Simple, Yet Intriguing

Debuting a concise new series to kick off our 2026 run, the lads are covering Classic Art to commemorate the 30th anniversary of its original 1996 release.

We also chat French Toast, a recent release by AllPlay and the ever-magnanimous Peter C. Hayward.

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01:01 - French Toast discussion (What We Played This Week)

06:56 - Classic Art Discussion

17:26 - Aha! Moments

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Hosted & Edited by Luke O'Grady & Chris Lemieux

Produced by Sophie Shin

Socials by Matthew Winquist

Art by Samm Ruppersberger

Happy new year! 🎉Another year around the sun, another retrospective episode where we get the whole crew together to discuss the games we played, the challenges most of us catastrophically failed, and what we're looking forward to in 2026.

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Hosted & Edited by Luke O'Grady, Chris Lemieux, Sophie Shin, & Matthew Winquist

Produced by Sophie Shin

Socials by Matthew Winquist

Art by Samm Ruppersberger

🚀Our final lap around the SILOS system takes the lads through a high-stakes galactic race that's fun for the whole family!

Includes amicable chatting about 12 Chip Trick, as well as comparisons of ORBIT to other race & racing games.

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00:00 - Intro

01:26 - 12 Chip Trick discussion (What We Played This Week)

07:43 - ORBIT discussion

22:29 - aha! moments

29:31 - Game of Games: top 5 SciFi boardgames

Hosted & Edited by Luke O'Grady & Chris Lemieux

Produced by Sophie Shin

Socials by Matthew Winquist

Art by Samm Ruppersberger

👽 The lads wax enthusiastically about EGO, the exciting, interactive, and tough-to-categorize 2nd entry in the Cosmic Silos Trilogy from Bitewing Games about being better at making friends than your friends.

Featuring banter about 'Waddle', a clever little penguin posturing game from Allplay & Corné van Moorsel.

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00:00 - Intro

00:36 - Waddle Discussion

05:37 - EGO Rules & Discussion

21:08 - Aha! Moments

40:08 - Game of games

👾 Our latest 100% human-created episode covers the 2025 Reiner Knizia release SILOS from Bitewing Games, wherein skinsuits abound and cows are finally given their due.

Featuring banter about recent Pandemic system game 'Lord of the Rings: Fate of the Fellowship', Star Wars games, and IP games in general.

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Chapters:

00:00 - Standard Earth Greetings

03:00 - Fate of the Fellowship discussion

12:08 - (segue into) SILOS Discussion

28:08 - Aha! Moment [Sophie 28:08 | Chris 30:52 | Luke 35:17]

40:39 - Outro

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Hosted & Edited by: Luke O'Grady & Chris Lemieux

Produced by: Sophie Shin

Socials by: Matt Winquist

Art by: Sam Ruppersberger

Feast your ears on todays' double-feature-episode, where the lads reveal how little they know about Chess as well as their inability to distinguish the color green from the color magenta.

Also featuring a quick discussion of CMYK's Magenta series!

Chapters:

00:57 - Tower Chess Discussion

10:38 - Fives Discussion

23:33 - CMYK Magenta collection

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Hosted by: Luke O'Grady & Chris Lemieux

Produced by: Sophie Shin

Socials by: Matt Winquist

Art by: Samm Ruppersberger

🎪 The usual circus that is this podcast continues with our penultimate Taiki Shinzawa episode! We speak briefly on the 2025 game Tag Team (from Scorpion Masqué, by Gricha German & Corentin Lebrat) before introducing the main act: Big Top (from Allplay, by Taiki Shinzawa), a fantastically clever auction game.

Ta-da! 🎉🐘🎩

Hosted & Edited by: Luke O'Grady & Chris Lemieux

Produced by: Sophie Shin

Socials by: Matt Winquist

Artwork by: Sam Ruppersberger

This week, Luke and Chris continue on their Taiki Shinzawa journey with two trick-taking games: 2020 Planet etuC and 2022 Pin Combi Trio.

Hosted by: Luke O'Grady & Chris Lemieux

Produced by: Sophie Shin

Socials: Matt Winquist

Artwork by: Samm Ruppersberger

Luke and Chris continue their journey through the games of Taiki Shinzawa. This week, join them as they chat through two unique card games: Cowardly Bat and Maskmen!

Chapters:

01:23 - Cowardly Bat discussion

09:44 - Maskmen discussion

19:45 - Aha! moments

23:53 - BGG Trivia!

Hosted by: Luke O'Grady & Chris Lemieux

Produced by: Sophie Shin

Socials: Matt Winquist

Artwork by: Samm Ruppersberger

It's a trick-taking double feature extravaganza as Chris and Luke kick-off the new Taiki Shinzawa miniseries with Nine Lives and Ghosts of Christmas!

Hosted by: Luke O'Grady & Chris Lemieux

Produced by: Sophie Shin

Socials: Matt Winquist

Artwork by: Samm Ruppersberger