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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.

Harmonies – A Featured Table Review

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Harmonies is a 1-4 player tile organization game in which players are competing to build the best habitat to attract the most spirit animals to their landscape. Ian and Jared prepare the table to discuss their favorite animals, the idea of Cascadia and Azul having a baby together, and are there too many nature games? Additionally, they discuss how to play Harmonies, give their thoughts, and talk about how many of these types of games they need in their collection. Does this game outshine its mom and dad…I mean predecessors? Or does it blend in among the crowd of so many tile laying games? Find out, as we discuss!

Publisher: Libellud
Designer: Johan Benvenuto
Artists: Maëva da Silva

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Lorcana: Illumineer’s Quest – Deep Trouble – A Two Top Review

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Anna and Jared sit down at the two top table to take a look at the newly released stand alone Lorcana box: Illumineer’s Quest – Deep Trouble. They discuss the feel of a co-op mode for a collectible card game, give some thoughts to the two player decks that come with it, and share their thoughts for how accessible this box in particular is to someone that is looking at Lorcana from the outside. Does this game live up to the anticipation of this relatively untapped concept? Or does it grasp for air to try and be known amongst the sea of so many other great co-op games? Find out as we discuss.

Publisher: Ravensburger
Designer: Ryan Miller
Artists: Undisclosed

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Illumineer’s Quest – Deep Trouble

Bonus Coverage: Interview with Jay Bernardo of Bezier Games – A Featured Table Discussion

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It’s part two of our interview with Jay Bernardo from Bezier Games. We go off script as Jay is having so much fun hanging out with us that we continue to discuss the hobby. We touch on the future, relationships within the board gaming hobby, and the growth of the hobby. If you didn’t get a chance to listen to part one, we highly encourage you start there before diving into this one. Whether you listened to part one or you don’t take our advice and jump straight in here, we hope you enjoy the episode.

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Xylotar: https://beziergames.com/collections/all-games/products/xylotar-preorder
Bezier Games: https://beziergames.com/

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Interview with Jay Bernardo of Bezier Games – A Featured Table Discussion

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Jay Bernardo – the marketing manager of Bezier Games – joins the show for a delightful interview. We discuss Jay’s adventures around the globe, how he joined the Bezier team, the “Year of the Card Game” at Bezier, a little bit of a closer look at Xylotar, game design in the board gaming industry, his Youtube channel Cardboard East, and finish with facilitating a great game night.


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Xylotar: https://beziergames.com/collections/all-games/products/xylotar-preorder
Bezier Games: https://beziergames.com/

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Rubik’s Race & Match Madness – A Kid’s Table Review

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Faith and Jared discuss the fast action pattern matching games of Rubik’s Race and Match Madness. They take a look at each one, compare the two, and Faith gets a little bit silly as they discuss. Are these games both worthy of being in the collection? Will Jared and Faith be able to complete a Rubik’s cube someday? Does Faith have a need for speed? Find out as we sit down at the Kid’s table to discuss.

Rubik’s Race:
Publisher: Spin Master Ltd.
Designer: Erno Rubik and Marvin A. Silbermintz

Match Madness:
Publisher: Foxmind Games
Designer: Jeppe Norsker
Artists: Karl Malepart

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Cat in the Box: Deluxe Edition A Featured Table Review

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Ian and Jared dive into the wonky trick-taking game of Cat in the Box: Deluxe Edition. Does this game produce the ground breaking results of our experiments? Or is it simply another failure in a long line of testing? Find out, as we discuss.

Note: No cats were harmed or experimented on in the making of this podcast.

Publisher: Bezier Games
Designer: Muneyuki Yokouchi (横内宗幸)
Artists: Osamu Inoue (井上磨)

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MicroMacro: Crime City A Two-Top Review

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Anna and Jared dive into the cartoon world of MicroMacro: Crime City. They discuss the complexities of the artwork, applaud the streamlined nature of the game, and give their thoughts. Will this game be solved with a closed case? Or will it become another cold case? Find out, as we discuss!

Publisher: Pegasus Spiele North America
Designer: Johannes Sich
Artists: Daniel Goll, Tobias Jochinke, Johannes Sich

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How to Play:
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Fun-K Town Recap – Anna & Julia

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More car noise, new feedback. Anna and Julia decide to add their thoughts on the weekend of Fun-K Town towards the end of the return trip.

Fun-K Town Con: https://www.fun-k-town.com/

Bezier Games: https://beziergames.com/

Ex-Libris: https://renegadegamestudios.com/ex-libris-second-edition/

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Fun-K Town Recap Episode – Jared & Ian

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Raw audio, a car ride home, and a podcast full of thoughts to recap the weekend that was Fun-K Town Con. Jared and Ian give their thoughts on the weekend as well as some of the games that they played. We do apologize for any less than professional audio this episode. Recording in a car can be difficult and we had a quick turnaround. Hope you enjoy and hope that we can see you there next year! Special thanks to Mike Randolph for such a great event! Hope you all enjoy the episode!

Fun-K Town Con: https://www.fun-k-town.com/

Bezier Games: https://beziergames.com/

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Chronicles of Avel – A Kid’s Table Review

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Faith, Joy, and Jared discuss adventure in the Chronicles of Avel. Does this game complete the journey or does it fall short?
 
Publisher: Rebel Studios
Designer: Przemek Wojtkowiak
Artists: Bartłomiej Kordowski

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