Episode 68: Heavy Games: When the Juice is Worth the Squeeze, with Edward from Heavy Cardboard

Listen to this episode from The BoardGameGeek Podcast on Spotify. Edward from Heavy Cardboard joins Candice to discuss the appeal of heavy board games, the ones they've been diggin, and the ones where the juice is worth the squeeze.00:00:00 Introduction00:15:38 Fresh Plays00:16:35 Ayar: Children of the Sun00:25:38 Cosmic Frog00:31:54 Speakeasy00:40:23 Dungeon Degenerates00:54:25 Heavy Games: When the Juice is Worth the Squeeze00:56:15 The Heaviness in Board Games01:16:59 Age of Steam01:22:22 Leaving Earth01:26:20 Crystal Palace01:30:52 Black Rose Wars: Rebirth + Age of Innovation01:34:04 Stress Botics: Odyssey01:40:25 Feudum01:42:53 Edward's List of Games Worth the Squeeze (Stress Botics Odyssey, Age of Steam, Antiquity, Pax Transhumanity, Reef Encounter, Weimar: The Fight for Democracy, Tales of the Northlands: The Sagas of Noggin the Nog, Mr. President, Die Macher, John Company, Dilluvia Project, The Colonists, For-Ex, Sekigahara)01:46:24 Candice's List of Games Worth the Squeeze (Feudum, Too Many Bones, Spirit Island, Mage Knight, COIN & ICS series, War of the Ring: Second Edition, TI4, Cerebria, Here I Stand, Fields of Fire)01:51:08 D-Day at Omaha Beach01:55:38 Sign-offThank you to our sponsor, CATAN Studio!Uprising - Legendary Big Box & True Solo Mode is coming to Gamefound from Nemesis games. If you missed getting the game or are learning about it for the first time, you can now get the Legendary Big Box with all the expansions!https://gamefound.com/en/projects/nemesisgames/uprising-big-box-true-solo You can check out Dewan, before the world wide release in January 2026, at Essen Spiel 2025.https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/439742/dewanWeb: https://boardgamegeek.com/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@boardgamegeekTwitter: https://twitter.com/BoardGameGeekEmail: [email protected]