The Fifth Meeple Board Game Podcast

11/20/2025

Our latest episode is out! The moment has arrived! Our Top 15 Board Games of All Time Numbers 5 to 1! Let us know what your top 5-1 are in the comments and see if we match up with you at all! Enjoy and thanks again for the listens!

Special Episode 73: You're the Best, Part 3: Top 15 Board Games of All Time (5-1) Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction 00:45 Topic of the Day! 07:12 David's #5 09:13 Pete's #5 12:43 Chris's #5 15:15 Daniella's #5 17:56 David's #4 20:58 Pete's #4 24:16 Chris's #4 26:32 Daniella's #4 29:08 David's #3 33:13....

11/13/2025

Our latest episode is out! Part 2 of our Top 15 Board Games of All Time! Let us know what your top 10-6 are in the comments and see if we match up with you at all! Enjoy and thanks again for the listens!

Special Episode 72: You're the Best, Part 2: Top 15 Board Games of All Time (10-6) Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction 00:48 Topic of the Day! 06:08 Chris's #10 09:36 David's #10 12:04 Pete's #10 15:14 Daniella's #10 18:03 Chris's #9 20:21 David's #9 23:48 Pete's #9 26:05 Daniella's #9 27:33 Chris's #8 3...

11/06/2025

It's our favorite time of the year when we release our top 15 games of all time! This series will be in 3 parts for the next 3 weeks so we hope you all enjoy! Thanks for the listens and let us know what your top 15 games of all time are and maybe we'll get some to the battlefield!

Special Episode 71: You're the Best, Part 1: Top 15 Board Games of All Time (15-11) Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction 00:51 Topic of the Day! 05:14 Pete's #15 09:00 David's #15 12:16 Chris's #15 15:36 Daniella's #15 19:26 Pete's #14 21:58 David's #14 25:17 Chris's #14 27:07 Daniella's #14 29:11 Pete's....

10/30/2025

Our latest episode is out! This is a fun small box card game that packs a pretty good punch with an interesting twist! It also goes by the name "Poison" Designed by Reiner Knizia it's Perfect for Halloween! IELLO Games

Episode 70 (Mini): Friday the 13th Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction 01:06 Friday the 13th 02:39 Friday the 13th: The Good 06:02 Friday the 13th: The Bad 10:22 Friday the 13th: Final Score 15:02 Bloopers *Friday the 13th is also known as Poison by Reiner Knizia Thanks for listening! Want to connect wit...

10/23/2025

Our latest episode is out and it's a battle of the heavy weights! Who shall reign supreme in space? Czech Games Edition Sorry We Are French (both games are great but only one can reign!)

Episode 69: Who Does Space Better?: SETI vs. Shackleton Base Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction 01:11 What's new on our tables! 13:12 Leave us a review! 13:26 SETI 29:49 SETI: Collector's Corner 30:32 SETI: Final Thoughts 32:21 Shackleton Base 49:35 Shackleton Base: Collector's Corner 50:40 Shackleton B...

10/16/2025

Special Episode 68 (Trivia): Board Game Trivia #3--Listener Trivia! Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction 01:07 Board Game Trivia Challenge (play along with us!) 01:35 Seth's 15 Trivia Questions 34:26 Our Final Scores 35:33 Bloopers Have any great trivia questions for us? Email us at [email protected]...

10/09/2025

Our latest episode is out and what a battle it is! Two great games going head-to-head who will win? Listen and find out! Chilifox Games Libellud BoardGameGeek

Episode 67: Creatures of Habitat: Harmonies vs. Spectacular Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction 01:17 What's new on our tables! 08:18 Leave us a review! 08:37 Harmonies 19:13 Harmonies: Collector's Corner 20:02 Harmonies: Final Thoughts 22:43 Spectacular 38:59 Spectacular: Collector's Corner 39:51 Specta...

10/08/2025

The Tesseract has arrived! I saved the planet this time, but I’ll be jacking up the difficulty factor next time so prepare for the end of the world as we know it…. (But blame Smirk&Dagger if it happens.)

10/03/2025

Cascadia by Flatout Games and Alderac Entertainment Group solo scenario 19. I satisfied the elk and hawk requirements but scored 99 vs the required 100! Such a great game and I absolutely love the solo scenarios.

Look at that Hawk Formation! But if I had placed the bottom hawk and its tile at the end of the elk line, expanding the prairie, I’d have hit 100. 🤨

10/02/2025

Episode 66 (Mini): Schadenfreude Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction 00:55 Schadenfreude 02:07 Schadenfreude: The Good 08:11 Schadenfreude: The Bad 11:33 Schadenfreude: Final Score 14:37 Bloopers Thanks for listening! Want to connect with us? Email us at [email protected] and as always play more b...