Episode 88: Justin Bell, Contributor with Meeple Mountain - Kitting out your Board Game Experience - Top 5 Games of 2025

Episode 106: Moe Poplar - Educational Historic Games? - Top 5 Cooperative Games - Community and Color Changing Trees Board game designer and owner of Ashy Feet Games joins me to talk about his views on the educational value of historical games. Our top 5 cooperative games with honorable mentions. And end talking about his tabletop community and how I touched some color changing trees. 00:00:00 Intro 00:00:13 Who is Moe Poplar? Ashy Feet GamesShibuyan Knights Crumb Snatchers&nbs...

Episode 105: Lizzy, Ben, & Josey - Where Game Mechanics Meet Art - Top 3 Games for Bookworms - Fun weekend plans Meet the designers and artist behind Bookwrym from Sword and Rose Press. We talk about how mechanics influence the art and vice versa in their game. For the book lovers, there’s a few game recommendations. And then we end with our fun weekend plans. 00:00:00 Intro 00:00:29 Get to know my guests 00:00:41 Lizzy Ives 00:01:28 Ben Kepner 00:01:53 Josey Tsao 00:04:48 How d...

Episode 104: Tina Burns & Dr. Amelia Herbst - Geek Girl Con - Women in Gaming - Finding Community Tina and Amelia from the board of Geek Girl Con joins me to talk about the con, femme presenting designers, artist, and musicians in gaming, and how finding your community makes all the difference. 00:00:00 Intro 00:00:28 Get to know Tina Burns 00:01:48 Get to know Dr. Amelia Herbst 00:02:48 Backgrounds and Perspectives on Gaming 00:05:05 What types of games do they like to play? 00...

Episode 103: Curt Covert (Smirk and Dagger) - Exhibiting at Conventions- Games we’ve been playing lately (not from Smirk and Dagger) Join me as we get to know Curt Covert, the owner of Smirk and Dagger games. We discuss what goes into exhibiting at conventions. While we go through a lot of information, it’s definitely not everything. But it might help someone starting out or might be an interesting peek behind the curtain. Then, we talk about 5 games we’ve been playing lately. And of co...

Episode 102: Peter Vaughan - Crowdfunding Tips and Tricks - Top 5 Bag and Deck Building Games - Con Memories Peter, one of the owners of Cardboard Alchemy, takes time away from his big Kickstarter for Whisperwood, to talk about what he has learned about crowdfunding, his favorite bag and deck builder, ending with some good memories from conventions. 00:00:00 Intro 00:00:37 Who is Peter Vaughan? Cardboard AlchemyWhat the FoodFlamecraftAndromeda's Edge00:03:14 Whisperwood on KS 00:04:35 Mai...