Episode 529 – Twitch with Mike D
This week, we are joined by our friend Mike Deneen, who is a Twitch streamer. We all feel like we are maybe just a little bit too old to be into streaming but we talk to Mike about it and get some insight into what “Retro” games are. Fortunately, some of the games Mike identifies […]
Episode 493 – Omegacon Game Roundup 2021
This week’s episode was recorded at Omegacon 2021, our first convention since the pandemic started. Omegacon is a small con that requires masks and vaccination and so all three of us were there playing games. Tim played a lot of new games (included Pictures – which is pictured) and he even played a couple with […]
Episode 456 – House Rules
This week, we are joined once again by Pat Wick to talk about house rules in board games. You know, stuff like getting money when you land on Free Parking in Monopoly even though that’s not actually a rule. Sometimes house rules are there just to create peace or to make Candyland more interesting. Other […]
Episode 424 – Amazing Boners
This week we explore some brand new geeky boners! Actually, most of them are quite old since there isn’t a whole lot new right now. We’ve had to dig deep to find our boners but we hope you won’t be too disappointed with them. Enjoy our regular episode filled with ideas of stuff you can […]
Episode 402 – Board Game Birdemic
For everyone enjoying a little sheltering in place, we present an episode all about board games! You can order these online and have them shipped straight to you! Guest Pat Wick joins us as we discuss some games we’ve all been playing lately including Wingspan, which Tim can’t stop calling Birdemic the board game, and […]
Episode 282 – Omegacon Gaming Roundup 2017
This episode was recorded live at Omegacon Fall 2017 with our friend and gaming geek Brianne Bilyeu! We talk over some of the new games we played over the weekend (there weren’t as many as we’d hoped there would be). We all came away big fans of Nmbr9 so that’s probably one you should check […]
Episode 281 – Redemption: The Collectible Card Game
This week, we are joined by returning guest Brianne Bilyeu. We are all at OmegaCon and friend of the show Ellie Younger has gifted us the collectible card game Redemption! The basic idea is to use your army of god to rescue lost souls while also using your forces of evil to stop your opponent from […]
Episode 227 – Omegacon Games 2016
We just spend the weekend playing board games at OmegaCon! We’ve talked about the con several times before. It’s a chill relaxacon in rural Wisconsin. Pretty much, everyone spends the weekend wearing pajamas and playing board games. As is our tradition, we sat down at the end of the con to discuss some of our […]
Episode 213 – Butthurt Kerfluffle
This week, we are joined by returning guest Andrew Hackard – the Munchkin Czar! We take a look at a “controversy” in the gaming world caused by the inclusion of 13 women on a 25 person slate of gaming professionals to be featured on the Industry Insider program at Gencon this year. Apparently, some gamers are […]
Episode 176 – New Tabletop Games
We spent the weekend at Omegacon playing a bunch of tabletop games! If you don’t live in Minnesota, you probably don’t care about Omegacon, but you’ll probably care about the games we played. We are joined by our friend Eric Knight and we discuss some new, hot games like Codenames, Spyfall, and Mysterium. If you are into […]