Episode Notes

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Episode 1: I'm Not Upset, I'm Just Disappointed

• This episode was recorded in Kellen's apartment and you can hear the sound of his fridge in the background.

Episode 2: Catching Trains and Mathing Trades

• This is the first mention of a Math Trade.

Episode 11: Heavy is the Head that Wears the Crown

• The one where Kellen is on vacation, but drops by just to remind everyone that the world's best game is Biblios.

Episode 36: Your Unfulfilled Potential

• The episode where Kellen is suspiciously complimentary ...
• 27:55 - "Can I share something? ... I just wanted to share a quote that makes me think of Neilan. 'Be soft, do not let the world ... do not let the world make you hard. Do not let the pain make you hate. Do not let ... bitterness steal your sweetness. Take pride that even though the rest of the world may disagree, you still believe it to be a beautiful place.' " - Kellen

Episode 75: Failing Forward

• 26:29 - "I feel like Diplomacy was my best worst experience in a game." - Mark

Episode 156: Top 50 Games of All-Time 2020: 30-21

• 48:46 - "It's weird I do have to find a new party every single time I want to play Werewords. I'm not sure what's up with that." - Neilan

Episode 167: Cleanin’ Out My Closet

• The first appearance of the "Bunker, Battlefield, or Blown Away" feature.

Episode 168: Board Games Suck with Dan Hughes from Sporadically Board

• Dan Hughes designed CoraQuest together with his daughter Cora, you can check it out here.
• This is indeed YouTube's Dan Hughes. Other game idea credits are "Owl-ly"

Episode 172: Don't Hate the Player, Hate the Game

• "We can't have a reasonable podcast episode. How would we get to 10 episodes? 50? 100?" - Kellen, 8 May 2021, discord

Episode 173: Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Games

• 20:10 - This is the first mention of MadRex (for adding the Tournament History section.)