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225 episodes - English - Latest episode: 22 days ago - ★★★★ - 5 ratingsThis is the feed where you can get all the great podcasts found over at the Boards & Swords website (http://boardsandswords.com). There's the main Boards & Swords podcast, where four friends have fun talking about board games and finding a game they all like, and The Dirtbags of Holding, a RPG actual play podcast showing off the wrong way to play several different roleplaying games.
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Gloom-having a Good RPG with Danielle Lauzon from Cephalofair Games - Boards & Swords #238
April 04, 2024 20:14Apparently there were a lot of minis sold in 2023...I had no idea *cough* bought tons of 40k tenth edition stuff *cough*. Also, someone saw a familiar looking coyote in a magic card and Danielle Lauzon from Cephalofair Games is here to talk about the Gloomhaven RPG!
I Need a Weapon for Halo: Flashpoint with Ronnie Renton from Mantic Games - Boards & Swords #237
March 21, 2024 21:06What's that? Sorry I can't hear you over the sound of the Halo theme song playing in my head. Ronnie Renton from Mantic Games is back on the show to talk about Halo: Flashpoint, coming later this year from Mantic Games. Also, Heroscape is coming back, there's going to be an Arkham Horror RPG and NASA made a D&D adventure? Join us on Discord! https://boardsandswords.com/discord Liked our Monument Hobbies interview? You can now save by using our affiliate code "boardsandswords" at their che...
Jumping into Star Wars Unlimited with Xander Tabler from FFG - Boards & Swords #236
March 14, 2024 05:00Want to pretend to clean your Warhammer 40k minis? Yeah, I didn't realize people wanted that either. Plus, some good news about the former Prospero Hall studio employees and FanRoll is rolling into Dungeons & Dragons. Also, Xander from FFG stops by to talk about the upcoming Star Wars Unlimited TCG! (https://starwarsunlimited.com/)
Crafting A Bra Full of Sawdust with Gabby Carder - Boards & Swords #235
March 07, 2024 06:00CMON is no longer doing Kickstarters, use IKEA instructions in a new rpg, and apparently crossover sets make MTG loads of cash. Also, Gabby from Bra Full of Sawdust (https://www.brafullofsawdust.com) is here to showcase all the custom wooden creations she makes for tabletop gamers (among others!)
Adopting Misfit Dice with Neal Hoffman from FanRoll Dice - Boards & Swords #234
February 08, 2024 20:42Another video game becomes a board game, Guild Ball is coming back - for free? And is Hasbro selling D&D? We talk about all of these news stories along with Neal Hoffman from FanRoll Dice! Because you can never have enough dice....right?
The World of Darkness with Kevin Schluter from Renegade Game Studios - Boards & Swords #233
January 26, 2024 17:53Chick-fil-a wants to make board games? Funko is done with board games, and the number one game on Board Game Geek is getting a sequel (shocker!)? We talk about these stories and more as we delve into the World of Darkness with Kevin Schluter, RPG producer from Renegade Game Studios!
Magical RPG Artifacts with Paul Shapiro from Beadle & Grimm's - Boards & Swords #232
January 12, 2024 15:36Ready to immerse your RPG players in your game world? We've got Jon Ciccolini & Paul Shapiro from Beadle & Grimm's Pandemonium Warehouse to talk about all the "artifacts" you can get for your favorite Roleplaying Games. Also in this episode: Wingspan with Dragons? Clean Energy Catan? And Chris drools over the idea that a Halo Miniatures Game is back in the works.
Alone Against the Static with Brian Holland from Chaosium - Boards & Swords #231
December 28, 2023 06:00What D&D books are coming out next year? Another much loved board game is getting a roll and write version, and you can now get your Geralt on in Unmatched. Plus, we have Brian Holland on from Chaosium to talk about Alone Against the Static: a solo adventure using the Call of Cthulhu ruleset!
What the heck is Newsh? With Jason Craze from Monument Hobbies - Boards & Swords #230
December 14, 2023 06:00A couple of Kickstarters, Asmodee picks a terrible time to do layoffs, and a Magic/Clue crossover that sounds....good? Plus we've got Jason Craze from Monument Hobbies with us to talk about their Pro Acryl paint line!
Boldly Rolling with Jim Johnson from Star Trek Adventures - Boards & Swords #229
November 17, 2023 19:52Saw and Diablo are getting board games, AI wants to teach you board games, and Murder Mystery magic cards?? Plus, we have Jim Johnson on the show, project manager and line editor of the Star Trek Adventures RPG from Modiphius!
Toys R Us Returns, Mr. Beast plays Dune Imperium with Ian from Floodgate Games - Boards & Swords #228
November 10, 2023 19:46Never would have thought I'd hear "MrBeast" and "Dune Imperium" in the same sentence. Or that I'd hear about Toys R Us returning, or that a TCG website would stop carrying Magic: The Gathering? Is it the end times? We find out while also talking to Ian from Floodgate Games about their board games.
Game Toppers 4.0 Kickstarter Preview (Premium Game Mats!) with Burky - Boards & Swords 227
October 06, 2023 05:00An RPG maker is suing Netflix? Could you handle 24 people playing Twilight Inscription at one time? And what’s this about combining Barbie with Warhammer 40k? Plus, we’ve got Burky from GameToppers LLC to talk about his latest Kickstarter, featuring a TON of cool new playmats!
Affordable Dice For All Minis Games with Steven from Baron of Dice - Boards & Swords 226
September 21, 2023 05:07Rhino Hero to Rhino Zero…money? You’ll never guess, but Terraforming Mars has used AI art before, and Weta Workshop is wetting our appetites for some new 40k action figures. Plus, we’ve got Steven from The Baron of Dice on the show to talk about what else but DICE!
Nova Open 2023 with Adam and Vince from Snarling Badger Studios - Boards & Swords 225
September 07, 2023 14:16We are live at Nova Open 2023! Will Chris get the chance to insta-kill Philip AGAIN in D&D? Want a eco-friendly card game with more “bark” in it? Plus, we talk with Adam and Vince from Snarling Badger Studios about their various tabletop miniatures games and going from tabletop players to making a tabletop company.
Cyberpunk RED Combat Zone with Dan from Monster Fight Club - Boards & Swords 224
August 27, 2023 22:29Castle Assault gets popular for the wrong reasons, get dice everyday for a month, and a new card game based on a show based on a card game? We talk about this and more with Dan Scillieri from Monster Fight Club, makers of great terrain and the Cyberpunk RED Combat Zone minis game.
Gen Con 2023 Recap: Over 70,000 Nerds Trying To Get Lorcana - Boards & Swords 223
August 11, 2023 02:18Chris is back from Gen Con, and Shawn and him did a lot and saw a lot of things. Also, $300,000 worth of magic cards stolen, people were crazy for Lorcana, and Transformers are coming to Robo Rally! The best part - you wont have to shove through 70,000 other nerds to find out everything that happened!
Worms: The Board Game with Ronnie Renton from Mantic Games - Boards & Swords 222
July 28, 2023 16:14They actually made a way for you to play as the Blob in the Arkham Horror LCG, a popular Call of Cthulhu adventure is getting turned into a board game, and “Allons-y”: we’ve got Doctor Who magic cards to talk about now. Then, we talk with Ronnie from Mantic Games about the upcoming Worms: The Board Game.
Dice Theme Park, Tiny Epic Gloomhaven, Um Actually the Board Game - Boards & Swords 221
July 13, 2023 05:00One of these days I will stop putting Lord of the Rings MTG stories in the news…I’m sorry but today is not that day. Also: a tabletop minis game set in a trailer park, Gloomhaven: just smaller, and massacre your friends (but only in Texas with a Chainsaw!). And Cory and Jimmy join us to talk about Dice Theme Park from Alley Cat Games and we play the “Um, Actually” card game.
Cocaine Bear: The RPG, Warhammer 40k 10th edition, Dragonlance 5e - Boards & Swords 220
July 07, 2023 14:40The one ring is found, Cocaine Bear: the RPG, and defend Waffle House from Zombies! Also, you know we are going to talk about 10th edition Warhammer 40K and we take a look at the Dragonlance D&D5e adventure that released earlier this year.
Too Many Marvel Games to Count with Brian Ibbott from The Morning Stream - Boards & Swords 219
June 15, 2023 20:10A couple of games being brought back from the dead, one that might be dead in the water, and Worms the Board Game? Then we talk to Brian Ibbott from The Morning Stream and find out what kind of games he enjoys playing.
Metal Gear Solid Returns, Ticket to Ride Legacy, Historical Wargames - Boards & Swords 218
June 09, 2023 20:06Are movies based on tabletop games the next trend? (I hope not). Ticket to ride is hoping on the legacy train (hehe), and the Metal Gear Solid game is back! Also, we celebrate Memorial Day by talking about games based on historical wars.
A New Star Wars TCG, BattleTech in Target with Mike from Nova Open - Boards & Swords 217
May 24, 2023 00:45Nerf gun RPGs, Doctor Who & Magic, and of course: a new Warhammer 40k box set!! Then, we get our Nova on as we talk with Mike from the Nova Open Committee as he tells us about all the new changes coming to the Nova Open this year - including A LIVE BOARDS & SWORDS! Come join us!
Vegas, Pinkertons, Dungeon Murder with Scott Johnson from Frogpants Studio - Boards & Swords 216
May 04, 2023 11:17Wizards went too far…again…., a lot of nerds got together in a mall and set a world record, and we’re in Vegas baby! See what crazy antics we got into, plus Chris got to talk with Scott Johnson from Frogpants Studios about his new card game “Dungeon Murder” ( https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/rockrunners/dungeon-murder-a-new-game-by-scott-johnson )
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves with Wayne from Adventure Away - Boards & Swords 215
April 23, 2023 15:00A titan is gone, Funko got more IPs, and you wont believe our last news story. Then, get ready to hear about your next vacation as Wayne from Adventure Away (http://adventureawaymd.com/) comes on to talk about the D&D movie and their service, where you can potentially play D&D in a CASTLE!
Adepticon News, Sequels to Descent and Clank Legacy Incoming - Boards & Swords 214
April 14, 2023 21:48I mean, there’s April Fool’s jokes and sequels to various board games coming out, but we all know the real news lately: Warhammer 40K tenth edition is coming! I wonder what Chris will have to say about it.
Spelljammer 5e, Magic Hot Pockets, Catan: Soccer - Boards & Swords 213
March 24, 2023 13:59Hot Pockets & Magic? Sounds like a bad afternoon in the bathroom. Plus, soccer is coming to Catan? We must have played too much spelljammer and fell into an alternate universe, so we'll talk about the D&D Spelljammer setting and our thoughts on it.
Twilight Inscription, News-A-Palooza - Boards & Swords 212
March 10, 2023 23:04We took an episode off, but the news never sleeps! So there’s a ton of news, from new board game versions of Sea of Thieves and Apex Legends to Lord of the Rings in Magic the Gathering and also a game about butts? Oh yeah, and we talk about Twilight Inscription, the 4 board roll and write game from Fantasy Flight Games.
Oath, D&D Causing Every Other RPG to Sell Out - Boards & Swords 211
February 10, 2023 15:02Paizo sold out of all their Pathfinder stock? There’s a sequel to Scythe coming? And, something something something new D&D adventure. Also, talk about the board game Oath from Leder Games.
Tons of Terrain with Rich from ROK Minis - Boards & Swords 210
January 30, 2023 23:03We could do another whole episode on the D&D OGL drama, but we provide some updates and then talk to Rich from rokminis.com about what's it like taking gaming from a hobby to a career!
Dark Souls & Deep Rock Galactic: The Board Games, Necromunda - Boards & Swords 209
January 16, 2023 15:27Welcome to 2023! Time to spend all that holiday cash and buy more games! So what are we doing this year? Also, D&D might be getting greedy with its licensing, and we’ve got board games based on video games (Deep Rock Galactic & Dark Souls)
Warhammer 40k: The TV Show? Pax Unplugged 2022 - Boards & Swords 208
December 22, 2022 18:44It’s the last podcast of 2022! And what a podcast to close the year out on: a Warhammer 40k show coming from Henry Cavill, new board game and RPG announcements, and we’ve got our friends Cory & Jimmy here to talk about Pax Unplugged and all the things they saw there!
Resident Evil 3 the Board Game, Gloomhaven the RPG, a Terraforming Mars Movie? - Boards & Swords 207
December 15, 2022 20:46Gloomhaven is going to make a RPG? There’s a Co-op version of Carcassonne coming? Chris went to Pax Unplugged and only played 1 game? Also, there was this Tanks-giving thing to talk about. All of that and much more, as we bring back “But Wait, There’s More” in the end of the show for some good laughs.
Ork-tober, Hasbro Getting Greedy, More DALL-E Board Game Covers - Boards & Swords #206
November 29, 2022 14:32You got your transformers in my magic! Hasbro is getting too greedy? Say it isn’t so! Plus, we take the DALL-E 2 AI image generator for a spin again, trying to remake board game covers. And there’s lots of news and games to catch up on from the past month, like ExtraLife, Ork-tober, and prepping for TANKS-GIVING!
Warcrow Adventures, Fort: Cats & Dogs Expansion, Endless Winter- Boards & Swords #205
October 29, 2022 15:21Philip is on his way back from the House of Mouse, so Shaun steps into the cohost chair! We’ve got stolen board game ideas, lots of miniatures kickstarters coming, and putting Cats and Dogs in your Forts. Plus, Chris has been painting up some deadly Imperial Knights for Warhammer, too bad he hasn’t won a game yet!
Dungeon Fighter Second Edition, Warhammer: The Horus Heresy, Pathfinder in D&D5e? - Boards & Swords #204
October 19, 2022 15:57Paizo is making an adventure for D&D? You got your Clone Wars in my Pandemic! Plus we have more spelljammer to talk about and Chris wrote a campaign for Warhammer: The Horus Heresy
Block and Key, Carcassonne 20th Anniversary Edition, Disney: The CCG - Boards & Swords #203
September 16, 2022 18:37Disney is making a CCG? You can play your dead characters in a new RPG? Plus, Chris went to Nova Open, so Philip has to look at some Out of Context Comments on some Warhammer 40k news!
One D&D, Embracer Group Owns Lord of the Rings?, More Gen Con Talk! - Boards & Swords #202
September 07, 2022 23:43We're back in the studio, time to get started on the next 200 episodes. Chris did a lot of Gen Con talk recently, but what all did he actually do there?
Gen Con 2022 (feat. Eric Yurko, Edge Studios, Colorway Game Labs, Dire Wolf) - Boards & Swords #201
August 18, 2022 18:59Another on location episode! Next time we’ll be back in studio but in this episode Chris is on the floor at Gen Con 2022 talking with a bunch of folks about what they’ve got on display. Thanks to Eric Yurko for bantering with Chris in the beginning, and to Edge Publishing, Colorway Game Labs, and Dire Wolf for talking to us about products and embarrassing themselves with some impromptu jokes!
LIVE from High Tide Games - Boards & Swords #200
August 17, 2022 05:00We’ve been doing this for 200 episodes! So we are live on location at High Tide Games in Southern Maryland so real people can groan at our bad jokes. Also, Asmodee is making board games about Squid Game and another new Dune board game is coming. Plus, we get others to tell us bad puns for once as we do a “Pun-off” to giveaway a ton of prizes! There’s still plenty to give away! Email us with what you think your best pun and/or related feedback on what we could do better! feedback@boardsa...
Return to Dark Tower, Vampire Rivals Expansions, Capstone+? - Boards & Swords 199
July 14, 2022 16:20Would you do a subscription to a board game company? How about play Legend of the Five Rings in D&D? We’ve got all that plus we both got a chance to play Restoration Games’ version of the classic “Dark Tower” game.
Return to Dark Tower, Vampire Rivals Expansions, Capstone+? - Boards & Swords #199
July 14, 2022 16:20Would you do a subscription to a board game company? How about play Legend of the Five Rings in D&D? We’ve got all that plus we both got a chance to play Restoration Games’ version of the classic “Dark Tower” game.
BattleTech, Necromunda, Origins 2022 (Special Guest Ken from Geek-Craft!) - Boards & Swords 198
June 27, 2022 13:50Apparently Backerkit is making its own Kickstarter like platform? Also Magic the Gathering is 30 years old? In more recent news, Origins Game Fair was a few weekends ago and Ken from Geek Craft is here to talk about it!
BattleTech, Necromunda, Origins 2022 (Special Guest Ken from Geek-Craft!) - Boards & Swords #198
June 27, 2022 13:50Apparently Backerkit is making its own Kickstarter like platform? Also Magic the Gathering is 30 years old? In more recent news, Origins Game Fair was a few weekends ago and Ken from Geek Craft is here to talk about it!
Bittersweet, Frameworks Miniatures, This Game Does Not Exist? - Boards & Swords #197
June 13, 2022 18:35Lots of announcements in the board game space: awards! Expansions! Conventions! Chris bought more Warhammer! (That last one was probably the most obvious one). Also, we use Board Game names to come up with weird new AIs in a new gameshow!
Bittersweet, Frameworks Miniatures, This Game Does Not Exist? - Boards & Swords 197
June 13, 2022 18:35Lots of announcements in the board game space: awards! Expansions! Conventions! Chris bought more Warhammer! (That last one was probably the most obvious one). Also, we use Board Game names to come up with weird new AIs in a new gameshow!
A Final Fantasy TCG? Pirate Pathfinder Board Game, Out of Context Comments - Boards & Swords #196
May 13, 2022 20:39A better look at that Runescape board game, Embracer Group buys up more IPs, did you know there’s a Final Fantasy TCG? All this plus we take a look at some out of context comments made at Warhammer Fest!
A Final Fantasy TCG? Pirate Pathfinder Board Game, Out of Context Comments - Boards & Swords 196
May 13, 2022 20:39A better look at that Runescape board game, Embracer Group buys up more IPs, did you know there’s a Final Fantasy TCG? All this plus we take a look at some out of context comments made at Warhammer Fest!
Spelljammer 5e, Co-Op Viticulture, Digital Gaming 2 Years Later? - Boards & Swords 195
April 28, 2022 16:02Spelljammer is coming to D&D5e! Also, Hasbro might be using D&D system for other properties, go figure! It’s also been two years since Digital Gaming was forced onto the center stage - what do we think? Where can it stay when many are going back to in person games??
Spelljammer 5e, Co-Op Viticulture, Digital Gaming 2 Years Later? - Boards & Swords #195
April 28, 2022 16:02Spelljammer is coming to D&D5e! Also, Hasbro might be using D&D system for other properties, go figure! It’s also been two years since Digital Gaming was forced onto the center stage - what do we think? Where can it stay when many are going back to in person games??
Space Dwarves in 40K, Spider-Ham, Games with Books Written About Them - Boards & Swords #194
April 14, 2022 14:52We get scholarly in this episode as we talk about books! Specifically, what board games have fiction books written in their world? Plus, plenty of april fool’s jokes that weren’t jokes after all, Mandalorian minis coming soon to your Star Wars games, and a campaign expansion for Cosmic Encounter?