
#247: Old King's Crown
24/12/2025 | 1h 16min
Matt and Jordan review Old King's Crown, the impressive lane battling asymmetric card flipping game from first time designer Pablo Clark.

#246: Game Brain Holiday Gift Extravaganza
15/12/2025 | 1h 2min
Ben and Paul are here to save your holiday season! Need a game to buy for that special someone? Or even that UNspecial someone? We have some ideas for you. Plus, some strategies for how to teach games to the most stubborn, unfocused, and downright difficult people of all time: your family.00:00 - Intro04:00 - Recent Plays04:12 - Food Chain Magnate17:17 - Ito22:36 - Ayar, Shinjuku, and Tag Team26:36 - The Game Brain Holiday Gifting Extravaganza!!28:36 - Games for Monopoly lovers34:17 - Games for Scrabble lovers (or Codenames or Scattergories)42:18 - Games if you don't know someone's tastes46:53 - Games you can play with someone right away48:52 - Games to inch someone towards the hobby52:22 - Party games!53:21 - Stocking stuffers55:16 - How to teach games to your family

Solo Mode #10: Kingdom Death Simulator
08/12/2025 | 40min
Matty introduces you to the neat world of Kingdom Death on your compooter.Watch the pod on YouTube: https://youtu.be/q3Bf7JYMhJQCheck the game out here: https://shop.kingdomdeath.com/

#245 BGG.CON 2025
24/11/2025 | 1h 19min
Matt, Ben, Trey, Tom and Jordan travel to Dallas, Texas for BGG.CON 2025 and don't see the sun for four entire days. Many games were played, all were enjoyed. Well, almost all.

#244 Speakeasy
10/11/2025 | 1h 44min
Ben, Trey, and Paul review the new Vital Lacerda board game Speakeasy.Plus, recent plays of The Old King's Crown and Night Soil.00:00 - Intro03:55 - The Old King's Crown11:16 - Night Soil18:40 - 18Cuba19:20 - Speakeasy



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