The Gamecasters: A Board Gaming Podcast About Board Games

Episode 107: Tiletum, Rolling Heights, Wildstyle, Zoo Vadis, Velonimo - Top 10 Games Of All Time 10-6

Hey there, Gamers, and welcome to episode 107 of The Gamecasters! Hear discussion about lots of new games, Jeff's thoughts on Player Aids, Natalie's thoughts on Canadian Bowling, and Ryan's thoughts on who the hell knows. We discuss deck vs bag building on today's Natalie's Nook, hear about what you most dread when learning a new game in the Instagram Inbox, play another Association Station and then end the show with the first five of our top ten games of all time!
Enjoy!!
-The Gamecasters

Episode 106: NERDFEST RECAP! - Psychic Pizza, Amsterdam, Last Message - Top 5 Takeaways from Nerdfest 2023

Hey there, gamers. It's been about a month since our last episode, and that's because of the craziness that was Nerdfest 2023. If you don't know, Nerdfest is an annual gaming weekend that we've put on for the last decade+. Well this year we went big and made it a full-blown convention at a hall. This episode details how it went. We also talk about some great games we played!
Hope you enjoy :)
-The Gamecasters

Episode 105: The Shivers, Block and Key, Boonlake - Top 5 New To Me Games of 2022

Hey hey, gamers, and welcome to episode 105 of The Gamecasters! We've got a lot of great stuff packed into this episode of the show. We have a special guest host for our end-of-year episode. We talk about our top 2022 games of the year, dole out some Gamecasters Awards, talk about gaming resolutions we want to make, play a new game and end the show with our top 5 new-to-me games of 2022!Hope you enjoy :)-The Gamecasters

Episode 104: Lacrimosa, Boop, Gartenbau, Solforge Fusion, Longboard - Top 5 Things We Do When We’re Not Gaming

Hellllllo there, Gamers, and welcome to episode 104 of The Gamecasters! Christmas is approaching what better time to spread that Christmas cheer and joy than by listening to US for the next three and a half hours!!!!Listen in today to hear about the pizza incident, our thoughts on EVERYTHING, a rousing game of The Association Station, and our top 5 things we do when we're not gaming :)
There's a lot going on, so buckle up and prepare yourselves. The new episode begins NOW..........(push play so this effect is cool)
-The Gamecasters

Episode 103: Flamecraft, Azul Queen’s Garden, Mountains Out Of Molehills, Port Royal, Ready Set Bet - Top 5 Non-Gateway Games For Nons

Hey there, Gamers, and welcome back for another episode of The Gamecasters! In this episode we talk about some hot new games, along with some older colder ones. We hear how our listeners would OBLITERATE their games they hate, discuss the differences between Area Majory and Area Control, play a new game, and end the show with our Top 5 Non-Gateway Games for Nons.
Enjoy!!
-The Gamecasters

Episode 102: My Father’s Work, Spaceship Unity, Akropolis, Vinhos Deluxe, KuZOOka, Splitter - Top 5 Games Without Cards

Welcome back, Gamers, for the show that now seems to have as erratic a release schedule as our stream of consciousness!! You never quite know when exactly we're going to show up these days. We'll get back on a regular schedule here soon! Until then enjoy the random smatterings you get from us!In this episode hear us talk all about a bunch of hot new games, Natalie beats down Vital Lacerda, Jeff gets a helluva lot more games with an altered letter or two, we have a breakthrough moment on an old standby game, and then we go through our top five games that don't have cards.There's a lot to get into so I'll let you get into it!
-The Gamecasters

Episode 101: Verdant, Orichalcum, Super-Skill Pinball 4-Cade, Tidal Blades Banner Festival, Town 66, Disney Sorcerer’s Arena - Top 5 Games We’ve Cooled On

Hey there, Gamers and welcome back to Episode 101! We've crossed the 100 episode threshold and are now doing absolutely nothing different than we've done before. MORE OF THE SAME!!!!!
In this episode we talk about Natalie's confusing family tree, Ryan tells a few more D stories, Jeff asks an inbox about why we have so many games, Natalie takes us through a discussion about what makes a game "classic" in today's Nook, we play a new game and then end the show with our top 5 games we've cooled on.
Hope you enjoy!
-The Gamecasters

Episode 100: Terracotta Army, Horizons of Spirit Island, Terra Nova, Dulce, Green Team Wins, Smitten - Top 5 Games We’d Play 100 Times

Hey hey, Gamers, we're back with our 100th episode! Join in to hear who our special guest host is, what songs sound like from a kazoo, what games we've played, what clips make the show, what songs we sing, what game we beat down, what our new essential is, what our nook topic is, what game we play, and what our top five is! THERE'S A LOT TO UNPACK HERE SO BUCKLE UP AND HAVE FUN!!!
Thanks for listening and enjoy!!!
-The Gamecasters