Shelf Stable: A Board Gaming Podcast

We gotta record our podcast a thousand times like Tom Lehmann did with Race. Maybe at that point older couples will be playing it before they go to sleep. In the meantime, I guess the pop culture misfires shall continue. I'll take solid bit for $200.
 
Video Game Jeopardy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5NbCOCGQ_Q
 
Games we played:
7:35 - My Favourite Things (2015, Daiki Nilgiri Aoyama & Pepe_R, Play for Keeps)
Point de Polgara (in French) on Japanese designers https://www.lepointdepolgara.fr/index.php/2026/02/12/tokyo-game-market-automne-2025/
12:34 - Tucano (2021, Theo Riviere, Helvetiq)
15:25 - Dune Imperium (2020, Paul Dennen, Dire Wolf)
21:12 - El Grande (1995, Wolfgang Kramer & Richard Ulrich, Hans im Gluck)
 
100 games before you die:
26:58 - Race for the Galaxy (2007, Thomas Lehmann, Rio Grande)
https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/321471/100-tabletop-games-to-play-before-turning-100
 
Topic:
33:26 - That One Little Rule
 
Songs:
100 Games to Play Before You Die by Michael, Tyler, Devon, and Josh of The Boise RainBeaus
ROT by Bone Haus https://bonehaus.bandcamp.com/album/in-mourning
Patreon https://www.patreon.com/c/ShelfStableCast
All our socials https://linktr.ee/shelfstablecast

This episode, we are cone-maxing. Dan Jolin joins us to talk Letterboxd, the opposite of sex, and listening to his spouse's sound advice. Somehow we got through a guest episode without mentioning Monopoly DEAL. Although, Tom still managed to sneak in a brief aside about The A Minecraft Movie.
 
3:52 - Intro: Dan Jolin
Actualol gifts for board gamers https://youtu.be/g3XAlpNtQ_4?si=4bX524oyjjSFP_6t
11:56 - We Have to Know!
 
Games we played:
31:28 - Century Spice Road (2017, Emerson Matsuuchi, Plan B)
 
Topic:
40:00 - Making a Senet
 
Where to find Dan:
Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/danjolin.bsky.social
Senet Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/senetmagazine.bsky.social
Order copies of Senet https://senetmagazine.com
 
Songs:
ROT by Bone Haus https://bonehaus.bandcamp.com/album/in-mourning
Patreon https://www.patreon.com/c/ShelfStableCast
All our socials https://linktr.ee/shelfstablecast

Still waiting for the 18 card microgame from Button Shy where you get to milk the alien while Rey watches uncomfortably.
 
Games we played:
3:37 - PitchCar (1995, Jean du Poël, Ferti)
7:25 - Kobayakawa (2013, Jun Sasaki, Oink)
12:25 - Android Netrunner (2012 og1996, Richard Garfield & Lukas Litzsinger, FFG)
25:04 - Radlands (2021, Daniel Piechnik, Roxley)
 
100 games before you die:
32:36 - The Castles of Burgundy (2011, Stefan Feld, alea)
https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/321471/100-tabletop-games-to-play-before-turning-100
 
Topic:
38:59 - IP in games
 
Songs:
100 Games to Play Before You Die by Michael, Tyler, Devon, and Josh of The Boise RainBeaus
ROT by Bone Haus https://bonehaus.bandcamp.com/album/in-mourning
Patreon https://www.patreon.com/c/ShelfStableCast
All our socials https://linktr.ee/shelfstablecast

Don't listen to this one in a public setting, it might just make you blush... from all the anger you're experiencing at our incapacity to produce a successful date. It's telling that we're so capable of making dates uncomfortable but can't make a good one happen even when we sit down and brainstorm for half an hour.
 
Hot Dr Pepper https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIRnM6s4GNo
 
Games we played:
3:15 - City of the Big Shoulders (2019, Raymond Chandler III, Parallel)
7:41 - Taco Cat Goat Cheese Pizza (2018, Dave Campbell II, Dolphin Hat)
14:05 - Lords of Vegas (2010, James Ernest & Mike Selinker, Mayfair)
18:10 - Balderdash (1984, Laura Robinson & Paul Toyne, Mattel)
 
100 games before you die:
23:25 - The 7th Continent (2017, Ludovic Roudy, Serious Poulp)
https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/321471/100-tabletop-games-to-play-before-turning-100
 
Topic:
27:00 - Date Night Game Night
 
Songs:
100 Games to Play Before You Die by Michael, Tyler, Devon, and Josh of The Boise RainBeaus
ROT by Bone Haus https://bonehaus.bandcamp.com/album/in-mourning
Patreon https://www.patreon.com/c/ShelfStableCast
All our socials https://linktr.ee/shelfstablecast

What if I told you there were more games than just Tiddlywinks and hitting a ball with a stick? Today we explore the wild world of board gaming or "tabletop gaming" as some people "in the hobby" call it. It turns out that board games have gotten pretty interesting and complicated since we were kids. Move over dice and spinners and say hello to Death Note moments and piss cubes. There's a new sheriff in town and their name is Food Chain Magnate!
 
4:19 - Some News:
Upper Deck Harry Potter IP, help out and stay posted with Block Collective https://bsky.app/profile/blockcollectives.bsky.social/post/3mcmvptpv4c2h
BGG Hall of Fame adds Puerto Rico and Terraforming Mars, 3MBG person-focused Hall of Fame https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eMtH7370xQ
Sam Healey statements and Dice Tower lack of response https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2026/01/30/veteran-dice-tower-reviewer-sam-healey-resigns-in-wake-of-saying-alex-pretti-renee-good-to-blame-for-ice-killing-them-after-comments-began-impacting-review-giants-annual-pledge-drive/
 
Games we played:
13:02 - Welcome To... (2018, Benoit Turpin, Blue Cocker)
18:48 - Dungeon Fighter (2011, Aureliano Buonfino & Lorenzo Silva & Lorenzo Tucci Sorrentino, Iello)
23:06 - Great Plains (2021, Trevor Benjamin & Brett J. Gilbert, Lookout)
26:08 - Unsettled (2021, Tom Mattson & Marc Neidlinger, Orange Nebula)
 
100 games before you die:
33:42 - Blood Rage (2015, Eric M Lang, CMON)
https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/321471/100-tabletop-games-to-play-before-turning-100
 
Topic:
36:56 - Chess & Other Games
 
Songs:
100 Games to Play Before You Die by Michael, Tyler, Devon, and Josh of The Boise RainBeaus
ROT by Bone Haus https://bonehaus.bandcamp.com/album/in-mourning
Patreon https://www.patreon.com/c/ShelfStableCast
All our socials https://linktr.ee/shelfstablecast