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DNR STUDIOS hosts E Bradshaw, Jaimie Kelton, Romaine Patterson, Adam Sank, Joselyn Contin, & Jonathan Valdez join host Dennis Hensley to play a special Pride Edition of You Don't Know My Life! Listen and laugh as the hosts serve up surprising and occasionally scandalous answers to the following two questions: YOU’RE WRITING AN ARTICLE BASED ON YOUR OWN EXPERIENCE CALLED “A PRIDE TO REMEMBER.” WHAT HAPPENS IN IT? and WHAT’S A PROVOCATIVE INSCRIPTION OR IMAGE YOU’VE WORN ON A T-SHIRT. The answers involve lesbian love, a stranger named Elvis, a Gaga-Grande downpour and lying down with dogs. To book a YKDML Virtual Game for your crew, visit www.YouDontKnowMyLife.com or buy the boxed game on Amazon

Dennis gathers four fun-loving authors together on Zoom for a few rousing rounds of You Don't Know My Life! the party game Dennis co-created with Jeb Havens, which is available for purchase on Amazon. The authors are John W. Bateman (Who Killed Buster Sparkle?), Gary Goldstein (The Last Birthday Party), David Pevsner (Damn Shame) & Steven Reigns (A Quilt for David). The YDKML questions played include What book changed your life? What's a moment from the pandemic that you're sure to remember in 20 years? and What celebrity that isn't thought of as conventionally hot totally turns you on?  The answers involve bursting into tears, laughing out loud at David Sedaris in public and the debatable sex appeal of Ray Romano. Play along as you listen and to book your own Virtual Game Night hosted by Dennis visit www.youdontknowmylife.com 

Dylan and Bill respond to a request from a listener to spotlight one of their favorite game designers—Wolfgang Warsch.

Question comes from listener calvinrtvp

Bill and Dylan talk about the games that came out in 2021 that they're still hoping to get to the table.

The innkeepers discuss Orléans, the bag-building game from Tasty Minstrel.

"Should auld acquaintance be forgot and never brought to mind?" What about old games? Should they be forgotten, or do they have a place in the modern gaming hobby? Bill and Dylan discuss.

Dylan and Bill discuss their favorite games (or expansions) that came out in 2021.

A question mark, four exclamation points, and a ton of tiny plastic cubes. Think of it as a form of charades for people who don't enjoy performing in front of people. In this episode, Dylan and Bill discuss Concept.

What are some good party games? What is it about party games that people seem to love so much? Bill and Dylan discuss.

Trivial Pursuit blew up in the '80s, but it's gotten rather dated. What are some other, more modern games you might try that could scratch the same itch?

In preparation for the upcoming holiday season, Bill and Dylan discuss some of their favorite games to play with their families.

Dylan and Bill offer their opinions of The Crew: The Search for Planet 9, a cooperative trick-taking game!

Hearts. Spades. Bridge. Rook. Trick-taking games are a long-standing staple in the world of card games. So what's the appeal? Why do people enjoy them so much? How do they work? And what new innovations have been made on this genre in recent years?

Ah, Chess. This one's been around a long time. But what if you're looking for something similar, but with a different spin on it? In this episode, Dylan and Bill discuss some of the many variants that Chess has inspired, as well as a few games that are completely different but might scratch the same itch.

So you've got yourself a nice collection of games—but where do you keep them?

How important is the theme of a game? What effect does it have on how much you enjoy playing? Is it absolutely necessary? Is it purely cosmetic? Dylan and Bill discuss these questions and more this week.

So we tried something new with this month's Game Spotlight. Alchemists is a game that Dylan loves, but Bill has never played. For this episode, Dylan tries to sell Bill on the concept of the game and make him want to give it a try. Will he succeed?

So if A equals B and B equals C, and the square root of -1 is i, then that means the black dog is the biggest, except for on nights with a full moon, when Mr. Johnson turns into a werewolf, and...

Logic and deduction games typically entail putting together bits of information, then interpreting them to come to a conclusion. Of course, this can play out differently depending on which game you're playing. Make sense?

Better listen to the episode. We explain it better there.

This episode was supposed to be posted on 10/01/21, but it was delayed a week. Because of that, you get two episodes this week! Here's the first one...

Yahtzee is the granddaddy of the roll-and-write (NOT Roland Wright!) genre. So if you loved this iconic game, what are some other—more modern—games that you might want to try? It's time to roll the dice and find out.