The Tabletop Takeaway: A Board Game Design Podcast
By Ananda Guneratne, Charlie McCarron, Trevor Muller-Hegel
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Episodes: 162
A. Sequoyah
Feb 5, 2025
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Join game designers Ananda Guneratne, Charlie McCarron, and Trevor Muller-Hegel as they analyze published games from a game developer's perspective. Each month, they pick a new game mechanic and three games to play in that genre. Each episode is 20 minutes of pure game design nerdiness!
| Episode | Date |
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155. Tragedy Looper
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Oct 21, 2026 |
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154. Recipe Fulfillment Games
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Oct 14, 2026 |
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153. Cannes
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Oct 07, 2026 |
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152. Age of War
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Sep 30, 2026 |
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151. Distilled
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Sep 23, 2026 |
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150. Civilization Building Games
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Sep 16, 2026 |
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149. Terra Mystica
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Sep 09, 2026 |
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148. Innovation
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Sep 02, 2026 |
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147. Through the Ages
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Aug 26, 2026 |
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146. Worker Placement Games
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Aug 19, 2026 |
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145. Alchemists
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Aug 12, 2026 |
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144. The White Castle
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Aug 05, 2026 |
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143. Architects of the West Kingdom
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Jul 29, 2026 |
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142. Gateway Games
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Jul 22, 2026 |
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141. Small World
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Jul 15, 2026 |
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140. Azul
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Jul 08, 2026 |
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139. Ticket to Ride
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Jul 01, 2026 |
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138. Miniature Wargames
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Jun 24, 2026 |
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137. X-Wing
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Jun 17, 2026 |
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136. Necromolds
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Jun 10, 2026 |
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135. Heroscape
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Jun 03, 2026 |
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134. Card Shedding Games
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May 27, 2026 |
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133. Custom Heroes
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May 20, 2026 |
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132. I Know...You Don't
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May 13, 2026 |
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131. Scout
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May 06, 2026 |
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130. Autobattler Board Games
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Apr 29, 2026 |
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129. Tag Team
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Apr 22, 2026 |
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128. Magical Athlete
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Apr 15, 2026 |
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127. Challengers
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Apr 08, 2026 |
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126. The Cones of Dunshire
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Apr 01, 2026 |
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125. Trading Card Games
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Mar 25, 2026 |
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124. Star Wars: Unlimited
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Mar 18, 2026 |
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123. Pokémon TCG
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Mar 11, 2026 |
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122. Magic: The Gathering
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Mar 04, 2026 |
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121. Set Collection Games
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Feb 25, 2026 |
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120. Spooktacular
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Feb 18, 2026 |
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119. Bohnanza
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Feb 11, 2026 |
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118. Splendor
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Feb 04, 2026 |
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117. Engine Building Games
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Jan 28, 2026 |
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116. Sprocketforge
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Jan 21, 2026 |
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115. Studies in Sorcery
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Jan 14, 2026 |
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114. Wyrmspan
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Jan 07, 2026 |
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113. Multiplayer Abstract Strategy Games
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Dec 31, 2025 |
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112. Homeworlds
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Dec 24, 2025 |
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111. Hey, That's My Fish!
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Dec 17, 2025 |
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110. Element
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Dec 10, 2025 |
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109. Iron Designer Challenge 2025
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Dec 03, 2025 |
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108. Auction Games
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Nov 26, 2025 |
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107. Indonesia
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Nov 19, 2025 |
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106. Cyclades
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Nov 12, 2025 |
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105. No Thanks!
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Nov 05, 2025 |
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104. Trick Taking Games
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Oct 29, 2025 |
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103. Fishing
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Oct 22, 2025 |
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102. Cat in the Box
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Oct 15, 2025 |
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101. Hearts
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Oct 08, 2025 |
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100. Top 10 Takeaways
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Oct 01, 2025 |
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99. Listener Takeaways
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Sep 24, 2025 |
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98. Route Building Games
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Sep 17, 2025 |
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97. Bus
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Sep 10, 2025 |
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96. Wabash Cannonball
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Sep 03, 2025 |
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95. Akrotiri
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Aug 27, 2025 |
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94. Tabletop RPGs
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Aug 20, 2025 |
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93. Dread
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Aug 13, 2025 |
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93b. RPG Session Three - Dread Part 2
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Aug 11, 2025 |
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93a. RPG Session Three - Dread Part 1
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Aug 10, 2025 |
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92. Dungeon World
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Aug 06, 2025 |
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92b. RPG Session Two - Dungeon World Part 2
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Aug 04, 2025 |
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92a. RPG Session Two - Dungeon World Part 1
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Aug 03, 2025 |
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91. Dungeons & Dragons
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Jul 30, 2025 |
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91c. RPG Session One - D&D Part 2
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Jul 28, 2025 |
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91b. RPG Session One - D&D Part 1
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Jul 27, 2025 |
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91a. RPG Session Zero - In This World Story Creation
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Jul 26, 2025 |
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90. Drafting Games
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Jul 23, 2025 |
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89. The Banishing
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Jul 16, 2025 |
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88. Biblios
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Jul 09, 2025 |
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87. 7 Wonders
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Jul 02, 2025 |
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86. Memory Games
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Jun 25, 2025 |
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85. Dream On!
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Jun 18, 2025 |
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84. Mamma Mia!
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Jun 11, 2025 |
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83. Trio
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Jun 04, 2025 |
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82. Listener Q&A
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May 28, 2025 |
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81. Meet Ananda Guneratne
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May 21, 2025 |
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80. Meet Charlie McCarron
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May 14, 2025 |
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79. Meet Trevor Muller-Hegel
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May 07, 2025 |
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78. Programming Games
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Apr 30, 2025 |
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77. Mechs vs. Minions
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Apr 23, 2025 |
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76. Roll for the Galaxy
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Apr 16, 2025 |
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75. Food Chain Magnate
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Apr 09, 2025 |
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74. Candyland
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Apr 01, 2025 |
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73. Numerical Coordination Games
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Mar 26, 2025 |
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72. Hanabi
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Mar 19, 2025 |
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71. The Mind
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Mar 12, 2025 |
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70. The Game
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Mar 05, 2025 |
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69. Real-Time Games
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Feb 26, 2025 |
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68. Skyrockets
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Feb 19, 2025 |
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67. Magic Maze
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Feb 12, 2025 |
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66. Dutch Blitz
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Feb 05, 2025 |
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65. Word Association Games
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Jan 29, 2025 |
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64. So Clover
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Jan 22, 2025 |
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63. Just One
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Jan 15, 2025 |
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62. Codenames
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Jan 08, 2025 |
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61. Racing Games
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Jan 01, 2025 |
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60. Thunder Road: Vendetta
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Dec 25, 2024 |
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59. Robo Rally Transformers
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Dec 18, 2024 |
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58. Heat: Pedal to the Metal
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Dec 11, 2024 |
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57. Asymmetric Games
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Dec 04, 2024 |
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56. The Great Zimbabwe
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Nov 27, 2024 |
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55. Android: Netrunner
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Nov 20, 2024 |
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54. Root
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Nov 13, 2024 |
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53. Semi-Cooperative Games
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Nov 06, 2024 |
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52. Nemesis
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Oct 30, 2024 |
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51. Hellapagos
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Oct 23, 2024 |
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50. Cosmic Encounter
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Oct 16, 2024 |
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49. Live at 2D Con
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Oct 09, 2024 |
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48. PlateUp!
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Oct 02, 2024 |
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47. Unrailed!
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Sep 25, 2024 |
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46. Ultimate Chicken Horse
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Sep 18, 2024 |
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45. Roll and Write Games
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Sep 11, 2024 |
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44. Cartographers Heroes
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Sep 04, 2024 |
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43. Three Sisters
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Aug 28, 2024 |
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42. That's Pretty Clever
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Aug 21, 2024 |
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41. Probability Farming Games
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Aug 14, 2024 |
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40. Space Base
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Aug 07, 2024 |
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39. Machi Koro
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Jul 31, 2024 |
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38. CATAN: Cities and Knights
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Jul 24, 2024 |
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37. Hidden Movement Games
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Jul 17, 2024 |
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36. Captain Sonar
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Jul 10, 2024 |
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35. The Stifling Dark
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Jul 03, 2024 |
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34. Scotland Yard
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Jun 26, 2024 |
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33. Live at Protospiel Twin Cities
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Jun 19, 2024 |
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32. Storytelling
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Jun 12, 2024 |
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31. In This World
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Jun 05, 2024 |
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30. Wing It
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May 29, 2024 |
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29. Once Upon a Time
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May 22, 2024 |
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28. Pattern Recognition
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May 15, 2024 |
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27. Factory Funner
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May 08, 2024 |
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26. Ricochet Robots
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May 01, 2024 |
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25. Set
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Apr 24, 2024 |
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24. Deckbuilding Games
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Apr 17, 2024 |
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23. Paperback
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Apr 10, 2024 |
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22. Clank!
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Apr 03, 2024 |
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21. Dominion
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Mar 27, 2024 |
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20. Social Deduction
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Mar 20, 2024 |
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19. A Fake Artist Goes to New York
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Mar 13, 2024 |
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18. Blood on the Clocktower
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Mar 06, 2024 |
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17. One Night Ultimate Werewolf
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Feb 28, 2024 |
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16. Cooperative Games
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Feb 21, 2024 |
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15. Marvel Champions
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Feb 14, 2024 |
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14. Spirit Island
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Feb 07, 2024 |
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13. The Crew: Mission Deep Sea
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Jan 31, 2024 |
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12. Tactical Combat
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Jan 24, 2024 |
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11. Gloomhaven: Jaws of the Lion
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Jan 17, 2024 |
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10. Mage Wars
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Jan 10, 2024 |
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9. Chess
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Jan 03, 2024 |
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8. Logical Induction
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Dec 27, 2023 |
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7. Turing Machine
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Dec 20, 2023 |
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6. Visitor in Blackwood Grove
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Dec 13, 2023 |
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5. Zendo
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Dec 06, 2023 |
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4. Tile Placement
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Nov 29, 2023 |
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3. Galaxy Trucker
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Nov 29, 2023 |
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2. Carcassonne
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Nov 29, 2023 |
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1. Kingdomino
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Nov 29, 2023 |