Bitewing Games Podcast

Bitewing Games Podcast

At Bitewing Games, our mission is to create and share classy board games that bite. For hobbyist gamers, this podcast will help you to explore your own tastes in the hobby and perhaps discover your next favorite game that fits those tastes. For game designers, this podcast will offer you more tools to add to your utility belt and metrics to measure your projects by. Subscribe to our newsletter at BitewingGames.com, follow us on social media, and stay tuned for exciting things to come!

Episodes

January 20, 2025 77 mins

Note: This episode also exists in video form on YouTube.

Joe (from Allplay) and Nick (from Bitewing Games) share insights and experiences of board game publishing! Get a peek behind the curtains of the board game industry. This series is meant to be both interesting to hobbyist gamers and helpful to other publishers, designers, and professionals in board games.

In this episode, Joe and Nick discuss board game conv...

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December 23, 2024 28 mins

Nick revisits over 50 of the best board games of 2023 by categorizing them into lovers, keepers, dumpers, flingers, and seekers.

Don't miss out on a huge upcoming year for Bitewing Games! Be sure to subscribe to the Bitewing Games Newsletter.

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Nick finishes his Top 100 Board Games of All Time list by sharing games 25-1 (plus how he would rank Bitewing's publications among his Top 100).

Check out SILOS, EGO, and ORBIT on Kickstarter!

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Nick continues his Top 100 Board Games of All Time list by sharing games 50-26.

Check out Reiner Knizia's SHOCKING Confession Video.

Check out the Epic Knizia Project, now live on Kickstarter.

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Nick continues his Top 100 Board Games of All Time list by sharing games 75-51.

Check out Reiner Knizia's SHOCKING Confession Video.

Check out the Epic Knizia Project, now live on Kickstarter.

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Nick shares his Top 100 Board Games of All Time, starting with games 100-76!

Follow the Secret Epic Big Box Knizia Kickstarter Project, launching this month!

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Nick shares his 1st impressions of board games he's been playing lately:

0:41 - Courtisans
3:43 - Ark Nova: Marine Worlds
7:42 - Klink
11:22 - Heat: Heavy Rain Expansion
13:55 - Expressions
17:46 - Things in Rings
21:48 - Arcs

Don't miss our Secret Epic Big Box Knizia Project launching in October! Subscribe to the Bitewing Games Newsletter to follow along.

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Nick shares his 1st impressions of new-ish games he has been playing recently:

0:49 - Iki
3:27 - Palmyra (Buy Low Sell High)
6:12 - Harmonies
9:33 - A Message from the Stars
12:40 - Pax Penning
17:45 - Knarr

Check out our new releases (now shipping worldwide) including Cascadero, Cascadito, Spectral, and Trailblazers: Sasquatch Expansion.

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Nick shares his first impressions of new-to-him board games he's been playing lately:

Follow the Kickstarter page for Iliad and Ichor. Thanks for your support!

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April 16, 2024 86 mins

Nick is joined by the excellent Cardboard Philosophy podcast where they discuss their show, the Jazz Collection, and their prognosis of board games they've been playing lately.

Check out the Cardboard Philosophy Podcast here.

Check out the episode that Nick joined here.

Check out the Jazz Collection Kickstarter here.

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Nick shares his 1st impressions of the following new(ish) board games:

0:42 - Galactic Renaissance
3:56 - Clash of the Gladiators
7:56 - Sol: Last Days of a Star
13:52 - Die Patin, Löwenherz
19:42 - Botanik
24:16 - Ticket to Ride Legacy: Legends of the West

Our Jazz Collection Kickstarter (Bebop, Shuffle & Swing, and Cat Blues) is now live! Check out the Kickstarter here.

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Nick shares his first impressions of another big batch of Knizia games... from old classics to recent reskins!

0:52 - Penguin Party
3:41 - Genial Spezial
6:08 - Tatari
11:05 - City of the Living
16:34 - Keltis + New Ways, New Goals Expansion
19:06 - Keltis: Fun & Go
21:35 - Genesis
25:42 - Reif fur die Insel
29:23 - King's Road
32:54 - Money

Follow our upcoming Jazz Col...

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Nick shares his first impressions of new-ish board games he's been playing lately:

0:42 - Strike
3:43 - Sobek: 2 Players
8:46 - Ingenious (2023 Edition)
11:35 - World Wonders
15:17 - Chomp
17:40 - Couture
20:06 - Marabunta

Follow  our jazz game Kickstarter project here.

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Nick shares his Top 15 Board Games of 2023 and reveals the next big Kickstarter project coming from Bitewing Games.

Follow the Jazz Collection Kickstarter page here.

Learn more about Bebop here.

Learn more about Shuffle & Swing here.

Learn more about Cat Blues: The Big Gig here.

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Nick shares his 1st impressions of 7 new board games including 5 trick takers, 3 two-players, and 1 solo game.

0:45 - Sail
2:48 - Patterns: A Mandala Game
5:39 - Undaunted: Battle of Britain
9:37 - Pies, Lunar, Mori, and Bacon
20:54 - Witchcraft! (also listen to my thoughts on Resist!)

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January 2, 2024 19 mins
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December 21, 2023 36 mins

Nick looks back on over 50 of the best board games of 2022 and categorizes them into lovers, keepers, dumpers, flingers, and seekers.

Check out similar look back posts of 2019, 2020, and 2021 releases.

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Nick shares his 1st impressions of (mostly) recent releases and hot 2023 board games:

0:49 - General Orders: World War II
5:09 - Loot
8:13 - Sea Salt & Paper
12:42 - Havalandi
19:10 - Dragonkeepers
22:50 - Thunder Road: Vendetta
27:01 - Amun-Re: 20th Anniversary Edition



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