Gaymer Daddies

Happy Pride🌈 from Gaymer Daddies! In our first Pride Month episode, we review Beyond the Sun, designed by Dennis K. Chan and published by Rio Grande Games. We kick things off with Pride reflections, reveal Andrew’s secret Pride flag Easter egg hidden in recent episode artwork, and Jason leads a Pride-themed Quickie, Then we get into the real game: a highly regarded civilization-building strategy...

The Daddies are back for a special Survivor bonus episode, and the tribe has opinions. Andrew, Jacob, and Jason break down the Survivor 50 finale with a full Stance review covering the cast, twists, challenges, rewards, final three, jury reactions, and the overall legacy of the season. Before diving into the review, they recap their night at Pizza Lobo , where DJ Jerri Manthey joined a Survivor ev...

This episode is a full snack plate. The Daddies serve up a special Girl Dinner threeway with mini reviews of three food-and-drink board games: Charcuterie , Fromage , and Viticulture . Andrew brings the appetizer with Charcuterie, Jacob cuts into the cheese course with Fromage, and Jason pours the wine with Viticulture. Before the reviews, the Daddies celebrate Mother’s Day by talking about games...

This week, the Daddies enter the coop for our review of Flock Together — the cooperative boss battler where brave little chickens team up, level up, and fight off predators before the final season ends. Andrew, Jason, and Jacob talk through what makes co-op games so fun, what makes them occasionally feel like a group project with dice, and whether Flock Together delivers enough strategy, charm, te...

The Daddies lace up their imaginary hiking boots and head into the wilderness for a review of PARKS , the stunning board game inspired by America’s national parks. Joined by special guest Kate, a former park ranger, Andrew, Jason, and Jacob dig into the beauty, history, and gameplay behind one of the most beloved modern board games. Along the way, they talk real national park facts, Earth Day, the...

This episode is rated (4)X . The Daddies blast off into the world of empire-building, galactic conquest, and one extremely complicated board game with a review of Voidfall — the heavy sci-fi 4X game that took more than nine hours to learn and play. Along the way, the conversation drifts through spring pop culture, Jason’s Quickie turns into an April Fool’s joke on Andrew that nearly backfires, and...

This week, the Gaymer Daddies are going small — and proving that a tiny box can still know how to work a table. Andrew, Jason, and Jacob dive into the world of small box games, from quick card games and portable party titles to compact games with surprising depth. Along the way, the Daddies share their personal top fives, talk about why small games have become such a huge part of modern tabletop,...

The Daddies are back from Tribal with a full reality-TV debrief. From the spectacle of Beast Games to the chaos of The Traitors , the shake-up in Australian Survivor , and of course the premiere week of Survivor 50 , it’s been a wild few days in competitive television — and we have thoughts. After watching the first episodes, Andrew, Jason, and Jacob break down what’s working, what feels dangerous...

Clue isn’t just a board game — it’s a 150-million-copy cultural phenomenon born in wartime Britain, turned cult-classic film, and endlessly reinvented through pop culture crossovers. This month, the Gaymer Daddies welcome special guest Aaron (also known to some as Sofonda Booz) for a full investigation into the history of Clue — from Anthony Ernest Pratt’s 1940s parlor-game inspiration to the 1985...

The Daddies are back with a special bonus episode, and this time it’s all Survivor . From early-season nostalgia to why the show became a full-blown cultural phenomenon, Andrew, Jacob, and Jason break down what makes Survivor the blueprint for competitive reality TV—and why Season 50 feels like a true celebration. Jason delivers a Survivor-themed Quickie, the tribe swaps first memories and favorit...

This episode, the Gaymer Daddies crash-land into Vantage , an open-world exploration game where perspective is everything, no one shares a map, and communication is the difference between survival and being eaten by a kraken. Before exploring the planet, the Daddies zoom out to talk about the Queer Gaze —how perspective, subtext, and lived experience shape the way we read stories that aren’t “mean...

The Daddies are setting sail on a luxury space cruise and diving deep into worker placement games — the board game mechanism all about timing, commitment, and blocking someone else from the exact spot they needed (no cutting the buffet line). Andrew kicks things off by asking what everyone’s looking forward to in 2026, from travel and milestones to games and TV, before Jason slips below deck for a...

Gaymer Daddies kicks off 2026 with sniffles, shade, and history—because nothing says “fresh start” like a deeply researched queer board game and a little post-holiday reckoning. The Gamer Nancies are in full force as the Daddies dive into Molly House , a cooperative historical game set in 1720s London where joy, danger, and community exist in a delicate balance. Along the way, Jason’s Quickie beco...

It’s the end of the year, and the Daddies are checking their lists twice. In this second Gaymer Daddies bonus episode, Andrew, Jason, and Jacob throw out the usual format — no reviews, no Quickie with Jason — and dive headfirst into everything that made 2025 brighter, gayer, and nerdier. From games and pop culture obsessions to guilty pleasures and comfort fandoms, each Daddy shares what got them...

🎙️ Gaymer Daddies — Episode 7 Three Raccoons in a Trenchcoat: Trash, Trauma & Tabletop Therapy In this episode, the Gaymer Daddies unzip a very suspicious trench coat and take a closer look at Three Raccoons in a Trenchcoat — a rules-light tabletop role-playing game that blends humor, teamwork, and surprising emotional depth. Joined by their first-ever guest Charlie , the Daddies talk through...

Three Raccoons in a Trenchcoat (with Jamie & Charlie) What happens when four questionable animals escape a science lab, steal a rickshaw, and somehow end up competing on RuPaul’s Drag Race: All Stars ? This episode, the Gaymer Daddies dive headfirst into their first-ever live play TTRPG with Three Raccoons in a Trenchcoat — a rules-light tabletop role-playing game built on teamwork, creativity...

Welcome back to Gaymer Daddies , where the competition’s cosmic, the laughter’s stellar, and someone’s always drifting off-course. In Episode 5, the Daddies blast off into SETI: The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence — a deep-space Eurogame where logic meets laughter and Andrew’s tongue gets tied… twice. Between Jason quizzing the Daddies on the mysterious importance of “6–7,” Jacob’s questi...

The Daddies are back from Philadelphia—sleep-deprived, over-caffeinated, and somehow still arguing about bathroom schedules. In this special convention episode, Andrew, Jason, and Jacob unpack their weekend at PAX Unplugged 2025 : the games they played, the queer-friendly spaces they loved, and why board-game conventions mean so much to this community. Expect history, hilarity, and heart as the Da...

Welcome back to Gaymer Daddies , where the competition’s fierce, the laughter’s loud, and someone always gets burned — sometimes by lava, sometimes by shade. In Episode 3, the Daddies revisit a childhood classic turned comeback hit: Fireball Island from Restoration Games! We talk nostalgia, marbles of chaos, and what happens when a “simple roll-and-run” turns into a fight for survival. Expect laug...

The Daddies return—and this time, it’s getting steamy! In Episode 2, we unpack what makes someone a Daddy (and discover Jacob may, in fact, be a Grand-Daddy ). Then, we dive into Gay Sauna , a cheeky board game of seduction, sabotage, and strategy that’s as wild as it sounds. Andrew’s still trying to process the trauma of Jacob stealing José before the lights came on—but it’s all part of the fun i...

Meet the Daddies in our debut episode! Find out what Moira Rose, the Epstein List, Amy Jo Johnson, and magnetic tops have to do with gaming (and us). Learn how the Daddies play, what makes a campaign game tick, and why legacy games bring out our chaotic side—then stick around for our first full review: My Father’s Work .