Rahdo Talks Through Richard Ham

And now, the final episode of the Rahdo Talks Through podcast. But still, keep your questions coming to questions@rahdo.com and in the future they're going to be answered in the monthly Rahdo Ramble show which you can find at https://patreon.com/rahdo or https://youtube.com/rahdo/join :)


•••Game/show Q&A►►►
6:12 Politics vs boardgaming?
24:23 Big games in small boxes?
35:47 Games that surprised me?
42:34 My videos misleading by accident?
51:39 Can the podcast continue?
1:03:25 Star Trek Frontiers as a solo game?
1:10:09 Asymmetric player powers a bad thing?
1:16:33 Ranking game art objectively?
1:32:40 Jen appearing on camera?
1:39:39 Board game glitches?
1:43:36 Boardgame design compared to videogame design?
1:46:57 Game ranking loops?
1:49:48 Fave "weeknight" games?
1:53:48 How much does RTT sponsorship cost?
1:55:33 What will I miss most about RTT?
1:57:40 Puerto Rico 1897?
2:07:15 Boardgame resale scene is dead?
2:20:56 Runthroughs not capturing the feel of the game?
2:24:30 Paulo taking on more channel responsibilities?
2:29:00 Best recent co-ops?
2:36:38 A smarter way to buy games?
2:55:16 What big games would choose to play 30 times in 3 months?
3:08:07 What could make us like war games?

•••Personal Q&A►►►
3:12:12 A final chicken update?
3:22:14 Next RV adventure plans?
3:34:30 My optimistic view of humanity's future?
3:59:42 The future of boardgames?
4:05:09 Rahdo retirement?
4:13:43 Colonoscopy?
4:16:15 Finding meaning in what we do?
4:23:46 Bad TV that should make a comeback?
4:37:25 What book would we write?
4:40:23 Downsides of RV life?
4:45:15 Chicken resiliency?
4:47:05 Don't stop submitting questions!
4:48:57 Platform holders influence on videogame development?
4:50:26 Rather meet great great great great grandparents or grandkids?
4:52:00 Who should voice our dogs in animated feature film?
4:54:42 Dog dreams?
4:56:05 Can we finally reveal the postal/nintendo crime story?
4:58:00 DOGGOS!
4:59:08 Jen's final words of wisdom

16 games this month, and man was i chatty!

2023 was a great year for games, but there's always going to be a few misses here and there!

Ray is MIA for this episode, but there's still plenty of chitchat in the pre-show with catching up on a bunch of audience requests :)

With the weekly recap show ending the other day, here's the final audio recap of recapping... 12 games of note for your ear holes, one last time! :)

As always, keep the questions coming to questions@rahdo.com !! :)

•••Game/show Q&A►►►
1:36 Improving my final thoughts?
9:35 Exit surveys?
22:52 Feld City collection?
26:59 Marrakesh Nomads vs Camels?
32:00 How I rank hidden gems?
47:21 Alternatives to pre-ordering?
1:02:39 Mr. Beast & boardgames?
1:11:01 How the boardgames biz doing?
1:13:46 Are my runthroughs misleading?
1:24:22 Influential board game artists?
1:37:32 Managing my BGG collection?
1:43:39 Boardgames fan demographics?
1:53:24 Normalizing unhealthy boardgame habits?
2:03:20 More conventions in our future?
2:05:45 Throwing games in the trash?

•••Personal Q&A►►►
2:08:50 Roadtrip to BGG Con?
2:19:08 Does Jen think I'm a bad driver?
2:23:57 Future evolution of the Rahdo channel?
2:39:32 Retirement advice?
3:04:29 Must-see RV spots in the USA?
3:07:01 Jen's Glass work on the road?
3:09:38 Video game industry morality?
3:27:16 Reconciling my violent video games & my carebear-ism?
3:47:33 UBI and inflation?
3:58:20 Ridin' with Biden?
4:01:08 AOC lies?