Tabletop Game Talk

TGT 021: Your Questions

January 10, 2017 11:00 - 59 minutes - 47.9 MB

This episode is all about you. Well sort of. First we announce a secret thing you'll have to listen to to find out about, then we go off topic and talk about X-Com the board game as well as Labyrinth (a classic from Kitty's childhood). Eventually we get on topic and answer your questions. Let us know how you think we did!

TGT 020: Our Top 5s

January 03, 2017 11:00 - 1 hour - 55.3 MB

In this, start of the year episode, we each list off our top 5 games. Since Spencer joined us, that's 20 games for our 20th episode. We want to know your top 5 games! Let us know by emailing us at [email protected]. But first we start of year off topic with a new years goal from Chris...to lose 55 pounds by October. Starting weight 215. What are your new year's goals?

TGT 019: The Meta Episode

December 27, 2016 11:00 - 1 hour - 48.8 MB

In this episode we go meta. We start out talking about the podcast in meta ways (you'll even learn our last names). We'll then go into a short off topic and talk about our game of the day, "Pandemic: Reign of Cthulhu." Then we go on topic and tall about meta gaming in your board games and how that can cross over into cheating. Our next episode will be a questions from the listeners episode. Send us your questions and we'll answer as many as we can.

TGT 018: Deck Building Games

December 20, 2016 11:00 - 1 hour - 54.8 MB

And we have our first contest winner! Listen to find out who. Send us questions ([email protected]) for our upcoming questions episode! This week we first spend a little extra time off-topic talking about some social deduction games we just played (and the wine we played them with). We then go on-topic to talk about a few of our favorite deck building games.

TGT 017: Board Games on Phones and Tablets

December 13, 2016 11:00 - 1 hour - 51.1 MB

It's the last week to enter our contest. Email us at [email protected] by Dec 18th, 6:00pm central time to enter. Share, like, or leave us a iTunes review to increase the number of entries. What do you win? A box of games worth over $180! This week we talk about board games on phones and tablets. Are they better or worse? Overpriced? Good for learning the game or strategies? Listen to what we think and email us if you agree or disagree.

TGT 016: Point Salad Games

December 06, 2016 11:00 - 59 minutes - 48 MB

We have a holiday contest! Email us to enter ([email protected]). Any subject, comment, feedback, or just to say hi. Once you email us, you’ll also get an extra entry for every like on facebook or twitter and 3 for every share or retweet (past or present). And 5 extra entries for an iTunes review. The prize? New copies of Seafall, The Duke, and Avalon. And a copy of Pandemic signed by all of us. And if that’s not enough, you’ll also get a hand made creature made by Kitty. Yo...

TGT 015: Holiday Gift Ideas

November 29, 2016 11:00 - 1 hour - 51.9 MB

We have a holiday contest! Email us to enter ([email protected]). Any subject, comment, feedback, or just to say hi. Once you email us, you’ll also get an extra entry for every like on facebook or twitter and 3 for every share or retweet (past or present). And 5 extra entries for an iTunes review. The prize? New copies of Seafall, The Duke, and Avalon. And a copy of Pandemic signed by all of us. And if that's not enough, you'll also get a hand made creature made by Kitty. Yo...

TGT 014: Game Groups & Player Types

November 22, 2016 11:00 - 1 hour - 60.8 MB

We have a holiday contest! Email us to enter. Any subject, comment, feedback, or just to say hi. Once you email us, you'll also get an extra entry for every like on facebook or twitter and 3 for every share (past or present). And 5 entries for an iTunes review. The prize? At least two unopened games and a hand knitted creature made by Kitty (and maybe more stuff). You have until Dec 18th to enter. Now to the podcast, this week we talk about game groups and player types. We have invit...

TGT 013: Pyramid Arcade

November 15, 2016 11:00 - 1 hour - 51.7 MB

This week we spend nearly the entire episode talking about Pyramid Arcade. A new set of games by Looney Labs. There are 22 games in this box, we cover a little over half of them.

TGT 012: Conventions

November 08, 2016 11:00 - 56 minutes - 45.6 MB

This week we start by talking about a game called Roll Player then a bit about Pandemic Legacy. And Chris fanboys out about all the other podcasters he met this weekend. Then we go on topic talking about conventions of all types (but mostly gaming). Listen to find out why everyone should go to at least one convention at some point.

TGT 011: Hidden Traitor Games

November 01, 2016 10:00 - 57 minutes - 46.4 MB

This week we first talk about our "game of today" Oceanos. A fun little game with a lot of fish and personality. We then go into our main topic and spend a fair amount of time talking about Battlestar Gallatica, Dead of Winter, and a few other hidden traitor games we like.

TGT 010: Halloween Games

October 25, 2016 05:00 - 1 hour - 49.8 MB

It's a Halloween episode! First we talk about our first game of Pandemic Legacy (spoiler, we really like it). Then we take a brief look at horror games and ask the question, have we ever really been scared by a game? About half way through, we go off board games and straight into creepy, scary stories. Happy Halloween!

TGT 009: CoOp Games

October 18, 2016 05:00 - 1 hour - 49.8 MB

This week we dive into CoOp games. Our primary focus is on Pandemic, but we talk about many different types of CoOps as well as the good and the bad of them. Let us know if you agree or disagree with our thoughts. [There was an editing error in the original file, if you downloaded in the first day, please delete that file and download again. You'll know there is a problem if you can't hear Chris very well.]

TGT 008: Social Games

October 11, 2016 05:00 - 57 minutes - 46.2 MB

This week we talk about social games. But first we talk about the game we played today Tiny Epic Galexy. What do we consider a social game? What about social deduction? We go deeper into a few games such as Are You A Werewolf, Resistance/Avalon, Deception, Cosmic Encounters, we even talk a bit about spades. Oh, and a surprise guest host (you'll have to listen to find out).

TGT 007: Role Playing Games

October 04, 2016 05:00 - 1 hour - 50.4 MB

First we talk a little about "The Duke" and "Risk Legacy" as the game's we've recently played. We then talk about how we all got into role playing games, what we like about them, and how they are different from board games.

TGT 006: Game Classifications

September 27, 2016 05:00 - 1 hour - 55.3 MB

This week we talk about game classifications, that is, what's a euro game, american game, mass market vs designer, etc. We also talk about game types and mechanics as well as luck vs skill games. This week's podcast picture is a picture of my "game nook." It was taken when it was clean and about 20 games ago - it's a _bit_ messier now. Finally we have introduced two segments to our Off Topic section, "Games I've bought or kickstarted since last episode" where I talk about just that and "G...

TGT 005: Teaching and Learning New Games.

September 20, 2016 05:00 - 1 hour - 50 MB

This week our topic is how to learn and teach new games. Since starting this podcast we've had to learn and play many more games in a short period of time. We'll talk about our experiences with teaching games as well as what we look for from a teacher of games.

TGT 004: What makes a game fun?

September 12, 2016 17:48 - 1 hour - 51.8 MB

We've heard the feedback and we're adjusting the format of the show to make it more universal. First - We're adding a host, welcome Kitty! Next - We're not going to be doing in-depth on a single game anymore. Instead we're going to go with a topic based focus. We'll still be talking about specific games, but in the context of our topic. Lastly - There will only be two segments. Off Topic where we'll talk about anything that isn't the topic of the day. This will include news, announceme...