ThinkerThemer
These are the audio versions of our Small Talk & Back Chat series. We're Amy & Maggie aka ThinkerThemer. We're an Australian couple with two very different perspectives of what makes a great board game - Amy (Thinker) is all about the mechanics and enjoys tight, competitive board games, and Maggie (Themer) is all about the storytelling and the theme of the game, and the 'world' that the designer is trying to create. Visit our Youtube channel to comment and join the discussion.
Episodes
74 episodes
Top 10 Games We Would Buy At Essen Spiel 2025 🔥
Woooow! We would need to bring extra suitcases if we were going to Essen Spiel 2025... there are SO many great choices that it was hard to settle on our top 10 (and only two crossovers!) These are the picks that we would be excited to line up a...
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10, OUT OF 10 (Part 20): 😬Uh oh, they're all new titles. We're on a series hamster wheel 🐹
Who would've thought we'd be 200 game ratings in and still be no where near finishing rating our collection. LOL. Most would admit defeat but not us!!! But the classics are off the table during GenCon and Essen Spiel season because we know you'...
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10, OUT OF 10 (Part 19): Amy's broken foot = lots and lots of time for board gaming 😅
I wish there was a good story behind the broken foot. Something like Maggie went into a table flipping rage playing Blokus and the table hit my foot. Or I tripped on a pile of unplayed games and broke my foot. But the boring reality is that I h...
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10, OUT OF 10 (Part 18): Teeny tiny Gloomhaven & LORENZO IL MAGNIFICO
Can you believe we're 180 games into this series? It feels like just yesterday when we were making ridiculous promises about getting through our entire board game collection (LOL). This week we're taking a look at three classic puzzle games and...
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Top 10 Solo Board Games of All Time | Updated Ranking 2024 (+Amy tries them all!)
After two years and 500 games later, Maggie has updated her top 10 solo games of all time! And to make things interesting she's also taught them all to me with mixed results. So join us while Maggie counts down her best board games to play alon...
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10, OUT OF 10 (Part 17): The Hotness vs Le Havre...
This is Part 17 of our series, 10 (COMMA!) OUT OF TEN, where we rate 10 games on a 10 point scale from our two unique perspectives!We hope this helps you get a better sense for our game preferences, and remember..... 1) ratings ...
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10, OUT OF 10 (Part 16): the 'we-bought-too-many-games-at-Essen-Spiel' edition!
This is Part 16 of our series, 10 (COMMA!) OUT OF TEN, where we rate 10 games on a 10 point scale from our two unique perspectives!We hope this helps you get a better sense for our game preferences, and remember..... 1) ratings ...
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10, OUT OF 10 (Part 15): will we ever finish this if we keep buying new games?
Here's a mix of old and new! Finishing off a lot of our GenCon haul here, but also talking about some recent releases that we haven't had a chance to talk about on the channel, like Earth and Darwin's Journey. Enjoy! This is Part 15 of ...
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10, OUT OF 10 (Part 14): The GenCon Edition ~ a mixed bag for us
This is Part 14 of our series, 10 (COMMA!) OUT OF TEN, where we rate 10 games on a 10 point scale from our two unique perspectives!We hope this helps you get a better sense for our game preferences, and remember..... 1) ratings ...
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10, OUT OF 10 (Part 13): The Episode Maggie's Been Dreading - ABSTRACTS!!
Here's one for the Thinkers in the house! Themeless, Storyless, Abstract goodness. As dry as they come. Watch along as we try to find Maggie an abstract that she likes (or rather, that she admits she likes hehe). This is Part 13 of our ...
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10, OUT OF 10 (Part 12): We have far too many games!
I wish we could say we're half way, but we're probably not after 120 mini reviews!! Happy Monday and thank you for sticking with us through this series! This is Part 12 of our series, 10 (COMMA!) OUT OF TEN, where we rate 10 games on a ...
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10, OUT OF 10: Even More Roll & Writes! 🎲 (Part 11)
Happy Monday and thank you for listening! 😍This is Part 11 of our series, 10 (COMMA!) OUT OF TEN, where we rate 10 games on a 10 point scale from our two unique perspectives - and this is the SECOND special roll & write episode ...
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Top 10 Most Anticipated Board Games of 2023
How is it the end of January already?! 2023 has well and truly arrived and we're sooooooooo excited about all of the board game goodness headed our way. We hope you enjoy this list of some of our most anticipated titles of this year.Tha...
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10, out of 10: 100 GAMES DONE!!! We continue to rate our entire board game collection (Part 10!)
Happy Monday! 😍 Welcome to part 10!!This makes 100 games we've now rated for 10 (COMMA!) OUT OF TEN! This is the series where we rate 10 games on a 10 point scale from our two unique perspectives. We hope this helps you get a better sen...
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Top 10 Board Games of 2022
WOW what another huge year of game releases! We've had so much fun playing these 2022 titles and have loved sharing & discussing many of these titles with you all over the last year. Our channel is supported by our YouTube chan...
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10, OUT OF 10 (Part 9): Even MORE 2-Player Board Games! ☯
Happy Monday and thank you for watching! 😍This is Part 9 of our series, 10 (COMMA!) OUT OF TEN, where we rate 10 games on a 10 point scale from our two unique perspectives. We hope this helps you get a better sense for our game preferen...
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10, OUT OF 10: We rate our entire board game collection! (Part 8)
Hi everyone! Maggie has been very sick this week and so you have EVEN MORE AMY talking than usual. Sorry about that :D Thank you for watching!This is Part 8 of our series, 10 (COMMA!) OUT OF TEN, where we rate 10 games on a 10 point sca...
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10, OUT OF 10 (Part 7): A 2-Player Board Games Special
Happy Monday and thank you for watching! 😍This is Part 7 of our series, 10 (COMMA!) OUT OF TEN, where we rate 10 games on a 10 point scale from our two unique perspectives. We hope this helps you get a better sense for our game preferen...
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10, OUT OF 10 (Part 6): We rate our entire board game collection!
Happy Monday and thank you for watching! 😍This is Part 6 of our series, 10 (COMMA!) OUT OF TEN, where we rate 10 games on a 10 point scale from our two unique perspectives. We hope this helps you get a better sense for our game preferen...
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10, OUT OF 10 (Part 5): We rate our entire board game collection!
Happy Monday and thank you for watching! 😍This is Part 5 of our new series, 10 (COMMA!) OUT OF TEN, where we rate 10 games on a 10 point scale from our two unique perspectives. We hope this helps you get a better sense for our game pref...
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Small Talk 42 ~ PAX Australia Recap | Board Game Reviews (Dog Park, Sync or Swim, Wok and Roll)
❤ Ahhh, it's so nice to be back on the couch. This week is a HUGE week for game previews so we're happy to take some time out just to catch up with you all - it feels like so long since the last Small Talk episode! It was also a big week visiti...
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10, OUT OF 10 (Part 4): A Roll & Write Special 🎲
Happy Monday and thank you for listening! 😍This is Part 4 of our new series, 10 (COMMA!) OUT OF TEN, where we rate 10 games on a 10 point scale from our two unique perspectives - and this is a special roll & write episode (one of a ...
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10, OUT OF 10 (Part 3) - We rate our entire board game collection!
Happy Monday and thank you for watching! 😍This is Part 3 of our new series, 10 (COMMA!) OUT OF TEN, where we rate 10 games on a 10 point scale from our two unique perspectives. We hope this helps you get a better sense for our game pref...
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10, OUT OF 10 (Part 2) - We rate our entire board game collection!
Thank you for all of your lovely feedback and comments on Part 1's video. 😍This is Part 2 of our new series, 10 (COMMA!) OUT OF TEN, where we rate 10 games on a 10 point scale from our two unique perspectives. We hope this helps you get...
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10, OUT OF 10 (Part 1) We rate our entire board game collection!
Welcome to our new series, 10 (COMMA!) OUT OF TEN, where we rate 10 games on a 10 point scale from our two unique perspectives. We hope this helps you get a better sense for our game preferences, and remember..... 1) ratings are subjec...
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