Welcome back. Or maybe just welcome. On this episode, Steve and Mitch talk about rulebooks. Really they just scratch the surface because that is a really huge topic. Too big to ramble about the whole of it in an hour.On a side note, the Kathr

EM - Aug 23 2020 CHMA

Aug 23rd, 2020 58m 1s

We are back with another conversation about board game things. This time we talk a bit about Yahtzee and Yahtzee related things. Mitch does a horrible job explaining how to play Elder Sign and Las Vegas and Steve goes down a rabbit hole about D

The Video Game Episode - CHMA Aug 16 2020

Aug 16th, 2020 56m 15s

In this episode, the conversation is about video games and how they intersect with board games. Mostly we focus on how the video game industry often creates a board game from successful game IPs and, well, what we think about that. Some games t

EM - Aug 9 2020

Aug 12th, 2020 56m 32s

Last week we were talking about the game Pictures that recently won the Spiel des Jahres award and Mitch just wanted to say a few more things. We also talk about some new games announced just recently at Gen Con including 2 new Animal Upon Anim

EM - Aug 2 2020 - 001

Aug 12th, 2020 56m 42s

Steve's back! And we catch up talking briefly about the Kennerspiele winner the Crew and trick-taking games, I keep giving the outdoor game list a hard time - during which we call K2, K-9 (sorry about that). I talk about Archaeology by Phil Wal

EM - July 26 2020 - 001

Aug 12th, 2020 56m 10s

Dave is back and we ramble on about Wingspan and Survive! Escape from Atlantis among other nonsense.

Everyday Meeple July 19 2020

Aug 12th, 2020 57m 17s

This weeks episode marks the return of Dave, one of the original hosts of Everyday Meeple. In Dave's first CHMA hosted episode, we talk about Tides of Time / Madness, Biblios, and a bit about Magic the Gathering. We also talk a bit about Thomas

Everyday Meeple - July 12 2020

Aug 12th, 2020 59m 16s

With Steve taking a break for a while Ryan Delnick of Spider Dog Crafting sits in and we discuss the shared DNA of Risk and D&D and we talk about what lead Ryan to his current work crafting D&D terrain and painting minis.CORRECTIONS:** At on

EM July 5 2020

Aug 12th, 2020 58m 27s

EM July 5 2020 by Everyday Meeple

EM - May 3 2020

Aug 12th, 2020 59m 43s

This is the lost "Episode 16"

EM - June 21 2020

Aug 12th, 2020 56m 10s

EM - June 21 2020 by Everyday Meeple

EM June 14 2020

Aug 12th, 2020 58m 47s

Everyday Meeple made a switch to a weekly radio show on our local college station CHMA 106.9 FM. We still record as a podcast as well but most of our shows are light and conversational.

EM May 31 2020

Aug 12th, 2020 56m 14s

Everyday Meeple made a switch to a weekly radio show on our local college station CHMA 106.9 FM. We still record as a podcast as well but most of our shows are light and conversational.

EM - June 7 2020

Aug 12th, 2020 57m 29s

Everyday Meeple made a switch to a weekly radio show on our local college station CHMA 106.9 FM. We still record as a podcast as well but most of our shows are light and conversational.

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EM June 28 2020

Aug 12th, 2020 56m 3s

EM June 28 2020 by Everyday Meeple

EM - May 17 2020

Aug 12th, 2020 52m 15s

Everyday Meeple made a switch to a weekly radio show on our local college station CHMA 106.9 FM. We still record as a podcast as well but most of our shows are light and conversational.

Ep 18 - Red Raven

May 24th, 2020 59m 42s

This week we celebrate the triple-threat designer, artist and publisher, Ryan Laukat of Red Raven games. Ryan is responsible for hit games like Near and Far and Above and Below. He has a fascinating story of how he started in the board game ind

(Ep 17) Losers of Midgard

May 10th, 2020 1h

With a quick nod to Elisabeth Hargrave and the Wingspan team for winning 8 Golden Geek awards we move into a discussion of Champions of Midgard and how much fun it is losing.

Ep 15 - The Deck Building Episode

Apr 26th, 2020 1h

In this episode we try and tackle deck-building but it is such a vast topic that we really just scratch a small itch on the surface. A brief time-line from the explosive force that was Magic: The Gathering to the emergence of a new mechanic thr

The Isolation Episodes #3

Apr 12th, 2020 58m 45s

The Isolation Episodes #3 by Everyday Meeple

The Isolation Episodes #2

Apr 5th, 2020 53m 47s

Our second show from isolation has us talking with some technical improvements as we settle into the new system. It also finds us talking about how some publishers are trying to help out during this awkward moment.

The Isolation Episodes #1

Apr 4th, 2020 47m 57s

As we all tuck ourselves neatly away into our homes during this peculiar time I reach out to Steve in his underground board game bunker so we can catch up and try and find some things to keep us all sane.We talk a bit about what we've been pl

Ep 11 - The Co-op Episode

Mar 30th, 2020 56m 22s

We joked we would call it the co-op episode but that's really a bit of a misnomer. While we do focus on the Ravensburger game Horrified, which is a beautiful family weight, gateway co-op. And we do spend a lot of time talking about the benefits

Ep 10 What's your worst?

Mar 15th, 2020 54m 27s

In Episode 10 we spend a lot of time chatting about some of our favourites games. I’m looking at you Raiders of the North Sea. I introduce Steve to geekgroup.app a web app that links to your BGG (Board Game Geek) account and visualizes your col

Ep 9 - The Road to Catan

Mar 8th, 2020 1h 5m

For episode 9 I get a bit excited and try and explain to Steve what I find fascinating about the world before Catan.I had something in my head about the game Acquire having been mentioned as the seed of modern Eurogames. Which really interest