Oak & Onion: Board Game Podcast

Episode 11: Mid-Year Check-In

In this episode Joel and Chris check in on the gaming year so far, exploring trends, highs, lows, and what’s coming in the second half of the year that we have our eyes on. Then we follow up last week’s chat about DVC’s games with a discussion of unique games that have stuck with us. Plus we’ll find out what Chris thinks about the sister franchises of Toy Story movies and Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Episode 11 starts now!

Episode 10: Origins Highlights

Joel answers Chris’s Origins questions and Chris responds to Joel’s game cafe queries in this, the tenth episode of the Oak and Onion podcast. Ten episodes makes this our tin anniversary, and that doesn’t mean anything, but that’s weird, right? Listen in for convention highlights, Disclosure Day chatter, and bad movie celebrations as we try and fail to keep the episode under two hours. What can we say, we like to talk!

Episode 9: Tricks and Treats

Join us for our most 9th episode ever as we shed our inhibitions, climb the ladder of podcasting success, and trick our listeners into spending another two hours with us. In this episode we talk superheroes old and new as we explore where He-Man gets resurrected, Marvel gets underappreciated, and The Boys gets overly graphic. Then Joel shares some of the highlights of a small local gaming convention he attended for the first time. We continue our Board Games 101 series with a group of card game terms. And we end the episode by Blind Ranking 5 games each from designers selected by the other. It’s our last show before a week off, so download it many times to listen to repeatedly and keep those listener stats up for us! Segments: * 00:00:00—Intro * * 00:00:43—What We’ve Been Up To * * 00:06:02—What We’ve Been Watching * * 00:25:17—What We’ve Been Playing * * 01:10:14—Board Games 101 * 01:40:13—Blind Rank * 01:46:17—Closing and Sign Off

Episode 8: Obsessed with Summer

Join Chris and Joel for a short-ish episode where we give you tips and tricks for hosting a game night–spoiler alert, it all comes down to clear communication–throw down another 3-2-1 list for summertime games, and talk about some more games we’ve played in the last couple weeks. We also turn into a film podcast for a few minutes with a deep discussion of Curry Barker’s new film Obsession (don’t worry, we save all the spoilers for a bonus segment after our signoff). Yeah, okay, in the end, the episode is not that short-ish after all. What can we say–we love to talk! Segments: * 00:00:00—Intro * 00:00:44—What We’ve Been Up To * 00:04:03—What We’ve Been Watching * 00:27:41—What We’ve Been Playing * 01:07:05—How to Host a Game Night * 01:19:41—3-2-1 Summer! * 01:36:23—Closing and Sign Off * 01:38:27—Obsession Spoiler Chat

Episode 7: Convention-al Wisdom

After separate gaming weekends, Joel and Chris try to switch things up with a shortened episode as we aim for weekly releases through the month of June. We talk about Chris’s birthday, Joel’s illness, highlights of our gaming weekends, and give our tips for successful board game convention experiences. At right around 97 minutes, it’s our usual board game banter refined into a perfect blend of wit and wisdom, all in the same time it would take to watch 2004’s Mean Girls. So put in your headphones and spend time with some Nice Boys instead! Segments * 00:00:00—Intro * 00:00:38—What We’ve Been Enjoying * 00:22:00—BIG Gaming Weekends Recap * 01:07:05—Convention Tips * 01:36:31—Closing and Sign Off