Games, Games, Games, Vol. 7

Rule Breaker Investing

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🗓️ 3 December 2025

⏱️ 62 minutes

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It’s that time of year again—our annual tabletop gift guide returns with Games, Games, Games, Vol. 7. From family-friendly favorites to rich, strategic adventures, David shares five “in case you missed it” classics and then moves through a curated list of 12 games, arranged from lightest to heaviest. Expect quick, joyful picks like Wavelength and Dorfromantik, followed by deeper journeys into titles such as Dune Imperium: Uprising and SETI. There’s something here for every level of gamer, gift-giver, and holiday gathering.Whether you’re choosing a reliable crowd-pleaser or hunting for a challenge for your most seasoned gaming friends, this seventh edition of David’s holiday games guide is here to spark joy around the table. Fool on… and Game on! Companies Mentioned: AMZN Sign up for The Motley Fool’s Breakfast News here: www.fool.com/breakfastnews Order David’s Rule Breaker Investing book here: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1804091219/ Host: David GardnerProducer: Bart Shannon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Few people may love games more than I do.
0:02.7	And, hey, some people don't even like games at all.
0:05.4	And if that's you, I suggest you skip this week's podcast.
0:09.7	Come back later this month when we'll be playing, well, a different kind of game that you may like because it involves the stock market.
0:16.8	That is, of course, the market cap game show coming in a few weeks.
0:20.5	That's a game we all can play.
0:22.1	It's coming back for the 2025 closeout.
0:25.1	So anyway, if you don't like games, take this week off.
0:30.2	Hey, wait, you're still listening.
0:33.3	Excellent.
0:34.1	In that case, thank you for suffering a fool gladly as I endeavor this week to share with you my top recommendations from the world of tabletop games, card game and board game recommendations strategically timed as I do every year as early as possible this December.
0:50.2	So you might have time to put one of these under someone else's tree to spice up your families, even your own life.
0:58.3	It's my annual Games, Games, Games, Podcast, Volume 7, only on this week's Rule Breaker Investing.
1:07.7	It's the Rule Breaker Investing podcast with Motley Full co-founder, David Gardner.
1:16.6	And welcome back to this week's Rule Breaker Investing, arguably a misnomer today because, well, there isn't much investing going on.
1:24.9	In this episode, longtime listeners know we spend a third of
1:28.2	our time on investing, a third on business, and a third on life. And since the Motley Fool's
1:34.9	purpose is to make the world smarter, happier and richer, well, you can map those three
1:39.6	aims investing business and life neatly to those three zones.
1:48.8	And that last third, life, that's where we try to spark joy.
1:54.3	Because if you're getting smarter and richer, but not happier, something's off.
1:58.3	One of the best antidotes I know is gathering around a game table.
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