Welcome to another mealtime chat at the Dish. I am currently lounging at Eggs in the City, a wonderful breakfast joint in Salt Lake City, Utah. I arrived early and have just been sitting outside, sipping coffee, and enjoying the morning breeze. The best is yet to come, as I am meeting Tim Fowers, designer …

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Welcome back to dinner with designer Gil Hova, founder of Formal Ferret Games and designer of High Rise and The Networks. While munching on burgers of varying layered tastes, we also discuss games of varying… layered tastes. And perchance we touch on some interesting etymological philosophy along the way.

Welcome back to virtual vittles; I am lucky enough to be having a delightful virtual cajun meal with board game expert and designer Geoff Engelstein. I have admired Geoff’s designs and books for ages, but I am even more in love now that he let me chat about retro video games and pinball machines. In …

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Jonny and I continue packing pot stickers and munching moo shu, while we blather about the boundries of board games – the mutations of mancala, eccentricities of expansions, the hassle of house rules, and the backlash of balancing. Alliterative allegories all around!