Untangling Toys Ep9: Board Games

Board games today are so much more than Clue and Scrabble, but what are you getting into when you open up one of these new, imported indie board games? On today’s episode I interview board game aficionado Andrew Santoro for a deep dive into the rules, the pieces, and all things board games.

We covered a lot of games, so if you ever need a refresher on how to play a game, check out Watch It Played for easy to follow game tutorials.

00:00 - Family Board Game Night
02:59 - Board Game Cafes
05:21 - Interview with Andrew from Chip Theory Games
05:58 - Too Many Bones
07:21 - Fuji Flush
09:05 - Monopoly and Copyright
10:27 - Doodle Dash
13:36 - Cosmoctopus
14:00 - How are Games Tested?
16:38 - Arkham Horror
17:41 - Legacy Games (Clank)
20:51 - Oink Games (DroPoulter)
22:42 - Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective
29:44 - Outro

Check out your neighborhood to see if there's a board game shop like Games By James you can support or a games cafe like The Guildhouse where you can play games and meet other gamers!