Have Games, Will Travel #17

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Have Games, Will Travel #17

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Oct 21, 2005

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Paul goes on and on about Arkham Horror (board game) and talks about the role of theme in games.

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Oct 21, 2005

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A podcast about tabletop games by Paul Tevis.

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