Weekly Episodes, Launched Every Wednesday.
Episode 193: Double Feature! Dracula vs Van Helsing / Castle Combo
A deep dive on two small box card games!
Episode 189: Play at Work (Business Casual Dress Code Strictly Enforced for all Listeners)
A discussion on play in the workplace!
Episode 188: Top 10 Games of the '90s with Jared Ingersoll
An exploration of the best games from the last decade of the 20th century
Episode 187: EGO - Does this New Knizia Game Come in Peace?
A preview dive into a new Knizia game from Bitewing Games!
Episode 186: The Sweet Spot Mechanic (What We Talk About)
In this game we talk about the sweet spot mechanic, which is kind of but not quite a jackpot mechanic and an efficiency puzzle!
Episode 185: Five Tribes - Still Hanging Tough on the BGG Top 100?!
We return to a classic deep dive, covering Bruno Cathala's Five Tribes
Episode 184: What We Think About When We Think About Playtesting with Paul Salomon
A conversation about optimal playtesting
Episode 182: Playing on Hard Mode (What We Talk About)
What is hard mode and how does it relate to board games?
Episode 181: Games We Love to Lose (What We Talk About)
What makes us enjoy games even when we're losing?
Episode 180: Azul Summer Pavilion - Does this Reimplementation Succeed?
A deep dive of Azul Summer Pavilion! A sequel to a Decision Space classic
Episode 179: The Ultimate Stefan Feld Tier List with Tyler Hackmann
A tier list style ranking of a ton of games from one of Jake's favorite designers
Episode 178: More Design Problems and Games that Solve Them with Jamey Stegmaier
We bring back the design problems and games that solve 'em format, and we've brought in a ringer to help us with the topic
Episode 176: Arcs, Food Chain, and the $%@! List (What We're Playing)
We played some games including the fire hot summer hotness—Arcs!
