Listen along as Andrew and Anitra talk about games they played, games their kids played, and a weekly discussion topic. Odd numbered podcasts have interviews with guests. Special event (convention) interviews can also be found separately.
Our holiday list is not ready, so we will be doing another podcast NEXT WEEK! Today’s podcast is just a smorgasbord of stuff.
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It’s the end of October, which means it’s time for a Halloween episode! We discuss our top five games for this season.
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0:00 Hello and welcome! This week, we’re talking about beautiful games – ones you would leave out on a coffee table – that are great for families to play. Fact for 381 We’re back to the Guinness Book of World Records, friends. The largest hand-held video game console party was on 12 October 2007, at the Parramatta mall in Sydney
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We usually talk about kids on this show. But our children aren’t little children anymore – so what about games for teens?
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Let’s talk about Board Game Arena. It’s not the only way to play board games online, but for us, it’s probably the most valuable. Why?
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We talked about date night games in 2020 – which ones would we still recommend now? Our new top six list has FOUR games that weren’t even on the old list!
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We waited an extra week for this podcast so we could bring you all the GenCon goodies with Nick.
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Does your kid’s school have a board game club? How could you help support it as a parent?
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Welcome Stephanie Nye this week, to talk about the games we’ve been playing lately and the Origins Game Fair.
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If you have kids in school, you’ve probably heard of the “summer slide” or summer learning loss. The best way to keep your kids from losing math and reading skills is to use them! So let’s talk about five games that will give some practice.
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It’s June, kicking off “convention season” for a lot of people. So, we’re sharing our best tips for navigating conventions with kids.
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We chose five games from 2023 (and the first half of 2024) that come in small boxes but pack a big punch!
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It’s been six years since we devoted a podcast to this topic. So let’s revisit: Why do we play games with our kids?
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We’re excited to welcome back our friend Marc Specter! We’ll talk about his current Kickstarter and lots of other games coming soon.
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This week, we’re talking “slider games”. These are bite-sized, ultra-fast games that you can play in 10 minutes or less!
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We are no longer restricting our interviews to just odd-numbered episodes. We couldn’t wait any longer to have Ken Franklin on the show again! 368 Fact We learn about Studio 368, doing very cool stuff for creators and media (like Greta Gerwig, Lena Dunham, and the Safdie brothers). Sponsor Message Are you doing your taxes? Some states offer a tax
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Andrew just got back from GAMA Expo in Kentucky. He shares his experience, and a special on-location For Science!
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Lunar New Year was not to long ago, and now we are in the year of the dragon! Sounds like a perfect excuse to give you our top 5 dragon-themed games.
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Welcome to Jeremy Pike, staff writer! We’ll talk about how he joined our team, and what he did at Tantrum Con 2024.
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We often talk about new games. But let’s look back a little bit. We were excited for a lot of new games at the beginning of 2023 – how did they fare? Were all of them as great as we hoped?
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