]> 46:53 false full Victory & Vice Victory & Vice Sat, 30 Nov 2013 17:01:10 +0000 A podcast appears! Boards & Bytes is a podcast about all games! Darla & Stefan are life-long video gamers who have, over the past couple of years, become dedicated board games! In this very first episode, they discuss board game victories and video game morality. Get playing!

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]]> A podcast appears! Boards & Bytes is a podcast about all games! Darla & Stefan are life-long video gamers who have, over the past couple of years, become dedicated board games! In this very first episode, they discuss board game victories and video game morality. Get playing!

Say Hi at http://boardsandbytes.tumblr.com/

Follow us on Twitter!

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