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Lay It On The Table

Lay It On The Table

In this biweekly podcast, Geek and Southern's James Engelhardt and Joe Mahaffey discuss the golden age of board games and role playing games from a Southern perspective. Including interviews and insights from game designers and creatives that makes this hobby so compelling.

Recent Episodes

March 6, 2024

The Magic, A Dragon, and A Cat | Geek & Southern | Lay It On The Table, Episode 33

March 5, 2024 - The Magic, A Dragon, and A Cat The Southern Board Game Podcast, With the accent on Southern. Show Notes: Season 3, Episode 3 NEWS and NOTES https://www.instagram.com/podmeetsworldshow/p/C2-bim8vh6Y/?img_index…
March 4, 2024

That's No Bird, It's a Dragon! | Geek & Southern | Lay It On The Table, Episode 32

James and Joe talk Wyrmspan and other amazing board games.
March 4, 2024

Myths of the Past, Buzz of the New Year | Geek & Southern | Lay It On The Table, Episode 31

Joe and James launch Season 3 of Lay It On the Table. The Southern Boardgame Podcast, with the accent on Southern
Oct. 16, 2023

Mythic Con: Between a Roc and a Phoenix | Geek & Southern | Lay It On The Table, Episode 30

James and Joe speak with Richard Fortuna and Nick Poulimas about Mythic Con - Charlotte 2023.
Oct. 16, 2023

The spiel on Spiel | Geek & Southern | Lay It On The Table, Episode 29

James profiles the games he is most excited about from Spiel Des Jahres.
Oct. 16, 2023

Obsession | Geek & Southern | Lay It On The Table, Episode 28

James and Joe speak with Dan Hallagan of Kayenta Publishing about his game Obsession and it's expansions.

About the Hosts

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Joe Mahaffey

Host

Host of Lay It On the Table Board Game Podcast and DM for Curse of Strahd in Appalachia. Both on the Geek & Southern on YouTube Network. Charlotte Native, Cancer Survivor & Advocate, D&D Raconteur, Board Game Zealot, & Liberal Arts Technologist, He/Him

On Mastodon: @gadgetjoseph@onthetable.social

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James Engelhardt

Host

James talks a lot about games with Joe Mahaffey on Lay It on the Table and takes damage on the Curse of Strahd in Appalachia as Hal Rennickson. He also writes about games as a poet and essayist, and he teaches about tabletop games—and poetry—at Furman University.