I taught the guys Thunder Road Ignition this week and it went over really well Scott really enjoyed the amount of chaos due to cars coming back on the track all game long @restorationgames.bsky.social

Benji and I just played back to back games of Innovation by @asmadigames.bsky.social I love this game so much! I took the 1st game, just a base game battle Then he took the 2nd when we threw in the Cities expansion It's just stuff a fun, chaotic card game with wild swings

We tried out Thunder Road Ignition as a family tonight One simple change to this version is no car elimination, they get moved to The Pit Stop and come back next round No more player elimination 1st player to get 2 cars across the finish line wins We had fun with it! @restorationgames.bsky.social

Elsie really wanted to learn Hacienda, so we played it tonight Benji took home the win, but it was very close Elsie was in last, only 4 points behind him and 1 behind me @pandasaurusgames.com

Brendo taught us Discordia tonight It's a unique euro where you're trying to get rid of your workers first You draft dice to trigger actions to build a setup so you can get rid of them faster Interesting, but probably better at 3 than 4 due to down time

I taught the guys Hacienda by Wolfgang Kramer and @boardgame.bsky.social The guys compared it to Through the Desert but with more variety in the pieces you play, so a little more complexity @pandasaurusgames.com

We tried out The Game Makers last night It has some interesting timing vibes and tons of fancy bits I only built one type of board games the whole time and built a machine to help with it and I won by 10 It's a solid one but also nothing mind blowing

We tried out the latest Hisashi Hayashi card game Circadia You connect sets of cards to cash in for scoring cards But the sets you collect need to ascend It's got a nice wrinkle to the flow of it

Episode 280 is here and Elsie makes her first co-host appearance in years We review Moustache by @pandasaurusgames.com and LEGO: NINJAGO - Destiny's Bounty Adventures Plus our time with Neva and Pokemon Pokopia boardsalivepodcast.com/2026/08/02/e...

Episode 280 with Elsie – Moustache, LEGO: NINJAGO – Destiny’s Bounty Adventures, Neva, and Pokemon Pokopia

Episode 280 with Elsie – Moustache, LEGO: NINJAGO – Destiny’s Bounty Adventures, Neva, and Pokemon Pokopia Direct Download or Media Player or RSS Feed In our two hundred and eightieth e…

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Oh hello Gen Con hotness Happy to have this arrive today Can't wait to try out how they have made this even more accessible

We're trying out a 2p game of Hacienda by @pandasaurusgames.com while camping to get a feel for how it all works

Benji and I played a head to head match of Azul with my travel edition It's honestly such a great version of the game Sure, the pieces aren't big chonky starburst candy, but they work great on a windy picnic table Also, he beat me by like 30 points....

We played the first LEGO Ninjago Destiny's Bounty Adventures scenario while camping today It was pretty simple, with some leveling up Benji wasn't super enthused about it Elsie was more into it We will see what the 2nd scenario brings

Quinten is legit a fantastic painter Look at this wild Ork guy he painted!

The new version of Kramer's Hacienda just arrived I'm always up for trying his games @pandasaurusgames.com

I taught the family Moustache today It's a fun team trick taking game where you add new rules each round I really like it, but Lins was not a fan Benji wanted to play again because he didn't win a single round with his partners, haha

The new LEGO game arrived today Just in time for us to play as a family this summer It's a co-op scenario game where you defend your boat and get actual LEGO gear to beat up the enemies better

Benji's soccer team won the Gold Cup at Provincials this morning So proud of my son and his team! They came into the tournament ranked 8th of 8 teams, beat the #1 seed in their first game, and won the cup today in the 10th round of penalty kicks It was quite an amazing week!

This 100% I used to try and shoehorn games in Now I'm much more thoughtful about which games I introduce to which folks

🥧 suzanne 🥧@425suzanne.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I've played thousands of board games... and one important lesson that's really sunk in over the past 5 years is... understand how the game fits (or doesn't fit) the group. Played a game of Torchlit with two different groups and it was fascinating how different the plays were when it fit vs didn't.

This is almost a preview of our review on the next episode haha

BoardGameWire@boardgamewire.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Take Time follows Swiss Gamers Award win by securing Austrian game of the year prize, Hot Streak and Morty Sorty Magic Shop also among category winners: boardgamewire.com/index.php/20...

We're trying out Revenant, the new worker placement semi coop game set in the Voidfall world So many icons and so much going on But it's pretty solid so far Sort of has a stock element because you gain influence with different houses that score you points at the end of the game

I always love these articles about professional sports teams using board games to connect Excited to watch Canada hopefully move on to the next round today www.nytimes.com/athletic/739...

Mafia, the secret game that has bonded Canada’s World Cup team

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We played our first couple hands of Moustache today at lunch It's a new trick taking team game But teams change each hand And a new rule gets added each round too Excited to play more tomorrow

We continue to enjoy playing All In Predictions at lunch Just enough extra stuff to keep everyone in it to the last hand Really great poker variation

Dad brag moment: Benji is the goalkeeper for his select soccer team They get to go to Provincials in July thanks to their win this morning Very proud of all his hard work and the work of the team

Lins is here for Episode 278 We review Flock! by @rosegauntlet.bsky.social & @allplay.bsky.social and dnup Plus we chat about our time with Absolum & Jurassic World Evolution 3 boardsalivepodcast.com/2026/06/14/e...

Episode 278 with Linsae – Flock!, dnup, Absolum, and Jurassic World Evolution 3

Episode 278 with Linsae – Flock!, dnup, Absolum, and Jurassic World Evolution 3 Direct Download or Media Player or RSS Feed In our two hundred and seventy-eighth episode, Aaron is jo…

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adults need to read more, especially fiction. it’s how we build empathy and remember how to imagine.

Written by Uju ✍🏽@writtenbyuju.bsky.social · 3mo ago

What's a hill you'll die on?

Hey BBQ/Smoker people! We just bought a new pellet smoker and I have NO experience with it. What are your pellet recommendations? Want them purchasable in Canada

We tried out the newish Hisashi Hiyashi card game Giraffe Raffe You are playing sets of cards onto locations that get increasingly tough to play on If you ever can't play on your turn, or pay an apple token, you lose and everyone laughs at you It was pretty meh...

Played our second game Revive tonight We're learning how significant moving up the tracks is Player powers seem to only help compliment your attempt to move up those tracks But we're enjoying it!