First Player Token, a short board game review show

A board game review podcast for people who enjoy playing games with family and friends

First Player Token, a short board game review show is a leisure podcast hosted by Derek Bruff, with 80 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Derek Bruff hosts First Player Token, a short board game review show, a leisure show with 80 episodes published.

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  Episode #76

  76. The Games of 2016

  Aug 2, 202636 min

  Text us your thoughts about this episode. On this episode of the First Player Token podcast, we time travel back a decade and take a look at our most played games of 2016! Which of these favorites from ten years ago still get played? Which ones should I dust off and bring to game night for the first time in forever? Music: "Open Road" and "Summer of Paradise" by Purple Planet . Podcast Links: Order a First Player Token coffee mug . Visit the First Player Token website . Join the FPT Facebook group . Follow @firstplayertoken on Bluesky . Join the Family Tabletop Community on Discord .

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  Episode #74

  74. Flipships (First Play)

  Jun 1, 202613 min

  Text us your thoughts about this episode. Usually when I review and recommend a board game here on the podcast, I’ve played that game at least ten times. That way I know the game well and I know it has some staying power. But sometimes, I try a game that's new to me and it really grabs me. So here’s a FIRST PLAY review of an older game that I think you might like! Today we’ll take a look at Flipships, a 2017 cooperative dexterity game for 2to 4 players designed by Kane Klenko with art by Kwanchai Moriya published by Renegade Games. Episode Links: See if you can find a secondhand copy of Flipships on the BGG GeekMarket . Read about Dread, the horror RBG that uses Jenga blocks . Episode 12: ICECOOL Episode 45: Under Falling Skies Music: "Open Road," "The Concept" by Purple Planet . "Starforged: Fray" by Tabletop Audio . Podcast Links: Order a First Player Token coffee mug . Visit the First Player Token website . Join the FPT Facebook group . Follow @firstplayertoken on Bluesky . Join the Family Tabletop Community on Discord .

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  Episode #73

  73. Game Cabin in the Woods

  May 1, 202640 min

  Text us your thoughts about this episode. In this episode, we spend a weekend in a cabin in the woods and play a whole lot of board games! A few friends and I recently spent a weekend playing board games at a cabin we rented in Cedars of Lebanon State Park. We played the board games that don’t fit into normal game nights! Most ran about three hours long, some longer. These are the crunchy, brain-burning games that some of us love to play, and in this episode of the podcast, I report out on the games we played, all of which were fantastic. Music: "Open Road" by Purple Planet. " Old Tom Bombadil, A Hobbit Folk Song " by Heimburger Music. Podcast Links: Order a First Player Token coffee mug . Visit the First Player Token website . Join the FPT Facebook group . Follow @firstplayertoken on Bluesky . Join the Family Tabletop Community on Discord .

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  Episode #72

  72. Club Spooky (First Play)

  Apr 1, 202611 min

  Text us your thoughts about this episode. Usually when I review and recommend a board game here on the podcast, I’ve played that game at least ten times. That way I know the game well and I know it has some staying power. That means I usually review older games, but I like to play new games, too. So here’s a FIRST PLAY review of a new game that I think you might like! Today we’ll take a look at Club Spooky, a 2-to-4-player game designed and illustrated by Connor Wake and published by Always Awake Games. Episode Links: Pre-order Club Spooky from Always Awake Games . Music: "Open Road" and "Spooked" by Purple Planet Podcast Links: Order a First Player Token coffee mug . Visit the First Player Token website . Join the FPT Facebook group . Follow @firstplayertoken on Bluesky . Join the Family Tabletop Community on Discord .

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  Episode #71

  71. Gaming with a Three-Year-Old

  Mar 1, 202629 min

  Text us your thoughts about this episode. In this episode, we put the spotlight on the preschooler with twelve games that are fun to play with a three-year-old! I’ve been on a quest to find board games that the three-year-old can play and enjoy and that don’t drive the rest of us crazy. On this episode, I’m going to share an update about that quest and point listeners to a few games that we’ve found work well for our family of five—including the three-year-old. Episode Resources Buy Hoot Owl Hoot on Amazon . Buy Go Go Little Penguin on Amazon . Buy Cascadia Junior on Amazon . Buy Ghost Fightin' Treasure Hunters on Amazon . Episode 57 - Kariba Episode 32 - Outfoxed Episode 24 - Incan Gold Episode 20 - Sleeping Queens Episode 5 - Deep Sea Adventure Episode 4 - Sushi Go! Episode 3 - Love Letter For context on my statement in the episode about Dane Chapin, the CEO of Op Games, see this thread on Bluesky and also this press release . Podcast Links: Order a First Player Token coffee mug . Visit the First Player Token website . Join the FPT Facebook group . Follow @firstplayertoken on Bluesky . Join the Family Tabletop Community on Discord .

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