Sarah Shah, the speedy host of Board Games in a Minute, slows down just long enough to record a podcast with us. (You can catch her on our Going Analog Quiz Show hot seat, too.) Here are the topics everyone brought to the virtual table:

1. Christina (host): What are some of your favorite games centered around animals? (2:00)
2. Shoe (producer): What are your pet peeves when learning or teaching games? (14:51)
3. Sarah (guest): Capstone Games, the publisher (26:35)

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The board games we discuss on this episode:

Christina’s topic: What are some of your favorite games centered around animals?

• Everdell
• Ecos: First Continent
• Gods Love Dinosaurs
• Evolution
• Oceans
• Endangered
• Calico
• Isle of Cats
• Beez
• Honey Buzz
• Aqua Garden
• Heaven and Ale

Shoe’s topic: What are your pet peeves when learning or teaching games?

• Innovation
• The Mind

Sarah's topic: Capstone Games

• New York Zoo
• Crystal Palace
• Terra Mystica
• Gaia Project
• The Estates
• CloudAge
• Coffee Traders
• Pipeline
• Cooper Island
• Renature 
• Curious Cargo
• Watergate
• Iberian Gauge
• Ticket to Ride

Final thoughts:

• Mr. Cabbagehead’s Garden
• Whistle Mountain
• Sleeping Gods
• 7th Continent

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