The Cardboard Herald

Pat Race & Aron Suring are the co-owners / co-founders of Alaska Robotics Gallery among many other businesses and projects in Juneau, Alaska, and are just all around great dudes. 00:00 - Intro "what is this shop?" 01:41...

Nick Murray, coowner of Bitewing Games and host of "The Bits with Joe and Nick" comes to talk Gold Country and Bitewing's work with Reiner Knizia, spanning hits from Zoo Vadis to Illiad. 00:00 - Intro 01:46 - Gold...

Trevor Benjamin is co-designer of numerous hit games including Undaunted, Warchest, Resist and Mandela, frequently collaborating with David J. Thompson and Brett J. Gilbert. 00:00 - Intro 01:10 - Getting involved with...

It’s time to butt heads and create enemies that will last a lifetime! That’s right, we’re talking about conflict, baby, and the different ways conflicts are represented in board games. 0:00 - Introductions and What...

Jack and Eric haven’t chatted in a while, so we thought this would be a good time to discuss the channel, where we’re at and what we’re working on now that we’re both back from all of our trips, and what’s coming up for...

Trying something new this week! Our very first TCbH Game Night, Eric shows Jack Forest Shuffle - Dartmoor, and we discuss our thoughts on the game. Let us know your thoughts on the format and any changes you’d like to...

Cameron Art (developer of Harvest, owner of PickPocket Games) comes on the podcast to chat with Eric about his time as a developer for Keymaster and what’s on the horizon for PickPocket Games PickPocket Games...

Check It Out! We got two tricky kids on to chat about their latest game Tricky Kids, published by Pandasaurus. We talk about their approach to games, what’s it like to co-design a game, and what’s coming next for...

Join us as Eric chats with Trey Chambers, designer of Harvest, Argent: The Consortium and Empyreal: Spells and Steam! 0:00 - Introductions and What We’ve Played This Week! 09:12 - How has Harvest Changed Between...

So long Indianapolis, thanks for all the games! Scott, aka Boardgamingbud, and Eric chat about the games we played at Gen Con and the general vibe of the convention. Jeremy Howard’s Post...

Losers always have it the best! They’re chucking out bullet bills and blue shells, while I’m grinding trick jumps in first to keep my lead. This week we talk about catch-up mechanics in board games and what we like...

There’s a lot that comes to mind when someones says “game balance” in reference to board games, and we’re here to talk about all of them. Jack and Eric discuss what they want from game balance, games that are good...

We’re back and more married than ever! With Eric now having a permanent second player, what better time than the present to discuss what we like about two player game. 0:00 - Introductions 02:12- The Housekeeping Corner...

Realm of Reckoning launches on kickstarter on June 24th, 2025 here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ivstudios/realm-of-reckoning 00:00 - Intro 01:36 - From animation to the tabletop 07:40 - Starting with theme or...

Following our discussion a few weeks ago about IP-Based games, we’re talking about different ways games can exude theme, and the levers they can pull 0:00 - A Demonstration of Technical Difficulties 0:47- The Real...