Step into the world of fandom. As a child I witnessed the death of my parents at the hands of Twilight Imperium, but avenged them by playing hundreds of games of Netrunner. Now, as an adult, I only wager fair uses of my power by battling in unnecessarily elaborate forum posts. Every time my opponent goes off topic, I reset the thread on them. This is justice. This is... the true fan's world.

Games we played:

4:33 - Caylus 1303 (2019 og2005, William Attia, Space Cowboys)

9:15 - Texas Hold ‘Em (1810, Uncredited, Public Domain)

15:45 - Aeon's End (2016, Jenny Iglesias & Nick Little & Kevin Riley, Indie Boards & Cards)

26:38 - Yokohama Duel (2018, Hisashi Hayashi, Tasty Minstrel)

100 games before you die:

31:01 - Scrabble (1948, Alfred Mosher Butts, Hasbro)

https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/321471/100-tabletop-games-to-play-before-turning-100

Amabel Holland video on word games https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWteJW-wYas

Topic:

38:22 - Fandom Games

Songs:

100 Games to Play Before You Die by Michael, Tyler, Devon, and Josh of The Boise RainBeaus

ROT by Bone Haus https://bonehaus.bandcamp.com/album/in-mourning

Patreon https://www.patreon.com/c/ShelfStableCast

All our socials https://linktr.ee/shelfstablecast

Kenny and Tom wearing extremely oversized diamond helmets: "if you think your voice or talking point comprehensively captures the beauty and desirability of Monopoly DEAL, send a note to yomomma@gmail.com"

7:21 - Intro: Cole Wehrle

7:50 - We Have to Know!

Images mentioned https://imgur.com/a/ZrrpvBA

Games we played:

52:16 - Virgin Queen (2012, Ed Beach, GMT)

Rain World https://store.steampowered.com/app/312520/Rain_World/

Topic:

1:04:43 - Board Game Organization

Amabel Holland on bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/amabel.bsky.social

Dan interview with Jo Kelly https://spacebiff.com/2025/03/25/sbsc-45-jo-kelly/

Where to find Cole:

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

https://wehrlegig.com/

https://ledergames.com/

Songs:

ROT by Bone Haus https://bonehaus.bandcamp.com/album/in-mourning

All our socials https://linktr.ee/shelfstablecast

Now you might think that this was a joint sponsorship between IHOP and Grindr, but what if I told you we were receiving $0 from both businesses and just got really fixated on this one bit? Finding it hard to believe? We are too.

Games we played:

6:08 - Stone Age (2008, Bernd Brunnhofer, Z-Man)

10:33 - Carcassonne The Castle (2003, Reiner Knizia and Klaus Jurgen-Wrede, Hans im Gluck)

17:45 - Wavelength (2019, Alex Hague & Justin Vickers & Wolfgang Warsch, CMYK)

22:24 - ...and then, we held hands (2015, David Chircop & Todd Sanders, LudiCreations)

100 games before you die:

28:41 - Chronicles of Crime (2018, David Cicurel, Lucky Duck)

https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/321471/100-tabletop-games-to-play-before-turning-100

Topic:

31:42 - Language Independent Design

Songs:

100 Games to Play Before You Die by Michael, Tyler, Devon, and Josh of The Boise RainBeaus

ROT by Bone Haus https://bonehaus.bandcamp.com/album/in-mourning

Microbadge! https://boardgamegeek.com/microbadge/58007

All our socials https://linktr.ee/shelfstablecast