THE OMNIGAMERS’ CLUB

Daniel Wynter and Mark Yuasa

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A balanced diet of games.

The gist

The Omnigamers’ Club treats games as a shared habit rather than a single platform lane. Episodes move from casual life updates into news, recent plays, and focused discussion of titles ranging from Pokemon and Castlevania to board-game prototypes and local playtesting scenes.

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About THE OMNIGAMERS’ CLUB

The Omnigamers’ Club is a cross-format games conversation with an unusually broad definition of the hobby. Video games sit beside board games, role-playing games, prototypes, conventions, claw machines, pinball, and even the small rituals around finding time to play. The mood is conversational and measured. Mark Yuasa and Daniel Winter usually open with ordinary life before easing into games, which gives the show a lived-in rhythm rather than a headline-chasing one. Episodes often use a three-course format. The appetizer catches news, announcements, industry shifts, or game ephemera. The main course gives more attention to selected titles. The dessert leaves space for non-gaming interests and stray observations. Recent episodes have covered Pokopia, Baten Kaitos 1&2 Remastered, The Knight Witch, Cozy Stickerville, Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, Urban Myth Dissolution Center, Animal Rescue Team, Mio: Memories in Orbit, Ball X Pit, The Legend of Zelda, Link’s Awakening, Echoes of Wisdom, Steins;Gate, Get Lamp, and Brian Boru. The range is the point. A Pokemon announcement can lead into platform questions, a claw machine birthday party can become a discussion of gambling mechanics, and a board game cafe visit can fold into local Vancouver nostalgia. The show is also attentive to the less cheerful side of the industry. Studio closures, Xbox leadership changes, AI comments around board games, and the exhaustion of bad news all enter the conversation without turning the whole thing grim. Guest episodes widen the lens. A conversation with Noe Escobar and Mark Ellis from Vancouver Playtest focuses on prototype feedback, supportive criticism, local playtesting, Terminal City tabletop convention, Protocon, and the way designers improve through different perspectives. The show’s best quality is its practical curiosity. It is not trying to sell every release as an event. It is more interested in what works, what frustrates, what fits into family life, and why people keep moving between screens, tables, and shared spaces.

Made for: Best for players who move between video games, board games, RPGs, conventions, and local gaming scenes. It suits listeners who like informed, casual discussion more than rapid-fire reviews.

What sets it apart: The show’s tabletop-and-digital range feels natural rather than segmented. Its three-course rhythm gives news, focused game talk, and personal digressions enough room to breathe.

In their own words

The Omnigamers’ Club is a book club style podcast for those whose love of games eclipses the divide between analog and digital. Alternating between board games, video games and everything in between, each episode will take a deep dive into one specific game, our thoughts and the conversation around it.

As heard by us

Based on 5 episodes we listened to · August 2026

THE OMNIGAMERS' CLUB gives Leisure listeners careful cross-format game talk about rules, memory, and play habits.

THE OMNIGAMERS' CLUB belongs in Leisure because it treats games as things people learn, revisit, compare, and fit into ordinary life. Recent sampled episodes range across Pokemon Trading Card Game rules and deck momentum, Pokopia's building loop, Baten Kaitos 1&2 Remastered,…

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Three courses of gaming chat turn your backlog into a balanced diet, from Pokemon decks to Castlevania.

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a rules-and-strategy conversation before deciding whether Pokemon energy belongs on Pikachu or the bench
board games and video games judged together, without worshipping whatever just launched

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143 - Vancouver Playtest with Noe Escobar and Mark EllisApr 15, 2026

A grounded playtest conversation about how games get better when more eyes are on them.

Episode 143 follows a conversation about game design and playtesting, with Mark Ellis and Noe Escobar joining the hosts from Vancouver Playtest.

142 - Pokopia, Baten Kaitos 1&2 RemasteredApr 8, 2026

A relaxed game chat that turns work, family, and play-time limits into useful player insight.

The OmniGamers Club opens on work, kids, and the squeeze on game time, then keeps that practical, self-aware tone through the Pokopia discussion.

133 - Metroid, Castlevania, Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver RemasteredJan 21, 2026

A conversational look at retro game design that makes a strong case for why Metroid, Castlevania, and their shared logic still matter.

It starts with familiar games-industry housekeeping: layoffs, a new site launch, and the sense that coverage is still shifting underfoot. From there, the discussion settles into a steady look at retro design, especially the way Metroid and Castlevania build genre logic around…

132 - Pokemon Trading Card GameJan 14, 2026

A calm, practical tour of why Pokemon TCG demands real planning.

A post-holiday catch-up frames The Omnigamers' Club's look at Pokemon Trading Card Game, and the appeal is how steadily it lays out the rules. The hosts move through the game's basics with care, then widen the comparison to other card games without losing the thread.

131 - 2025 RetrospectiveJan 7, 2026

A relaxed retrospective that values what stuck, not just what launched.

A year-end retrospective gives the episode its shape, as Daniel, Mark, and Dennis Ryan compare 2025 notes, backlog catches, and the games that kept pulling them back in.

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Episodes

157 - Dnup, Deep Regrets, Onimusha Warlords

156 - Resident Evil w/ Phil Gross

155 - Flamecraft Duals, Final Fantasy VII Remake, The Wide Open Sky is Running out of Catfish

154 - Tales from the Shire, Loco Motive, Sheriff of Nottingham

153 - Rebirth, Earthbound

152 - Nature, Pralaya

151 - Popucom, Star Ocean First Departure R, Toy Battle

150 - 2026 Midyear retrospective

149 - The Wildsea, Front Mission, Island Off Outer Darkness

148 - Crow Country, Tether, Particulitix

147 - Tales of Grace f Remastered, Dispatch

146 - Dread Delusion, Outward, Far: Lone Sails, Tomodachi Life

145 - Metroid Prime Remastered, Minishoot Adventures

144 - CBR + PNK: Augmented

143 - Vancouver Playtest with Noe Escobar and Mark Ellis

142 - Pokopia, Baten Kaitos 1&2 Remastered

141 - The Knight Witch, Cozy Stickerville

140 - Castlevania: Symphony of the Night

139 - Urban Myth Dissolution Center, Animal Rescue Team

138 - Mio: Memories in Orbit, Ball X Pit

137 - The Legend of Zelda, Link’s Awakening, Echoes of Wisdom

136 - Get Lamp, Steins;Gate, Brian Boru

135 - Big Hops

134 - Fire Emblem, Wyrm

133 - Metroid, Castlevania, Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver Remastered

132 - Pokemon Trading Card Game

131 - 2025 Retrospective

130 - Phantasy Star IV, Silent Hope, Paperback Adventures

129 - Metroid Prime Remastered, Final Fantasy 2

128 - Donkey Kong Country Trilogy, Fantasion Neo Dimension, Ambrosia Sky

127 - Mausritter, Miasma Chronicles

Diggergun, Metroid Zero Mission

The Cabin Factory, Rune Factory - Guardians of Azuma

Hades 2 and Action Rogue-lites with Daniel Newman

Cryptmaster, Steam Demos for Hand of Hexes, Glintland, and Whiskerwood

Phantasy Star 2, Tidal Blades 2

Thanksgiving Trick Taker Feast

Final Fantasy 1 with Alex McKenzie of Meeple and the Moose

Vancouver Game Garden 2025 with Denis Ryan

Etherstone and Barrage with Tim from Board Game Hot Takes

Card Shark, Hollow Knight: Silksong

116 - Nana / Trio , Alien: Isolation

115 - Mass Effect the Board Game: Priority Hagalaz; Harvest; Veggie Match

114 - Returnal, Nimble TTRPG

The Wilmot's Warehouse trilogy and Clank! Digital

Breath of Fire, Switch 2 Impressions, Mario Kart World, Donkey Kong Bananza

Summer Vacation in Australia and Japan

110 - Jurassic Park, Phantasy Star, Xenoblade Chronicles X

109 - Darwin’s Journey, Dungeon Kart and My Shelfie The Dice Game with Amanda Panda (aka Panda8ngel)

108 - A Penny For My Thoughts with Graham Gentz, Koriko: A Magical Year

107 - Gravitrax The Game, Gargoyle’s Quest

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

Blue Prince

Dungeon Crawl Classics, Xia Legends of the Drift System

Episode 103 - Videogames Top 10

Episode 102 - Tabletop Top 10

Episode 101 - Video Games Top 25-11

Episode 100 - Tabletop 25-11

99 - Kena: Bridge of Spirits, Metaphor: Refantazio

98 - TCTC 2025 Recap with Joe aka. PhantomMeeple

97 - The Gang, 13 Sentinels

96 - S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl, Another Code Recollection

Eclipse: Second Dawn for the Galaxy; Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake

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The Playlist - Jan 22, 2025

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The Playlist - December 18th, 2024