Today we’re talking about what makes something a game, or a puzzle, or an activity. Yeah, this could turn into us arguing semantics, but hopefully not. Really what we’ll try to do is identify the traits of each of these things and see how that affects our choices of games we like. Email us at feedback@TabletopGameTalk.com – for questions and feedback. Follow us on twitter http://twitter.com/TabletopGameTLK http://twitter.com/GameMasterChris http://twitter.com/LawfulGoodMom http://twitter.com/NetFletch or Facebook http://www.facebook.com/TabletopGameTalkPodcast Chris’s facebook (let him know you’re a listener in the friend request): https://www.facebook.com/steele22374 Join the conversation on Board Game Geek http://TabletopGameTalk.com/bgg Support us via Patreon http://TabletopGameTalk.com/Patreon

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Today we’re talking about gaming obsessions. Whether it’s needing to collect everything for a particular board or card game, owning every book published for your favorite role playing game, or just wanting to play the same game over and over and over, what causes us to get to this level of obsessiveness and when should we try and reign it in?

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We’ve all been there, someone finds out you like board games and the next question (after, they ask “like Monopoly?”) is What’s your favorite game? But there are many reasons that the answer to that question may not be as straightforward as it seems. We’ll look at those reasons, and we will discuss our favorite games, and some of yours, as well as why they are our favorites.

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This week we’re discussing your feedback on solo games, casual gamers, heirloom games, and why games go unplayed. As well as a few other emails we’ve received that don’t really fall under any of those topics. Oh, and of course we have a feedback winner too.

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This week we’re talking about why games in our collections go unplayed. It’s easy to say there’s just not enough time, but is that the whole story? Why have games if you’re not going to play them? What can we do to get unplayed games to the table more often or should we even try? Have you asked yourself, does this game spark joy? Email us at feedback@TabletopGameTalk.com – for questions and feedback. Follow us on twitter http://twitter.com/TabletopGameTLK http://twitter.com/GameMasterChris http://twitter.com/LawfulGoodMom http://twitter.com/NetFletch or Facebook http://www.facebook.com/TabletopGameTalkPodcast Chris’s facebook (let him know you’re a listener in the friend request): https://www.facebook.com/steele22374 Join the conversation on Board Game Geek http://TabletopGameTalk.com/bgg Support us via Patreon http://TabletopGameTalk.com/Patreon

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This week, Sydnie had a baby so Chris decided we should talk about Heirlooms.  We start by talking about the games passed down to us and other childhood memories.  Then we talk how games can influence children, and finally we talk about what we’d like to pass down, sort of… Email us at feedback@TabletopGameTalk.com – for questions and feedback. Follow us on twitter http://twitter.com/TabletopGameTLK http://twitter.com/GameMasterChris http://twitter.com/LawfulGoodMom or Facebook http://www.facebook.com/TabletopGameTalkPodcast Chris’s facebook (let him know you’re a listener in the friend request): https://www.facebook.com/steele22374 Join the conversation on Board Game Geek http://TabletopGameTalk.com/bgg Support us via Patreon http://TabletopGameTalk.com/Patreon

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To help introduce Fletcher, in this episode we talk about what makes someone a casual gamer vs. another type of gamer.  And in doing so we take a look at ourselves and where we fit and why on the gamer spectrum.  Early on we find it’s all relative and not so much a linear spectrum.

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This is the first in our “revisited” series that we’ll be doing this year.  A look back at some of our earlier episodes and discussion about how our opinions may have changed over the last two years.  This week, solo games and solo play (originally episode 27).  What did we think and what do we think now?  And what are some of the hottest solo games over the last couple years?  Listen to find out!

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This week we finally catch up on some feedback from our KeyForge, Organized Play, Introverts and Extroverts, $250 game collection, questions, and resolutions episodes. Oh, and if you want to know your personality type… http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/jtypes2.asp Chris is an ENTP.  Nickole you were very very close, he’s only 9% on the side of T, you predicted J.  The rest you were spot on. You can follow and/or support us with these links: Email us at feedback@TabletopGameTalk.com – for questions and feedback. Follow us on twitter http://twitter.com/TabletopGameTLK http://twitter.com/GameMasterChris http://twitter.com/LawfulGoodMom or Facebook http://www.facebook.com/TabletopGameTalkPodcast Chris’s facebook (let him know you’re a listener in the friend request): https://www.facebook.com/steele22374 Join the conversation on Board Game Geek http://TabletopGameTalk.com/bgg Support us via Patreon http://TabletopGameTalk.com/Patreon

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It’s a new year!  And in this episode we start by making some announcements, then we look back at Chris’s 10×10 and see how he did.  We then hear from some listeners on what their gaming (and non-gaming) resolutions are.  And then we finally get to some resolutions of our own.

And a reminder, if you are in to D&D, you should check out our friend Brett’s kickstarter, The Streets of Avalon here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/encoded/the-streets-of-avalon

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