Game Mechanics - A Critical Tabletop Podcast

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Board Game 101: Poker - GM2 81 Sep 30, 2026

Show notes

Greg and Logan talk about their weeks of games and whether or not you should drink the paint water (you should not). Then Logan brings a big Board Game 101 segment going over all things poker. Poker is used as a mechanic in lots of board games, but it's a pretty complex game all on its own! We also start some discussion about best-of categories for games.

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Who is This For? - GM2 80 Sep 23, 2026

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We're back from Dragon Con, and only a little sick. We talk about CMON in our semi-recurring segment, "We were rooting for you!" Then we move on to talking about the Munchkin supplement book for D&D. We get into some Wizards stuff, and a lot more. A consistent theme for the stuff we're talking about today: who is this for?

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Dragon Con Has a Line Problem - GM2 79 Sep 16, 2026

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We are back from Dragon Con and boy are our lines tired! I’m not sure that was a joke… but I AM sure that we, and countless others, spent a huge portion of our con standing in a line. There has been a LOT of heated debate online, and we bring our experiences having been at the con. Don’t get us wrong, we had a great con! We go over our panels and more about the event!

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Kickstarter and My Incredible Metal Coin Collection - GM2 78 Sep 09, 2026

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Global warming is having effects on the shipping chain, but are folks doing the warming taking notes? Magic the Gaythering explores this question. We continue to talk about the dangers of AI, scalpers, and other problems facing the tabletop industry (and the world in general). Is crowdfunding broken? Or is it working how consumers want it to? We talk about an interesting case from Plaidhat games. What actually makes for a successful crowdfunding campaign? On that subject, are premium KS components really worth it?

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Scoocher is NOT Banned. We Love you, Scoocher - GM2 77 Sep 02, 2026

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Logan makes good on his promise to talk about the best game ever of Magical Athlete. He has some slightly complicated feelings about Scoocher. We talk about trends in crowd funding for tabletop stuff and what it means for the industry. Also, we are going to Dragon Con! It'll be our first live show. Come see us!

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Big Walk Is Not a Board Game - GM2 76 Aug 26, 2026

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Logan is currently obsessed with a video game and made up a new segment to talk about it! Planet Money’s game now has a name, but is it going to be what they discussed? We go through an article on board game contracts, and talk through our experiences with gaming contracts.

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Does Drillers Break New Ground for Deck Builders? - GM2 75 Aug 19, 2026

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The mechanics are back from Gen Con and they both played a TON of games! Logan played Drillers. Did it live up to the hype? Greg played 13 omens. Is Paizo really making a rules-lite RPG?? We talk about all the games we played recently and go over some news items as well!

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Mechanics at Gen Con 2026 - GM2 74 Aug 12, 2026

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Greg and Logan report directly from Gen Con. We talk about Dust, Wizard Community College, the still secret secrets of Warden Keane, and more. We also talked to lots of game creators. Listen to our conversations with Adam Španěl, and Felix Podlesny from CGE, Bernie Lin from Dead Alive Games, Cap'n Kroze from Solis Games, and Matt Lockwood from UVS Games. Gen Con was a blast! We'll have more game impressions from the show next time!

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What Even Is The OSR? - GM2 73 Aug 05, 2026

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Greg and Logan are in the weird future-past where they are actually back from Gen Con today, but releasing an episode where they still haven’t gone. We talk about some stuff we’re excited to see / already have seen at Gen Con. Then, we get into the disappointing mess that is the Deathbringer TTRPG. We talk about the trap of nostalgia, the OSR, and why the things presented by Deathbringer are so problematic.

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Greg's Gen Con 2026 Preview - GM2 72 Jul 29, 2026

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It's Greg's turn to go through the games he's excited to check out at Gen Con. How many will migrate on over to Logan's list? Listen to find out. And if you'll be at Gen Con this week, send us a message on our Discord and let's hang out and play some games! See ya'll there!

Find Logan's stuff at LoganJenkins.com.

Find Greg's stuff at Leatherman.Games.

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Game Mechanics is hosted and supported by The Moonshot podcast network.