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In episode 42 we discuss the roll and write game that has stolen our hearts, Railroad Ink. We then discuss taking simultaneous turns in games. Finally we go on to answer the question "What is our favorite word play in a game." Make sure to like, share, and subscribe to keep up to date! Game Talk: 7:48 Top Shelf Topic: 24:03 Pint Sized Question: 29:35 Game Mentions: Railroad Ink, Welcome To, Escape: Curse of the Temple, Broom Service, Paperback Support: If you would like to help us improve our product, here's where you can do that! www.patreon.com/MalthausGames podpledge.com?p=3D8L1M1V4S7F8... ko-fi.com/malthausgames Sound Attributions: Something Elated by Broke For Free, Downloaded from freemusicarchive.org/music/Bro... Edits: Cut to length and Faded in. Heavy Happy With Drums by Ryan Cullinane, Downloaded from freemusicarchive.org/music/Ryan Cullinane/Heavy Happy With Drums – Beat Driven Productions – Heavy Happy With Drums Edits: Cut to length and faded out. Crowd in a bar (LCR recording) by Leandros.

Episode 41 is where we discuss our recent travels! We got to go to a camping board game retreat in Ohio, and on a fun weekend vacation to Kansas City. The banter will be discussing all of that for this episode! After that we get into Decrypto, one of our new favorite party word games. We discuss clue giving games and why we enjoy them, then we move into the question about failed clues we have given in the past. Take a listen and make sure to like, share, and subscribe! Game Talk: 20:48 Top Shelf Topic: 34:43 Pint Sized Question: 41:08 Game Mentions: Codenames, Mysterium, Just One, Deception: Murder in Hong Kong Support: If you would like to help us improve our product, here's where you can do that! www.patreon.com/MalthausGames podpledge.com?p=3D8L1M1V4S7F8... ko-fi.com/malthausgames Sound Attributions: Something Elated by Broke For Free, Downloaded from freemusicarchive.org/music/Bro... Edits: Cut to length and Faded in. Heavy Happy With Drums by Ryan Cullinane, Downloaded from freemusicarchive.org/musi

Episode 40 is about creating things during play! We talk about Blank, the Uno like game that lets you create cards to alter and change the game as you play. We then discuss house rules after a weekend of HEAVILY house ruled Uno. That leads us to discuss our favorite house rules. Come take a listen and see why you need to get Blank! Game Talk: 11:10 Top Shelf Topic: 19:56 Pint Sized Question: 27:02 Game Mentions: Patchwork, Monopoly, Life, Uno, Blank Support: If you would like to help us improve our product, here's where you can do that! www.patreon.com/MalthausGames podpledge.com?p=3D8L1M1V4S7F8... ko-fi.com/malthausgames Sound Attributions: Something Elated by Broke For Free, Downloaded from freemusicarchive.org/music/Bro... Edits: Cut to length and Faded in. Heavy Happy With Drums by Ryan Cullinane, Downloaded from freemusicarchive.org/music/Ryan Cullinane/Heavy Happy With Drums – Beat Driven Productions – Heavy Happy With Drums Edits: Cut to length and faded out. Crowd in a bar (LCR recording) by Lea

Episode 39 is here! We talk about our time with Caverna: Cave vs Cave and what we think about the game. We then discuss teaching games and talk in some depth about how we approach it and view it after doing it for so long! We then answer the question "What are your thoughts on two player versions of games?" Come take a listen and make sure to like, share, and subscribe! Game Talk: 10:32 Top Shelf Topic: 18:54 Pint Sized Question: 34:39 Game Mentions: Patchwork, 7 Wonders: Duel, Morels, Twilight Struggle, Castles of Burgundy, Caverna, Lost Cities, Codenames: Duet Support: If you would like to help us improve our product, here's where you can do that! www.patreon.com/MalthausGames podpledge.com?p=3D8L1M1V4S7F8... ko-fi.com/malthausgames Sound Attributions: Something Elated by Broke For Free, Downloaded from freemusicarchive.org/music/Bro... Edits: Cut to length and Faded in. Heavy Happy With Drums by Ryan Cullinane, Downloaded from freemusicarchive.org/music/Ryan Cullinane/Heavy Happy With Drums – Beat Dri

Episode 38 is here and we are talking about our time hunting mushrooms recently, especially Morels! Morels is also the name of this episodes game. We then discuss obscure themes in games and why we love a theme that is different than the majority. For the question we present each other with three named games and their themes. The other person has to guess which of those three is made up! Come take a listen, and be sure to like, share, and subscribe! Game Talk: 12:10 Top Shelf Topic: 18:36 Pint Sized Question: 28:03 Game Mentions: That's Not Lemonade!, Broom Service, Takenoko, Patchwork Support: If you would like to help us improve our product, here's where you can do that! www.patreon.com/MalthausGames podpledge.com?p=3D8L1M1V4S7F8... ko-fi.com/malthausgames Sound Attributions: Something Elated by Broke For Free, Downloaded from freemusicarchive.org/music/Bro... Edits: Cut to length and Faded in. Heavy Happy With Drums by Ryan Cullinane, Downloaded from freemusicarchive.org/music/Ryan Cullinane/Heavy Hap

Episode 37 is our first episode about an expansion! We discuss Tuscany: Essential Edition, the main expansion for Viticulture: Essential Edition. We then talk about expansions in the topic before we answer the question "What do you consider an expansion on your real life?" Come take a listen. Make sure to like, share, and subscribe! Game Talk: 8:45 Top Shelf Topic: 16:30 Pint Sized Question: 24:01 Game Mentions: Sagrada, Smash Up, Twilight Struggle, Ticket to Ride, 13 Days: The Cuban Missile Crisis, 1960: The Making of the President, Campaign Manager 2008, Great Western Trail Support: If you would like to help us improve our product, here's where you can do that! www.patreon.com/MalthausGames podpledge.com?p=3D8L1M1V4S7F8... ko-fi.com/malthausgames Sound Attributions: Something Elated by Broke For Free, Downloaded from freemusicarchive.org/music/Bro... Edits: Cut to length and Faded in. Heavy Happy With Drums by Ryan Cullinane, Downloaded from freemusicarchive.org/music/Ryan Cullinane/Heavy Happy With Dr

Episode 36 is all about Gizmos and board game cafes! We talk about Hayley's week of self care with sewing and sleeping. We discuss Gizmos which we played at Edmond Unplugged, then we go on to tell you why it's important to support local game cafes. We end by answering the question "What do you like to play at game cafes?" Come take a listen! Game Talk: 9:31 Top Shelf Topic: 20:56 Pint Sized Question: 26:21 Game Mentions: Concordia, Azul, Azul: Stained Glass of Sintra, Dominant Species, Barenpark, Sushi Go Support: If you would like to help us improve our product, here's where you can do that! www.patreon.com/MalthausGames podpledge.com?p=3D8L1M1V4S7F8... ko-fi.com/malthausgames Sound Attributions: Something Elated by Broke For Free, Downloaded from freemusicarchive.org/music/Bro... Edits: Cut to length and Faded in. Heavy Happy With Drums by Ryan Cullinane, Downloaded from freemusicarchive.org/music/Ryan Cullinane/Heavy Happy With Drums – Beat Driven Productions – Heavy Happy With Drums Edits: Cut to len

Episode 35 is about Broom Service from Alexander Pfister. We talk about our time with it and why we find it to be so much fun. We discuss observations of other players in games, and when it can benefit you or influence your plays. We end by talking about our very first jobs! Come take a listen and make sure to like, share, and subscribe! Game Talk: 10:35 Top Shelf Topic: 20:56 Pint Sized Question: 29:15 Game Mentions: Great Western Trail, Blackout: Hong Kong, Oh My Goods!, Agricola Support: If you would like to help us improve our product, here's where you can do that! www.patreon.com/MalthausGames podpledge.com?p=3D8L1M1V4S7F8... ko-fi.com/malthausgames Sound Attributions: Something Elated by Broke For Free, Downloaded from freemusicarchive.org/music/Bro... Edits: Cut to length and Faded in. Heavy Happy With Drums by Ryan Cullinane, Downloaded from freemusicarchive.org/music/Ryan Cullinane/Heavy Happy With Drums – Beat Driven Productions – Heavy Happy With Drums Edits: Cut to length and faded out. Crow

Welcome to the Valentine's Day episode! In this episode we discuss Fog of Love, the biggest relationship simulator you'll find, as well as some other romantic games. We don't get to mushy, we promise! Take a listen and please remember to like, share, and subscribe! Game Talk: 7:05 Top Shelf Topic: 17:42 Pint Sized Question: 26:12 Game Mentions: Twilight Struggle, Come Together, Princess Jing Support: If you would like to help us improve our product, here's where you can do that! www.patreon.com/MalthausGames podpledge.com?p=3D8L1M1V4S7F8... ko-fi.com/malthausgames Sound Attributions: Something Elated by Broke For Free, Downloaded from freemusicarchive.org/music/Bro... Edits: Cut to length and Faded in. Heavy Happy With Drums by Ryan Cullinane, Downloaded from freemusicarchive.org/music/Ryan Cullinane/Heavy Happy With Drums – Beat Driven Productions – Heavy Happy With Drums Edits: Cut to length and faded out. Crowd in a bar (LCR recording) by Leandros.Ntounis, downloaded from freesound.org/people/Leandro

Welcome to episode 33! This episode starts with our talk about being old and how Delton is a great listener/communicator. We then discuss Fowers Games Real Time game, Now Boarding. We talk about Real Time games and why they are stress inducing but still fun. To close it out we answer the question "What is a dumb thing that makes you stressed." Make sure to like, share, and subscribe! Game Talk: 11:00 Top Shelf Topic: 20:54 Pint Sized Question: 34:11 Game Mentions: Ticket To Ride, Escape: Curse of the Temple, Shifty Eyed Spies, Galaxy Trucker Support: If you would like to help us improve our product, here's where you can do that! www.patreon.com/MalthausGames podpledge.com?p=3D8L1M1V4S7F8... ko-fi.com/malthausgames Sound Attributions: Something Elated by Broke For Free, Downloaded from freemusicarchive.org/music/Bro... Edits: Cut to length and Faded in. Heavy Happy With Drums by Ryan Cullinane, Downloaded from freemusicarchive.org/music/Ryan Cullinane/Heavy Happy With Drums – Beat Driven Productions – Hea

This episode may be a little sad, but it was necessary. We talk about our hard last two weeks and how The Game was used as a helpful tool through the grief. We discuss how gaming can help with grief and the games that we use for those moments. Hayley also spills something on my rug, so that should make you happy! Game Talk: 12:29 Top Shelf Topic: 16:21 Pint Sized Question: 24:09 Game Mentions: Crokinole, The Mind, Ticket to Ride. Support: If you would like to help us improve our product, here's where you can do that! www.patreon.com/MalthausGames podpledge.com?p=3D8L1M1V4S7F8... ko-fi.com/malthausgames Sound Attributions: Something Elated by Broke For Free, Downloaded from freemusicarchive.org/music/Bro... Edits: Cut to length and Faded in. Heavy Happy With Drums by Ryan Cullinane, Downloaded from freemusicarchive.org/music/Ryan Cullinane/Heavy Happy With Drums – Beat Driven Productions – Heavy Happy With Drums Edits: Cut to length and faded out. Crowd in a bar (LCR recording) by Leandros.Ntounis, downl

2019 has begun! Episode 31 is the first episode of the new year and we talk about a game that has been a blast for us, Burgle Bros. We talk about why it's fun to play a villain and then discuss what our special set of skills would be as a villain. Come take a listen and don't forget to like, share, and subscribe! Game Talk: 13:21 Top Shelf Topic: 20:35 Pint Sized Question: 31:58 Game Mentions: Burgle Bros, Villainous, Dead of Winter, Thebes, Twilight Stuggle, 1960: Making of the President, One Night Ultimate Werewolf, Shadows Over Camelot, BSG. Support: If you would like to help us improve our product, here's where you can do that! www.patreon.com/MalthausGames podpledge.com?p=3D8L1M1V4S7F8... ko-fi.com/malthausgames Sound Attributions: Something Elated by Broke For Free, Downloaded from freemusicarchive.org/music/Bro... Edits: Cut to length and Faded in. Heavy Happy With Drums by Ryan Cullinane, Downloaded from freemusicarchive.org/music/Ryan Cullinane/Heavy Happy With Drums – Beat Driven Productions –

Episode 30 is our 2018 recap, with a little Crokinole talk in the mix. We discuss how 2018 was for our first year as a podcast and what achievements we have had. We then go on to discuss some of the things we are going to do in 2019. Thank you so much for making this first year an amazing one. We look forward to bringing you better and better things as 2019 rolls around. Game Talk: 08:23 Top Shelf Topic: 14:10 Pint Sized Question: 30:55 Game Mentions: Crokinole, Muse, Welcome To, Twilight Struggle, Holding On, Fog of Love, Ticket to Ride Support: If you would like to help us improve our product, here's where you can do that! www.patreon.com/MalthausGames podpledge.com?p=3D8L1M1V4S7F8... ko-fi.com/malthausgames Sound Attributions: Something Elated by Broke For Free, Downloaded from freemusicarchive.org/music/Bro... Edits: Cut to length and Faded in. Heavy Happy With Drums by Ryan Cullinane, Downloaded from freemusicarchive.org/music/Ryan Cullinane/Heavy Happy With Drums – Beat Driven Productions – Heavy H

Episode 29 is here! We talk about Cryptid, one of our favorite new games to release, and tell you why it's so darn good. Then we go into a topic about why games with a process of elimination are so rewarding and fun to play. Finally we answer the simple question, what is our favorite cryptid? Game Talk: 11:35 Top Shelf Topic: 21:44 Pint Sized Question: 28:34 Game Mentions: Clue, Love Letter, Sudoku, That's Not Lemonade, Altiplano, Strike Support: If you would like to help us improve our product, here's where you can do that! www.patreon.com/MalthausGames podpledge.com?p=3D8L1M1V4S7F8... ko-fi.com/malthausgames Sound Attributions: Something Elated by Broke For Free, Downloaded from freemusicarchive.org/music/Bro... Edits: Cut to length and Faded in. Heavy Happy With Drums by Ryan Cullinane, Downloaded from freemusicarchive.org/music/Ryan Cullinane/Heavy Happy With Drums – Beat Driven Productions – Heavy Happy With Drums Edits: Cut to length and faded out. Crowd in a bar (LCR recording) by Leandros.Ntouni

Episode 28 is a shorter and calmer episode than usual. Hayley talks about her trip to Canada, and Delton talks about his trip to BGG Con in Dallas. Delton tells everyone about his social anxiety, and how friends were essential for his BGG Con trip. Hayley lets you know her sister does not know how to speak french, and that cat cafes are a sure fire way to get Hayley to cry. Top Shelf Topic: 6:37 Pint Sized Question: 23:10 Game Mentions: Wavelength, Duel, Keyforge, Kanban, Railroad Ink, Pitchcar, Bamboleo, Two Rooms and a Boom, Blank, Holding On: The Troubled Life of Billy Kerr Support: If you would like to help us improve our product, here's where you can do that! www.patreon.com/MalthausGames podpledge.com?p=3D8L1M1V4S7F8... ko-fi.com/malthausgames Sound Attributions: Something Elated by Broke For Free, Downloaded from freemusicarchive.org/music/Bro... Edits: Cut to length and Faded in. Heavy Happy With Drums by Ryan Cullinane, Downloaded from freemusicarchive.org/music/Ryan Cullinane/Heavy Happy With D

In episode 27 we talk about Altiplano, a bag building game. We tell you what exactly a bag builder is as we discuss the game and tell why we enjoyed it. We then talk about how people utilize game in their life. Some people play to win, or maybe to improve their mood, or even to lower anxiety and we discuss how this makes sense to us. We then answer a question about the game we want to play to cheer up. Game Talk: 7:42 Top Shelf Topic: 21:53 Pint Sized Question: 34:19 Game Mentions: Orleans, Flick Em Up, Ticket to Ride, Agricola, Caverna, Isle of Skye, Oh My Goods! Support: If you would like to help us improve our product, here's where you can do that! www.patreon.com/MalthausGames podpledge.com?p=3D8L1M1V4S7F8... ko-fi.com/malthausgames Sound Attributions: Something Elated by Broke For Free, Downloaded from freemusicarchive.org/music/Bro... Edits: Cut to length and Faded in. Heavy Happy With Drums by Ryan Cullinane, Downloaded from freemusicarchive.org/music/Ryan Cullinane/Heavy Happy With Drums – Beat D

In Episode 26 we talk about the games we like to play around Halloween. Anything with a good horror theme, or something that can even be eerie with the right people. We then move on to discuss if games can be scary, and if so, what ones are the best at spooking the players. We then answer a question about where we would haunt as ghosts. Game Talk: 10:06 Top Shelf Topic: 21:47 Pint Sized Question: 33:13 Game Mentions: Dead of Winter, Bitten, Mysterium, Arkham Horror LCG, Arkham Horror, Mansions of Madness, Call of Cthulhu RPG, Dresden Files, Supernatural RPG, Mr. Jack, Whitechapel, Ghost Stories, Support: If you would like to help us improve our product, here's where you can do that! www.patreon.com/MalthausGames podpledge.com?p=3D8L1M1V4S7F8... ko-fi.com/malthausgames Sound Attributions: Something Elated by Broke For Free, Downloaded from freemusicarchive.org/music/Bro... Edits: Cut to length and Faded in. Heavy Happy With Drums by Ryan Cullinane, Downloaded from freemusicarchive.org/music/Ryan Cullinan

In Episode 25 we dive into the new release from HUB Games, Holding On: The Troubled Life of Billy Kerr. This game is one we learned at Gen Con and when we received a review copy, we knew that it was going to be a game we wanted to play some extra times before talking about it. We have a topic all about story in games, and why it is such a great thing to have, when done correctly. Then we answer a question about games causing us to have emotions! Come check it out! Game Talk: 9:03 Top Shelf Topic: 27:24 Pint Sized Question: 33:20 Game Mentions: Lowlands, Agricola, Pandemic, Pandemic: Legacy, Risk Legacy, Time Stories. Support: If you would like to help us improve our product, here's where you can do that! www.patreon.com/MalthausGames podpledge.com?p=3D8L1M1V4S7F8... ko-fi.com/malthausgames Sound Attributions: Something Elated by Broke For Free, Downloaded from freemusicarchive.org/music/Bro... Edits: Cut to length and Faded in. Heavy Happy With Drums by Ryan Cullinane, Downloaded from freemusicarchive.or

Episode 24 is all about the Z-man game we grabbed at Gen Con, Lowlands. We discuss it over a Roughtail IPA and Newcastle Brown. We then go on to talk about Delton's problem with analysis paralysis and some ways to speed people up without making it worse. Maybe he works through it? Then they talk about one thing in games that makes Hayley illogically upset. Game Talk: 11:23 Top Shelf Topic: 31:41 Pint Sized Question: 44:00 Game Mentions: Eternal, PubG, Agricola, Clank!, Isle of Skye. Support: If you would like to help us improve our product, here's where you can do that! www.patreon.com/MalthausGames podpledge.com?p=3D8L1M1V4S7F8... ko-fi.com/malthausgames Sound Attributions: Something Elated by Broke For Free, Downloaded from freemusicarchive.org/music/Bro... Edits: Cut to length and Faded in. Heavy Happy With Drums by Ryan Cullinane, Downloaded from freemusicarchive.org/music/Ryan Cullinane/Heavy Happy With Drums – Beat Driven Productions – Heavy Happy With Drums Edits: Cut to length and faded out. Cro

In this sleepy episode 23 we discuss Coimbra, a 2018 release that we picked up at Gen Con 2018. We crack a Laughing Water Sparkling Ale and a Blackberry IPA for the episode. We then get into gate-keeping, what it is and if we do it. Then for the question we tell you how we vow to stop gate-keeping. Join us for this episode and make sure to let us know if you played Coimbra and what you think of the game! Game Talk: 7:56 Top Shelf Topic: 27:33 Pint Sized Question: 38:24 Game Mentions: Muse, Azul. Support: If you would like to help us improve our product, here's where you can do that! www.patreon.com/MalthausGames podpledge.com?p=3D8L1M1V4S7F8... ko-fi.com/malthausgames Sound Attributions: Something Elated by Broke For Free, Downloaded from freemusicarchive.org/music/Bro... Edits: Cut to length and Faded in. Heavy Happy With Drums by Ryan Cullinane, Downloaded from freemusicarchive.org/music/Ryan Cullinane/Heavy Happy With Drums – Beat Driven Productions – Heavy Happy With Drums Edits: Cut to length and fa