Rahdo Talks Through

And now, the final episode of the Rahdo Talks Through podcast. But still, keep your questions coming to [email protected] and in the future they're going to be answered in the monthly Rahdo Ramble show which you can find at https://patreon.com/rahdo or https://youtube.com/rahdo/join :) •••Game/show Q&A►►► 6:12 Politics vs boardgaming? 24:23 Big games in small boxes? 35:47 Games that surprised me? 42:34 My videos misleading by accident? 51:39 Can the podcast continue? 1:03:25 Star Trek Frontiers as a solo game? 1:10:09 Asymmetric player powers a bad thing? 1:16:33 Ranking game art objectively? 1:32:40 Jen appearing on camera? 1:39:39 Board game glitches? 1:43:36 Boardgame design compared to videogame design? 1:46:57 Game ranking loops? 1:49:48 Fave "weeknight" games? 1:53:48 How much does RTT sponsorship cost? 1:55:33 What will I miss most about RTT? 1:57:40 Puerto Rico 1897? 2:07:15 Boardgame resale scene is dead? 2:20:56 Runthroughs not capturing the feel of the game? 2:24:30 Paulo taking on more channel responsibilities? 2:29:00 Best recent co-ops? 2:36:38 A smarter way to buy games? 2:55:16 What big games would choose to play 30 times in 3 months? 3:08:07 What could make us like war games? •••Personal Q&A►►► 3:10:54 A final chicken update? 3:20:56 Next RV adventure plans? 3:33:12 My optimistic view of humanity's future? 3:58:24 The future of boardgames? 4:03:51 Rahdo retirement? 4:12:25 Colonoscopy? 4:14:57 Finding meaning in what we do? 4:22:28 Bad TV that should make a comeback? 4:36:07 What book would we write? 4:39:05 Downsides of RV life? 4:43:57 Chicken resiliency? 4:45:47 Don't stop submitting questions! 4:47:39 Platform holders influence on videogame development? 4:49:08 Rather meet great great great great grandparents or grandkids? 4:50:42 Who should voice our dogs in animated feature film? 4:50:42 Dog dreams? 4:54:47 Can we finally reveal the postal/nintendo crime story? 4:56:42 DOGGOS! 4:57:49 Jen's final words of wisdom

16 games this month, and man was i chatty!

2023 was a great year for games, but there's always going to be a few misses here and there!

Ray is MIA for this episode, but there's still plenty of chitchat in the pre-show with catching up on a bunch of audience requests :)

With the weekly recap show ending the other day, here's the final audio recap of recapping... 12 games of note for your ear holes, one last time! :)

As always, keep the questions coming to [email protected] !! :) •••Game/show Q&A►►► 1:36 Improving my final thoughts? 9:35 Exit surveys? 22:52 Feld City collection? 26:59 Marrakesh Nomads vs Camels? 32:00 How I rank hidden gems? 47:21 Alternatives to pre-ordering? 1:02:39 Mr. Beast & boardgames? 1:11:01 How the boardgames biz doing? 1:13:46 Are my runthroughs misleading? 1:24:22 Influential board game artists? 1:37:32 Managing my BGG collection? 1:43:39 Boardgames fan demographics? 1:53:24 Normalizing unhealthy boardgame habits? 2:03:20 More conventions in our future? 2:05:45 Throwing games in the trash? •••Personal Q&A►►► 2:08:50 Roadtrip to BGG Con? 2:19:08 Does Jen think I'm a bad driver? 2:23:57 Future evolution of the Rahdo channel? 2:39:32 Retirement advice? 3:04:29 Must-see RV spots in the USA? 3:07:01 Jen's Glass work on the road? 3:09:38 Video game industry morality? 3:27:16 Reconciling my violent video games & my carebear-ism? 3:47:33 UBI and inflation? 3:58:20 Ridin' with Biden? 4:01:08 AOC lies?

This week Ray, Ruel, Chris and I are talking about games we REALLY should enjoy this much! :)

Ray tries out a new and very fun board game trivia game on the guys, and you can play along as well, plus the latest R&R list! :)

There's a bunch more travel games in the post show, and some more fun chitchat in the pre-show :)

We're back from our epic travel, so let's talk about travel games!