Episodes
Episodes



Friday Jul 18, 2025
Holiday Cast: Black Forest
Friday Jul 18, 2025
Friday Jul 18, 2025
Good news, we're still on holiday. Better news - we're still doing the holiday cast, which means more free podcast more delivered to more you. Moorish! You know what else is moorish? Trees! Just can't get enough of those suckers. And you know where trees live? That's right, in Germany. And you know what Germany has? Autobahns. But also forests.
Apropos of nothing, let's talk about a board game called Black Forest which is about a forest in Germany.
Once again, no timestamps because we're still on holiday and it's still just one game in the episode. You'll be fine.
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Friday Jul 11, 2025
Holiday Cast: Moon Colony Bloodbath
Friday Jul 11, 2025
Friday Jul 11, 2025
Good news, we're on holiday. Better news, we're not leaving you without podcast. It's a smaller episode, yes, but it is Talk Cardboard delivered right to your door, for free! Mmmmm, free podcast, what could be more delicious? Oh, I know, human suffering! If you feel like what you need more in your life is a cardboard simulation of robots slaughtering endless amounts of flesh bags on the moon, Moon Colony Bloodbath has got you sorted.
Not doing timestamps cause we're on holiday. Also, it's just one game. You'll be fine.
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Friday Jun 13, 2025
The Old King's Crown
Friday Jun 13, 2025
Friday Jun 13, 2025
Sharpen your papercuts because it's time to put cards face down in front of you and simultaneously flip them face up! The Old King's Crown is maybe the year's most exciting game and we've got an exciting early scoop!
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On to the time stamps:
0:00 Cold Open1:40 Intro
Work In Progress
2:08 Emberleaf11:19 Hot Streak22:00 Project L26:24 Survive the Island
Main Feature
31:06 The Old King's Crown



Friday Jun 06, 2025
Eternal Decks
Friday Jun 06, 2025
Friday Jun 06, 2025
Efka opens our review of Eternal Decks with "This is the main candidate for Game of the Year 2025" and if you need a better endorsement to learn about a cool new board game, I can't think of one. And I'm Efka. This and more in this week's Talk Cardboard.
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On to the time stamps:
0:00 Cold Open1:30 Intro
Work In Progress
1:59 Barony: Royal Edition6:25 In the Shadows: Resistance in France 1943 - 1944 (DNF)10:08 Emberleaf14:32 The Old King's Crown
Audience Correspondence:
21:34 Blue Prince
Main Feature
28:46 Eternal Decks



Friday May 23, 2025
Sunderfolk
Friday May 23, 2025
Friday May 23, 2025
You want me to do what now? Play a board game on the TV? Using my phone? Never!
*shakes fist at cloud*
*shakes more fist at cloud*
*picks up phone and starts playing*
Wait this thing is good! Like, real good. Okay, I guess today we're talking about a board game that's also a video game that's also a phone game. And you're going to listen and you're going to enjoy it.
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On to the timestamps:
00:00 Cold open
01:24 Intro
02:03 'Work In Progress"; Fruit Fight
03:50 Tenby
08:10 Deep Regrets
15:57 Correspondence
20:01 Sunderfolk



Friday May 09, 2025
Rival Cities
Friday May 09, 2025
Friday May 09, 2025
Why duel with silly weapons when you can duel with whole cities? In Rival Cities, Hamburg and Altona go head to head to see who will be the city anyone's ever heard of. I think you probably know who pulled that off IRL.
But if you'd rather fight with fruit or sausages, fear not because we have those for you too - in our Work in Progress.
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On to the timestamps:00:00 Cold open01:41 Intro05:18 Work in Progress06:05 Sausage Sizzle08:17 (Reiner Knizia's) Fruit Fight14:47 Corps of Discovery25:46 Correspondence27:16 Rival Cities



Friday May 02, 2025
Ascending Empires: Zed-nith Edition
Friday May 02, 2025
Friday May 02, 2025
Get ready to flick your way to victory, or get the flick out of here because it's time to play Ascending Empires: Zenith Edition - a 4X game - but iiiin flicking spaaaaace!
We also have the games we've been playing this week in our new segment: 'Work in Progress', where Elaine compares Eternal Decks to being back at school, and Efka tells us about under-salted negotiations in Moonrakers.
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Eternal Decks tutorials mentioned in the episode:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xT1d_lHw4yM
On to the timestamps:
00:00 Cold open01:40 Intro02:10 'Work In Progress"; Eternal Decks08:09 Joyride11:52 Moonrakers16:01 Correspondence24:44 Ascending Empires: Zenith Edition



Friday Apr 25, 2025
Deep Rock Galactic: The Board Game
Friday Apr 25, 2025
Friday Apr 25, 2025
Have you ever wanted to be a poorly paid miner? What about on an Alien Planet? Whilst being bothered by swarms of beasties? If you answered yes, yes, and yes, then get your drills and ziplines ready for our deep dive into Deep Rock Galactic: The Board Game,
If you answered no, then luckily we also have a whole host of other games we're talking about in our new segment "Work in Progress", where we give a quick look to the games we've been playing this week.
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Onto the timestamps:
00:00 Cold open01:14 Intro & "Work In Progress" brief01:34 Nokosu Dice03:25 Eternal Decks07:36 Elden Ring: The Board Game11:34 Flow17:20 Dune: Imperium - Bloodlines22:43 Correspondence23:12 Deep Rock Galactic: The Board Game

And also video?
Did you know that board games are not just words, but actual things that come in boxes? That's right, with advancement in modern technologies we can do various cooky things we couldn't before, like toast our bread or watch podcasts on video. Find Talk Cardboard on YouTube or buy a toaster - the choice is yours.