Mike Risley
Co-Host of The Five By
Mike has been board gaming since childhood, but found modern board games over a decade ago when a friend recommended Munchkin to him but the game store staff wisely recommended Carcassonne instead. Mike's favorite games types are Euros where you are building something tangible for the end of the game.
First Appearance: Episode 1
Top 5 Games:
Vinhos Deluxe Edition
Concordia
Brass: Lancashire or Birmingham
Search for Planet X
Pandemic: Iberia
Mike Risley has hosted 84 Episodes.
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Episode 62: Quadropolis, Choice of Games, Tiny Towns, Happy Pigs, Second Chance
Episode | June 4th, 2019 | 25 mins 56 secs
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Episode 62: Quadropolis, Choice of Games, Tiny Towns, Happy Pigs, Second Chance
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Episode 61: Decrypto, Word Slam, Pandemic: Fall of Rome, Indigo, Black Sonata
Episode | May 21st, 2019 | 27 mins 15 secs
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Episode 61: Decrypto, Word Slam, Pandemic: Fall of Rome, Indigo, Black Sonata
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Episode 57: Among the Stars, On Tour, Le Havre, Sprawlopolis, The River
Episode | March 26th, 2019 | 26 mins 37 secs
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Episode 57: Among the Stars, On Tour, Le Havre, Sprawlopolis, The River
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Episode 56: Just One, Carpe Diem, Yokohama, Lancaster, Wildlands
Episode | March 12th, 2019 | 26 mins 42 secs
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Episode 56: Just One, Carpe Diem, Yokohama, Lancaster, Wildlands
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Episode 52: Clans of Caledonia, The Quacks of Quedlinburg, Bloc by Bloc, Alien Frontiers, Coimbra
Episode | January 15th, 2019 | 27 mins 34 secs
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Episode 52: Clans of Caledonia, The Quacks of Quedlinburg, Bloc by Bloc, Alien Frontiers, Coimbra
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Episode 51: Michael Strogoff, Tea Dragon Society, Gravwell, Ubongo, Witches of the Revolution
Episode | January 1st, 2019 | 26 mins 49 secs
Episode 51: Michael Strogoff, Tea Dragon Society, Gravwell, Ubongo, Witches of the Revolution
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Episode 50: London, Azul, Hardback, Raiders of the North Sea, Potion Explosion
Episode | December 18th, 2018 | 26 mins 32 secs
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Episode 50: London, Azul, Hardback, Raiders of the North Sea, Potion Explosion
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Episode 49: Forbidden Desert, Arboretum, Scarabya, Haven, Dream Home
Episode | December 4th, 2018 | 27 mins 30 secs
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Episode 49: Forbidden Desert, Arboretum, Scarabya, Haven, Dream Home
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Episode 48: Mason's Guide to Surviving Thanksgiving
Episode | November 20th, 2018 | 28 mins 1 sec
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Episode 48: Mason's Guide to Surviving Thanksgiving
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Episode 47: Targi, Space Base, Blood Rage, Fields of Arles, German Whist
Episode | November 6th, 2018 | 27 mins 13 secs
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Episode 47: Targi, Space Base, Blood Rage, Fields of Arle, German Whist
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Episode 46: Mr. Jack, Lords of Waterdeep, Apocrypha, Lisboa, KLASK
Episode | October 23rd, 2018 | 27 mins 33 secs
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Episode 46: Mr. Jack, Lords of Waterdeep, Apocrypha, Lisboa, KLASK
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Episode 45: Panic Mansion (Shaky Manor), The Little Prince: Make Me a Planet, Sushi Go!, Tokaido, Sentient
Episode | October 9th, 2018 | 27 mins
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Episode 45: Panic Mansion (Shaky Manor), The Little Prince: Make Me a Planet, Sushi Go!, Tokaido, Sentient
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Episode 44: Near and Far: Amber Mines, Dinosaur Island, 1775: Rebellion, Mexica, Spirits of the Wild
Episode | September 25th, 2018 | 26 mins 52 secs
Episode 44: Near and Far: Amber Mines, Dinosaur Island, 1775: Rebellion, Mexica, Spirits of the Wild
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Episode 43: Zany Penguins, Medici: The Card Game, Animals on Board, Oaxaca, Mystery Rummy: Jack the Ripper
Episode | September 11th, 2018 | 25 mins 24 secs
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Episode 43: Zany Penguins, Medici: The Card Game, Animals on Board, Oaxaca, Mystery Rummy: Jack the Ripper
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Episode 42: Root, Escape the Dark Castle, Raj (Hol's der Geier), Shadows in Kyoto, Welcome to...
Episode | August 28th, 2018 | 26 mins 47 secs
Episode 42: Root, Escape the Dark Castle, Raj (Hol's der Geier), Shadows in Kyoto, Welcome to...
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Episode 40: Qwingo, Lotus, Potion Explosion, Istanbul: The Dice Game, Cottage Garden
Episode | July 31st, 2018 | 27 mins 9 secs
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Episode 40: Qwingo, Lotus, Potion Explosion, Istanbul: The Dice Game, Cottage Garden