THE OMNIGAMERS’ CLUB

By: Daniel Wynter and Mark Yuasa
  • Summary

  • The Omnigamers’ Club is a book club style podcast for those whose love of games eclipses the divide between analog and digital. Alternating between board games, video games and everything in between, each episode will take a deep dive into one specific game, our thoughts and the conversation around it.
    Daniel Wynter and Mark Yuasa
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Episodes
  • 98 - TCTC 2025 Recap with Joe aka. PhantomMeeple
    Mar 27 2025

    We’re joined by Twitch Streamer Joe aka PhantomMeeple, to compare our experiences at Vancouver’s Terminal City Tabletop Convention.


    Games Discussed

    • Appetizer: Terminal City Tabletop Convention
    • Main: SETI, Scout, Maskmen, Chicken Fried Dice, Arc: Doom, The Gang, Molly House, Ironsworn: Starforged, Flip 7
    • Dessert: Knockoff


    Timestamps

    • Start: 00:00
    • Intro: 03:46
    • Games: 19:28


    Links

    Follow Joe

    twitch.tv/phantommeeple

    Chicken Fried Dice

    https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/urban-pro-games/chicken-fried-dice

    Popcats Fighter:

    https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/violetdaisygames/popcats-fighter-unleash-the-furry

    Knockoff:

    https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/banana-chan/knockoff/launch_party

    Gamers Engage: The Gauntlet:

    https://www.gamersengaged.org/gauntlet

    Greg Loring-Albright Ziegler Lecture:

    https://cenes.ubc.ca/events/event/ziegler-lecture-greg-loring-albright-critical-board-game-modification-changing-board-games-to-change-the-world/

    Check out the video version of the podcast⁠https://youtu.be/Gf9C2ej_ngg⁠

    Follow Daniel

    https://bsky.app/profile/boardgamefeast.bsky.social

    Follow Mark

    https://bsky.app/profile/markyuasa.bsky.social

    Send your questions, feedback and comments to

    omnigamersclub@gmail.com.


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    1 hr and 8 mins
  • 97 - The Gang, 13 Sentinels
    Mar 12 2025

    We discuss some of the mounting uncertainties across the gaming community and discoveries from the Steam Next Fest. Daniel looks at how card game The Gang goes against the odds and explores whether poker can be fun without betting. Mark examines the virtual novel/strategy game 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim and how it synthesizes its multitudinous genres and narratives.

    Games Discussed

    • Appetizer: Better Offline podcast, Tariff uncertainty, Steam Next Fest demos (As We Descend, Drop Duchy, Wanderstop), Monolith/Respawn layoffs
    • Main Course: The Gang, 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim
    • Desert: David Lynch, Severance Season 2


    Timestamps

    • Start: 00:00
    • Appetizer: 01:10
    • Game 1: 21:01
    • Game 2: 36:43
    • Desert: 1:04:47


    Links

    Board Game Wire Tariff news:

    https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/03/06/fewer-releases-spending-freezes-and-rising-prices-board-game-publishers-face-volatile-financial-future-as-us-hikes-china-tariff-to-20-brings-in-25-canada-mexico-tariffs/

    Rascal Tariff news

    https://www.rascal.news/tabletop-companies-are-waiting-for-the-ship-to-come-in-on-tariffs/

    Better Offline - How Growth Is Killing Video Games

    https://www.iheart.com/podcast/139-better-offline-150284547/episode/how-growth-is-killing-video-games-269512804/

    A Pivot to Indie Won’t Save Us

    https://auratriolo.com/blog/2025/01/15/a-pivot-to-indie-wont-save-us/

    Check out the video version of the podcast

    https://youtu.be/VSEORMBX3JQ

    Follow Daniel

    https://bsky.app/profile/boardgamefeast.bsky.social

    Follow Mark

    https://bsky.app/profile/markyuasa.bsky.social

    Send your questions, feedback and comments to

    omnigamersclub@gmail.com.

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    1 hr and 12 mins
  • 96 - S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl, Another Code Recollection
    Mar 5 2025

    Daniel contemplates the terror of empty fields and monotony of invisible mutants in survival shooter Stalker 2; Mark reminisces on another remaster and the art of the mystery in adventure puzzle collection Another Code Recollection


    Games Discussed

    • Appetizer: Tumulus, Ludology - Thinking Beyond Mechanisms
    • Main Course: S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl, Another Code Recollection
    • Desert: Poker Face, Pluto


    Timestamps

    Start: 00:0

    Appetizer: 01:55

    Game 1: 11:04

    Game 2: 25:31

    Desert: 45:02



    Links

    Tumulus

    https://www.skeletoncodemachine.com/p/tumulus


    Ludology -

    https://pca.st/p36uha4h


    Check out the video version of the podcast

    https://youtu.be/LbFr-vKl6tM


    Follow Daniel

    https://bsky.app/profile/boardgamefeast.bsky.social


    Follow Mark

    https://bsky.app/profile/markyuasa.bsky.social


    Send your questions, feedback and comments to

    omnigamersclub@gmail.com.


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    58 mins

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