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
Oct 5, 2026
Oct 5, 2026
1 hr 13 min
Welcome back everyone to our 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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Today's episode is on legacy games! Those campaign games that just take it a little bit further! We talk about what they are, the ins and outs, pros and cons, and our own experiences playing legacy games.
Other games talked about in this episode include The Old King's Crown, World Order, Distilled, and Wingspan Pocket!
As always, thank you for following and listening, consider subscribing and leaving us a review!
Sep 22, 2026
Sep 22, 2026
1 hr 21 min
Welcome back everyone to our 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
Also soon join our livestreams at Youtube.com/2asians1board
Today's episode is on expansions! Do you have them? Do you avoid them? Do you NEEEED them? why? why? all these questions and more, discussed today!
Other games talked about in this episode include Nippon Zaibatsu, Orloj, Eternal Decks, Luthier, The Old King's Crown, and Fliptoons!
As always, thank you for following and listening, consider subscribing and leaving us a review!
May 18, 2026
May 18, 2026
1 hr 19 min
Welcome back everyone to our 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
Also soon join our livestreams at Youtube.com/2asians1board
Today's episode is on the age-old Chinese game of Mah Jong. As Asian podcasters, it is a cultural imperative that we talk about this game, especially as its having a modern day resurgence!
Other games talked about in this episode include Shackleton Base, Eternal Decks, and Endeavor Deep Sea!
As always, thank you for following and listening, consider subscribing and leaving us a review!
Apr 13, 2026
Apr 13, 2026
1 hr 53 min
Welcome back everyone to our 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
Also soon join our livestreams at Youtube.com/2asians1board
Today's episode is our thoughts on board game strategy! Some ins and outs, what works for us, our strengths and weaknesses and some of our hot tips for new euro game players!
Other games talked about in this episode include Excalibur, Bomb Busters, & Lisboa!
As always, thank you for following and listening, consider subscribing and leaving us a review!
Mar 9, 2026
Mar 9, 2026
1 hr 37 min
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! 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
Today's episode was requested by one of our listeners, and thats a review of Speakeasy by Vital Lacerda and to revisit our previous rankings with the new game in there! We don't want to disappoint so this episode we cover a fulsome review of Speakeasy and re-rank all 10 big box Lacerda games!
Other games covered on today's episode include SETI expansion Space Agencies, Spirit Island, and Bomb Busters!
As always, thank you for following and listening, consider subscribing and leaving us a review!
Music: Iskarelyn, find him on Spotify!
Jan 19, 2026
Jan 19, 2026
56 min
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! 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
Happy New year! Today's episode is a Christmas gaming catchup episode!
As always, thank you for following and listening, consider subscribing and leaving us a review!
Music: Iskarelyn, find him on Spotify!
Nov 24, 2025
Nov 24, 2025
1 hr 9 min
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! 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
It's after the World's biggest board game convention, Essen 2025, and we got a lot to catch-up on!
As always, thank you for following and listening, consider subscribing and leaving us a review!
Music: Iskarelyn, find him on Spotify!
Sep 5, 2025
Sep 5, 2025
1 hr 14 min
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! 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
We have decided to drop the seasons and just number episodes as we go! So this is episode 31. It's been a very busy summer, so we spend this episode catching up!
As always, thank you for following and listening, consider subscribing and leaving us a review!
Music: Iskarelyn, find him on Spotify!
Jul 8, 2025
Jul 8, 2025
1 hr 14 min
Welcome back everyone! This is 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 14. Ryo is BACK! So be ready for lots more gaming and regular episodes moving forward. Today we do some catching up again after move, and discuss INSERTS!
As always, thank you for following and listening, consider subscribing and leaving us a review!
Music: Iskarelyn, find him on Spotify!
May 26, 2025
May 26, 2025
1 hr 21 min
Welcome back everyone! This is 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 13. Today we catch up on lots of games played as well as go over Ryo's new life changing decision....to buy a board game table!
As always, thank you for following and listening, consider subscribing and leaving us a review!
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!