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| #5: MLEM: Space Agency (New Release Bonus) | 24 Oct 2024 | 00:22:56 | |
Chris, Luke and Sophie are taking a break from their Modern Classics series to go off into DEEP SPACE in this very special bonus episode where they explore one of Knizia's releases from the past year: MLEM: Space Agency! Hosted by: Luke O'Grady & Chris Lemieux Produced by: Sophie Shin Artwork by: Samm Ruppersberger | |||
| #4: Modern Art (Modern Classics 4) | 14 Oct 2024 | 00:39:09 | |
Going once...going twice...sold! Luke, Chris and Sophie open their wallets and dive into the world Knizia's classic art-buying auction game: Modern Art! Hosted by: Luke O'Grady & Chris Lemieux Produced by: Sophie Shin Artwork by: Samm Ruppersberger | |||
| #3: Tigris & Euphrates (Modern Classics 3) | 07 Oct 2024 | 00:31:28 | |
Building civilizations isn't for everyone. Join Luke, Chris and Sophie as they attempt to lead their people to victory in one of Reiner Knizia's tile-laying masterpieces: Tigris & Euphrates! Hosted by: Luke O'Grady & Chris Lemieux Produced by: Sophie Shin Artwork by: Samm Ruppersberger | |||
| #2: Lost Cities (Modern Classics 2) | 30 Sep 2024 | 00:32:07 | |
Get your digging tools ready! Luke, Chris and Sophie set off on an expedition into the world of Knizia's beloved two-player card game: Lost Cities. Hosted by: Luke O'Grady & Chris Lemieux Produced by: Sophie Shin Artwork by: Samm Ruppersberger | |||
| #1: Ra (Modern Classics #1) | 22 Sep 2024 | 00:37:19 | |
Luke, Chris and Sophie pray to the Sun God and begin their journey with one of Knizia's most popular games: Ra! Hosted by: Luke O'Grady & Chris Lemieux Produced by: Sophie Shin Artwork by: Samm Ruppersberger | |||
| Welcome to Simple, Yet Intriguing! | 22 Sep 2024 | 00:11:14 | |
Get to know Luke, Chris and Sophie as they chat through the journey they have ahead of them — playing every single board game designed by Reiner Knizia. | |||
| #17: Mariposas (Elizabeth Hargrave 2) | 17 Feb 2025 | 00:36:19 | |
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 | |||
| #16: Wingspan, with guest Maggie Shanahan (Elizabeth Hargrave 1) | 11 Feb 2025 | 00:46:14 | |
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 | |||
| #7: Ingenious (Modern Classics 6) | 11 Nov 2024 | 00:24:30 | |
Einfach Genial! Luke, Chris and Sophie brush up on their German and chat through Knizia's domino-style abstract classic: Ingenious! Hosted by: Luke O'Grady & Chris Lemieux Produced by: Sophie Shin Artwork by: Samm Ruppersberger | |||
| #6: Through the Desert (Modern Classics 5) | 03 Nov 2024 | 00:31:01 | |
Hop on your tasty looking camels and join Luke, Chris and Sophie as they make their way Through the Desert! Hosted by: Luke O'Grady & Chris Lemieux Produced by: Sophie Shin Artwork by: Samm Ruppersberger | |||
| #15: Poison (Card Games 6) | 03 Feb 2025 | 00:39:49 | |
Chris, Luke and Sophie wrap up part one of the Card Games series with Knizia's Poison (aka Friday the 13th). Episode Chapters 00:00 - Intro 01:00 - What did we play this week? 06:48 - Poison discussion 31:42 - Card Games Pt. 1 series rankings Hosted by: Luke O'Grady & Chris Lemieux Produced by: Sophie Shin Socials: Matt Winquist Artwork by: Samm Ruppersberger | |||
| #14: Wildlife Safari (Card Games 5) | 27 Jan 2025 | 00:31:37 | |
Chris, Luke and Sophie are going on a safari adventure as they play one of Knizia's painfully simple (yet very intriguing) animal themed card game: Wildlife Safari! Episode Chapters 00:00 - Intro 00:56 - What did we play this week? 04:52 - Wildlife Safari discussion 23:00 - The Depths of BGG 27:50 - Fun Facts Hosted by: Luke O'Grady & Chris Lemieux Produced by: Sophie Shin Socials: Matt Winquist Artwork by: Samm Ruppersberger | |||
| #13: Hot Lead (Card Games 4) | 20 Jan 2025 | 00:31:37 | |
Chris, Luke and Sophie are going undercover and are gathering evidence as they play Knizia's auction/hand management card game: Hot Lead! Hosted by: Luke O'Grady & Chris Lemieux Produced by: Sophie Shin Socials: Matt Winquist Artwork by: Samm Ruppersberger | |||
| #12: Looting London (Card Games 3) | 13 Jan 2025 | 00:41:02 | |
London has been looted, mate! Chris, Luke and Sophie release their inner sleuths as they play through Knizia's Looting London. Hosted by: Luke O'Grady & Chris Lemieux Produced by: Sophie Shin Socials: Matt Winquist Artwork by: Samm Ruppersberger | |||
| #11: 2024 Year in Review! (Bonus) | 06 Jan 2025 | 01:33:56 | |
In this special Year in Review episode, Chris, Luke, and Sophie reflect on their favourite board game moments of the year, hand out some awards, and test their knowledge with trivia about games they’ve covered on the pod so far. Plus, they welcome Matt to the team, who’s joining to level up their social media game. It’s a celebration of the past year and an exciting look ahead! Hosted by: Luke O'Grady & Chris Lemieux Produced by: Sophie Shin Socials: Matt Winquist Artwork by: Samm Ruppersberger | |||
| #10: Relationship Tightrope (Card Games 2) | 30 Dec 2024 | 00:26:49 | |
Chris, Luke and Sophie must balance their friendship as they walk carefully through Knizia's trick taking game Relationship Tightrope! Hosted by: Luke O'Grady & Chris Lemieux Produced by: Sophie Shin Socials: Matt Winquist Artwork by: Samm Ruppersberger | |||
| #9: L.L.A.M.A. (Card Games 1) | 23 Dec 2024 | 00:29:34 | |
Don’t Let Llamas And Markers Accumulate! This week, the crew begin their journey into a new Knizia series focusing on card games with one of their favourites: L.L.A.M.A! Hosted by: Luke O'Grady & Chris Lemieux Produced by: Sophie Shin Socials: Matt Winquist Artwork by: Samm Ruppersberger | |||
| #8: Samurai (Modern Classics 7) | 16 Dec 2024 | 00:37:59 | |
Luke, Chris and Sophie wrap up the Modern Classics Pt. 1 series with the final title in Knizia’s tile laying trilogy: Samurai! Hosted by: Luke O'Grady & Chris Lemieux Produced by: Sophie Shin Socials: Matt Winquist Artwork by: Samm Ruppersberger | |||
| #20: Undergrove (Elizabeth Hargrave 5) | 24 Mar 2025 | 00:54:40 | |
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 | |||
| #19: The Fox Experiment (Elizabeth Hargrave 4) | 09 Mar 2025 | 00:34:53 | |
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 | |||
| #18: Tussie Mussie & Picky Pixie (Elizabeth Hargrave 3) | 24 Feb 2025 | 00:42:58 | |
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 | |||
| #41: SILOS (Cosmic Silos Trilogy) | 16 Dec 2025 | 00:42:17 | |
👾 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. -- 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 -- Hosted & Edited by: Luke O'Grady & Chris Lemieux Produced by: Sophie Shin Socials by: Matt Winquist Art by: Sam Ruppersberger | |||
| #40: Tower Chess & Fives (Taiki Shinzawa) | 08 Dec 2025 | 00:31:45 | |
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 -- Hosted by: Luke O'Grady & Chris Lemieux Produced by: Sophie Shin Socials by: Matt Winquist Art by: Samm Ruppersberger | |||
| #31: Cosmolancer (aka Kingdoms) (Tile Laying 4) | 09 Sep 2025 | 00:33:58 | |
What do freelance fantasy space-whale photography and the establishment of profitable medieval realms have in common? That the boys talk about both of those themes in this episode! Chris and Luke bandy words about the classic tile-laying game Cosmolancer (originally released as Kingdoms), as well as the 2025 Spiel des Jahres awards (a very timely discussion), and the warm feeling of harming your friends* without facing any consequences. *in the game Tally ho! 🐳💫 00:00 - Intro 00:41 - Banter: on the 2025 Spiel des Jahres 09:53 - Cosmolancer background info 13:33 - Rules summary 16:49 - Game discussion 25:21 - Aha! moments 29:40 - 'I could harm you and then have no retribution personally!' 32:45 - Outro Hosted by: Luke O'Grady & Chris Lemieux Produced by: Sophie Shin & Chris Lemieux Socials: Matt Winquist Artwork by: Samm Ruppersberger | |||
| #30: Butterfly Garden (aka Indigo) (Tile Laying 3) | 02 Sep 2025 | 00:35:06 | |
In this ✨premier episode✨, the lads continue laying tiles in order to collect gems and/or guide butterflies. Join Chris and Luke as they highlight the classic Knizia game Indigo (re-released & re-themed as Butterfly Garden)! Chapters: 00:00 - Intro 00:49 - Banter: On Rulebooks 08:46 - Butterfly Garden explanation 13:42 - Butterfly Garden discussion 18:08 - Theme & Production 21:49 - Aha! moments 31:42 - Fun Fact! Hosted by: Luke O'Grady & Chris Lemieux Produced By: Sophie Shin Socials: Matt Winquist Artwork by: Samm Ruppersberger | |||
| #29: Mille Fiori (Tile Laying 2) | 25 Aug 2025 | 00:32:18 | |
We continue our adventures in Tile Laying with The Boys as Luke & Chris chat Mille Fiori - on glassblowing, card drafting, and pattern building in beautiful Venice. Featuring surprise banter topic - going to Deep Space! Chapters: 00:00 - Intro 01:00 - Going to Deep Space (MLEM Banter) 04:48 - Mille Fiori explanation 09:01 - Mille Fiori (boardgame) discussion 19:16 - Theme discussion 22:22 - Mille Fiori (real life art form) discussion 26:25 - Aha! moments Hosted by: Luke O'Grady & Chris Lemieux Produced By: Sophie Shin Socials: Matt Winquist Artwork by: Samm Ruppersberger | |||
| #28: Rebirth (Tile Laying 1) | 08 Jul 2025 | 00:48:54 | |
The crew is back with a shiny new Knizia series: Tile Laying with the Boys! Luke & Chris welcome our very own Mechanic Mechanic Matt to chat about the first game in the series: Rebirth. Chapters: 00:00 - Introduction 01:02 - Get to know Mechanic Mechanic Matt! 12:50 - How to play Rebirth 19:09 - Rebirth Discussion 36:56 - Aha! moments Hosted by: Luke O'Grady & Chris Lemieux Guest: Matt Winquist Produced by: Sophie Shin Socials: Matt Winquist Artwork by: Samm Ruppersberger | |||
| #27: Sid Sackson Special - Sleuth & BuyWord (Sophie's Challenge Bonus) | 13 May 2025 | 00:36:54 | |
It’s time for a challenge check-in! The crew returns to see how Sophie’s board game resolution is going, diving into the depths of deduction in Sleuth and the wordy wheeling and dealing of BuyWord—both from the prolific designer Sid Sackson. Hosted by: Luke O'Grady & Chris Lemieux Produced by: Sophie Shin Socials: Matt Winquist Artwork by: Samm Ruppersberger | |||
| #26: Gang of Dice (Dice Games 6) | 05 May 2025 | 00:37:01 | |
This week, the crew present you an offer you can't refuse: Gang of Dice! Plus, they rank all the games of their Cubes So Nice They Named it Dice: Dice Guys Finish Last series. Chapters: 00:00 - Introduction 01:33 - What did we play this week? 08:28 - How to play Gang of Dice 12:00 - Gang of Dice Discussion 17:45 - Aha! moments 27: 02 - Series rankings Hosted by: Luke O'Grady & Chris Lemieux Produced by: Sophie Shin Socials: Matt Winquist Artwork by: Samm Ruppersberger | |||
| #25: Reiner Knizia's Decathlon (Dice Games 5) | 29 Apr 2025 | 00:33:33 | |
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 | |||
| #24: Einfach Genial: Das Würfelspiel, with Matt Winquist (Dice Games 4) | 21 Apr 2025 | 00:41:33 | |
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 | |||
| #23: Don't L.L.A.M.A Dice (Dice Games 3) | 15 Apr 2025 | 00:41:37 | |
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 | |||
| #22: Excape (Dice Games 2) | 09 Apr 2025 | 00:32:16 | |
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 | |||
| #39: Big Top (Taiki Shinzawa) | 04 Dec 2025 | 00:34:06 | |
🎪 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 | |||
| #21: Pickomino (Dice Games 1) | 31 Mar 2025 | 00:32:20 | |
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 | |||
| #38: Planet etuC / Pin Combi Trio (Taiki Shinzawa) | 27 Nov 2025 | 00:33:57 | |
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 | |||
| #37: Maskmen / Cowardly Bat (Taiki Shinzawa) | 11 Nov 2025 | 00:29:27 | |
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 | |||
| #36: Nine Lives / Ghosts of Christmas (Taiki Shinzawa) | 24 Oct 2025 | 00:53:32 | |
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 | |||
| #35: Beowulf: The Movie Board Game Special (Chris's Challenge Bonus) | 06 Oct 2025 | 00:45:33 | |
I! AM!! BEOWULF!!! Join the crew as they check in on Chris’s 2025 board game challenge—playing games based on movies! This week, we’re diving into a reimplementation of Reiner Knizia's Kingdoms: Beowulf: The Movie Board Game. Chapters 00:00 - Spoiler warning 00:46 - Introduction 03:01 - Beowulf (movie) recap 13:27 - Beowulf: The Movie Board Game discussion 31:56 - Aha! moments Hosted by: Luke O'Grady & Chris Lemieux Produced by: Sophie Shin Socials: Matt Winquist Artwork by: Samm Ruppersberger | |||
| #34: Dragon Master (Tile Laying 7) | 29 Sep 2025 | 00:31:53 | |
In today's episode (alt title 'How to Master your Dragon') Chris & Luke bandy words about the notoriously rules-light yet compelling game, Dragon Master. 🐉 We also debate whether this is a tile laying game at all! 🤷 Tally ho! Chapters: 00:00 - Hello 00:47 - Intro & what we played this week (Halo Flashpoint) 05:20 - Dragon Master Rules & Basics 11:52 - Game Discussion 27:08 - Aha! Moments | |||
| #33: Genesis (Tile Laying 6) | 22 Sep 2025 | 00:29:51 | |
This week, Pangea is splitting and the crew fight for world dominance as they chat through Knizia's pre-historic dice rolling/tile laying classic: Genesis (2006). Chapters 00:00 - Intro 02:38 - What did we play this week? 09:06 - Genesis discussion 16:50 - Aha! moments Hosted by: Luke O'Grady & Chris Lemieux Produced by: Sophie Shin Socials: Matt Winquist Artwork by: Samm Ruppersberger | |||
| #32: Orongo (Nyakuza) (Tile Laying 5) | 16 Sep 2025 | 00:34:07 | |
This week, Chris and Luke are praying to the gods of Easter Island as they chat through Knizia's blind auction / tile laying (maybe?) game: Orongo (recently re-released as Nyakuza). Chapters 00:00 - Intro 00:55 - What did we play this week? 09:03 - Nyakuza discussion 21:44 - Aha! moments Hosted by: Luke O'Grady & Chris Lemieux Produced by: Sophie Shin Socials: Matt Winquist Artwork by: Samm Ruppersberger | |||
| #42: EGO (Cosmic Silos Trilogy) | 23 Dec 2025 | 00:44:41 | |
👽 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. -- 00:00 - Intro 00:36 - Waddle Discussion 05:37 - EGO Rules & Discussion 21:08 - Aha! Moments 40:08 - Game of games | |||
| #54: Wingspan: Americas Expansion (Elizabeth Hargrave 8) | 30 Mar 2026 | 00:57:57 | |
We're joined by Mechanic Mechanic Matt to round out our Hargrave series by talking about all of the Wingspansions including the new Americas expansion! Hummingbirds are birds! Episode Chapters 00:00 - Intro 02:11 - Matt's Hot Takes & Wyrmspan Discussion 06:26 - Oceania Board Comparison and Nectar 10:30 - European Expansion Discussion 13:20 - Oceania Expansion Discussion 15:42 - Wingspan Asia Discussion 21:06 - European Expansion Backtrack 23:49 - Fan-Designed Bird Promo Packs 28:26 - Americas Expansion Discussion 46:31 - Stonemaier Top Games Pinpoint Challenge 56:52 - Next Week Teaser // Hosted & Edited by Chris Lemieux & Luke O'Grady Produced by Sophie Shin Socials by Matt Winquist Art by Samm Ruppersberger | |||
| #53: Tussie Mussie Complete Collection (Elizabeth Hargrave 7) | 17 Mar 2026 | 00:41:54 | |
We're back to flower gifting and passive-aggressive communication with the BIG BOX version of wallet game Tussie Mussie! Episode Chapters 00:00 - Intro 01:32 - What We Played This Week: Vegas Showdown 07:36 - Tussie Mussie Complete Collection Overview 09:51 - Orange Flowers Expansion 13:55 - Greenery Expansion 15:38 - Ribbons Expansion 19:28 - Flower Shoppe Solo Expansion 22:34 - Aha! Moments and Overall Thoughts 28:34 - Keep 3 Cut 3 Game: Big Box Games 40:21 - Next Week Teaser // Hosted & Edited by Chris Lemieux & Luke O'Grady Produced by Sophie Shin Socials by Matt Winquist Art by Samm Ruppersberger | |||
| #44: 2025 Year in Review! | 13 Jan 2026 | 00:48:05 | |
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. --- Hosted & Edited by Luke O'Grady, Chris Lemieux, Sophie Shin, & Matthew Winquist Produced by Sophie Shin Socials by Matthew Winquist Art by Samm Ruppersberger | |||
| #43: ORBIT (Cosmic Silos Trilogy) | 06 Jan 2026 | 00:34:04 | |
🚀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. --- 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 | |||
| #52: Sanibel (Elizabeth Hargrave 6) | 10 Mar 2026 | 00:41:40 | |
We're walking on the beach! Conceptually! This week we're talking Elizabeth Hargrave's 2026 tile-laying, shell-bagging game: Sanibel! -- 00:00 - Intro 00:40 - Hargrave Game Banter 08:33 - Sanibel Discussion 19:45 - Aha! Moments 31:27 - Gamer Recognize Game? 39:12 - Next Week Teaser // Hosted & Edited by Chris Lemieux & Luke O'Grady Produced by Sophie Shin Socials by Matt Winquist Art by Samm Ruppersberger | |||
| #51: Rheinländer (Tile Laying 10) | 05 Mar 2026 | 00:57:01 | |
In anticipation of the reprint, the boys (of tile laying with fame) are playing the 1999 hidden gem Rheinländer! Mechanic Mechanic Matt also helps them to dissect the history of pre-Reiner Knizia tile layers. -- 00:00 Intro 1:36 Gaming History: Tile Laying Games 16:58 World Series of Board Gaming Trivia Game 23:04 Rheinländer Discussion 26:00 Matt’s aha Moment 35:39 Chris and Luke’s aha Moments 46:06 Rerelease Discussion 46:57 BGG Germany Trivia Game 52:52 Rheinländer Final Thoughts 55:34 Next Week Teaser // Hosted & Edited by Chris Lemieux & Luke O'Grady Produced by Sophie Shin Socials by Matt Winquist Art by Samm Ruppersberger | |||
| #50: Spectaculum (Tile Laying 9) | 27 Feb 2026 | 00:35:12 | |
Chris and Luke gloriously return to the circus to talk about Spectaculum and how circuses are the same as trains! -- 00:00 - Intro 01:17 - What We Played This Week - Unmatched Adventures TMNT 08:34 - Spectaculum Discussion 17:20 - aha! (and Oh My!) Moments 21:52 - BGG Trivia Game 29:31 - Gold Country Discussion and Spectaculum Final Thoughts 34:05 - Next Week Teaser // Hosted & Edited by Chris Lemieux & Luke O'Grady Produced by Sophie Shin Socials by Matt Winquist Art by Samm Ruppersberger | |||