Distilled

We’re back! After an unplanned year away from the podcast, we’re catching up on what we’ve been playing, what we missed, and where we want to take the show next.

We start with a little Gen Con FOMO before diving deep into Distilled—our experience with the game, what makes it work, and our thoughts overall. We also talk about the Cocktails expansion, a few games that caught our attention recently, and an unpopular opinion on The Lord of the Rings: Fate of the Fellowship.

Then we look ahead. With life considerably busier than when we started the podcast, we’re leaning into the games that actually fit our lives: two-player coffee-shop gaming, some bigger games waiting for their turn—including Revenant, and our growing obsession with miniatures and Warhammer.

Finally, we need your help choosing a future deep dive. Which game should finally make it off our shelf and onto the table: Obsession, Vantage, Andromeda’s Edge, or Arcs + The Blighted Reach?

Timestamps

• 08:15 – Gen Con FOMO and missing this year's convention

• 13:38 – Distilled deep dive

• 57:22 – Distilled: The Cocktails Expansion

• 1:01:17 – Moytura: the impulse buy and what made us take a chance on it

• 1:06:32 – The Lord of the Rings: Fate of the Fellowship — our unpopular opinion?

• 1:13:22 – What's next: coffee-shop games, miniatures, Revenant and more

• End of episode – Listener vote: Obsession, Vantage, Andromeda's Edge, or Arcs + The Blighted Reach