Intertextual Experience: A Board Game Podcast

A primarily interview-based podcast grounded in the board game hobby. By exploring the connections between board games and other mediums, Intertextual Experience is looking to tap into some links that may not have been considered much previously. Through interesting guests, audience feedback, and general revision, there is an experiential element of this channel to grow and change in unique ways. By keeping the door open to various forms of entertainment, the myriad of possibilities and combinations to consider and discuss is limitless. In addition to always trying to create cleverly constructed episodes and questions for the guests, another goal is to continually answer the question "why this podcast?" Those ideas serve as the pulse of this show, and I'm excited to keep trying to answer (and then re-answer) that question.

Intertextual Experience: A Board Game Podcast is a leisure podcast hosted by Unknown Host, with 55 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.

Unknown Host hosts Intertextual Experience: A Board Game Podcast, a leisure show with 55 episodes published.

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  Episode #47

  #47 - Jeff Grisenthwaite: Board Game Are(ca)na

  Aug 13, 20261h 27mS1

  As fate and coincidence would have it, designer Jeff Grisenthwaite and I had actually met and played games together once and then played games at different tables of a smaller meetup just months after that. It wasn’t until our shared interest in Board Game Arena and Jeff’s great games led me to reach out before we were able to piece that together (and those games weren’t out when we’d first met or had just been released in a limited capacity). Anyway, the Wheel of Fortune timed out well, and Jeff was able to add a ton of insight into a topic that’s frequently on my mind due to how much time I spend there, and that is the aforementioned board game playing website, Board Game Arena. Several months back, Jeff wrote an article about his experience of developing his own games for the site—which is extremely cool—and this episode dives a little further into some of those thoughts. Additionally/obviously, there is some of the show’s typical antics, funky formatting, and fun discussions about playing games based on vibes, nerd beach reads, Jeff’s history of tarot reading, and more. Based on the conversation, check out the following: Jeff’s BGA Article (linked in previous paragraph as well) Jeff’s Designer Page Jeff on Bluesky Break My Game Protospiel Chicago Intro (0:00) Talking tarot and the barren days of BGA. Cursed Soothsayers (17:44) This is the majority of the conversation. Based on the actions/cards that Jeff selected, the conversation encompasses a lot of his blog post and more. “BGA is weird.” This is the perfect place to dive into some of the “why” behind that. Speaking of weird, here is the slideshow that guided our conversation . Wrap-up Questions (1:15:28) A text on Jeff’s mind and things to look out for from him in the future! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- If you like this show, liking it on whatever platform you listen to and writing a review would mean so much! Furthermore, it's as independent as it gets, so any financial support would help with the subscriptions that make this project go smoothly. That can be done by "buying me a coffee" and/or buying a copy of my board game (I like it). All of my socials and support information can be found here: Intertextual Experience Linktree

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  Episode #45

  #45 - Taylor Reiner: The Quiz 2 – Trick-Taking Romanticism – Everything’s a Sequel – You Can’t End on a Toot for Me, I’m Gonna Toot on You

  Apr 2, 20261h 21mS1

  Taylor Reiner. The Quiz 2. Since Taylor was on the show in September 2023, he’s been busy with designing, developing, making videos, and more. We get to explore some of the things Taylor has been working on through the lens of sequels, other media, and just general chaos by the way of The Return of the Quiz . Check out Taylor’s Trick Taking Table See Taylor’s designs and developments. Follow Taylor’s Bluesky. Games Mentioned in this Episode Intro (0:00) Reflecting on my butchered introduction, the time that’s passed, and the extreme success of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring — Trick-Taking Game . Then we set up the quiz. The Quiz 2 (8:14) Can’t spoil the contents of the newest quiz, but there’s a new fun section called “The Tricky Minute.” Also, the question on everyone’s mind is if SSX Tricky makes a return. Home Alone 2 The Crew 2 Renaissance - Enlightenment - Romanticism 2 Mini-Director’s Commentary (55:45) Keeping the quiz short and then doing a full Director’s Commentary as a later episode that paired with this was an initial thought of mine. Fortunately that didn’t work out, especially as that will allow more breath and rumination for The Quiz 3. Taylor reflects on sequels in general, Slay the Spire 2, and Oreos here. Wrap-up Questions (1:05:32) A non-StS2 text on Taylor’s mind and what to look out for from him. There’s a 250 character limit for the titles, in case you’re wondering. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- If you like this show, liking it on whatever platform you listen to and writing a review would mean so much! Furthermore, it's as independent as it gets, so any financial support would help with the subscriptions that make this project go smoothly. That can be done by "buying me a coffee" and/or buying a copy of my board game (I like it). All of my socials and support information can be found here: Intertextual Experience Linktree

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  Episode #44

  #44 - Tom Brewster: Board Games, Board Games, and… Chip Cat Breach

  Feb 19, 20261h 19mS1

  Shut Up & Sit Down’s Tom Brewster joins Intertextual Experience for our 44th episode, perhaps with the show’s most adventurous format yet (so adventurous that time stamps honestly wouldn’t make much sense–and that’s not just me trying to get out of doing the time stamps). In a roguelite/like/who the heck knows the difference (& don’t go barking at me; I’ve watched all the videos that try to differentiate them and then see everyone else still arguing in the comments) structure, we fight the Western canon, make bean wine, create and remix the game we’re playing in real time, converse about wanting to share the beautiful parts of our hobbies with others, and just have so many other great moments sprinkled within a pretty wild time. This “roguelike” winds up being “4X” in a sense; it explores exploration, experience, expectations, and extermination–poor bat. If none of that makes sense, you’ll just have to listen. If all of that makes sense, you’re in the right spot. You know where to find Shut Up & Sit Down, but here’s their YouTube channel & here’s Tom on Bluesky . In lieu of the various time-stamped sections, attached below is a comprehensive slides presentation that includes the slides for Chip Cat Breach , images of the games within the game, the character creation page, the games mentioned in this episode, and more? Tom does an excellent job of bringing the visual elements of this audio-only show to life. I suggest waiting until after a listen to check out these slides to see how everything matches up in your head, but you’re your own person. Click here for slides. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- If you like this show, liking it on whatever platform you listen to and writing a review would mean so much! Furthermore, it's as independent as it gets, so any financial support would help with the subscriptions that make this project go smoothly. That can be done by "buying me a coffee" and/or buying a copy of my board game (I like it). All of my socials and support information can be found here: Intertextual Experience Linktree

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  Episode #43

  #43 - Alex Hague: Gaming Through Magenta-Colored Glasses

  Jan 14, 20261h 12mS1

  Intertextual Experience is ecstatic to bring in the New Year with Alex Hague, the CEO of board game company CMYK. For a show that likes to explore ideas and stories through different lenses, CMYK provides a perfect color model for us to create these different colored lenses. Through a twisted version of the game Figment , Alex is subjected to a slew of challenges and questions while coming out victorious. Come explore CMYK’s vision, the Hot Streak that was 2025 for the company, an alternate reality where CMYK is a war game publisher, and so much more. As an audio only podcast, you might feel as if you’re missing out on some of the fun, but do not anguish! Here is the slide show presented for Alex (and for the sake of saving links, the games mentioned in the episode will get their own slide after the main images of “the game”). Check out CMYK’s games here. Sign up for their newsletter at the bottom. Follow Alex on Bluesky “Oh, it's like the tip-off of a basketball game.” (0:00) Story, beginning, and a tale told through colors. “We're looking at, like, a… is that an axial view?” (17:07) Vibing . A throughline of sorts for CMYK games. Noted in this section! Recently, Alex was interviewed for one of Amabel Holland’s amazing video essay series. The most recent video titled “Boxes: Selling, Framing, Meaning” is linked. Check that out and then check out the rest of Amabel’s videos if you haven’t. “A series of concentric circles with some stars inside of it.” (38:44) Gaps/lines/connections were all possible topics for this one; based on Alex’s selection, the line of questioning was mostly focused on the first option, gaps.. Lacuna . “Anthropomorphic hot dog mascot with, you know, some, like, sort of soulless eye holes.” (49:52) All versions of this question focused on CMYK’s 2025 in some way (outside of one really out of pocket option). Wrap-up Questions (1:03:04) A text on Alex’s mind and things to look out for from CMYK in 2026 (don’t be greedy—wasn’t their 2025 output enough?!)! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- If you like this show, liking it on whatever platform you listen to and writing a review would mean so much! Furthermore, it's as independent as it gets, so any financial support would help with the subscriptions that make this project go smoothly. That can be done by "buying me a coffee" and/or buying a copy of my board game (I like it). All of my socials and support information can be found here: Intertextual Experience Linktree

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  Episode #7

  Vodcast 7 - ID EST What ID EST—2025 Reflection

  Jan 2, 202632 minS8

  Happy New Year! In a couple weeks, the show returns with an awesome guest. If you hang around here with me for just a little bit though, you'll get to hear about the state of the show (changes were made this year, and things have been a little slower than desired anticipated—all good though), some video and board games I rank quite highly in my end of year thoughts, and a potential giveaway. My logged plays from this year (a bit wonky—explained in episode). The Steam link mentioned. Board Game Giveaway Bohnanza! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- If you like this show, liking it on whatever platform you listen to and writing a review would mean so much! Furthermore, it's as independent as it gets, so any financial support would help with the subscriptions that make this project go smoothly. That can be done by "buying me a coffee" and/or buying a copy of my board game (I like it). All of my socials and support information can be found here: Intertextual Experience Linktree

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