Jack and BJ are in the road after a special trip to BGG CON 2023 in Dallas! Time to recap the highlights of the games played at the con, people we games and chatted with, and a couple of lagniappe experiences!

BJ and Steve welcome in a content creator who is also deep diving into the world of designing board games on Episode 144!  This time, The NameFather has invited Liz Davidson, reviewer with Beyond Solitaire's YouTube Channel and podcast, and the co-designer (with David Thompson) of the upcoming game, Night Witches, from Fort Circle Games to talk about some spicy hot board games!  In the banter, we chatted about: SDHistCon and the Summit AwardsRecent plays of The Mists Over CarcassonneRecent plays of Chaos CoveCrowdfunding projects that have caught Liz's eye The big feature was a deep dive into NIGHT WITCHES, a new two-player game designed by Liz Davidson and David Thompson that is in development with Fort Circle Games. That's right -- it's a Gumbo Scoop -- you'll hear all about the design choices, history of the game, and development even before it hits crowdfunding!  And finally, it's not Gumbo Live! unless we play a game with the Chat Krewe -- this time Steve and I bring back the all time Gumbo favorite, The Jambalaya Game! We mix in a lot of ancient history jokes (Liz is a Latin teacher and a student of ancient history) in with some really bad board game puns.  CHAOS COVE crowdfunding project is on Gamefound right now and almost funded already! https://gamefound.com/en/projects/apegamer/chaos-cove Thanks for listening! Laissez les bon temps rouler!

BJ and Jerod chat with co-host, The Jay Bell, in the Gumbo Pot about Jay's big new move, plus give their post-game thoughts on Castles By The Sea from Brotherwise Games.  Shout out to Burky from GameToppers LLC for the awesome new game mat, and make sure to check out the brand new Kickstarter 4.0! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/burky/game-toppers-40-the-young-sherlock-and-more?ref=section-homepage-view-more-recommendations-p1 Keep an eye out for Kickstarter projects from Weird Giraffe Games (Explosion and Beautiful Huemans) and Hutchu Games (Chaos Cove). Thanks for listening! Laissez les bon temps rouler!

BJ is back from Southern Board Game Fest 2023!  Mitchell from the Beans & Dice Podcast and Jerod from the Board Game Gumbo Twitch Channel join in to recap everything SoBo 2023.  Shout outs to Burky from GameToppers LLC for being our Very Special Guest at SoBo, but also thanks to all the gamers and publishers (like Hutchu Games! Weird Giraffe Games!) and designers (like The Jay Bell! Carla Kopp!) that came -- and especially to I Heart Board Games (Jesse) and TableTalk (Bernie & Matt) who streamed all weekend. BJ and the guys chatted about their highlights from the weekend:  •Challengers tourney (24 people!)  •Fabled from CrowD Games •Village  •Smartphone Inc from Arcane Wonders •BOOoop! from Smirk & Dagger •Thunder Road Vendetta: Maximum Chrome from Restoration Games •Explosion in the Laboratory from Weird Giraffe •Cat In The Box by Bezier •Marrakesh from Queen Games •Trekking Through History from Underdog Games •War of Whispers •Fit To Print / Deep Dive / Point City from Flatout and AEG •Space Explorers expansion from 25th Century Games •Squaring Circleville •Sea Salt & Paper •Orleans Check out Mitchell and Wayne each week on the Beans & Dice podcast or catch the live show on Thursdays where they take your calls about board gaming on YouTube, Facebook, and Twitch! Keep an eye out for Kickstarter projects from GameToppers LLC (new mats and tables!), Weird Giraffe Games (Explosion and Beautiful Huemans) and Hutchu Games (Chaos Cove). Thanks for listening! Laissez les bon temps rouler!

BJ and Steve welcome in a double dose of awesome guests on Episode 143! This time, it's Mike Grade, founder of Rock Manor Games (and designer of Lawyer Up!) and Clarence Simpson, designer of the hit game amongst the Gumbo Krewe, The Wolves!  We reviewed: The Quacks of QuedlinbergWander Towers And there is a heaping helping of Southern Board Game Fest advertise---errr---news sprinkled all over the show. Lots of inside baseball? Sure, but the Chat Krewe is bubbling with excitement about the best board game convention south of Vidrine, Louisiana! But wait there's more! The big feature was a deep dive into MERCHANTS OF MAGICK, and the two brand new expansions hitting Kickstarter this week from Rock Manor Games!  Mike and Clarence tell us about the development, give us insights into the game process, and talk about all the new content! And finally, it's not Gumbo Live! unless we play a game with the Chat Krewe -- this time Steve and I and Clarence go head-to-head with Mike Gnade's brain, in THE ENVIE GAME. But there's a shocking twist as to the winner! You'll have to listen to the Chat Krewe's contributions to believe it! Merchants of Magick expansions crowdfunding project is on Kickstarter right now and has already funded: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mikegnade/merchants-of-magick-dangerous-business Thanks for listening! Laissez les bon temps rouler!

Mitchell from the Beans & Dice Podcast, who heads up our Play to Win and Guided Playthroughs sections at Southern Board Game Fest, joined BJ on a very special episode of Gumbo Live! to chat all things SoBo2023 and to GIVEAWAY SOME PRIZES!  See you at Southern Board Game Fest and THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU Burky from GameToppersLLC! www.southerngamefest.com https://www.gametoppersllc.com/ Laissez les bon temps rouler!

Hey board gamers, we are back with more Twitch Tuesday game talk just for you! It's the return of The Jay Bell, who regales us with stories of his trip to Louisville, Kentucky!  Then, we chat about recent plays of: Forests of Pangaia, Earth, Hero Realms, and Set a Watch Plus, Barnes is back in the Gumbo Pot, and it's time for him to sit on the witness stand in Gumbo Court. We put him under cross examination about Oltréé.  ** Some of the games discussed may have been provided by publishers as a promotional copy. **  Laissez les bon temps rouler!  Get your Board Game Gumbo merch here: https://boardgamegumbo.wordpress.com/gumbo-merch/ Board Game Gumbo plays your games every TUESDAY on TWITCH! twitch.tv/boardgamegumbo @boardgamegumbo on Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Twitch, and Instagram www.boardgamegumbo.com ← our written reviews, news, and convention recaps

Hey board gamers, we are back with more Twitch Tuesday game talk just for you! And super excited to have THE JAY BELL and Mitchell from the Beans & Dice Podcast back in the Gumbo Pot! In this episode, we grill Jay on his recent Kickstarter backings, including Kraken Skulls from Chris Couch Games, Shards of Infinity, the Our Family Plays Games project, and Dungeon Kart.  Then Mitchell regales us with tales of his recent plays of The Last Kingdom by John D. Clair, while BJ gathers his thoughts about what kind of game the roll and write game Number Drop is.  Finally, the guys play Yspahan and Archeos Society and give some post-game analysis.  ** Some of the games discussed may have been provided by publishers as a promotional copy. **  Laissez les bon temps rouler!  Get your Board Game Gumbo merch here: https://boardgamegumbo.wordpress.com/gumbo-merch/   Board Game Gumbo plays your games every TUESDAY on TWITCH! twitch.tv/boardgamegumbo @boardgamegumbo on Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Twitch, and Instagram www.boardgamegumbo.com ← our written reviews, news, and convention recaps

Hey board gamers, we are back with more Twitch Tuesday game talk just for you! And super excited to have THE JAY BELL back in the Gumbo Pot! In this episode, we wish the Gumbo Overlord a happy birthday, chat about our favorite things from CHUCKCON, and then Jay teaches COSMOCTOPUS before both Jay and BJ give their post-game analysis of our play!  ** Some of the games discussed may have been provided by publishers as a promotional copy. **  Laissez les bon temps rouler!  Get your Board Game Gumbo merch here: https://boardgamegumbo.wordpress.com/gumbo-merch/   Board Game Gumbo plays your games every TUESDAY on TWITCH! twitch.tv/boardgamegumbo @boardgamegumbo on Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Twitch, and Instagram www.boardgamegumbo.com ← our written reviews, news, and convention recaps

Hey board gamers, we are back with more Twitch Tuesday game talk just for you! BJ was up first with some news on Southern Board Game Fest (Oct 14-15 in Lafayette, LA). Get your badges at www.southerngamefest.com Our topic du jour in the Gumbo Pot was chatting about our first impressions and post-game analysis of our play of EVERDELL: FARSHORE, with our review copy provided courtesy of Starling Games. Jerod teaches the new stuff in the game to BJ, and then you will hear this post-game review!  ** A complimentary review copies of game was provided by the publisher. **  Laissez les bon temps rouler!  Get your Board Game Gumbo merch here: https://boardgamegumbo.wordpress.com/gumbo-merch/   Board Game Gumbo plays your games every TUESDAY on TWITCH! twitch.tv/boardgamegumbo @boardgamegumbo on Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Twitch, and Instagram www.boardgamegumbo.com ← our written reviews, news, and convention recaps

Hey board gamers, we are back from our July hiatus with more Twitch Tuesday game talk just for you! BJ   welcomed back to the Gumbo Pot, Mitchell from the Beans & Dice podcast. Our topic du jour in the Gumbo Pot was chatting about a great new board game experience we had in July. Then some talk about an anticipated game at GENCON. And finally, we wrapped up our fresh thoughts of playing Trekking Through History right after we played it!  •Praga Caput Regni •3 Ring Circus •GENCON  •Kutná Hora: The City of Silver   •River & Gold (a game in the Legends of the 5 Rings universe) •Castles By The Sea •World Wonders •Trekking Through History ** In the past, we may have received complimentary review copies of games from some of the publishers mentioned **  Laissez les bon temps rouler!  Get your Board Game Gumbo merch here: https://boardgamegumbo.wordpress.com/gumbo-merch/   Board Game Gumbo plays your games every TUESDAY on TWITCH! twitch.tv/boardgamegumbo @boardgamegumbo on Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Twitch, and Instagram www.boardgamegumbo.com ← our written reviews, news, and convention recaps

Two Tuesdays in a row, it's another Twitch Tuesday!  BJ and Jerod welcomed back to the Gumbo Pot their buddies, Mitchell from the Beans & Dice podcast and Logan from the Louisiana Board Gamers Facebook Group and a regular gamer at our FLGS, Anubis Game & Hobby.   Our topic du jour in the Gumbo Pot was all about ENVIE. What games are we excited to check out that are either on some crowdfunding site now or about to hit the pages!  •Andromeda's Edge •Dog Park: New Tricks •Daybreak (from Matt Leacock) •Clans of Midgard  •Planet Unknown: Supermoon •Inventions: Evolution of Ideas (by Vital Lacerta) •Shipwrights of the North Sea REDUX •Night Witches •The Halls of Montezuma •Monster Hunter Then board gamers, it's time for a check up -- a visit to the Good Doctor, of course! Mille Fiori is a beautiful abstract game by Dr. Reiner Knizia and published by Devir Games. We give a brief overview, play it, and then discuss our thoughts right after the play!  ** A complimentary copy of Mille Fiori was provided by the publisher ** ** Apologies for Logan's mic during the first few minutes, we forgot at first to plug it into the mixer! **  Laissez les bon temps rouler!  Get your Board Game Gumbo merch here: https://boardgamegumbo.wordpress.com/gumbo-merch/   Board Game Gumbo plays your games every TUESDAY on TWITCH! twitch.tv/boardgamegumbo @boardgamegumbo on Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Twitch, and Instagram www.boardgamegumbo.com ← our written reviews, news, and convention recaps

It's another Twitch Tuesday, this time actually on a Tuesday, and BJ welcomed to the Gumbo Pot a new voice: Logan from the Louisiana Board Gamers Facebook Group and a regular gamer at our FLGS, Anubis Game & Hobby.   Logan tells us his cardboard hero origin story, and then we get down to business. Time to talk about some spicy hot games! What are our favorite games played over the last month?   The Chat Krewe jumps in on the topic, and BJ, Jerod, Mitchell from the Beans & Dice podcast, and Logan all give surprising -- and not-so-surprising -- answers!  •Tiletum •Ark Nova •Dog Park •Elawa •Tranquility •Tribes of the Wind •Twilight Inscription Then pardners, it's time to saddle up them horses and head to Coloma!  The four played Coloma and have some fresh takes about this gem of a game. Look for some content showcasing the brand new expansion, Coloma: New Prospects, soon!  Laissez les bon temps rouler!  Get your Board Game Gumbo merch here: https://boardgamegumbo.wordpress.com/gumbo-merch/   Board Game Gumbo plays your games every TUESDAY on TWITCH! twitch.tv/boardgamegumbo @boardgamegumbo on Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Twitch, and Instagram www.boardgamegumbo.com ← our written reviews, news, and convention recaps

BJ welcomes back to the Gumbo Pot a great krewe. We enlisted Mitchell from the Beans & Dice Podcast, Jeremy from the Louisiana Board Gamers Facebook Group, and the inimitable Dave Doooooogahhhh, the commissioner for life of the Board Boys Legacy League to chat about the top games of 2022. In typical Gumbo Pot fashion, things went off the rails pretty quickly as the gents had a little trouble with the calendar and the number "one". But we settled on some pretty decent choices, including:  •Marrakesh •Atiwa •Ark Nova •Merchants of the Dark Road •Star Wars the Deckbuilding Game •Massive Darkness 2ed •Tiletum •Challengers We leave it up to you if there were any cheating going on' in the years chosen. Laissez les bon temps rouler!  Get your Board Game Gumbo merch here: https://boardgamegumbo.wordpress.com/gumbo-merch/   Board Game Gumbo plays your games every TUESDAY on TWITCH! twitch.tv/boardgamegumbo @boardgamegumbo on Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Twitch, and Instagram www.boardgamegumbo.com ← our written reviews, news, and convention recaps

The Dobster made his triumphant return to the Gumbo Pot! Jeremy Dobler and BJ chatted about Jeremy's recent plays of In The Hall of The Mountain King, why his group likes campaign games like Descent and Oathsworn, and their thoughts on Three Sisters and the French Quarter crowdfunding project.  A complimentary copy of Three Sisters and French Quarter were provided by the publisher.  Thanks for listening!   Laissez les bon temps rouler!  Get your Board Game Gumbo merch here: https://boardgamegumbo.wordpress.com/gumbo-merch/   Board Game Gumbo plays your games every TUESDAY on TWITCH! twitch.tv/boardgamegumbo @boardgamegumbo on Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Twitch, and Instagram www.boardgamegumbo.com ← our written reviews, news, and convention recaps

After a month of Gumbo Live! interview shows, it was time to get back to the table in the Gumbo Pot!   Mitchell from the Beans & Dice Podcast and playthrough coordinator at the Southern Board Game Fest joins BJ chatting about this year's upcoming festival, board game sales, and convention talk. Plus, you'll get their very fresh thoughts on their playthrough of ROLL CAMERA: The Filmmaking Board Game, a cooperative game from Keen Bean Studios.  Until next time, laissez les bon temps rouler! A complimentary copy of Roll Camera was provided by the publisher.

BJ, Steve and Verla welcomes in Keith Law, board game blogger and reviewer for Paste Magazine, to chat about board games! We reviewed: EarthIki Plus, Steve and I may have met our match in the Jambalaya game. You have to hear Keith to believe it! Keith's info:  Keith Law, the author of The Inside Game and Smart Baseball and senior baseball writer for The Athletic AND more particularly for our show, a board games writer for Paste Magazine!  You can find links to almost all of his reviews, plus his thoughts on music, movies, and culture on his blog:  http://meadowparty.com/ Thanks for listening! Laissez les bon temps rouler!

BJ and Verla and Steve were hoping to get Keith Law in this week (spoiler alert -- Keith's appeared on May 30 for the #142 show) so while waiting, they talked about some of their recent plays of a few spicy hot games, plus their thoughts on the Spiel nominees:  Spots (on BGA)AkropolisPlanet UnknownIkeChallengers Next episode: Keith Law!  Laissez les bon temps rouler!    Get your Board Game Gumbo merch here: https://boardgamegumbo.wordpress.com/gumbo-merch/   Board Game Gumbo plays your games every TUESDAY on TWITCH! twitch.tv/boardgamegumbo @boardgamegumbo on Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Twitch, and Instagram www.boardgamegumbo.com ← our written reviews, news, and convention recaps

BJ and Verla and Steve welcome in Rob, Cam and TK from The Board Boys Podcast all the way from beautiful Iowa for their first appearance on Gumbo Live!  BJ, Rob, Cam and Verla are no strangers to each other, hanging out at BGG Con and playing games. The Board Boys Podcast is one of the best podcast crews out there, with lots of recurring jokes, deep insight into the top 100 games, and reviews of the latest hotness. We spend way too much time talking about defain DJ Steve Walsh and the Boing Boing Boing system, but then we talk about a few spicy hot games:  Darwin's JourneyFrench Quarter (the new loaded roll 'n' write);Earth; andDistilled Finally, we closed out the night with a rousing rendition of the Board Game Heartthrob: The Heartthrob Board Game Next episode: Keith Law!  Laissez les bon temps rouler!    Get your Board Game Gumbo merch here: https://boardgamegumbo.wordpress.com/gumbo-merch/   Board Game Gumbo plays your games every TUESDAY on TWITCH! twitch.tv/boardgamegumbo @boardgamegumbo on Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Twitch, and Instagram www.boardgamegumbo.com ← our written reviews, news, and convention recaps

BJ and Steve welcome in The Brandt for his first appearance on Gumbo Live!  BJ and The Brandt are no strangers to each other, hanging out at conventions and playing games since way back in 2017 at Dice Tower East. The Brandt is an amazing games teacher, and is the behind the scenes coordinator for the Dice Tower Awards nominations, so it was a perfect time to chat with him about spicy hot games and the 2022 nominations.  BJ and Steve run through all of this year's nominations with The Brandt and get hot takes from the Chat Krewe on which games have the most buzz.  Then, we talk about a few spicy hot games:  MarrakeshBardwood Grove Finally, we closed out the night with a rousing rendition of the Just One with special guest, Evan from After the Empire and The Weekly Alaboom!  Next episode: The Board Boys podcast krewe joins us for a whole list of spicy hot games played!  Laissez les bon temps rouler!    Get your Board Game Gumbo merch here: https://boardgamegumbo.wordpress.com/gumbo-merch/   Board Game Gumbo plays your games every TUESDAY on TWITCH! twitch.tv/boardgamegumbo @boardgamegumbo on Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Twitch, and Instagram www.boardgamegumbo.com ← our written reviews, news, and convention recaps