I have never seen such a fantastical theme. Cats that desire order over chaos, patterns over randomness, and who can see in reds and pinks.
Today we're reviewing Calico, a powerful tile-laying pattern-matching game in a small box. After that, it's the strength of our favorite and least favorite board game names. Which ones perfectly capture the essence of these games and which junk them up with their garbage words.

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01:05 Tekhenu
04:44 Kingdom Builder
06:38 Coatl
09:44 Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon
19:30 FEATURE REVIEW Calico
38:52 FEATURE DISCUSSION What's in a Name?
39:08 Medium (and a game of Medium)
43:09 Point Salad, Wavelength, Just One
44:14 Bananagrams, Flick 'em Up, Flick 'em Up: Dead of Winter
45:18 Cat Lady
45:45 HATE
46:25 Bus
46:54 Mandala
47:15 Barenpark and Parks
47:36 Orleans, Maracaibo, Great Western Trail
47:53 Space Empires: 4x
48:23 Wingspan, Scythe, Pendulum
49:06 Between Two Cities and Heaven & Ale
49:42 Above & Below
49:57 Bunny Kingdom
50:07 Rococo
50:27 Photosynthesis, Petrichor, Pipeline, and Mariposas
50:57 Junk Art
51:13 A Fake Artist Goes to New York
51:35 Demon Worker
52:30 Dogs of War
52:42 Blood Bowl and Baseball Highlights: 2045
53:13 Castles of Mad King Ludwig
53:49 Space Empires: 4x, Eclipse, and Twilight Imperium
55:16 Paths of Glory
55:24 18xx
56:10 Kingsburg, the King's Guild, Fantasy Realms, and the King's Dilemma
56:51 Harvest
57:49 Museum
57:57 Biblios and Ex Libris
58:13 Nova Luna
58:41 Herbaceous
59:08 Maracaibo, Castles of Burgundy, Tekhenu: Obelisk of the Sun, Tawanitsu: The Inca Empire, and Tzolkin: The Mayan Calendar
59:34 Root, Vast, Fort, and Oath
59:42 Azul, Reef, Century: Spice Road, Century: Golem Edition
01:00:28 Brass: Birmingham and Brass: Lancashire
01:00:42 Clank!: A Deck Building Adventure
01:01:07 Caverna: The Cave Farmers
01:01:16 Cerebria: The Inside World
01:01:40 Endeavor: The Age of Sail
01:01:50 The Crew: The Quest for PLanet Nine
01:02:00 Through the Ages: A New Story of Civilization and Through the Ages: A Story of Civilization
01:02:09 Roll through the Ages: The Bronze Age and Roll through the Ages: The Iron Age
01:02:41 Star Wars: Rebellion
01:04:33 A Game of Thrones: The Board Game
01:05:14 This War of Mine: The Board Game
01:05:55 Bang! The Dice Game
01:06:50 7 Wonders Duel and 7 Wonders Duel: Pantheon
01:06:55 Marvel Champions: The Card Game
01:07:17 Keyforge
01:07:22 Keyflower, Keythedral, and Key Market
01:08:02 Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon
01:11:00 Tiny Epic...
01:11:55 Tally Ho!, Ingenious, Fresh Fish
01:12:03 L.L.A.M.A., That's Pretty Clever, 6nimmt
01:12:20 The Rise of Queensdale
01:12:46 Carpe Diem
01:13:14 My City
01:13:42 Between Two Castles of Mad King Ludwig
01:14:23 Trismegistus: The Ultimate Formula
01:15:19 Oh My Goods!