We are Ken Jennings and John Roderick. We speak to you from our present, which we can only assume is your distant past, the turbulent time that was the early 21st century.

Fearing the great cataclysm that will surely befall our civilization, we began this

monumental reference of strange and obscure human knowledge.

These recordings represent our attempt to compile and preserve wonders and esoterica that would otherwise be lost.

So whether you're listening from an advanced civilization or have just reinvented the technology to decrypt our transmissions,

this is our legacy to you.

This is our time capsule.

This is the omnibus. Oh, You have accessed entry 090.EX 2816 certificate number 3111

backgammon. Certificate number 311179.

Backgammon. Now you like

like games. I sure do because you are uh...

you're a crafty thinker you like puzzles you like we just we just in our last episode talked about a

a little puzzle trip we went on together that's right I I don't like the competitive angle of games. Oh really? I mean on a

game show I'm going to play to win. I'm a game day player, John. I know you are and

one would say that you were one of the most competitive

gamesman in recent memory.

But around the dining room table I think it's a bad look.

I remember I got into a fight with my brother over a clue game as a kid and I was not wrong.

He had actually said he didn't have the wrench when he did in fact have the wrench.

Was he cheating, lying, or was he just not paying attention?

I think he's just not paying attention, because you don't care.

But that really stuck with me.

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