The Incomparable Game Show

It’s the 60th Anniversary of Doctor Who! And what better way to celebrate the history of a TV show that has often been a little loose on the rules with a special edition of Random Pursuit with three versions of a game that are a little loose on their quality of questions: Doctor Who Trivial Pursuit! Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky with Annette Wierstra, Antony Johnston, Heather Berberet and Jas...

It’s the return of Careers! That popular board game from the 1950s where players try to fulfill their dreams by either becoming uranium prospectors, sitting on the beach in Florida, winning an Oscar…or all three! Erika Ensign with Deborah Stanish, Kelly Guimont and Moisés Chiullán.

This edition of Low Definition is the spoooookiest yet! Crammed full of scary monsters and super creeps, the 26th edition of America’s favorite game show will get you prepared for Halloween in the best way possible: getting definitions wrong! Steve Lutz with Chip Sudderth, Kelly Guimont, Tiff Arment, Monty Ashley and Shelly Brisbin.

It’s time for another special Random Pursuit/Uncanny Magazine tie-in episode! Join us as several Uncanny Magazine Kickstarter supporters compete for random trivia bragging rights in this, the 29th edition of Random Pursuit! Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky with Lynne M. Thomas, Fred Paffhausen, Arnette Schultz, Seb Pollard, Daniel Ryan and David Hovis.

It’s the return of Friendly Competition, America’s favorite Game Show! In this edition, Silent Carl gains a voice in the form of Chat GPT. Will the other contestants be friendly towards Carl GPT? Competitive with Carl? Neither? Both? Listen and find out! Lex Friedman and Brian Warren with Brian Hamilton, Shelly Brisbin, Kathy Campbell and Chip Sudderth.

The yearly custom of Mind Meld has now become an annual tradition, with this, the sixth, melding of minds so far. Note: you may become hungry while listening! There are more rounds about food than a Weird Al Yankovic album. Tony Sindelar and Kathy Campbell with Monty Ashley, Erika Ensign, Steve Lutz, Brian Warren and Jean MacDonald.

It’s the return of the vintage board game version of Family Feud from 1978! And since the internet didn’t exist in 1978, we flew in all the contestants to an undisclosed location to play in person! Just like in the 1970s! Monty Ashley with Jason Snell, Lauren Snell, Shelly Brisbin, Erika Ensign, Steven Schapansky and Dan Moren.

Recorded live at an undisclosed location, it’s the 28th proper edition of Random Pursuit! Listen as contestants get questions wrong, get others right, and hear Erika complain about selection editions of Trivial Pursuit…in person! Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky with Monty Ashley, Lauren Snell, Dan Moren, Jason Snell and Shelly Brisbin.

Welcome back to “Inconceivable!”, the show that tests two teams’ knowledge of the nerdy, the useless, and the obscure. We recorded live in a spooky basement, as our panelists try to figure out siege engines and peppers, identify villains who have made their ways to other movies, and try to suss out what this podcast could have been called. Dan Moren and Jason Snell with Kelly Guimont, Mikah Sargen...

Mind Meld returns for its record-breaking fifth installment! All the players in this edition have featured in past episodes, so they’re already in sync in some ways. But will their answers be? You decide! (You don’t decide. The scorekeeper does.) Tony Sindelar and Kathy Campbell with Jean MacDonald, Brian Hamilton, Jason Snell, Shelly Brisbin and Chip Sudderth.

Jock, start the engine, because it’s time for the 25th edition of Low Definition! There are no short rounds here, just many long definitions that confound our contestants as they try and grasp the Holy Grail that is the championship title. Why hide in a fridge when you can listen along? Set the dial to destiny! Steve Lutz with Jason Snell, Brian Hamilton, Adal Rifai, Chip Sudderth, Kathy Campbell...

Antony asks non-Brits questions from an original British edition of Trivial Pursuit, and even offers to spell things if they think it’ll help. (It doesn’t.) Featuring our first non-American player! Antony Johnston with Saskia Koehler, Shelly Brisbin, Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky.

New contestants! A slightly new format! New banter! But the same delightful fun in the fourth edition of America’s favorite game show, Mind Meld. Tony Sindelar and Kathy Campbell with Guy English, Monty Ashley, Shelly Brisbin, Dan Moren and Brian Warren.

Are you a fan of Random Pursuit AND Total Party Kill? Well, get ready for the mashup of all mashups as we play Total Pursuit Kill, where DMs and GMs from TPK face off to play Dungeons and Dragons Trivial Pursuit! Roll for initiative! And to, you know, pick your questions. Steven Schapansky with Erika Ensign, Monty Ashley, Scott McNulty, Dan Moren and Tony Sindelar.

Four contestants are each on a mission To gain points in each round by addition Whoever gets most And doesn’t annoy the host Wins this round of Friendly Competition! Lex Friedman and Dan Moren with Cicero Holmes, Jason Snell, Shelly Brisbin and Tony Sindelar.

Random Pursuit joins the 27 Club! (Don’t worry, more episodes will be coming later). Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky with Kyle Anderson, Antony Johnston, Jay Miller and Kathy Campbell.

It’s the third edition of Mind Meld, America’s new favorite Game Show! See how in tune our contestants are this week as they attempt to go home with some fabulous prizes*! (*No prizes will be awarded) Tony Sindelar and Kathy Campbell with Annette Wierstra, Dan Moren, Jean MacDonald, Monty Ashley and Lex Friedman.

It’s time for another edition of the edutaining Random Pursuit! Knowledge of island penal colonies is not required, but it is a bonus. Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky with Annette Wierstra, Deborah Stanish, Kat Griffiths, Monty Ashley and Glenn Fleishman.

The Game Show celebrates its 200th episode with a grab bag The Incomparable’s favorite shows, including Random Pursuit, Low Definition, Inconceivable, and more! Kathy Campbell and Annette Wierstra with Shelly Brisbin, Antony Johnston, Moisés Chiullán and Jean MacDonald.

Welcome to the latest episode of Low Definition! In this episode, our contestants will once again be put to the test as they attempt to come up with the least accurate definitions for a whole new set of obscure words. With hilarious results guaranteed, our contestants will battle it out in a series of rounds, hoping to avoid elimination and ultimately emerge victorious as the reigning champion of...

A new game on The Incomparable! It’s Careers, the 1950s version of the board game where contestants try to achieve their desired combination of fame, wealth, and happiness. Who will be the first human on the moon? Who will mine uranium in Peru? Does everyone want to be a farmer? Erika Ensign with Annette Wierstra, Kirsten Goruk and Nick Scott.

Welcome back to “Inconceivable!”, the show that tests two teams’ knowledge of the nerdy, the useless, and the obscure. We return after a long hiatus to ask our panelists to identify characters by their extremely long sobriquets, sniff out what doesn’t fit in a list, and decipher some mashed-up movie musicals. Glenn Fleishman, Shelly Brisbin, and Steve Lutz take on Kathy Campbell, Monty Ashley, and...

It’s the 25th edition of Random Pursuit! Only one player can win, but the silver lining is everyone learns something, even if that something is what they don’t know about Trivial Pursuit! Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky with Lizbeth Myles, Shelly Brisbin, Cicero Holmes and Steve Lutz.

There’s no game like Turns Out for the holidays, and no matter how wild these stories are, at least one of them is true. On this special holiday bonus episode, we’re talking about holiday specials, from Peanuts to Rankin-Bass and beyond. We also introduce the glacial lightning round, there are holiday songs but no caroling, and a wee bit of the blarney even though it’s not St. Patrick’s Day. David...

‘Twas the week before Christmas, And all through the Incomparable, Not a creature was stirring, Not even a…wait, what rhymes with Incomparable? Never mind, here is a delightful Christmas-themed trivia game. Happy Holidays, everyone! Kathy Campbell with Erika Ensign, Lex Friedman, Annette Wierstra, Brian Hamilton and Shelly Brisbin.