The Grocery Store Game

Games People Play Podcast

Mar 18, 201657:47Games & Hobbies

Desperate times call for bananas. We're joined by tabletop game designer Joshua A.C. Newman to talk about...grocery stores! We cover self-checkout machines, queuing theory, toilet paper preferences, and panic attacks in...

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