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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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Andrew Pappas, founder of RenGen Marketing helps take indie devs and their games to a whole new level by discussing business best practices and sharing marketing strategies and tips to better navigate the world of indie game marketing. Regardless if you’re an indie dev starting out or a veteran small team, the topic discussions apply to anyone wanting to better understand the online environment and stand out in a saturated market. A marketer since 2011, Andrew has found a passion for applyin ...
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Indie Game Movement

Andrew Pappas, Game Marketing Strategist and Consultant

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Andrew Pappas, founder of RenGen Marketing helps take indie devs and their games to a whole new level by discussing business best practices and sharing marketing strategies and tips to better navigate the world of indie game marketing. Regardless if you’re an indie dev starting out or a veteran small team, the topic discussions apply to anyone wanting to better understand the online environment and stand out in a saturated market. A marketer since 2011, Andrew has found a passion for applyin ...
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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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Windbreaker

Second Wind

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Windbreaker is Second Wind's premier gaming podcast hosted by Yahtzee Croshaw, Marty Sliva & JM8. Join the trio (and occasional guests) weekly to discuss everything industry wide from current news, to recent releases and wider trends.
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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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Fun Problems

AJ Brandon and Peter C. Hayward

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Board game design is a deep and often challenging pursuit. We explore all aspects of game design and the fun problems (and solutions) that come with it.
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Friends at the Table

Friends at the Table

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Friends at the Table is an actual play podcast about critical worldbuilding, smart characterization, and fun interaction between good friends. Find us (and a listener guide) @Friends_Table on Twitter.
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Cardboard Philosophy

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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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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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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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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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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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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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The Fixed Ops Roundtable, hosted by Ted Ings, is your source for cutting edge information, technology, and best practices from leaders and innovators in the retail automobile industry. Enjoy weekly episodes featuring expert interviews that originally aired during Ted Ings popular Fixed Ops Roundtable live and virtual events.
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Help From Future Self: A Conversational KeyForge Podcast by and for KeyForge Friends! We are an upbeat team that loves the game of KeyForge. We love it so much that we meet every week to have a discussion about this great game by Ghost Galaxy. If you are looking for some positive insight and enthusiasm based around this card game, then look no further! Sydnie, Devin, and Blake are here to deliver an entertaining and energetic perspective on the procedurally generated card game called KeyForg ...
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3 Thirds Game Nerds

Press Continue Productions

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Adam, Wynnie, and Eric from 3 Thirds Game Nerds are 3 friends who discuss all things gaming and nerdy including table top games, board games, and Magic the Gathering Commander strategies. #3tgnerds #boysaredumb
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Comedians Amy Gledhill and Harriet Kemsley are recently single and in their 30s ...UH OH! They’re trying to navigate the dating scene - but the landscape has changed. How do you flirt? What’s the best dating app? Do love spells work? They’ll speak to experts and friends, talk about dates they’ve been on and share your dating horror stories to try figure it all out, and to feel less alone. Hosted by Amy Gledhill (Edinburgh Comedy Award Best Show 2024, Would I Lie to You?, Nevermind the Buzzco ...
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Lucky Paper Radio

Andy Mangold and Anthony Mattox

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Lucky Paper Radio is a podcast about Magic: the Gathering hosted by lifelong friends Andy Mangold and Anthony Mattox. Focused primarily on sandbox formats like Cube, which are free of banlists, rotation, and net decking, the show is about the best parts of Magic and how to get the most out of the game.
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In Game Changer, the podcast by TWS Partners, we want to share our enthusiasm and passion for game theory and its applications. We invite guests from business and academia to discuss how they use the power of game theory in their profession to make a difference – and to learn some fun anecdotes, useful facts and valuable insights along the way. Join us on this journey, and find out that game theory is much more than a topic for ivory tower discussions.
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Infinity Games Podcast

Infinity Games Podcast

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A weekly podcast focusing on a variety of video games with unique perspectives from long time collectors and gamers. Also discussion on anime, manga, and nerd culture. Listen in! Hosted by KelryxsKing and Jukeboxhero2323.
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SBC Founder & CEO Rasmus Sojmark provides a jolt of caffeine to regular interviews with the Double Espresso Show. He talks to innovators and entrepreneurs in the sports betting and gaming landscape (and beyond) about what makes them tick, their vision is for the future and their business philosophies.
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Angedrian: A D&D 5e Experience

Angedrian Dungeon Master

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Angedrian, a blue and green planet in the habitable zone of the star Isvara, is a planet thriving with life, which is orbited by the Dragon Moon. It is home to a great many species of thriving humanoids including commonly dragonborn, dwarf, elf, gnome, halfling, human, tiefling, bugbear, lizardfolk, centaur, tabaxi, and every manner of half-species mix. Sequestered away in their own enclaves are firbolg, goblin, goliath, kenku, kobold, minotaur, orc, tortle, and yaun-ti. And everywhere, ther ...
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Firebreathing Kittens

Firebreathing Kittens

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Firebreathing Kittens plays a different TTRPG every week. Four of the rotation of cast members will bring you a story that has a beginning and end. Every episode is a standalone plot in the season long anthology. There’s no need to catch up on past adventures or listen to every single release. You can hop in to any tale that sounds fun. Join as they explore the world, solve mysteries, attempt comedic banter, and enjoy friendship.
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Send us a text Trav and Steve get together and talk about the most unnecessary mechanics in video games. Games this episode Death Stranding 2: On The Beach (PlayStation 5) – June 26 Ruffy and the Riverside (PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Switch, PC) – June 26 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Splintered Fate (Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One) – June 24 Diddy…
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It’s not us, it’s the game. We go over our breakups with games we once enjoyed, but are only cordial with at parties now. Have you ever broken up with a game? Find Logan's stuff at LoganJenkins.com. Find Greg's stuff at Leatherman.Games. Join our Discord! Email us at [email protected]. Game Mechanics is hosted and supported by The Moonsho…
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Leveling up in real life takes more than just discipline, passion and trying to level up others, it takes smart design. In this episode, we explore how game design principles can help us, devs and creators, develop practical life skills, reframe personal challenges, and even learn more effectively from that process. To today, we’re going unpack how…
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On this week’s episode of Windbreaker, Yahtzee, JM8, and Marty chat about the use of time as a central mechanic in video games. Second Wind is fully independent, employee-owned and fan-funded. Consider supporting us on Patreon for as little as $1/month at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠patreon.com/SecondWindGroup⁠
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Game preservationist Caitlyn Pascal joins to chat about electro-mechanical games, the machines that dominated Japanese arcades before video games! We explore the fascinating history on how some of the biggest arcade titans got their start making these one-of-a-kind devices that showcased amazing technology, and talk about Caitlyn’s effort to preser…
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Episode 300: #Origins2025 Preview Introduction: News: 3 Magi - 10 days, $45 Mimic Mansion - 13 days, $46 #Origins2025 Preview: Jason 5 - Mythical Dice (iello) Katie 5 - Uh oh, Dino (Ludiminal) - buy Jason 4 - MicroMacro Kids: Crazy City Park Katie 4 - Ministry of Lost Things (PostCurious) - buy Jason 3 - Nana Toridori (KTBG) Katie 3 - Breakers (Lig…
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Pro Mario Kart player Vantox joins as we chat about the competitive scene and mastering Mario Kart! How can you go from 24th place all the way to the top? Plus I share more details on the Switch 2 launch games I’ve been playing, and share my demo impressions on Donkey Kong Bananza! Follow our guest! Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/vantox_ Twitter: ht…
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This week we return to Popular Mechanics. This week we look at games that are sequels to other games. 01:56 The Search for Planet X (BGG) -> The Search for the Lost Species (BGG) 04:33 Arkham Horror (BGG) -> Elder Sign (BGG) 08:00 Sleep Gods (BGG) -> Sleeping Gods: Distant Skies (BGG) 11:50 The Harvest Trilogy: Agricola (BGG) -> At the Gates of Loy…
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Caoimhe, Antistrophe, Brontë arrived to Burzin with a clear goal: Find out whether the catastrophe in Burzin is tied to the mysterious malediction known only as Sourcerot. But seeing the town in ashes makes another objective clear: Stopping the fires from continuing, no matter what is causing them. Now, they seek answers that will lead them to inve…
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AJ Brandon, Alex Cutler, and Peter C. Hayward explore what makes an effective sell sheet, providing feedback on listener-submitted examples. Throughout the discussion, they offer actionable advice on how to improve clarity, visual hierarchy, and focus in order to capture the interest of potential publishers. Sell Sheets: https://tinyurl.com/43r9h7d…
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Ambie and Crystal discuss a couple games they played recently, including Rescuing Robin Hood, Tiwanaku, and Holiday Hijinks: The Independence Incident. Then, we talk about our top 5 games that we've played that are currently in the top 100 ranked games on BoardGameGeek.com. Use our affiliate link to get Rescuing Robin Hood (or other things)! 0:00-I…
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Leveling up in real life takes more than just discipline, passion and trying to level up others, it takes smart design. In this episode, we explore how game design principles can help us, devs and creators, develop practical life skills, reframe personal challenges, and even learn more effectively from that process. To today, we’re going unpack how…
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Sydnie and Devin get a taste of what it was like at the Portland Vault Tour! There were surprises around every corner and they each contributed to the biggest ones of the weekend. Listen in to find out what twists and turns the Portland Vault Tour held for the community! Sydnie also chats with Nick (lqdsquash) before the Vault to timetravel through…
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In Episode 131, Glenn recently released Pukeapocalypse, a punk skirmish game, with Exalted Funeral, here the guys talk about it. You can pick up Pukeapocalypse from Exalted Funeral here: https://www.exaltedfuneral.com/products/pukeapocalypse Or if you're in the UK you might prefer to get it from Glenn here: https://www.manokentgames.com/product-pag…
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In this episode, my guest is Steve Greenfield from Automotive Ventures, and together with Sarah Vantine, we dive into what’s really happening in the auto market right now. We talk about why dealers are suddenly feeling the pressure on inventory, how consumer behavior is shifting, and why used car prices are still hanging stubbornly high. Steve shar…
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View all cards mentioned in this episode Andy and Anthony are once again joined by Jenn who shares her expertise in designing set cubes. They talk about Jenn’s experience designing many many set and plane themed cubes and more broadly about the different ways to approach designing them. Discussed in this episode: Cube Con 2025 Tickets Ravnica Ideal…
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In this episode of the Wargames, Soldiers and Strategy podcast, we bring you the latest hobby news, new releases, and all the usual chatter from the wargaming world. Then we tackle a topic that some of us (naming no names… Angus) find a bit of a slog—learning new rules. How do we approach a brand-new system without losing the will to game? From rul…
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This week Julius shares One Hit Heroes with us. It's a game about fighting super-villains that are supposedly way more powerful than the heroes. It's a co-operative game that can be played solo or multi-handed solo. We got into some audio trouble just past the halfway mark around 23 minutes in. From then on, you'll hear lots of clicking and gaps in…
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Hexcloak justiciar Caoimhe Wake and her two ad hoc assistant investigators, Antistrophe Landrace and Brontë Adelvys, have their work cut out for them. First and foremost, there’s the matter of these strange, flaming creatures attacking a traveling Lobble and his stagecoach full of supplies. And then there’s there’s the matter of Burzin, the small d…
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Amy and Harriet are joined this week by comedian, singer, actor and writer Jordan Gray! She helps answer questions like what are the pros and cons of opening up a marriage? What is a “unicorn"? And is the best type of community the sex-having-community? Catch Jordan in her brand new sitcom Transaction, out 24th June on ITV and ITV X. And go see her…
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In this episode Zackavelli talks about how to avoid your game looking and feeling cheap.GDFG X Minifantasy Bundlehttps://itch.io/s/154689/-gdfg-x-minifantasy-bundle?c=wwr9by8cufSkip to Body of Episode: 6:50Become a Patron: www.patreon.com/GDFGJoin the discord and talk with the community about making video games! Link: discord.gg/2C8eTsUFollow Zacka…
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Hello Sicko fans. If you are a dedicated listener you know that for a long time Joe has been struggling with chronic pain due to a hip impingement and labral tear. Basically his shit is so fucked up and it hurts all the time, and the only solution is a lot of physical therapy, which does not really solve the day-to-day pain issue. If you have exper…
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Join Blazzinbob, Buktastik and Kef for a nostalgic farewell in Episode 231 of Warcraft Reloaded. Celebrate the podcast's legacy with highlights from raid triumphs, community stories, and guest insights. Reflect on the journey, laugh at memorable moments, and look forward to a potential return with Classic+. This episode is a heartfelt 'thank you' t…
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Indie devs often wear too many hats, making it hard to give each area, like production, marketing, and community the attention it deserves. But what happens when you're stretched too thin? How does that affect your game, your message, and the trust you've built with players? In today’s discussion, we’ll look at the real-world challenges of running …
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Indie devs often wear too many hats, making it hard to give each area, like production, marketing, and community the attention it deserves. But what happens when you're stretched too thin? How does that affect your game, your message, and the trust you've built with players? In today’s discussion, we’ll look at the real-world challenges of running …
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On this week’s episode of Windbreaker, Yahtzee, JM8, and Marty chat about the highs, lows, and oddities of video games in 2015. Second Wind is fully independent, employee-owned and fan-funded. Consider supporting us on Patreon for as little as $1/month at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠patreon.com/SecondWindGroup⁠
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In this episode, we talk to David Pinsof about the surprising ways people form their beliefs and build alliances. Drawing on his survey with Cards Against Humanity, he shares how people often hold contradictory views and what this reveals about group coordination. We also dive into his game-theoretic model of coalition-building, explore how humor f…
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The whole crew chat this week about their takes on Prophecies and Fates. Which ones are their favorites, which do they despise, and what spicy Prophecy-Fate combos have they discovered so far? They also bring back a Classic HFFS segment: Would You Rather! Play along with us and tell us which card you would rather have in your deck. If you wish to d…
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In this episode, my guest is Thomas Bednarczyk, National Sales Director at Infomedia, the makers of Microcat EPC — a parts catalog used by over 220,000 people worldwide. We talk about something that doesn’t always get the spotlight, but quietly keeps the whole dealership running: the parts department. 👉 Register for the upcoming Fixed Ops Roundtabl…
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View all cards mentioned in this episode Andy and Anthony send off Andy’s Degenerate Micro Cube. After many years, Andy has decided to take apart the Cube, reclaiming its cards, sleeves, and mental space. The Cube attempted to capture something about the most high powered vintage games with a twist on the typical draft format and a tiny deck size. …
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In Episode 130, since Mike just opened the Space Gits Pledge Manager for late pledges, the guys are having a chat about Pledge Managers. The Boarders and Black Flags Landing Page: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/manokentgames/boarders-and-black-flags If you enjoy hearing our game design advice, why not read it also in our upcoming book about d…
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This episode, Sen and Erica talk to Simon Ennis, professional filmmaker and avid boardgamer, about his most recent release, "The Hobby: Tales from the Tabletop", that features game designers, reviewers, and community members alike. Check out the trailer for The Hobby as well as the IMDB listing. Erica and Sen will be at the June 18th showing of The…
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YouTuber Dale Clayton is back as we delve into the Switch 2 launch in Japan! We chronicle our journey to getting one in Japan and chat about the hardware’s record-breaking launch in the country! Plus we look at Mario Kart World, Welcome Tour, and a smattering of other games we’re playing on Nintendo’s newest console! Follow our guest! YouTube: http…
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