Today we start on what first seems to be the most obvious of topics and learn there are some less obvious but powerful aspects to it. A variety of games can offer us a broad and deep exercise in vocabulary. We frequently notice the impact games have had on some of the most brilliant kids we know. References in this show include interviews with Martin Wallace and P.R. Chase.

We first take a look at a party game that has been a staple of ours for years. It is always easy to pull in players with Apples to Apples. You can find it virtually anywhere. Everyone gets a handful of words they must match up to the judge's drawn adjective. Who has the noun that is the silliest, the most dangerous, or the most exciting?

We then tackle the markets of La Strada. This short game will keep up to four players entertained while they build roads and horde as many markets as they can and share as many markets they can't keep to themselves.

One of our new favorites is Horus. The land around the Nile slowly gets built as everyone adds tiles to the play space and exerts their influence to the various regions of Egypt. This is another easy to learn game that doesn't take very long to play.