#251: Tabling the Teach
Look, I wasn't there, but my understanding is that Kellen got very mad about certain board game words and decided to change the course of the episode midstream. Which, you know, would be one thing, bu...
10 Nov 202234min
#250: The Times They Are a-Changin'
Two hundred and fifty episodes. That's ... a lot of episodes. That's a lot of time! And, boy, things have changed around here. Well some things. We look at what's different in the hobby since we start...
3 Nov 202252min
#249: The Essence of Excess
Games are getting bigger and more lavish, especially in the age of crowdfunding, but how far is too far? How many luxury bits, giant boxes of minis, and silk-screened wooden meeples until it's all gon...
27 Okt 202246min
#248: The Need for Theme
The topic of theme has come up intermittently over the course of the podcast, but how important is it? Is it something that makes or breaks a game? Or would we be mostly okay if games were mostly non-...
20 Okt 202251min
#247: We Played A Heap of Games!
What good would going to a convention be if we didn't play a lot of games? We're back from our trip, and it was filled to the brim of fine games played with fine people, and we're here to tell you abo...
13 Okt 20221h 5min
#246: SHUX 2022 Live with Tom Brewster
We're at SHUX! Well, we were, and while we were there, we tricked Tom Brewster of Shut Up & Sit Down to take time away from his busy schedule to join us on stage. This episode was recorded live, and w...
6 Okt 202248min
#245: Essen SPIEL 2022 Hype List
It's convention season, which means we're on the way to one convention, while talking about another. Every year a lot of new games get showed off at Essen SPIEL in Germany, and these are the ones we'r...
29 Sep 202254min
#244: Quick Count
We're in and out quick and breezy, with a h-h-hot question about player counts. All things equally considered, how many people do you want at the table? Before we boot people from the game, we talk ab...
22 Sep 202242min
