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Back to Search#345: Essen SPIEL 2025 Hype List
Not perturbed by Kellen's trip to Germany, we're all daydreaming about the motherlode of board game conventions, Essen SPIEL. There's a lot of games coming to the show, and because we're not going, a…
Published on 9 hours ago
#344: ... But the Second Leaves a Mark
Dreaded continuity! We're following up Episode 41 from seven years ago about the games that started our love for board games! After those first loves, what really got our hearts aflutter with the joy…
Published on 2 weeks ago
#343: Fantasy Draft: Card Games
The draft's back! This time it's card games, and we're picking the bestof what ought to be a staple of any good collection. We love card games, we love drafting games, and you love winning money, so …
Published on 4 weeks ago
#342: Oops! All Foreplay
There's any number of subtle innuendoes we could've gone with, but this is what we're doing I guess. If you haven't got there yet, we're talking about games that aren't just slow rides, but instead l…
Published on 1 month, 1 week ago
#341: A Little Bit of Mailbag
One, two, three, four, five, everybody in the car so come on let's ride ... to the mailbag! We're answering your pressing questions - and oh how they press - about all manner of things: Crowdfunding …
Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago
#340: All by Myself
Are board games best played multiplayer? Who can say, but whether it's because you can't get people together at the appropriate time, or you're just itching to play something on your lonesome, there'…
Published on 2 months, 1 week ago
#339: One and Done
Sometimes once is enough, you know? Doesn't mean it was bad, but it might just be that you can have too much of a good thing. We're talking about board games that we'd recommend everyone play once, b…
Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago
#338: Gen Con 2025 Preview
Gen Con! Where all the cool games are, before you even know they're cool. Or hot! We've got you covered, if you want to know what all the best stuff coming out of Indianapolis is going to before befo…
Published on 3 months ago
#337: Our Listeners’ Top 20 Board Games of All-Time 2025
It's time again to turn the tables and get your take, to feel out the collective tastes of you, the listeners of the show. It's the annual Listener Top 20! You've been sending in all of your lists (t…
Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago
#336: Happy Little Accidents
When playing games it's easy to fall into the trap of over-anaylsing turns, or questioning whether the move we made was the right one, or even allowing people to roll back whole turns - so we're aski…
Published on 4 months ago