Salt and Sass
Suzanne and Mandi share their love of tabletop games, talk to experts, and try to help you find a new favorite board game.
Episodes
In Episode XCIX Mandi goes topsy turvy to talk Dn Up and Up or Down while Suz is all about the alphabet with Wordsy and First Class Letters. The Game Pie of the show is full of Games with Voting.
Video games mentioned: Indika and Stack Flow
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In Episode XCVIII Mandi and Suz get right to the super sized Game Pie... well, they chat about Community Garden and Torchlit first! But this episode is all about the Gen Con 2026 Anticipation Game Pie. What's on your list?
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In Episode XCVII Suz recaps her Origins 2026 experiences (it was a weird year.) Mandi and Suzanne discuss Shapely, JinxO/Dito, Survive the Island, and Pet Quartet. And the show winds down with a Game Pie full of Games Where Timing is Everything.
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In Episode XCVI Mandi and Suzanne discuss Dorfromantik Sakura, Wondrous Creatures, and World Order. The Game Pie of the show is Games That Make Us Feel SMRT.
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In Episode XCV Mandi and Suzanne discuss the Spiel des Jahres noms and the games Nippon Zaibatsu and Six Sojourns. The game pie of the show focuses on the great work of designer Wolfgang Kramer!
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In Episode XCIV Mandi and Suz discuss the Osprey Games sale and Kickstarter "adult" policy. Mandi reviews Got Five! and Eternal Decks. And the show caps off with an epic Game Pie full of their favorite games from 2025!
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In Episode XCIII Mandi tosses Suz a Trick Taking Gauntlet. They discuss two roll-and-writes: Daydream and Locus, and chat Fruit Boss and the Under Starry Skies expansion for Faraway. The Game Pie of the show is a wistful "Games from 2025 we really want to play".
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It's a bit of a wonky Episode XCII as Mandi and Suz discuss record breaking Kickstarters, Food Chain Magnate The ketchup Mechanism and Other Ideas, and The Anarchy. And Suz steps on Mandi's toes in a Lower Rankers Game Pie. Woof... thanks for being here folks. We appreciate you!
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In Episode XCI Mandi gives us an update on her 3D printing adventures, Suz can't crack the Ironclad ascensions, and then Mandi and Suz discuss Garden Guests, French Toast, Twinkle Twinkle, and Quantum. The Game Pie of the show is full of "Games That Remind You Of Paying Taxes... In a Good Way".
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In Episode XC Suzanne recaps her experiences at GAMA this year and Mandi presents "Guess the Word ehhhhhhhhh". They discuss Forage, 7 Wonders Dice, and Gwent: The Card Game before serving up an "Homage to Ian O'Toole" Game Pie.
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In Episode LXXXIX Mandi and Suz chat about some of the recent controversies in the industry and play a new game. They discuss Zenith, Leaders, Scurry Up!, and Waddle. And finally the Game Pie of the show is Little Sibling Games!
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In Episode LXXXVIII Mandi and Suz pay tribute to Jacque Ziemat - legendary designer of games like Cockroach Poker. Suz tosses a Dexterity Game Shelf Gauntlet to Mandi. And they discuss Finca, Tropichaos, Look at the Stars, and Leviathan Wilds. The Game Pie of the show is full of Games you can play on a boat... which Suz definitely understood the assignment. Yup. 100% comprehension.
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In Episode LXXXVII Mandi and Suz pay some respects before they talk games. Mandi introduces a brand new game (you can play along!) with Game Shelf Gauntlet! And then they discuss Akropolis, Ra and Write, FORK, and Yubibo. An imbalanced Game Pie this show is full of 20-year-old games... Games from 2006!
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In Episode LXXXVI Mandi reviews Best Candy on the Block, Trick or Bid, and Cat Sudoku: Summer Festival. Suzanne revisits Tend and talks Adrift A Puzzletale and 3 Chapters. The Game Pie of the show is full of The Games We Binged Like Holiday Treats.
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Happy New Year's Eve! In Episode LXXXV Mandi and Suz discuss Clue Escape - Illusionists Club, The Morrison Game Factory, Propolis, Sweetlands, and Dustbiters Pocket Edition. To warm your tables and your hearts in these last days of the year - they serve up a Game Pie full of Comfort Games.
Wishing you and your loved ones an excellent wrap to 2025. We appreciate you.
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In Episode LXXXIV Mandi reviews Tricky Time Crisis and Mortum: Medieval Detective while Suz discusses Downtown Las Palmas and Floral. The holiday season Game Pie is full of "Gifts for Gamers".
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In Episode LXXXIII Suz recaps her PAXU experience, Mandi talks Tend (Suz is jealous) while Suz reviews Paper Apps - Galaxy and Strange World Above the Clouds. A technical issue means Mandi's second game is delayed to next ep. But a yummy twisty Game Pie full of Maze Games is still served up.
Video Games mentioned: Clover Pit, Winter Burrow, Egging On
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In Episode LXXXII Mandi and Suz chat about some video games like Q-UP, Outer Worlds 2, and Concierge. Mandi looks at Rudolph and Gems of Iridescia while Suz goes solo mode with Dicemancy. The Game Pie of the show is full of "Games on the Go from 2025 - Digital edition".
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In Episode LXXXI Mandi and Suz discuss The Sims (the board game), Moon Colony Bloodbath (please be a "work" card), Horrified: Dungeons and Dragons (Jarnathan!), The Great Evening Banquet (say what? a Saashi?!), and Oddland (Pigeorse ftw). The Game Pie of the show (suggested by Teresa) is Cull Regret Game Pie.
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In Episode LXXX Mandi and Suz welcome very special guests! Mandy and Isaac are in Canada for KanataCon so the quad sits down to talk all about Spiel 2025.
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