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Simple, Yet Intriguing is a weekly podcast for board game lovers. Join hosts Luke, Chris and Sophie as they set out to play and review every single game designed by the legendary Reiner Knizia (with occasional detours into other designers). Whether you're a board game aficionado or just getting started, everyone is welcome to join in for the ride!New episodes every Monday.
Unknown Host hosts Simple, Yet Intriguing, a leisure show with 67 episodes published.
Luke and Chris are feeling pretty clever this week as they discuss another dice drafting roll & write masterpiece(??) in the penultimate Wolfgang-Warsch-2018-designed-game episode. Games mentioned: That’s Pretty Clever!
Test your eyes with us this week as we play another 2018 Warsch game: Illusion! What will we see and will we like it? Games Mentioned: Illusion , Take Five , El Grande , Tikal , Mexica , Java , The Princes of Florence ,
In an attempt at redemption, we play a game this week! This cut-for-time segment features us attempting to name games in the BGG Top 100 without the Deck, Bag, and Pool Building mechanism. SPOILERS AHEAD Games Mentioned:
It's a bag-building-push-your-luck-try-not-to-explode fiasco this week in our new series! We discuss the games that Wolfgang Warsch made in the year 2018 starting with The Quacks of Quedlinburg. It's a real place! Games
We're elevating the podcast to a higher echelon with special guest Graeme Goldthorpe! We ask him about his favourite Knizia games and we dig deep on the pure auction game High Society. Episode Chapters 00:00 - Intro 00:5
This week we are discussing the 1999 two-player bona fide classic Schotten Totten and its sibling Battle Line. How does it compare to other two-player Knizia titles? What does the title mean?? Episode Chapters 00:00 - In
We're back in Middle-Earth for the early cooperative game The Lord of the Rings! No confrontation this time. Does it stand the test of time? Can the Doctor make thematic games?? Episode Chapters 00:00 - Intro 01:16 - Wha
We're journeying to Middle-Earth to talk about Chess, Stratego, tables and The Confrontation between Good and Evil! Who will prevail?? Episode Chapters 00:00 - Intro 02:20 - Lord of the Rings: The Confrontation: How Does
This week we're returning to our Modern Classics series to deck build AND race to find a lost city in The Quest for El Dorado. Does our newest game in the series live up to the hype? Episode Chapters 0:00 - Intro 00:45 -
Luke, Chris and Mechanic Mechanic Matt report their progress on their 2026 challenges. Plus they play a fun game! Games discussed: Flip 7, Charioteer, Set Dice, Inis, Spellbound (1981), Here Lies, Regicide, Ribbit. Episo
We're joined by Mechanic Mechanic Matt to round out our Hargrave series by talking about all of the Wingspansions including the new Americas expansion! Hummingbirds are birds! Episode Chapters 00:00 - Intro 02:11 - Matt'
We're back to flower gifting and passive-aggressive communication with the BIG BOX version of wallet game Tussie Mussie! Episode Chapters 00:00 - Intro 01:32 - What We Played This Week: Vegas Showdown 07:36 - Tussie Muss
We're walking on the beach! Conceptually! This week we're talking Elizabeth Hargrave's 2026 tile-laying, shell-bagging game: Sanibel! -- 00:00 - Intro 00:40 - Hargrave Game Banter 08:33 - Sanibel Discussion 19:45 - Aha!
In anticipation of the reprint, the boys (of tile laying with fame) are playing the 1999 hidden gem Rheinländer! Mechanic Mechanic Matt also helps them to dissect the history of pre-Reiner Knizia tile layers. -- 00:00 In
Chris and Luke gloriously return to the circus to talk about Spectaculum and how circuses are the same as trains! -- 00:00 - Intro 01:17 - What We Played This Week - Unmatched Adventures TMNT 08:34 - Spectaculum Discussi
Chris and Luke are joined by special guest Alisha Giroux, artist and graphic designer of Gazebo, to chat about the game and the work that goes into board game art. Later, they dig deep about nooks, patios, gazebos and do
Chris, Luke and Mechanic Mechanic Matt look at and place their votes for the 5 awards and twenty nominated games for the upcoming boardgamearena.com awards! Check it out and vote here: https://bga.li/awards2026 -- 0:00 -
Wrapping up our Anniversaries trilogy (until our first 2026 play!), we talk Khan of Khans - a very light card game set in the world of Glorantha. Luke also waxes loquacious about a trilogy of games - Nova Luna, Sanagi, a
Whose chateau will the king visit? Which nightclub will attract the most famous guests?? How are these connected??? All of your most burning questions answered on this week's episode. Hosted by: Luke O'Grady & Chris Lemi
Debuting a concise new series to kick off our 2026 run, the lads are covering Classic Art to commemorate the 30th anniversary of its original 1996 release. We also chat French Toast, a recent release by AllPlay and the e
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