The Heavy Cardboard Podcast Transistor (https://transistor.fm) https://feeds.transistor.fm/the-heavy-cardboard-podcast A podcast dedicated to the love & enjoyment of the heavier side of board gaming. © 2025 Heavy Cardboard 00ea5e51-2743-538b-8c2a-3018250e6fe3 no The Heavy Cardboard Podcast - Trailer en Fri, 13 Jun 2025 10:27:07 -0400 Wed, 03 Dec 2025 01:30:16 -0500 https://img.transistor.fm/7g5vJ4GoOOJ_OZADrcASHfEvUBnm5IT6AJxIJ63cta4/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9kOTI1/YzBjNjI4OGE3OTJh/ODE1ZWU2MDQzMmZk/Y2Q4Mi5wbmc.jpg The Heavy Cardboard Podcast episodic Heavy Cardboard A podcast dedicated to the love & enjoyment of the heavier side of board gaming. A podcast dedicated to the love & enjoyment of the heavier side of board gaming.. board games Heavy Cardboard No No Davis' Mixtape Vol. III: HeavyCon 8 Recap Davis' Mixtape Vol. III: HeavyCon 8 Recap bonus 0cd98e91-4fdc-4435-994d-dc4cf0c7f82a https://share.transistor.fm/s/9fbb63fe Were you planning on attending HeavyCon 8, but were suddenly waylaid by inter-dimensional adventurers, desperately requiring your help to find the Lost Artifact of Borthax? No worries! That's a perfectly valid excuse.

The rest of you lot, though? Shame. SHAME.

To offer some proper motivation for you to attend next year, here are Edward and Martin the Elder with a recap of all the good times that were had, and some Ask the Elephant questions sprinkled in for good measure.

]]> Were you planning on attending HeavyCon 8, but were suddenly waylaid by inter-dimensional adventurers, desperately requiring your help to find the Lost Artifact of Borthax? No worries! That's a perfectly valid excuse.

The rest of you lot, though? Shame. SHAME.

To offer some proper motivation for you to attend next year, here are Edward and Martin the Elder with a recap of all the good times that were had, and some Ask the Elephant questions sprinkled in for good measure.

]]> Fri, 13 Jun 2025 10:27:07 -0400 Heavy Cardboard Heavy Cardboard 5392 Were you planning on attending HeavyCon 8, but were suddenly waylaid by inter-dimensional adventurers, desperately requiring your help to find the Lost Artifact of Borthax? No worries! That's a perfectly valid excuse.

The rest of you lot, though? Shame. SHAME.

To offer some proper motivation for you to attend next year, here are Edward and Martin the Elder with a recap of all the good times that were had, and some Ask the Elephant questions sprinkled in for good measure.

]]> board games No Episode 3: If Everything Was Perfect 3 3 Episode 3: If Everything Was Perfect full 8ea6e3d6-235f-4c41-95d6-cd3d521007ae https://share.transistor.fm/s/8f0cbe87 According to experts, all eight (YES, EIGHT) planets are likely to line up within 1 degree every 13.4 trillion years. Given that our solar system only formed around 4.6 billion years ago, this has probably never happened. Given that our sun has about another 5 billion years of life left in it, it'll also probably never happen. 

Similarly, the perfect game night has roughly the same odds. So, let's all close our eyes and imagine what it would be like if everything in your life aligned, and you were finally able to get that game to the table, with the people you've always wanted to play it with, and your own little spacetime-bending bubble to play it in. (It's OK if you tear up just a little at the thought.)

We also talk about the games we've been playing lately in much more cosmically mundane times. Enjoy the show!

  • In the Shadows: Resistance in France 1943-1944
  • Ora et Labora
  • Knarr
  • Forbidden Stars
  • Solo RPGs (Courier - Repacked Edition, Home, Eleventh Beast)
  • Kohle & Kolonie
  • Sykes-Picot

Timestamps:

00:00 - If Everything Was Perfect

34:27 - What Are We Playing?


]]> According to experts, all eight (YES, EIGHT) planets are likely to line up within 1 degree every 13.4 trillion years. Given that our solar system only formed around 4.6 billion years ago, this has probably never happened. Given that our sun has about another 5 billion years of life left in it, it'll also probably never happen. 

Similarly, the perfect game night has roughly the same odds. So, let's all close our eyes and imagine what it would be like if everything in your life aligned, and you were finally able to get that game to the table, with the people you've always wanted to play it with, and your own little spacetime-bending bubble to play it in. (It's OK if you tear up just a little at the thought.)

We also talk about the games we've been playing lately in much more cosmically mundane times. Enjoy the show!

  • In the Shadows: Resistance in France 1943-1944
  • Ora et Labora
  • Knarr
  • Forbidden Stars
  • Solo RPGs (Courier - Repacked Edition, Home, Eleventh Beast)
  • Kohle & Kolonie
  • Sykes-Picot

Timestamps:

00:00 - If Everything Was Perfect

34:27 - What Are We Playing?


]]> Thu, 22 May 2025 13:15:44 -0400 Heavy Cardboard Heavy Cardboard 5470 According to experts, all eight (YES, EIGHT) planets are likely to line up within 1 degree every 13.4 trillion years. Given that our solar system only formed around 4.6 billion years ago, this has probably never happened. Given that our sun has about another 5 billion years of life left in it, it'll also probably never happen. 

Similarly, the perfect game night has roughly the same odds. So, let's all close our eyes and imagine what it would be like if everything in your life aligned, and you were finally able to get that game to the table, with the people you've always wanted to play it with, and your own little spacetime-bending bubble to play it in. (It's OK if you tear up just a little at the thought.)

We also talk about the games we've been playing lately in much more cosmically mundane times. Enjoy the show!

  • In the Shadows: Resistance in France 1943-1944
  • Ora et Labora
  • Knarr
  • Forbidden Stars
  • Solo RPGs (Courier - Repacked Edition, Home, Eleventh Beast)
  • Kohle & Kolonie
  • Sykes-Picot

Timestamps:

00:00 - If Everything Was Perfect

34:27 - What Are We Playing?


]]> board games No Davis' Mixtape Vol. II: Recent Roundtable Replay Davis' Mixtape Vol. II: Recent Roundtable Replay bonus 54a29b6e-719b-4b9b-9999-b15cb56eb461 https://share.transistor.fm/s/b222de87 Another week, another rummaging through Davis' closet for another mix of Roundtable Replays. This week, we've got discussions from Swedish nation-builder Pax Penning, brewery-builder Bier Pioniere, Bolshevik railway-builder Age of Steam's Stalinist Russia map, and Capitalist hotel-builder Acquire. 

As a bonus treat, we have Local Really Interesting Guy Joe Huber in the studio during the Acquire session to charm us with tales of the inimitable Sid Sackson, who you may know as the designer of the family game from a parallel universe, Acquire. (The "whooshing" sound you hear is the time it takes for Joe to play an entire game of Acquire.)

Games Discussed:

  • 02:06 - Pax Penning
  • 19:22 - Bier Pioniere
  • 38:11 - Age of Steam: Stalinist Russia
  • 56:11 - Acquire (w/ Joe Huber)
]]> Another week, another rummaging through Davis' closet for another mix of Roundtable Replays. This week, we've got discussions from Swedish nation-builder Pax Penning, brewery-builder Bier Pioniere, Bolshevik railway-builder Age of Steam's Stalinist Russia map, and Capitalist hotel-builder Acquire. 

As a bonus treat, we have Local Really Interesting Guy Joe Huber in the studio during the Acquire session to charm us with tales of the inimitable Sid Sackson, who you may know as the designer of the family game from a parallel universe, Acquire. (The "whooshing" sound you hear is the time it takes for Joe to play an entire game of Acquire.)

Games Discussed:

  • 02:06 - Pax Penning
  • 19:22 - Bier Pioniere
  • 38:11 - Age of Steam: Stalinist Russia
  • 56:11 - Acquire (w/ Joe Huber)
]]> Thu, 15 May 2025 15:55:05 -0400 Heavy Cardboard Heavy Cardboard 6412 Another week, another rummaging through Davis' closet for another mix of Roundtable Replays. This week, we've got discussions from Swedish nation-builder Pax Penning, brewery-builder Bier Pioniere, Bolshevik railway-builder Age of Steam's Stalinist Russia map, and Capitalist hotel-builder Acquire. 

As a bonus treat, we have Local Really Interesting Guy Joe Huber in the studio during the Acquire session to charm us with tales of the inimitable Sid Sackson, who you may know as the designer of the family game from a parallel universe, Acquire. (The "whooshing" sound you hear is the time it takes for Joe to play an entire game of Acquire.)

Games Discussed:

  • 02:06 - Pax Penning
  • 19:22 - Bier Pioniere
  • 38:11 - Age of Steam: Stalinist Russia
  • 56:11 - Acquire (w/ Joe Huber)
]]> board games No Episode 2: 11 Days Is a Long Week 2 2 Episode 2: 11 Days Is a Long Week full f448feb2-06ad-424a-a79a-536ee4b4cbfb https://share.transistor.fm/s/7a569a39 This week, Edward, Shrey, and Kyle tell us all about their journey to exotic Upstate New York for the Gathering of Fiends, in which evildoers around the world get together over 11 days to discuss the best ways to subjugate and/or destroy the... oh, wait. 

Hang on one second. 

OK... I'm just now hearing that this is, in fact, a Gathering of FRIENDS. That is... substantially different. Since I have no idea what goes on at that kind of thing, it's fortunate that these guys are here to tell us all about it. 

PRODUCTION NOTE: You might notice some hiccups and other sound wobbliness in this one. The gremlins responsible for this issue have been hurled into the sun, and shouldn't be a problem for Episode 3.

]]> This week, Edward, Shrey, and Kyle tell us all about their journey to exotic Upstate New York for the Gathering of Fiends, in which evildoers around the world get together over 11 days to discuss the best ways to subjugate and/or destroy the... oh, wait. 

Hang on one second. 

OK... I'm just now hearing that this is, in fact, a Gathering of FRIENDS. That is... substantially different. Since I have no idea what goes on at that kind of thing, it's fortunate that these guys are here to tell us all about it. 

PRODUCTION NOTE: You might notice some hiccups and other sound wobbliness in this one. The gremlins responsible for this issue have been hurled into the sun, and shouldn't be a problem for Episode 3.

]]> Fri, 02 May 2025 18:41:39 -0400 Heavy Cardboard Heavy Cardboard 5501 This week, Edward, Shrey, and Kyle tell us all about their journey to exotic Upstate New York for the Gathering of Fiends, in which evildoers around the world get together over 11 days to discuss the best ways to subjugate and/or destroy the... oh, wait. 

Hang on one second. 

OK... I'm just now hearing that this is, in fact, a Gathering of FRIENDS. That is... substantially different. Since I have no idea what goes on at that kind of thing, it's fortunate that these guys are here to tell us all about it. 

PRODUCTION NOTE: You might notice some hiccups and other sound wobbliness in this one. The gremlins responsible for this issue have been hurled into the sun, and shouldn't be a problem for Episode 3.

]]> board games No Davis' Mixtape Vol. I: Recent Roundtable Replay Davis' Mixtape Vol. I: Recent Roundtable Replay bonus 201a848b-b91f-4ee9-a6a5-84f7c46c1946 https://share.transistor.fm/s/8c8edb3b This week, we have the first volume of Davis' Mixtape. Davis is our lovable, slightly corpulent mascot, and for this first volume, he's prepared a Roundtable Replay, which is a collection of roundtable discussions we've had recently - all assembled in one place for you to enjoy in a purely audio format. Don't come in expecting any kind of ASMR, though. None of us have that soothing a voice.

Games Discussed:

  • 01:53 - The Lord of the Rings Trick-Taking Game
  • 22:15 - A Gest of Robin Hood
  • 37:27 - Shackleton Base
  • 1:01:34 - Railways of the Lost Atlas


]]> This week, we have the first volume of Davis' Mixtape. Davis is our lovable, slightly corpulent mascot, and for this first volume, he's prepared a Roundtable Replay, which is a collection of roundtable discussions we've had recently - all assembled in one place for you to enjoy in a purely audio format. Don't come in expecting any kind of ASMR, though. None of us have that soothing a voice.

Games Discussed:

  • 01:53 - The Lord of the Rings Trick-Taking Game
  • 22:15 - A Gest of Robin Hood
  • 37:27 - Shackleton Base
  • 1:01:34 - Railways of the Lost Atlas


]]> Fri, 25 Apr 2025 11:29:10 -0400 Heavy Cardboard Heavy Cardboard 5335 This week, we have the first volume of Davis' Mixtape. Davis is our lovable, slightly corpulent mascot, and for this first volume, he's prepared a Roundtable Replay, which is a collection of roundtable discussions we've had recently - all assembled in one place for you to enjoy in a purely audio format. Don't come in expecting any kind of ASMR, though. None of us have that soothing a voice.

Games Discussed:

  • 01:53 - The Lord of the Rings Trick-Taking Game
  • 22:15 - A Gest of Robin Hood
  • 37:27 - Shackleton Base
  • 1:01:34 - Railways of the Lost Atlas


]]> board games No Episode 1: What Even Is a Filler? 1 1 Episode 1: What Even Is a Filler? full d4f35d57-d349-4884-b819-1394a0caa53f https://share.transistor.fm/s/5b4f889b In this, the inaugural episode of a new era of Heavy Cardboard Podcasting, we ponder the nature of the Filler Game. What does that even mean?

We also talk about the games we've been playing recently, most of which have been featured on the Heavy Cardboard YouTube channel!

  • (00:00) - - What Even Is a Filler?
  • (38:30) - - What're We Playing?

Games discussed:
  • Maglev Metro
  • Bier Pioniere
  • Dilluvia Project
  • Agricola
  • Oranges & Lemons
  • Shackleton Base
  • Railways of the Lost Atlas
  • Power Grid
]]> In this, the inaugural episode of a new era of Heavy Cardboard Podcasting, we ponder the nature of the Filler Game. What does that even mean?

We also talk about the games we've been playing recently, most of which have been featured on the Heavy Cardboard YouTube channel!

  • (00:00) - - What Even Is a Filler?
  • (38:30) - - What're We Playing?

Games discussed:
  • Maglev Metro
  • Bier Pioniere
  • Dilluvia Project
  • Agricola
  • Oranges & Lemons
  • Shackleton Base
  • Railways of the Lost Atlas
  • Power Grid
]]> Thu, 17 Apr 2025 11:59:59 -0400 Heavy Cardboard Heavy Cardboard 4776 In this, the inaugural episode of a new era of Heavy Cardboard Podcasting, we ponder the nature of the Filler Game. What does that even mean?

We also talk about the games we've been playing recently, most of which have been featured on the Heavy Cardboard YouTube channel!

  • (00:00) - - What Even Is a Filler?
  • (38:30) - - What're We Playing?

Games discussed:
  • Maglev Metro
  • Bier Pioniere
  • Dilluvia Project
  • Agricola
  • Oranges & Lemons
  • Shackleton Base
  • Railways of the Lost Atlas
  • Power Grid
]]> board games No The Heavy Cardboard Podcast - Trailer The Heavy Cardboard Podcast - Trailer trailer f58505ea-7849-46c6-8c94-d668a7d5b6df https://share.transistor.fm/s/2a21bfdb An announcement of things to come. Get excited!

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]]> Wed, 16 Apr 2025 17:07:30 -0400 Heavy Cardboard Heavy Cardboard 65 An announcement of things to come. Get excited!

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