From the Secret Caball Studios, it's the Secret Caball Express.

Today, Chris and Jamie present 10 games that nail their theme.

And now, please welcome the Secret Cabal Founders.

Hey now, everybody, and welcome to another episode of The Secret Cabal Express.

Today, I have The Man Who Loves Everything.

That's true. The man who has everything. That's true.

The man who has 552 favorites in this whole wide world, Mr. Chris Miller, founder of the

secret cabal.

Welcome, Chris.

Hey, guys.

Finally get my butt on one of these Express episodes.

That's right.

It's a bit a while.

Well, let me tell you what. Today's

topic, I think, is fantastic for both of us, because you and I absolutely love theme. We drool over

theme. We froth at the mouth based on theme in board games. Oh, I do. Definitely. Theme and components

are my two big things. They make or break a game

for me. There's plenty of, uh, there's plenty of things that I love about board games, but really,

when it comes down to it, when the theme is bad, the game's got an uphill battle at that point.

Yeah, and I'll tell you, the one thing that really just makes a game bomb is an attempt to put a great theme on a game and failing miserably.

It just doesn't work.

The theme doesn't fit.

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