The Secret Cabal Gaming Podcast

Hey Now and Season's Greetings Cabalists! Jamie throws out a message about the holiday season podcast schedule and plugs a bunch of crap. We're taking the week of Christmas off. We'll be at TotalCon this coming February! (https://thesecretcabal.com/totalcon). You can late pledge for our 2025 Fundraiser! (https://thesecretcabal.com/kickstarter) Join the Discord! (https://thesecretcabal.com/discord). Happy Holidays everyone! See you in 2025. Check out our sponsors Restoration Games at https://restorationgames.com/ and Game Toppers at https://www.gametoppersllc.com/.

Hey now and Season’s Greetings, Cabalists! Today the gang celebrates both the holiday season and another successful Kickstarter! The fellas dive into some of the games they’ve been playing, including Nemesis: Retaliation, Thiefdom, Food Chain Magnate, Oltree, and Epochs: Course of Cultures, and they feature Emberheart from Mindclash, designed by Rob Fisher and Adam Porter. Then Tony T hooks you up with some festive news about big game publishers going out of business, and finally the Founders talk about playing games with their families over the holidays and give you some casual game recommendations. Nemesis Retaliation: 00:07:43, Thiefdom: 00:17:21, Food Chain Magnate: 00:26:30, Oltree: 00:39:05, Epochs Course of Cultures: 00:49:36, Emberheart Review: 01:03:42, News with Tony Y: 01:41:39, Casual Games For The Holidays: 02:38:09. Check out our sponsors Restoration Games at https://restorationgames.com/ and Game Toppers at https://www.gametoppersllc.com/.

Hear ye, noble Cabalists, and gather close for another telling of Lords of the Dungeon! There's only a few days remaining on our 2025 fundraiser and we could really use your help! Jump over to Kickstarter and support the Cabal in 2026. In this eve’s council, the Lords speak of reviving the clash of steel and the dance of strategy upon the field of battle. And when that tale is told, they turn their minds to a thornier matter: how a wanderer might kindle inspiration within a realm or saga that stirs not their heart. Join us, friends, and let the stories begin. Support the Cabal on Kickstarter now! https://www.thesecretcabal.com/kickstarter

Hey Now Cabalists! The 2025 Secret Cabal fundraiser is live on Kickstarter now! Jump over and snag volume 2 of the zine, some Secret Cabal swag, and support the show while you're doing it. Today the Founders get into some of the awesome games they've been playing, including Shackleton Base, Onward, Kluster, Nevada City, Clank! Legacy 2, and feature Speakeasy from Vital Lacerda and Eagle-Gryphon Games. Then after Stevie S takes over the newsman duties for Tony, the gang takes a bunch of questions from listeners. Shackleton Base: 00:13:03, Onward: 00:21:30, Kluster: 00:31:54, Nevada City: 00:39:48, Clank! Legacy 2: Acquisitions Incorporated Darkest Magic: 00:46:22, Speakeasy Review: 00:56:18, News with Stevie S: 01:34:53, Short Topic Extravaganza: 02:19:40. Check out our sponsors Restoration Games at https://restorationgames.com/ and Game Toppers at https://www.gametoppersllc.com/. Support the Cabal on Kickstarter now! https://www.thesecretcabal.com/kickstarter

Jamie and Don, freshly back from PAX Unplugged 2025 in Philadelphia, have been getting into some board, card, and dice rumbles lately, and they wanted to dig into the many styles of combat systems in board games. Deterministic versus random, complex versus streamlined, dice versus cards - there’s a lot of ground to cover. Also, our yearly fundraiser is currently running on Kickstarter! Support us now at https://www.thesecretcabal.com/kickstarter