All Episodes

That's my JAM

The Looming Shadow of the Golden Age of Board Games

Fishing

Night Soil

WROTH

It could have been a contender.

Burned

Crowdfunding Bubble

Galactic Cruise

Sweet Lands

Not Lunar Rush

Rating the T games from Board & Dice

Valheim: The Board Game

Nokosu Dice

Zenith

Plastic Love

2025 Year in Review

Gazebo

Racing Games

Covenant

Omnibus Questions Epsilon Bet

The Hobbit: There and Back Again

Omnibus Questions Epsilon Aleph

Wonderland's War

Listener Hot Takes

Luthier

Rulebooks

Samurai

Tile-Laying Games

Ayar: Children of the Sun

Why Is This Game So Long?

Star Wars: Battle of Hoth

Nostalgia

Light Speed: Arena

Trick-Taking Games Redux

The Lord of the Rings: The Fate of the Fellowship

Starting Over Your Collection

Vantage

SVWAG Con Report

#369: Take That

#368: Shackleton Base

#367: Set Up and Tear Down

#366: 7 Empires

#365: Small Box, Big Game

#364: Pulling Levers

#363: The Social Contract

#362: Rumble Nation

#361: What Makes Longer Games Worth It

#360: Hot Streak

#359: Gibberers

#358: Tricky Edge Cases

#357: Post-Easter Update

#356: Endgame Scoring

#355: Rise & Fall

#354: 20th Century Games

#353: Rebirth

#352: Ascending Empires: Zenith Edition

#351: Flexing New Muscles

#350: Beyond the Horizon

#349: A Plowful of Games

#348: SETI

#347: How Expansions Can Fail

#346: 2024 Year in Review

#345: Thunder Road: Vendetta

#344: Only at Certain Player Counts

#343: Fromage

#342: Sheep in Wolves' Clothing

#341: Holiday Catch-Up

#340: Frustration with Randomness

#339: D.E.I.: Divide et Impera

#338: Managing Tempo

#337: Fellowship of the Ring: Trick-Taking Game

#336: Opening the Box Downers

#335: Catching Up

#334: EGO

#333: Expectations in Crowdfunding

#332: Undaunted 2200: Callisto

#331: Our Favourite Factions

#330: Andromeda's Edge

#329: Replayability

#328: The Vale of Eternity

#327: Game Mastery

#326: Deep Rock Galactic

#325: Collection Organization

#324: Design Pet Peeves

#323: Wilmot's Warehouse

#322: Michael Walker Revolutionizes Physical Therapy

#321: Captain Flip and the SdJ

#320: Slay the Spire

#319: When to Go Digital

#318: Fateforge: Chronicles of Kaan

#317: The 180

#315: Games that Make You Uncomfortable

#314: Leviathan Wilds

#313: The One that Broke the Kallax's Back

#312: Cascadero

#311: Omnibus Questions Delta Bet

#310: Omnibus Questions Delta Aleph

#309: An Age Contrived

#308: Favourite Mechanisms

#307: Galactic Renaissance

#306: What Brings You Back

#305: Barely Alive

#304: We Are Sick

#303: Kutna Hora: The City of Silver

#302: Rules Explanations

#301: Leonardo da Vinci's Codex Leicester

#300: Patrons' Top 20

#299: Nucleum

#298: Deckbuilding

#297: Envelopes of Cash

#296: Dexterity Games Revisited

#295: Federation

#294: 2023 Year in Review

#293: Out of Print Games Revisited

#292: Arborea

#291: Adventure Games

#290: Mindclash Games

#289: Daybreak

#288: All the Games

#287: Voidfall

#286: Through the Desert

#285: Updating the Canon

#284: Zoo Vadis

#283: Calling It a Win

#282: City of the Great Machine

#281: Games for Mixed Company

#280: Knarr

#279: Barcelona

#278: Ending Games Early

#277: Race to the Raft

#276: Gaming on the Road

#275: Nidavellir

#274: Cruel Betrayal of Expectations

#273: Games from the Crypt

#272: Archeos Society

#271: Expeditions

#270a: Bonus Patreon Sampler

#270: Ra

#269: Credibility in Crowdfunding

#268: Undaunted: Battle of Britain

#267: Top 10 Revisited & "Golden Age"

#266: Pent-Up Extravaganza

#265: Lacrimosa

#264: Completionism

#263: Darwin's Journey

#262: Right Game, Wrong People

#261: Stationfall

#260: The Game Must Flow

#259: Revive

#258: Gatefall

#257: Just the Games

#256: The Wolves

#255: The Great Wall

#254: Mille Fiori

#253: New and Improved

#252: IKI

#251: Game Design Trends

#250: Autobahn

#249: Rolling Heights

#248: Serge Laget

#247: Ginkgopolis

#246: 2022 Year in Review

#245: Beowulf: The Legend

#244: Oak

#243: Real-Time Games

#242: Random Events

#241: Planet Unknown

#240: Deal-Making

#239: Dwellings of Eldervale

#238: Dealing with Rules Mistakes

#237: Flamecraft

#236: Dead Reckoning

#235: Games, Games, GAMES

#234: Live at SHUX!

#233: Heroscape

#232: What a Campaign Needs

#231: Capitol Lux 2

#230: Mosaic: A Story of Civilization

#229: Efficiency Euros

#228: It's a Wonderful World/Kingdom

#227: Done with CMON?

#226: Space Station Phoenix

#225: Carnegie

#224: Does the Industry Demand Too Much?

#223: Stroganov

#222: Fumbling towards a New Normal

#221: Sakura Arms

#220: Dice Realms

#219: Guards of Atlantis II

#218: Golem

#217: Let's Get on the Same Page

#216: Not Applicable Bravo

#215: David Thompson

#214: Perseverance: Castaway Chronicles

#213: Omnibus Questions Charlie Bravo

#212: Omnibus Questions Charlie Alpha

#211: Hidden Trackable Information

#210: El Grande

#209: End Conditions

#208: Agricola

#207: Miniatures

#206: Not Applicable

#205: Draws and Red Flags

#204: Riftforce

#203: Difficulty in Co-ops

#202: Bitoku

#201: Having Fun While Losing

#200: G.I. JOE Deck-Building Game

#199: Trick-Taking Games

#198: 2021 Year in Review

#197: Ankh: Gods of Egypt

#196: Going Off-Script

#195: Cryo

#194: Our Gaming Autobiographies

#193: Praga Caput Regni

#192: Event Gaming

#191: Keepers

#190: Ultimate Railroads

#189: Resolving Rules Disputes

#188: Khôra: Rise of an Empire

#187: Multiplayer Solitaire

#186: Imperium: The Contention

#185: What Makes a Game Worth Recommending?

#184: Anno 1800

#183: App Assistance

#182: Soldiers in Postmen's Uniforms

#181: Bluffing

#180: Vienna Connection

#179: Trenchcoat Games

#178: Tribune

#177: Omnibus Questions Bravo Bravo

Interlude: Transition Summer Spectacular

#176: Omnibus Questions Bravo Alpha

#175: Imperium: Classics & Legends

#174: Combos

#173: Witchstone

#172: Metarules/Parateach

#171: Trickerion

#170: What Prompts Our Purchases

#169: Whale Riders

#168: Video Games vs. Board Games Market Differences

#167: The Red Cathedral

#166: Tempo

#165: Dominant Species: Marine

#164: Probability

#163: Bullet♥︎

#162: Whining

#161: Faiyum

#160: Best Foot Forward

#159: Anachrony: Fractures of Time

#158: Video Game Adaptations

#157: Trick Shot

#156: Dead Collectible Games

#155: Hallertau

#154: Gatekeeping

#153: Tungaru

#152: Death of the Rule Book

#151: Dogs of War

#150: 2020 Year in Review

#149: Empyreal: Spells & Steam

#148: Combat Systems

#147: Beyond the Sun

#146: Dungeon Crawlers

#145: Tidal Blades

#144: Boxes

#143: The Castles of Tuscany

#142: Lifetime Games

#141: Lost Ruins of Arnak

#140: Reckoning with War

#139: Fort

#138: Subliminal Brainwash

#137: Flotilla

#136: Games Based on IPs

#135: Babylonia

#134: Games for 6+ Players

#133: Cosmic Frog

#132: Why Is That Still on My Shelf?

#131: Eclipse 2nd Edition

#130: Restrictive Player Counts

#129: Cthulhu: Death May Die

#128: Communication Restrictions

#127: Versailles 1919

#126: I'm 90% Sure

#125: Imperial Struggle

#124: Rondels

#123: Project: ELITE

#122: Multiple Paths to Victory

#121: Aristeia!

#120: Awards

#119: Clans of Caledonia

#118: Digital Life After COVID

#117: Watergate

#116: AP and the Need to Win

#115: Nemesis

#114: De-salting Unplayed Games

#113: Undaunted: Normandy

#112: Solo Gaming

#111: MOBAs and Tainted Grail

#110: Social Distancing

#109: Omnibus Questions

#108: Clinic Deluxe

#107: Playing for Second

#106: Posthuman Saga

#105: False Expectations

#104: On Mars

#103: Virtues of Popularity

#102: Imperial 2030

#101: New Year's Resolutions

#100: Year in Review 2019

#98: Caylus 1303

#97: Familiarity Breeds Contempt

#96: Catan: Starfarers

#95: Fillers and Holiday Gaming

#94: Last Bastion

#93: Worker Placement

#92.5: Mea Culpa

#92: Cloudspire

#91: The Cost of Upgraded Components

#90: Rurik: Dawn of Kiev

#89: Competition and Competitiveness

#88: Live at SHUX 2019!

#87: Market Saturation

#86: Tapestry

#85: Tableau-Builders

#84: Black Angel

#83: Card-Driven Games

#82: Edge of Darkness

#81: Excluding People

#80: Warcry

#79: Would Have Done at GenCon

#78: Pax Renaissance

#77: Tabletop Miniatures Gaming

#76: Sol: Last Days of a Star

#75: Auctions

#74: Star Wars Outer Rim

#73: Second Chances

#72: Hellboy: The Board Game

#71: You Need to Take a Little Off the Top, Bud

#70: Asgard's Chosen

#69: How Big a Collection?

#68: Gentes Deluxified

#67: Good Games that Induce Pain

#66: Warpgate and Biggest Rules Mistakes

#65: Cthulhu Wars and Dueling Rulesets

#64: Batman: Gotham City Chronicles and Changing Tastes

#63: Catacombs 3rd ed. and Mastering a Game

#62: Calimala and Gaming Ambiance

#61: HATE and Knowing the Deck

#60: XenoShyft and 1 vs. All vs. Coop vs. Semi-Coop vs. Vs.

#59: Concordia Venus and Spending Money on the Hobby

#58: A Feast for Odin: The Norwegians and Theme vs. Balance

#57: Cerebria and Hype

#56: Core Worlds and Out of Print Games

#55: Quartermaster General: The Cold War and Real-Time Games

#54: Talon and Table Talk

#53: Gloomhaven and What Can a Game Demand?

#52: New Frontiers and Too Many Versions

#51: Pandemic: Fall of Rome and New Year's Resolutions

#50: Year in Review 2018

#49: Crusaders and Thematic Disconnects

#48: Teotihuacan and How Far Is Too Far

#47: Gugong and Resolving Rules Disputes

#46: Coimbra and Eric Lang

#45: Claustrophobia and KeyForge

#44: Discover: Lands Unknown and Overused Themes

#43: Stephenson's Rocket and Dealing with Frustration

#42: Battle for Rokugan and Gateway Games

#41: Omega Protocol and Keeping Games Moving

#40: Gaslands and The Perils of Collecting

#39: BattleCON and Catch-up Mechanics

#38: Too Many Bones and Difficulty in Co-ops

#37: Sentinels of the Multiverse OblivAeon and Explaining Rules

#36: The Voyages of Marco Polo and Walker's Top 10

#35: Root and Mark's Top 10

#34: Tigris & Euphrates and Yellow & Yangtze

#33: Thunderstone Quest and Mechanisms We're Tired Of

#32: Street Masters and Etiquette

#31: SEAL Team Flix and Getting Rid of Games

#30: Food Chain Magnate and Game Storage

#29: Kemet and Turn Order

#28: Keyflower and Games that Are Too Long

#27: Hyperborean Bag-Building and Rating Systems

#26: Crisis at Steamfall and Interview with Chris Cieslik

#25: Lords of Hellas and Problematic Expansions

#24: The City of Kings and Interview with Eric Reuss

#23: Mage Knight and Player Scaling

#22: Feudum and Euro/Ameritrash Hybridization

#21: Quartermaster General and Gaming Conventions

#20: GKR: Heavy Hitters and Blinging Games

#19: Space Alert and Multiplayer Conflict Games

#18: Champions of Midgard and Victory Point Systems

#17: Battlelore 2nd Edition and Board Game Life Hacks

#16: SMOG Rise of Moloch and Games that Shouldn't Work

#15: Shadespire and House Rules

#14: Rising Sun and Inappropriate Themes

#13: 51st State Master Set and Kickstarter Exclusives

#12: Deception: Murder in Hong Kong and Hidden Game States

#11: Gaia Project and Reskins & Second Editions

#10: A Feast for Odin and Apps

#9: Sidereal Confluence and HATE

#8: Alien Artifacts and Kickstarter

#7: Scythe: The Wind Gambit and Campaigns

#6: Space Hulk and New Year's Resolutions

#5: Year in Review 2017

#4: Spirit Island and Rulebooks

#3: Hansa Teutonica and Theme

#2: Terraforming Mars and Dexterity Games

#1: Kingdom Death and Randomness