We kick things off with power washing fantasies and foraging, then try and find hidden wizards with Wandering Towers from Capstone Games, and bury some dice with Spots from CMYK. After that we get gambling with High Society from Osprey Games, and get an introduction to roleplaying with Critical Foundation from Hachette. Plus, Finger smoking.

Fading fast? Pop on the latest episode for some high energy geek culture chat; it’s better than coffee!!! (?) We talk The Lord of the Rings: Journeys in Middle-Earth from Fantasy Flight Games, Bamboo from Devir, Hungry Monkey from HeidelBÄR Games, Ghost of Tsushima from Sucker Punch, Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, and Extraordinary by Emma Moran. Plus, a hog.

Fellow humans, we welcome you to the Staying In Podcast. In this episode we have a good time discussing Lok, a game by Blaž Urban Gracar; BEEF, a series by A24; Mr Inbetween, a series by FX; and PowerWash Simulator, a game by FuturLab. Plus, a pleasant discussion about a useful new tool called ChatGPT.

Keeping it Zen-like with a Rolife Book Nook Shelf Insert, staying focused in Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy, nodding along gently to Hi-Fi RUSH, relaxing with Thorolf with Catan: The Helpers, and running around terrified fighting for our lives against the gibbering zombie horde with Resident Evil 3: The Board Game. Plus, McDonald’s milkshake?

Movies and television? Yes. Video games? Yes. Board games? Yes. This episode of the podcast has it all. Movie and TV reviews include Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (it’s very very good) and The Last of Us (it is also very very good), tabletop-wise we dig into the excellent Kingdomino Origins from Coiledspring Games, and head out to explore Pikmin Bloom from Niantic. Plus, cordial.

Airecon was absolutely amazing, and we have many gifts we’ve brought back for you, including Nidhoggr Mead, uh, mead, and Honey Badger Games tea, accessible character sheets and Roll Table for 2 from Fights and Fancy, and the short, strategic, simple, and sneaky Ominoes from YAY Games. But that’s not it, oh no! There’s also jumping aboard the space bus and tearing through the universe in Wormholes from AEG, and deducing the machinations of a mastermind in Tragedy Looper: New Tragedies from...

Over on Netflix, Wednesday is straight out of the mind of Tim Burton and some of the team behind Smallville and it’s great, Gavin Inglis and Glen Rahman’s Alone Against the Frost from Chaosium is well-written, super challenging solo roleplaying for Call of Cthulhu, Resident Evil 2: The Board Game from Steamforged Games is an ace adaptation of a classic video game onto the tabletop, and Paperback Adventures from Fowers Games is moreish wordy fun.

Ghibli-esque slice of life Shin chan: Me and the Professor on Summer Vacation The Endless Seven-Day Journey is Millennium Kitchen’s nostalgic return to Boku no Natsuyasumi, and Mada is all about discovering the hidden game within just as much as it’s about hand management, risk taking, and prickly pears. Kids go hunting for ghosts in Joe Cornish’s very bingeable Lockwood & Co. that has sharply-written dialogue throughout its eight episodes of creepy horror, and we’re off to Airecon and...

Our Flag Means Death is a romantic comedy (with emphasis on the romance) of pirates and gentlemanliness, hot off our RRR kick we’ve fallen hard for Eega, and we have thoughts on modern horror Barbarian. We get investing in property with Rebuilding Seattle by WizKids, scope out just how much love has gone into Sniper Elite: The Board Game by Rebellion Unplugged - a hidden movement board game based on the video game - and Prospero Hall smashes it yet again with The Rocketeer: Fate of the Future...

The best board games to play remotely, how Back 4 Blood is a modern Left 4 Dead with deck building, we head to a Welsh village Chasing Static, you’ve got to love That Old Wallpaper’s strangely compelling theme, and The Decagon House Murders uses the howdunit format to great effect. Plus, a rich vein of stuff.

The butt-clenchingly moreish Vampire Survivors from poncle, the really lovely and dead quaint comedy Ghosts, and the lovingly adapted video game brought to life Horizon Zero Dawn: The Board Game from Steamforged Games. Plus pillows, and ripping music in 2023.

Andor is Disney+’s new Star Wars series and it’s a fantastic Brechtian political spy drama that doesn’t rely on lightsabers, K3 from Helvetiq is an abstract game that’s a cross of Chess, Connect 4, and programming, and Akropolis from Gigamic is a very quick tile laying boardgame we just love. Plus New Year’s resolutions and predictions for 2023 based on movies.

Marvel’s Star Wars homage / Kevin Bacon delivery vehicle The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special gets dissected, boardgame reviews of Luna Capital (place tiles, build an engine, reach the Moon) and Lacrimosa (Mozart’s dead, figure out his legacy), and going back to a genre-definer with Castlevania: Symphony of the Night. Plus we enter The Christmas Zone, and give each other our traditional Secret Santa gifts.

Lovely chat about dark comedy The Bear, interactive movie Immortality, visual novel Coffee Talk, plus some information about a goldfish or two.

True crime, Marvel Snap, The Banshees of Inisherin, Horrified: Universal Monsters and Horrified: American Monsters, Point Salad and Tiny Towns, plus eventful hairdressers.

This episode: Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown from Bandai Namco, Tunic from Tunic Team and Finji, Marvel’s She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, Blitz Bowl Season 2 from Games Workshop, and Fog of Love from Floodgate Games. Groovy.

This episode: Ahoy from Leder Games, One Page Dungeon Contest, Ravensburger and Richard Garfield’s Dungeons, Dice & Danger, DIY, Oodies, wool, The Order: 1886, Everdale shutting down, roll and writes, maths, and “binge shaving”.

Setting off on an epic adventure with The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, paying a visit to Manchester’s Tabletop Gaming Live 2022, making tracks with Village Rails from Osprey Games, and getting abstract with Quarto from Hachette. We also ask what games can you play with one hand, and What’s Better than a Hot Tub?, and then take a look at the unparalleled asymmetrical game Unmatched: Digital Edition from Acram Digital. Plus, an inappropriate aubergine.

Shooting for the stars with Shoot for the Stars, getting dreamy with The Sandman, RRR is RRREALLY good, and getting deep with Oceans. All that, and two squeezes and out, in Episode 159.

Getting filthy with Tough Mudder, sneaking in some V-Commandos time, battling through Undaunted: Normandy and Hogs of War The Miniatures Game, not spoiling Nope, and interior decorating with Sagrada and Décorum. All that, and Kris rides a horse.

A review of rioja roulette In Vino Morte, going ape at Go Ape, even more more murder with In a Grove from Oink Games, Sounds Fishy has us hunting for red herrings, and The Orville: New Horizons takes us completely by surprise!

Wargaming with Godtear, fighting vampires with Fury of Dracula, fighting werewolves and vampires again with The Order: 1886, renting board games from Rent, Shuffle and Roll. All that, and Pogs.

Board game reviews? Heck yes we got ‘em, with Get on Board: New York & London and Trek 12: Himalaya, two brilliant roll and writes. Video game reviews? Yeah, they’re here too, with a deep dive into the world of FIFA 22’s Ultimate Team mode (or FUT, as the kids are saying). Surely there’s no time left for a film review as well? OH YES THERE IS, with our thoughts on Thor: Love and Thunder. Plus a John Lewis fan and when it’s just too early for a slushie.

We’re big fans of the Ms. Marvel TV series, we had a cheeky half at the Bristol Craft Beer Festival, Disney Villainous has us all evil and that, and we want to play much more of Crescent Moon. Plus, why we’re bonkers for pollen.

Reaching new heights with Top Gun: Maverick, plumbing new depths with Jackass Forever, and doing whatever adjective is appropriate for There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension. Plus more r/mum.