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The podcast for people who have one friend. Pete and Andrew review two-player board games for those of us who are looking to play games with the only friend we have.
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Saturday Mar 02, 2024
Saturday Mar 02, 2024
FIGHT! Well, actually, just listen. No need to fight. But the game Andrew and Pete cover this week, Pocket Paragons from Solis Games Studios, will have you harkening back to the days of Street Fighter, Mortal Kombat and more!
Friday Feb 02, 2024
Friday Feb 02, 2024
Ahoy thar! Join Andrew and Pete on the poop deck and raise the...thing you raise. Because Sail from AllPlay is being reviewed in this episode. And, spoiler alert, a pretty big thing happens in this episode. You're gonna wanna listen.
Tuesday Jan 02, 2024
Tuesday Jan 02, 2024
For our opening move of 2024, we're moving our new episode to T2 (Tuesday the 2nd). That's right, we're covering a game that is chess-adjacent! Capstone Games' new Match of the Century is an entry in their 2-player card-driven historical games, this time dealing with the 1972 World Championship chess match between Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky. It's a story full of fascinating tidbits of real occurrences, but does it make for the inspiration of a good game? Hit play to find out!
Friday Dec 22, 2023
Friday Dec 22, 2023
Ho ho ho! While our bellies are like bowls full of jelly, let's tuck in to a bonus episode! Andrew and Pete attended PAX Unplugged 2023 in Philadelphia, caught up with some old acquaintances, and even met some new ones!
Saturday Dec 02, 2023
Saturday Dec 02, 2023
May the Force....be....uhhh...okay, I don't remember how the quote goes. PSYCHE! You know Andrew and I love Star Wars. So what better 2-player-boardgame-only podcast to review Fantasy Flight's newest Star Wars dueling card game? Don't answer that.
We also talk with Nick Mielke of Around the Galaxy and the Streaming Star Wars (SSW) Network about George Lucas' little freaks!
Thursday Nov 02, 2023
Thursday Nov 02, 2023
Whack on this! Andrew & Pete get their magnets out and start swatting balls in this episode on the Scandinavian dexterity game Klask! Does it have them yelling "Goooooooooallllll"? Click play to find out!
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Monday Oct 02, 2023
Monday Oct 02, 2023
Konnichiwa and youkoso to episode 70! Youkai are Japanese supernatural beings who often live in the forest, and in Yokai Sketch from Devir, Andrew and Pete tried their best to catch glimpses for their sketch book! Did this tricky number-based card control game leave them mystified? Click play, of course, to find out!
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Saturday Sep 02, 2023
Saturday Sep 02, 2023
Ice cold new episode here! We're talking ball in this episode. Baseball, that is. Pete and Andrew cover Bat Flip from new designer Scott Courlander. And they mix the new (this game) with the old (baseball history) while chatting with Anthony Arot, the leader of the Goose Goslin chapter of SABR (Society for American Baseball Research).
Play ball (i.e. this episode)!
Wednesday Aug 02, 2023
Wednesday Aug 02, 2023
Join Pete and Andrew on a journey through the occult. And the regular cult, too. All words that contain "cult", we'll say. In this episode, they cover The Seals of Cthulhu from Thing 12 Games, which pits cultist against investigator for the fate of the world. They also chat with Tori and Garrett, two horror film critics, about all the tentacles that go bump in the night.
Saturday Jul 22, 2023
Saturday Jul 22, 2023
Cheers! Andrew and Pete cover the recent hot two-player title Beer & Bread from Scott Almes and Capstone Games. Will this crop-growing, resource-storing romp show Andrew just how exciting agriculture can be in board games? Or will Andrew's eyes cross when he harvests his 4th handful of wheat? Plus, they talk everything beer with Chris Burke, an owner of Eight & Sand Beer Co., located in Woodbury, New Jersey!