Hobby Gaming Network

You build railway lines, connecting cities in Europe, and strategically decide whether to own routes or pay coins to convert rival lines to shared state lines.

Rick and Andrea open with four recent plays: Mysterium, Diatoshi, Rhino Hero, and Catastrophe, then shift into a long discussion of apps used around board gaming.

Hobby Gaming Network episode 55 brings back Ben for the annual resolutions-and-best-games format, with Rick and Andrea framing 2026 around 2025 play counts and repeat plays.

Rick and Andrea kick things off with four recent plays: Bargain Quest, Aetherstone, Ginkopolis, and Bruges.

Hobby Gaming Network’s 417 Gamer Podcast episode 45 centers on gaming trends, with Jess from Village Meeple joining Rick and Andrea for the main discussion.

Rick and Andrea open 417 Gamer Podcast episode 41 by naming four recent plays: TACTA from The Op, Moon Colony Bloodbath, Tabreeze from Crafty Games, and Duck and Cover.

417 Gamer Podcast Episode 58 reviews four recently-played games and discusses board game score tracking apps.

Rick, Andrea, and Ben open episode 56 together.

417 Gamer Podcast episode 31 features annual guest Ben G discussing four recently played games plus broader gaming goals for 2025.

Rick and Andrea review Windmill Valley, a Danny Garcia and Board & Dice Games title about tulip farming, water wheels, and route building, and they score it 85 and 82.

Hobby Gaming Network episode 53, titled "the one with a collection," centers on four recent games, including Magical Athlete, Tea Witches, Old King's Crown, and Great Western Trail El Paso.

Rick and Andrea open with four games from Moon City Con 2025: Tower Up, Rebirth, Tiny Laser Heist, and Butterfly Garden.

Hobby Gaming Network episode 43, “The One With Older Games,” opens with Rick, Andrea, and guest Alan talking about why board games that are 10, 15, or 20 years old still hit the table.

Hobby Gaming Network episode 32, "The one with Ben and Fromage," covers four 417-area events, a Fromage review, and Ben answering the show’s seven questions.

Episode 37 of the 417 Gamer Podcast centers on card games, with Rick and Andrea previewing four recent plays: Azul Duel, Archeology the Card Game, Trailblazers, and A Gentle Rain.

Hobby Gaming Network episode 40 centers on a review of Crafting the Cosmos, published by Office Dog Games and designed by David Gordon and Tam, with Rick and Andrew scoring it 85 after discussing presentation, components, gameplay, theme, and it factor.

Rick and Andrea open episode 47, “The One with Character,” by reviewing Scythe, Viticulture, Malkky, and Point Galaxy, including Scythe’s six-star end condition and Viticulture’s Tuscany map.

417 Gamer Podcast episode 34 mixes four Springfield-area event picks, a review of Botnik, and the return of Ben and Leandra for the show’s seven questions.

Rick and Andrea welcome Ben and Leandra back to the show.

Rick and Andrea mark episode 50 with the show's usual mix of 417-area happenings, a topic of the week, and seven favorites.

Rick and Andrea kick things off with four restaurants they've been enjoying lately, then shift into Finspan, the ocean-diving fish-collecting game from Stonemaier Games, and talk through what kind of game it really is.

417 Gamer Podcast episode 49, “The One with The Hobby,” opens with Rick and Andrea naming four games they have been playing recently: Lords of Waterdeep, Abduction, Raw, and Pitch Car.

Rick and Andrea discuss four recent board game acquisitions: Sail (cooperative trick-taking), Trails of Tucana (flip-and-fill mapping), Machi Koro 2 (improved sequel), and Splitto (neighbor drafting).

The 417 Gamer Podcast brings Matt into a board-game table chat about recent plays and tile-laying games.

The 417 Gamer Podcast episode 44 reviews SNCF France and Germany, a light stock-manipulation and rail-building game published by Rio Grande Games and designed by John Boer.

417 Gamer Podcast episode 52 centers on Propolis, a 2025 FlatOut Games release by Molly Johnson, Robert Melvin, and Sean Stankovich that the hosts compare directly with Point Galaxy.

Rick and Andrea open with four local events: a Concordia tournament at Village Meeple, SpaCon in Hot Springs, Extremicon in St.

Rick and Andrea define small footprint games as titles that fit on a cafe table, then connect that idea to restaurants, sports bars, and small apartments.

Hobby Gaming Network episode 54 centers on Dungeons & Dragons: Fields of Faerun, a drafting tile-placement game by Phil Walker-Harding and WizKids that the hosts score 71 and 74.