Episode Archive: Beyond the Board

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Rieman and Sater are once again joined by their cursed friend Brian Gartland to talk about famous curses, right in theme with the pirate game, Dead Man's Doubloons!

Produced by: Mike Rieman & Michael Sater, in association with The Nerdologues

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Rieman and Sater stay a nice distance away from some of the most famous betrayals in history in our episode inspired by Coup!

Produced by: Mike Rieman & Michael Sater, in association with The Nerdologues

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Rieman and Sater travel to where no person has gone before! ...rather they look at it through a telescope. This week we talk space and things in it which are themes behind the new R2i game, Afternova!

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Rieman and Sater are joined by a very special guest Jordan Devenport, the designer of Crazy Cultists! (currently on Kickstarter!) They travel back to when everyone was talking about Satanic Death cults during the Satanic Panic (tm) during the early 90s!

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Rieman and Sater share their top most interesting bugs they found (digitally); meanwhile, Mike realizes he is terrified of bugs. Can you guess which Mike?

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Love is in the air and Beyond the Board! Taking from the theme of the hit game Love Letter, the Mike's recap the history of courting and dating from ancient Troy to modern day Tinder.

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They have so many new games to take apart and live inside! Mike Rieman is back with a new host Michael Sater and they can't wait to get your 'meta-feelings' going with talk of time travel, pirates, medieval courtship, and BEES! So, get your learnin' caps on and tune in every other week! 

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Mike and Spencer bare their teeth and scratch up some facts about real animal territories in the theme of Leder Games' new hotness, Root!

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Get cleaned up, cause Mike and Spencer are taking you to a shrine! While discussing the game Rising Sun, they take a look at the Shinto religion of Japan.

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SEASON 2 PREMIERE. NEW TO THE NERDOLOGUES! Mike and Spencer cough up and spread some knowledge on some of the worst outbreaks and pandemics in history. (Just sanitize your game when you're done!)
 

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Mike and Spencer are back with a whole new season of Beyond the Board! Get pumped for all new reasons to go back and play all your favorite games! Now part of the Nerdologues family of podcasts!

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Panel by panel, Spencer and Mike look at the history of comic strips (sequential art?), taking inspiration from the comic-building, party game Joking Hazard! (Podcast safe for work, game is not!)

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Mike and Spencer don their aprons and go head to head in the Iron Chef arena, where they learn all about the inspiration behind the card game Competition Kitchen! Join them after for a special interview with one of the creators of Competition Kitchen, Kevin Reader! (Kevin Reader is artistic director for Cards Against Humanity!) Kickstarter Link! https://goo.gl/FbQyaz Link for YouTube (mentioned in interview): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThqstRUNwRc

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Outlaws, duels, and lawmen! Mike and Spencer find the perfect recipe for a good ol' fashioned shootout! With the help of Pretzel Game's Flick 'Em Up, they discuss the some of the Wests most famous standoffs! (Russel up some history...)

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Spencer and Mike trek through the fields of Bohnanza, the bean farming card game, and stop in a patch of coffee beans! They dig through coffee bean farming, coffee bean processing, and coffee bean roasting in this caffeinated episode! (There are a lot of beans in Bohnanaza but, we picked our favorite bean!)

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It’s a list episode! Mike and Spencer get sympathetic with some classic video game villains, as the check off their top 10 of those bad guys you love AND hate! (Put yourself in their monster shoes!)

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Spencer and Mike pick apart how the brain can be not firing on all cylinders. Also, how it can screw you up playing the tense-friend revealing card game, Anomia! (It’s ah… what’s the word?... EDUCATIONAL!)

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Spencer and Mike tinker with the gears and mechanics of Machine of Death, the card game! Then they talk about some real life wacky assassinations! (Because killing people for money is SO wacky!)

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Flip back in your history books and discover the story of Santorini, as Spencer and Mike use their god-like powers and explore Roxley Games' hit strategy board game, Santorini! (Is there a board game god?)

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Plug yourself in with Mike and Spencer as they discuss real life hacking and the history of electronic security, all inspired by the cyberpunk card game, Netrunner! (not LIFE hacking, but with computers!)

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Join Spencer and Mike in discovering how to rob a train and the romanticized wild west, while talking about the Spiel de Jahres award winning game Colt Express! (Stick ‘em up, for fun! ...and ‘cause I have a gun)

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Choo Choo! Mike and Spencer hop aboard some famous trains and give you the scoop and CHOO(p) of what it’s like to ride them! (Coming to you at 700mph!) Produced by: Spencer Campbell & Mike Rieman

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Grab your chopsticks as Mike and Spencer take you to the delicious past of sushi, with the party game Sushi Go! (Spencer wrote this one…) Produced by: Spencer Campbell & Mike Rieman