About this episode

The episode features a discussion with listener Logan about board games, movies, and various culinary topics.

Episode 411 • 0:00 – Intro & banter (which Logan is this?) • 1:00 – Steakhouses, anniversary dinner, fancy chicken & dumplings + Oreo lasagna recipe • 4:00 – Skyline Chili discussion (Cincinnati vs. Texas) • 6:00 – Cooking backgrounds (sword-flipping Mongolian BBQ) • 7:40 – Controversial take: Inception is overrated • 12:00 – Logan’s infamous movie ladder picks (Hundreds of Beavers, Maximum Overdrive) • 15:00 – How Logan watches ~10 movies a month • 15:50 – Favorite “good-bad” movies (Tremors and sequels) • 18:00 – Recent celebrity deaths • 18:30 – Noir recommendations (Chinatown, Brick) • 21:00 – Pitch Black praise • 23:00 – What got Logan into board games (HeroScape → Dominion/Catan) • 24:30 – Why he loves games: connecting with people • 25:20 – Korean horror deep-dive • 28:00 – Scary movie trauma stories • 30:00 – Becoming a therapist + observing people through games • 31:30 – ZooVadis story (the $1 betrayal) • 32:40 – Games that disappoint: Scythe • 35:00 – Terraforming Mars (and why it’s overrated/long) • 37:10 – Recent plays: Sniper Elite, Leaf, Space Base • 41:00 – Gateway/next-step games (Dewan, Ticket to Ride alternatives) • 44:00 – Light card games (Rebel…

People in this episode

Host: Gaby Moraga

Guest: Logan

Topics covered

• board games
• movies
• cooking
• celebrity news
• game recommendations
• horror films

Keywords

• board games
• movies
• cooking
• horror
• celebrity deaths
• game recommendations

Mentioned in this episode

Products: HeroScape, Dominion, Catan, Scythe, Terraforming Mars, Sniper Elite, Leaf, Space Base, Dewan, Ticket to Ride

Books & works: Inception, Hundreds of Beavers, Maximum Overdrive, Tremors, Chinatown, Brick, Pitch Black, Fast & Furious, Tokyo Drift, Armageddon

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