Lay It On The Table

Meet Joe & James

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.

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Lay It On The Table is part of the Geek & Southern network. Every other week, Joe and James sit down to talk about what's hitting the table: new releases, old favorites, conventions, the business of tabletop, and conversations with the designers and creatives who make this hobby so compelling.

Games, conversation, and good company, served with a Southern accent.

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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

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.

Games

New releases, old favorites, conventions and the shelf of shame.

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Conversation

Designers, publishers and store owners pull up a chair and talk shop.

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Good company

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