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BJ and Jay recap more recent plays at Southern Board Game Fest, gab about the top ten (eleven) games checked out of the SoBo library in 2022, and talk with the Chat Krewe about Canvas, what to do with inserts, and what games to bring on a trip to London! Laissez les bon temps rouler! 

BJ and Jay are back in the Gumbo Pot, this time joined by Dave!  -- Jay plays Isle of Cats -- BJ shows off his new insert from Jeremy for CoraQuest -- Dave talks about Radlands -- We debate the best king cakes in Lafayette  -- How did the Bengals lose the big game?  Laissez les bon temps rouler!  www.facebook.com/boardgamegumbo @boardgamegumbo on YouTube, Twitter, Twitch, Instagram and Facebook www.boardgamegumbo.com ← our written reviews, news, and convention recaps

BJ and Jay are back in the Gumbo Pot!   -- Jay's new job! -- How many cats are too many cats? -- Does boudin belong in king cake or cereal? -- What is the absolutely best name for a cat from Louisiana -- How to play WAY TOO MANY CATS coming soon to Kickstarter from Weird Giraffe Games Laissez les bon temps rouler!  www.facebook.com/boardgamegumbo @boardgamegumbo on YouTube, Twitter, Twitch, Instagram and Facebook www.boardgamegumbo.com ← our written reviews, news, and convention recaps

BJ from Board Game Gumbo and Dean from MeepleTown Podcast team up to chat about all things Disney board game related. In this special episode of Gumbo Live!, BJ and Dean run down all of the Disney themed games released in 2020, and talk about the ones they've played, the ones they liked, and the ones that missed.    Thanks for watching!   Board Game Gumbo is a proud member of Punchboard Media Gumbo Live! Tuesdays at 8:30 PM CST / 9:30 PM EST hosted by Board Game Gumbo www.facebook.com/boardgamegumbo @boardgamegumbo on YouTube, Twitter and Facebook www.boardgamegumbo.com ← our written reviews, news, and convention recaps

BJ and Steve welcomed in Dennis K. Chan, designer of Beyond the Sun, the space exploration tech tree game from Rio Grande Games. They find out his hobbies, how he got started in design, and chat about some of the spicy hot games they've played recently: Dune Three Sisters Alma Mater Then the three do a deep dive into Beyond the Sun, one of the top games of 2020 played by the Gumbo, followed by a rousing game of Envie. (Note: we had some technical difficulties with the server, so the end of the game was unfortunately cut off).  Thanks for listening! Board Game Gumbo is a proud member of Punchboard Media Gumbo Live! Tuesdays at 8:30 PM CST / 9:30 PM EST hosted by Board Game Gumbo www.facebook.com/boardgamegumbo @boardgamegumbo on YouTube, Twitter and Facebook www.boardgamegumbo.com ← our written reviews, news, and convention recaps

BJ welcomes in Tim Virnig, Brand Ambassador for Thunderworks Games, to chat about the spicy hot games they have coming out in 2021-22! But first, they chat about teaching board games and get into some of their recent plays like:  Parks and the new Nightfall Expansion from Keymaster Games Bruce Lee and the new expansions from Unmatched by Restoration Games Then it is on to those spicy hot games! Tim gives us the latest scoop on games like: Cartographers Heroes Roll Player Adventures Theme Parks Cape May  Finally, they wrap up with a game of ENVIE, where Tim tries to stump BJ and the Chat Krewe with a game he has a really big jonesing to play, right now! Next week: Dennis K. Chan of Beyond the Sun fame! Thanks for listening!   Board Game Gumbo is a proud member of Punchboard Media Gumbo Live! Tuesdays at 8:30 PM CST / 9:30 PM EST hosted by Board Game Gumbo www.facebook.com/boardgamegumbo @boardgamegumbo on YouTube, Twitter and Facebook www.boardgamegumbo.com ← our written reviews, news, and convention recaps

Gumbo favorite and honorary Krewe member, Jeremy Howard of Man v Meeple returned to Gumbo Live! for a special holiday edition! BJ, Verla and Steve got the gumbo scoop on the latest spicy hot games like: Lost Ruins of Arnak, Dune Imperium, Beyond the Sun, Merv, Gods Love Dinosaurs, Nidavellir board game, Furnace, Honey Buzz, Red Cathedral, and Dwellings of Eldervale! Plus, they played an amazing game of MonsDRAWsity with the Chat Krewe! Laissez les bon temps rouler! Thanks for watching! Board Game Gumbo is a proud member of Punchboard Media Gumbo Live! Tuesdays at 8:30 PM CST / 9:30 PM EST hosted by Board Game Gumbo www.facebook.com/boardgamegumbo @boardgamegumbo on YouTube, Twitter and Facebook www.boardgamegumbo.com ← our written reviews, news, and convention recaps

Comedian and Game Designer Grant Lyon joins Gumbo Live! to talk about Curmudgeon, a new party game from 25th Century Games! BJ and Verla chat with Grant about life as a comedian, his influences and favorite shows, and some of the spicy hot games they have played recently: Jurassic Parts Cindr MonsDRAWsity, and  Christmas Lights  Then they turn to Curmudgeon, and found out the backstory about how the game came to be plus the joy that Grant gets when people play the game. Finally, it's the return of JUST ONE -- Grant's first time playing! The Chat Krewe competes for a copy of Christmas Lights. Who can mind meld with Grant, Steve, Verla and BJ? Thanks for listening! Board Game Gumbo is a proud member of Punchboard Media Gumbo Live! Tuesdays at 8:30 PM CST / 9:30 PM EST hosted by Board Game Gumbo www.facebook.com/boardgamegumbo @boardgamegumbo on YouTube, Twitter and Facebook www.boardgamegumbo.com ← our written reviews, news, and convention recaps

BJ and Steve welcome in Dan Thurot, critic extraordinare from Space-Biff!, one of BJ's favorite board game writers. They chat about Dan's blog, his plans for the future, why he loves Salt Con, his role with the brand new www.zenobiaaward.org and some spicy hot games they have played recently: Beyond The Sun Caretos Cosmic Frog Then, Alex Goldsmith of The Dukes of Dice Podcast is back to see if the three of them can answer the call on the ENVIE game and finish up the SEND DAN TO AN EXOTIC CITY contest (courtesy of Chat Krewe member, Topher Graves).  Dan's got a deep cut and he is a tough cookie --  can he stump them and the Chat Krewe with the name of a game he REALLY REALLY wants to play?? Find out... Thanks for listening!   Board Game Gumbo is a proud member of Punchboard Media Gumbo Live! Tuesdays at 8:30 PM CST / 9:30 PM EST hosted by Board Game Gumbo www.facebook.com/boardgamegumbo @boardgamegumbo on YouTube, Twitter and Facebook www.boardgamegumbo.com ← our written reviews, news, and convention recaps  

BJ welcomed in Dan Patriss from the Geek All Stars Podcast and founder of Gamers For Cures! They chatted about beer, podcasts, geek news and the latest from Restoration Games. Plus, some spicy hot games that they have played recently: Lost Ruins of Arnak and Under Falling Skies. Finally, Steve & BJ welcome in Chat Krewe favorite, Alex Goldsmith of the Dukes of Dice for a rousing game of Christmas Heartthrob the Board Game with Dan and the Chat Krewe.  It's all about wonderful Christmas traditions -- you won't want to miss the game! Thanks for watching! Board Game Gumbo is a proud member of Punchboard Media Gumbo Live! Tuesdays at 8:30 PM CST / 9:30 PM EST hosted by Board Game Gumbo www.facebook.com/boardgamegumbo @boardgamegumbo on YouTube, Twitter and Facebook www.boardgamegumbo.com ← our written reviews, news, and convention recaps

BJ welcomes back Chris Wray, writer and ludohistorian from The Opinionated Gamers, to talk about all the Essen Spiel goodness! First, there's a discussion of the changes made to Essen Spiel, then a lively discussion of some of the games they've played recently: Feierabend Medici: The Dice Game Pandemic Legacy: Season 0 Tawantinsuyu  Tapestry: Plans & Ploys After that, it is game time! Board Game Bataille is back, and Steve pits four contestants against the Chat Krewe in four amazingly tough categories. Who will be victorious among BJ, Chris, Verla and Jay? Hint: if you like counties, you might be sorely disappointed! We are off next week due to the Thanksgiving holiday, but we will be back in two weeks with a visit with Dan from the Geek All Stars! Thanks for listening! Board Game Gumbo is a proud member of Punchboard Media Gumbo Live! Tuesdays at 8:30 PM CST / 9:30 PM EST hosted by Board Game Gumbo www.facebook.com/boardgamegumbo @boardgamegumbo on YouTube, Twitter and Facebook www.boardgamegumbo.com ← our written reviews, news, and convention recaps

BJ welcomes in Ian Zang and Aaron Wilson of Gravitation Games to talk about the development and publication of their first game, Please Fix The Teleporter! Plus, they talk spicy hot games that they have all played recently:  Master Word Sovereign Skies And then, they all take on an old Chat Krewe favorite, Jambalaya! This time Steve & BJ have come up with space themed mashups and puns involving board games. How many can Ian and Aaron get?  Thanks for listening!   Board Game Gumbo is a proud member of Punchboard Media Gumbo Live! Tuesdays at 8:30 PM CST / 9:30 PM EST hosted by Board Game Gumbo www.facebook.com/boardgamegumbo @boardgamegumbo on YouTube, Twitter and Facebook www.boardgamegumbo.com ← our written reviews, news, and convention recaps

BJ and Steve chatted up Dan Letzring of Letiman Games, all about news of his three upcoming projects:  Adventure Tactics: Domiane's Tower (hitting retail soon); Questlings story books and family RPG (on Kickstarter this month); and Squire For Hire with a new expansion! They also discussed recent spicy hot games played including: Meeple Land from Blue Orange Games; and Beyond the Sun from Rio Grande Games. We had a surprise guest, Spencer Williams from The Lighten Up Initiative and Board Games Are Fun Podcast join everyone for the ENVIE Game. Can the chat krewe continue their winning streak even with the ringer that BJ and Steve have brought in?  Probably, but there's some controversy!  Next week:  Aaron Wilson & Ian Zang from GRAVITATION GAMES!  Thanks for listening!   Board Game Gumbo is a proud member of Punchboard Media Gumbo Live! Tuesdays at 8:30 PM CST / 9:30 PM EST hosted by Board Game Gumbo www.facebook.com/boardgamegumbo @boardgamegumbo on YouTube, Twitter and Facebook www.boardgamegumbo.com ← our written reviews, news, and convention recaps  

BJ welcomes in Hamu Dennis, co-founder and artist at Board Game Brothas, to chat about Hoop Godz out on Kickstarter right now! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/... Joined by Jay Bell, Steve O'Rourke, and Verla (the Board Game Ambassador from Instagram), they chatted about recent spicy plays of Clank!, Shards of Infinity, and Flash 8. Then the Chat Krewe cheered on another rousing game of Boardgame: The Heartthrob! Who really knows what games people want to play? Find out! Thanks for listening! Board Game Gumbo is a proud member of Punchboard Media Gumbo Live! Tuesdays at 8:30 PM CST / 9:30 PM EST hosted by Board Game Gumbo www.facebook.com/boardgamegumbo @boardgamegumbo on YouTube, Twitter and Facebook www.boardgamegumbo.com ← our written reviews, news, and convention recaps

BJ welcomes in Chris Glein, the artist and designer by Studies in Sorcery. It's a tight push-your-luck and engine-building card game for only $19 on Kickstarter right now!   They discussed recent plays of: Flourish; Barenpark; and Dice Forge (on BGA) Plus, Verla, Steve & BJ ran their Essen Envie 2020 picks past Chris and the Chat Krewe:  Caretos Durian Medieval Age: Expansion Bonfire Praga Caput Regni Viscounts of the West Kingdom Glasgow Paris Cloud City And then there is a great chat about Studies in Sorcery -- everything you wanted to know about the theme, background on the art, the mechanics, how the Kickstarter project is going -- so check out the Kickstarter page for more info. Thanks for listening!   Board Game Gumbo is a proud member of Punchboard Media Gumbo Live! Tuesdays at 8:30 PM CST / 9:30 PM EST hosted by Board Game Gumbo www.facebook.com/boardgamegumbo @boardgamegumbo on YouTube, Twitter and Facebook www.boardgamegumbo.com ← our written reviews, news, and convention recaps  

Matt Riddle, designer of Fleet & Wasteland Express Delivery Service, joined BJ & the Krewe to chat spicy hot games plus news about his new publishing company with co-designer, Ben Pinchback, called Motor City Gameworks. Matt gave us some news about his upcoming Kickstarter project for Three Sisters, a roll and write with art from Beth Sobel that will definitely appeal to fans of Fleet: The Dice Game. Next up, they talked about spicy hot games they have all played, including: Fleet: The Dice Game Mariposas Dealt!, and Ponte del Diavolo Then stick around for another exciting Gumbo Live! board game, a new one we call "Board Game Bataille" with special guest Dan Patriss from the Geek All Stars. With Dan and Matt on the show, you could smell the hate drafting in the roux from here!  Thanks for listening! Board Game Gumbo is a proud member of Punchboard Media Gumbo Live! Tuesdays at 8:30 PM CST / 9:30 PM EST hosted by Board Game Gumbo www.facebook.com/boardgamegumbo @boardgamegumbo on YouTube, Twitter and Facebook www.boardgamegumbo.com ← our written reviews, news, and convention recaps

BJ was supposed to be chatting with Tim Virnig of Thunderworks Games, but how about that Year 2020, folks!  Luckily for BJ, Verla & Steve were ready to pick up the pieces of this debacle and throw cold water on the dumpster fire.  So yeah. You'll hear a shift after the first minute, and I apologize in advance for the sound quality (just on my mic, fortunately).  Anyway.... Verla & Steve and BJ chat about: the new one from Formal Ferret Games, High Rise; dive back into Nanga Parbat from Dr. Finn's Games, and wrap it up with a discussion of the stand alone expansion for Cartographers called Heroes.  Maybe it really should be called Verla Live! Thanks for listening!   Board Game Gumbo is a proud member of Punchboard Media Gumbo Live! Tuesdays at 8:30 PM CST / 9:30 PM EST hosted by Board Game Gumbo www.facebook.com/boardgamegumbo @boardgamegumbo on YouTube, Twitter and Facebook www.boardgamegumbo.com ← our written reviews, news, and convention recaps

BJ welcomes in Monique and Naveen from Before You Play, a great video channel on YouTube with lots of play throughs.  First up, the Chat Krewe has an impromptu "Stump The Guest" segment, trying to call out filler games that Monique and Naveen have never heard of or played.  It took a long time before they did!  Next up, BJ and Verla chatted with Monique and Naveen about spicy hot games that they have played recently:  Curious Cargo (Capstone Games) by Ryan Courtney  Yokai Septet  - Ninja Star Games Hats - (ThunderGryph Games by Gabriel Bubola) Among Us (Inner Sloth) Hoop Godz (Board Game Brothas) And then it is the return of THE ENVIE GAME! Monique and Naveen came prepared to stump everyone!  Next week:  Tim Virnig from Thunderworks Games!  Thanks for listening!   Board Game Gumbo is a proud member of Punchboard Media Gumbo Live! Tuesdays at 8:30 PM CST / 9:30 PM EST hosted by Board Game Gumbo www.facebook.com/boardgamegumbo @boardgamegumbo on YouTube, Twitter and Facebook www.boardgamegumbo.com ← our written reviews, news, and convention recaps

BJ welcomes in Phillip Millman, the Gaming Rabbi and two....scratch that...THREE time World Champion of Baseball Highlights: 2045. Phillip explains why there is a change. They also talk about spicy hot games they have played recently:  Mandala Stones from Boards & Dice Tussie Mussie from Buttonshy Games Teotihuacan from NSKN Games Cascadia (solo online) from Flatout Games They also talk about the horrors of Cardboard Culling, and get a lot of tips and hints from the Chat Krewe.  And then it is the return of THE JAMBALAYA GAME!  Phillip is a good euro player -- how well can he do at mashups and puns? Next week:  Monique & Naveen from BEFORE YOU PLAY joins the show! Thanks for listening!   Board Game Gumbo is a proud member of Punchboard Media Gumbo Live! Tuesdays at 8:30 PM CST / 9:30 PM EST hosted by Board Game Gumbo www.facebook.com/boardgamegumbo @boardgamegumbo on YouTube, Twitter and Facebook www.boardgamegumbo.com ← our written reviews, news, and convention recaps

The Krewe of Board Game Gumbo chats with Daryl Chow (from Origame) and Josh Cappel (from Burnt Island Games) during their big Kickstarter for In Too Deep. BJ digs the theme: players will "hack" into the minds of cyber enhanced criminals and try to bring down The Syndicate. But if they get too corrupted -- "in too deep" -- they risk losing it all. It is out on Kickstarter from Burnt Island Games. They also chat about some of the recent hot games Daryl and BJ have played: Remember Our Trip Kopi King Plantopia: The Card Game Crazy Octopus Smartphone Inc. Status Update 1.1 Finally, the Name Father is back and only 22% distracted by the Islanders deep run into the playoffs. Steve is focused tonight on The Envie Game -- Daryl & Josh have picked one game together that they have the envie to play. Had Steve and BJ done their usual homework, instead of worrying about hockey and hurricanes, they might have picked this one up pretty easily, but instead, there is a shocking twist ending!  Thanks for listening!   Board Game Gumbo is a proud member of Punchboard Media Gumbo Live! Tuesdays at 8:30 PM CST / 9:30 PM EST hosted by Board Game Gumbo www.facebook.com/boardgamegumbo @boardgamegumbo on YouTube, Twitter and Facebook www.boardgamegumbo.com ← our written reviews, news, and convention recaps