38: Is there a board game for everyone? Plus: The LOLest games, board game movies, and Kickstarter trailers

Feb 26, 2020

Why we'll never get some of our friends to play board games; the best laugh-so-hard-we-always-cry games; board game movies (our faves and the ones we'd like to see); and whether high-production trailers are good -- and bad -- for Kickstarter campaigns.

Games discussed on the show:

Mike's topic: board game movies -- the good, the mostly bad, and what we want to see

• Clue
• Jumanji
• Battleship
• The Castles of Burgundy
• Pandemic
• Pandemic: Legacy
• Settlers of Catan
• One Night Ultimate Werewolf
• Gloomhaven
• Root
• T.I.M.E Stories
• Scythe
• Nine Tiles Panic
• Mice & Mystics
• Aftermath
• Above & Below
• Near & Far

Christian's topic: Is there really a game for everyone?

• Lost Cities
• The Mind
• Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective
• Crokinole

Christina's topic: What are your funniest board game experiences?

• Telestrations
• Draw Your Own Conclusions
• A Fake Artist Goes to New York
• Head's Up
• Skull
• Cards Against Humanity
• Funemployment
• Hive Mind

Shoe's topic: Are fancy video trailers too fancy? Or are they necessary to stand out?

• Unsettled
• SHASN
• Dogs of War

Final thoughts

• Imperial 2030
• Cry Havoc
• Nokosu Dice