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Head to Head Games

Head to Head Games

Written by: Beth and Jeanne Wake
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 Married hosts Beth and Jeanne play lots of games, often together, but rarely agree about what makes a game fun, enjoyable, or successful. This podcast features their analysis of board games, video games, and tabletop games from the perspectives of a talented hardcore gamer and a game creator with a Master's degree in arts and games. Theme song is "Where Is It" by Jon Worthy Music.© 2024 Science Fiction
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  • 12b. Geist: The Sin-Eaters One-Shot

    12b. Geist: The Sin-Eaters One-Shot
    Jan 27 2026

    Beth GMs an introduction one-shot for Jeanne, intended to be a potential intro session for a larger campaign. Beth uses basic events to introduce the main narrative beats of a game of Geist and provide Jeanne with a quick introduction to the game's magic system. Jeanne adjusts to the rules and makes intriguing roleplaying choices.

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    1 hr and 30 mins
  • 12. Geist: The Sin-Eaters

    12. Geist: The Sin-Eaters
    Jan 27 2026

    Beth presents Geist: The Sin-Eaters, a 2009 game and 2020 remaster of a tabletop game about ghosts by White Wolf Gaming Studio. Beth and Jeanne describe the rules of the game in conversation and then analyze the gameplay of a one-shot of the game. They agree that the game is complicated and that they would like to play a campaign with the system.

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    59 mins
  • 11. Warhammer 40,000: Darktide

    11. Warhammer 40,000: Darktide
    Dec 14 2025

    Jeanne presents Warhammer 40,000: Darktide (2022), a squad combat game by Fatshark Studios based on the properties of Games Workshop, describing its class system and the role of lore in the game. Beth discusses her takes on the game as a newcomer to the series and a veteran of the genre. Together, Beth and Jeanne agree that Darktide is a fundamentally fun game, but find that their reasons for reaching that conclusion differ. (When don't they?-J)
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    1 hr and 10 mins
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