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<p>It’s that time again – we recommend games for everyone on your gift list.</p>
<h2 class="wp-block-heading">00:00 Fact for 410</h2>
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<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Sponsor Message</h2>
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<h2 class="wp-block-heading">0:04:00 What We’ve Been Playing</h2>
<p><em>INK</em> – review coming soon of this race to place all your ink bottles.<br><em>Red Letter, Yellow Letter</em> – <a href="https://www.thefamilygamers.com/red-letter-yellow-letter/">our review</a><br><em>Odin</em> – review coming soon. Best at 3-4 players.<br><em>Obelus</em> – gorgeous. <a href="https://www.thefamilygamers.com/obelus/">Our review.</a> We are excited to see more from this publisher!<br><em>Chit Chat</em> – review coming soon for this trivia party game.<br><em>Jekyll & Hyde vs. Scotland Yard</em> – a really hard cooperative trick-taking game, but we’re getting better at it</p>
<h2 class="wp-block-heading">0:18:15 The Family Gamers Community</h2>
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<h3 class="wp-block-heading">#Backtalk</h3>
<p>We asked what YOU think makes a good gift when you’re given a board game.</p>
<p>A few of you answered <a href="https://discord.com/channels/1157003438425653379/1239323617368604672" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">on the #backtalk channel</a> on the Discord and<a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/familygamersaa/"> in our Facebook community</a>.</p>
<p>… and yes, we did review <em><a href="https://www.thefamilygamers.com/family-trivia-boxofrocks-parentquiz/">Box of Rocks</a></em>, a silly game.</p>
<p>Anyone interested in sharing some recipes for us to try out?</p>
<h2 class="wp-block-heading">0:18:15 The Family Gamers Holiday Gift Guide</h2>
<p>We race through all the games on <a href="https://www.thefamilygamers.com/holiday2025/">our 2025 gift guide</a>.</p>
<p>A friendly reminder to our listeners: many of the games on the list we received at no cost, and we do earn a (tiny) commission from the Amazon links. <strong>But</strong> every single game on that list, we have played, enjoyed, and would buy and give (or have already bought & given) to our friends and family.</p>
<h2 class="wp-block-heading">1:18:20 New Backtalk Question</h2>
<p>We’re heading to <a href="https://www.thefamilygamers.com/tag/pax-unplugged/">PAX Unplugged</a> this week. We’ll be teaching <em><a href="https://www.thefamilygamers.com/a-love-letter-to-castle-panic/">Castle Panic</a></em> <a href="https://unplugged.paxsite.com/en-us/schedule/schedule-item.html?gtID=915036&panel-name=Learn-and-Play-Castle-Panic" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">on Sunday morning (11/23)</a>!</p>
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<p>What is your favorite thing to do at conventions?</p>
<p>Tell us <a href="https://discord.com/channels/1157003438425653379/1239323617368604672" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">on the #backtalk channel</a> on our Discord, or <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/familygamersaa" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">in our Facebook community</a>.</p>
<h3 class="wp-block-heading">Find Us Online:</h3>
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