Ep.177 is live! come listen as we tell you about a Kickstarter project you should be backing on August 20th! We tell you all about Winter Rabbit from Absurdist Productions before diving into how much fun it is to be in a competitive game with cooperative elements. We end with a question about pumpkin spice and what is too early for it. Be sure to l…

Ep.176 is here! We talk with our friend Tyler Brown about his upcoming Kickstarter on August 20th! 23 Knives is his upcoming game. We have played several iterations of the game and are so excited to see it become available to others in a final form. We talk about the game a little, but a lot about Tyler! This is a fun interview and we hope you supp…

Ep.175 is live! Come listen as we tell you about our time with The Guild of Merchant Explorers from AEG. We talk about the game and why we like it before diving in to talking about gaming with ADHD. It's a good conversation about ADHD and gaming from one persons perspective, with a little science throughout. We then end the show by telling you what…

Ep.174 is live! Come listen as we tell you about our fun with TEN from AEG! We picked it up for my birthday and have had fun with this push-your-luck and auction game. We then tell you about classic mechanics and why they have staying power in the modern board game era. We then end the show by telling you who introduced us to gaming and what we sta…

Ep.173 is here! Take a listen as well tell you about ARCS from Leder Games. We talk in depth about the games play and what we have loved about it. We then dive into the topic of self sacrifice in games. We end the show by telling you how we are planning to stay cool on this hot week! Be sure to like, share, and subscribe!Game Talk: 8:42Top Shelf To…

Ep.172 is live! Come listen as we tell you about our newest game Let's Go! To Japan! We talk about the fun we've had with it before telling you about relaxing games that we enjoy. We end the show by telling you the place we are most excited to walk in Japan in 2025! Be sure to like, share, and subscribe!Game Talk: 11:04Top Shelf Topic: 24:19Pint Si…

Ep.171 is live! Come take a listen as we sickly tell you about Werewolf in the Dark! We've talked about this one in the past and are so happy to see it on BackerKit! Make sure to go support it and get you a copy! We tell you about it before telling you about our friend's games and how excited we are for them all. We also ask the question of "Do you…

Ep.170 is live! Take a listen as we tell you about Dandelions from AllPlay! We also talk about our experience and thoughts on trash talking at the game table. It's a fun episode, so be sure to listen! Then you can like, share, and subscribe so you don't miss anything.Game Talk: 8:56Top Shelf Topic: 18:26Pint Sized Question: 32:12Game Mentions:Ghost…

Ep.169 is here! Take a listen as we tell you about our experience with Dune: Imperium and Dune: Imperium Uprising. We then take you to story and discussion time on how game nights and gaming habits have changed over the years. We then end on an easy light note of what animal we would animorph into! Be sure to like, share, and subscribe!Game Talk: 1…

Ep.168 is here! We tell you about our recent play of Underwater Cities and why we liked the game! We tell you about that experience and how we observed the influence limited turns has on our play. We end the show by telling you about two of our personal goals and how that progress is going! Be sure to like, share, and subscribe!Game Talk: 7:49Top S…

Ep.167 is live! Come listen as well tell you all about Inflation! from Taiki Shinzawa and New Mill Industries. We tell you all about its trick taking goodness before telling you some fun designer superlatives, such as the designer that we will always purchase. We end the show telling you our own superlatives as well. Be sure to like, share, and sub…

Ep.166 is here! Come listen about our time at TokenCon 2024, where you hear us talk about a few games as well as with a few people! We talk briefly with some folks at the con and we are so happy to get to see so many of them! Hopefully you enjoy the short and sweet episode. Be sure to like, share, and subscribe!Game Mentions:Spots, Aqua Garden, Gen…

Ep.165 is here! We tell you about the cute abstract game of Boop before telling you why we think cats are used so often as a theme. We then tell you what game we think needs rethemed into cats! Be sure to like, share, and subscribe!Game Talk: 11:26Top Shelf Topic: 16:03Pint Sized Question: 25:32Game Mentions:Pret-A-Porter, EscapeSupport:If you woul…

Ep.164 is live! Come listen as we tell you about Twilight Struggle: Red Sea, the much shorter condensed version of Twilight Struggle. We tell you how this game works, what's different from the full version, and what we think about it! We then talk about demoralizing moments we have had in gaming before telling you what we got each other for Valenti…

Ep.163 is here! Come listen as we talk about the clean and simple Deep Sea Adventure from Oink Games. We tell you about our time with it, and why it's a great game for the topic! Then we tell you about mutually assured destruction before giving you are favorite sea based stories. Be sure to like, share, and subscribe!Game Talk: 6:30Top Shelf Topic:…

Ep.162 is live! Come listen as we tell you about Curious Cargo from Capstone Games. We tell you all about it before diving into a topic about indirect player interaction. We end the show by telling you our favorite activity for snow days. Be sure to like, share, and subscribe!Game Talk: 14:09Top Shelf Topic: 28:34Pint Sized Question: 39:12Game Ment…

Ep.161 is live! Come listen as well tell you about Deus from Pearl Games. We talk about it, as well as a short recap of our 2023, before talking about strategic diversification. We end the show with our 2024 resolutions! Be sure to like, share, and subscribe!Game Talk: 10:33Top Shelf Topic: 25:55Pint Sized Question: 36:27Game Mentions:Euphoria, Agr…

Ep.160 is here to help with holiday cheer! Be sure to listen about all of these games, because when going to see family you can't be lame! Games for kids, and games for elders, we've got games that are relationship melders! Lend us an ear and you will see, that gaming can be fun, even with family!...Well that was poorly done, but you get the idea! …

Ep.159 is live! Come listen to us talk all about our favorite game from BGG Con in Dodos Riding Dinos! The Mario Kart of the board game world. We then go on to talk about control in games, what we prefer, and some of the different styles of control and lack of! It's a fun episode, so be sure to like, share, and subscribe! Game Talk: 10:09Top Shelf …

Ep.158 is live! We tell you all about BGGCON23 and the many games we played! We also tell you about the great people we met, and why we enjoy the con so much! We then tell you what games we brought home that we are most excited about!Game Talk: 6:44Top Shelf Topic: 34:30Pint Sized Question: 42:28Game Mentions:Couture, Cubitos, Butts on Things, 23 K…

Ep.157 is live! Come listen as we tell you about this peaceful game of points and achievements called Dorfromantik! We then tell you about our thoughts on campaign games, as well as letting you know the ones we bounced off of and the ones we are playing. We end by telling you what we are most looking forward to at BGGCon23 next week! Be sure to lik…

Ep.156 is here! Come listen as we talk about Final Girl from Van Ryder Games! We tell you about our experience with it and why it's a great game for horror fans! We then tell you about our approach to multiplayer solo gaming before ending with stories of our favorite houses to trick or treat at. We hope you enjoy and have a happy Halloween! Be sure…

Ep.155 is live! Come listen as we talk about Phantom Ink, a spooky game of words! We tell you why we enjoy it so much before telling you about some other ghost games, and why we think people like ghost games. We end by telling you about our favorite piece of ghost media. Be sure to like, share, and subscribe!Game Talk: 8:45Top Shelf Topic: 17:43Pin…

Ep.154 is live! Come listen as well tell you about the two Next Station games from Blue Orange. Some great flip and fill games that we really enjoy! We also tell you why games like this are good when you have decision fatigue before telling you our favorite game night snack to cure that fatigue! Be sure to like, share, and subscribe!Game Talk: 8:36…

Ep.153 is here! Come listen as we tell you all about Ark Nova and our time with it. We then talk about score ambiguity, or the feature in some games where you don't know the final score until it's the end of the game! We also tell you our favorite hiccup remedy as we sign off. Be sure to like, share, and subscribe!Game Talk: 7:51Top Shelf Topic: 24…

Ep.152 is live! Fit to Print hit our doorstep this past week and we felt the need to cover it! If you enjoy the other offerings from Flatout Games, then we recommend taking a listen to this episode on Fit to Print. We tell you all about it before we discuss Cult of the New, how we define it, and how we approach it with the podcast. We then tell you…

Ep.151 is here! Come listen to us talk about Res Arcana, the game that divides us. We then dive into the depiction of women in games. We end the show telling you what we are most looking forward to in Oregon at JenCon! sure to like, share, and subscribe!Game Talk: 6:17Top Shelf Topic: 13:35Pint Sized Question: 33:19Game Mentions:North Sea Trilogy, …

Ep.150 has arrived! Come listen as we tell you about our experience with Black Angel from Pearl Games. We then tell you our thoughts on interactive game boards with a couple examples. We end this hectic and disorganized show by telling you our favorite wildlife sighting in Alaska! Be sure to like, share, and subsribe!Game Talk: 8:26Top Shelf Topic:…

Ep.149 is here! Come listen as we talk about Bamboo from Devir Games. We tell you about the fun we had with it before discussing our gaming values. After that talk we simply tell you a candy flavor that we want to see in a beer! Be sure to like, share, and subscribe!Game Talk: 8:51Top Shelf Topic: 18:41Pint Sized Question: 38:25Game Mentions:Quacks…

Ep.148 is here! Come listen as we discuss Ierusalem: Anno Domini from Devir Games. We tell you all about it before having a good talk on the representation of deities in games. We end the show with our strangest research topics! It's an interesting show and we hope you enjoy! Be sure to like, share, and subscribe!Game Talk: 9:46Top Shelf Topic: 33:…

Ep.147 is here! Come listen as we talk about Colonial Twilight from GMT Games. We tell you about how it presents the French-Algerian War within the play, as well as how it makes you think about war. This is also our first COIN game, and we tell you what that means and some other games in the series. We then talk about how war is presented in gaming…

Ep.146 is live! Listen to us discuss New York Zoo from Uwe Rosenberg! Another polyomino game that we enjoy from one of our favorite designers. We then talk about our differing preferences on replayability in games before telling you something we are efficient at. Be sure to like, share, and subscribe!Game Talk: 7:44Top Shelf Topic: 25:04Pint Sized …

Ep.145 is live! Come listen as we tell you about Euphoria, the 2013 release from Stonemaier Games. We talk about it before discussing some of the first games we played by now famous designers. After that we tell you who our favorite Female/Non-Binary game designers are right now. Be sure to like, share, and subscribe!Game Talk: 9:46Top Shelf Topic:…

Ep.144 is here! Come listen as well tell you about Ahoy from Leder Games. We discuss out time with the game before diving into concessions in games. After trying to distinguish between conceding and rage quitting we then tell you our favorite concession stand orders! Be sure to like, share, and subscribe so you don't miss anything in the future!Gam…

Ep.143 is here! Listen as well tell you about Trekking the National Parks before diving into the topic about Mensa, Mensa Select, and why we aren't fans of it. We then tell you which national park we would most like to visit right now if money and time were no concern. Be sure to like, share, and subscribe so you don't miss an episode!Game Talk: 10…

Ep.142 is here! Come take a listen as we talk about Port Royal and impulsive gaming! Hayley gives us plenty of psychology on impulsive behavior before we tell you what our most impulsive moment has been! Be sure to like, share, and subscribe so you don't miss an episode! Game Talk: 10:16Top Shelf Topic: 27:33Pint Sized Question: 47:02Game Mentions:…

Ep.141 is live! Come take a listen as we talk about Steam Up from Hot Banana Games. We tell you about the game and it's amazingly cute components before diving into a discussion about board game gimmicks. We end the show by telling you our favorite dim sum! Be sure to like, share, and subscribe!Game Talk: 12:49Top Shelf Topic: 26:44Pint Sized Quest…

Ep.140 is live! Come take a listen as we tell you all about TokenCon 2023! It's the fourth year of our local con, and our third time attending. We had a great time and wish it was another day longer so we could play games with everyone. We fell short on playing games, but we were inundated with good times, conversations, meeting new people, and fun…

Ep.139 is here! We tell you all about Ole Guacamole before discussing it and other games that could be played in a tornado shelter, or bathtub. We've got some fun choices that should help you relax a bit during the big storm. We also tell you the game you should NOT play during a tornado! Be sure to like, share, and subscribe!Game Talk: 10:45Top Sh…

Ep.138 is here! come take a listen as we tell you all about Heading Forward from Hollandspiele. Heading Forward is a game by Jon Du Bois that is all based on his recovery from Traumatic Brain Injury. This solo game is one Hayley and I played together as a team and knew we needed to have an episode on it. We tell you all about it before diving into …

Ep.137 is live! Come take a listen as we tell you all about Beer and Bread from Capstone Games. We got our hands on this new release and it's a hit for us! We discuss our time with this two player game before telling you what we think about positive player interaction in games! After that we tell you our best memory dealing with beer and bread. Be …

Ep.136 is here! This is a double feature of sorts. We tell you all about Delton's favorite two trick taking games, Ghosts of Christmas and 9 Lives. Both from BoardGameTables.com and Taiki Shinzawa. We compare the two and tell you about each before diving into the topic of Enemies to Lovers. In the topic we tell you the style of games we have histor…

Ep.135 is here! Come listen as we tell you about our fun with Cubitos and all of it's dicey goodness. We then turn to talk about the different builders in boardgames; deck/pool/bag builders. We end the episode telling you our New Year resolutions! Be sure to like, share, and subscribe! If you want to see the video version of the podcast then head o…

Episode 134 is live! Come listen as we talk all about Land vs Sea and what we love about it. We go from it into the topic all about new-to-us games that we are taking to the holidays with family. It's a good list that we really enjoy! Finally we end by telling you how early we spoiled Christmas this year! Be sure to like, share, and subscribe! If y…

Episode 133 is live! Come take a listen as we dive into the depths of Wir Sind Das Volk!. It's a game about East and West Germany after WWII. We tell you about it and why we both loved it before diving into the topic about political representation in board games. We tell you some different games that are political as well as why games have to be so…

Episode 132 is here! Take a listen as we talk about Flamecraft from Lucky Duck Games. We played it at BGG Con 22 along with lots of other games we will talk about. We then tell you our favorite experience at BGG this year! Be sure to like, share, and subscribe. If you want to see the video version of our podcast, head over to Patreon.com/malthausga…

Episode 131 is here! Come listen as we discuss our newest Kickstarter delivery with Verdant! We tell you all about Verdant and why we enjoy the game before talking about starting player rules and tiebreakers. After that we tell you what we think should be a starting player decider in a game. Be sure to like, share, and subscribe so you don't miss o…

Episode 130 is here! Happy Halloween to all! Come listen to us talk about Gargoyles: Awakening on October's last episode with two great beers from Welltown Brewing and Cabin Boys Brewing. We tell you all about the Gargoyles TV show, the game, and why Delton loves it! Then we talk about Intellectual Properties in board games and the pros and cons of…

Episode 129 is here! Come listen to us talk about Let's Summon Demons from Cryptozoic Games. We went camping and played it at night near our campfire under the dimly running lantern! You can hear all about it before we tell you some other games we think would be good for camping. We also tell you what else we like to do when out in the wild while d…

Episode 128 is live! Come listen as we talk about Marvel United: X-Men, the X-Men version of the Marvel United co-op game. We discuss it before talking about fighting in games, and how some games utilize neat mechanisms to represent it. We then go on to tell you what fighting style we would learn/use if we were to dive into one. It's a fun episode …