What Makes Games Beautiful? A Conversation with Frank Lantz
Episode 290- The Beauty of Games with Frank Lantz Brendan chats in this episode with game designer and professor Frank Lantz. They talk about his book The Beauty of Games and also dig into taste, exp...
4 Nov 1h 19min
Shinzawathon! Ranking Every Game From the Master of Trick-Taking with Taylor Reiner
Episode 289- Shinzawathon Pete and Paul create a tier list for every game designed by Taiki Shinzawa. They are joined by trick-taking expert Taylor Reiner, which is good because one of these games ha...
28 Okt 1h 53min
Modern Art: A Classic That Continues to Appreciate in Value
Episode 288- Modern Art An old school deep dive of an old school game! Pete and Brendan examine Knizia's classic auction game Modern Art and discuss what makes this game so thematic and thrilling over...
21 Okt 1h 16min
Medina and More: Fresh Hot Impressions of Dusty Old Games
Episode 287- Playing OGs Together All four hosts are together for a discussion of the Old School games they played together during Brendan's visit to St. Louis. That Stefan Dorra... so hot right now....
14 Okt 1h 31min
Cole Wehrle on His Love of Economic Games and How They Inspired An Infamous Traffic
Episode 286- Cole Wehrle on Economic Games and An Infamous Traffic Pete chats with Cole Wehrle about his history with economic games like Container and how these nasty designs inspired An Infamous Tra...
7 Okt 1h 44min
Our Designs in Development: Report from a Prototype Convention
Episode 285- Stonemaier Design Day 2026 All four hosts are together to share their experiences of hanging out together IN PERSON for Stonemaier Design Day. Paul talks about games he's working on for ...
30 Sep 1h 24min
Lane Battlers: How Schotten Totten Created a Genre
Episode 284- Schotten Totten and Lane Battlers Pete and Brendan explore the card game genre known as lane battlers and deep dive the 1999 Knizia Classic Schotten Totten that gave birth to these duelin...
23 Sep 1h 22min
Our Favorite Splotter? Indonesia Roundtable Merge-a-Palooza
Episode 283- Indonesia Pete is joined by Arnie, Jared and Luke to discuss Splotter's 2005 economic masterpiece Indonesia. These 4 have played the game sixteen times together this year and have learne...
16 Sep 1h 32min
