Rulebooks Anonymous

Rulebooks Anonymous

Board games! Card Games! Video Games! All things gaming and entertaining regarding gaming! Pull up a chair and listen in.

Episodes

June 18, 2025 55 mins
We are back to recast Star Trek with Muppets, and it is perfection! Startrek Away Missions, you're curious and we have all the details with updates on upcoming expansions. James has an update on AV Ghost, and many complaints about this and that.
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It's a solo outing, but D has you covered with a quick review of Lunar Lux on the Switch. What is this intriguing sci fi rpg? For the second half of the episode, we decided to rerecord it due to new information on tarrifs and what the status of the boardgame community is currently in. It's not all doom and gloom, D has a potential solution.

Lunar Lux

https://store.steampowered.com...

Titancraft

https://titancraft.com
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April 6, 2025 70 mins
Hop on your broom and grab your bat, it's Quidditch time as we play Harry Potter: Catch the Snitch! Was Ravenclaw victorious, or did Slytherin dominate? We have a brief review of The Day the Earth Blew Up. And an in depth discussion on passing the torch from generation to generation.
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March 16, 2025 63 mins
We are building up rodent society in Rats of Wistar, and boy did we create a real Ratopia. How does one build up rat society? What cool adventures do rats go on? How do they manage to make super computers and jetpacks? 

Ever wonder about "dead game mechanics"? We discuss several from an article on BGG which you can check out below.

https://boardgamegeek.com/geek...
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February 22, 2025 44 mins
It's our long awaited return as we conclude our Magical Kittie trilogy. Our adventurous felines have been given the hair raising task of delivering the final present of Christmas for Santa. Will the delivery go off without and complications? Or are there unseen dangers at the bottom of the chimney?

Note: This episode is intended for a mature or at least adult adience due to crass language and commentary. Listener discretion is advis...
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December 31, 2024 58 mins
Part 2 of our Catsmas game of Magical Kitties is here as our fierce felines do battle with the terrifying Krampus! Will they defeat this monster or is Christmas doomed?!
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December 23, 2024 61 mins
It's the first of our three part Christmas playthrough of Magical Kitties. Join Weasley, Cigarettes, and Sir Pendergast (played by our amazing guest host Angie), as they travel to the north pole to go on an adventure with the man himself: SANTA!
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November 27, 2024 43 mins
Joining in this mysterious episode, we have Lisa, CC, and Lily to talk all about Murder Mysteries. How are they run? What sort of cool things can you do? Are they scripted? Check out this episode to find out.
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Another Bonus Level has been unlocked and we have an amazing guest joining us; the art director for Invincible Fight Girl, David DePasquale! Hear about how Fight Girl came about and some of the influences behind various scenes. Check out Invincible Fight Girl on Adult Swim and on MAX.
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November 13, 2024 47 mins
In this Bonus Level episode, Captain David from Sparks of Interest joins to talk retro gaming. We've got games from all the previous era, including retro boardgames. Why has retro gaming been growing over the last couple years? We have our theories.
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After a long break due to unforseen shenanigans, we are back with a tour of the game Lords of Waterdeep! D decides to complain about the newest D&D book whilst James praises other ttrpg games. And we discuss the inconsistant quality of game movies.

Note: this episode was recorded long before all the info dropped regarding a certain individual and his crimes. The jokes made are mostly inspired by the Southpark bit regarding him.
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September 8, 2024 76 mins
It's time to enter the labyrinth in Disney Villains Labyrinth! What secrets does it hold and who won? James had a weekend, a LEGENDARY weekend as he and LEgendary Chad played some Starwars games and Dark Tower. James talks D off the ledge regarding kickstarters whilst sharing a few future games from Gen Con.
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August 18, 2024 22 mins
It's a solo outing for D and its Magic time as we talk about Bloomburrow and future Magic sets! A brief update on Lorcana's future and what cards are on the way. And we wrap it up with a review of Panzer Paladin.

Panzer Paladin
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Enter the wasteland and drive like mad in today's game; Thunder Road Vendetta! Who won in this crazy death race across the board? Captain James gives us the rundown on Starwars Armada and X-Wing. James shares a few guilty pleasure shows he's been watching. And we discuss this season's anime hit, Delicious in Dungeon.
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June 17, 2024 62 mins
It's another adventure in the mysterious library as we have another round of Magical Kitties! Where have our adventuring felines found themselves now? Will Chet Chadley be reunited with Cigarettes? And what is the mysterious and ghastly Merlin doing in this book? Find out!
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June 2, 2024 64 mins
We needed a brief paws (pun intended) after sharing our heavy news last episode but we are back with our playthrough of Magical Kitties! Weasley and Cigarettes have returned to the library after finding Weasley's owner in a portal tome. They now must find Chet Cadley and reunite him with Cigarettes. Will they find where he is, or are there more mysteries to unravel?
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May 9, 2024 77 mins
We begin this episode with some heart breaking news regarding the cast, it's been a hard topic to approach, but we all felt that our listeners needed to know. Despite the sad news, we press on and review The Fox Experiment, a game about breeding the perfect fox. Like Gloomhaven? WE have a mini review of Bugs and Buttons. And we finally do more than complain about Lorcana.
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April 13, 2024 40 mins
Bonus Level time, and we've got the amazing Well Red Mage! Hear all about Gamelogica, a micro documentary series sharing various myths, legends, folktales, religious, and spiritial aspects within video games. We talk the influence video games have had on his professional career and games that all new gamers should try.

https://www.the-pixels.com

https://youtube.com/@GamelogicaYT?si=S4-7dSYkfSStOXF4

https://x.com/thewellredmage?s...
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April 3, 2024 62 mins
We have returned from a long hiatus (episode was recorded a while ago) and it's time to stalk humans in The Hunger. This deck builder is another fantastic Richard Garfield game and we have all the details and a few tips to win! And what's an RA episode with some Startrek talk? We have a few updates regarding various Startrek ttrpgs.

https://renegadegamestudios.co...

https://youtube.com/@GamelogicaYT?si=4qacCuopLj0nn5AI
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March 9, 2024 55 mins
Our second episode in our Magical Kitties playthrough is here! Amanda and D are in search of thier humans and the only help they have is a hurtful book that says mean things to Amanda's cat. Will the kitties survive a trip into a magical story book? 

And be sure to check out Gamelogica by checking the link below:

https://youtube.com/@GamelogicaYT?si=jcljDQtwmoDUTEDg
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