Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Episode 96: Arwen Kathke - Vision Accessibility in Board Games - Top 5 Food-Themed Board Games - Hanging out with loved ones and friends






The amazing Arwen Kathke joins me to talk about her Cardboard Time podcast and her passion to increase vision accessibility in board games. We get hungry talk about our top 5 food themed games and going down some rabbit holes. Ending with good memories of hanging out with loved ones and friends.






00:00:00 Intro


00:00:29 Get to know Arwen


00:01:49 How did the Cardboard Time Podcast start?


00:03:01 Why the name Cardboard Time?


00:07:12 Vision Accessibility in Board Games

• Colorblind Games (colorblindgames.com/)

00:18:01 Top 5 Food-Themed Board Games

• Sang Kee Peking Duck House (sangkeechinatown.com/)
• BGG “Theme: Food Cooking” Tag List (boardgamegeek.com/boardgamefamily/5841/theme-food-cooking)

00:24:24 Formage & Formaggio: We Love Cheese


00:32:13 Point Salad: A Game for Everyone

• Point Galaxy

00:35:52 Coffee Roaster: A Solo Experience

• In Front of the Elevators

00:40:13 Three Sisters: Harvest Edition: Expanding the Game


00:47:41 Chicken Fried Dice: Real-Time Roll and Write

• Ashwin and Rob on BGG Podcast Ep. 91 (boardgamegeek.com/blog/12153/blogpost/184703/episode-91-ashwin-kamath-and-rob-newton-the-journe)

00:51:35 Wok and Roll: Nostalgia in a Game


00:55:00 Diced Veggies: A Unique Chopping Mechanism


00:59:14 Sushi Go Party!: A Fun Twist on Drafting Games


Honorable Mentions


01:04:39 Pizza Roles - Yummy Deduction Game


01:07:44 Sweet Lands - The Charm of Heavy Strategy Games


01:13:26 Moments of Positivity

• Big Gay Dinner - Rose Gauntlet Foundation (rosegauntletfoundation.com/)
• BGG Spring 2026 (https://tabletop.events/conventions/bgg.spring-2026)
• Buc-ee’s (buc-ees.com/)
• Sheetz (sheetz.com/)

01:27:45 Where can you find Arwen?

• The Cardboard Time Podcast on Spotify (creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/cardboardtime/)
• Cardboard Time Website (http://www.cardboardtime.com)
• Bluesky: @CardboardTime (https://bsky.app/profile/cardboardtime.bsky.social)
• Instagram: @Cardboard_Time (instagram.com/cardboard_time/)
• Youtube:@CardboardTime (youtube.com/@cardboardtime/featured)
• Conventions: 
• Origins Game Fair (originsgamefair.com/)
• Omaha Gaming Con (omahagamingcon.com/) (added after the recording)
• Pax Unplugged  (unplugged.paxsite.com/)

01:31:51 Outro






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We hope you will come join us for fun games with all the fun people at BGG.CON 2026. boardgamegeek.com/bggcon or https://tabletop.events/conventions/bgg.con-2026


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