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Game Mechanics - A Critical Tabletop Podcast — 80 episodes

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Title
1

An Embarrassment of Squirrels - GM2 66

2

With Special Guest Shelly Von Miller - GM2 65

3

I Don’t Wanna Make the Pentagram Death Trap - GM2 64

4

Roll Me At the Panel Celebrating My Life - GM2 63

5

One Ring to Fool Them All - GM2 62

6

Hexhaven is for Real Gamers(tm) - GM2 61

7

A Lossmaking Company - GM2 60

8

That's Kinda Like a Board Game! - GM2 59

9

What if Yahtzee? - GM2 58

10

Greg Ponders Pax East - GM2 57

11

Bits & Pieces Games - GM2 56

12

This is not an Air Bud Situation - GM2 55

13

Fun If True - GM2 54

14

Photon System Overdrive - GM2 53

15

A Year of Mechanics - GM2 52

16

Baby Too Many Food Before Math Good - GM2 51

17

The Game Mechanics Guarantee - GM2 50

18

Tic Tac Toe, the First 'Dudes on a Map' Game - GM2 49

19

Tantrums In Charlotte - GM2 48

20

Cowabunga, I tap pizza - GM2 47

21

Game Theory - GM2 46

22

Industry Leders - GM2 45

23

Nazis Die First - GM2 44

24

S2E43 - 2025's most joyful game experiences - GM2 43

25

S2E42 - A Very Specific Monopoly Episode - GM2 42

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S2E41 - Interview with Terra Clash creators - GM2 41

27

S2E40 - Games Gift Giving - GM2 40

28

S2E39 - Mechanics at PAXU - GM2 39

29

S2E38 - Rulebooks - GM2 38

30

S2E37 - Anti-Colonization Board Games - GM2 37

31

S2E36 - Killer Uno - GM2 36

32

S2E35 - Brackets Are Wiggly - GM2 35

33

S2E34 - 2026 is the Year Pikachu Gets a Divorce - GM2 34

34

S2E33 - Spoooooky TTRPGs - GM2 33

35

S2E32 - Spoooooky Games - GM2 32

36

S2E31 - 41% - GM2 31

37

S2E30 - Games under $25 - GM2 30

38

S2E29 - Autumnal Games - GM2 29

39

S2E28 - We Went to Dragon Con! - GM2 28 (fixed audio)

40

S2E27 - A Celebration of Life at the Culver's - GM2 27

41

S2E26 - Spooky Games - GM2 26

42

S2E25 - Dagger Through A Heart - GM2 25

43

S2E24 - The Mechanics Go To Gencon - GM2 24

44

S2E23 - Come on Back, Pendulum - GM2 23

45

S2E22 - Sixty Thousand Minutes - GM2 22

46

S2E21 - The Gencon One (for real) - GM2 21

47

S2E20 - Gencon Pre-List - GM2 20

48

S2E19 - Storytelling Games - GM2 19

49

S2E18 - Perryl Sunderfolk Can Eat My Shorts - GM2 18

50

S2E17 - Rough Trade Wario - GM2 17

51

S2E16 - Logankainen’s Whatever - GM2 16

52

S2E15 - Gay Mechanics - GM2 15

53

S2E14 - Is Magic a Board Game? - GM2 14

54

S2E13 - A Collection of Topics - GM2 13

55

S2E12 - Cons - GM2 12

56

S2E11 - Pat the Bug - GM2 11

57

S2E10 - A Volatile Time - GM2 10

58

S2E9 - Hidden Role Games - GM2 09

59

S2E8 - We Got Mail - GM2 08

60

S2E7 - Collaboration Tools - GM2 07

61

S2E6 - Get a Better Clue - GM2 06

62

S2E5 - The Hotness is Unknowable - GM2 05

63

S2E4 - RESPECT THE HELM - GM2 04

64

S2E3 - What does the word hide mean? - GM2 03

65

S2E2 - Shpeal de yarr - GM2 02

66

S2E1 - Sparky, Noooooooo! - GM2 01

67

S1E11 - Season 1 wrap

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68

S1E10 - Marx Shepherd - No Fascists Allowed

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69

S1E9 - Rees Bennett - A Drag Nun's Take On Playing a Role

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70

S1E8 - Will Uhl - Prolific Game Creation

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71

S1E7 - Greg Leatherman - What if everyone’s a warrior?

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72

S1E6 - Sean Gomes - Having Dinner on Space Ships

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73

S1E5 - Nathan Blades - F*** The Tabletop Police

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74

S1E4 - Bianca Zelda - Chasing baby goats

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75

S1E3 - Sean McCoy - Meeting players where they are

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76

S1E2 - Jess Ross - Writing for TTRPGs

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77

Riley Hopkins - Interstitial and the Link System

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78

RPGDF: Money On My Mind - Pricing, Kickstarters, and Pay What You Want

79

RPGDF: A Timeline of Zak S' Abuse

80

RPGDF: Power Leveling - Experience, Advancements, and Progression in Games