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Board All The Time

Board All The Time

By: Hero Unit Games and Theater Geeks
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A podcast for anybody interested in the board gaming hobby and industry. Come for the thoughts on the games that are coming out and stay for the segment where we make each other play games we normally wouldn’t. A bi-weekly main episode with your hosts Mark, Scott, and Jason and lots of off week content otherwise.Copyright 2024 All rights reserved.
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  • Board All the Time Interviews: Nate Linhart, Designer of Tenpenny Parks
    Mar 25 2026

    Hey hey BATT Family! Welcome to this standalone interview we were lucky enough to have with Tenpenny Parks designer, Nate Linhart. We recorded this right around the time of the Kickstarter campaign going live for the brand new expansions, Winter Lights and Spooky Nights and Innovation and somehow missed releasing it in time for that. So in support of their pledge manager, which is closing next week on March 31, we're finally getting this out to you. We talk the origins of the design for Tenpenny Parks itself, breakdown what the expansions add, and suggest a minor addition that made Nate way too happy. Be sure to check the interview out, hit up their pledge manager if you've not backed it yet, and then get in touch with us about what you think about the interview and if you'd like us to do more like this! Thanks again to Nate for joining us and Thunderworks for providing a copy of the game for us to play!

    --- Notes!

    1) The Pledge Manager Link! https://thunderworksgames.com/pages/tenpenny-parks-expansions-pledge-manager

    2) The Expansions + Collector's Edition Kickstarter Campaign: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/thunderworks/tenpenny-parks-expansions-collectors-edition

    3) Tenpenny Parks BGG: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/294702/tenpenny-parks

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    We'd like to thank our sponsors as well:

    Grand Gamers Guild! https://grandgamersguild.com. Use Discount Code BATT10 to make sure that we are supported AND you let them know that we sent you.

    Secret Door Games! They can be found at https://www.secretdoorgames.org or 215 S. Main St, Elkhart Indiana 46514.

    Meeple Source! https://meeplesource.com/?PARTNER=battg Be sure to keep that partner bit (?PARTNER=battg) on the end of any link on their site, and you'll get us our affiliate linking!

    Victory Roll Cafe! https://victoryrollcafe.com or 711 W McKinley Ave, Mishawaka, IN 46545.

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    You can email us at boardallthetimegaming@gmail.com.

    We finally put a linktree together! https://linktr.ee/boardallthetime

    We can be found at www.boardallthetime.com and on Facebook at Board All The Time.

    We're on BlueSky now and loving it! At this point it really feels like BlueSky is for board gaming, so definitely check us out on there at https://bsky.app/profile/boardallthetime.bsky.social

    If you would like to check out Mark's Top 100 list, it can be found at: https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/347553/top-100-games-2024-edition

    If you'd like to help support the show and assist with the hosting costs, you can do so with our Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/boardallthetime

    Our Discord server, which is still in Beta, can be joined at https://discord.gg/VbRWEpc6

    Theater Geeks! https://www.twitch.tv/theatergeeks

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    We'd also like to thank SoulProdMusic for the intro/outro music.

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    29 mins
  • This or That: Brass Lancashire vs Birmingham vs Pittsburgh
    Mar 24 2026

    Hey hey BATT Family! Welcome to this preview for Brass: Pittsburgh in support of their Gamefound campaign! The new standalone version, and the first one in eight years, of Brass from Roxley Games. This new game is going to feel both familiar to players of Birmingham as well as radically different for all the changes it makes. In this particular episode we're actually comparing all three versions of Brass side by side largely looking at how the gameplay systems are executed on. We've intentionally kept a rules teach out of our Pittsburgh content right now since the rule set (as of this recording) isn't finalized and changes could be forthcoming. Be sure to check the episode out, hit up their Gamefound page, and then get in touch with us about what you think about Brass: Pittsburgh! The link to the Gamefound campaign is below!

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    This episode's segments:

    00:00:00 - Intro

    00:01:04 - Action Differences: Build

    00:09:35 - Resource Differences

    00:21:41 - Action Differences: Sell

    00:27:40 - Action Differences: Network

    00:29:52 - Action Differences: Develop

    00:35:19 - Action Differences: Loan

    00:37:13 - Final Comparisons

    00:40:55 - Deluxe vs Retail Editions

    --- Notes!

    1) The Gamefound Link! Because god save me, but I said Kickstarter in this episode too. Deep apologies on that. https://gamefound.com/en/projects/roxley/brass-pittsburgh

    2) Roxley's Brass Pittsburg Store Page: https://roxley.com/products/brass-pittsburgh

    3) Brass: Pittsburgh BGG: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/452264/brass-pittsburgh

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    We'd like to thank our sponsors as well:

    Grand Gamers Guild! https://grandgamersguild.com. Use Discount Code BATT10 to make sure that we are supported AND you let them know that we sent you.

    Secret Door Games! They can be found at https://www.secretdoorgames.org or 215 S. Main St, Elkhart Indiana 46514.

    Meeple Source! https://meeplesource.com/?PARTNER=battg Be sure to keep that partner bit (?PARTNER=battg) on the end of any link on their site, and you'll get us our affiliate linking!

    Victory Roll Cafe! https://victoryrollcafe.com or 711 W McKinley Ave, Mishawaka, IN 46545.

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    You can email us at boardallthetimegaming@gmail.com.

    We finally put a linktree together! https://linktr.ee/boardallthetime

    We can be found at www.boardallthetime.com and on Facebook at Board All The Time.

    We're on BlueSky now and loving it! At this point it really feels like BlueSky is for board gaming, so definitely check us out on there at https://bsky.app/profile/boardallthetime.bsky.social

    If you would like to check out Mark's Top 100 list, it can be found at: https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/347553/top-100-games-2024-edition

    If you'd like to help support the show and assist with the hosting costs, you can do so with our Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/boardallthetime

    Our Discord server, which is still in Beta, can be joined at https://discord.gg/VbRWEpc6

    Theater Geeks! https://www.twitch.tv/theatergeeks

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    We'd also like to thank SoulProdMusic for the intro/outro music.

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    44 mins
  • Brass: Pittsburgh (from Roxley Games) Gamefound Preview
    Mar 24 2026

    Hey hey BATT Family! Welcome to this preview for Brass: Pittsburgh in support of their Gamefound campaign! The new standalone version, and the first one in eight years, of Brass from Roxley Games. This new game is going to feel both familiar to players of Birmingham as well as radically different for all the changes it makes. In this preview we're specifically previewing Brass: Pittsburgh itself. It's still the heavy interaction, heavy economic Euro game that everybody loves from the system with some pretty massive updates in the gameplay. We've intentionally kept a rules teach out of our Pittsburgh content right now since the rule set (as of this recording) isn't finalized and changes could be forthcoming. Be sure to check the episode out, hit up their Gamefound page, and then get in touch with us about what you think about Brass: Pittsburgh! The link to the Gamefound campaign is below!

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    This episode's segments:

    00:00:00 - Intro

    00:01:45 - Learning Curve and Ease of Teach

    00:06:02 - Artwork, Components, and Iconography

    00:11:48 - Replayability and Player Count

    00:15:45 - What's to Like, What's to Dislike

    00:36:41 - Final Thoughts and Outro

    --- Notes!

    1) The Gamefound Link! Because god save me, I kept saying Kickstarter in this episode. Deep apologies on that. https://gamefound.com/en/projects/roxley/brass-pittsburgh

    2) Roxley's Brass Pittsburg Store Page: https://roxley.com/products/brass-pittsburgh

    3) Brass: Pittsburgh BGG: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/452264/brass-pittsburgh

    ---

    We'd like to thank our sponsors as well:

    Grand Gamers Guild! https://grandgamersguild.com. Use Discount Code BATT10 to make sure that we are supported AND you let them know that we sent you.

    Secret Door Games! They can be found at https://www.secretdoorgames.org or 215 S. Main St, Elkhart Indiana 46514.

    Meeple Source! https://meeplesource.com/?PARTNER=battg Be sure to keep that partner bit (?PARTNER=battg) on the end of any link on their site, and you'll get us our affiliate linking!

    Victory Roll Cafe! https://victoryrollcafe.com or 711 W McKinley Ave, Mishawaka, IN 46545.

    ---

    You can email us at boardallthetimegaming@gmail.com.

    We finally put a linktree together! https://linktr.ee/boardallthetime

    We can be found at www.boardallthetime.com and on Facebook at Board All The Time.

    We're on BlueSky now and loving it! At this point it really feels like BlueSky is for board gaming, so definitely check us out on there at https://bsky.app/profile/boardallthetime.bsky.social

    If you would like to check out Mark's Top 100 list, it can be found at: https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/347553/top-100-games-2024-edition

    If you'd like to help support the show and assist with the hosting costs, you can do so with our Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/boardallthetime

    Our Discord server, which is still in Beta, can be joined at https://discord.gg/VbRWEpc6

    Theater Geeks! https://www.twitch.tv/theatergeeks

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    We'd also like to thank SoulProdMusic for the intro/outro music.

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    38 mins
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I really enjoy listening to the two guys talk about their love of board games. really makes me want to go out and get into the hobby

Not bad for under a year, if you like board games.

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