May 06, 2025

Table Topics: Gaming Conventions

1 hour 11 minutes

Kalee, Jared, and Scot recount their favorite moments from a recent gaming convention, and cover stories about valuing your friends, celebrating birthdays, and the dramas of ‘merch’. They cover how teaching games and play-to-win games work, and shout-out to many of the cool people we met at Fun K-Town.

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Intro Music:

Song: Drunk on Funk

Artist: Top-Flow

Background Music:

Song: Podcast Smooth Jazz Instrumental Music

Artist: Denis-Pavlov-Music

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Overview of Table Topics

Table Topics Podcast delves into the panoply of stories posted online to find those related to the hobby of tabletop gaming and gaming in general. Host Kalee Holdren retrieves stories from Reddit to share, with a rotation of guests who react and give feedback.

Episodes look at specific scenarios, relationships, or types of games, and present advice and empathy to the posters or other characters in the chosen stories. Occasionally there’s a harsher rebuke - but all in the pursuit of better times with friends and better gaming. And honestly, sometimes you must speak truth when someone asks - AITA?

Listeners will be guided across the ups and downs of games, deserved victories and crushing defeats, outbursts that may be or may not be about the game in question. The hosts approach the situations presented with humor and honesty, and invite listeners to send in stories they find, submit their own, or participate in the discussion on our social media and Discord.

Overview of The Game Table Podcast

The Game Table Podcast is an exploration of various board, card, and tabletop games. Hosted by Ian Mansfield and Jared Snyder, this podcast offers listeners a comprehensive look at different games, providing overviews, insights on gameplay, and personal thoughts to help you decide if a game is right for your table.

Each episode delves into a specific game, discussing its mechanics, strategies, and overal

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