Radlands and The Culprit Red Blend

Radlands and The Culprit Red Blend

Welcome to Meeples and Wine! Your podcast of board game reviews for couples, with a drink in hand! This week we’re playing Radlands by Roxley Games, a two-player only card game that pits you and your opponent as rival gangs in a post-apocalyptic world! Drawing from the same deck, you’ll defend your three camps with …

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Hive and Clad & Cordon’s Cordon Blue(berry wine!)

Hive and Clad & Cordon’s Cordon Blue(berry wine!)

Welcome to Meeples & Wine, your podcast of board game reviews for couples, with a drink in hand! In today’s episode, we’re tasting Clad & Cordon Vineyard’s Cordon Blue, a blueberry wine from Creal Springs, Illinois. It has a sweet and fruity profile with ripe blueberry notes. This blueberry wine pairs well with creamy desserts, …

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Genius Square and Massbach Ridge Winery Daffodil

Genius Square and Massbach Ridge Winery Daffodil

This week we’re celebrating our anniversary by going to the Galena Uncorked wine festival! We’ve come back with the two player game “Genius Square” and are trying Massbach Ridge Winery’s Daffodil sweet white! For the Last Call we’re going to Kickstarter to take a look at Even Deeper Regrets: An Unfortunate Fishing Game Expansion, where …

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Azul Duel and Anticiclone Tinto Red Blend

Azul Duel and Anticiclone Tinto Red Blend

This week we play Azul Duel by Michael Kiesling, a two-player only version of the classic Azul, with art by Maëva da Silva! We also taste Anticiclone Tinto Red Blend, that we picked up from Costco, a nice Portuguese blend of Aragonez and Castelao. For our Last Call we have a game with only a …

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Bunny Boom and the French 75 mimosa with Conniption American Dry Gin!

Bunny Boom and the French 75 mimosa with Conniption American Dry Gin!

This episode Michael and Suzy spend their Easter afternoon playing Ruse Game’s recent release Bunny Boom, fresh out of their crowdfunding on Gamefound! Your quiet village is being overrun by hordes of soft and cuddly rabbits and you work to push as many as you can to your opponent’s board! Lay your cards down on …

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Sea Salt and Paper with Sea Glass Sauvignon Blanc

Sea Salt and Paper with Sea Glass Sauvignon Blanc

This week we play PandaSaraus Game’s “Sea Salt & Paper” a nice relaxed set making game with some fantastic aquatic origami images with Sea Glass Winery’s Central Coast Sauvignon Blanc. Lately we’ve been playing some serious “take that” games like Smash Up, we take a 180 turn with Sea Salt & Paper, where you gather …

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Smash Up! and the Whiskey Smash Cocktail

Smash Up! and the Whiskey Smash Cocktail

Welcome to episode 80! This time around we’re playing the deck-drafting game Smash Up! by Alderac Entertainment Group. This 2-4 player game pits all the teams that you’ve wanted to see fighting against each other to lay claim to bases to score 15 victory points to win. Have you ever wanted to play Zombie Truckers, …

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Casting Shadows and Two Brothers Barrel-Aged Barley Wine

Casting Shadows and Two Brothers Barrel-Aged Barley Wine

Welcome to Meeples and Wine! Your podcast of board game reviews for couples with a drink in hand! This week we’re playing Casting Shadows from Unstable Games, maker of Unstable Unicorns and Happy Little Dinosaurs (you can find our review of that HERE!) We also have a sip of Two Brother’s Cellar Club 2018 Barrel-Aged …

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Summoner Wars and Ménage à Trois – Northern Seduction Red Blend

Summoner Wars and Ménage à Trois – Northern Seduction Red Blend

Happy New Year and welcome to 2025! For our first show of the year we taste Ménage à Trois – Northern Seduction Red Blend, and play Summoner Wars! This hearty red blend of Cabernet Sauvignon and Syrah has some intense tobacco and leather notes on the nose with a solid dark cherry flavor, some tartness …

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Squarriors: The Card Game and Curious Beasts Red Blend

Squarriors: The Card Game and Curious Beasts Red Blend

Meeples & Wine Episode Recap: Curious Beasts and Squarriors In this week’s episode, Michael and Suzy dove into the darkly whimsical pairing of the Curious Beasts Red Blend 2021 wine and the post-apocalyptic card game Squarriors. While both offerings boast intriguing packaging, they revealed some challenges beneath the surface. Wine Highlights:The duo sampled Curious Beasts, …

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