The Game Table Podcast
Here at The Game Table Podcast, we explore a wide variety of tabletop games, including board games, card games, role-playing games, and more. We give you a brief overview of each game, explain the basics of how to play, and share our opinions to help you decide if it’s a good fit for your gaming table. Whether you’re a casual gamer or a tabletop game enthusiast, we’re here to help guide you through the exciting world of tabletop gaming.
Episodes
Anna and Jared settle in to the Two- Top Table this week to discuss one of their most anticipated games of the year: Vantage by Stonemaier Games. Note: Apologies for the audio quality at certain points of this episode. When this episode was recorded, we were recovering from being sick, had multiple technical issues, and multiple interruptions. Hopefully this episode can still be enjoyed and you can get an idea if Vantage is for yo...
Kalee and Ian discuss one of the core elements of every game play - the table talk. On or off-topic, talking is an inevitability for most, but can be a treacherous area. Some people can handle ribbing, others really can't, and it's up to you to navigate. But luckily, a Game Table expert is on the case.
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Anna and Jared record as they drive back from GenCon 2025 giving some of their thoughts from the weekend of "The Greatest Four Days in Gaming". If you don't know what GenCon is, its a 4 day convention centered around tabletop gaming, whether that be board games, card games, and role playing games. Whether you were able to go this year or not, we hope that this GenCon review helps you get excited for some of the awesome games that...
Kalee and Ashley explore stories where board gaming enters the early moments of dating, and how maybe that's a pro-level move. What better way is there to see how someone handles competition, and can celebrate wins and losses with grace and tact? Or....learn that they can't.
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Board Game Expansions! Ian and Jared sit down at the Featured Table to discuss games that were improved by their expansions.
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Kalee and Ashley cover games that had their day, and now they're BANNED! Maybe they don't work with the players available, maybe individuals have bad history with them, or maybe....things just didn't click. There are stories of individuals holding to their bans, and much discussion on what's been banned by the gamers of r/boardgames. Lots of repeats in those lists, it turns out.
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Ian and Jared celebrate The Game Table Podcast's 100th...ish episode and two years of podcasting together. We reminisce, celebrate, and talk about what's ahead. ALSO, there's a top 10 list featuring games that the guys have reviewed on the podcast over the last two years.
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Doctor Cortlyn returns for a health centered episode! Board gaming is a fairly safe hobby, but there are always health needs to take into account. Kalee and Cortlyn cover a reddit saga of someone with a diagnosis, and a coworker who just won’t let it go. We often have strong feelings around our health, and they can easily end up at the table. So let’s talk about it!
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Jared sits alone at the Family Table to discuss four games: Xylotar: Unhinged by Bezier Games, Illusion from Pandasaurus Games, Patrician: Towers of Influence by Calliope Games, and Hanabi by R&R Games.
Links for Xylotar: Unhinged
Interested in purchasing? Xylotar: Unhinged Note: We might receive compensation for purchases through our Amazon link. Publisher: Bézier Games Designer: Chri...
We’re halfway through summer, so it’s time to talk about a regular summer activity - vacations! Kalee and Ashley discuss their favorite gaming memories from trips, and talk through stories where some vacation priorities are just not aligning. We all want to make the most of our time away, and that can often include games, but there is always a line. And it often comes down to communication.
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Ian and Jared sit down at the featured table to give their GenCon preview as they discuss some of the games they are excited about for GenCon 2025. With the convention starting in just under a month, Jared's excited! Ian is excited too.... but he's also trying to buy a house so he can't go to GenCon this year.... If you don't know what GenCon is, its a 4 day convention centered around tabletop gaming, whether that be board games,...
Do you ever just feel like the world is against you? Well, maybe it’s just everyone else at the table. Kalee and a new guest, Josh, discuss these moments and how to navigate them. Sometimes it’s good to lean into advantages. Sometimes it’s better to make deals. But if you’re being teamed-up against for reasons other than gameplay, that might be a problem.
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Anna and Jared discuss a pair of abstract games - Boop and Paris: La Cité de la Lumière - together at the Two Top Table.
Links for Boop
Interested in purchasing? Get Boop Note: We might receive compensation for purchases through our Amazon link. Publisher: Smirk & Dagger Games Designer: Scott Brady Artists: Curt Covert BGG Game Link How to Play: Play the Game HQ
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Kalee and her sister Cortlyn reminisce - or confess - about their experience gaming together as siblings and the sibling rivalries that formed. They cover stories of siblings at odds or in communion against others. It’s an interesting thing to balance when different ages and dynamics are involved, and especially when you know this person is your main partner to ‘play with’ for the foreseeable.
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Jared's back! He and Ian discuss the game of drafting mini games, Comic Hunters, published by Spin Masters Ltd.
Links for Comic Hunters
Interested in purchasing? Get Comic Hunters Note: We might receive compensation for purchases through our Amazon link. Publisher: Spin Masters Ltd Designer: Robert Coelho Artists: Diego Sá BGG Game Link How to Play: Table Talk Reviews
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Kalee and her sister Cortlyn sit down to talk about the very first decision of any game night - the invitations. They examine opinions on who to invite and who to move on from. They step into discussions of when friends are in different phases of life, and how best to care for each other despite. Perhaps most importantly, they provide the PSA to invite your single friends to game night!
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Faith, Joy, and Jared are back at the kid's table taking a look at two oldie but goodies in Tsuro and Skyjo.
Links for Tsuro
Interested in purchasing? Get Tsuro Note: We might receive compensation for purchases through our Amazon link. Publisher: Calliope Games Designer: Tom McMurchie Artists: Cathy Brigg, Andrew Hepworth, Shane Small, Imelda Vohwinkel, Franz Vohwinkel BGG Game Link How ...
Kalee and Nathan momentarily shift from the Table Topics discussions to settle in at the Featured table and review the punny, goods-trading, draconic shopkeeping game, Flamecraft, published by Cardboard Alchemy.
Links for Flamecraft
Interested in purchasing? Get Flamecraft Note: We might receive compensation for purchases through our Amazon link. Kickstarter Info for Flamecraft: Duels Pub...
It’s an uplifting episode! Kalee and Nate celebrate their own anniversary by reading stories about love and the love of the game. Board gaming in particular is so often a shared pastime for couples, and these stories exemplify the benefits. But we’re not limited to that! Join us as we celebrate love of others, ourselves, and those favorite moments that drew us to the hobby.
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Ian and Julia settle in to the Featured Table this week to discuss the version of Clue we have all wanted all our lives: Awkward Guests: The Walton Case published by Megacorpin Games.
Links for Awkward Guests: The Walton Case
Interested in purchasing? Get Awkward Guests: The Walton Case Note: We might receive compensation for purchases through our Amazon link. Publisher: Megacorpin Games De...
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