Beyond The Board

Roll, flop, and grab a bamboo snack, cause Mike and Spencer hug some facts about pandas out with the game Takenoko! Produced by: Mike Rieman & Spencer Campbell, in association with The Nerdologues Battlements Comic: battlementscomic.com Panda Gif: https://i.imgur.com/0B3dbH6.gif  

Get cleaned up, cause Mike and Spencer are taking you to a shrine! While discussing the game Rising Sun, they take a look at the Shinto religion of Japan. Produced by: Mike Rieman & Spencer Campbell, in association with The Nerdologues Battlements Comic: battlementscomic.com  

Flop with Mike and Spencer into the long journey of salmon migration, and get 'hooked' on Happy Salmon! Produced by: Mike Rieman & Spencer Campbell, in association with The Nerdologues. Midshow Break Comic: battlementscomic.com

The history of Moorish tiles are laid out by Spencer and Mike as they explore the influence for the mosaic building game, Azul. Produced by: Mike Rieman & Spencer Campbell, in association with The Nerdologues  

Mike and Spencer channel the spirits to explain what a medium is and share some 'real life' crime solving psychic stories. (*insert spooky music here*) Produced by: Mike Rieman & Spencer Campbell, in association with The Nerdologues Break and Story Music: http://www.purple-planet.com  

Mike and Spencer talk about laying the groundwork for making Mars a habitable planet. (It's like Earth 2.0!) Produced by: Mike Rieman & Spencer Campbell, in association with The Nerdologues Break Music: http://www.purple-planet.com  

SEASON 2 PREMIERE. NEW TO THE NERDOLOGUES. Mike and Spencer cough up and spread some knowledge on some of the worst outbreaks and pandemics in history. (Just sanitize your game when you're done!) Produced by: Mike Rieman & Spencer Campbell, in association with The Nerdologues Break Music: http://www.purple-planet.com

Mike and Spencer are back with a whole new season of Beyond the Board! Get pumped for all new reasons to go back and play all your favorite games! Now part of the Nerdologues family of podcasts!

Panel by panel, Spencer and Mike look at the history of comic strips (sequential art?), taking inspiration from the comic-building, party game Joking Hazard! (Podcast safe for work, game is not!)

Mike and Spencer don their aprons and go head to head in the Iron Chef arena, where they learn all about the inspiration behind the card game Competition Kitchen! Join them after for a special interview with one of the creators of Competition Kitchen, Kevin Reader! (Kevin Reader is artistic director for Cards Against Humanity!) Kickstarter Link! https://goo.gl/FbQyaz Link for YouTube (mentioned in interview): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThqstRUNwRc

Outlaws, duels, and lawmen! Mike and Spencer find the perfect recipe for a good ol' fashioned shootout! With the help of Pretzel Game's Flick 'Em Up, they discuss the some of the Wests most famous standoffs! (Russel up some history...)

Spencer and Mike trek through the fields of Bohnanza, the bean farming card game, and stop in a patch of coffee beans! They dig through coffee bean farming, coffee bean processing, and coffee bean roasting in this caffeinated episode! (There are a lot of beans in Bohnanaza but, we picked our favorite bean!)

It’s a list episode! Mike and Spencer get sympathetic with some classic video game villains, as the check off their top 10 of those bad guys you love AND hate! (Put yourself in their monster shoes!)

Mike & Spencer go out of this world!!! ...mainly just right above the atmosphere, as we talk about the real dangers of living in space! All inspired by the dangerous situations in the cooperative space opera board game, The Captain is Dead!

Spencer and Mike pick apart how the brain can be not firing on all cylinders. Also, how it can screw you up playing the tense-friend revealing card game, Anomia! (It’s ah… what’s the word?... EDUCATIONAL!)

Spencer and Mike tinker with the gears and mechanics of Machine of Death, the card game! Then they talk about some real life wacky assassinations! (Because killing people for money is SO wacky!)

Flip back in your history books and discover the story of Santorini, as Spencer and Mike use their god-like powers and explore Roxley Games' hit strategy board game, Santorini! (Is there a board game god?)

Spencer and Mike take a crash course in desert survival while discussing the cooperative, ever-changing, survival game, Forbidden Desert! Don't get caught without your airship! (how embarrassing!)

Plug yourself in with Mike and Spencer as they discuss real life hacking and the history of electronic security, all inspired by the cyberpunk card game, Netrunner! (not LIFE hacking, but with computers!)

Spencer and Mike go undercover into the secret world of spies and try and decode the enigma machine! (Go go gadget podcast!)