In our season finale, two award winning games earn our Meeple Crown for 2025. These games embody the essence of Major Fun and The Spiel of Approval. Congratulations to Fromage and Hot Streak!
Shelley and I work to help young women come to power and influence in the late 19th and early 20th century in
Kartini: From Darkness to Light by Sherria Ayuandini from ION Game Design
then we head to the British Isles and hang out with the pagans in
Druids of Edora by Stefan Feld from Alea and Ravensburger
Thanks as always to our sponsor Bezier Games!
Remember you can support the podcast and our video series over on YouTube by going to www.patreon.com/garrettsgames OR check out our extensive list of games that no longer fit on our shelves, but belong on your table:
In another annual bonus episode, Kevin and Roy take over the show and talk about some games they've played (recently and not recently), Silly Shenanigans, Ghost Stories, and Bomb Busters (Kevin's version). You can watch the video version of the podcast on YouTube.
Santa isn't the only one that has been working hard this x-mas eve, Rob has managed to catch Tristan Hall from Hall or Nothing Productions for a cozy fireside chat about his newest crowdfunding project Night of Wolves / Ruined Path double feature.
GUEST PLAYER: Tristan Hall PLAYERS: Rob
In this episode you'll learn: - how Tristan begun his journey of design by building mods to HeroQuest - more about the active campaign Night of Wolves / Ruined Path which runs until early January 2026 - how Rob explores why he enjoys games from Hall or Nothing Productions and why they are important to him - that it's ok to get rules wrong when you're learning games, the primary objective is enjoying your time.
It's a Christmas episode! Merry Christmas one and all, here's some nonsense to fill you with cheer!
This Game is Broken is a comedy board game panel show with Matthew Jude, Dave Luza, Paula Deming, Nick Murphy and Mike Murphy. We play a lot of nonsense games full of role playing and trivia as well as other fun stuff which can be found at the links below.
"One day I was sitting in a gazebo, and there was a plaque on the gazebo and it said, 'This gazebo was built by the town in 1863.' That is in the middle of the Civil War. And the whole town built a gazebo. What was that town meeting like? 'All right, everyone, first order of business, we have all the telegrams from Gettysburg with the war dead. Let’s see here. Okay, everyone’s husband and brother and… everyone died. Okay. Josiah, you had something?' 'Yes, I do. How’d you like to be indoors and out of doors all at once? Ever walk into the park with your betrothed and it starts to rain, but you still want to hold hands? Well, may I introduce you to, and my condolences again to everyone, the gazebo!'"
-John Mulaney, "Kid Gorgeous at Studio City"
Games Played Last Week:
01:29 -Coyote (Spartaco Albertarelli, New Games Order, 2015)
04:07 -Tapple Mini (NPD Toys, The Op Games, 2025)
07:17 -Die fiesen 7 (Jacques Zeimet, Drei Hasen in der Abendsonne, 2015)
Clef and Tim speedrun through disc golf and extra things before getting to the board games. We talk about our recent plays including The Great Zimbabwe, Trismegistus, Rolling Stock Stars, and Brass: Birmingham before talking about how the number of players can affect a game. Is there an ideal player count?
Board games start at 15:30!
Join the discord at discord.gg/s8hYtWkMS3 and visit punchboardparadise.com for more info on PPCon 2026!
GG&G 1024! This week Shelley and I check out two mini-box games from Allplay
Llama Llama by Kaya Miyano
For the Emperor by Whitney Loraine
Then check out a bigger game, which is actually the smaller cousin of Ark Nova
Sanctuary by Mathias Wigge from Capstone Games and Feuerland Spiele
Thanks as always to our sponsor Bezier Games!
Remember you can support the podcast and our video series (for which we have editions for each of these games) by going to www.patreon.com/garrettsgames OR check out the extensive list of games that no longer fit on our shelves, but belong on your table:
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