58 episodes
Over the Tabletop Erin Ayers, James DeBruicker
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4.1 • 10 Ratings
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Two people. Many, many games. One very good cat. Over the Tabletop is a podcast dedicated to discussing board games, card games, and dice games that play well (or not!) with two people. Because scheduling game days with more than two is hard, frankly. Join James and Erin as they travel through their games collection, go on theoretically-related tangents, and pat their very good cat, Solstice.
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Dungeon Squared and Wetworks!
Coming to us from Ringstrue Games (thank you!), we're coming back to you with our reviews of Dungeon Squared and Wetworks! Both are fun, easy to pick up and play, and work well for two players! There's deckbuilding, dungeon crawling, espionage, set collection, hand management, and more across the two games. Give a listen!
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Epic Spell Wars: Annihilageddon!
Over the Tabletop tears right into 2020 with a game that's truly EPIC .... because that's part of the title. It's Epic Spell Wars of the Battle Wizards: Annihilageddon and it's got 100 percent more deckbuilding, 100 percent more two-player capabilities, and probably 75 percent more poop jokes than all previous Epic Spell Wars. Join your friendly neighborhood Battle Wizards for a full run-down of the game and way fewer spicy takes than usual because, well, it's winter. We're tired.
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All Manor of Evil
We'll be honest, this episode is way late, but trust us, it's been a Month. At some point BEFORE the Month, we played All Manor of Evil, the product of a successful Kickstarter! A Lovecraftian card game with a neat trick of working well for two players, give a listen to see what we think! (Because we don't actually remember, other than our review being quite positive!)
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Roll and Writes!
Like rolling? Like writing? You'll love this week's games! Join Over the Tabletop as we discuss Imperial Settlers, Brikks, and That's So Clever, three games that let you toss some dice, press your luck, and keep track of your gaming destiny with those tiny little mini-golf pencils!
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Boston Festival of Indie Games, 2019 edition!
Welcome to Season 3 of Over the Tabletop! We're kicking off things with an adventuresome journey to rapidly expanding local-to-us indie game festival, BostonFIG! Come for our reviews of some brand-new two-player games, stay for those trademark Over the Tabletop shenanigrams!
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Renegade!
The jig is up, the news is out, we've finally found ... a game that is well-crafted and great for solo play but not quite as flavorful for two players. It's Renegade, from Victory Point Games, a game that James and Erin appreciate many aspects of and are excited to play NOT with each other! We also discuss what makes for a good solo game and appreciate the attention paid to proofreading Renegade's instruction booklet!
Customer Reviews
Love this show
Erin and James talk you through the two player games. There's a cat. There's dice rolling noises. There's self deprecation. A great little podcast that I treasure and recommend to other dice rolling friends.
Game Nights Ahead
Thanks to this pod and Board Game Blitz, I have plenty of suggestions for our next family game night. I enjoy listening to Erin and James talk about each game and sometimes incorporating their cat into the mix. Highly recommend if you love board games or need something new to play!
It was ok, then what?
I was listening to the gloomhaven episode and it was ok. Sort of a quick rundown of Gloomhaven in a kind of haphazard fashion. Then they referred to the salvation army as a "hate group" Not my cup of tea, might be yours.