Cardboard and Wine

34 | Finspan (Familiar Moves, Under the Sea)

Cardboard and Wine — Mon, 31 Mar 2025 22:17:29 +0000

Today on the show, we discuss Finspan, the latest title in the Wingspan series by Stonemaier Games!

1:01 – wine discussion4:21 – what we’ve been playing (Castles of Burgundy, Wingspan and Wyrmspan, The Great Zimbabwe)9:39 – Finspan (overview and in-depth discussion)48:50 – Final ratings

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33 | Caylus (Worker Placement with a Mean Streak)

Cardboard and Wine — Fri, 14 Mar 2025 19:28:57 +0000

Today on the show, we discuss the classic, award-winning, worker placement game, Caylus!

1:01 – wine discussion5:04 – what we’ve been playing10:01 – Caylus overview and history14:48 – Caylus (in-depth discussion)

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32 | Whose Turn 2025 (Gaming Reunion)

Cardboard and Wine — Sat, 01 Mar 2025 03:42:30 +0000

We’re back – it’s like no time has passed at all! Lots of things have changed for us since our last episode, over FOUR years ago. One thing that hasn’t is our love for gaming with friends. On this episode, we introduce some new friends who recently joined us for the 2025 Whose Turn Is It Anyway gaming con in Durham, NC. We all had a blast playing lots of games with friends, old and new.

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31 | Second Chance (The Game and Let’s Just Call This Season 2)

Cardboard and Wine — Mon, 03 Aug 2020 03:38:14 +0000

We’re back! It’s been almost a year since our last episode. What did we miss? We’ll just say the first 30 episodes were Season 1, and like any TV show worth its salt, we wanted you to wait a year for the next season. Ok not really… we got busy, things got crazy, 2020 happened, but here we are and we’re looking forward to talking with you again about wine and board games!

This week’s featured game is á propos, Second Chance , a flip-and-write tetris-fest by legendary game designer, Uwe Rosenberg. What started as an impulsive beach-week purchase turned into a game we’ve played an awful lot over the past month. Are we still eager to give it a go or ready to bury on the back of the shelf? We discuss this, as well as our recent foray (along with the rest of the world) into online gaming including our experiences playing 18xx games online with 18xx.games.

All this while enjoying one of our favorite wines of the quarantine, the Paris Valley Road Founders’ Blend.

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30 | Circle the Wagons and Sprawlopolis (Fit in Your Pocket)

Cardboard and Wine — Fri, 23 Aug 2019 18:41:10 +0000

One of our most pleasant surprises over the past few months is discovering Button Shy Games, producers of microgames that consist of 18 cards (or fewer) and come in a minimalistic bi-fold wallet. Certainly the small footprint of these titles is welcome for those of us whose Kallax shelves runneth over. But how much gameplay … Continue reading 30 | Circle the Wagons and Sprawlopolis (Fit in Your Pocket)

29 | Euphoria (Dystopian Bliss)

Cardboard and Wine — Sun, 28 Jul 2019 19:09:45 +0000

When you pop the shrink on a Stonemaier game, you know you will be treated to premium components and thoughtful game design. Pair that with a quirky, unique dystopian theme, and we are certainly intrigued! In this episode, we share our thoughts on Euphoria and break into the cellar to take a look back at … Continue reading 29 | Euphoria (Dystopian Bliss)

28 | Tiny Towns (Regular-Sized Meeples, Tiny Towns)

Cardboard and Wine — Mon, 03 Jun 2019 19:31:20 +0000

When we saw the box art and components for Tiny Towns, it just looked like our type of game. There are plenty of wooden bits, oversized cards, friendly and approachable artwork, and a rulebook that’s streamlined and to the point.

27 | Concordia (Venus and Salsa Expansions, Oh My!)

Cardboard and Wine — Fri, 03 May 2019 03:37:51 +0000

Who doesn’t love a peaceful game of economic development set in the Mediterranean? Find out if we do, this week on the show as we dive deep into the quintessential eurogame, Concordia! We also discuss the most recent version of the game,

26 | Favorite Weeknight Games (Most Days are Weekdays!)

Cardboard and Wine — Wed, 10 Apr 2019 14:53:26 +0000

If we look back over our gaming stats, most of our board gaming happens during the week. However, after a long day of work, dinner, and kid bedtimes, your brain and energy tank might be running on fumes. That doesn’t mean there’s nothing left for gamin...

25 | Century Eastern Wonders (Different, Yet Similar, Cube Trading)

Cardboard and Wine — Wed, 20 Mar 2019 01:42:47 +0000

There are few game mechanics more satisfying than trading sets of cubes for more better cubes. Even more fantastic is trading them for victory points! On a previous episode, we discussed our enjoyment of the cube-trading, perfect-for-a-weeknight,

24 | Arboretum (A Soothing Path of Tension)

Cardboard and Wine — Wed, 27 Feb 2019 15:20:05 +0000

The thing about Arboretum is that everyone seems to like it. We have friends who would rather walk across hot coals than play a Splotter game who rave about it. We’ve also received recommendations for Arboretum from some of our heaviest gaming partners…

23 | Wingspan (Bird Facts and Candy Eggs)

Cardboard and Wine — Tue, 12 Feb 2019 12:30:25 +0000

We love birds. We also appreciate games that are beautifully and thoughtfully produced. So when Wingspan by Stonemaier Games was announced, we were all over it (meaning we broke our pact to not buy new games in 2019). This game has engine building,

22 | Whose Turn 2019 (A gaming con in our own backyard)

Cardboard and Wine — Tue, 29 Jan 2019 03:56:09 +0000

We’re still basking in the glow of four days of gaming at the Whose Turn Con in Durham, NC – and what a great time it was! In this episode, we discuss many of the great games we played there including:

Dominant Species
Concordia
Space Base
Trellis
Sidereal Confluence
Wingspan
Keyforge
Welcome To…
Root
Teotihuacan
Chickapig
Takenoko

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21 | Top 5 Games Played in 2018 (Simply the Best)

Cardboard and Wine — Wed, 09 Jan 2019 16:09:15 +0000

We played a LOT of games in 2018, which is great in so many ways. The only downside is that it makes choosing the top 5 REALLY HARD! This week on the show, we share our five favorite “new to us” board games of 2018… and there were a lot to choose from…...

20 | Keyforge (A Procedurally Generated Episode)

Cardboard and Wine — Sat, 22 Dec 2018 20:36:54 +0000

In our last episode of 2018, we try something new – the collectable card game, Keyforge! Neither of us have the time to track down the best cards and combos for traditional deck building games, but Keyforge suggests the promise of just purchasing a dec...

19 | Cardboard and Wine Holiday Gift Guide 2018

Cardboard and Wine — Tue, 04 Dec 2018 03:15:37 +0000

It’s the holiday season! We know the best (and most stressful) aspect of this time of year are showering the people you love with just the right gifts. And what better gift than sharing something YOU love – board games! With so many games out there,

18 | Root First Impressions (Toast Warriors)

Cardboard and Wine — Wed, 10 Oct 2018 01:58:10 +0000

If you’ve been within 10 miles of any board game media over the past several months, you have undoubtedly heard of Root, a game of war and direct conflict disguised by the most adorable meeples you’ve ever seen. Seriously – we never thought, in 2018,

17 | What if You Could Only Keep Five Games? (A Frightening List!)

Cardboard and Wine — Thu, 27 Sep 2018 14:58:04 +0000

With Halloween fast approaching here in the United States, here’s a scary scenario for you: Take a look at your board game collection. So many great games and memories shared playing them. Now imagine you could only keep FIVE of them!

16 | Viticulture (Just Add Wine)

Cardboard and Wine — Wed, 12 Sep 2018 03:16:08 +0000

With a podcast called “Cardboard and Wine”, it was just a matter of time before we discussed Viticulture. In this episode, we dive deep into our thoughts on this gorgeous wine-themed game. We also spend some time comparing and contrasting Viticulture w...

15 | Vinhos (The “Other” Wine Game)

Cardboard and Wine — Tue, 28 Aug 2018 03:41:09 +0000

Having a podcast called “Cardboard and Wine”, we often get asked when we are going to review Viticulture. Well, not this week (that’s next week’s show), but instead we take a deep dive into the “other” wine-themed game (that actually came first),

14 | The Mind and Illusion (Why Didn’t I Think of That?)

Cardboard and Wine — Mon, 13 Aug 2018 19:35:18 +0000

The Mind – is it a game? an activity? an experience? an experiment? It’s a game… it’s definitely a game. But with that out of the way, is the insane amount of buzz for such a simple card game justified? With the imminent Pandasaurus release of The Mind...

13 | New York Slice (Don’t Play When Hungry)

Cardboard and Wine — Tue, 31 Jul 2018 15:14:30 +0000

We love a good theme, and New York Slice by Bézier Games may be the best, most thorough implementation of theme in a board game that we’ve seen. In this case, it’s pizza! From the awesome, photorealistic pizza tiles (thin slice, of course),

12 | Dice Tower Con 2018 (Board gaming paradise!)

Cardboard and Wine — Sun, 15 Jul 2018 23:23:53 +0000

In this episode, we give a report from our first Dice Tower Con. In short, it was amazing. We met so many great people and played so many games! On this show, we’ll discuss 15 games from the con that were new to us including Ticket to Ride: New York,

11 | NMBR 9 (THS GM S FN)

Cardboard and Wine — Sun, 01 Jul 2018 19:27:55 +0000

The best way to highlight how we feel about NMBR 9 is we decided to buy it about halfway through our first play with a friend’s copy. At least two other friends we have introduced it to have also gone out and purchased their own.

10 | Board Game Getaways (Fireflies, Dice Rolls, and Train Games)

Cardboard and Wine — Mon, 18 Jun 2018 03:07:22 +0000

We love our weekly game group, and we love winding down our day with a two player board game before bed. However, there’s just something special about getting away for a long weekend of board gaming with friends. In this week’s show,

9 | Century: Spice Road (Trading Cubes for Other Cubes)

Cardboard and Wine — Mon, 04 Jun 2018 05:19:14 +0000

You are a spice trader along the famed Spice Road, risking your life and fortune to trade two red cubes for a green and three yellows. Ok, so Century: Spice Road is a game where you collect cubes, which you trade in for better cubes,

8 | Gaia Project (A Game of Currencies)

Cardboard and Wine — Mon, 21 May 2018 02:48:01 +0000

Terra Mystica in space! Whether that’s a good thing or not depends on how you feel about Terra Mystica or whether you’ve played it at all. It is tempting to avoid comparison altogether, though the designers have gone so far as to subtitle Gaia Project,...

7 | Kingdomino (Extra Shiny Tiles)

Cardboard and Wine — Sat, 05 May 2018 02:59:47 +0000

Kingdomino won the Spiel des Jahres – Game of the Year – in 2017, but is it any fun for our KIDS? Is it any fun for our heavy gaming FRIENDS? Is it any fun for US? Spoiler alert: yes, yes, and YES! This game is super fun.

6 | Azul (The Literal Tile-Laying Game)

Cardboard and Wine — Thu, 19 Apr 2018 02:40:29 +0000

Are you an attention seeker? Then setup a game of Azul in your local coffee shop and see what happens. This game is gorgeous on whatever table you prefer to play on. The tiles, the boards, even the bag. But beautiful components a good game does not mak...

5 | Top Five Games We Discovered in 2017 (Actually, Top 6!)

Cardboard and Wine — Sat, 07 Apr 2018 17:28:35 +0000

It’s our first Listicle™ episode! Last year was a formative year of gaming for us; we played loads of new games and filled in our collection from the gaming gap brought on by graduate school and having babies. Even though it’s already April,

4 | Gloomhaven (Adventures in Plano Boxes)

Cardboard and Wine — Fri, 23 Mar 2018 04:06:09 +0000

It’s Gloomhaven. What more can be said about the 7th Wonder of the World… or at least the 7th game ever to hit #1 on Board Game Geek? Well, we’ll take a half hour or so and see what we can add to the conversation.

3 | Lost Cities (Handshakes and Shuffling Bliss)

Cardboard and Wine — Thu, 08 Mar 2018 16:41:53 +0000

Way back in 2006, we placed our first board game order. Yesterday we received another game order in the mail, and we still get just as excited twelve years later to cut the shrink wrap off and punch out brand news games as we did way back when!

2 | Pandemic Legacy (Do We Toss it in the Trash Now?)

Cardboard and Wine — Thu, 22 Feb 2018 16:03:23 +0000

If binge-watching Netflix had a homolog in the board game world, it would be Pandemic Legacy. I mean, it’s even called “Season 1”, so besides providing obvious forecasting of intentions to continue monetizing the Pandemic cash cow,

1 | Sagrada (Fun with Grozing Pliers)

Cardboard and Wine — Fri, 16 Feb 2018 19:44:21 +0000

It’s not every day that we’re drawn to a game JUST because of how it looks on the table, but Sagrada was one of those games. The dice and player boards are stunning, but does the gameplay live up to the flashy components? We discuss,

0 | Greetings and Salutations (It’s Episode Zero!)

Cardboard and Wine — Fri, 16 Feb 2018 15:14:42 +0000

Welcome to Cardboard and Wine, a podcast about life and the board games we love. We are a wife and husband duo who love playing games with friends, family, and especially each other. In this episode, we introduce ourselves and what Cardboard and Wine i...