Actual play first
Shane and Liz do not just describe games from a distance. They work through rules, card text, dice rolls, trivia clues, scoring math, and the messy decisions that happen mid-play.
Board game podcast from Shiz
Elevated Boardgames is a Games podcast from Shiz. Shane and Liz play actual board games at the table, talking through rules, scoring swings, odd turns, and the kind of slow shenanigans that make a game night feel live.
June 21, 2026 · 32:56 · Elevated Boardgames
Play the newest episode here on The Podcast App, then open the app when you want downloads, queue control, or the full mobile player.
Episodes move like a real game night: rules get checked, jokes interrupt the scoring, turns get second-guessed, and the final verdict usually comes from how the game actually felt to play.
Shane and Liz do not just describe games from a distance. They work through rules, card text, dice rolls, trivia clues, scoring math, and the messy decisions that happen mid-play.
Recent episodes cover Worst Case Scenario, Tribond, Passtimes, SNL Trivial Pursuit, Oodles, Eldritch Horror, and other games that make sense for curious tabletop listeners.
The appeal is the rhythm between the hosts: playful disagreement, rulebook detours, pet interruptions, references, and honest reactions when a game is fun, frustrating, or both.
Start with the episodes that best match what you want: quick disaster-table energy, trivia-style clue solving, historical questions, or pop-culture card pulls.
Best for a fast sample of the show: silly survival prompts, rules-in-motion, and the hosts returning to a game they genuinely like.
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Best for clue-solving listeners: three-word connections, second guesses, and table talk as Shane and Liz work through unlikely links.
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Best for a shorter listen: historical timeline trivia, quick reactions, and whether the game keeps enough momentum at the table.
Play in web player
Best for pop-culture trivia: old SNL references, physical pieces, quick jokes, and a clear shelf-worthiness verdict.
Play in web playerThe page above plays the newest Elevated Boardgames episode directly in a web player, which is the fastest way to sample the show, but a 48-episode back catalog is better handled inside the app itself. Subscribing pulls the full RSS feed in, so instead of hunting through a podcast directory for older episodes like the Tribond or Passtimes discussions, they sit in your library in order, ready to queue up whenever you want a specific game's episode rather than just whatever published most recently.
The queue is particularly useful for a show like this because episodes are not always sequential in relevance: you might want to hear the SNL Trivial Pursuit episode before a specific game night and a different back-catalog episode a week later once you have bought the game being discussed. Building that order in the app keeps it fixed, rather than the RSS feed's default newest-first order taking over, so you are not stuck listening in publish order when what you actually want is topic order.
Downloading an episode ahead of time matters more for board game listening than for most genres, because the moment you actually want the audio, at someone's house before or during a game night, is often the least reliable moment for a wifi connection. Downloading the episode on data or home wifi beforehand avoids that entirely, and it is a one-tap action from the episode list, so there is no extra file management step before you leave the house.
The optional Premium Podcast Brain can search eligible transcript-backed episodes you have already listened to, useful if you want to recall which past episode discussed a specific game before buying it, though independently produced shows like this one are not guaranteed to have a compatible transcript in every case, so coverage may be partial. Core listening and downloads stay free with no app-inserted ads added by the app itself, and none of the episode-list browsing above requires the paid Brain tier at all.
Elevated Boardgames is a Games podcast from Shiz, hosted by Shane and Liz, built around real board game sessions and casual table talk.
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