The Ascent of Board Games
Hosted by Frank and Jayson and Joe and Mike and Brian and The hosts of "The Ascent of Board Games" · The Ascent of Board Games
4.9from 21 ratings
- 104
- Episodes
- 13
- Transcribed
- 21
- Ratings
- Monthly
- Cadence
- 2018
- First episode
About The Ascent of Board Games
A monthly podcast dedicated to the history, evolution, present state, and future potential of our favorite board games.
- Publisher
- The Ascent of Board Games
- Category
- leisure
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- Yes
- First episode
- 1 Aug 2018
- Latest episode
- 1 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
13 of 104 episodes have a transcript.
1 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Episode 83 - Reiner Knizia Deep Dive
1 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Episode 82.2 - Imaginary Games, Part 2
2 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT
Episode 82, Part 1 - Imaginary Games, Part 1
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Episode 83 - Reiner Knizia Deep Dive
Published 1 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Another favorite of mine that Knizzi came out with is 2001's Winner's Circle. This is a re-implementation of a game he did in 95 called Turf Horse Racing, but Winner's Circle is, I think, the better game. It's cleaner, yeah. Yeah. It's also been published as Royal Turf. which was, I think, the Alia version of it. Anyway, it has multiple names, but they're all good games. Basically, it's a horse racing game. You're not playing any particular horse. You're just playing observers who are betting on the race. And basically, at the start of the game, we deal out a bunch of horse cards to determine how these horses are going to move. […]
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.9 / 5
- 17 ratings
- Spotify
- 5.0 / 5
- 4 ratings
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- 24
- Social presence
- 90
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 85
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