00:01:00 Day One 00:01:35 Setting up the Portal Booth 00:03:00 Spill on aisle 2200 00:05:15 Level 99 Kickstarter 00:09:00 Asmodee Press Releases 00:14:15 All Play Releases 00:15:30 Hatchett Releases – Tag Team 00:19:00 Osprey – General Orders Sengoku Jidai 00:24:00 Miniature Market 00:25:15 Day Two 00:27:45 Restoration Games 00:29:45 Thunderworks Games 00:30:15 Asmodee – Did you know this… 00:31:15 Lucky Duck Games 00:33:00 Hatchette Games 00:34:30 UVS Card Games 00:37:30 North Star Games – Natu...
Aug 12, 2025•1 hr 57 min
00:02:00 Introduction 00:04:30 Superman Thoughts 00:11:30 Summer Movie Results 00:15:00 Horrified D&D 00:18:30 Middle Ages 00:21:30 Agricola Herd Mentality / MonsDRAWsity 00:29:00 Portal Games 00:30:30 Celestia 00:36:00 Ofrenda 00:45:30 Miniature Market 00:51:30 Game Toppers LLC 00:53:30 Outro Ofrenda and Celestia are on the table for this episode. Each game offers distinct thematic journeys, yet all challenge players to make clever decisions under pressure. Ofrenda is a vibrant card-placeme...
Jul 29, 2025•1 hr 1 min
00:02:00 Introduction 00:08:30 Vanessa Returns 00:13:30 Blackmail Tapes 00:15:00 Return of the 80s 00:16:30 Emberleaf 00:31:00 Portal Games 00:33:00 Barony: Royal Addition 00:50:30 Game Toppers 00:51:30 Positano 00:59:00 Miniature Market 01:00:00 Citizens of the Spark 01:11:30 Star Wars Unlimited Welcome back, fellow board gaming aficionados. Today, we’re diving into titles that embody wildly different flavors of adventure: the dudes on the map chaos of Barony , the whimsical card drafting of Ci...
Jul 15, 2025•1 hr 20 min
00:02:00 Introduction 00:16:30 Taste Buds 00:24:00 Portal Games 00:26:00 FlipToons 00:32:00 DC Forever 00:43:00 Game Toppers 00:45:00 Wizards & Co. 00:49:30 Mythical Dice 00:54:00 Miniature Market 00:55:00 Tacta 00:59:30 Movie Reviews with Vanessa Tony is on vacation, so Vanessa joins more for the classic RDTN intro banter. Plus in the outro, they talk about their favorite movies from the first half of 2025. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Jul 01, 2025•1 hr 21 min
00:02:00 Introduction 00:06:00 Banana Ball 00:16:00 CMON New 00:19:00 Taste Buds 00:23:00 Portal Games 00:25:00 Slide 00:30:00 Rumble Nation 00:43:00 Game Toppers 00:45:30 Butterfly Garden 00:51:00 Huang 01:06:00 Miniature Market 01:07:00 Timber Town 01:13:00 Switch 2 Release In this episode we cover two fun but very different area control games. Plus Marty goes to a Banana Ball game and gets a Switch 2 Discord Support the Show Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Jun 17, 2025•1 hr 21 min
00:02:30 Introduction 00:06:00 Strike Tournament Update 00:09:15 Health Update 00:13:30 Game night Discussion 00:15:30 Game Toppers Kickstarter 5.0 00:17:30 Line of Fire: Burnt Moon 00:24:30 Cretaceous Rails 00:41:30 Portal Games 00:43:30 Looot 00:49:30 Miniature Market 00:51:00 Santorini: Riddle of the Sphinx 01:00:00 Switch 2 01:05:00 Clare Obscure: Expedition 33 LoooT , the Spieli des Jahres nominee, made it to the table recently. Now, this is a Viking-themed strategy game where players lead ...
Jun 03, 2025•1 hr 17 min•Ep. 352
00:00:00 Intro 00:02:30 Discord Debate 00:08:30 50 Years Ago 00:13:30 Gen Con Strike Tournament 00:18:30 They listen?? 00:21:30 Arkham Horror Adventures RPG 00:23:30 D&D Dungeon Software – it is gone 00:25:30 Portal Games 00:27:30 Pathfinder Dice Conquest 00:31:30 Calimala 00:46:00 Miniature Market 00:48:00 Skyjo 00:53:30 The Floor 01:00:00 Outro We revisited a game from back in the early days of RDTN called Calimala thanks to the reprint by Alley Cat Games. Using a unique action-selection s...
May 20, 2025•1 hr 11 min
00:00:00 Intro 00:04:30 Music Talk 00:06:30 Appliance Malfunctions 00:10:00 Discord Conversations 00:12:00 Miniature Market Discussion 00:16:15 Taste Buds 00:22:30 Portal Games 00:24:00 Strawberry Shortcake: Berry Besties Bakeoff Card Game 00:30:30 Cyclades: Legendary Edition 00:46:00 Gametoppers LLC 00:48:15 Rajas of the Ganges: Cards & Karma 00:54:15 SWU Update 00:57:00 Switch 2 Attempts 01:03:15 Hub world: Aidalon We’ve been on an absolute whirlwind of recording episodes, and I can practi...
May 06, 2025•1 hr 8 min
One of our favorite traditions—and guilty pleasures—is diving into upcoming movie reviews with our good friends Dan and Chris. Let’s be honest, Marty needs some insightful voices on the show, or else it’d just be me listening to him ramble about movies (and trust me, that’s a whole experience on its own). After all the fun banter, we move on to the real competition—drafting our predictions for which films will dominate the box office. If you’ve got the time, we’d love to hear your thoughts over ...
Apr 29, 2025•1 hr 32 min
00:00:00 Intro – it is a long one 00:11:30 Technology in Sports 00:16:30 Health Discussion 00:20:30 Coyote vs ACME 00:22:00 Video Game Hall of Fame 00:29:45 Game Toppers LLC 00:31:30 Great Western Trail: El Paso 00:48:00 Solstis 00:54:00 Portal Games 00:57:00 Kraftwagen: Age of Engineering 01:14:30 Miniature Market 01:16:30 Arkham Horror Lovecraft Letter 01:21:00 SWU Update 01:28:30 E-Win Racing Chairs Board games have a magical way of transporting us to different worlds—whether we’re managing c...
Apr 22, 2025•1 hr 32 min•Ep. 349
00:00:00 Intro to Rank’em 00:01:30 Question 1 – Bread 00:11:50 Restoration Games Updates 00:11:30 Starcraft Miniature Games 00:19:45 Question 2 – Sports Ball 00:32:00 Restoration Convention News 00:36:00 Question 3 – Monsters 00:41:30 Restoration – Battle Monsters 01:01:00 Question 4 – Conquerors 01:08:15 Outro Join us as we chat with Rob and Justin from Restoration Games to dive into the exciting world of reviving classic board games. But that’s not all—there’s a twist! We challenge them to a l...
Apr 15, 2025•1 hr 17 min•Ep. 348
00:02:00 Intro 00:06:30 Thoughts on Feast of Hemlock Vale 00:09:30 Dice Driven Euros 00:11:30 Starcraft Miniature Games 00:17:00 Pickleball Elbow 00:21:00 Taste Buds 00:25:30 Portal Games 00:28:00 Nova Era 00:51:30 Top Tier 00:57:00 Miniature Market 00:58:00 Bebop 01:10:00 Architects of Amytis 01:18:00 Game Toppers LLC 01:2100 Star Wars Unlimited Update We are back again for another riveting episode of RDTN. But there is a surprise in this episode, there is somewhat a theme with the games we pla...
Apr 08, 2025•1 hr 27 min•Ep. 347
00:02:00 Intro 00:11:00 Forbidden Visions of Lucious Galloway 00:14:00 Tony’s Travels 00:17:30 East India Companies Giveaway 00:19:30 Pencil Fights 00:23:30 Risky Play 00:27:00 Taste Buds 00:32:00 Miniature Market Ad 00:33:30 Tales of Arthurian Knights 00:47:00 Pyramido Forgotten Treasures 00:53:30 Game Toppers Ad 00:55:00 Video Game Champion 01:10:30 Portal Games Ad 01:12:00 Outro Tony’s back from his and it’s been a while since we’ve been the mics, so we are a little rough around the edges. Ok...
Mar 25, 2025•1 hr 27 min•Ep. 346
00:02:00 Intro 00:15:30 Comic Hunters with the McRee’s 00:17:30 General Orders Giveaway 00:19:00 Portal Games Ad 00:20:30 East India Companies 00:47:00 Emerald Skulls 00:53:00 Game Toppers Ad 00:57:00 Black Forest 01:15:30 Miniature Market Ad 01:17:00 Azul Duel 01:27:00 Outro We’re back a hot new Rosenburg game, a new flavor of Azul, a dice betting game and surprise market game that no one is talking about. Plus we are giving away a copy of General Orders! To enter join our Discord channel. Lear...
Mar 11, 2025•1 hr 31 min•Ep. 345
00:05:30 Intro 00:05:30 It’s in the Cards 00:08:00 Best Family Game 00:11:30 Best coop 00:15:00 Historical Game 00:18:00 “It’s Alive!” (New edition, re-release) 00:23:00 Commercials 00:27:00 This Game has Bling (top production) 00:30:00 The Ignacy Award 00:33:00 Just the two of us 00:37:30 Pass the Advil 00:41:30 Game of the Year – Tony 00:44:30 Game of the Year – Marty It’s time for our 10th Annual Squirrelly awards! We look at our top games of 2024. However, due to unforeseen circumstances, th...
Feb 25, 2025•50 min•Ep. 344
00:03:00 Intro 00:03:00 Tantrum Con 00:15:00 Game Toppers 00:16:00 Altay: Dawn of Civilization 00:32:00 Hispania 00:38:30 Miniature Market 00:40:00 Seti 00:53:30 Portal Games 00:55:00 Rainbow 01:04:00 Ewin Chairs 01:18:00 Outro We are talking about so really big thinking games in this episode with Seti and Altay. Seti has been on the hot list for awhile and during a convention where we had no interruptions in our play time, we got it to the table. Up front, this is one of those games where the a...
Feb 11, 2025•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 343
00:02:00 Intro 00:04:00 Dice & Diversions 00:08:00 First Impressions 00:13:00 Wheels on the Bus 00:22:00 Miniature Market 00:24:00 Chu Han 00:28:00 Beyond the Horizon 00:44:00 Portal Games 00:46:00 Moving Wild 00:51:00 Arcs 01:11:00 Game Toppers 01:13:00 E-Win Chairs 01:16:00 Outro We got to attend Dice & Diversions this month and the drive was worth it. The location was great, and the gamers were so well taken care of by the team that if you are in the Southeast, consider going next yea...
Jan 28, 2025•1 hr 20 min•Ep. 344
00:02:00 Intro 00:10:00 School Pizza 00:16:00 Risk AD 2210 00:21:00 Flip 7 00:24:00 Catan: New Energies 00:32:00 Cabanga! 00:35:00 Portal Games 00:37:00 Mezen 00:44:00 Ethnos 01:08:00 Game Toppers 01:09:00 Fellowship of the Ring: Trick Taking Game 01:15:00 Metal Gear Solid 01:31:00 Prey 01:37:00 Miniature Market 01:38:00 Outro We understand that with the new embedded ads, the time stamps are a bit off. Unfortunately, we can’t guess how long some of the ads are, so we are going to give you approx...
Jan 14, 2025•1 hr 46 min•Ep. 341
00:00:00 Intro 00:02:30 Trans Siberian Orchestra 00:15:00 Gamegenic Token Silo XL 00:18:10 Jolly Youtube Channel 00:19:50 Imperial Miners on Steam 00:22:00 Steam Games 00:24:00 Mind Map 00:27:10 Gametoppers LLC 00:28:55 Res Arcana Duo 00:34:10 Minos: Dawn of the Bronze Age 00:56:50 Miniature Market 00:57:50 Runemasters 01:02:00 Portal Games 01:03:25 Outro We are coming out of the gate almost hot for 2025. We got a very solid Board & Dice game to the table prior to the holiday break called Mi...
Dec 31, 2024•1 hr 17 min•Ep. 340
00:00:48 Intro 00:06:47 Comic Hunters 00:12:25 Outpouring – Thank you 00:18:03 Top Nine Games 2004 00:24:10 Pickleball 00:28:55 Miniature Market 00:30:25 Vegetable Stock 00:36:38 Diluvium 00:50:40 Milkman 00:55:50 Gametoppers LLC 00:57:15 Stephens 01:10:54 boop the Halls 01:21:26 Portal Games 01:22:41 Star Wars Unlimited News 01:34:35 Outro Yes we have been around for twelve years and there is nothing stopping us now. Well, server crashes, hacking of the site, strife among hosts, those might but...
Dec 17, 2024•1 hr 41 min•Ep. 339
00:00:30 Intro 00:09:34 Arkham Horror LCG Midwinter Gala 00:12:00 Star Wars Unlimited 00:15:43 Altered 00:16:55 Toy Hall of Fame Winners 00:20:30 Oh Christmas Tree 00:25:18 Gas Can Rant Part 2 00:27:27 Taste Buds 00:32:02 Gametoppers LLC 00:33:38 Battalion: War of the Ancients 00:53:15 Thunder Road: Carnival of Chaos 00:58:04 Portal Games 00:59:10 Yro and Castle Combo 01:11:46 The Lie 01:17:17 Miniature Market 01:19:44 Outro Hope those that celebrated the recent holiday had an enjoyable and were...
Dec 03, 2024•1 hr 27 min
00:00:30 Intro 00:04:30 Hegemony Again 00:15:35 Trekking the World 00:20:00 Pagan Expansion s 00:22:30 Battalion: War of the Ancients 00:25:13 Taste Buds 00:29:27 Kinfire Chronicles: Night’s Fall 00:32:32 Resurgence 00:45:47 Miniature Market 00:47:41 Top Tile Laying Games 00:55:12 Portal Games 00:56:47 Mistborn: The Deckbuilding Game 01:13:57 Gametoppers LLC 01:15:31 Grocery Store 01:19:30 Ewin Chairs (Use RDTN Code) It has been brought to my attention that the timestamps are off ever so slightl...
Nov 19, 2024•1 hr 24 min•Ep. 337
00:00:30 Intro 00:02:41 BooBQ 00:09:51 Bottle Imp 00:12:31 Today’s Gas Can 00:16:38 Aconyte: Herald of Ruin 00:18:51 Guild Wars 2: Mad King Thorn 00:21:23 Arkham Horror RPG 00:23:45 Hubworld: Aidalon 00:26:30 Ramblings 00:28:50 2003 Game Review 00:33:32 Kinfire Chronicles: Night’s Fall 00:36:22 Dungeon Kart 00:41:55 Gametoppers LLC 00:43:52 Hegemony 01:09:13 Miniature Market 01:11:13 White Castle Matcha 01:18:00 Portal Games 01:19:18 Outro Only three games in this episode and one of them is an e...
Nov 05, 2024•1 hr 29 min•Ep. 336
00:00:30 Intro 00:04:13 ELO 00:06:46 Clarification Again 00:08:57 Dune: War for Arrakis 00:14:23 Portal Games 00:15:50 Lord of the Rings Duel 00:23:00 Daitoshi 00:37:27 Miniature Market 00:38:45 Imperial Miners: Aztecs and the Weirdlings 00:43:17 Windmill Valley 00:56:32 Gametoppers LLC 00:57:47 Bottle Imp 01:04:15 Astlibra Gaiden 01:06:30 Outro Another episode… that is right. This time it is about games, the reason you come and listen. Or maybe I am wrong. Maybe you come and listen because of t...
Oct 22, 2024•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 335
The box office of the summer of 2024 had some big hits and major flops. Dan Patriss and Chris Kirkman come back on the show to talk about the movies we saw and discuss the results of our summer movie draft. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 15, 2024•59 min•Ep. 334
00:00:30 Intro 00:06:30 Charlie Hustle - RIP 00:07:50 Mega Moose Con 00:10:12 Dynamic Sponsors 00:14:28 More Surgery 00:17:35 Taste Buds 00:23:43 Miniature Market 00:24:56 Galactic Renaissance 00:37:50 Game Toppers LLC 00:39:19 Toy Hall of Fame Nominees 00:52:56 Infiltrators 00:59:20 Portal Games 01:01:10 Manhattan Project: War Machine 01:11:24 Outro There’s nothing quite like spending a full day at Mega Moose Con, diving into a variety of games and sparking lively conversations. With different ...
Oct 08, 2024•1 hr 19 min•Ep. 333
00:00:00 Intro 00:02:10 Tony’s Gallbladder 00:09:30 CRTs are heavy! 00:14:50 French Quarter 00:20:25 Top Games of 2002 00:24:00 Gametoppers LLC 00:26:30 Flip 7 00:29:35 Foundations of Metropolis 00:40:50 Portal Games 00:42:45 The Gang 00:47:35 Pagan 01:00:35 Miniature Market 01:02:05 Forges of Ravenshire 01:17:37 Outro In this episode we cover some of the hot games we saw at Gen Con. We also look back at the top games of 2002. And Tony misses game night because he and his gallbladder couldn't ge...
Sep 24, 2024•1 hr 27 min•Ep. 332
00:00:00 Intro 00:02:15 Labor Day Activities 00:06:15 Blank Slate Challenge 00:09:30 Tower Up 00:10:25 Nature 00:13:40 Cosmere RPG KS ends 00:16:50 Top Games 2001 00:16:57 Favorites from 2000 00:19:40 Portal Games 00:20:45 Middle Ages 00:31:20 Nunatak 00:37:35 Miniature Market 00:38:50 Undaunted 2200 Callisto 00:50:20 Gametoppers LLC 00:51:45 Cover Your Assets 00:55:30 Barbarian Kingdoms 01:12:29 Outro Euro games, card games, dudes on a map, and games with new themes. We go it all in this episod...
Sep 10, 2024•1 hr 27 min•Ep. 331
00:00:00 Intro 00:00:30 Day One 00:02:56 Fast Food Ordering 00:04:56 You are hacked 00:08:28 Day in Court 00:10:07 Hacking Again 00:11:05 UniVersus: Attack on Titan 00:16:57 Favorites from 2000 00:20:00 Miniature Market 00:21:08 Stalk Exchange 00:27:30 Jekyll & Hyde vs Scotland Yard 00:32:30 Tower Up 00:38:05 Rebel Princess 00:42:40 Game Toppers LLC 00:44:18 Flash 10 00:48:02 Biomos 00:51:32 Lure 00:55:50 Magic Maze Tower 01:01:08 Gap 01:05:27 Portal Games 01:06:46 Star Wars Unlimited Report...
Aug 27, 2024•1 hr 22 min
00:00:00 Intro 00:00:30 Day One 00:01:34 Baseball Game 00:02:28 Setting Up the Booth 00:03:19 D&D 50th Party 00:08:00 Asmodee Release Event 00:11:40 Lucky Duck Release Event 00:12:40 Hatchette Release Event 00:15:37 Long Line Time 00:16:51 Gametoppers 00:19:05 Day Two 00:22:23 Fantasy Flight Report 00:24:57 Plaid Hat Games 00:26:50 Floodgate Games 00:27:52 Wizkids 00:29:20 Thames and Kosmos 00:31:41 Bezier Games 00:33:57 Hobby Japan 00:37:54 Strike Tournament 00:48:24 Portal Games 00:49:58 D...
Aug 13, 2024•1 hr 48 min•Ep. 329
