Tabletop Games Blog podcast explores board games, card games, dexterity games, and modern hobby games, delivering in-depth reviews, thought pieces, and audio articles for all types of players. Since 2018 it has covered strategy games, family favourites, party games, and indie gems, focusing on gameplay, design, table presence, and player experience. Originally on a strict weekly schedule, from 2025 episodes now release when ready, prioritising quality. Tune in for engaging board game reviews, tabletop gaming discussions, tips, and commentary on the ever-growing world of modern board games.
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Tabletop Games Blog - board game reviews and discussions with a personal touch
The New Old - classic games vs the cult of the new (Topic Discussion)
Aug 18, 202611 min
Like a lot of people, the board game hotness excites me because it potentially offers new mechanisms or clever twists on something familiar. Sometimes a new game draws me in because it has my favourite setting. When I finally hold the new game in my hands, the excitement continues when I read the rulebook, set up the game and pull levers or push buttons to see what happens. Yet, as amazing as new games often feel, the ones I return to most often are games that have become familiar friends. Somehow, knowing them so well has not made them any less interesting, but it has changed what I enjoy about them. Read the full article here: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2026/08/18/the-new-old-classic-games-vs-the-cult-of-the-new-topic-discussion/ Useful Links Tapestry review: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2019/11/09/tapestry-saturday-review/ Knarr review: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2024/07/20/knarr-saturday-review/ The White Castle review: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2026/04/04/the-white-castle-digital-eyes/ Music Intro Music: Bomber (Sting) by Riot ( https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/ ) Games We Used to Play by | e s c p | https://www.escp.space https://escp-music.bandcamp.com Day Ahead by Joe Crotty | https://soundcloud.com/joecrotty Royalty Free Music by https://www.free-stock-music.com Creative Commons / Attribution 3.0 Unported License (CC BY 3.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en_US Support If you want to support this podcast financially, please check out the links below: Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/TabletopGamesBlog Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tabletopgamesblog Website: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/support/ (Photo by Glenn Carstens-Peters on Unsplash)
Tabletop Games Blog - board game reviews and discussions with a personal touch
Meow Tiles (Saturday Review)
Aug 15, 20269 min
The first pair of hands reached the table before the pattern card had settled. Nine cardboard cats were flipped, swapped and turned over in a frantic blur, followed by an excited slap that brought everything to a sudden halt. One tiny mistake was all it took for groans to turn into laughter before everyone eagerly reset their tiles for another attempt. Every new challenge promised to be straightforward, yet somehow each one encouraged just one more round of rearranging the Meow Tiles by Jean-Claude Pellin from Oink Games with art by Rie Takahashi . Read the full review here: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2026/08/15/meow-tiles-saturday-review/ Useful Links Meow Tiles : https://oinkgames.com/en/games/analog/meow-tiles/ Rulebook: https://boardgamegeek.com/filepage/282300/small-box-game-jacket-nine-tiles-games Oink Games : https://oinkgames.com/en/ BGG listing: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/188018/nine-tiles Music Intro Music: Bomber (Sting) by Riot ( https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/ ) Trend by Alex-Productions | https://onsound.eu/ Royalty Free Music by https://www.free-stock-music.com Creative Commons / Attribution 3.0 Unported License (CC BY 3.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en_US Royalty Free Music by https://www.free-stock-music.com Joyful by Mixaund | https://mixaund.bandcamp.com Royalty Free Music by https://www.free-stock-music.com Support If you want to support this podcast financially, please check out the links below: Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/TabletopGamesBlog Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tabletopgamesblog Website: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/support/
Tabletop Games Blog - board game reviews and discussions with a personal touch
Score! - in-game vs end-game scoring (Topic Discussion)
Aug 11, 202613 min
Imagine playing your very first indoor bowls game, but there is no jack. Everyone simply rolls a bowl towards an imaginary target. Somehow, your experienced opponent seems remarkably confident, while you try to copy what they do and hope for the best. At the end of the first end, someone reveals where the jack had been all along and awards the points accordingly. Then the second end goes in the same fashion, with a target that no one can see. Every end, you know how well you've done, but you never have any hope of getting better. Learning to bowl that way would feel practically impossible because every bowl would be complete guesswork. Surprisingly, some board games seem to want us to learn them in very much the same way. Read the full article here: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2026/08/11/score-in-game-vs-end-game-scoring-topic-discussion/ Useful Links 99% Invisible podcast, episode 673: https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/673-the-score/ C. Thi Nguyen 's book The Score: How to Stop Playing Somebody Else's Game : https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/735252/the-score-by-c-thi-nguyen/ Ahoy review: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2023/03/18/ahoy-saturday-review/ Flamme Rouge review: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2024/07/13/flamme-rouge-saturday-review/ Azul review: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2020/09/19/azul-saturday-review/ Duck & Cover review: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2025/06/21/duck-cover-saturday-review/ King of New York review: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2020/04/25/king-of-new-york-saturday-review/ Borealis: Arctic Expeditions review: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2026/08/08/borealis-arctic-expeditions-saturday-review/ Music Intro Music: Bomber (Sting) by Riot ( https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/ ) Flowers by FSCM Productions | https://fscmproductions.bandcamp.com Royalty Free Music by https://www.free-stock-music.com Wonders by Alex-Productions | https://onsound.eu/ Royalty Free Music by https://www.free-stock-music.com Creative Commons / Attribution 3.0 Unported License (CC BY 3.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en_US I Feel Alive by Alex-Productions | https://onsound.eu/ Royalty Free Music by https://www.free-stock-music.com Creative Commons / Attribution 3.0 Unported License (CC BY 3.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en_US Flourish by Purrple Cat | https://purrplecat.com Royalty Free Music by https://www.free-stock-music.com Creative Commons / Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en_US A Weekday In A Small Town by | e s c p | https://www.escp.space https://escp-music.bandcamp.com Support If you want to support this podcast financially, please check out the links below: Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/TabletopGamesBlog Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tabletopgamesblog Website: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/support/ (Photo by Seth kane on Unsplash)
Tabletop Games Blog - board game reviews and discussions with a personal touch
Borealis: Arctic Expeditions (Saturday Review)
Aug 8, 20269 min
Snow muffled every footstep until the only sounds were distant birds and the steady crunch beneath our boots. The silence stretched in every direction: left to right, ahead and behind, as well as all the way up into the thermosphere. We were far away from anywhere. Yet, we knew we were safe. As the darkness settled all around us, we could finally see it: the Borealis: Arctic Expeditions by Dariusz Mindur from Lucky Duck Games with art by Rodrigo Camilo Alves De Almeida , Kevin Sidharta , Inês Toczyska and Ariadna Żytniewska . Read the full review here: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2026/08/08/borealis-arctic-expeditions-saturday-review/ Useful Links Borealis: Arctic Expeditions : https://luckyduckgames.com/global/game/1015-borealis-arctic-expeditions-5905965252578 Rulebook: https://boardgamegeek.com/filepage/303777/borealis-arctic-expeditions-rulebook Rules video: https://youtu.be/_g0XbOriCW8?si=PIS7_6h34B4lqnCX Lucky Duck Games : https://luckyduckgames.com/global/ BGG listing: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/448116/borealis-arctic-expeditions Music Intro Music: Bomber (Sting) by Riot ( https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/ ) Sound Effects: ZapSplat ( https://www.zapsplat.com/ ) Music: Time moves slower than it should Produced by Sascha Ende Link: https://ende.app/en/song/13750-time-moves-slower-than-it-should Music: The Backrooms Music Vol. 25 Produced by Sascha Ende Link: https://ende.app/en/song/13624-the-backrooms-music-vol-25 Support If you want to support this podcast financially, please check out the links below: Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/TabletopGamesBlog Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tabletopgamesblog Website: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/support/ (Photo courtesy of Lucky Duck Games)
Tabletop Games Blog - board game reviews and discussions with a personal touch
Back in Time - the draw of history in board games (Topic Discussion)
Aug 4, 202610 min
I never enjoyed history at school. I understood why it mattered as a subject, but learning names, dates and events off by rote simply didn't work for me, no matter how hard I tried. Events were never taught in their chronological or geopolitical context. Things just didn't make sense to me. So it seems ironic that historical board games are now one of my favourite genres. Of course, they've not made me any better at remembering names and dates, but they replaced my fear of history with a new curiosity that I hadn't felt before. Read the full article here: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2026/08/04/back-in-time-the-draw-of-history-in-board-games-topic-discussion/ Useful Links Molly House review: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2025/05/24/molly-house-saturday-review/ Undaunted: Normandy review: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2022/07/23/undaunted-normandy-saturday-review/ Stasi Raus, Es Ist Aus! review: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2021/01/16/stasi-raus-es-ist-aus-saturday-review/ Pax Pamir 2e review: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2022/08/27/pax-pamir-second-edition-saturday-review/ The Cost review: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2020/12/12/the-cost-digital-eyes/ Music Intro Music: Bomber (Sting) by Riot ( https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/ ) Music: Podcast Music Vol. 20 [Chillstep Review Background] Produced by Sascha Ende Link: https://ende.app/en/song/13184-podcast-music-vol-20-chillstep-review-background Music: Podcast Music Vol. 18 [Minimal Tech Background] Produced by Sascha Ende Link: https://ende.app/en/song/13182-podcast-music-vol-18-minimal-tech-background Music: Podcast Music Vol. 19 [Chillstep Review Background] Produced by Sascha Ende Link: https://ende.app/en/song/13183-podcast-music-vol-19-chillstep-review-background Music: Podcast Music Vol. 5 [Nature Ambience] Produced by Sascha Ende Link: https://ende.app/en/song/13162-podcast-music-vol-5-nature-ambience Music: Imagefilm 045 Produced by Sascha Ende Link: https://ende.app/en/song/12219-imagefilm-045 Support If you want to support this podcast financially, please check out the links below: Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/TabletopGamesBlog Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tabletopgamesblog Website: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/support/
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