We're so obsessed with board games, that we enjoy them...even when we're not actually playing them. What are these "play-adjacent" activities that we love so much?

And what are our favorite components? And why on earth are we talking about jigsaw puzzles on a board game podcast?

The board games we discuss on this episode:

Christina’s topic: your favorite game components

• Everdell
• Tidal Blades
• Honey Buzz
• Wingspan
• Wavelength
• Blockbuster
• Potion Explosion
• Portal
• Dragoon
• Ascension
• Life Siphon
• Guts of Glory
• Mouse Trap
• Trouble
• Hungry Hungry Hippos
• HeroQuest
• Scrabble
• Jenga
• Junk Art
• Fireball Island
• Crokinole
• Pinnacle
• The Climbers
• Riff Raff

Shoe’s topic: What do you like doing with board games...outside of playing them?

• The Castles of Burgundy
• Viscounts of the West Kingdom
• Tekhenu: Obelisk of the Sun

Final thoughts: 

• P for Pizza
• Scapegoat
• Air, Land, and Sea
• Viscounts of the West Kingdom
• Grifters