Life Beyond Board Games
A podcast every second Friday about exploring fun and challenges we have as board gamers, yes, sometimes talking about the board game we play too. We're in Australia (Stella and Melissa) and USA (Candice and Eric) and want to connect with you, no matter who and where you are. Drop as a line, or message, find us in podcast directories, and this Facebook group.
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Podcasting since 2025 • 31 episodes
Life Beyond Board Games
Latest Episodes
Episode 31 - Matt Dunstan's Life Beyond Board Games. Lego, Potential Financial Ruins, and Frogs.
Does Matt Dunstan, a prolific Australian board game designer, have fun outside of designing award-winning board games… or is it just more tiny plastic pieces? Spoiler, it's Lego. Lego pieces. We dive into Matt's secret as a Lego restorer. Conte...
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Episode 30 - Moving House with Board Games, a.k.a. What the Heck Is a Removalist? Feat. Matt Dunstan
We bravely tackle the true final boss of adulthood: moving house (Australian/British). Alright, for our American friends, it is relocation or moving. Complete with removalists (What is removalist??), undersized tea chest boxes, shrink-wrapped i...
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Episode 29 - Fair Use or Four Play? Tiny Credits, Stolen Photos & The Wild West of Content Creation
In this episode, we swing wildly between fair use, plagiarism, pirate websites, ghostwriters, board-game mechanics you can’t copyright, and—yes—one of us accidentally confessing to childhood publishing crimes. We are joined by ThinkTwice a.k.a....
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Episode 28 - Failing Forward & Accidentally Winning at Life, with Guest Fantasy LitRPG Book Author Ashley Falcon / ThinkTwice
What do a broken leg, one million failed words, and a surprise Amazon bestseller have in common? Apparently… success. This episode is the first episode where we have our very first guest, Ashley Falcon (ThinkTwice) a renowned published author o...
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Episode 27 - From Meeples to TV Media: A Very Serious Analysis (Not Really)
We bravely venture into “watching television and having opinions.” From “Wait… books become TV shows??” into Dungeon Crawler Carl dream casting, Batman, and video games so cozy but sad. Find us on Facebook Group and drop us a line, ...
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