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Ep.205 First Convention Experiences, and Origins Preview!
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Jun 16, 2026 |
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Ep.204 Brian Boru, Games Influencing Games, What is Next?
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May 31, 2026 |
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Ep.203 Ready Set Bet!, Apps in Games, and Christmas Presents
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Jan 25, 2026 |
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Ep.202 BGG Con 2025
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Dec 03, 2025 |
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Ep.201 The Gang, Reimagined Classics, What Classic Did You Miss?
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Nov 05, 2025 |
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Ep.200 BOOoop, Holiday Re-themes, What Should Be Halloween?
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Oct 20, 2025 |
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Ep.199 JenCon2025!
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Sep 17, 2025 |
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JenCon Preview
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Sep 02, 2025 |
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Ep.198 Llama Land, 5 Love Languages of Board Games, Favorite Gifted Game
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Aug 17, 2025 |
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Ep.197 SETI, Veiled Colonialism, What's for Dinner?
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Aug 03, 2025 |
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Ep.196 No Loose Ends, Small Changes to Games, Movies That Didn't Hold Up
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Jul 16, 2025 |
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Ep.195 Sky Team, Communication Breakdown, Theremin Songs
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Jul 02, 2025 |
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Ep.194 Shikoku 1889, Economy Manipulation, and Delton's Bday
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Jun 19, 2025 |
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Ep.193 Yokohama, Reactivity, Summer Film
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Jun 03, 2025 |
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Ep.192 Nekojima, Co-op vs Competitive, Hot Girl Summer?
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May 20, 2025 |
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Ep.191 Carnegie, When to Leave History Out, Library Name?
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May 05, 2025 |
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Ep.190 Whale to Look, Working Memory, Excited to Play?
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Apr 19, 2025 |
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Temporary Hiatus!
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Mar 03, 2025 |
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Ep.189 The White Castle, Topics, Which Castle?
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Feb 17, 2025 |
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Ep.188 Lacuna, Geometry(Hayley's Hate for Measuring), Our Favorite Games with Family!
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Feb 03, 2025 |
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Ep.187 Death Valley, Creativity in Constraints, Our Creativity
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Jan 20, 2025 |
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Ep.186 Earth, Points as Resources, and Resolutions
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Jan 06, 2025 |
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Ep.185 Snowman Dice, Games for Non-Gamers, What Did You Get?
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Dec 22, 2024 |
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Ep.184 Cosmic Frog, Catch-Up Mechanics, Our Favorite Frog
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Dec 08, 2024 |
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Ep.183 Things in Rings, BGGCon24, BGG Memories
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Nov 24, 2024 |
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Ep.182 Halloween with Tyler!
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Nov 10, 2024 |
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Halloween Announcement and Hauntsville!
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Oct 26, 2024 |
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Ep.181 A Gentle Rain, Self Care, This Week's Self Care?
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Oct 13, 2024 |
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Ep.180 Hamlet, Missing Rules, How's Fall?
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Sep 29, 2024 |
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Ep.178 Fiction, Deception in Games, Current Fav Fiction
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Sep 15, 2024 |
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Ep.179 Castell, Learning from Games, and Tourism
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Sep 15, 2024 |
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Ep.177 Winter Rabbit, Semi-Coop Games, Too Early for Pumpkin Spice?
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Aug 18, 2024 |
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Ep.176 Tyler Brown, Designer of 23 Knives
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Aug 04, 2024 |
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Ep.175 The Guild of Merchant Explorers, ADHD Gaming, Hayley's Bad Habit
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Jul 21, 2024 |
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Ep.174 TEN, Classic Mechanics, Teaching Those Who Taught
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Jul 07, 2024 |
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Ep.173 ARCS, Self Sacrifice, Staying Cool?
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Jun 23, 2024 |
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Ep.172 Let's Go! To Japan, Relaxing Games, Most Exciting to Walk?
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Jun 09, 2024 |
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Ep.171 Werewolf in the Dark, Friend's Games, Nose Breathing?
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May 26, 2024 |
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Ep.170 Dandelions, Trash Talk, Most Used Insult
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May 12, 2024 |
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Ep.169 Dune: Imperium and Uprising, Game Night Metamorphosis, Animorph?
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Apr 28, 2024 |
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Ep.168 Underwater Cities, Limited Turns, Our Goal Progress
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Apr 14, 2024 |
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Ep.167 Inflation!, Designer Superlatives, Our Superlatives
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Mar 31, 2024 |
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Ep.166 TokenCon 2024
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Mar 17, 2024 |
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Ep.165 Boop, Why Cats?, and Re-theme to Cats
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Mar 02, 2024 |
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Ep.164 Twilight Struggle: Red Sea, Demoralizing Moments, and Valentines Day
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Feb 18, 2024 |
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Ep.163 Deep Sea Adventure, Mutually Assured Destruction, Sea Stories
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Feb 03, 2024 |
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Ep.162 Curious Cargo, Indirect Interaction, Favorite Snow Activity
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Jan 21, 2024 |
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Ep.161 Deus, Strategic Diversification, New Year Resolutions
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Jan 07, 2024 |
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Ep.160 Holiday Game Bag!
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Dec 24, 2023 |
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Ep.159 Dodos Riding Dinos, Control in Games, Fossils?
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Dec 10, 2023 |
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Ep.158 BGGCON23!
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Nov 26, 2023 |
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Ep.157 Dorfromantik, Campaign Games, BGGCon23
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Nov 11, 2023 |
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Ep.156 Final Girl, Multiplayer Solo, Favorite Trick or Treat House
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Oct 29, 2023 |
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Ep.155 Phantom Ink, Ghost Games, Favorite Ghost Media
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Oct 15, 2023 |
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Ep.154 Next Station, Decision Fatigue, Favorite Game Night Snack
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Oct 01, 2023 |
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Ep.153 Ark Nova, Score Ambiguity, Hiccup Remedy
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Sep 17, 2023 |
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Ep.152 Fit to Print, Cult of the New, Night's Sleep
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Sep 03, 2023 |
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Ep.151 Res Arcana, Women Depictions, JenCon Anticipation
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Aug 20, 2023 |
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Ep.150 Black Angel, Interactive Boards, Alaska Wildlife Sighting
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Aug 06, 2023 |
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Ep.149 Bamboo, Gaming Values, Candy Beer
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Jul 23, 2023 |
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Ep.148 Ierusalem: Anno Domini, Deities in Games, Our Strangest Research
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Jul 09, 2023 |
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Ep.147 Colonial Twilight, War in Games, Favorite Oreo?
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Jun 25, 2023 |
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Ep.146 New York Zoo, Replayability, Are We Effecient?
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Jun 10, 2023 |
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Ep.145 Euphoria, First Games from Designers, Favorite Female/Non-Binary Designer
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May 27, 2023 |
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Ep.144 Ahoy, Concession, Favorite Concession Order
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May 13, 2023 |
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Ep.143 Trekking The National Parks, Mensa, Which Park?
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Apr 30, 2023 |
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Ep.142 Port Royal, Impulsive Gaming, Our Most Impulsive Moment
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Apr 15, 2023 |
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Ep.141 Steam Up, Board Game Gimmicks, Our Favorite Dim Sum
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Apr 01, 2023 |
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Ep.140 TokenCon 2023!
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Mar 19, 2023 |
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Ep.139 Ole Guacamole, Tornado Games, Worst Games for a Shelter
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Mar 04, 2023 |
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Ep.138 Heading Forward, Empathy in Games, How Are You Feeling?
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Feb 19, 2023 |
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Ep.137 Beer & Bread, Positive Player Interaction, Best Beer/Bread Memory?
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Feb 05, 2023 |
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Ep.136 Ghosts of Christmas and 9 Lives, Enemies to Lovers, BMK?
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Jan 22, 2023 |
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Ep.135 Cubitos, Building Games, New Year Resolutions
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Jan 07, 2023 |
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Ep.134 Land vs Sea, Holiday Gaming, When Did You Spoil X-Mas?
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Dec 24, 2022 |
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Ep.133 Wir Sind Das Volk!, Political Representation, New Political Game?
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Dec 11, 2022 |
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Ep.132 Flamecraft, BGGCon22, Favorite BGG Experience
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Nov 27, 2022 |
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Ep.131 Verdant, Non-Game Design, Who Goes First?
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Nov 13, 2022 |
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Ep.130 Gargoyles: Awakening, IPs in Games, Our 90's Cartoon IP
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Oct 30, 2022 |
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Ep.129 Let's Summon Demons, Camping Games, Idle Time Camping
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Oct 16, 2022 |
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Ep.128 Marvel United: X-Men, Fighting in Games, Our Fighting Style
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Oct 02, 2022 |
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Ep.127 Lost Ruins of Arnak, Exploration, and Leaving Themes Behind
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Sep 18, 2022 |
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Ep.126 JenCon22!
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Sep 04, 2022 |
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Ep.125 Boonlake, Games Standing Out, Games for Aliens?
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Aug 21, 2022 |
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Ep.124 Spirit Island, Action Selection, What Spirit?
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Aug 07, 2022 |
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Ep.123 Hippocrates, Dummy Players, Our Weirdest Dr. Visit
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Jul 24, 2022 |
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Ep.122 Interview With Our Friend Jesse!
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Jul 10, 2022 |
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Ep.121 Cobra Paw, Games for Kids, and Favorite Summer Off School
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Jun 26, 2022 |
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Ep.120 Ginkgopolis, Tile Laying Games, and Our Favorite Tree
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Jun 12, 2022 |
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Ep.119 London, Debt In Games, and London Sightseeing
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May 29, 2022 |
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Ep.118 CO2: Second Chance, Practicing Games, Lessons from Games
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May 15, 2022 |
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Ep.115 Parks, Replicating Experiences, What Experience?
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May 03, 2022 |
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Ep.117 Fort, Player Interaction, Our Fort Kid
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May 01, 2022 |
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Ep.116 CabinCon22 and Our Spookiest Moment
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Apr 16, 2022 |
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Ep.114 Crash Octopus, Reading Independent Games, 7 Years
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Mar 19, 2022 |
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Ep.113 Terraforming Mars VS Ares Expedition, Different Versions, and Game Lengths
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Mar 06, 2022 |
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Ep.112 Blockbuster, Pop-culture in Games, Our Favorite VHS
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Feb 19, 2022 |
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Ep.111 Food Chain Magnate, Capitalism in Games, and Favorite Fast Food
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Feb 06, 2022 |
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Ep.110 Sekigahara, Abstraction, and What Could Be A War Game?
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Jan 22, 2022 |
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Ep.109 Nice Buns, Scaling Games for Kids, and Kid Friendly Re-theme
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Jan 09, 2022 |
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Ep.108 2021 Recap
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Dec 26, 2021 |
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Ep.107 Minerva, Gaming Confidence, and What Game Do We Dislike?
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Dec 12, 2021 |
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Ep.106 BGG Con, Pros and CONS, and Best Beer of BGG
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Nov 28, 2021 |
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Ep.105 Air, Land, and Sea, War Themes, and BGG Excitement
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Nov 14, 2021 |
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Ep.104 Patchwork: Halloween, Balancing Games, and Favorite Halloween Story
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Oct 31, 2021 |
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Ep.103 Horrified, Co-op Games, and Favorite Horror Monsters
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Oct 17, 2021 |
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Ep.102 Pumpkin Patch, Solo Gaming, Harvest or Halloween?
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Oct 03, 2021 |
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Ep.101 Riftforce, Simple yet Strategic, and Our Element
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Sep 19, 2021 |
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Ep.100 Featuring Allison!
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Sep 05, 2021 |
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Ep.99 PaleoVet, Dice Games, and Favorite Dinosaurs
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Aug 22, 2021 |
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Ep.98 Mombasa, Retheming, What Would You Retheme?
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Aug 08, 2021 |
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Ep.97 The Oracle of Delphi, Religion in Games, and Our Philosophy Game
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Jul 25, 2021 |
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Ep.96 Plantopia, Flavor Text, and Our Flavor Text
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Jul 11, 2021 |
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Ep.95 Tokyo Highway, Quitting a Game, and Game Based Occupation
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Jun 27, 2021 |
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Ep.94 Call to Adventure, Storytelling, and Our Alignment
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Jun 13, 2021 |
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Ep.93 Flesh & Blood TCG, Dueling Card Games, Feeling As Your Role
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May 29, 2021 |
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Ep.92 Cleocatra, Cat Games, and Our Favorite Cat Game
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May 16, 2021 |
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Ep.91 Kremlin, Second Chances, and BMK
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May 01, 2021 |
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Ep.90 Maracaibo, Gaming Burnout, and Our First Outing
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Apr 18, 2021 |
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Ep.89 Riverboat, Farming in Games, and What Would You Farm?
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Apr 03, 2021 |
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Ep.88 At the Gates of Loyang, Between Turn Etiquette, and Our Most AP Game
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Mar 21, 2021 |
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Ep.87 Bohnanza, Two Player Variants, and Advice for Past Self
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Mar 06, 2021 |
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Ep.86 The Crew, Thoughts on Trick Taking, and Where Does Trick Come From?
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Feb 21, 2021 |
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Ep.85 NMBR 9, Gaming Online, and Favorite Online Moment
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Feb 07, 2021 |
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Ep.84 Lisboa, Enjoying the Experience, and 2021 Achievements
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Jan 24, 2021 |
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Ep.83 Medium, Psychic Games, What Am I Thinking?
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Jan 10, 2021 |
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Ep.82 Noctiluca, 2020 Wrap Up, 2021 Resolutions
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Dec 27, 2020 |
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Ep.81 Targi, Long Two Player Games, Our Favorite Game Length
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Dec 13, 2020 |
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Ep.80 Mariposas, Feeling Rushed, and Favorite Birthday
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Nov 29, 2020 |
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Ep.79 Evolution: The Beginning, Gaming With Young Family, and Our First Game
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Nov 15, 2020 |
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Ep.78 Herb Witches, Halloween Traditions, and Our Love for Fall
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Nov 01, 2020 |
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Ep.77 Spooky Games pt.2, Atmosphere, and Favorite Costumes
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Oct 18, 2020 |
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Ep.76 Spooky Games, Traitor Mechanics, and Our Favorite Scary Movie
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Oct 03, 2020 |
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Ep.75 Tzolk'in, Intimidating Games, and Overcoming That Intimidation
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Sep 19, 2020 |
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Ep.74 Calico, Variable Objectives, Favorite Cats
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Sep 06, 2020 |
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Ep.73 Introduction Episode To Board Game Terms, and How to Play Games Affordably
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Aug 23, 2020 |
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Ep.72 Adventure Mart, Deck-building, Our Adventure Mart Specialty
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Aug 09, 2020 |
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Ep.71 Heaven and Ale, Efficiency, Is Beer Art or Science
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Jul 26, 2020 |
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Ep.70 La Isla, Secondhand Games, Favorite Secondhand Finds
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Jul 12, 2020 |
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Ep.69 Twilight Struggle, Communism Themes, and Our Favorite Russian
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Jun 28, 2020 |
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Ep.68 Ra, Betting Games, and Favorite Gambling Memory
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Jun 14, 2020 |
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Ep.67 Polis: Fight for the Hegemony, Open Info, and First Time Strategies
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May 31, 2020 |
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Ep.66 My Little Scythe, Fan Creations, and What Would We Change?
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May 17, 2020 |
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Ep.65 Ben Kanelos, Social Deduction, and Hidden Role
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May 03, 2020 |
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Ep.64 Alan Gerding, Game Design, and Industry Changes
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Apr 19, 2020 |
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Ep.63 Oh My Goods!, Gaming in Quarantine, and Making the Best of It
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Apr 05, 2020 |
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Ep.62 A Fake Artist, and Feeling Out of Place
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Mar 22, 2020 |
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Ep.61 Classic Card Games, Nostalgia, and Characters Favorite Games
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Mar 08, 2020 |
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Ep.60 Tiny Towns, Spatial Reasoning, and Being Famous in a Small Town
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Feb 23, 2020 |
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Ep.59 Pax Pamir, Historical Sensitivity, and Awkward Meetings
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Feb 09, 2020 |
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Ep.58 Pret-A-Porter, Kickstarter, and Playing Games for the Art
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Jan 26, 2020 |
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Ep.57 Cat Sudoku, Playing Games You Dislike, Our Love/Hate Games
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Jan 12, 2020 |
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Ep.56 Wavelength, Changing Tastes, and Plans for 2020
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Dec 29, 2019 |
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Ep.55 Just One, Christmas Gaming, and Favorite Games During Christmas
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Dec 15, 2019 |
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Ep.54 Festival of a Thousand Cats, The Con Experience, and Favorite Con Moments
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Dec 01, 2019 |
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Ep.53 Corinth, Diverse Strategies, and Misread Rules
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Nov 17, 2019 |
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Ep.52 Once Upon a Time, Live Play, and Favorite Voices
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Nov 03, 2019 |
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Ep.51 The Quacks of Quedlinburg, Push Your Luck Games, Pushing Luck In Life
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Oct 19, 2019 |
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Ep.50 Point Salad, Drafting, and Drafting In Real Life
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Oct 06, 2019 |
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Ep.49 Wingspan, Tableau Building, and Most Likely to Birds
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Sep 22, 2019 |
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Ep.48 Flip Over Frog, Travel Games 2.0, and The Worst Travel Methods for Games
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Sep 08, 2019 |
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Ep.47 Watergate, Political Themes, and Dream Political Games
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Aug 25, 2019 |
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Ep.46 Post Gen-Con, Flamme Rouge, Sport Games, and Our Racing Strategy
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Aug 11, 2019 |
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Ep.45 Gen Con 2019, Wishing We Knew, and What We Look Forward To
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Jul 28, 2019 |
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Ep.44 Sunset Over Water, Picking Turn Order, and Favorite Game Length
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Jul 13, 2019 |
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Ep.43 3 Laws of Robotics, Lying in Games, and Our Best Lying Games
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Jun 30, 2019 |
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Ep.42 Railroad Ink, Simultaneous Turns, and Clever Names
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Jun 15, 2019 |
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Ep.41 Decrypto, Clue Giving Games, and Failed Clues
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Jun 02, 2019 |
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Ep.40 Blank, House Ruling, Our Favorite House Rules
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May 18, 2019 |
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Ep.39 Caverna: Cave vs. Cave, Teaching Games, Two Player Versions?
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May 04, 2019 |
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Ep.38 Morels, Obscure Themes, Which One Is Fake?
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Apr 20, 2019 |
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Ep.37 Tuscany: Essential Edition, Expansions, and Expansions to Real Life
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Apr 07, 2019 |
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Ep.36 Gizmos, Board Game Cafes, and What We Play At Cafes
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Mar 24, 2019 |
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Ep.35 Broom Service, Observing Players, and Our First Jobs
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Mar 10, 2019 |
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Ep.34 Valentines Day With Fog of Love
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Feb 22, 2019 |
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Ep.33 Now Boarding, Real Time Games, and Our Silly Stressors
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Feb 08, 2019 |
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Ep.32 The Game and Using Games for Grief
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Jan 25, 2019 |
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Ep.31 Burgle Bros, Playing the Villain, and Our Special Skills
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Jan 10, 2019 |
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Ep.30 Crokinole, 2018 Recap, and 2019 Plans
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Dec 28, 2018 |
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Ep.29 Cryptid, Process of Elimination, and Our Favorite Cryptid
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Dec 13, 2018 |
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Ep.28 BGG Con, Canada, and Future Trips
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Nov 30, 2018 |
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Ep.27 Altiplano, How We Utilize Games, and What Are Our Happy Games?
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Nov 16, 2018 |
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Ep.26 Halloween Games, Scary Games, and Where We Would Haunt
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Nov 02, 2018 |
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Ep.25 Holding On, Story in Games, and Emotion From Games
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Oct 19, 2018 |
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Ep.24 Lowlands, Analysis Paralysis, and Emotional Mechanics
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Oct 04, 2018 |
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Ep.23 Coimbra, Gate-Keeping and How We Will Stop
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Sep 20, 2018 |
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Ep.22 Welcome To..., Roll and Writes, and Deciding to Back a Kickstarter
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Sep 07, 2018 |
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Ep.21 Root, Asymmetry in Games, and Can Theme Change Appeal?
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Aug 24, 2018 |
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Ep.20 Arboretum, and Post-Gen Con!
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Aug 08, 2018 |
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Ep.19 Bitten, and Gen Con!
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Jul 27, 2018 |
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Ep.18 Time Stories, and Mental Health Representation In Games
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Jul 12, 2018 |
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Ep.17 Azul, Aesthetics, and Our Dream Aesthetic
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Jun 29, 2018 |
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Ep.16 The Mind, What Constitutes a Game, and Our Own Games
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Jun 12, 2018 |
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Ep.15 VERTIUM, Small Company Support, and Odd Kickstarters
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Jun 01, 2018 |
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Ep.14 Muse, Art Based Games, and Our Favorite Work of Art
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May 20, 2018 |
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Ep.13 Cockroach Poker, and Learning While Playing
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May 03, 2018 |
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Ep.12 Viticulture, Why Scaling Matters, and Our Favorite Wine
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Apr 20, 2018 |
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Ep.11 Rising Sun, Thematic Care, and Custom Clans
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Apr 05, 2018 |
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Ep.10 Marrying Mr. Darcy, Importance of Theme, and Dream Theme
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Mar 20, 2018 |
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Ep.9 Paperback, Cat Friendly Games, and Steve and Penny's Games
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Mar 05, 2018 |
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Ep.8 Mysterium, Ghosts and Psychics as a Theme, and Ouija Boards
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Feb 21, 2018 |
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Ep.7 Patchwork, Constantly Losing, and Living in a Game
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Feb 07, 2018 |
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Ep.6 Magic the Gathering with Bryan
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Jan 19, 2018 |
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Ep.5 Christmas Gaming, Cat Lady, and a Drunk Mother-In-Law
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Jan 09, 2018 |
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Ep.1 New Games, Gen Con, Playing with Dead People
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Dec 26, 2017 |
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Ep.3 Tides of Madness, Hive, and Travel Games
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Dec 26, 2017 |
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Ep.2 Troyes and Introducing New Players
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Dec 25, 2017 |
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Ep.4 Dominant Species, Inis, Handling Disinterested Players
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Dec 25, 2017 |