The Gaming Moguls

Mark and Sobhi have a big announcement – MogulsCon 2.0 August 16-18 in Hopkins, MN! We also review games we’ve played and talk about three different space operas – two of which involve a dying sun or…

Sobhi and Mark head off for the First Minnesota Muster – a weekend of heavy games, war games and train games and live to tell the tale.. but not all the games could say as much. We also discuss a new…

The Gaming Moguls add a new co-host to the mix – Sobhi Youssef! We introduce Sobhi, talk about what we’ve been playing – then talk about games where the theme is clearly reflected in the mechanisms.

Time again for that annual lookback at Mark’s best-of-the-best. It’s probably the most pure list ever – since very few “new hotness” games were played in 2022. Where does Age of Steam land this year?…

Our favorite time of year is when we review our top 20 games of the year to see how our tastes evolve over the year. We count ’em down from 20 to 1 and talk about the ones that almost made the list. …

Jake and Mark review a cabin gaming weekend and ponder why some cooperative games – especially some very highly rated cooperative games – leave such an emptiness after playing. They revisit Ark Nova …

We’re Back! After a lovely extended summer break – the Gaming Moguls rip into Season Two. We spend the episode catching up on the best games that we’ve played since the last episode and our favorites…

It’s Moguls Unfiltered tonight – where we discuss our unplayed games in the BGG Top 100 and what we think about them.. good, bad, or otherwise. This episode is full of rapid-fire hot takes and bad op…

Jake takes his shot at listing his top 20 games of all time as of Fall 2021. We count them down from 20-1 and talk about some of the things that didn’t make the list. Who is more correct on their lis…

It’s the holiday season again – that means it’s time to recap what our favorites are for the year and discuss them. Mark had a back to basics year – and the average age of the games is older than it …

Jake and Mark continue their homage to the great games of years gone by and why they are better games than the new ones being released in 2021. We talk about several games with an average release dat…

Jake and Mark double down on the Old Hotness this week to discuss an amazing set of midweight games from over a decade ago. We ponder why all of these games have stood the test of time and examine wh…

Jake and Mark have an episode chock full of game plays – and a shocking number of them involve a lot of cubes. Whether for workers, resources, trains, or routes – it’s all so many cubes. We talk abou…

Jake’s back and he’s got games to talk about. We run through the games we’ve played including Decrypto, Cribbage, Trade on the Tigris, Santa Monica, Burano, Great Western Trail and Sleeping Gods. Aft…

It’s guest host time at the Gaming Moguls – we’ve got Craig Taylor from The Train Rush joining us once again. This time, he’s doing something he vowed never to do – make a Top 20 list. We even get hi…

We made it to Episode 50.. and we’ve decided to do a new “About Us” episode. We originally did this back in Episode Zero – but that’s now two years out of date and our audio quality is much better. W…

Jake and Mark get back to business! We talk about all the great games we’ve played since the last episode! We also have a pre-holiday fireside chat where we discuss everything from collection curatio…

In Episode 48, Jake runs down his top 20 games as of Fall, 2020. Big changes this year as we missed out on a year of gaming IRL and we included 18xx games. After listening, are you on #teamjake or #t…

It’s that time again – time to revisit the games that spark joy in the Gaming Moguls! This time we examine Mark’s Top 20 of 2020 to see what’s new on the list and what games have lost their shine. Th…