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From video: Episode 90: Roberta Taylor - Canadian Board Game Scene - Top 5 games we don’t get played nearly e...
Published: March 13, 2026
Video Description
Roberta Taylor joins me to talk about her games and the Canadian board game scene. We discuss games we wish we could get to the table more often. And we are looking forward to more warmth to our days and meeting up with friends to game.
00:00:00 Intro
00:00:15 Getting to know Roberta Taylor
00:05:25 Exploring the Canadian Board Game Scene
• Eric M. Lang (https://www.ericmlang.com/)
• Sen-Foong Lim (https://linktr.ee/senfoonglim)
• Daryl Andrews (http://www.darylmandrews.com/)
• Christopher Chung
• Luke Parnell - Kerf Cut Games (https://bsky.app/profile/kerfcutgames.bsky.social)
• Bryan Bell
• (Please note that not all of the designers were mentioned but added them so people can look them up)
00:06:03 Canadian Publishers
• KTBG (https://www.kidstablebg.com/) / Burnt Island Games (https://www.burntislandgames.com/)
• Hot Banana Games (https://hotbananagame.com/en-us)
• First Fish Games (https://www.firstfishgames.com/)
• Off the Page Games (https://offthepagegames.com/)
• Roxley (https://roxley.com/)
• Inside up Games (https://insideupgames.com/)
• Scorpion Masqué (https://www.scorpionmasque.com/en/our-games)
00:09:23 Canadian Conventions
• Terminal City Tabletop Con (https://terminalcitycon.ca/)
• Breakout Con (https://breakoutcon.com/)
• Toon con (https://toon-con.com/)
• FallCon (https://www.fallcon.com/)
• GOBfest (https://www.gobfest.ca/)
00:16:14 Female presenting Canadian Designers
• Erica Bouyouris
Helaina Cappel
• Marie Wong and Pauline Kong
• Stephanie Kwok
• Alara Cameron
• Shannon McDowell (https://www.shannonmcdowell.ca/)
00:19:16 Canadian Content Creators
• Mandi Hutchinson - Salt and Sass Games (https://www.youtube.com/c/saltandsassgames) Podcast
• Foster the Meeple (https://fosterthemeeple.ca/)
• Watch it played (https://www.youtube.com/@WatchItPlayed)
• Kovray (https://www.kovray.com/)
00:29:10 5 games we don't get played nearly enough
00:29:58 Wicked and Wise
00:31:38 SETI: Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
00:34:04 Tash-Kalar: Arena of Legends
00:36:48 Endeavor Deep Sea
00:40:33 Targi
00:42:46 The Lord of the Rings: Fate of the Fellowship
00:45:29 Smug Owls
00:47:42 Nostalgic Comfort Games - Takenoko and Lords of Waterdeep
00:51:06 Paperback
00:53:53 Creature Comforts and Cascadia
00:59:06 Moment of Positivity
01:04:09 Where can you find Roberta?
01:08:26 Outro
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