Episode 410 – Holiday Gift Guide

It’s that time again – we recommend games for everyone on your gift list.

00:00 Fact for 410

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0:04:00 What We’ve Been Playing

INK – review coming soon of this race to place all your ink bottles.
Red Letter, Yellow Letter – our review
Odin – review coming soon. Best at 3-4 players.
Obelus – gorgeous. Our review. We are excited to see more from this publisher!
Chit Chat – review coming soon for this trivia party game.
Jekyll & Hyde vs. Scotland Yard – a really hard cooperative trick-taking game, but we’re getting better at it

0:18:15 The Family Gamers Community

Welcome to our newest community members! You can join the community on Facebook.

Stop by and say hello!

#Backtalk

We asked what YOU think makes a good gift when you’re given a board game.

A few of you answered on the #backtalk channel on the Discord and in our Facebook community.

… and yes, we did review Box of Rocks, a silly game.

Anyone interested in sharing some recipes for us to try out?

0:18:15 The Family Gamers Holiday Gift Guide

We race through all the games on our 2025 gift guide.

A friendly reminder to our listeners: many of the games on the list we received at no cost, and we do earn a (tiny) commission from the Amazon links. But every single game on that list, we have played, enjoyed, and would buy and give (or have already bought & given) to our friends and family.

1:18:20 New Backtalk Question

We’re heading to PAX Unplugged this week. We’ll be teaching Castle Panic on Sunday morning (11/23)!

What is your favorite thing to do at conventions?

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