Episode 174: How To Get Your Non-Gaming Spouse Into Board Games or Katie Gets Way Up High on Her Soapbox to Throw Jason Under the Bus

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Episode 174 - How To Get a Non-Gaming Significant Other Into Gaming

Introduction:

• Fickle Favorite: Scott Christley

News:

• Enigma: Crime Scene - 4 days, $70
• Pisces - 12 days, $45
• Fossil Canyon - 13 days, $20

Games Played:

• Red Rising
• Tidal Blades
• Lions of Lydia

How to Get A Non-Gaming Significant Other Into Gaming:

• Jason - Know the game before trying to teach the game
• Katie - Mitigate some of the mental clutter (child care, food prep, etc)
• Jason - Don’t start with a super heavy/deep game because YOU enjoy it
• Katie - Let them pick the game/dictate the theme
• Jason - Let them make the decisions of the game and don’t play for them
• Katie - Plan/convenient time for them

Closing: