Meeple Nation Board Game Podcast
Weekly, episodes about board games and the board game hobby. We dive in to a wide selection of game mechanics, themes, and reviews. We discuss game news, gaming highlights, and the people who make our games amazing. Come join us at the game table. Hosted by Nathan Howard, Andy Holliday, Douglas Stewart, David Holliday, and Logan Howard.
Episodes
Episode 586: Pickup and Delivery Games
Episode release date is July 9, 2025
Show Notes
This week we kick off our discussion of pickup and deliver games. So, we are going to line up a bunch of games and choose some to discuss.
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Episode 585: Meeple Nation July 2025 News
Show Notes
Episode release date is July 2, 2025
It is time again for our news episode. We will be talking about some gaming highlights, new games, new game announcements, and we may even manage to get to some crowdfunding games too.
Come join us at the game table.
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SaltPOD 0006, Summer 2025
Release date: June 30, 2025
Welcome gamers! If you are a board gamer, a social gamer, or someone who loves RPGs, SaltCON is a place for you.
Welcome back to SaltPOD, your dedicated deep dive into the vibrant world of SaltCon and the incredible commu...
isode 584: A Look at Market Games
Episode release date is June 25, 2025
Show Notes
This week we in contrast with the open drafting mechanic we discussed the last few episodes, this week we are focusing on games that have and use a market, and how a market game is different from an open drafting game.
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Episode 583: Top Rated Open Drafting Games
Episode release date is June 18, 2025
Show Notes
This week we are concluding our discussion of open drafting games. This episode we will be picking out games off the top Open Drafting Games, some games we missed and some we don’t own.
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Episode 582: Our Top-Five Open Drafting Games
Episode release date is June 11, 2025
Show Notes
This week we are continuing our discussion of open drafting games. This episode we are hitting on our top-five Open Drafting Games
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Episode 581: Open Drafting Games
Episode release date is June 4, 2025
Show Notes
This week we kick off our discussion of open drafting games. So, we are going to line up a bunch of games and choose some to discuss.
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Episode 580: Meeple Nation May 2025 News - New Games, Announcements, & Crowdfunding!
Release Date: May 28, 2025
Welcome to Episode 580 of Meeple Nation, The World's Okayest Podcast!
This week, Nathan, Douglas, and Dave pull up a chair to the game table to dive into all the exciting news from the board gaming ...
SaltPOD 0005, SaltCON Summer 2025
Release date: May 27, 2025
Welcome gamers! If you are a board gamer, a social gamer, or someone who loves RPGs, SaltCON is a place for you.
Welcome back to SaltPOD, your dedicated deep dive into the vibrant world of SaltCon and the incredibl...
Episode 579: Narrative Choice or Paragraph Games
Episode release date is May 21, 2025
Show Notes
Meeple Nation discusses several games that include the narrative or paragraph game mechanic. Come join us at the game table and find some new and amazing games.
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Episode 578: Network or Route Building Games We Don’t Own
Episode release date is May 14, 2025
Show Notes
This week we are at the final connection of our Network or Route building games discussion. All routes are closing in this episode. For those who may have missed it, network or route building games where players are establishing connections between points on the board or m...
Episode 577: Our Top Five Network or Route Building Games
Episode release date is May 7, 2025
Show Notes
This week we are at the middle point of our Network or Route building games discussion. Once again network or route building games mean players are establishing connections between points on the board or map.
For this episode we will be focusing on our top ...
Episode 576: Network or Route Building Games
Episode release date is April 30, 2025
Show Notes
This week we kick off our discussion of games that involve network building. The "network building mechanic" refers to the gameplay element where players construct and expand interconnected systems, often representing transportation, communication, and resource distribution. It's about establishing l...
It is time for the SaltCON SideCast.
Episode 4. This week the hosts of Meeple Nation talk about the four ways to buy, sell, and trade games during SaltCON Spring, Summer, and End of Summer Events. There are four organized options, the no ship math trade, the virtural flea market, the game swap, and the in person flea market.
Come join us at the game table as we discuss and come join us at the next SaltCON event, SaltCON summer th...
Episode 575: Meeple Nation April 2025 News
Show Notes
Episode release date is April 23, 2025
This week we are talking about new games, new game announcements, new game releases and we also just had our HUGG-A-Meeple gathering. We may even manage to get to some crowdfunding games too.
Come join us at the game table.
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Episode 574: Games that use movement points
Episode release date is April 2, 2025
Show Notes
This week we are doing a one episode discussion of games that use movement points as a movement. What are movement points you ask? Well, movement points regulate how far a player can move their pieces during the game.
For example, players are given a specific number of "points" that c...
Episode 573: Games with Multi-Use cards we don’t own- Show Notes
Episode release date is April 2, 2025
This week wraps up our look at games featuring Multi-Use cards, focusing on highly-rated titles we haven't yet added to our collection. As a reminder, Multi-Use cards offer strategic depth by allowing a single card to serve multiple purposes. These purposes can include acting ...
Episode 572: Part two? or something like that.
Episode release date is April 2, 2025
This week we are creating a filler bonus episode because Nathan pushed out two episodes last week and we still wanted something to release today, because we want to make sure you all have something to enjoy today.
Come join us at the game table as we decide together what we are going to talk about today.
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Episode 571: Games with Multi-Use cards - Show Notes Andy
Episode release date is March 19, 2025
This week we kick off our discussion of games with Multi-Use cards. A fascinating mechanic that adds layers of strategic depth and decision-making, and one we love very much.
Instead of a card having only one specific function, multi-use cards can be used in different ways, offering players cho...
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