The Hobby Shelf

Looking for some games to play or books to read with large groups of people? We've got you covered! This episode was requested by one of our listeners, @threecrownsbooks on Instagram. You can find all of the books and games we mentioned in the show notes along with our recommendations of the week. Keep expanding your shelf!

Games:

Outer Worlds

Dice Forge

Cards Against Humanity

Two Rooms and a Boom

Codenames

Telestrations

Fog of Love

Wavelength

On Tour

Welcome To

Sushi Go Party!

Books:

West by Edith Pattou

East by Edith Pattou

The World on Either Side by Diane Terrana

The Radium Girls by Kate Moore

Emergency Contact by Mary HK Choi

Front Lines by Michael Grant 

Recommendations:

The Emotion Thesaurus: A Writer's Guide to Character Expression by Angela Ackerman and Becca Puglisi

The Mandalorian

Everyone gets annoyed at things, and today we share our pet peeves about books and boardgames. We have some strong opinions, so brace yourselves and be prepared to laugh. You can find all of the books and games we mentioned in the show notes along with our recommendations of the week. Keep expanding your shelf!

Games:

Gloomhaven

Final Flicktier

Scythe

Wingspan

Charterstone

Mysterium

Pandemic

Unbroken

Books:

The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow

Inkheart by Cornelia Funke

City of Ghosts by Victoria Schwab

Vicious by VE Schwab

Vengeful by VE Schwab

The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch

Song of the Lioness series by Tamora Pierce

A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket

The Infernal Devices series by Cassandra Clare

Outlander by Diana Gabaldon

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke

The Illuminate Files by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff

Recommendations:

Hunted

BoardGameDesignLab

Book Riot

Game time! We challenge each other to find books and boardgames that match in theme, concept, or execution. Let us know if you think our matches actually match! You can find all of the books and games we mentioned in the show notes along with our recommendations of the week. Keep expanding your shelf!

Games:

Gloomhaven

Phase 10

On Tour

Welcome To

Railroad Ink

Ticket to Ride

Betrayal at House on the Hill

Pandemic

Escape Room: The Game

Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective

Sheriff of Nottingham

Fog of Love

Books:

The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson

The Copyeditor's Handbook by Amy Einsohn and Marilyn Schwartz

City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert

The Fountains of Silence by Ruta Sepetys

The Maze Runner by James Dashner

Wanderers by Chuck Wendig

The Dead and the Gone by Susan Beth Pfeffer

If We Were Villains by ML Rio

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

To All The Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny Han

Recommendations:

Calgary Public Library

Outer Worlds

Sometimes we miss our childhood, so in this episode we talk about the books we read as kids and the games we used to play! Bring on the nostalgia. You can find all of the books and games we mentioned in the show notes along with our recommendations of the week. Keep expanding your shelf!

Games:

Gloomhaven

Catan

Sushi Go!

Nertz

ChickenFoot

Monopoly

Trouble

Sorry!

Game of Life

Phase 10

Skip-Bo

UNO

Books:

Toil & Trouble: 15 Tales of Women and Witchcraft ed. Jessica Spotswood and Tess Sharpe

His Hideous Heart ed. Dahlia Adler

Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson

The Radium Girls by Kate Moore

Amelia Bedelia by Peggy Parish

Junie B. Jones by Barbara Park

Warriors by Erin Hunter

Storm Thief by Chris Wooding

The Amazing Days of Abby Hayes by Anne Mazer

Magic Tree House series by Mary Pope Osborne

Animorphs series by KA Applegate

Dear Canada series

Bone by Jeff Smith

Fullmetal Alchemist by Hiromu Arakawa

Soul Eater by Atsushi Ohkubo

Alanna: The First Adventure by Tamora Pierce

Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon

Recs:

Currently Reading Podcast

YETI Miniature Printing

If you could step into your favourite fictional setting, where would you go? On this episode, Brenna and Orin discuss their favourite book and boardgame settings! You can find all of the books and games we mentioned in the show notes along with our recommendations of the week. Keep expanding your shelf!

Games:

D&D

Wingspan

Sagrada

Dice Forge

Tidal Blades

Terraforming Mars

Tang Garden

Ishtar: Gardens of Babylon

Gloomhaven

Black Angel

Deja Vu: Fragments of Memory

Books:

Lair of Dreams by Libba Bray

Handling The Truth: On Writing of Memoirs by Beth Kephart

Toil & Trouble: 15 Tales of Women and Witchcraft ed. by Jessica Spotswood and Tess Sharpe

Obsidio by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff

Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo

Harry Potter by JK Rowling

The Night Circus by Erin Morgernstern

How Long 'til Black Future Month? by NK Jemisin

The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch

A Darker Shade of Magic by VE Schwab

Strange The Dreamer by Laini Taylor

Other:

Witch Please

Pokemon Ruby

Pokemon Sapphire

The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker

God of War 4

Recommendations:

Hollow Knight

Lara Jean’s Cowgirl Cookies from To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before by Jenny Han

Sometimes we like to read books together and play games with just 2 people. On this episode, we talk about our experience reading books and playing boardgames together as a couple. You can find all of the books and games we mentioned in the show notes along with our recommendations of the week. Keep expanding your shelf!

Games:

Tsuro of the Seas

Sushi Go Party!

Wingspan

Gloomhaven

Abyss

Clank! In! Space!

Dice Forge

Small World

Terraforming Mars

Splendor

Books:

Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier

A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness

Lair of Dreams by Libbra Bray

The Radium Girls by Kate Moore

Inkheart by Cornelia Funke

Inkspell by Cornelia Funke

Inkdeath by Cornelia Funke

The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens

Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman

The Fifth Season by NK Jemisin

Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo

Illuminae by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff

Gemina by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff

Obsidio by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff

Recommendations of the week:

Critical Role

PARKS

Halloween is our favourite event of the year, so it’s time to talk about spooky books and games! You can find all of the books and games we mentioned in the show notes along with our recommendations of the week. Keep expanding your shelf!

Games:

Welcome To

Wingspan

Eldritch Horror

King of Tokyo

Mysterium

Last Night On Earth

Tiny Epic Zombies

Zombicide

Betrayal at House on the Hill

Tang Garden

Dread

Nyctophobia

Books:

The Diviners by Libba Bray

The World on Either Side by Diane Terrana

Undead Girl Gang by Lily Anderson

Pumpkinheads by Rainbow Rowell

The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins

The Woman in the Window by AJ Finn

Pet Sematary by Stephen King

On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King

The Devouring by Simon Holt

Soulstice by Simon Holt

Malice by Chris Wooding

Havoc by Chris Wooding

Skeleton Creek by Patrick Carman

Toil & Trouble: 15 Tales of Women & Witchcraft ed. Jessica Spotswood and Tess Sharpe

A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness

Other:

Unplugged Book Box

Recommendations of the week:

Hilda

Vindication

On this episode, we talk about how we experience stories. We talk about what stories are, what we find interesting in stories, and how stories are important for creating empathy. You can find all of the books and games we mentioned in the show notes along with our recommendations of the week. Keep expanding your shelf!

Games:

Fire Emblem: Three Houses

Scythe

Abyss

Underwater Cities

Dungeons and Dragons

Gloomhaven

Pathfinder

Books:

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by JK Rowling

Pet by Akwaeke Emezi

The Diviners by Libba Bray

Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

The Night Circus by Erin Morgernstern

Illuminae by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff

The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater

The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

Other:

Critical Role

Recommendations of the week:

Untitled Goose Game

Erin Servais: @GrammarParty on Twitter; NaNo Survival & Success: https://www.dotanddashllc.com/nano-survival-success

Excited for fall? We give our fall book and boardgame recommendations. You can find all of the books and games we mentioned in the show notes along with our recommendations of the week. Keep expanding your shelf!

Contact info for our amazing cover art designer, Stephanie Limb:

Twitter: @Stephaniel_Arts

Instagram: @steph_is_the_stove

Games:

Fire Emblem: Three Houses

Root

One Night Ultimate Werewolf

Takenoko

Catan

Keyper

Tokaido

Groves

Photosynthesis

Books:

The Kingdom of Copper by SA Chakraborty

Love From A to Z but SK Ali

The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

Save Me the Plums by Ruth Reichl

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

The Raven Cycle by Maggie Stiefvater

The Harry Potter series by JK Rowling

The Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield

Recommendations of the week:

What Should I Read Next

Secret Feminist Agenda

Welcome to The Hobby Shelf, a podcast where we discuss books, boardgames, and sometimes other hobbies. On this episode, we introduce ourselves and talk about the podcast. You can find all of the books and games we mentioned in the show notes along with our recommendations of the week. Keep expanding your shelf!

Games:

Scythe

Snowdonia

Terraforming Mars

Dice Forge

Gloomhaven

Wingspan

Tapestry

Keyper

Books:

Better Than Before by Gretchen Rubin

Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by JK Rowling

Burnout: the Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle by Emily Nagoski and Amelia Nagoski

The Kingdom of Copper by SA Chakraborty

Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman

Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

Inkheart by Cornelia Funke

Inkspell by Cornelia Funke

Inkdeath by Cornelia Funke

This Is All by Aidan Chambers

Illuminae by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff

Recommendations of the week:

Rahdo Runs Through

He Read She Read