Ep.175 is live! Come listen as we tell you about our time with The Guild of Merchant Explorers from AEG. We talk about the game and why we like it before diving in to talking about gaming with ADHD. It's a good conversation about ADHD and gaming from one persons perspective, with a little science throughout. We then end the show by telling you what Hayley's bad gaming habit it. Be sure to like, share, and subscribe! Game Talk: 8:53 Top Shelf Topic: 19:18 Pint Sized Question: 42:06 Game Mentions:...
Jul 21, 2024•48 min
Ep.174 is live! Come listen as we tell you about our fun with TEN from AEG! We picked it up for my birthday and have had fun with this push-your-luck and auction game. We then tell you about classic mechanics and why they have staying power in the modern board game era. We then end the show by telling you who introduced us to gaming and what we started with back in the day! Be sure to like, share, and subscribe! Game Talk: 9:17 Top Shelf Topic: 23:52 Pint Sized Question: 45:36 Game Mentions: Bat...
Jul 07, 2024•51 min
Ep.173 is here! Take a listen as well tell you about ARCS from Leder Games. We talk in depth about the games play and what we have loved about it. We then dive into the topic of self sacrifice in games. We end the show by telling you how we are planning to stay cool on this hot week! Be sure to like, share, and subscribe! Game Talk: 8:42 Top Shelf Topic: 28:08 Pint Sized Question: 40:06 Game Mentions: Ten, Support: If you would like to help us improve our product, here's where you can do that! w...
Jun 23, 2024•43 min
Ep.172 is live! Come listen as we tell you about our newest game Let's Go! To Japan! We talk about the fun we've had with it before telling you about relaxing games that we enjoy. We end the show by telling you the place we are most excited to walk in Japan in 2025! Be sure to like, share, and subscribe! Game Talk: 11:04 Top Shelf Topic: 24:19 Pint Sized Question: 35:02 Game Mentions: Sunset Over Water, Parks, Tokaido Support: If you would like to help us improve our product, here's where you ca...
Jun 09, 2024•39 min
Ep.171 is live! Come take a listen as we sickly tell you about Werewolf in the Dark! We've talked about this one in the past and are so happy to see it on BackerKit! Make sure to go support it and get you a copy! We tell you about it before telling you about our friend's games and how excited we are for them all. We also ask the question of "Do you remember breathing through your nose?" https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/tuesday-knight-games/werewolf-in-the-dark?gad_source=1 Game Talk: 11:06 T...
May 26, 2024•32 min
Ep.170 is live! Take a listen as we tell you about Dandelions from AllPlay! We also talk about our experience and thoughts on trash talking at the game table. It's a fun episode, so be sure to listen! Then you can like, share, and subscribe so you don't miss anything. Game Talk: 8:56 Top Shelf Topic: 18:26 Pint Sized Question: 32:12 Game Mentions: Ghosts of Christmas, 9Lives, Inflation Support: If you would like to help us improve our product, here's where you can do that! www.patreon.com/Maltha...
May 12, 2024•39 min
Ep.169 is here! Take a listen as we tell you about our experience with Dune: Imperium and Dune: Imperium Uprising. We then take you to story and discussion time on how game nights and gaming habits have changed over the years. We then end on an easy light note of what animal we would animorph into! Be sure to like, share, and subscribe! Game Talk: 10:29 Top Shelf Topic: 21:52 Pint Sized Question: 52:56 Game Mentions: Small World, 1989: Dawn of Freedom, God of War, Undaunted, Blackout: Hong Kong,...
Apr 28, 2024•52 min
Ep.168 is here! We tell you about our recent play of Underwater Cities and why we liked the game! We tell you about that experience and how we observed the influence limited turns has on our play. We end the show by telling you about two of our personal goals and how that progress is going! Be sure to like, share, and subscribe! Game Talk: 7:49 Top Shelf Topic: 20:52 Pint Sized Question: 32:51 Game Mentions: Pax Pamir, Century: Spice Road, Gugong, Calico, Pipeline, Patchwork Support: If you woul...
Apr 14, 2024•40 min
Ep.167 is live! Come listen as well tell you all about Inflation! from Taiki Shinzawa and New Mill Industries. We tell you all about its trick taking goodness before telling you some fun designer superlatives, such as the designer that we will always purchase. We end the show telling you our own superlatives as well. Be sure to like, share, and subscribe! Game Talk: 10:11 Top Shelf Topic: 22:58 Pint Sized Question: 33:04 Game Mentions: Ghosts of Christmas, 9Lives, American Bookshop, The Crew, Fo...
Mar 31, 2024•37 min
Ep.166 is here! Come listen about our time at TokenCon 2024, where you hear us talk about a few games as well as with a few people! We talk briefly with some folks at the con and we are so happy to get to see so many of them! Hopefully you enjoy the short and sweet episode. Be sure to like, share, and subscribe! Game Mentions: Spots, Aqua Garden, Genotype Support: If you would like to help us improve our product, here's where you can do that! www.patreon.com/MalthausGames podpledge.com?p=3D8L1M1...
Mar 17, 2024•25 min
Ep.165 is here! We tell you about the cute abstract game of Boop before telling you why we think cats are used so often as a theme. We then tell you what game we think needs rethemed into cats! Be sure to like, share, and subscribe! Game Talk: 11:26 Top Shelf Topic: 16:03 Pint Sized Question: 25:32 Game Mentions: Pret-A-Porter, Escape Support: If you would like to help us improve our product, here's where you can do that! www.patreon.com/MalthausGames podpledge.com?p=3D8L1M1V4S7F8... ko-fi.com/m...
Mar 02, 2024•31 min
Ep.164 is live! Come listen as we tell you about Twilight Struggle: Red Sea, the much shorter condensed version of Twilight Struggle. We tell you how this game works, what's different from the full version, and what we think about it! We then talk about demoralizing moments we have had in gaming before telling you what we got each other for Valentines Day! Be sure to like, share, and subscribe! Game Talk: 10:40 Top Shelf Topic: 33:09 Pint Sized Question: 48:37 Game Mentions: Labyrinth: War on Te...
Feb 18, 2024•55 min
Ep.163 is here! Come listen as we talk about the clean and simple Deep Sea Adventure from Oink Games. We tell you about our time with it, and why it's a great game for the topic! Then we tell you about mutually assured destruction before giving you are favorite sea based stories. Be sure to like, share, and subscribe! Game Talk: 6:30 Top Shelf Topic: 13:07 Pint Sized Question: 28:10 Game Mentions: Scout, In a Grove, Fafnir, Flotsam Fight, Startups, Insider, A Fake Artists Goes to New York, Kobay...
Feb 03, 2024•38 min
Ep.162 is live! Come listen as we tell you about Curious Cargo from Capstone Games. We tell you all about it before diving into a topic about indirect player interaction. We end the show by telling you our favorite activity for snow days. Be sure to like, share, and subscribe! Game Talk: 14:09 Top Shelf Topic: 28:34 Pint Sized Question: 39:12 Game Mentions: NMBR9, Agricola, Pipeline, Ethnos, Race For The Galaxy, Ares Expedition, Puerto Rico, Broom Service, Fit To Print, Galaxy Trucker, Support: ...
Jan 21, 2024•43 min
Ep.161 is live! Come listen as well tell you about Deus from Pearl Games. We talk about it, as well as a short recap of our 2023, before talking about strategic diversification. We end the show with our 2024 resolutions! Be sure to like, share, and subscribe! Game Talk: 10:33 Top Shelf Topic: 25:55 Pint Sized Question: 36:27 Game Mentions: Euphoria, Agricola, Ginkgopolis, Troyes, Black Angel, Teotihuacan, Brass Support: If you would like to help us improve our product, here's where you can do th...
Jan 07, 2024•42 min
Ep.160 is here to help with holiday cheer! Be sure to listen about all of these games, because when going to see family you can't be lame! Games for kids, and games for elders, we've got games that are relationship melders! Lend us an ear and you will see, that gaming can be fun, even with family! ... Well that was poorly done, but you get the idea! We tell you about some games we recommend taking for the different stages of family around during the holidays. Hopefully you have a great holiday s...
Dec 24, 2023•28 min
Ep.159 is live! Come listen to us talk all about our favorite game from BGG Con in Dodos Riding Dinos! The Mario Kart of the board game world. We then go on to talk about control in games, what we prefer, and some of the different styles of control and lack of! It's a fun episode, so be sure to like, share, and subscribe! Game Talk: 10:09 Top Shelf Topic: 27:15 Pint Sized Question: 39:23 Game Mentions: Pipeline, Hansa Teutonica Support: If you would like to help us improve our product, here's wh...
Dec 10, 2023•43 min
Ep.158 is live! We tell you all about BGGCON23 and the many games we played! We also tell you about the great people we met, and why we enjoy the con so much! We then tell you what games we brought home that we are most excited about! Game Talk: 6:44 Top Shelf Topic: 34:30 Pint Sized Question: 42:28 Game Mentions: Couture, Cubitos, Butts on Things, 23 Knives, Winter Rabbit, Handler der Karibik, Velonimo, American Bookshop, Gremlins: Holiday Havoc, Cat Tower, Dodos Riding Dinos, Polterfass, Littl...
Nov 26, 2023•46 min
Ep.157 is live! Come listen as we tell you about this peaceful game of points and achievements called Dorfromantik! We then tell you about our thoughts on campaign games, as well as letting you know the ones we bounced off of and the ones we are playing. We end by telling you what we are most looking forward to at BGGCon23 next week! Be sure to like, share, and subscribe! Game Talk: 5:29 Top Shelf Topic: 20:51 Pint Sized Question: 34:09 Game Mentions: Pandemic Legacy, Charterstone, LOTR: LCG, Ar...
Nov 11, 2023•38 min
Ep.156 is here! Come listen as we talk about Final Girl from Van Ryder Games! We tell you about our experience with it and why it's a great game for horror fans! We then tell you about our approach to multiplayer solo gaming before ending with stories of our favorite houses to trick or treat at. We hope you enjoy and have a happy Halloween! Be sure to like, share, and subscribe! Game Talk: 11:02 Top Shelf Topic: 31:43 Pint Sized Question: 42:07 Game Mentions: Hostage Negotiator, Heading Forward,...
Oct 29, 2023•52 min
Ep.155 is live! Come listen as we talk about Phantom Ink, a spooky game of words! We tell you why we enjoy it so much before telling you about some other ghost games, and why we think people like ghost games. We end by telling you about our favorite piece of ghost media. Be sure to like, share, and subscribe! Game Talk: 8:45 Top Shelf Topic: 17:43 Pint Sized Question: 31:10 Game Mentions: Ghost Stories, Mysterium, Mysterium Park, Betrayal at House on the Hill, Paranormal Investigators Support: I...
Oct 15, 2023•37 min
Ep.154 is live! Come listen as well tell you about the two Next Station games from Blue Orange. Some great flip and fill games that we really enjoy! We also tell you why games like this are good when you have decision fatigue before telling you our favorite game night snack to cure that fatigue! Be sure to like, share, and subscribe! Game Talk: 8:36 Top Shelf Topic: 18:50 Pint Sized Question: 35:34 Game Mentions: Next Station: London, Next Station:Tokyo Support: If you would like to help us impr...
Oct 01, 2023•39 min
Ep.153 is here! Come listen as we tell you all about Ark Nova and our time with it. We then talk about score ambiguity, or the feature in some games where you don't know the final score until it's the end of the game! We also tell you our favorite hiccup remedy as we sign off. Be sure to like, share, and subscribe! Game Talk: 7:51 Top Shelf Topic: 24:15 Pint Sized Question: 37:45 Game Mentions: 7 Wonders, Terraforming Mars, Gutenberg, Pax Pamir 2e Support: If you would like to help us improve ou...
Sep 17, 2023•41 min
Ep.152 is live! Fit to Print hit our doorstep this past week and we felt the need to cover it! If you enjoy the other offerings from Flatout Games, then we recommend taking a listen to this episode on Fit to Print. We tell you all about it before we discuss Cult of the New, how we define it, and how we approach it with the podcast. We then tell you what we are going to do with a full night's sleep! Hopefully you enjoy the episode, and if so be sure to like, share, and subscribe! Game Talk: 10:19...
Sep 03, 2023•41 min
Ep.151 is here! Come listen to us talk about Res Arcana, the game that divides us. We then dive into the depiction of women in games. We end the show telling you what we are most looking forward to in Oregon at JenCon! sure to like, share, and subscribe! Game Talk: 6:17 Top Shelf Topic: 13:35 Pint Sized Question: 33:19 Game Mentions: North Sea Trilogy, West Kingdom Trilogy, Dead of Winter, Race for the Galaxy. Support: If you would like to help us improve our product, here's where you can do tha...
Aug 20, 2023•36 min
Ep.150 has arrived! Come listen as we tell you about our experience with Black Angel from Pearl Games. We then tell you our thoughts on interactive game boards with a couple examples. We end this hectic and disorganized show by telling you our favorite wildlife sighting in Alaska! Be sure to like, share, and subsribe! Game Talk: 8:26 Top Shelf Topic: 26:45 Pint Sized Question: 44:32 Game Mentions: Tzolkin, Photosynthesis, Steam Up Support: If you would like to help us improve our product, here's...
Aug 06, 2023•52 min
Ep.149 is here! Come listen as we talk about Bamboo from Devir Games. We tell you about the fun we had with it before discussing our gaming values. After that talk we simply tell you a candy flavor that we want to see in a beer! Be sure to like, share, and subscribe! Game Talk: 8:51 Top Shelf Topic: 18:41 Pint Sized Question: 38:25 Game Mentions: Quacks, Pit, Black Angel, Colonial Twilight, Viticulture, Cubitos, Support: If you would like to help us improve our product, here's where you can do t...
Jul 23, 2023•43 min
Ep.148 is here! Come listen as we discuss Ierusalem: Anno Domini from Devir Games. We tell you all about it before having a good talk on the representation of deities in games. We end the show with our strangest research topics! It's an interesting show and we hope you enjoy! Be sure to like, share, and subscribe! Game Talk: 9:46 Top Shelf Topic: 33:35 Pint Sized Question: 53:01 Game Mentions: Rising Sun, Blood Rage, Santorini Support: If you would like to help us improve our product, here's whe...
Jul 09, 2023•1 hr
Ep.147 is here! Come listen as we talk about Colonial Twilight from GMT Games. We tell you about how it presents the French-Algerian War within the play, as well as how it makes you think about war. This is also our first COIN game, and we tell you what that means and some other games in the series. We then talk about how war is presented in gaming and give some examples of games we know. We then end by telling you our favorite Oreo cookie! Be sure to like, share, and subscribe! Game Talk: 4:33 ...
Jun 25, 2023•52 min
Ep.146 is live! Listen to us discuss New York Zoo from Uwe Rosenberg! Another polyomino game that we enjoy from one of our favorite designers. We then talk about our differing preferences on replayability in games before telling you something we are efficient at. Be sure to like, share, and subscribe! Game Talk: 7:44 Top Shelf Topic: 25:04 Pint Sized Question: 33:38 Game Mentions: Barenpark, Project L, Patchwork, A Feast For Odin, NMBR9 Support: If you would like to help us improve our product, ...
Jun 10, 2023•40 min
