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Hosted by Jordan and Steve · leisure · EN
From the dungeons of Gloomhaven and the battlefields of Root, to the shores of Catan and the rails of Ticket to Ride, popular board games couch complex subjects within richly thematic gameplay. Millions of people find joy in the experiences that these games create, but what else do we get from playing them? In this podcast, Steve Gotzler and Jordan Tynes explore the world of tabletop games with people who possess a deep understanding of the various themes, settings, systems, or content that we encounter in them. What does an economist think about while playing Monopoly? What about a quilter sitting down for a round of Patchwork? A planetary geologist and Terraforming Mars? Or a farmer and Agricola? Steve, Jordan, and their guests consider how games communicate information about the variety of subjects they take up. They also ask how games can influence players’ feelings about each other, and the world that they inhabit. From the physical components strewn about the table, to the rule
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Signup to Generate a PitchFrom the dungeons of Gloomhaven and the battlefields of Root, to the shores of Catan and the rails of Ticket to Ride, popular board games couch complex subjects within richly thematic gameplay. Millions of people find joy in the experiences that these games create, but what else do we get from playing them?
Subject Matter: Table Top is hosted by Jordan and Steve. The show has published 29 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Designer Deep Dive #7: Jo Kelly" (24 April 2025, 31 minutes), "Bark Avenue with Corey the Village Dog Walker" (11 January 2025, 75 minutes), and "Causal Catch-Up #10: PAX Unplugged 2024" (13 December 2024, 44 minutes).
Subject Matter: Table Top publishes roughly every few months, with episodes averaging 61 minutes across 29 episodes.
Booking probability for Subject Matter: Table Top is 21%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Subject Matter: Table Top requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Subject Matter: Table Top's contact route on record: verified email.
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Jordan and Steve hosts Subject Matter: Table Top, a leisure podcast with 29 episodes published.
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<p>SMTT sits down with game designer, Jo Kelly, to discuss their newly released Molly House, along with Cole Wehrle of Wehrlegig Games. Tune in to hear more about the inspiration behind Molly House, as well as the...
<p>In this episode, SM:TT is joined by Corey the Village Dog Walker, to play Bark Avenue, a game about walking dogs in New York City. They discuss dog park etiquette, balancing people skills with pooch skills, and the...
Subject Matter: Table Top
<p>New Casual Catch-Up episode is now available! In this episode, we discuss our recent trip to Philadelphia for PAX Unplugged. You'll also hear from the designers and developers of several stand-out SM:TT games that we...
Subject Matter: Table Top
<p>New casual catch-up is out! In this episode, Jordan and Steve spend some time discussing the impacts of settler-colonialism on board games, and celebrating the work of the indigenous designers whose games often cut...
Episode #4
<p>In this episode, SM:TT is joined by Philip Stern, a historian of the British empire, to play John Company 2nd Edition, a game about the rise and fall of the British East India Company. They discuss the colonial...
Episode #3
<p>In this episode, SM:TT is joined by Michael Goetjen, a musicologist whose research focuses on eighteenth-century opera and the music of Mozart, to play Lacrimosa, a game about Mozart’s final and unfinished...
Episode #2
<p>Happy International Women’s Day! — In this episode, SM:TT is joined by Lisa Tetrault, a historian of U.S. democracy, to play Votes for Women, a game about the struggle for women’s suffrage in America and the historic...
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<p>In this designer deep dive, SMTT talks with Banana Chan, co-designer of Jiangshi: Blood in the Banquet Hall and owner and co-founder of Game and a Curry. Banana talks about finding a way into the world of RPG design...
<p>At long last, the first full-episode of season 2 has arrived! — SM:TT sits down with MIchelle King and Heidi Kim, scholars of Chinese history and Asian American literature respectively, to play Jiangshi: Blood in the...
Subject Matter: Table Top
<p>Jordan and Steve catch up with each other after some time away from your feeds. In this episode, they spend a while discussing the many layers of time in tabletop gaming.</p>
Subject Matter: Table Top
The second of two Designer Deep Dives we recorded on the ground at GEN CON in August. In this episode, SMTT talks with designer Damon Stone. Damon tells us why Monopoly is the perfect game to rip-up and start again, and...
Subject Matter: Table Top
Check out the first of two Designer Deep Dives, we recorded on the ground at GEN CON this past August. In this episode, SM:TT talks with Jay Dragon of Possum Creek Games. Hear about Jay’s journey from LARP instructor...
Subject Matter: Table Top
New Casual Catch-Up episode is now available! Hear us discuss some of our favorite SMTT games from GenCon, and share other highlights from an epic week in Indy!
Subject Matter: Table Top
<p>SM:TT is headed back to GenCon in a few short weeks! In this casual catch-up we chat about what we’ve been playing, and discuss the new games that we’re excited to preview at the con! If you’re attending the...
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Welcome to Season 2 of SMTT! Join Steve and Jordan as they briefly review the first season of the podcast and get excited for the year ahead!
Episode #6
SM:TT is joined by Waleed Ziad, a historian and professor of Religious Studies, to play Pax Pamir: 2nd Edition, a game about geo-political conflict in 19th century Afghanistan. They discuss the politics of colonial...
SMTT sits down with Brandon Pang, a critical care doctor at Boston Medical Center to play Critical Care, a game about practicing medicine in the ICU. They are also joined by Lakshman Swamy, an attending intensivist at...
Subject Matter: Table Top
<p>Check out our latest installment of the Designer Deep Dives, as SMTT talk with Cole and Drew Wehrle of Wehrlegig Games. Hear about the origin story of their company, and how they've crafted a unique approach to...
Episode #4
<p>SMTT is joined by archeologist, Bryan Burns, to play the game POTS! Along the way they discuss ceramics, the virtues of friendship, and the iconography of social life in Ancient Greece.</p>
Subject Matter: Table Top
<p>Join SMTT for their conversation with the internationally acclaimed board game designer, Elizabeth Hargrave! Hear about her approach to developing games with strong scientific themes, such as the renowned Wingspan...
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