Tag: Ralph

 Welcome to the new Board Game Gateway Studio, it’s lovely to have you here. In this week’s episode, we have a lot going on and we are excited to have you here. Neeber and Damien give us a recap of the BGBBQ Autumn Game Day Event and tell us about some of their highlights […]

 “Only in the agony of parting do we look into the depths of love.” – Leo Buscaglia Let’s think about the games that got us into the hobby. When was the last time we played them and thought about them? In this episode, we go back and revisit the games that got us into […]

 “SHAME, SHAME, SHAME!!!!” – Game of Thrones, Shame Lady There is a place on every board gamer’s shelves designated for games that have never been played. The ‘shelf of shame’ contains some of our mistakes, our embarrassments and our future plans so in today’s episode, we are going to air out some of our […]

 *SINGS* “Big Booty Boxes, WHAT! Big, Board Game Booty, OKAY! I like them Big Board Game Boxes!” – Ralph 2023 This week we welcome another Guest to the Board Game Gateway Studio. Friend of the show Damien joins Neeber, Ralph and Matt to have a chat about how his son has gotten into Marvel […]

 “This Kickstarter Campaign contains more plastic than a Kardashian who is about to hit the red carpet.” Chaos returns to the Board Game Gateway Studios in this episode as we welcome back Matt after a break. Neeber and Ralph try to reign him in so we can chat about the grandfather of the modern […]

Welcome to the campaign. We will be playing this game until its completion, and I hope you enjoy it. If not, it may be a challenging journey for you. Most of my top games are what we call campaign games, these are games that take place over many play sessions. The campaign could last anywhere […]

 “It’s Time to D-D-D-D-D-Duel!” – Yu-Gi-Oh Half the hosts but just as much content. This week Neeber and Ralph sit down to have a chat about some of their favourite 2-player games that they have been playing lately. If you are looking for something to play with a partner, significant other or even someone […]

“Luck be a lady tonight, just be a lady tonight”– Sky Masterson   Description Luck, Randomness and Variability are spread throughout board gaming as what they bring to the table leads to many interesting board states and challenges we have to overcome. However, these can also bring problems and headaches that gamers just have to […]

“Shawty’s like a memory in my head and I can’t keep up and I’m feeling like.Nah na na na every day like my board games stuck on replay!” – Rodeo, Iyaz   Description Board Games are inherently designed to be played more than once but what is it about games that make us want to […]

“I would have never picked this off the shelf, nothing about ‘Isle of Cats’ appealed to me and then I played it, what a juxtaposition” – Matt Glynn | BG Gateway   A lot of weight is put into the first impressions and many games have a theme and artwork that to many may not […]

“By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes.” – William Shakespeare   Description Spooky Scary Halloween! Welcome to the Halloween special of the Board Game Gateway Podcast with all four hosts here for your listening pleasure. We go through some of the latest games we have been playing over the past week […]

“If you’re not first, your last” – Ricky Bobby   Humans have always wanted to get places fast, and first and preferably both of these at the same time. In board games, we have an entire genre of games devoted to all things racing. In this episode, we dive into games that deal with racing […]

“No, I do not have a favourite child. How dare you ask me that!” – The Parent who definitely has a favourite child   Description Welcome to Part II of Episode 13. We continue to work down the list of our favourite games and in this episode, we countdown #5 to #1. Which games have […]

“When I see the Ten Most Wanted Lists… I always have this thought: If we’d made them feel wanted earlier, they wouldn’t be wanted now.” – Eddie Cantor   People have been asking and now we are delivering in a 2 part special episode where all the hosts disclose their top 10 board games. These […]

“If a work of art is rich and vital and complete, those who have artistic instincts will see its beauty, and those to whom ethics appeal more strongly than aesthetics will see its moral lesson. It will fill the cowardly with terror, and the unclean will see in it their own shame.” – Oscar Wilde […]

“Is it a boy? Is it a girl? It’s a…..Strategic Deck Builder with Route Building and Real-Time Worker Placement. What does any of that mean? I guess it is time to find out”   Description: You could be forgiven for thinking that board games are all like monopoly and scrabble but you sir/madam would be […]

“Creativity is just connecting things. When you ask creative people how they did something, they feel a little guilty because they didn’t really do it, they just saw something. It seemed obvious to them after a while.” – Steve Jobs   Board games are not just thinking puzzles that are designed to give satisfaction to […]

“Do you love sitting down to figure out the logic behind a sudoku puzzle? You are going to love these games that we have on offer for you.”   Description: All of the hosts are back and we have a great episode for you. Not to mention that our host for this evening is Blayke […]

“And now. Ladies and Gentlemen. Leettttssss get ready to RUMMMBBBLLLLEEEEEE!” We have a very exciting episode for you as all four of the hosts get together for the time since Episode 002. The hosts have a chat about some of the first milestones that they have passed, some of the best moments over the past […]

“They did the Mash! They did the monster mash. They did the Mash. It was a graveyard smash”   We head back to discord this week so we can welcome our first-ever guest to the podcast. Redmond Hamel is a friend of the show and ex-colleague of Ralph and will give us his perspective on […]

Hey! You know what really grinds my gears?! When an audio podcast tries to use graphically terminology and hand gestures when I can’t see you! – Neeber (Chronic Hand Gesturer and graphical describer)   In today’s episode, we welcome the hosts back to the recording table to deliver you an absolute cracker of an episode. […]

“Because tonight will be the night that I will play with you. That silly gaaaaame, don’t make me change my mind.”   Episode five is here and we have changed it up with Ralph taking on hosting duties and pushing Neeber to the back. In this episode, the two hosts talk about a number of […]

One. Singular sensation, every little game they rate. Two. Voices for your pleasure, every podcast they make.   Welcome to the third episode of the Board Game Gateway Podcast, this week we are 50% leaner with Blayke and Matt missing in action but don’t let that worry you as we have another cracking episode. Neeber […]

Look who’s back, back again. Gateways back, tell your friends. *No seriously tell your friends we’d love more people in the community*   Anywho with that silly introduction out of the way we would like to welcome you back to the Board Game Gateway Podcast. In this week’s episode, we tackle the theme ‘What makes […]