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• #370: On Brand

  September 24, 2026 · 55 min

  It's a designer spotlight, which means we're turning the focus away from us, and putting it on some prestigious designers instead! This week it's Inka and Markus Brand, whose story apparently has a whole enemies to lovers angle I did not…

• #369: The Life-Changing Magic of a Minimalist Board Game Collection

  September 10, 2026 · 55 min

  We're downsizing, imagining a brighter future where we don't have hundreds of games to fret about not playing, but a very slight, extremely manageable twenty. Some say it can't be done, but that's never stopped us before. Before we get…

• #368: I Will Always Love You

  August 27, 2026 · 1 hr 4 min

  We love a good old game - there are a lot that of games over a decade old that we'd happily sing the praises of, but if we were being brutally honest, how many of them do we think would make it in today's markets? How much have tastes…

• #367: One vs. Many

  August 13, 2026 · 59 min

  We play a lot of games. Which is great, because a lot of games get made, and we get to play them ... but it does come at the cost of always having to learn (and teach) something new, grappling with rules, and gets in the way of enjoying…

• #366: Collaborative Draft: Games of 2017

  July 30, 2026 · 1 hr 10 min

  We're back to collaborate (and listen) to figure out together what the best games of 2017 were. Are? It's a collaborative draft, and if you haven't heard one of these before, get ready for an honest to goodness mess. Before we draw up…

• #365: Gen Con 2026 Preview

  July 16, 2026 · 60 min

  Gen Con is Gen Coming, so we're looking in our wizard's glasses to tell you what's what. Whether you're going or not, you're gonna want to know what the hot games are, and we've got you covered. Before we Indianapolize, we talk about…

• #364: Mechanism Matchup

  July 2, 2026 · 1 hr 10 min

  There are two board game mechanisms you just can't escape, they're on everyone's mind, flooding the discourse. That's combat, and card draw mitigation. Everyone won't stop talking about them. So we had to weigh in too, not just with what…

• #363: The Dark Depths of Mailbag

  June 18, 2026 · 1 hr 1 min

  It's been a while since we've plumbed the depths of the bottomless chasm we call "fanmail", so this week we're reaching our hands as far as we can and pulling out some questions that have yet to see the light of say. Before we dig too…