Category: The Boardgames Interview Room

Roleplaying and board games reviews, podcasts, videos and interviews

Podcast Episode – The Boardgame Interview Room: Rome – Rise to Power from Golden Egg Games

Rome: Rise to Power is another history based game, this time from Golden Egg Games, creators of City Council and Athlas Duel for Divinity and also with a nice twist: A trademarked mechanic system. It’s all in the podcast… Also very interesting is that this time the game is also going to be finished, printed,…
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Podcast Episode – The Boardgame Interview Room: Prime Time from Golden Egg Games

Prime Time Broadcast Tycoon is the latest offering from Golden Egg Games, a company that keeps coming up with great game after great game. This time they are offering a TV channel simulator in which the players have to create their own shows, arrange a weekly schedule and compete to get the most audience and…
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Podcast Episode – The Boardgame Interview Room: The Bespoke Geek

Sometimes people have great ideas and they need to go to Kickstarter to get them realised because money is tight. That’s the whole principle of Kickstarter, I know. But I also know that some people have grown increasingly cynical of some projects that go to Kickstarter for the marketing and not the need. This is…
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Podcast Episode – The Boardgame Interview Room with Uwe Eickert and Mare Nostrum

By Paco Garcia Jaen Academy Games is currently in Kickstarter with a new version of a game called Mare Nostrum; a game of building empires, defending territories, building alliances and managing lots of resources. The company has had massive successes in the past with games like Fief – France 1429, 1775 Rebellion, Freedon – The…
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Podcast Episode – The Boardgame Interview Room: Alexander Argyopoulos and 12 Realms: Bedtime Story

Although not many people think about countries like Greece a country with a board game tradition, some companies are keen on setting a stepping stone and bring some excellent games to the table of as many as possible. Mage Company has been doing that since they released Wrong Chemistry a few years ago and then…
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