Gaymer Daddies

Girl Dinner Threeway: Charcuterie, Fromage & Viticulture

This episode is a full snack plate. The Daddies serve up a special Girl Dinner threeway with mini reviews of three food-and-drink board games: Charcuterie, Fromage, and Viticulture. Andrew brings the appetizer with Charcuterie, Jacob cuts into the cheese course with Fromage, and Jason pours the wine with Viticulture. Before the reviews, the Daddies celebrate Mother’s Day by talking about games they would play with their moms, mothers, or mother figures, then Jason delivers a bite-sized Quickie. Since this is a food episode, each Daddy also pitches an original food-themed board game. In this episode: • The true meaning of Girl Dinner • What board games belong at the Mother’s Day table • Jason’s snackable Quickie • Original food board game pitches from each Daddy • Three final Stance scores for three very different food games Join the Daddies for a three-course board game tasting menu where nobody cooks, everyone grazes, and somehow it still counts as dinner.

Flock Around and Find Out: The Flock Together Review

This week, the Daddies enter the coop for our review of Flock Together — the cooperative boss battler where brave little chickens team up, level up, and fight off predators before the final season ends. Andrew, Jason, and Jacob talk through what makes co-op games so fun, what makes them occasionally feel like a group project with dice, and whether Flock Together delivers enough strategy, charm, tension, and table presence to earn a proud Daddy score. Along the way, we celebrate the game’s gorgeous artwork by Andrew Bosley, pitch some deeply unserious celebrity chicken names for future expansions, and take a quick look at board game award season with a few titles that keep popping up on nomination lists. In this episode: * Why co-op games can feel like chosen family — or a hostage negotiation with snacks * A review of Flock Together and its chicken-fueled boss battles * Andrew Bosley’s artwork, including Everdell, Tapestry, Flock Together, and The Smoking Bones * The Daddies pitch expansion characters including Fowla Abdul, Meryl Cheep, Coop Dogg, Lady Gaggle, and Oprah Wingfrey * Our official SERVE score: Strategy, Elegance, Representation, Voltage, Ease, and Stance * A quick check-in on current board game award nominations * A tease for our next episode: Girl Dinner, a threeway with three different games Grab your chicken fingers, fluff your feathers, and get ready to flock around and find out.

Pitching Tents and Feeding Bears: The Parks review featuring Kate

The Daddies lace up their imaginary hiking boots and head into the wilderness for a review of PARKS, the stunning board game inspired by America’s national parks. Joined by special guest Kate, a former park ranger, Andrew, Jason, and Jacob dig into the beauty, history, and gameplay behind one of the most beloved modern board games. Along the way, they talk real national park facts, Earth Day, the Pride flag’s connection to nature, Keymaster Games’ commitment to giving back, and why this game feels so much bigger than just collecting tokens on a trail. It is a scenic journey through gorgeous artwork, clever design, and the eternal truth that cardboard nature is often preferable to actual bears. In this episode: * Special guest Kate joins the Daddies to talk about her real-life experience as a park ranger * A park-themed Quickie with Jason that goes exactly where you think it will * Fun facts about the U.S. National Park System, Earth Day, and the meaning of green in the original Pride flag * The full background of PARKS, from Henry Audubon and Keymaster Games to the original Fifty-Nine Parks artwork * A look at the second edition, Nightfall, Wildlife, and the upcoming PARKS: Europe * A full SERVE review with Kate helping decide the scores From mountains and monuments to meeples and moose, this episode is a love letter to nature.

(4)X-Rated Daddies: The Voidfall Review

This episode is rated (4)X. The Daddies blast off into the world of empire-building, galactic conquest, and one extremely complicated board game with a review of Voidfall — the heavy sci-fi 4X game that took more than nine hours to learn and play. Along the way, the conversation drifts through spring pop culture, Jason’s Quickie turns into an April Fool’s joke on Andrew that nearly backfires, and all three Daddies go from dreading this giant space odyssey to genuinely admiring just how smart, brutal, and satisfying it can be. It is a long journey through stars, suffering, and strategy — but somehow, the Daddies come out the other side surprisingly into it. In this episode: * A spring pop culture check-in featuring Last One Laughing UK, Survivor 50, Dark Quarter, and even Afroman * Jason’s Quickie and the April Fool’s joke that nearly got away from him * A crash course in 4X games — what the term means, where it came from, and why players love them * The Daddies’ full SERVE review of a game that took more than nine hours to learn and play

Small Box, Big Daddy Energy: The Vibe, Dick Sits & The Queer Agenda Reviews

This week, the Gaymer Daddies are going small — and proving that a tiny box can still know how to work a table. Andrew, Jason, and Jacob dive into the world of small box games, from quick card games and portable party titles to compact games with surprising depth. Along the way, the Daddies share their personal top fives, talk about why small games have become such a huge part of modern tabletop, and ask whether games like Cards Against Humanity are really about winning at all — or just making the room lose it. Then each Daddy spotlights a featured game of his own: Andrew brings The Vibe, a cooperative art-driven game about getting on the same wavelength; Jacob presents The Dick Sits, a cheeky little game with plenty of room for mischief; and Jason shares The Queer Agenda, a proudly queer party game built for chosen family and big laughs. It’s a compact episode full of innuendo, strong opinions, social game philosophy, and proof that some of the most satisfying game nights come in a very small package. In this episode: * Why small box games are more than just filler * The Daddies’ top five favorite compact games * A chat about Cards Against Humanity, its wild history, and its impact on the hobby * Andrew reviews The Vibe from Jacob Jaskov and Uloomi * Jacob brings the filth with The Dick Sits * Jason shares The Queer Agenda * Big laughs, small boxes, and very Gaymer Daddy opinions