Mitchell and BJ chat about Tricky Kids, Dragonsteel Nexus (the annual con celebrating the works of Brandon Sanderson) plus lots of board game news from Brotherwise Games! And some lagniappe, too!

Steve and friends (Julie & Houston) give us the scoop on their trip to Pax U and all the games they saw!

It’s the holiday season! And everybody is asking for appropriate games to bring to family and friend game nights, so here’s a list of ten games released -- or re-released in new editions -- in the past couple of years that are PERFECT for your next holiday game night!

BJ and Mitchell dish about recent plays and first impressions of The Hobbit: There & Back Again, Tend, and My Village!

BJ and Mitchell dish about recent plays and first impressions of Tag Team, Big Sur, Origin Story and Asian Tigers!

It’s ESSEN SPIEL week! BJ from Board Game Gumbo is back with TEN more games that he has the ENVIE to buy at ESSEN SPIEL 2025. Plus, there’s a little bit of lagniappe...

Jeremy and BJ chat about CASCADIA ALPINE LAKES -- how to play it, and their thoughts after a live two player game on our Twitch Tuesdays channel!

Jay from Cardboard East is back to chat about The Game Makers, coming soon to crowdfunding from Bezier Games! Plus some games from Asian designers you should check out at GEN CON 2025, and two spicy hot games that Jay has played recently. Laissez les bon temps rouler!

BJ and Steve welcome in Phillip and Becke from the Chuck’s Gateway & Filler Games Group on Facebook to chat about all things CHUCK CON IV: SALT OF THE EARTH!

BJ and his Twitch Tuesday guests, Jeremy & Doug, chat about the news that came out today — it’s Spiel des Jahres nominations time! What games are their favorites to win? What games do they think will win? Find out here!

Gumbo Live! welcomed in Josh Ballagh, designer and publisher of Coalition: Councils of the Republic, which is hitting Kickstarter this summer! Josh is also one of the co-heads of our awesome GEAUXPUB section at Southern Board Game Fest, and we chatted about the successful con!

Top Games played at Southern Board Game Fest 2025 (with Jerod)

Gumbo Live! welcomed in Rob from the Board Boys and Logan from the Acadiana Board Gamers Discord to chat about everything SoBo2025, including hot games like Shackleton Base and The Gest of Robin Hood!

Gumbo Live! welcomed Charlie McCarron, designer of SURPLUS OF SLOTHS, into the Gumbo Pot!  We chatted about his background in music, the process of tying theme to these mechanisms, and all of the fun of the crowdfunding campaign! For more information, click here: Plus, we chatted about his previous game, FOUR HUMOURS, that we are giving away at Southern Board Game Fest! Before we wrapped up the night, we continued our quest to come up with the perfect board game quiz with the guest. This time, it’s all about the world of movie themes. Can you spot the fake ones from the real?  Don't forget -- Southern Board Game Fest 2025 in Lafayette, Louisiana the weekend of March 29: www.southerngamefest.com Come join the Krewe and play some games -- you might even see some special Gumbo guests there!   Laissez les bon temps rouler! 

Gumbo Live! welcomed Gregory Alford, designer of FOOD TRUCK RACE, into the Gumbo Pot!  https://www.foodtruckracegame.com/yes-chef Plus, we chatted about some spicy hot games that we’ve played recently:  Wilmot’s Warehouse, Run Run Run!, Flip 7 Plus the Envie Game!

Tabriz talk! Siege of Valeria news! Joking around with Timey and Evan! A cool new game with the guests! It’s episode 166 of Gumbo Live! featuring Glenn Flaherty from Boardgames & Bourbon!

Gumbo Live! welcomed back Alex Goldsmith to chat about Finspan, Vantage, First Monday in October and LOTR: Fate of the Fellowship! Plus — it’s a hockey themed version of DID YOU KNEAUX?

Gumbo Live! welcomed in Andrew Stiles, the designer of Wine Cellar, a brand new bidding game from 25th Century Games going out to backers and retailers soon. Andrew is also the co-host of Tabletop Submarine, where he and his co-host Josh do a deep dive into board game stories with guests each episode.

Daryl Andrews is in the Gumbo Pot chatting about spicy hot games like LEYLINES, DONALD DUCK IN HAPPY CAMPER, and MISTWIND!

Jeremy and Logan are back in the Gumbo Pot! At BJ’s request, Jeremy brought two games we’ve been dying to play: FROMAGE and WONDROUS CREATURES.  Plus, the krewe de Gumbo chats about their favorite games from BGG.CON! Laissez les bon temps rouler!