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
We are stumbling across the finish line of 2025 with technical difficulties. Ian jumps in at the last minute to provide his Top 10 tabletop games played during the year of 2025. Meanwhile... Jared travels back home from vacation.
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It's a week of Tiny and Small Allplay Games! As we wrap up our week of Allplay reviews taking a look at a Tiny or Small box game from Allplay, Anna takes a few minutes to talk about Waddle - the penguin placing, fish claiming, penguin family building game.
Links for Waddle
Interested in purchasing Waddle? Get it here. Note: We might receive compensation for purchases through our Amazon link....
It's a week of Tiny and Small Allplay Games! Each day, Jared or Ian will take a look at a Tiny or Small box game from Allplay. Today, Ian takes a few minutes to talk about Slambo - the card fighting sumo game.
Links for Slambo
Interested in purchasing Slambo? Get it here. Note: We might receive compensation for purchases through our Amazon link. Publisher: Allplay Designer: Ryan "The Bould...
It's a week of Tiny and Small Allplay Games! Each day, Jared or Ian will take a look at a Tiny or Small box game from Allplay. Today, Jared takes a few minutes to talk about Mind Space - the game of mental health.
Links for Mind Space
Interested in purchasing Mind Space? Get it here. Note: We might receive compensation for purchases through our Amazon link. Publisher: Allplay Designer: Nao...
It's a week of Tiny and Small Allplay Games! Each day, Jared or Ian will take a look at a Tiny or Small box game from Allplay. Today, Ian takes a few minutes to talk about Vivo - the puppy singing trick taking game. Note: Allplay was kind enough to provide us with a review copy of this game. Our intention is to review each game fairly and honestly whether we purchase a game or are given a game for review.
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It's a week of Tiny and Small Allplay Games! Each day, Jared or Ian will take a look at a Tiny or Small box game from Allplay. Today, Jared takes a few minutes to talk about Soda Jerk - the card shedding, hand management, and bluffing tiny from Allplay's Tiny Box line. Note: Allplay was kind enough to provide us with a review copy of this game. Our intention is to review each game fairly and honestly whether we purchase a game or ...
Jared takes a few minutes to discuss the dice chucking, word spelling, Yahtzee Scrabble baby that is Dice Words by Thames & Kosmos. Note: Thames and Kosmos was kind enough to provide us with a review copy of this game. Our intention is to review each game fairly and honestly whether we purchase a game or are given a game for review.
Links for Dice Words
Faith, Joy, Hope, and Jared settle in at the kid's table to discuss the roll and move, push your friends into oncoming death kid's game, Push Push Penguin. Note: Wacky Wizard Games was kind enough to provide us with a review copy of this game. Our intention is to review each game fairly and honestly whether we purchase a game or are given a game for review.
Links for Push Push Penguin
Anna and Jared are at the Two Top Table. Jared still has the plague. Today, we look at Timber Town published by Alley Cat Games. Note: Alley Cat Games was kind enough to provide us with a review copy of this game. Our intention is to review each game fairly and honestly whether we purchase a game or are given a game for review.
Links for Lone Wolves
Interested in purchasing? Get Alley Cat G...
Ian and Jared provide a not so exhaustive board game holiday gift guide as they discuss games and accessories that might be potential gift ideas for the gamer in your life.
Links for the board games discussed in the Holiday Gift Guide
Two Player Games - Tag Team - Toy Battle - Lone Wolves - Fateforge: Chronicles of Kaan Heavy Games - Ark Nova - Great Western Trail - Bitoku - Star Wars: Reb...
Ian and Jared sit down at the Featured Table of The Game Table Podcast to discuss two new games: Origin Story and I Made You a Mixtape. Origin Story is a 1-5 player trick taking game themed around the idea of building a hero's origin story. I Made You a Mixtape is a 1-4 player "I split, you choose" set collection game all about making the best mixtape possible.
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Ian and Jared sit down at the Featured Table of The Game Table Podcast to discuss the newest, coziest, snuggliest, book organization game, A Place for All My Books, from Smirk & Dagger Games.
Links for A Place for All My Books
Interested in purchasing? Get A Place for All My Books Note: We might receive compensation for purchases through our Amazon link. Publisher: Smirk & Dagger G...
Faith, Joy, Hope, and Jared sit down at the Kid's Table to take a look at the story driven campaign dungeon crawl game Cyber Pet Quest.
Note: Dead Alive Games was kind enough to provide us with a review copy of this game. Our intention is to review each game fairly and honestly whether we purchase a game or are given a game for review.
Links for Cyber Pet Quest
Jared reviews the upcoming digital version of the hot new release, Nature, by North Star Games Studio and gives some quick thoughts on digital adaptations in the industry.
Nature Digital Adaptation
Nature Trailer: https://youtu.be/apJH97rk6cA?si=5UrnwyDrChOCb3NH Steam Link: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1926610/Nature/ Nature Digital: https://www.naturedigitalgame.com/ NOTE: I did find...
Ian and Jared review social deduction games, their intro into this particular genre, and briefly discuss their impact on a game night.
Links for All Social Deduction Games Discussed
Bang Bang: The Dice Game Mysterium Dixit Mysterium Park Love Letter One Night Ultimate Werewolf, Vampire, Aliens, Superheroes, Supervillains Deception: Murder in Hong Kong Battlestar Galactica Unfathomabl...
Anna and Jared settle in to the Two-Top Table this week to discuss two different two player games: Lone Wolves published by Wonderful World Board Games and Spirits of the Wild: Awakening published by Mattel. Note: Both Wonderful World Board Games and Mattel were kind enough to provide us with a review copy for each of these games. Our intention is to review each game fairly and honestly whether we purchase a game or are given a ga...
Ian and Jared discuss a couple of tile drafting games: Cryptid Cafe: The Chef's Apprentice published by Squatchy Games and Twinkle Twinkle published by AllPlay.
Note: Both Squatchy Games and AllPlay were kind enough to provide us with a review copy of these games. Our intention is to review each game fairly and honestly whether we purchase a game or are given a game for review.
Links for Cryptid C...
Faith, Joy, Hope, Anna, and Jared sit down at the Kid's Table to take a look at the reimplementation of the 2014 Kinderspiel des Jahres winner, Ghost Fightin' Treasure Hunters: Anniversary Edition.
Note: Mattel, Inc. was kind enough to provide us with a review copy of this game. Our intention is to review each game fairly and honestly whether we purchase a game or are given a game for review.
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Ian and Jared reminisce over simple childhood folktales as they review the newest iteration of " The Three Little Pigs" in the tower defense board game, Castle Raisers published by WWBG.
Note: Wonderful World Board Games was kind enough to provide us with a review copy of this game. Our intention is to review each game fairly and honestly whether we purchase a game or are given a game for review.
Ian is back at the table with Kalee, going over a major pain point of games-the rules. Whether you're reading them for the first time, or teaching them for the hundredth time, mistakes can be dramatic. Everyone has different ways they like to learn and different challenges when they teach. As with most things on the show, it comes down to respecting whoever takes on the challenge. But that doesn't mean you have to learn the rules t...
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