# Episode 70: Unexpected Hits, with Eric from What’s Eric Playing

An episode of [The BoardGameGeek Podcast](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1647840134), 6 Jun 2025, 1 h 02 min.

Audio: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2049411/episodes/17291819-episode-70-unexpected-hits-with-eric-from-what-s-eric-playing.mp3

Eric Yurko joins Candice to discuss board games that were unexpected hits. • 00:00:00 Introduction • 00:01:46 Video Games?! • 00:06:20 Life Beyond Board Games Podcast + Table Scraps • 00:08:57 BGG.Spring Highlights (Dogs of War, Guards of Atlantis II, Presages) • 00:17:15 Fresh Plays • 00:17:31 Zenith • 00:20:20 Scream Park • 00:24:44 Rivages • 00:28:06 Clash of Clans: The Epic Raid • 00:35:45 Unexpected Hits • 00:37:24 The Shipwreck Arcana • 00:40:02 Stomp the Plank • 00:43:05 Cat Sudoku: Summer Festival • 00:44:22 Decorum • 00:46:22 Nine Tiles Panic • 00:47:46 Inheritors • 00:49:46 Turing Machine • 00:51:18 Polynesia • 00:54:44 Obsession • 00:56:25 Tower Up • 01:00:48 Sign-off Thank you to our sponsor, Rebel Studio! Back Stormlight: War for Roshar on Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/brotherwise/war-for-roshar Web: https://boardgamegeek.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@boardgamegeek Twitter: https://twitter.com/BoardGameGeek Email: podcast@boardgamegeek.com

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