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We're back from GenCon, we've had a few days to recovered and then we headed back into the studio to discuss what we did, the games we played, and all things GenCon. In this first part we talk about …

This was played a month prior to GenCon, but this is publishing the week after GenCon. If previous years are any indication our group of gamers had a great time and they are already looking forward t…

Kiwi's dream job is to just walk around in the forest and count trees, somewhere where you can lose count, start over, and no one is worried about it. There's a lot of trees out there, some body has …

You ever wake up in the morning as an Arch Mage and decide, today is the day I get into real estate? And then you realize you need a lot more help and you need to hire people? It happens more times t…

I'm here to talk about a serious problem, TRIBES of wild Kiwi roaming the country side! This week, Paxton is back with bP and Kiwi to play Kiwi Chow Down from Detestable Games. It was designed by Pep…

When bP was asked about an episode title, she was clearly focused on penguins: Purple Penguins, Penguin Pals, Purple Penguin Pals ... yeah, we don't know either. Then Paxton just said there's nothing…

"It doesn't take a lot of elephants to have a scary amount of elephant on the battlefield." This week, Eric and Kiwi bring Commands & Colors: Ancients to the table and recreate the first battle of th…

It's another double game episodes with bP and Kiwi. This time around we're playing Timeline by Frederic Henry and published in 2012 by Asmodee. We follow that up with Trailblazers published in 2023 b…

This week, Eric, Kiwi, and Alexei got the opportunity to learn Exit Vector from Vector Tridens LLC set to go to Kickstarter in mid-2023. The designers Jerick Black, Marc Daigler, and Matt Davis joine…

When I was. A young man. My father. Took me into the city. To see Kiwi and bP play two games this week. An episode harkening back to the double game episodes that we used to publish many moons ago. T…

Because it's DULL, you twit, it'll hurt more! This is it! We made it! This is our 200th episode! Only 88 shows in US Prime Time television have made it to 200+. We're in prestigious company. Only 436…

We're building subway lines this week in  Terminus by Earl Aspiras and Thomas Volpe. It was published in 2023 by Inside Up Games.

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Engines pumping and thumping in time! The green light flashes the flags go up, churning and burning .... we're taking to the track in our vintage 1960s Formula 1 cars to see which one of us can SEND …

We're back in this week in the big beautiful ocean, as we hang out with seahorses, clown fish, hermit crabs, and the super smart Octopus! We're playing Octopus's Garden by Roberta Taylor publishing 2…

... is a revolution not worth having. was V right? Find out this week if Eric, Stephanie, Ernesto, and Alexei are dancing as they play Bloc by Bloc: The Insurrection Game by T.L. Simons and published…

This episode marks our 4th anniversary. Bringing the content that at least a dozen of you crave but one way or the other we enjoy making! Join our four hosts as we deep dive in to why we enjoy, and c…

Kait and Eric are racing … at their own pace … on llamas. Or llama NFTs, but I don’t want to speculate. I made all that up, but what is true is that they are playing Tiwanaku, designed by Oliver Grég…

bP and Kiwi attended Circle DC: A Conference on History, Education & Play held on March 31st to April 2nd, 2023. They talk about the games they played and their experience at the inaugural convention…

From the 20th to the 23rd of November 1943, the 2nd Marine Infantry Division landed on Betio Island in the Tarawa Atoll. The battle would be later known as Bloody Tarawa. This week, Kiwi is talking t…

Puns may be the lowest form of humor, but goodness do they make me giggle. If Kiwi ever groans in disappointed at a pun, he's lying, he loves it. Is he the worst? Possibly. This is week, the ladies a…