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Malthaus Games — 209 episodes

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Ep.206 Movie Night, Origins 2026, How to Enter the Industry

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Ep.205 First Convention Experiences, and Origins Preview!

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Ep.204 Brian Boru, Games Influencing Games, What is Next?

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Ep.203 Ready Set Bet!, Apps in Games, and Christmas Presents

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Ep.202 BGG Con 2025

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Ep.201 The Gang, Reimagined Classics, What Classic Did You Miss?

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Ep.200 BOOoop, Holiday Re-themes, What Should Be Halloween?

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Ep.199 JenCon2025!

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JenCon Preview

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Ep.198 Llama Land, 5 Love Languages of Board Games, Favorite Gifted Game

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Ep.197 SETI, Veiled Colonialism, What's for Dinner?

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Ep.196 No Loose Ends, Small Changes to Games, Movies That Didn't Hold Up

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Ep.195 Sky Team, Communication Breakdown, Theremin Songs

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Ep.194 Shikoku 1889, Economy Manipulation, and Delton's Bday

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Ep.193 Yokohama, Reactivity, Summer Film

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Ep.192 Nekojima, Co-op vs Competitive, Hot Girl Summer?

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Ep.191 Carnegie, When to Leave History Out, Library Name?

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Ep.190 Whale to Look, Working Memory, Excited to Play?

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Temporary Hiatus!

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Ep.189 The White Castle, Topics, Which Castle?

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Ep.188 Lacuna, Geometry(Hayley's Hate for Measuring), Our Favorite Games with Family!

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Ep.187 Death Valley, Creativity in Constraints, Our Creativity

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Ep.186 Earth, Points as Resources, and Resolutions

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Ep.185 Snowman Dice, Games for Non-Gamers, What Did You Get?

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Ep.184 Cosmic Frog, Catch-Up Mechanics, Our Favorite Frog

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Ep.183 Things in Rings, BGGCon24, BGG Memories

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Ep.182 Halloween with Tyler!

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Halloween Announcement and Hauntsville!

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Ep.181 A Gentle Rain, Self Care, This Week's Self Care?

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Ep.180 Hamlet, Missing Rules, How's Fall?

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Ep.179 Castell, Learning from Games, and Tourism

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Ep.178 Fiction, Deception in Games, Current Fav Fiction

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Ep.177 Winter Rabbit, Semi-Coop Games, Too Early for Pumpkin Spice?

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Ep.176 Tyler Brown, Designer of 23 Knives

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Ep.175 The Guild of Merchant Explorers, ADHD Gaming, Hayley's Bad Habit

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Ep.174 TEN, Classic Mechanics, Teaching Those Who Taught

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Ep.173 ARCS, Self Sacrifice, Staying Cool?

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Ep.172 Let's Go! To Japan, Relaxing Games, Most Exciting to Walk?

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Ep.171 Werewolf in the Dark, Friend's Games, Nose Breathing?

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Ep.170 Dandelions, Trash Talk, Most Used Insult

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Ep.169 Dune: Imperium and Uprising, Game Night Metamorphosis, Animorph?

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Ep.168 Underwater Cities, Limited Turns, Our Goal Progress

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Ep.167 Inflation!, Designer Superlatives, Our Superlatives

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Ep.166 TokenCon 2024

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Ep.165 Boop, Why Cats?, and Re-theme to Cats

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Ep.164 Twilight Struggle: Red Sea, Demoralizing Moments, and Valentines Day

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Ep.163 Deep Sea Adventure, Mutually Assured Destruction, Sea Stories

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Ep.162 Curious Cargo, Indirect Interaction, Favorite Snow Activity

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Ep.161 Deus, Strategic Diversification, New Year Resolutions

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Ep.160 Holiday Game Bag!

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Ep.159 Dodos Riding Dinos, Control in Games, Fossils?

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Ep.158 BGGCON23!

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Ep.157 Dorfromantik, Campaign Games, BGGCon23

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Ep.156 Final Girl, Multiplayer Solo, Favorite Trick or Treat House

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Ep.155 Phantom Ink, Ghost Games, Favorite Ghost Media

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Ep.154 Next Station, Decision Fatigue, Favorite Game Night Snack

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Ep.153 Ark Nova, Score Ambiguity, Hiccup Remedy

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Ep.152 Fit to Print, Cult of the New, Night's Sleep

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Ep.151 Res Arcana, Women Depictions, JenCon Anticipation

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Ep.150 Black Angel, Interactive Boards, Alaska Wildlife Sighting

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Ep.149 Bamboo, Gaming Values, Candy Beer

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Ep.148 Ierusalem: Anno Domini, Deities in Games, Our Strangest Research

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Ep.147 Colonial Twilight, War in Games, Favorite Oreo?

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Ep.146 New York Zoo, Replayability, Are We Effecient?

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Ep.145 Euphoria, First Games from Designers, Favorite Female/Non-Binary Designer

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Ep.144 Ahoy, Concession, Favorite Concession Order

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Ep.143 Trekking The National Parks, Mensa, Which Park?

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Ep.142 Port Royal, Impulsive Gaming, Our Most Impulsive Moment

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Ep.141 Steam Up, Board Game Gimmicks, Our Favorite Dim Sum

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Ep.140 TokenCon 2023!

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Ep.139 Ole Guacamole, Tornado Games, Worst Games for a Shelter

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Ep.138 Heading Forward, Empathy in Games, How Are You Feeling?

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Ep.137 Beer & Bread, Positive Player Interaction, Best Beer/Bread Memory?

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Ep.136 Ghosts of Christmas and 9 Lives, Enemies to Lovers, BMK?

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Ep.135 Cubitos, Building Games, New Year Resolutions

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Ep.134 Land vs Sea, Holiday Gaming, When Did You Spoil X-Mas?

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Ep.133 Wir Sind Das Volk!, Political Representation, New Political Game?

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Ep.132 Flamecraft, BGGCon22, Favorite BGG Experience

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Ep.131 Verdant, Non-Game Design, Who Goes First?

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Ep.130 Gargoyles: Awakening, IPs in Games, Our 90's Cartoon IP

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Ep.129 Let's Summon Demons, Camping Games, Idle Time Camping

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Ep.128 Marvel United: X-Men, Fighting in Games, Our Fighting Style

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Ep.127 Lost Ruins of Arnak, Exploration, and Leaving Themes Behind

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Ep.126 JenCon22!

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Ep.125 Boonlake, Games Standing Out, Games for Aliens?

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Ep.124 Spirit Island, Action Selection, What Spirit?

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Ep.123 Hippocrates, Dummy Players, Our Weirdest Dr. Visit

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Ep.122 Interview With Our Friend Jesse!

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Ep.121 Cobra Paw, Games for Kids, and Favorite Summer Off School

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Ep.120 Ginkgopolis, Tile Laying Games, and Our Favorite Tree

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Ep.119 London, Debt In Games, and London Sightseeing

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Ep.118 CO2: Second Chance, Practicing Games, Lessons from Games

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Ep.115 Parks, Replicating Experiences, What Experience?

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Ep.117 Fort, Player Interaction, Our Fort Kid

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Ep.116 CabinCon22 and Our Spookiest Moment

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Ep.114 Crash Octopus, Reading Independent Games, 7 Years

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Ep.113 Terraforming Mars VS Ares Expedition, Different Versions, and Game Lengths

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Ep.112 Blockbuster, Pop-culture in Games, Our Favorite VHS

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Ep.111 Food Chain Magnate, Capitalism in Games, and Favorite Fast Food

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Ep.110 Sekigahara, Abstraction, and What Could Be A War Game?

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Ep.109 Nice Buns, Scaling Games for Kids, and Kid Friendly Re-theme

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Ep.108 2021 Recap

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Ep.107 Minerva, Gaming Confidence, and What Game Do We Dislike?

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Ep.106 BGG Con, Pros and CONS, and Best Beer of BGG

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Ep.105 Air, Land, and Sea, War Themes, and BGG Excitement

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Ep.104 Patchwork: Halloween, Balancing Games, and Favorite Halloween Story

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Ep.103 Horrified, Co-op Games, and Favorite Horror Monsters

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Ep.102 Pumpkin Patch, Solo Gaming, Harvest or Halloween?

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Ep.101 Riftforce, Simple yet Strategic, and Our Element

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Ep.100 Featuring Allison!

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Ep.99 PaleoVet, Dice Games, and Favorite Dinosaurs

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Ep.98 Mombasa, Retheming, What Would You Retheme?

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Ep.97 The Oracle of Delphi, Religion in Games, and Our Philosophy Game

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Ep.96 Plantopia, Flavor Text, and Our Flavor Text

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Ep.95 Tokyo Highway, Quitting a Game, and Game Based Occupation

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Ep.94 Call to Adventure, Storytelling, and Our Alignment

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Ep.93 Flesh & Blood TCG, Dueling Card Games, Feeling As Your Role

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Ep.92 Cleocatra, Cat Games, and Our Favorite Cat Game

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Ep.91 Kremlin, Second Chances, and BMK

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Ep.90 Maracaibo, Gaming Burnout, and Our First Outing

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Ep.89 Riverboat, Farming in Games, and What Would You Farm?

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Ep.88 At the Gates of Loyang, Between Turn Etiquette, and Our Most AP Game

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Ep.87 Bohnanza, Two Player Variants, and Advice for Past Self

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Ep.86 The Crew, Thoughts on Trick Taking, and Where Does Trick Come From?

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Ep.85 NMBR 9, Gaming Online, and Favorite Online Moment

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Ep.84 Lisboa, Enjoying the Experience, and 2021 Achievements

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Ep.83 Medium, Psychic Games, What Am I Thinking?

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Ep.82 Noctiluca, 2020 Wrap Up, 2021 Resolutions

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Ep.81 Targi, Long Two Player Games, Our Favorite Game Length

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Ep.80 Mariposas, Feeling Rushed, and Favorite Birthday

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Ep.79 Evolution: The Beginning, Gaming With Young Family, and Our First Game

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Ep.78 Herb Witches, Halloween Traditions, and Our Love for Fall

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Ep.77 Spooky Games pt.2, Atmosphere, and Favorite Costumes

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Ep.76 Spooky Games, Traitor Mechanics, and Our Favorite Scary Movie

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Ep.75 Tzolk'in, Intimidating Games, and Overcoming That Intimidation

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Ep.74 Calico, Variable Objectives, Favorite Cats

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Ep.73 Introduction Episode To Board Game Terms, and How to Play Games Affordably

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Ep.72 Adventure Mart, Deck-building, Our Adventure Mart Specialty

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Ep.71 Heaven and Ale, Efficiency, Is Beer Art or Science

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Ep.70 La Isla, Secondhand Games, Favorite Secondhand Finds

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Ep.69 Twilight Struggle, Communism Themes, and Our Favorite Russian

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Ep.68 Ra, Betting Games, and Favorite Gambling Memory

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Ep.67 Polis: Fight for the Hegemony, Open Info, and First Time Strategies

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Ep.66 My Little Scythe, Fan Creations, and What Would We Change?

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Ep.65 Ben Kanelos, Social Deduction, and Hidden Role

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Ep.64 Alan Gerding, Game Design, and Industry Changes

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Ep.63 Oh My Goods!, Gaming in Quarantine, and Making the Best of It

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Ep.62 A Fake Artist, and Feeling Out of Place

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Ep.61 Classic Card Games, Nostalgia, and Characters Favorite Games

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Ep.60 Tiny Towns, Spatial Reasoning, and Being Famous in a Small Town

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Ep.59 Pax Pamir, Historical Sensitivity, and Awkward Meetings

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Ep.58 Pret-A-Porter, Kickstarter, and Playing Games for the Art

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Ep.57 Cat Sudoku, Playing Games You Dislike, Our Love/Hate Games

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Ep.56 Wavelength, Changing Tastes, and Plans for 2020

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Ep.55 Just One, Christmas Gaming, and Favorite Games During Christmas

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Ep.54 Festival of a Thousand Cats, The Con Experience, and Favorite Con Moments

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Ep.53 Corinth, Diverse Strategies, and Misread Rules

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Ep.52 Once Upon a Time, Live Play, and Favorite Voices

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Ep.51 The Quacks of Quedlinburg, Push Your Luck Games, Pushing Luck In Life

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Ep.50 Point Salad, Drafting, and Drafting In Real Life

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Ep.49 Wingspan, Tableau Building, and Most Likely to Birds

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Ep.48 Flip Over Frog, Travel Games 2.0, and The Worst Travel Methods for Games

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Ep.47 Watergate, Political Themes, and Dream Political Games

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Ep.46 Post Gen-Con, Flamme Rouge, Sport Games, and Our Racing Strategy

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Ep.45 Gen Con 2019, Wishing We Knew, and What We Look Forward To

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Ep.44 Sunset Over Water, Picking Turn Order, and Favorite Game Length

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Ep.43 3 Laws of Robotics, Lying in Games, and Our Best Lying Games

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Ep.42 Railroad Ink, Simultaneous Turns, and Clever Names

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Ep.41 Decrypto, Clue Giving Games, and Failed Clues

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Ep.40 Blank, House Ruling, Our Favorite House Rules

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Ep.39 Caverna: Cave vs. Cave, Teaching Games, Two Player Versions?

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Ep.38 Morels, Obscure Themes, Which One Is Fake?

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Ep.37 Tuscany: Essential Edition, Expansions, and Expansions to Real Life

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Ep.36 Gizmos, Board Game Cafes, and What We Play At Cafes

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Ep.35 Broom Service, Observing Players, and Our First Jobs

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Ep.34 Valentines Day With Fog of Love

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Ep.33 Now Boarding, Real Time Games, and Our Silly Stressors

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Ep.32 The Game and Using Games for Grief

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Ep.31 Burgle Bros, Playing the Villain, and Our Special Skills

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Ep.30 Crokinole, 2018 Recap, and 2019 Plans

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Ep.29 Cryptid, Process of Elimination, and Our Favorite Cryptid

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Ep.28 BGG Con, Canada, and Future Trips

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Ep.27 Altiplano, How We Utilize Games, and What Are Our Happy Games?

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Ep.26 Halloween Games, Scary Games, and Where We Would Haunt

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Ep.25 Holding On, Story in Games, and Emotion From Games

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Ep.24 Lowlands, Analysis Paralysis, and Emotional Mechanics

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Ep.23 Coimbra, Gate-Keeping and How We Will Stop

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Ep.22 Welcome To..., Roll and Writes, and Deciding to Back a Kickstarter

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Ep.21 Root, Asymmetry in Games, and Can Theme Change Appeal?

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Ep.20 Arboretum, and Post-Gen Con!

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Ep.19 Bitten, and Gen Con!

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Ep.18 Time Stories, and Mental Health Representation In Games

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Ep.17 Azul, Aesthetics, and Our Dream Aesthetic

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Ep.16 The Mind, What Constitutes a Game, and Our Own Games

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Ep.15 VERTIUM, Small Company Support, and Odd Kickstarters

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Ep.14 Muse, Art Based Games, and Our Favorite Work of Art

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Ep.13 Cockroach Poker, and Learning While Playing

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Ep.12 Viticulture, Why Scaling Matters, and Our Favorite Wine

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Ep.11 Rising Sun, Thematic Care, and Custom Clans

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Ep.10 Marrying Mr. Darcy, Importance of Theme, and Dream Theme

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Ep.9 Paperback, Cat Friendly Games, and Steve and Penny's Games

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Ep.8 Mysterium, Ghosts and Psychics as a Theme, and Ouija Boards

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Ep.7 Patchwork, Constantly Losing, and Living in a Game

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Ep.6 Magic the Gathering with Bryan

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Ep.5 Christmas Gaming, Cat Lady, and a Drunk Mother-In-Law

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Ep.3 Tides of Madness, Hive, and Travel Games

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Ep.1 New Games, Gen Con, Playing with Dead People

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Ep.4 Dominant Species, Inis, Handling Disinterested Players

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Ep.2 Troyes and Introducing New Players

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