Game Mechanics - A Critical Tabletop Podcast
Hosted by Greg and Logan · Logan Jenkins, Greg Leatherman
4.7from 19 ratings
- 96
- Episodes
- 53
- Transcribed
- 19
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2019
- First episode
- 34K
- YouTube views
About Game Mechanics - A Critical Tabletop Podcast
Welcome to Game Mechanics, where we kick the tires and run diagnostics on tabletop experiences! Hosts Logan Jenkins and Greg Leatherman talk about everything tabletop; from board games, to roleplaying games, and even some video games that evoke the tabletop experience. Greg and Logan have been playing games for decades and have designed several games themselves.
- Publisher
- Logan Jenkins, Greg Leatherman
- Category
- leisure
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 16 Feb 2019
- Latest episode
- 7 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
53 of 96 episodes have a transcript.
7 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Do Board Game Boxes Say Anything? - GM2 82
30 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Board Game 101: Poker - GM2 81
23 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Who is This For? - GM2 80
Inside a recent episode
Do Board Game Boxes Say Anything? - GM2 82
Published 7 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] I mean, because I... I don't know. So this is a couple things that are in the article. So they did Interviews with 28 board game designers had 381 surveys made by experienced consumers of board games. Experienced consumers of board games. So they had a lot of surveys and then talked to board game designers. And I think that's where they first saw the designers think this, people think this differences. Yeah. You know, I honestly, like if we're going for like, looking at the at the box like yeah i don't guess i don't guess i usually know anything about a board game just by looking at the box right even though i look at the back it's always like move your pawns to right use strategy to overcome the other players and it's just like yeah that i mean yeah i guess it's never descriptive i i always right when i'm looking at board games i'm looking at like a video about said board game you know And, like, this is the decorum problem, right? […]
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- Adam Španěl
- Felix Podlesny
- Bernie Lin
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- Matt Lockwood
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- YouTube views
- 34,234
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.7 / 5
- 19 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 32 / 100
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- Quality
- 14
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 76
- Engagement
- 51
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Who hosts Game Mechanics - A Critical Tabletop Podcast?
Greg and Logan host the show. Published by Logan Jenkins, Greg Leatherman.
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