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Episode 398 – Room to Grow: Classic Abstract Games

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I bet you played checkers or chess with your relatives when you were a kid. We talk about newer games all the time on this podcast, but we think old games are great and you should play those, too! We recommend three that facilitate learning strategies.

0:00:00 Fact for 398

In the Dewey Decimal filing system, 398 is the category for folklore (and 398.2 is fairy tales!)

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0:05:30 What We’ve Been Playing

Azul
Trio (our review)
Flip 7 (review out this week! Keep listening)
Disney Lorcana (Gateway review this week)
Food Chain Island
Toriki (review coming soon) – great for playing with kids
Gruzzle: The City – very hard! But take a look: gruzzle.com
5er Finden (our review)
HUTAN: Life in the Rainforest (review coming soon). So many trees!
Adventure Party (our review)

0:25:00 May Monthly Report!

Anitra: 26 unique games, 51 plays. H-index: 3 – most played: Combo (7 times), Lorcana Gateway (6 times), Flip 7 (4 times), plus Patchwork and Food Chain Island.
37% of plays for the month were during the two days at PAX East.

Andrew: 13 unique games, 26 plays. H-index: 3 – most played: Lorcana, Toriki, Flip 7.
42% at 4 players!

0:27:00 Community

Welcome to our newest Facebook community members!

#Backtalk

Last time, we asked about your favorite convention memory. We got a couple of answers on Discord.