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Welcome to Game Mechanics, where we kick the tires and run diagnostics on tabletop experiences! Hosts Logan Jenkins and Greg Leatherman talk about everything tabletop; from board games, to roleplaying games, and even some video games that evoke the tabletop experience. Greg and Logan have been playing games for decades and have designed several games themselves.
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Ludology

Erica Hayes-Bouyouris, Sen-Foong Lim

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Welcome to Ludology, an analytical discussion of the how’s and why’s of the world of board games. Rather than news and reviews, Ludology explores a variety of topics about games from a wider lens, and discusses game history, game design and game players. Ludology is part of The Dice Tower Network, the premier board game media network.
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The Secret Cabal Gaming Podcast

The Secret Cabal Founders

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Tune in every Wednesday to immerse yourself in The Secret Cabal Gaming Podcast, dedicated to board games, card games, role-playing, and the miniatures hobby. Join The Secret Cabal Founders: Jamie, Chris, Steve, Don, and Tony T, as they present a captivating array of perspectives on board games, all delivered with a generous dose of irreverent nonsense. Explore the world of role-playing games with The Lord of the Dungeon, and accompany the Filthy Casuals as they delve into the miniatures gami ...
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PolyKill: A Gaming Podcast

Polymedia Network

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Do you have more games than time to play them? So do Steve and Travis! Join them as they journey through their back catalog of current and classic games, consider upcoming releases, and discuss newsworthy trends in their favorite hobby.
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The Podcast where 3 guys sit in a dark room discussing what went wrong with Games, Consoles and the Corporations behind them! Yay. Email us: [email protected] Send us your opinions and suggestions for future episodes and respond to our questions - and you may just be featured in upcoming episodes! To have your voice featured in upcoming episodes, send us a sound clip of you asking your question, or giving your opinion and we'll be able to add you in another episode! Yay!
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A weekly tabletop advice show for GMs and players that combines friendship, friendly banter, and unbridled enthusiasm to bring you a show that is inclusive, informative, honest and funny. If you’re looking for an RPG podcast with diverse opinions and a friends-hanging-out vibe, look no further — you’re home.
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Indie Game Arcade

Nerd Sloth Creative

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Indie Game Arcade is your go-to podcast for discovering the best indie games—new releases, hidden gems, and must-play classics. Hosted by Chris and Joseph of Nerd Sloth Creative, each episode delivers expert discussions, in-depth reviews, and curated recommendations to help you find your next favorite indie game. Whether you love pixel art roguelikes, choices matter narratives, or innovative gameplay mechanics, we’ve got you covered. Stay up to date with the latest indie games, industry tren ...
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Ever wonder about the first games played? What about how we got games like Dungeons and Dragons or Call of Duty? Join your host Sean as we explore these questions and more about games, gaming history, and gaming culture. This weekly podcast will look at the history of games, from the very first, to the most contemporary. We'll talk about how games formed, were changed with the times, and how they've affected us as a culture. From Mehen to Mario, we've got you covered.
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Digital learning games have shaped what happens inside and outside of classrooms. They've led to some of the game industry’s most fascinating successes and failures. And they have important lessons for us about teaching and learning. Join learning game maker Brian Alspach as he covers the history of this influential videogame genre and the classic titles we've played to learn.
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The Game Dev Field Guide is a podcast series focused on teaching you how to make and launch your own video games. This podcast is aimed at the beginner to intermediate level of game developer. Learn things like how to make crisp movement controls, making eye catching sprites, and marketing your game for it's big release. Stay awhile and listen!
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This Dungeon is Occupied

Illideen, Thorn, Robbie

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A trio of Dungeon Masters, Game Masters, or as we call ourselves, Story Weavers, Illideen, Thorn, and Pup Nueve discuss Dungeons and Dragons and other Table Top Role-Playing Games to entertain and inspire new and veteran players! Listen in to different topics, ideas, stories, and interviews related to TTRPGs every other week on Thursdays!
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Cardboard Philosophy

cardboardphilosophy

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Welcome to Cardboard Philosophy! The board game podcast where we talk about nothing serious, seriously. Every episode we roll a die and are randomly assigned a discussion topic about niche, deep board game topics - and have at it! Like the show? Have a question you want to ask? Let us know at [email protected]!
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Chasing Meeples

Chasing Meeples

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A lighthearted take on board games with a sprinkling of hilarity - when you listen to Chris and Angie on Chasing Meeples, expect witty banter, game discussions, quizzes, and game night stories. Perfect for gamers of all levels looking for a faith-friendly gaming conversation.
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Pixel Chicken Gaming

Pixel Chicken Gaming

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Hey everyone, Pixel Chicken Gaming is made up of 4 best friends that love games and love talking about them. Thanks for listening and check out our YouTube videos if you enjoy the podcast!
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Not DnD

EN Publishing

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‘Not DnD’ is a weekly podcast discussing tabletop roleplaying games. Each week EN Publishing’s Jessica Hancock interviews the creators behind different tabletop roleplaying games that aren’t D&D!
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Game TeaTime Podcast

Learn Game Development Online

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Game development podcast brought to you by the GameDev.tv community. Insightful and important advice from 90+ game industry experts. Listen to interviews with game designers, programmers, producers, artists, writers, sound designers, animators, music producers, video game composers, games journalists, CEOs and a host of others from the game development industry. On our community game dev podcast we've been lucky enough to talk with indie devs through to those working with AAA studios like Na ...
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DelveCast » Delve

Alex DuFault and Nathan Ainsworth

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Welcome to DelveCast, the home of Delve the Podcast. Delve and DelveCast are dedicated to the sharing, discussion and creation of all tabletop gaming. We welcome developers, designers and all people who work on games to join and share with us what you do.
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The Bards Tavern

Twisted Bard Gaming

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A fortnightly podcast brought to you by Twisted Bard Gaming, a free form and loose chat about whatever takes our fancy. So grab yourself some mead, gather round and listen to Bards over-scrutinize and procrastonate over everything games, movies & TV.
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Meeple Minded

Meeple Minded

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Welcome everyone to the Meeple minded podcast. This show is for all of you Tabletop hobby lovers out there. We will be talking about all things gaming from board, card, wargames and role play games. And may even just the odd episode of other nerdy topics that we love. Along with our man in the newsroom bringing you all the latest news, Crowdfunding campaigns & Events we think you need to know about. SOOOOO, if you like any type of table top game, Meeple Minded is the podcast for you.
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RPG Psych

RPG Psych

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A podcast exploring the intersection of metacognition and tabletop gaming. Join educator Lucas Hutson and clinical therapist Josh Pate-Terry as they discuss tabletop role-playing games and bring some of their professional experience to help make our games better. Let's think about how we think at our game table.
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The Sweet Spot - Golf Podcast

Adam Young/Jon Sherman

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A deeper look into golf improvement. Adam Young and Jon Sherman provide real, actionable game-improvement advice for golfers of all levels. If you want to take your game to the next level, this is the podcast for you.
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Join our young Poets of Lacuna as they weather a royal clash between Hope and Fear--and fight to save a land born of both. A love letter to the brand new Daggerheart TTRPG system by Darrington Press. (By/for fans of Actual Play who love drama and gaming in equal measure.) STARRING Jay Ben Markson as Lemma Katie McLean Hainsworth as Evelyn David Skeist as OrLeon Carmela Smith as Ginny and Asteria the Hag as Game Master Produced by Asteria (aka Liz Thaler) and Carmela Smith Sound Editor Carmel ...
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On this SECOND SPOOKY EPISODE, we discuss giving appropriate warnings to players about horror subjects and how to go about it. Then, we jump into our favorite TTRPG systems for horror. One-shots or campaigns, we'll give you some guidance for your next terrifying tabletop experience! Find Logan's stuff at LoganJenkins.com. Find Greg's stuff at Leath…
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Enclave is a diceless narrative roleplaying game, but don’t mistake it for being rules light! Storytelling is everything in Enclave; the game is played purely verbally, with common sense and commitment determining success. The game has a range of mechanics that can be used for game masters, however the core mechanics are simple enough to use for a …
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Jason is joining his friends at the Board Game Rundown to discuss every single game in the top 100 on Boardgamegeek and sort them into tiers. Do these games belong there or do they not belong? Stay tuned and find out which tier your favorite game makes it into! This is episode 150 of Whiskey Wednesday and what better way to celebrate than bring on …
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Marc Seitz is the founder of Papermark, an open-source alternative to DocSend that helps startups share documents more securely and affordably. With a background spanning physics, hackathons, and startup building—from co-founding HackerBay to launching Intel Ignite Europe—Marc brings deep insights into open source innovation, founder culture, and t…
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We're talking about the October Steam Next Fest with 8 indie game demos on episode 87 of the Indie Game Arcade podcast. ----- TImestamps: 0:42 Intro 08:13 Skull Horde 12:02 Vending Machine Co. 18:03 Shard Squad 21:01 Escape From Ever After 27:40 Hell Maiden 33:49 Shuffles n' Scuffles 39:05 Winnie's Hole 46:11 War of the Western Deep ----- For more …
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HOSTS: Kurt Taylor —————————- Tremble is a unique horror movie podcast that explores the different sub-genres of horror to find the best that horror has to offer. On this episode, the Tremble crew unpacks Transylvania 6-5000 (1985). When two bumbling tabloid reporters (Jeff Goldblum and Ed Begley Jr.) are sent to Transylvania to chase rumors of Fra…
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Welcome Ye Gods of War! After a long and silent campaign upon the ashes of hiatus, the Filthy Casuals return to the field to speak of sacred miniatures and the art of battle! Jamie discusses his grand campaign of WWII miniatures, Mike confesses his love of G.I. Joe, and together they revel in the primal glory of painting apes wielding instruments o…
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Hosts: Kurt Jamie News: Random Game Announcements: Assetto Corsa Rally (PC early access Nov 13) Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game (summer 2026) The Oversight Bureau New Quantic Dream game – Spellcasters Chronicles (3v3 action strategy) Assassin’s Creed Mirage: Valley of Memory launches for free on November 18 Ubisoft reportedly cancelled an Assassi…
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In this episode Zackavelli discusses strategies for steam success and de risking game dev with professional min/maxer Cory DarbyCory on the Jonas Tyroller Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWidan8ggGoBecome a Patron: www.patreon.com/GDFGJoin the discord and talk with the community about making video games! Link: discord.gg/2C8eTsUFollow Zack…
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In this episode of the Wargames, Soldiers & Strategy Podcast, the team chat about something a little different, fantasy wargaming. How does it compare with historical gaming? Is one better than the other, or is it all just about enjoying the game, whatever the setting? Before diving into the discussion, Guy brings us the latest news from the hobby.…
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The organized play for Alpha Clash has moved onto XPNetwork, and I have had the pleasure of being in two different events over the past weeks. Both being sort of guinea pigs for the new platform.What did I experience , and what do about it? Well that is this week's episode of the podcast.#alphaclashtcg #alphaclashpodcast #alphaclash #tcgpodcast #in…
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In Episode 271 we give our hot take review on Cosmic Frog covering the mechanisms, the production, and our overall feelings of the game. We also talk about some games that have been on our tables including Creature Comforts, That Time You Killed Me, and March of the Ants. Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction 00:29 Cosmic Frog Description 02:41 Gameplay a…
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PGA Tour winner Mackenzie Hughes joins the show to recap his 2025 season. He discusses how seeing Chris Como and Scott Hamilton are reshaping the concept of his golf swing, how maintaining identity is hard for pro golfers, and the goals he's set for himself in 2026. Thank you to our show sponsors DeleteMe, LMNT, and the Indoor Golf Shop If you want…
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Asteria and Carmela react to the big Episode 9 combat, and break down Asteria's use of the "Burning Heart of the Wood" environment. Listen to the actual play podcast we're talking around, "Queen of Daggers, Heart of Fire," at https://www.hagdealgaming.com/qod-podcast Featuring Carmela Smith and Asteria (aka Liz Thaler) Edited by Asteria This produc…
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Justinas Milašauskas is an Investment Manager at Willgrow, a Lithuania-based family office and diversified investment platform. With over 15 years of experience across trading, institutional sales, and portfolio management, Justinas brings deep insight into public and private markets — from credit and derivatives to venture and private equity. He’s…
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Erica and Sen welcome designers of the award-winning Endeavor: Deep Sea, Carl de Visser and Jarratt Gray, along with their publishers, Helaina and Josh Cappel (Burnt Island) and Marc Specter (Grand Gamers Guild) to talk about the past, present, and future of the game. What has changed over the years and what does the future hold for this excellent …
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We're talking about Dicealot and many more indie games on episode 86 of the Indie Game Arcade podcast. Dicealot is an Arthurian, Camelot-set roguelike dice-builder/deckbuilder that turns Farkle-style push-your-luck into strategic, turn-based runs as you bag-build “Quest-Dice,” chain scoring combos, and gamble every roll in high-stakes battles. ----…
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Episode 302: Essen Preview Introduction: News: Dark Tower: Expeditions - 12 days deluxe 99 retail $45 Obsession Rules Compendium, Victorian Big Box, and Playmat: 15 days left; York $59 Games Played: Dream Phone The McDonalds Game Magical Athlete Essen Preview: Jason 5 - Biddle (AMIGO) Katie 5 - Bohemians (Portal Games) Jason 4 - Celestia Duo (BLAM!…
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At Cardboard Philosophy, not only are we all about splitting hairs about the simple pleasures of life, we’re also about fun! But what makes up fun? Can it be categorized? If so, what would those categories look like? This week on the show, special guest Carl Robinson runs us through his 25 (6) types of fun and what goes into that secret sauce we al…
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We're talking about Battle Suit Aces and many more indie games on episode 85 of the Indie Game Arcade podcast. Battle Suit Aces is a charming mecha card-battling RPG from Trinket Studios (creators of Battle Chef Brigade) where you recruit, befriend, and upgrade over 30 ace pilots, build synergistic faction decks, and command streamlined 5v5 grid ba…
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Good evening, worms, and welcome to the annual Halloween celebration! Tonight, the pitiful gang dares to summon Wolfman Steve and me, The Gatekeeper! They shall present the games they’ve played, including Mansions of Madness, Storyfold Wildwoods, The Stifling Dark, Nyctophobia and deliver a feature review of that wretched classic, Betrayal at House…
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Jack Stockert, MD is the Managing Director at Health2047, the venture studio founded by the American Medical Association (AMA) to build, fund, and scale startups transforming healthcare from within. With a background that bridges medicine, consulting at McKinsey, and entrepreneurship, Jack brings a rare perspective on how to align medical insight w…
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On this SPOOKY EPISODE, we discuss some of the final wishes of Greg and Logan. We move to an even spookier topic - several NEW Magic sets! And then we talk about spooky board games for this Halloween season! Find Logan's stuff at LoganJenkins.com. Find Greg's stuff at Leatherman.Games. Email us at [email protected]. Join our Discord! Game…
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Send us a text Steve prepares for an overseas voyage and Trav is full of illicit drugs. Top 5 Robots at the end and GoHoboGo Polykills the middle! Games this episode Ball x Pit (PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Switch 2, Switch, PC) – October 15 Pokémon Legends: Z-A (Switch 2, Switch) – October 16 Lumo 2 (PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Switch, PC) …
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Ryan Overturf goes over the concept of Modular Cubes, that is Cubes composed of multiple separate components that can be shuffled together and mixed and matched, his history with this kind of Cube, and how Spooky Cube ended up being the modular environment that really clicked for him. Spooky Cube Cube Cobra page for reference: https://cubecobra.com…
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In Episode 270 we take a look at three retro board games that got us into the hobby with mini reviews of each - D&D Computer Labyrinth Game, Solarquest, and Guillotine. We also discuss a poll topic on how important it is that board games are 'fun' and whether fun is a useful term when discussing or reviewing board games. Timestamps: 00:00 Introduct…
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In this episode, Jon and Adam unpack one of golf’s most overlooked fundamentals — arc depth, the vertical dimension of your swing that determines whether you strike it pure, fat, or thin. They explain how it differs from attack angle and plane, why it’s the “hidden force” behind contact quality, and how you can train it using simple feedback drills…
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The Poets at last find themselves in a fight they can't escape. What will they learrn about themselves in this trial by chaotic fire? Will motes of Madness herself change their fates? STARRING Jay Ben Markson as Lemma Katie McLean Hainsworth as Evelyn David Skeist as OrLeon Carmela Smith as Ginny and Asteria the Hag as Game Master Produced by Aster…
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HOSTS: Kurt Taylor —————————- Tremble is a unique horror movie podcast that explores the different sub-genres of horror to find the best that horror has to offer. On this episode, the Tremble crew dives into Elvira: Mistress of the Dark (1988). When TV horror hostess Elvira (Cassandra Peterson) inherits a spooky old mansion in a conservative small …
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HOSTS: Kurt Katie Krista NEWS: DAREDEVIL: BORN AGAIN – First Official Look At Season 2 Reveals Matt Murdock’s New Costume INVINCIBLE Season 4 Sets Premiere Date With First Trailer; Lee Pace Joins Cast As The Villainous Thragg REVIEWS: Tron: Ares (Kurt) Roofman (Kurt, Katie) Boots (Katie) Is It Cake? Halloween (Kurt) Dracula (Kurt) If I Had Legs I’d…
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Joe Zanca is the Managing Partner of Deal Gen Partners, where he helps private equity funds, independent sponsors, and PE-backed operators source proprietary deals. Previously, he built and exited On Demand Storage, launched a top-rated business podcast, and most recently joined Bullpen Technology Partners. With founder-operator chops, a banker’s R…
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Essen SPIEL 2025 is almost here — the biggest board gaming event on the planet — and guess what? We’re not there. Join Jason, James, and Ant as they embrace their cardboard FOMO in “Essen in Exile” From the latest Essen buzz and big game releases, to sarcastic survival tips and a heated Dicey Discussion on whether the Essen hype actually helps or h…
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Join Sean and Kat as we explore the history of Massively Multiplayer Online games and nerd out with us a bit as we look at one of our hobbies. Music Credits: Falling Into Infinity by Aylex | https://freetouse.com/music/aylex Free To Use | https://freetouse.com/music Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com…
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We're talking about Cloverpit and many more indie games on episode 84 of the Indie Game Arcade podcast. CloverPit is a grim, slot-machine driven roguelite from Panik Arcade (published by Future Friends Games) that blends Balatro-inspired gambling mechanics, trinket/ combo systems and a claustrophobic survival-horror “debt-repayment” loop—pull the l…
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