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Game Mechanics - A Critical Tabletop Podcast — 92 episodes

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1

Kickstarter and My Incredible Metal Coin Collection - GM2 78

2

Scoocher is NOT Banned. We Love you, Scoocher - GM2 77

3

Big Walk Is Not a Board Game - GM2 76

4

Does Drillers Break New Ground for Deck Builders? - GM2 75

5

Mechanics at Gen Con 2026 - GM2 74

6

What Even Is The OSR? - GM2 73

7

Greg's Gen Con 2026 Preview - GM2 72

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Logan's Gen Con 2026 Preview - GM2 71

9

Let's Play Teeth - GM2 70

10

Nice! - GM2 69

11

Alt Text - GM2 68

12

Zhuzhing with Justin Nauman of Tabletop Gaymers - GM2 67

13

An Embarrassment of Squirrels - GM2 66

14

With Special Guest Shelly Von Miller - GM2 65

15

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

16

Roll Me At the Panel Celebrating My Life - GM2 63

17

One Ring to Fool Them All - GM2 62

18

Hexhaven is for Real Gamers(tm) - GM2 61

19

A Lossmaking Company - GM2 60

20

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

21

What if Yahtzee? - GM2 58

22

Greg Ponders Pax East - GM2 57

23

Bits & Pieces Games - GM2 56

24

This is not an Air Bud Situation - GM2 55

25

Fun If True - GM2 54

26

Photon System Overdrive - GM2 53

27

A Year of Mechanics - GM2 52

28

Baby Too Many Food Before Math Good - GM2 51

29

The Game Mechanics Guarantee - GM2 50

30

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

31

Tantrums In Charlotte - GM2 48

32

Cowabunga, I tap pizza - GM2 47

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Game Theory - GM2 46

34

Industry Leders - GM2 45

35

Nazis Die First - GM2 44

36

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

37

S2E42 - A Very Specific Monopoly Episode - GM2 42

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S2E41 - Interview with Terra Clash creators - GM2 41

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S2E40 - Games Gift Giving - GM2 40

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S2E39 - Mechanics at PAXU - GM2 39

41

S2E38 - Rulebooks - GM2 38

42

S2E37 - Anti-Colonization Board Games - GM2 37

43

S2E36 - Killer Uno - GM2 36

44

S2E35 - Brackets Are Wiggly - GM2 35

45

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

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S2E33 - Spoooooky TTRPGs - GM2 33

47

S2E32 - Spoooooky Games - GM2 32

48

S2E31 - 41% - GM2 31

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S2E30 - Games under $25 - GM2 30

50

S2E29 - Autumnal Games - GM2 29

51

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

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

53

S2E26 - Spooky Games - GM2 26

54

S2E25 - Dagger Through A Heart - GM2 25

55

S2E24 - The Mechanics Go To Gencon - GM2 24

56

S2E23 - Come on Back, Pendulum - GM2 23

57

S2E22 - Sixty Thousand Minutes - GM2 22

58

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

59

S2E20 - Gencon Pre-List - GM2 20

60

S2E19 - Storytelling Games - GM2 19

61

S2E18 - Perryl Sunderfolk Can Eat My Shorts - GM2 18

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S2E17 - Rough Trade Wario - GM2 17

63

S2E16 - Logankainen’s Whatever - GM2 16

64

S2E15 - Gay Mechanics - GM2 15

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S2E14 - Is Magic a Board Game? - GM2 14

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S2E13 - A Collection of Topics - GM2 13

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S2E12 - Cons - GM2 12

68

S2E11 - Pat the Bug - GM2 11

69

S2E10 - A Volatile Time - GM2 10

70

S2E9 - Hidden Role Games - GM2 09

71

S2E8 - We Got Mail - GM2 08

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S2E7 - Collaboration Tools - GM2 07

73

S2E6 - Get a Better Clue - GM2 06

74

S2E5 - The Hotness is Unknowable - GM2 05

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S2E4 - RESPECT THE HELM - GM2 04

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

77

S2E2 - Shpeal de yarr - GM2 02

78

S2E1 - Sparky, Noooooooo! - GM2 01

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S1E11 - Season 1 wrap

80

S1E10 - Marx Shepherd - No Fascists Allowed

81

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

82

S1E8 - Will Uhl - Prolific Game Creation

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

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S1E6 - Sean Gomes - Having Dinner on Space Ships

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

86

S1E4 - Bianca Zelda - Chasing baby goats

87

S1E3 - Sean McCoy - Meeting players where they are

88

S1E2 - Jess Ross - Writing for TTRPGs

89

Riley Hopkins - Interstitial and the Link System

90

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

91

RPGDF: A Timeline of Zak S' Abuse

92

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