Episode 83: AnnaMaria Jackson Phelps - Why do we play tabletop games? And games we recently played.

The wonderful AnnaMaria Jackson Phelps, the owners of Violet Daisy Games, joins me to discuss why we play games and some of the games we played together over the weekend.

• Introduction / How we met
• Girls Game Shelf
• Pivoting to the publishing side of the industry
• Violet Daisy Games
• What do we get out of gaming? What compels us to play tabletop games?
• PhelpsCon
• Our gaming highlights of the weekend
  • Crokinole
  • Electropolis
    • Surfosaurus Max
    • Sail or Die (that Shark-Butt game)
    • Ghost Lift
  • Brian Boru: High King of Ireland 
  • Duck and Cover
  • Chicken Fried Dice (Prototype)
    • Ashwin Kamath & Urban Professional Games (Rob Newton)
  • Let’s Go to Japan
  • Team Play aka Duos
  • So clover
  • Menagerie: Unlock the Wonders of a miniature world
    • Fertessa Allyse
• Where you can find us
  • Violet Daisy Games
  • AnnaMaria on Instagram
  • Northwest Indian College Games Program
  • Amanda's Links
• Outro

We hope you will come join us for fun games with all the fun people at BGG.CON 2026. https://boardgamegeek.com/bggcon or https://tabletop.events/conventions/bgg.con-2026

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