Operation: Brain Surgery
You know me. I love to give credit where credit is due. While reading the book, Who’s in the Game? by Terri Tolles Patkin, I came across an interesting variant to Operation; Operation: Brain Surgery. I immediately had to look...
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Operation: Brain Surgery
You know me. I love to give credit where credit is due. While reading the book, Who’s in the Game? by Terri Tolles Patkin, I came across an interesting variant to Operation; Operation: Brain Surgery. I immediately had to look...
U-Build Mouse Trap
In 2010, Hasbro released five games in this U-Build series. I was only familiar with the Monopoly version, so I was excited to try U-Build Mouse Trap, a variant of the 1963 staple. U-Build Mouse Trap arrived, procured from eB...
A Universal Truth - Review
A few weeks ago, I had professor and author Marco Arnaudo on the show. We talked about his amazing book, Tabletop Revolution. One of the many games I bought because this book was A Universal Truth. It was in the card games se...
King of Tokyo: Duel
Just a routine reading of Board Game Geek put me onto the release of today’s focus game, King of Tokyo: Duel. There was a banner ad on the homepage. From there, a quick click over to my local game shop webpage allowed me to p...
Edward's Review of Chili Mafia
My family loves this game. My sister has not yet played it because it's a little over her skill level. But my mom, dad and I love this game. We have played this game dozens of times. When it comes to the expansion (which I wi...
Interview with Brian Reynolds from The Bridge Teachers
In this episode, I’m joined by Brian Reynolds, one of the founders of The Bridge Teachers. We dive into his secret weapon for Two Truths and a Lie, the art of playing Monopoly by the rules, and the challenge of teaching Bridg...
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About the Hosts
Adam F. Collins
Host, Editor, Producer
Adam has been playing games all his life. He started out with the classic Parker Brothers and Milton Bradley games of Clue, Monopoly, Operation, Risk, and Axis & Allies. His extended family was avid card game players. Euchre and rummy were big. Then, along came The Settlers of Catan and it all changed. Since that fateful day, Adam has consumed all this board gaming. He and his business partner started a board game publishing company. Adam started this podcast.
Edward "The Son"
Co-Host
Edward "The Son" has literally been a gamer his whole life. He started playing King of Tokyo when he was three and hasn’t looked back. He is an avid chess player as well. He and his dad play any game that comes their way. Edward has recently shown interest in being a podcaster. So, here he is!