# Board Game Hot Takes A podcast by Board Game Hot Takes. We tell you how a board game experience felt - just minutes after we finish playing. Three unique points of view. No non-game nonsense. Feed: https://anchor.fm/s/35be69e8/podcast/rss ## Latest episodes - [Drillers](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1531729571/ce4d8ebe4d58) (2026-10-26, 76 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/35be69e8/podcast/play/127977876/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-9-23%2Ff729e780-f7a4-811f-c5f6-630f1bb6a94e.mp3 - [Top 3 Board Games We Wish We'd Designed](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1531729571/08bc6d305020) (2026-10-19, 79 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/35be69e8/podcast/play/127703305/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-9-19%2F39ea8e50-5cb8-e6c2-5f7a-da3f24f097d2.mp3 - [Hot Topic - When are Epic Games Worth It?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1531729571/4a186820844a) (2026-10-12, 57 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/35be69e8/podcast/play/127311890/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-9-11%2F8bdf25b5-80cf-66c0-2f9e-f31db229441f.mp3 - [Bus](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1531729571/a823cb7cc6f2) (2026-10-05, 70 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/35be69e8/podcast/play/126829034/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-9-4%2F2c932b29-c32c-282f-9132-8f18dc9240b9.mp3 - [Hot Topic - Board Game Collecting](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1531729571/4b25a1079496) (2026-09-28, 55 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/35be69e8/podcast/play/126317301/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-8-26%2F86d06130-aadb-660e-8693-3e1655ac9324.mp3 - [Gunsen: The Battle for Toshi Ranbo](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1531729571/890cbd4f23c3) (2026-09-21, 79 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/35be69e8/podcast/play/125979496/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-8-19%2F13f4505d-745e-e60e-4378-3f4dbac18c42.mp3 - [Our Spirit Games, Grail Games, Most Gifted Games, and More - Mailbag #9](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1531729571/c7583788b487) (2026-09-14, 76 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/35be69e8/podcast/play/125696353/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-8-14%2Fa1ff27f8-ea3a-8bf5-7a98-a3a14b656eb5.mp3 - [Wondrous Creatures](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1531729571/eeba40664bd7) (2026-09-07, 58 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/35be69e8/podcast/play/125302218/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-8-6%2F61b89018-8293-f142-8456-d904d92c8bf3.mp3 - [Top 5 Party Games](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1531729571/b5d239c4e372) (2026-08-31, 78 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/35be69e8/podcast/play/124941721/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-7-30%2F95a44899-3be1-ea62-1643-c663866642ef.mp3 - [Top 3 Resource Economies in Board Games](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1531729571/b0e5b77ffee1) (2026-08-24, 63 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/35be69e8/podcast/play/124636155/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-7-24%2Fc5e51f29-8d5b-4ad6-7235-eaa74ab8a0ca.mp3 - [Entropy](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1531729571/3cd0adb95c7f) (2026-08-17, 75 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/35be69e8/podcast/play/124296967/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-7-16%2F9e24a2be-d661-6c22-5447-251e0d2eaaab.mp3 - [Super Mini-Review Party!](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1531729571/9e2a5d254417) (2026-08-10, 79 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/35be69e8/podcast/play/123981977/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-7-9%2F9641aeca-35a8-5f92-8068-f82d230fe575.mp3 - [Favorite Board Games of All Time 2026 Edition (1-10)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1531729571/4a14f0678ba6) (2026-08-03, 103 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/35be69e8/podcast/play/123676030/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-7-3%2Fff8c5e5e-5520-4871-0eb2-69e8a67da882.mp3 - [Favorite Board Games of All Time 2026 Edition (11-20)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1531729571/bd810cb70e99) (2026-07-27, 95 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/35be69e8/podcast/play/123367946/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-6-27%2Fa3697fc9-a537-6d5d-fb67-e75dcde58b93.mp3 - [Favorite Board Games of All Time 2026 Edition (21-30)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1531729571/ee7110214462) (2026-07-20, 87 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/35be69e8/podcast/play/122988034/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-6-18%2Fff2273cd-720f-27c2-89ac-1c65a6f0688c.mp3 - [Favorite Board Games of All Time 2026 Edition (31-40)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1531729571/24051292cdf5) (2026-07-13, 86 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/35be69e8/podcast/play/122710540/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-6-12%2F5c2faf87-20fc-b63c-a17a-4f60b0b4ff36.mp3 - [Favorite Board Games of All Time 2026 Edition (41-50)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1531729571/b31128dda5a1) (2026-07-06, 83 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/35be69e8/podcast/play/122370723/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-6-4%2F071eaf55-650e-b7e9-0131-cb91ce344540.mp3 - [2026 Mid-year Board Game Roundup](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1531729571/ea48643c39b3) (2026-06-29, 51 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/35be69e8/podcast/play/122128175/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-5-29%2F01673d80-a0b1-dd00-32b6-91138147a497.mp3 - [Amalfi: Renaissance](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1531729571/15818bb08347) (2026-06-22, 48 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/35be69e8/podcast/play/121812257/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-5-22%2F698d0598-ae49-4da6-035f-cf9244640526.mp3 - [A Barrage of Board Game Topics - Mailbag #8](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1531729571/638ed6d17d6d) (2026-06-15, 66 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/35be69e8/podcast/play/121427280/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-5-13%2Ffda28660-cc0b-de5f-c4c5-cecead311ba9.mp3 - [Emberleaf](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1531729571/160ba4104b85) (2026-06-08, 73 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/35be69e8/podcast/play/120979073/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-5-4%2F734f9e69-c2fa-1d4e-53ee-55d29f31406a.mp3 - [BGGCon Spring 2026 Recap](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1531729571/40dd49356b34) (2026-06-01, 71 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/35be69e8/podcast/play/120816105/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-5-1%2F1e2cf4cc-2992-1dd7-b989-e2e6302ed940.mp3 - [Tabled! Loads of Recent Games Played](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1531729571/eec3613cf27f) (2026-05-25, 67 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/35be69e8/podcast/play/120497966/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-4-25%2Fb87f480c-7339-a5b6-2512-eb2e88c7290d.mp3 - [Lacerdafiable - Speakeasy vs. Kanban EV](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1531729571/4068c16e010b) (2026-05-18, 72 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/35be69e8/podcast/play/120083835/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-4-16%2F0826edd6-f0ce-03b9-c59e-c898cdbf4c73.mp3 - [Episode 300 - The Best of BGHT](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1531729571/d0d21c4ff880) (2026-05-11, 60 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/35be69e8/podcast/play/119798731/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-4-11%2Fe50903aa-16a9-ed92-fdd2-b3b79a145705.mp3 - [BGHT SandyCon Recap Part 2 (9 Games Discussed)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1531729571/6420da6b63f0) (2026-05-04, 93 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/35be69e8/podcast/play/119420453/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-4-3%2F01683f19-9717-edd6-4622-ef0fd5c4235a.mp3 - [BGHT SandyCon Recap Part 1 (7 Games Discussed)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1531729571/874f811c89f6) (2026-04-27, 57 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/35be69e8/podcast/play/119072539/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-3-26%2Fe2252747-43c3-0754-9d88-a56550661ebb.mp3 - [Top 5 Dopamine Loaded Board Games](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1531729571/e83fecd44601) (2026-04-20, 56 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/35be69e8/podcast/play/118470360/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-3-14%2Fc8851750-547d-2c5c-e6d5-e2b894450b3e.mp3 - [Our 2025 BGG Golden Geek Nominations](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1531729571/76c1eca265be) (2026-04-13, 64 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/35be69e8/podcast/play/118358145/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-3-13%2Fb1111557-ecef-898b-e174-743c3c9ae8d8.mp3 - [Endeavor: Deep Sea](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1531729571/b38d7b9908df) (2026-04-06, 64 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/35be69e8/podcast/play/118016113/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-3-6%2F112f0291-4214-6988-d0ef-6489ba617b13.mp3 - [The Economics of Self-Publishing a Board Game](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1531729571/974ede7e5428) (2026-03-30, 62 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/35be69e8/podcast/play/117658900/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-2-29%2F5ff1e736-4965-411e-e7bf-a7a56e60afda.mp3 - [BGHT in Africa - 15 Great Animal Themed Games](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1531729571/f2cabccfbd94) (2026-03-23, 65 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/35be69e8/podcast/play/117336264/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-2-23%2F87b0a138-f01f-3522-a0ec-efe68ecdbcdd.mp3 - [Viticulture: Bordeaux and Revive: Call of the Abyss](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1531729571/bae6fae8b6be) (2026-03-16, 48 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/35be69e8/podcast/play/116896907/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-2-14%2F1a3b7692-646f-6c2a-1a06-e19896506b46.mp3 - [Top 5 Overlooked Board Games (2020-2024)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1531729571/fdd79a5bd02d) (2026-03-09, 77 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/35be69e8/podcast/play/116607114/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-2-9%2F34fad682-4cbb-ed13-a734-09d777c88ae8.mp3 - [Hot Topic: Board Game Strategy](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1531729571/2a1fead2be50) (2026-03-02, 67 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/35be69e8/podcast/play/116232219/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-2-1%2F30bbc8f8-0eb7-ee68-c8bf-162e4ff855fd.mp3 - [Dewan](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1531729571/9a96942baf3e) (2026-02-23, 61 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/35be69e8/podcast/play/115896763/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-1-23%2F6e3a302f-bac9-aae1-9427-1d07c6256766.mp3 - [Missing Themes, Promising Designers, and More! - Mailbag #7](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1531729571/67bd1773464f) (2026-02-16, 73 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/35be69e8/podcast/play/115566337/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-1-16%2Ffedcee77-c6f9-b6d8-fc55-2c36bff05de3.mp3 - [Tree Huggers: Forest Shuffle vs. Reforest](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1531729571/f6e6e7290251) (2026-02-09, 70 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/35be69e8/podcast/play/115228449/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-1-9%2Fe826ae9b-5b31-15ae-2605-942db775e12a.mp3 - [Top 5 Expansions We Won't Play Without](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1531729571/59bed0e5ce97) (2026-02-02, 67 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/35be69e8/podcast/play/114892218/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-1-2%2F5201d096-d0c4-d409-bfee-15b5131a60bf.mp3 - [The Old King's Crown](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1531729571/c94507caf50c) (2026-01-26, 67 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/35be69e8/podcast/play/114540687/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-0-25%2F1a3fbb35-8138-833a-c68e-04de8d6c27d3.mp3 - [Echoes of Time](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1531729571/81f95f1964b3) (2026-01-19, 67 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/35be69e8/podcast/play/114207746/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-0-19%2F75eb9a5d-fa1c-ed3a-2c75-4cf10ee9d995.mp3 - [2025 Lookback and Board Game Awards](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1531729571/8e901140a295) (2026-01-12, 59 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/35be69e8/podcast/play/113841038/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-0-11%2Fd2c72410-8372-0269-dfaf-1ca01a4daffb.mp3 - [Hot Topic: Are We In Peak Board Gaming?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1531729571/c77c1aec9642) (2026-01-05, 63 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/35be69e8/podcast/play/113459305/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-0-4%2F1c975521-9f05-ad4d-b28b-1e02db0fe8e0.mp3 - [Top 5 Games We Only Played Once in 2025](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1531729571/81224623fe10) (2025-12-29, 52 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/35be69e8/podcast/play/113183295/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2025-11-28%2Fa8649207-5a5f-235e-ebc6-d2ba27e741b1.mp3 - [Top 5 Board Games We Want To Play in 2026](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1531729571/fadef63e7aae) (2025-12-22, 76 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/35be69e8/podcast/play/112962028/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2025-11-22%2Fc5fb6d48-ded7-f429-dfda-ec5a09368dc6.mp3 - [Ada's Dream](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1531729571/5140af69700e) (2025-12-15, 76 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/35be69e8/podcast/play/112635721/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2025-11-15%2F5fe52b6d-e08e-a239-22e8-176987a3d2e7.mp3 - [Top 5 Family Games](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1531729571/9a878a4abe36) (2025-12-08, 77 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/35be69e8/podcast/play/112289738/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2025-11-8%2F3e9f3839-a26e-730a-1e4a-56c67bc97371.mp3 - [Hot Topic: Our BGG Ratings](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1531729571/552fd5ddb32f) (2025-12-01, 62 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/35be69e8/podcast/play/111936692/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2025-10-30%2F85dbc9c0-4983-521b-1da7-ee623de6a2ff.mp3 - [Joyride: Survival of the Fastest](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1531729571/14a77c992e2b) (2025-11-24, 74 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/35be69e8/podcast/play/111567073/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2025-10-23%2F4d214726-6072-ea02-e0ef-3b26db3f951e.mp3 - [Annoyances, Omissions, and More - Mailbag Episode #6](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1531729571/1430df0f073e) (2025-11-17, 67 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/35be69e8/podcast/play/111207656/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2025-10-15%2Facf717de-d93e-7983-3ae2-73297f3b9da5.mp3 Shows are listed from Apple Podcasts' charts and directory, and Podcast Index where it is used. 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