Happy New Year! This is the first (recorded) episode of the year and we will be covering 7 game reviews as well as talking about Captain Con a local convention that we will be talking about and having a lot of content about. So make sure to follow our Instagram and Facebook to get all the information. We also talk about a great program at the Manchester Library that we recently attended and some challenges we set out for ourselves for this year.

Captain Con Badge Link-https://tabletop.events/conventions/captaincon-2025/badgetypes

Captain Con Board Game Library-

https://www.captaincon.com/board-game-library

Timestamps:

Snack Rabbits-6:28

Combo-12:47

Burger Slam-18:12

Toil and Troublez-23:18

Star Realms Academy-28:41

Caution SIgns-35:27

Pass-41:59

Captain Con Preview-49:52

Final episode of 2024! In this episode Gary and Adam each have a top ten list of games that they played for the first time this year. This list includes games from 2024 and even games that are over ten years old. We've played hundreds of games this year and these are the best of the best so you don't want to miss these lists!

Gary and I went to Pax Unplugged and will tell you about all the fun we had and all the games we played over that 3 day weekend. We will talk about some older games we played like Funemployed, Century Golem Edition, Lords of Waterdeep, and newer games like Rajas of Ganges: Cards and Karma(although we couldn't get the name correct in the episode), Chemical Overload, Drop Drive, and more! If you're thinking about going to Pax Unplugged this is the episode to watch/listen to.

This episode is stuffed (see what I did there?) with games that we think would be great to bring to those holiday get togethers that are just around the corner. We try to cover all types of games from kids games to adult games. I forget that a hippo and a rhino are two different animals and Gary says some offensive things as usual. Heads up there are some NSFW content in this one (thanks Gary). The games we talk about are Zombie Dice, TMNT Dice, No Thanks, Cash n Guns, Quixx, Flip 7, Telestrations, Blank Slate, Herd Mentality, Wavelength, Just One, Hues and Cues, Captain Clueless, I'm a Little Crabby(You've Got Crabs), Super Rhino, Sequoia, Crossing, The Mind, The Game, Tsuro, Heroes of Barcadia, Dwarves: Dig Delve Die, Iron and Ales, and Billionare Banshee. Wow that is a lot of games! I hope you enjoy and have a happy holiday!

2 episodes in one month? I know we spoil you. In this episode we get back on track with another thing that has a big impact on how people enjoy games which is player interaction. We talk about the different levels of player interaction and how you should know what kind of interaction people are looking for or comfortable with. We touch on our experience of teaching at Tabletop Utopia again and some more convention talk. We also talk about some games we played that Gary recently got from a Kickstarter he backed called the Tiny Game Series Volume 1 which include Sires, Defrag, and 16 Candies. We also talk about Floor Plan, Forbidden Desert, Machi Koro Legacy(no spoilers), and Unstable Unicorns. Wow we do spoil you all because that's a lot of content!

OK so I lied about this being an "normal" episode. In this episode we decided to do a quick episode about some Halloween games that would be great to bring out at parties and some that you might want to stay away from. The games we talk about are Deadlines, Zombie Dice, Betrayal at the House on the Hill, Horrified, Hocus Pocus, Mysterium, One night Werewolf, Telestrarions, and Blank Slate. Also we talk about teaching at the next Tabletop Utopia October 11th to the 13th.