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The Broken Meeple - a UK Board Games blog and podcast that reports on board and card games. Reviews, Top 5/10 lists, or just anything that's on my mind! One thing is for sure - I don't hold back and will speak my mind!
In addition to this podcast I have a YouTube channel that showcases review videos and Top 10 lists. Please feel free to check them out!
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Broken Meeple Podcast 144 - Essen Spiel Review 2026
Broken Meeple Podcast 144 - Essen Spiel Review 2026 Essen 2026 is over! Here's the demos, acquisitions, food, drink and stuff I got up to! Timestamps: 00:00 -General Feelings of Essen Spiel 13:54 - Acquisitions 25:42 - Random Stuff 29:45 -
Broken Meeple Podcast 143 - Why Play With Other Players?
Broken Meeple Podcast 143 - Why Play With Other Players? Been a while due to holidays and conventions and well that ain't going to change for the next couple of weeks but here's time to get an episode out before my trip to Essen. I talk abo
Broken Meeple Podcast 142 - Essen Spiel Preview 2026
Broken Meeple Podcast 142 - Essen Spiel Preview 2026 LONGEST EPISODE EVER! :-) In this episode after my quick updates, I give an extensive first impressions rant on the Realm of Reckoning board game from IV Studios which shall we say.......
Broken Meeple Podcast 141 - Where's the Excitement Gone?
Broken Meeple Podcast 141 - Where's the Excitement Gone? Back to business as usual - quick update on health and the channel and industry with a couple of behind the scenes aspects to how this channel stays afloat.........barely. Then a revi
Broken Meeple Podcast 140 - I'm Back Baby!!
Broken Meeple Podcast 140 - I'M BACK BABY!! I'm back everybody!! Sort of! I'm still recovering from my recent appendectomy surgery and thank you for everyone who sent me positive messages wishing me well. But I'm well enough to get a rudime
Broken Meeple Podcast 139 - What's Bad About Conventions
Broken Meeple Podcast 139 - What's Hurting Conventions Now? Plenty to talk about here, my usual musings, two conventions I've been to recently, my horrible first impressions of Rosalie and my thoughts as well as others on what's potentially
Broken Meeple Podcast 138 - THe H-Index
Broken Meeple Podcast 138 - The H-Index Too damn hot! But thankfully it's cooled down enough to get a podcast out! People have asked me to do a H-Index - personally I didn't think it would be of any use at all, but it's a popular request, s
Broken Meeple Podcast 137 - Longform vs Shortform
Broken Meeple Podcast 137 - Longform vs Shortform Content It's been a very emotionally draining couple of weeks for me. Stressful work, a hacked FB account, other personal stuff, lack of time, heatwaves, the UK Expo and lots of unnecessary
Broken Meeple Podcast 136 - UK Games Expo 2026 Review
Broken Meeple Podcast 136 - UK Games Expo 2026 Review A full disclosure of everything I was doing at the UK GAMES EXPO 2026! *************************************** SUBSCRIBE ► www.youtube.com/channel/UCmjyHBcq…ub_confirmation=1 ***********
Broken Meeple Podcast 135- Golden Geek Awards & UK Games Expo Preview
Broken Meeple Podcast 135- Golden Geek Awards & UK Games Expo Preview Big bumper episode today! Firstly I talk about another failed year of the Golden Geek awards and then I give some basic tips for attending the UKGE and explain why I'm on
Broken Meeple Podcast 134 - What Theme Works For You?
Broken Meeple Podcast 134 - What Theme Works For You? After some general updates and my impressions of Helionox - a subpar deck builder that clearly suffers from Kickstarter cardinal sins - I go into what themes work for me and what don't w
Broken Meeple Podcast - Episode 133 - Stat Recording & Challenges
Broken Meeple Podcast - Episode 133 - Stat Recording & Challenges Among gamers there's a trend online and offline of board game challenges and recording stats and plays etc. Which of these have merit and which of these feel like a waste of
Broken Meeple Podcast - Episode 132 - So I Played Speakeasy. . .
Broken Meeple Podcast - Episode 132 - So I Played Speakeasy. . . For this special bumper Easter birthday episode, I share my initial first impressions (based on one play so don't kill me) of Speakeasy by Vital Lacerda - does this have the p
Broken Meeple Podcast - Episode 131 - When Does Player Interaction Become Frustrating?
Broken Meeple Podcast - Episode 131 - When Does Player Interaction Become Frustrating? I like player interaction in games.......for the most part. But there can be times when it's more frustrating than a benefit. We need to talk about what
Podcast 130 - What Makes A Game Truly Replayable?
Broken Meeple Podcast - Episode 130 - What Makes A Game Truly Replayable? My throat is a bit iffy today so a shorter episode sorry, but enough time to talk about 2 small trick taker games, some channel highlights and to discuss what truly m
Broken Meeple Podcast - Episode 129 - Are Modern Games Lacking A Personality?
Broken Meeple Podcast - Episode 129 - Are Modern Games Lacking A Personality? An interesting debate here, are modern games lacking a personality when compared to classic games? How do you even define personality in a board game? ***********
Broken Meeple Podcast 128 - Too Generous
Broken Meeple Podcast - Episode 128 - Was I Too Generous? Let's play Devil's Advocate and flip the last podcast on its head. Are there games I ranked a 10 previously that perhaps I was too generous with my rating? **************************
Podcast 126 - 2026 Anticipated Games
Broken Meeple Podcast - Episode 126 - Nothing To Look Forward To? Like I said, not doing anticipated lists, so let's take a brief look at 2026 to see if anything is of interest coming up..........oh.............it doesn't look good. In addi
Broken Meeple Podcast 127 - Forgiveness
Broken Meeple Podcast - Episode 127 - Can I Forgive These Games? Updates, Handycon and then as I'm running out of ideas, let's look at some games that I've rated as low as a 1 in the past and decide whether I'm willing to forgive and raise
Broken Meeple Podcast - Episode 125 - Revisiting The 2025 Anticipated List
Broken Meeple Podcast - Episode 125 - Revisiting The 2025 Anticipated List I don't want to do any more Anticipated Lists any more so for the last time ever, let's look back on the Anticipated List for 2025 that I did at the start of the yea
Episode 124 - Do You Want Fixed Turns or Variable Endgames?
Broken Meeple Podcast - Episode 124 - Do You Want Fixed Turns or Variable Endgames? My plays at Gridcon 6 followed by a question to discuss? With all the games coming out that have fixed turns/rounds with no variation - do I like this forma
Episode 123 - Are We Embarrassed To Be Gamers?
Broken Meeple Podcast - Episode 123 - Are We Embarrassed To Be Gamers? Two discussions about games I've played for Taverns of Tifen....whatever and Europa Universalis which I finally crossed off my bucket list. Then a question has daunted m
Episode 122 - Essen 2025 Aftermath
Broken Meeple Podcast - Episode 122 - Essen 2025 Aftermath Let's discuss Essen 2025, what I got up to, working with Dranda Games and above all, all of the shiny review copies that you can look forward to me doing videos on over the next sev
Episode 121 - Essen Preview 2025
Broken Meeple Podcast - Episode 121 - Essen Preview 2025 & Regrets As well as some games I've played lately, a long loyal Patreon has asked me what other video game IP's would I like to see as tabletop form especially given the recent trend
Broken Meeple Podcast - Episode 120 - Other Game IP's As Tabletop
Broken Meeple Podcast - Episode 120 - Other Game IP's As Tabletop As well as some games I've played lately, a long loyal Patreon has asked me what other video game IP's would I like to see as tabletop form especially given the recent trend
Episode 119 - BOARDGAMEGEEK TOP 100 (25-1)
Broken Meeple Podcast - Episode 119 - BOARDGAMEGEEK TOP 100 (25-1) We continue the BGG Top 100 breakdown and finally get this over with!! - updates - BGG Top 100 (25-1) *************************************** SUBSCRIBE ► www.youtube.com/cha
Episode 118 - BOARDGAMEGEEK TOP 100 (50-26)
Broken Meeple Podcast - Episode 118 - BOARDGAMEGEEK TOP 100 (50-26) We continue the BGG Top 100 breakdown with the next 25 games in the sequence. I know I say I'm going to do 50-1 but my throat just couldn't keep up the talking! So 25 today
Broken Meeple Podcast - Episode 117 - BOARDGAMEGEEK TOP 100 (100-51)
Broken Meeple Podcast - Episode 117 - BOARDGAMEGEEK TOP 100 (100-51) It's been a while but we're back on normal service. I've spent 4 days at Manorcon and can give my full thoughts on how it went. And we now have an Essen Preview list of ga
Broken Meeple Podcast - Episode 116 - MANORCON & ESSEN PREVIEW LIST
Broken Meeple Podcast - Episode 116 - MANORCON & ESSEN PREVIEW LIST It's been a while but we're back on normal service. I've spent 4 days at Manorcon and can give my full thoughts on how it went. And we now have an Essen Preview list of gam
Episode 115 - UK GAMES EXPO 2025
Broken Meeple Podcast - Episode 115 - UK GAMES EXPO 2025 Sorry everyone, the microphone for some reason recorded my voice way too loud and I can only do so much to fix it, so it will sound a bit distorted this time round. Not sure why, but
