Usually when I review and recommend a board game here on the podcast, I’ve played that game at least ten times. That way I know the game well and I know it has some staying power. That means I usually review older games, but I like to play new games, too. So here’s a FIRST PLAY review of a new game that I think you might like!

Today we’ll take a look at Club Spooky, a 2-to-4-player game designed and illustrated by Connor Wake and published by Always Awake Games.

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Pre-order Club Spooky from Always Awake Games.

Music:

"Open Road" and "Spooked" by Purple Planet

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In this episode, we put the spotlight on the preschooler with twelve games that are fun to play with a three-year-old!

I’ve been on a quest to find board games that the three-year-old can play and enjoy and that don’t drive the rest of us crazy. On this episode, I’m going to share an update about that quest and point listeners to a few games that we’ve found work well for our family of five—including the three-year-old.

Episode Resources

Buy Hoot Owl Hoot on Amazon.

Buy Go Go Little Penguin on Amazon.

Buy Cascadia Junior on Amazon.

Buy Ghost Fightin' Treasure Hunters on Amazon.

Episode 57 - Kariba

Episode 32 - Outfoxed

Episode 24 - Incan Gold

Episode 20 - Sleeping Queens

Episode 5 - Deep Sea Adventure

Episode 4 - Sushi Go!

Episode 3 - Love Letter

For context on my statement in the episode about Dane Chapin, the CEO of Op Games, see this thread on Bluesky and also this press release.

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In this episode, we complete our quest to find out which fictional character is the ultimate fighter in our 2025 Unmatched tournament!

To run the tournament, I identified our 16 most-played Unmatched heroes, then set up some brackets to pit them against each other. A few episodes ago, I reported on the first half of the tournament: the first-round games that whittled our list of heroes to the Elite 8. Today, I’m excited to share the second half of the tournament!

As a reminder, the hero who wins each battle isn’t necessarily the hero who moves on in the tournament. The teenager and I play a game with each pair of heroes, then discuss the game and the heroes and decide which of the two heroes we like playing the most. That’s the hero that moves on to the next round.

Achilles, Little Red, Houdini, Invisible Man, Beowulf, Jekyll & Hyde, Shakespeare, and T-Rex! Who will be the champion?

Episode Resources:

Buy Unmatched sets on Amazon.

Listen to our 2023 review of Unmatched.

Listen to Part 1 of our 2025 Unmatched tournament.

Music:

"Open Road," Purple Planet Music

"Field of Heroes," Tabletop Audio

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