The Five By
Hosted by John and Jose and Aaron and Meeple Lady and Sarah and Amanda and Justin · The Five By
4.2from 45 ratings
- 180
- Episodes
- 16
- Transcribed
- 45
- Ratings
- Monthly
- Cadence
- 2017
- First episode
About The Five By
Five Contributors, Five Reviews, Five Minutes Each. Bringing you a monthly dose of rapid-fire board game reviews. Every four Wednesdays our five contributors will talk about a game on their radar that week. Follow us on Facebook (https://facebook.com/FiveByGames), Twitter (https://twitter.com/FiveByGames), Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/FiveByGames/), or support us on Patreon (http://Patreon.com/FiveByGames).
- Publisher
- The Five By
- Category
- leisure · leisure
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 1 Feb 2017
- Latest episode
- 21 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
16 of 180 episodes have a transcript.
21 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Episode 179: Dino Racer, Psychic Pizza Deliverers Go to the Ghost Town, Pond, Whispering Woods, Sky 5
23 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Episode 178: Scream! Campers vs Creatures, Circadia, Thunder Road: Ignition, Unstable Unicorns, King of Tokyo: Godzilla
26 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT
Episode 177: Pondscape, 1822PNW, ito, Realm of Reckoning, dnup
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Episode 179: Dino Racer, Psychic Pizza Deliverers Go to the Ghost Town, Pond, Whispering Woods, Sky 5
Published 21 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] The goal is to find a pizza, pick it up, then find a house that wants that kind of pizza, while avoiding obstacles and banishing ghosts. Players draw separate maps and compete to be the first to deliver a pizza. I have a fair amount to critique in Psychic Pizza Deliverers Go to the Ghost Town, but I do think there's a great game in there somewhere. It just, hmm, didn't get there for us. My main issue was that the pace was too slow. Each turn, players move one space, unless they run into a ghost, in which case they learn the ghost is there but don't move. On their next turn, they can banish the ghost, then on the following turn, finally move into the space. […]
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- Phantom Meeple
- Christina
- Christina Ha
- Shoe
- Ruel
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.0 / 5
- 38 ratings
- Spotify
- 5.0 / 5
- 7 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 63 / 100
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- Quality
- 90
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 92
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John and Jose and Aaron and Meeple Lady and Sarah and Amanda and Justin host the show. Published by The Five By.
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