Simple, Yet Intriguing

Lace up your sneakers! This week, the crew are diving headfirst into Reiner Knizia's Decathlon — ten dicey events, one questionable champion...

Chapters:

00:00 - Introduction

01:27 - What did we play this week?

11:53 - How to play Reiner Knizia's Decathlon⁠

14:56 - Reiner Knizia's Decathlon⁠ Discussion

26:19 - Aha! moments

Hosted by: Luke O'Grady & Chris Lemieux

Produced by: Sophie Shin

Socials: Matt Winquist

Artwork by: Samm Ruppersberger

This week, Luke and Chris are joined by our very own Mechanic Mechanic Matt to chat Einfach Genial: Das Würfelspiel, the dice rolling entry part of Knizia's Ingenious Challenges!

Chapters:

00:00 - Introduction

01:37 - What did we play this week?

08:51 - How to play Einfach Genial: Das Würfelspiel⁠

12:26 - Einfach Genial: Das Würfelspiel⁠ Discussion

32:10 - Aha! moments

Hosted by: Luke O'Grady & Chris Lemieux

Produced by: Sophie Shin

Socials: Matt Winquist

Artwork by: Samm Ruppersberger

This week the crew dives into the simple, chaotic, and sneakily strategic Don't L.L.A.M.A Dice!

00:00 - Introduction

01:12 - Breakout Con

08:57 - How to play Don’t L.L.A.M.A. Dice

13:17 - Don’t L.L.A.M.A. Dice Discussion

25:38 - Aha moments

Hosted by: Luke O'Grady & Chris Lemieux

Produced by: Sophie Shin

Socials: Matt Winquist

Artwork by: Samm Ruppersberger

The crew keeps rollin' through their push-your-luck dice series with Knizia's Excape!

Episode Chapters

00:00 - Introduction

01:55 - What have we played this week?

09:27 - Excape discussion 

18:04 - Aha moments

Hosted by: Luke O'Grady & Chris Lemieux

Produced by: Sophie Shin

Socials: Matt Winquist

Artwork by: Samm Ruppersberger

Get your worms fried and hold onto your chickens! The crew kicks off their new series exploring the world of push-your-luck dice games in the Knizia-verse with Pickomino!

Episode Chapters

00:00 - Introduction

01:40 - What have we played this week?

05:39 - Pickomino discussion

20:35 - Aha moments

Hosted by: Luke O'Grady & Chris Lemieux

Produced by: Sophie Shin

Socials: Matt Winquist

Artwork by: Samm Ruppersberger

This week the crew tests out their symbiotic connection to the fungi in our final chapter of the Elizabeth Hargrave series: Undergrove!

Episode Chapters

00:00 - Intro

02:06 - What we played this week

15:00 - Undergrove Discussion

43:24 - Series rankings

Hosted by: Luke O'Grady & Chris Lemieux

Produced by: Sophie Shin

Socials: Matt Winquist

Artwork by: Samm Ruppersberger

This week we don our lab coats to talk about Elizabeth Hargrave's The Fox Experiment, a game about raising curly-tailed canids who are predisposed to love you. Join us as we discuss this unique game, grounded - as per usual - in fascinating real-world science!

Episode Chapters

00:00 - Intro

01:05 - What we played this week (The Gang)

09:44 - Pirate non-sequitur

09:59 - Fox Experiment Discussion

Hosted by: Luke O'Grady & Chris Lemieux

Produced by: Sophie Shin

Socials: Matt Winquist

Artwork by: Samm Ruppersberger

This week, the crew gift each other flowers and feed some pixies as they play through Hargrave's Button Shy wallet games: Tussie Mussie and Picky Pixie!

Episode Chapters

00:00 - Intro

01:40 - What Luke played this week & challenge update

06:46 - Tussie Mussie discussion

23:54 - Picky Pixie discussion

Hosted by: Luke O'Grady & Chris Lemieux

Produced by: Sophie Shin

Socials: Matt Winquist

Artwork by: Samm Ruppersberger

This week, the crew takes a round-trip to Mexico, embracing their inner butterflies as they continue their Elizabeth Hargrave side quest with her Wingspan follow-up: Mariposas!

Episode Chapters

00:00 - Intro

01:50 - Check-in on 2025 game challenges

09:15 - Mariposas discussion

26:30 - Aha! moments

Hosted by: Luke O'Grady & Chris Lemieux

Produced by: Sophie Shin

Socials: Matt Winquist

Artwork by: Samm Ruppersberger

We're taking a break from our journey through Knizia's œuvre and are embarking on a side quest! The gang are joined by special guest Maggie Shanahan as they go birdwatching with Elizabeth Hargrave in Wingspan—the first episode of our new mini-series.

Episode Chapters

00:00 - Episode intro

01:12 - Maggie Shanahan intro

07:54 - Wingspan discussion

19:28 - Aha moments

Hosted by: Luke O'Grady & Chris Lemieux

Produced by: Sophie Shin

Guest: Maggie Shanahan

Socials: Matt Winquist

Artwork by: Samm Ruppersberger