"One day I was sitting in a gazebo, and there was a plaque on the gazebo and it said, 'This gazebo was built by the town in 1863.' That is in the middle of the Civil War. And the whole town built a gazebo. What was that town meeting like? 'All right, everyone, first order of business, we have all the telegrams from Gettysburg with the war dead. Let’s see here. Okay, everyone’s husband and brother and… everyone died. Okay. Josiah, you had something?' 'Yes, I do. How’d you like to be indoors and out of doors all at once? Ever walk into the park with your betrothed and it starts to rain, but you still want to hold hands? Well, may I introduce you to, and my condolences again to everyone, the gazebo!'"

-John Mulaney, "Kid Gorgeous at Studio City"

Games Played Last Week:

01:29 -Coyote (Spartaco Albertarelli, New Games Order, 2015)

04:07 -Tapple Mini (NPD Toys, The Op Games, 2025)

07:17 -Die fiesen 7 (Jacques Zeimet, Drei Hasen in der Abendsonne, 2015)

09:41 -Manila (Franz-Benno Delonge, Zoch Verlag, 2005)

14:17 -G.I. JOE Deck-Building Game (T.C. Petty III, Renegade Game Studios, 2021)

16:56 -The Gang (John Cooper and Kory Heath, KOSMOS, 2024)

20:29 -Trickadee (Rob Newton, Coin Flip Games, 2025)

24:26 -Spicy (Győri Zoltán Gábor, HeidelBÄR Games, 2020)

28:13 -Good Puppers, Too! (Chris Cieslik, Asmadi Games, 2025)

33:40 -Cross Bronx Expressway (Non-Breaking Space, GMT Games, 2025)

News (and why it doesn't matter):

46:47 Dire Wolf and Tabletop Playground

48:01 New games from Badgers from Mars! Regicide Inferno, Regicide Crown Duels, and Viking Rush

49:07 Show news: guest hosts in early 2026

50:27 Feature Game: Gazebo (Reiner Knizia, Bitewing Games, 2025)

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