2 Asians 1 Board
2 Asians 1 Board is a board gaming podcast! We are Darren and Ryo, a couple of Asian guys who love playing board games! We talk about all aspects of the board gaming hobby other than reviews. There’s plenty of outlets out there for board game reviews, but if you enjoy in depth discussions about aspects of the hobby, from mechanics, to reasons to play or not, then this is your place!
Episodes
Monday Nov 04, 2024
S02E05 - Pre-Japan Catch-Up!
Monday Nov 04, 2024
Monday Nov 04, 2024
Welcome back everyone to Season 2 of our bi-weekly board game podcast! We really appreciate all our listeners and followers! Please feel free to leave us comments or reviews and follow and subscribe! You are super welcome to suggest to us any topics you want us to talk about on the cast!
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This is Season 2 Episode 5. With Ryo heading to Japan, things have been quite busy over here, but Darren's had plenty of time to play lots of games, so this episode is a simple catch-up on games played!
As always, thank you for following and listening, consider subscribing and leaving us a review!
Music: Iskarelyn, find him on Spotify!
Monday Oct 21, 2024
S02E04 - Analysis Paralysis
Monday Oct 21, 2024
Monday Oct 21, 2024
Welcome back everyone to Season 2 of our bi-weekly board game podcast! We really appreciate all our listeners and followers! Please feel free to leave us comments or reviews and follow and subscribe! You are super welcome to suggest to us any topics you want us to talk about on the cast!
Follow us on instagram at 2Asians1Board, or email us at 2Asians1Board@gmail.com
This is Season 2 Episode 4. We have a special guest for this episode, Ryo's wife Camilla! We will be talking all about an important topic in board gaming - Analysis Paralysis! As our resident AP-expert, Camilla will be giving us some personal insights into this "paralyzing" aspect of playing complicated board games. It's a super great episode so be sure to listen!
As always, thank you for following and listening, consider subscribing and leaving us a review!
Music: Iskarelyn, find him on Spotify!
Monday Sep 30, 2024
S02E03 - Virtual Gaming
Monday Sep 30, 2024
Monday Sep 30, 2024
Welcome back everyone to Season 2 of our bi-weekly board game podcast! We really appreciate all our listeners and followers! Please feel free to leave us comments or reviews and follow and subscribe! You are super welcome to suggest to us any topics you want us to talk about on the cast!
Follow us on instagram at 2Asians1Board, or email us at 2Asians1Board@gmail.com
This is Season 2 Episode 3. We talk about Virtual Gaming, playing board games online! This is something that has really exploded during the pandemic and become a major part of the hobby. We discuss the history of it, the major online platforms, and pros and cons of enjoying your hobby online! Enjoy!
Music: Iskarelyn, find him on Spotify!
Monday Sep 16, 2024
S02E02 - Player Count
Monday Sep 16, 2024
Monday Sep 16, 2024
Welcome back everyone to Season 2 of our bi-weekly board game podcast! We really appreciate all our listeners and followers! Please feel free to leave us comments or reviews and follow and subscribe! You are super welcome to suggest to us any topics you want us to talk about on the cast!
Follow us on instagram at 2Asians1Board, or email us at 2Asians1Board@gmail.com
This is Season 2 Episode 2. We talk about something that is super key to enjoyment of the hobby: player count! What games work best at what player counts? Is there a "BEST" player count? Enjoy!
Music: Iskarelyn, find him on Spotify!
Monday Sep 02, 2024
S02E01 - Kickstarter
Monday Sep 02, 2024
Monday Sep 02, 2024
Welcome back everyone to Season 2 of our bi-weekly board game podcast! We really appreciate all our listeners and followers! Please feel free to leave us comments or reviews and follow and subscribe! You are super welcome to suggest to us any topics you want us to talk about on the cast!
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This episode is the premier of Season 2, and it's a monster episode! We talk a lot about recent games played, and take a deep dive into Kickstarter and crowdfunding. Enjoy!
Music: Iskarelyn, find him on Spotify!
Monday Aug 19, 2024
S01E16 - Season 1 Wrap-Up
Monday Aug 19, 2024
Monday Aug 19, 2024
Welcome back everyone to our bi-weekly board game podcast! We really appreciate all our listeners and followers! Please feel free to leave us comments or reviews and follow and subscribe!
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This episode is the final episode of Season 1, and we do a quick Season 1 wrap-up! This episode is a bit of a monster, since we have our first big game review to talk about! Enjoy and see you VERY soon for Season 2!
Music: Iskarelyn, find him on Spotify!
Monday Jul 22, 2024
S01E15 - Lacerda Games Focus: Part 4
Monday Jul 22, 2024
Monday Jul 22, 2024
Welcome back everyone to our bi-weekly board game podcast! We really appreciate all our listeners and followers! Please feel free to leave us comments or reviews and follow and subscribe!
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This episode is the final installment of 4 parts, focused on our favourite game designer, Vital Lacerda! Today we will wrap up the series by going through our personal rankings his 9 big games!
Music: Iskarelyn, find him on Spotify!
Monday Jul 08, 2024
S01E14 - Lacerda Games Focus: Part 3
Monday Jul 08, 2024
Monday Jul 08, 2024
Welcome back everyone to our bi-weekly board game podcast! We really appreciate all our listeners and followers! Please feel free to leave us comments or reviews and follow and subscribe!
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This episode is the third of 4 parts, focused on our favourite game designer, Vital Lacerda! We split his big box games into 4 batches, and today we'll be going through his next three games: Kanban EV, Weather Machine, and Inventions: Evolution of Ideas!
Music: Iskarelyn, find him on Spotify!
Monday Jun 10, 2024
S01E13 - Lacerda Games Focus: Part 2
Monday Jun 10, 2024
Monday Jun 10, 2024
Welcome back everyone to our bi-weekly board game podcast! We really appreciate all our listeners and followers! Please feel free to leave us comments or reviews and follow and subscribe!
Follow us on instagram at 2Asians1Board, or email us at 2Asians1Board@gmail.com
This episode is the second of 4 parts, focused on our favourite game designer, Vital Lacerda! We split his big box games into 4 batches, and today we'll be going through his next three games: Lisboa, Escape Plan, and On Mars!
Music: Iskarelyn, find him on Spotify!
Monday May 20, 2024
S01E12 - Lacerda Games Focus: Part 1
Monday May 20, 2024
Monday May 20, 2024
Welcome back everyone to our bi-weekly board game podcast! We really appreciate all our listeners and followers! Please feel free to leave us comments or reviews and follow and subscribe!
Follow us on instagram at 2Asians1Board, or email us at 2Asians1Board@gmail.com
This episode is the first of 4 parts, focused on our favourite game designer, Vital Lacerda! We split his big box games into 4 batches, and today we'll be introducing him as a designer and going through his first three games: Vinhos, CO2, and The Gallerist!
Music: Iskarelyn, find him on Spotify!
Welcome to the podcast! Our cast focuses on many different aspects of the board game hobby. We range in topics from aspects of building games like themes and mechanics, all the way through to distribution, Kickstarter, and more. We want to give our listeners a thoughtful, thorough, fun and insightful show about a wide variety of topics to do with this wonderful hobby!