The Board Game BBQ Podcast

It's a revolution!! Join Dana, Jules and Conor on Episode 360 of the Board Game BBQ Podcast.

On this episode Conor finally gets his epic game of Bitoku played and makes the hottest of hot sauce in Scoville, Dana reminds Conor of his favourite cake when she discusses Black Forest and Jules ventures back into the depths with Aquatica and looks to ruin peoples day in 5 Towers!

Don't forget this weeks Question of the Pod; 'What's your favourite boardgame component and why?

Join Jules, Conor and Lauren all the games hitting their tables and faces. Conor's hot take is that the number 1 game, Brass Birmingham, is in fact - good. Jules pours sweat, tears, and mostly blood into Moon Colony Bloodbath. Lauren hasn't been playing much but is there for moral support.

Question of the Pod: What board game is most likely to turn violent?

Tell us about the game and share your stories if you have them! Twisted ankle in twister? Clocked in the head in jungle speed? Flipped a table in Monopoly? We want to hear about it!

Timestamps:

What we’ve been playing [0:02:51]
Moon Colony Bloodbath [0:44:05]
Brass Birmingham [0:51:51]
Question of the Pod [1:01:19]
Fired up [1:14:13]

Here's all the games we spoke about:

French toast - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/312633/french-toast
Qork - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/207331/qork
Fuji Flush - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/203430/fuji-flush
Nippon: Zaibatsu - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/434367/nippon-zaibatsu
Marvel Champions: The Card Game - Sinister Motives - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgameexpansion/347813/marvel-champions-the-card-game-sinister-motives
Forest Shuffle: Dartmoor - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/438402/forest-shuffle-dartmoor
Earth - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/350184/earth
Covenant - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/429863/covenant
Moon Colony Bloodbath - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/425549/moon-colony-bloodbath
Brass Birmingham - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/224517/brass-birmingham

Check out our Eventbrite page for all of our upcoming Game Days: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/o/board-game-bbq-32833304483

SPONSORS
Our podcast is proudly sponsored by Advent Games and More Than Meeples. Advent Games is an Australian online board game store based in Sydney, NSW. http://www.adventgames.com.au/

More Than Meeples is an Australian retail and online game store based in Brisbane, QLD. https://morethanmeeples.com.au/ 

PATREON
Hey there, BBQ fans! Guess what? We’ve got a Patreon! By joining, you’ll unlock exclusive content, gain access to a members-only section of our Discord where you can help shape the show, and so much more. Plus, your support will help us grow and bring some awesome new projects to life in 2025.

At the Board Game BBQ Podcast, we’re passionate about what we do and promise to keep the fun and shenanigans rolling. We’re so grateful for your support! Joining our Patreon is totally optional, and we ask that you don’t contribute if it’ll cause financial stress. But if you’d like to chip in from just USD$5 a month, click the link to check out our Patreon page. Thanks a million for being amazing! We’re committed to creating a welcoming and inclusive community, and you all make it special. See you at the BBQ!! https://www.patreon.com/BoardGameBBQ 

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Join Dana, Lauren and Jules as they have a very unserious time chatting about everything hitting their tables. Jules is getting into argy-bargy playing a game that he guarantees gives you Eclipse in a smaller box and time with March of the Ants. Dana has been playing a game named after a Welsh town - no not Llanfairpwllgwyngyll, it's Tenby! Lauren has been ... wait for it ... enjoying the coop deduction puzzle in Take Time!

Question of the Pod: Come up with a great name for a board game and tell us how it plays.

Timestamps:
Games we’ve been playing [0:13:48]
March of the Ants [0:46:06]
Take Time [0:53:22]
Tenby [0:58:41]
Question of the Pod [1:11:36]
Fired Up [1:20:23]

Here's all the games we spoke about:

Tenby: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/407233/tenby
March of the Ants: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/156496/march-of-the-ants
Take Time: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/440540/take-time
The Number: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/307450/the-number
Thing Thing: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/426162/thing-thing
Raas: A Dance of Love: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/358912/raas-a-dance-of-love 
Railway Boom: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/448159/railway-boom 
Waddle: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/435360/waddle 
Storyfold: Wildwoods: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/425505/storyfold-wildwoods 
Shadow Moon Syndicates: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/421872/shadow-moon-syndicates  
Mountain Goats: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/63975/mountain-goats 

Check out our Eventbrite page for all of our upcoming Game Days: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/o/board-game-bbq-32833304483

SPONSORS
Our podcast is proudly sponsored by Advent Games and More Than Meeples. Advent Games is an Australian online board game store based in Sydney, NSW. http://www.adventgames.com.au/

More Than Meeples is an Australian retail and online game store based in Brisbane, QLD. https://morethanmeeples.com.au/ 

PATREON
Hey there, BBQ fans! Guess what? We’ve got a Patreon! By joining, you’ll unlock exclusive content, gain access to a members-only section of our Discord where you can help shape the show, and so much more. Plus, your support will help us grow and bring some awesome new projects to life in 2025.

At the Board Game BBQ Podcast, we’re passionate about what we do and promise to keep the fun and shenanigans rolling. We’re so grateful for your support! Joining our Patreon is totally optional, and we ask that you don’t contribute if it’ll cause financial stress. But if you’d like to chip in from just USD$5 a month, click the link to check out our Patreon page. Thanks a million for being amazing! We’re committed to creating a welcoming and inclusive community, and you all make it special. See you at the BBQ!! https://www.patreon.com/BoardGameBBQ 

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Happy Oceania month! This week join Joe and Lauren, along with special guests Jonathan Calleja and Keith Franks as we discuss all things design and Australian tabletop. Jonathan and Keith offer great insights into what it's like as a professional or first time designer, and some of the barriers that new designers encounter. We also dive into what has been hitting our tables and our hearts, as well as QOTP and our regular antics.

Check out their stuff!
Where you can buy Keith's games:  https://thequestsuppliers.com.au/
Tabletop Games Designers Australia - www.tgda.org.au
Facebook group for TGDA: https://www.facebook.com/groups/TGDAus
Incubator Melbourne: https://www.facebook.com/groups/IncubatorMelbourne
Sydney Megagamers: https://www.sydneymegagamers.com/

 

New Question of the Pod: What game have you played where the look of the game was drastically different to how it played?

 

Check out our Eventbrite page for all of our upcoming Game Days: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/o/board-game-bbq-32833304483

 

SPONSORS

Our podcast is proudly sponsored by Advent Games and More Than Meeples.

 

Advent Games is an Australian online board game store based in Sydney, NSW.  http://www.adventgames.com.au/

 

More Than Meeples is an Australian retail and online game store based in Brisbane, QLD.

https://morethanmeeples.com.au/

 

PATREON

Hey there, BBQ fans! Guess what? We’ve got a Patreon! By joining, you’ll unlock exclusive content, gain access to a members-only section of our Discord where you can help shape the show, and so much more. Plus, your support will help us grow and bring some awesome new projects to life in 2025.

At the Board Game BBQ Podcast, we’re passionate about what we do and promise to keep the fun and shenanigans rolling. We’re so grateful for your support! Joining our Patreon is totally optional, and we ask that you don’t contribute if it’ll cause financial stress. But if you’d like to chip in from just USD$5 a month, click the link to check out our Patreon page.

Thanks a million for being amazing! We’re committed to creating a welcoming and inclusive community, and you all make it special. See you at the BBQ!! https://www.patreon.com/BoardGameBBQ

 

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Join Conor as he welcomes two of Australia's most celebrated board game designers — Matt Dunstan and Phil Walker-Harding — for the first episode from Oceania Month in 2026! Matt is best known for games like Next Station London, Elysium, and the Adventure Games series, while Phil is the mind behind Sushi Go!, Imhotep, Bärenpark, and Gizmos. Together they give us a sneak peek at the upcoming Designer Day event at Play Con — an exciting opportunity to meet and game with some of the best minds in the hobby. There's big game talk, design insights, and plenty of Aussie board game love in this one. Pull up a chair!

Sizzling Games:

Millennium Blades

Figment

Blood Rage

 

New Question of the Pod: 

"What’s the best game or game mechanism you’ve seen on TV or in movies?"

 

Check out our Eventbrite page for all of our upcoming Game Days: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/o/board-game-bbq-32833304483

 

Has this episode left you with a thirst for more? Here are all of the games that we discussed:

Millennium Blades - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/151347/millennium-blades

Figment - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/439209/figment

Blood Rage - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/170216/blood-rage

Rumble Nation - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/266722/rumble-nation

Next Station London - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/353545/next-station-london

Point Salad - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/274960/point-salad

Fantasy Realms - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/223040/fantasy-realms

 

SPONSORS

Our podcast is proudly sponsored by Advent Games and More Than Meeples.

 

Advent Games is an Australian online board game store based in Sydney, NSW.  http://www.adventgames.com.au/

 

More Than Meeples is an Australian retail and online game store based in Brisbane, QLD.

https://morethanmeeples.com.au/

 

PATREON

Hey there, BBQ fans! Guess what? We’ve got a Patreon! By joining, you’ll unlock exclusive content, gain access to a members-only section of our Discord where you can help shape the show, and so much more. Plus, your support will help us grow and bring some awesome new projects to life in 2025.

At the Board Game BBQ Podcast, we’re passionate about what we do and promise to keep the fun and shenanigans rolling. We’re so grateful for your support! Joining our Patreon is totally optional, and we ask that you don’t contribute if it’ll cause financial stress. But if you’d like to chip in from just USD$5 a month, click the link to check out our Patreon page.

Thanks a million for being amazing! We’re committed to creating a welcoming and inclusive community, and you all make it special. See you at the BBQ!! https://www.patreon.com/BoardGameBBQ

 

SOCIALS

Support the podcast and join the community!

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