The Board Game Community Show
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Get to know people from all over the board game community. Gamers, designers, content creators, etc. Find new folks or learn more about people you already know and love.
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Riley Starr turns board-game conversations into a candid view of playtesting, design choices, first plays, and the people behind them.
Riley Starr approaches board games through the people making, testing, and talking about them. Interviews with designers sit alongside group conversations about recent plays, giving The Board Game Community Show an unusually human view of how games take shape.
Riley Starr turns editing ums into a game idea before you can say 'playtest.'
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A grounded first-pass look at Too Many Bones that turns a dense ruleset into good-humored table talk.
The episode starts with real fan energy and settles into a plainspoken look at Too Many Bones. Riley, Sky, and Matt spend most of their time on the double-sided character sheet, the many keywords, the skill trees, the different dice, and the rule reminders that only really stick…
A warm, wandering chat that turns board games, baking, and unusual venues into one lived-in portrait.
Matt Hother's conversation starts with a pronunciation joke and keeps that easy, friendly pace as it moves from board-game banter into audio editing, baking, and the odd places people gather to play. The strongest moments are the small details.
A GameFound preview that pairs soil biology with easy table banter.
The Board Game Community Show uses its GameFound preview of Loam as a relaxed entry point for a very conversational discussion. Riley Starr keeps the pace loose, and the guests meet that tone well, so the episode feels closer to a table talk than a polished pitch.
A busy, collaborative look at ProtoSpiel Online, playtesting, and prototype feedback.
Riley Stark keeps the conversation centered on community and process, and the five interviews from ProtoSpiel Online give the episode a busy, collaborative feel.
A familiar classic, judged by the seams BGA leaves showing.
The episode keeps a tidy frame: an alphabetical Board Game Arena run of Seven Wonders, with Phil and Kimmy in while Ryan is out. The talk stays close to the game itself, moving through raw and manufactured goods, constructions, neighbor relations, and a wonder system that adds…
A loose, friendly chat that becomes most useful when it gets into design and play.
A friendly conversation with Ian Moss spends most of its time on practical hobby work: what makes a two-player versus card game worth the effort, how creator work spills across podcasts, video, and design, and how ordinary constraints shape the finished thing.
Episode 100 opens with a delayed catch-up before Gigamons takes over as a simple, friendly family-game discussion.
Riley Starr returns for episode 100 with a delayed birthday recording, Kimmy in the room, and the same easy, off-the-cuff tone. The first stretch stays in catch-up mode, with sickness, busy schedules, time out of town, and a dead internet connection all slowing the restart…
Wrestling toy talk with full collector brain.
Riley Starr has Ian Moss back on.
Riley Starr and Chris of Board Game Hot Takes review Final Girl, the solo horror game by Evan Derrick and AJ Porfirio, focusing on the Carnage at the Carnival feature.
Board game designer Rob Kramer rejoins host Riley Stark on episode 96 of The Board Game Community Show to trade what they have been nerding out about, from the online Protocon playtest event to Agricola on Board Game Arena.
David Spira, co-host of Reality Escape Pod, returns to Ryan's Board Game Community Show to compare podcast editing habits, including how his co-host PG improved by editing the bonus episodes.
The host interviews Connor Alexander, CEO of Coyote and Crow, discussing his Native American heritage and experiences with Kickstarter successes and failures in the board game community.
Matt's last name gets the opening stretch to itself.
Five interviews, one online Protospiel.
Episode 100 arrives a little sideways.
Yeah, Phil and Kimmy are back at the table.
Yeah, this one starts loose.
Too Many Bones sounds like a lot because, at first, it is.
Thatcher Cohen describes Witchbound, a story-focused exploration game inspired by Zelda and designed around player-chosen actions.
Riley Stock and Tim review Paperback Adventures, a Fowers Games solo deck-builder that combines letter-based word-making with combat.