Tom Chick finds a game heavier and better than Twilight Struggle, Mike Pollmann finds a mysterious boardgame and now someone is watching him, and Hassan Lopez finds out who would win in a fight between Alice in Wonderland and Sherlock Holmes.

Tom Chick talks about someone else’s game, Bruce Geryk doesn’t have room at the table for a fourth player, and Hassan Lopez loses to an eight-year-old. Black Angel at 1:38, Kingdomino at 21:57, and Churchill at 34:04, and .

Jason McMaster arrives on a boat that gets shot down, Nick throws some shade on Sam, and Tom Chick gets free stuff when his soldiers die. Generation Zero at 1:00, Halo: Reach at 18:00, and Phoenix Point at 33:24.

Hassan’s new game, Manaical, is out! If you missed the Kickstarter, you can get it from eaglegames.net. In other news, Tom Chick fights the dumbest villains, Hassan Lopez spelunks with demons, and Mike Pollmann pillages some villages. Marvel Champions at 6:03, Claustrophobia at 28:15, and Reavers of Midgard at 43:56.

In ten years, will you remember Norman Reedus, an awkwardly fuzzy antelope, or Cal whats-his-name? Death Stranding at 1:37, Planet Zoo at 16:59, and Jedi: Fallen Order at 39:50.

What if you have to learn wargame rules to play a wacky superhero game? What if you don’t have a table? What if the unicorn gets a princess? Tom Chick, Hassan Lopez, and Mike Pollmann consider these and other hypotheticals. Agents of Mayhem at 5:06, Palm Island at 36:27, and Fantasy Realms at 45:40. But […]

Can Jason McMaster explain the baby soon to be on his doorstep? Can we get Nick Diamon to call something “visually stunning”? What is Tom Chick’s deal with Bolo Santosi? Outer Worlds at 7:34, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare at 22:57, and Indivisible at 36:53.

Why are games called what they’re called instead of games that should have been called that? Why isn’t Space Base called Among the Stars, why isn’t Paper Tales called Vorpal, and why isn’t Arkham Noir called Arkham Horror? Space Base at :51, Paper Tales at 16:04, and Arkham Noir at 34:20.

Tom Chick talks about a movie called The Boat, Bruce Geryk talks about the short stories of Flannery O’Connor, and Jason McMaster talks about how to find illegal drugs. We also talk about some videogames we’ve been playing. Sea Salt at 2:54, Slay the Spire at 22:43, and Disco Elysium at 42:42.

One of us has gotten our hands on the latest from Stonemeier Games. Tom Chick, Hassan Lopez, and Mike Pollmann also consider games with split personalities and boxes containing 92 tiny space ships. Tapestry at 2:45, Bosk at 27:41, and Red Alert: Space Fleet Warfare at 41:32.

What if Jason McMaster was the sole survivor of an aircraft crash along with about 70 other people? What if videogame masochist Nick Diamon got to play a game he actually liked? What if Tom Chick wasn’t so scared of Factorio? This week, we answer these question and more. Ghost Recon: Breakpoint at 1:41, The […]

What’s a religious cult to do when the world actually ends, how do you raise a young civilization in the Mediterranean, and what’s the orange cube again? Tom Chick, Bruce Geryk, and Hassan Lopez consider these questions and more. Prophets of Doom at 3:07, Ancient Civilizations of the Inner Sea at 15:48, and Lords of […]

For this episode, we bemoan the latest in shatterproof glass, we confess to our awkward in-game romances, and we apologize to Ubisoft. The Call of Duty: Modern Warfare beta at :53, Greedfall at 22:15, and Borderlands 3 at 40:11.

A bit of unexpected creative expression, the unluckiest cabin ever, and the latest (and greatest?) in deck-building. Cartographers at 1:45, Monster Slaughter at 21:35, and Clank at 34:33.

Tom Chick has to remember whether to get a spring, Nick Diamon takes a break from his usual jank, and Jason McMaster takes an executive position in a government agency. Astral Chain at 2:57, Gears 5 at 12:40, and Control at 38:19.

Among the questions we consider this week: Can I eat one of those little pieces of colorful egg-shaped candy? Whose samurai mech is that, yours or mine? What the heck is a Mega-Praetor? Wingspan at :51, Starship Samuria at 16:58, and Concordia at 34:11.