Salt and Sass

In Episode LXXXII Mandi and Suz chat about some video games like Q-UP, Outer Worlds 2, and Concierge. Mandi looks at Rudolph and Gems of Iridescia while Suz goes solo mode with Dicemancy. The Game Pie of the show is full of "Games on the Go from 2025 - Digital edition".    Thank you for listening! Please take a moment to rate us on your podcast listening platform. BGG Guild:  https://boardgamegeek.com/guild/4131 Bluesky:  https://bsky.app/profile/saltandsass.bsky.social YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/c/SaltandSassGames  Twitch:  https://www.twitch.tv/saltandsassgames Email: SaltAndSassGames@gmail.com

In Episode LXXXI Mandi and Suz discuss The Sims (the board game), Moon Colony Bloodbath (please be a "work" card), Horrified: Dungeons and Dragons (Jarnathan!), The Great Evening Banquet (say what? a Saashi?!), and Oddland (Pigeorse ftw). The Game Pie of the show (suggested by Teresa) is Cull Regret Game Pie.   Thank you for listening! Please take a moment to rate us on your podcast listening platform. BGG Guild:  https://boardgamegeek.com/guild/4131 Bluesky:  https://bsky.app/profile/saltandsass.bsky.social YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/c/SaltandSassGames  Twitch:  https://www.twitch.tv/saltandsassgames Email: SaltAndSassGames@gmail.com

In Episode LXXX Mandi and Suz welcome very special guests! Mandy and Isaac are in Canada for KanataCon so the quad sits down to talk all about Spiel 2025.  Mandy: https://www.twitch.tv/tawejea Isaac: https://bsky.app/profile/rosegauntlet.bsky.social  Gone to Gaia Campaign: https://gamefound.com/en/projects/rose-gauntlet-entertainment/gone-to-gaia  Thank you for listening! Please take a moment to rate us on your podcast listening platform. BGG Guild:  https://boardgamegeek.com/guild/4131 Bluesky:  https://bsky.app/profile/saltandsass.bsky.social YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/c/SaltandSassGames  Twitch:  https://www.twitch.tv/saltandsassgames Email: SaltAndSassGames@gmail.com

In Episode LXXIX Mandi shares her experience with Asmodee World and Suz discusses the Kickstarter strike. They review Ham Helsing, Ruins, Beasts, and Timber Town. And the Game Pie of the episode is from Robin L: Gaming Warm Fuzzies! Thank you for listening! Please take a moment to rate us on your podcast listening platform. BGG Guild:  https://boardgamegeek.com/guild/4131 Bluesky:  https://bsky.app/profile/saltandsass.bsky.social YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/c/SaltandSassGames  Twitch:  https://www.twitch.tv/saltandsassgames Email: SaltAndSassGames@gmail.com

In Episode LXXVIII Mandi discusses Magical Athlete (and Suz seethes in envy), and they also discuss Toy Battle, Vineyard: A Winemaking Game, Onoda, and Vol 2 and 3 of the Mother of Frankenstein series. The Game Pie of the show was suggested by a listener! "Games that Reflect Real-Life Interests and/or Activities" Pie  Video Games: Hollow Knight Silksong, Star Birds, Flick Shot Rogues,  Thank you for listening! Please take a moment to rate us on your podcast listening platform. BGG Guild:  https://boardgamegeek.com/guild/4131 Bluesky:  https://bsky.app/profile/saltandsass.bsky.social YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/c/SaltandSassGames  Twitch:  https://www.twitch.tv/saltandsassgames Email: SaltAndSassGames@gmail.com

In Episode LXXVII Suz recaps her PAX West experiences, Mandi and Suz discuss Knarr, Lightning Train, Wroth, and Alibis. And the Game Pie of the show is full of Musical Games. Thank you for listening! Please take a moment to rate us on your podcast listening platform. BGG Guild:  https://boardgamegeek.com/guild/4131 Bluesky:  https://bsky.app/profile/saltandsass.bsky.social YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/c/SaltandSassGames  Twitch:  https://www.twitch.tv/saltandsassgames Email: SaltAndSassGames@gmail.com

In Episode LXXVI Mandi and Suzanne discuss Kingfire Council, Worst In Show, Gloomies, For the Emperor, and Zoomies. The Game Pie of the show is full of "Travel Without Leaving the Table" games.  Video Games mentioned: Raccoin, Is This Seat Taken, Tiny Bookshop, 9 Kings, and Canvas Digital Thank you for listening! Please take a moment to rate us on your podcast listening platform. BGG Guild:  https://boardgamegeek.com/guild/4131 Bluesky:  https://bsky.app/profile/saltandsass.bsky.social YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/c/SaltandSassGames  Twitch:  https://www.twitch.tv/saltandsassgames Email: SaltAndSassGames@gmail.com

THIS EPISODE WAS RECORDED BEFORE DEVIR RELEASED THEIR STATEMENT ABOUT ACE OF SPADES. We are happy they addressed it directly and clearly and we'll chat about any other thoughts on that in our next episode. In Episode LXXV has Mandi and Suzanne recap their Gen Co 2025 and discuss a couple of industry controversies (cw transphobia and racism). Mandi chats about Trajan and Suz discusses Tic Tac Trek. And the Game Pie is full of some great games from publishers in Spain.  Thank you for listening! Please take a moment to rate us on your podcast listening platform. BGG Guild:  https://boardgamegeek.com/guild/4131 Bluesky:  https://bsky.app/profile/saltandsass.bsky.social YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/@SaltandSassGames Twitch:  https://www.twitch.tv/saltandsassgames Email: SaltAndSassGames@gmail.com

In Episode LXXIV has Mandi and Suzanne chat about Gamefound acquiring Indiegogo and review Wizards and Co, Ofrenda, Digsaw, and Courtisans. Dr. Steven Dashiell joins for a You're The Expert segment before the show wraps with a Game Pie stuffed with "Gen Con 2025 Anticipation" games. For more information on Dr. Dashiell: steven.dashiell@morgan.edu. or dashiell@american.edu https://american.academia.edu/StevenDashiell (Academia.edu)  https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Steven-Dashiell (Researchgate.net) Thank you for listening! Please take a moment to rate us on your podcast listening platform. BGG Guild:  https://boardgamegeek.com/guild/4131 Bluesky:  https://bsky.app/profile/saltandsass.bsky.social YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/c/SaltandSassGames  Twitch:  https://www.twitch.tv/saltandsassgames Email: SaltAndSassGames@gmail.com

In Episode LXXIII Mandi and Suzanne discuss Ginkopolis, Moonrakers, Night Cage, and Dracula vs Van Helsing. The Game Pie of the show is "Games We Love at 3 Players" Pie. (Video games mentioned: Bloom Town, Wandering Village, Patapon, Islanders New Shores, and Dominion.) Thank you for listening! Please take a moment to rate us on your podcast listening platform. BGG Guild:  https://boardgamegeek.com/guild/4131 Bluesky:  https://bsky.app/profile/saltandsass.bsky.social YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/c/SaltandSassGames  Twitch:  https://www.twitch.tv/saltandsassgames Email: SaltAndSassGames@gmail.com

In Episode LXXII Mandi and Suzanne and trying a new podcasting tool (so you should be able to watch the full podcast on YouTube again if you like!) They discuss Hitster: Guilty Pleasures, Pergola, The Dark Quarter, Paper World, Mythwind, and Australis. And the Game Pie of the show is "Games That Make you Go Rogue" Pie.  Video Games mentioned: Connect Word, Date Everything, The Alters, Islets Defense, and Flick Shot Rogue Thank you for listening! Please take a moment to rate us on your podcast listening platform. BGG Guild:  https://boardgamegeek.com/guild/4131 Bluesky:  https://bsky.app/profile/saltandsass.bsky.social YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/c/SaltandSassGames  Twitch:  https://www.twitch.tv/saltandsassgames Email: SaltAndSassGames@gmail.com  

In Episode LXXI has Mandi and Suzanne discuss Manhattan Project: War Machine, Floristry, The Binding of Isaac: Four Souls, and Clank Legacy 2: Acquisitions Inc. - Darkest Magic (no spoilers). The Game Pie of the show is "Games That Give You A Visceral Reaction (Good Or Bad) Pie".  (Video games discussed Avowed, South of Midnight, Camper Van, Fantasy Life I, 9kings, Ball X Pit, Ratatan, Cauldron, Dawnfolk, and Dicealot. Thank you for listening! Please take a moment to rate us on your podcast listening platform. BGG Guild:  https://boardgamegeek.com/guild/4131 Bluesky:  https://bsky.app/profile/saltandsass.bsky.social YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/c/SaltandSassGames  Twitch:  https://www.twitch.tv/saltandsassgames Email: SaltAndSassGames@gmail.com

In Episode LXX has Mandi chats about To a T the new Annapurna video game and goes deep on the Earth with expansions and Suzanne quacks it up with Duck and Cover and Stich Fur Stich, The Game Pie is Pegasus Spiele pie! Thank you for listening! Please take a moment to rate us on your podcast listening platform. BGG Guild:  https://boardgamegeek.com/guild/4131 Bluesky:  https://bsky.app/profile/saltandsass.bsky.social YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/c/SaltandSassGames  Twitch:  https://www.twitch.tv/saltandsassgames

In Episode LXIX (nice) has Mandi and Suzanne discuss Elder Scrolls: Betrayal of the Second Era, Hot Streak, Square One, and Kinfire Delve. The Game Pie of the show is full of 15 year old games... Games from 2010. (It was a great year.) Video Games: Monster train 2, Thank Goodness You're Here, Detroit: Becoming Human, Into the Restless Ruin, Blue Prince Thank you for listening! Please take a moment to rate us on your podcast listening platform. BGG Guild:  https://boardgamegeek.com/guild/4131 Bluesky:  https://bsky.app/profile/saltandsass.bsky.social YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/c/SaltandSassGames  Twitch:  https://www.twitch.tv/saltandsassgames Email: SaltAndSassGames@gmail.com

In (the very late) Episode LXVIII Mandi recaps her recent Canadian adventures. Mandi and Suz discuss Post Office (and Post Office The Card Game), Venturesome, Mother of Frankenstein Vol 1, and Happy Home. And they serve up part 2 of Great Print and Play Games Game Pie. Video Games mentioned: Star Vaders, Blue Prince, Clair Obscur: Expedition 22, The Excavation of Hob's Barrow, Elder Scrolls: Oblivion Thank you for listening! Please take a moment to rate us on your podcast listening platform. BGG Guild:  https://boardgamegeek.com/guild/4131 Bluesky:  https://bsky.app/profile/saltandsass.bsky.social YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/c/SaltandSassGames  Twitch:  https://www.twitch.tv/saltandsassgames Email: SaltAndSassGames@gmail.com

In Episode LXVII Suz recaps her experiences at Unpub Festival 2025. Mandi and Suz discuss Pergola and Moving Wild. And they tackle the difficult topic of tariffs and how they could impact the board game industry. The Game Pie of the show is a part 1... full of some of our favorite Print-and-Play games! Thank you for listening! Please take a moment to rate us on your podcast listening platform. BGG Guild:  https://boardgamegeek.com/guild/4131 Bluesky:  https://bsky.app/profile/saltandsass.bsky.social YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/c/SaltandSassGames  Twitch:  https://www.twitch.tv/saltandsassgames Email: SaltAndSassGames@gmail.com

In Episode LXVI Mandi and Suzanne discuss For The Queen, Fishing, Cyber Pet Quest, Rebel Princess, Finding Calm and Top Tier. Stephanie and Mandi chat from Breakout Con and inspire the Game Pie of the show: Top Tier Convention Games - Medium Level Edition. Thank you for listening! Please take a moment to rate us on your podcast listening platform. BGG Guild:  https://boardgamegeek.com/guild/4131 Bluesky:  https://bsky.app/profile/saltandsass.bsky.social YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/c/SaltandSassGames  Twitch:  https://www.twitch.tv/saltandsassgames Email: SaltAndSassGames@gmail.com

In Episode LXV Mandi and Suzanne discuss Festival, Cascadia Rolling River, Maps of Misterra, The Gang, and Five. And the pie of the show is the second part of Favorite Games from 2015.  Mandi and Rodney Smith from Watch it Played want to hear from the board game consumer! Please fill out the survey which centers around how consumers decide on buying board games. As this is a Canadian event we are hosting, the surveys have been provided in English and French. Mandi translated the French version so please excuse any errors.   The surveys will close April 4th. English: https://shorturl.at/eAcvS Français: https://shorturl.at/bjavu Thank you for listening! Please take a moment to rate us on your podcast listening platform. BGG Guild:  https://boardgamegeek.com/guild/4131 Bluesky:  https://bsky.app/profile/saltandsass.bsky.social YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/c/SaltandSassGames  Twitch:  https://www.twitch.tv/saltandsassgames Email: SaltAndSassGames@gmail.com

In Episode LXIV, Mandi and Suzanne bring back Tap That App with Silver, and they review White Castle with the Matcha Expansion, Backstores: Alone on the Ice, Seti, and Pentris. The blast from the past Game Pie (that turns out will be just half a pie!) is full of games from 2015 (a great great year for board games!) Thank you for listening! Please take a moment to rate us on your podcast listening platform. BGG Guild: https://boardgamegeek.com/guild/4131 Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/saltandsass.bsky.social YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/SaltandSassGames Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/saltandsassgames Email: SaltAndSassGames@gmail.com

(Sorry for the audio quality on this one! The recording software picked up the wrong mic this time.) In Episode LXIII has Mandi and Suzanne review Magic Maze Tower, River Valley Glassworks, Bruxelles 1893, Faraway, Masters of Crime: Rapture, and Rivages. The Game Pie of the show is full of games with teachable moments.  Thank you for listening! Please take a moment to rate us on your podcast listening platform. BGG Guild:  https://boardgamegeek.com/guild/4131 Bluesky:  https://bsky.app/profile/saltandsass.bsky.social YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/c/SaltandSassGames  Twitch:  https://www.twitch.tv/saltandsassgames Email: SaltAndSassGames@gmail.com