Oak & Onion: Board Game Podcast · April 1, 2026 · 1 hr 48 min

Episode 3: Termites, Nightmares, and Excess

It’s an episode of excess for Joel and Chris, where Chris watches the entire Marvel franchise, Joel plays games with his college friends for three days straight, and we tackle one of the questions at the heart of our consumerist hobby: how much is too much when it comes to board games? We’re not done there, either: Joel puts Perch on the Chopping Block to see whether cute stacking birds justify mean gameplay, and then Joel challenges Chris to a game of Two Truths and a Lie to see whether Chris can determine which 2026 releases are real and which are fake. Doing all that while we’re both still sleep deprived means we never know what we’ll say on this episode of Oak and Onion! Segments: 00:00:00—Welcome and Introduction 00:00:33—What we've been up to 00:22:00—What we've been playing 00:43:31—Chopping Block: Perch 01:05:36—Game: Two Truths and a Lie 01:17:23—QOTE: How Much is Too Much? 01:45:46—Closing and Sign Off