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Simple, Yet Intriguing Podcast
@syipodcast.bsky.social
A podcast following our journey to play every single board game designed by Reiner Knizia.
Hosted by @lukesinstantgram, @themieux, and @sophie.shin.
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Totally normal humans @themieux, @lukesinstantgram, and @sophie.shin get a bit more terrestrial than usual with their return to reviewing Reiner Knizia titles with SILOS!

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December 19, 2025 at 5:14 AM
TWO GAMES
ONE IS FIVES
ONE IS TWO..ER CHESS

@themieux and @lukesintantgram speedrun to the end of their Taiki Shinzawa sidequest with their thoughts on Tower Chess and Fives!

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December 9, 2025 at 5:52 AM
"Your ladder-climbing/hand-shedding type games have no pathetic cards, Taika. But they do contain...THE UNSTOPPABLE MAN IN BEETLE COSTUME!" 😯🃏✋😈
Join
@themieux
and @lukesinstantgram as they continue their quest to shed their hands of...not reviewing Taika Shinzawa games(?!?!)
November 28, 2025 at 5:49 PM
AH GAWD, A THIRD SPECIES HAS ENTERED THE RING 🗣️🎙️💈🤼‍♂️💈🦇🪑

Join @themieux and @lukesinstantgram on their Taiki Shinzawa miniseries(sidequest?!?!?) as they wrestle with their thoughts on Cowardly Bat and Maskmen!

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November 11, 2025 at 8:41 PM
🦊↔️🗿❓
👇❗️

Join the @themieux and @lukesinstagram in another instalment of Tile-layin’ With The Boys! They're(almost) Rapa'N(ui) up this series with this discussion of Reiner Knizia's Nyakuza(aka Orongo)!

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September 16, 2025 at 3:39 PM
🪙 or 🏰 or 🧑‍🚀?
YOU DECIDE(in the comments)

Join the boys(@themieux and @lukesinstagram) as they do as much tile-layin’ with each other as they can in Cosmolancer aka Kingdoms aka Auf Heller und Pfennig🇩🇪!

Photo provided by BGG user Jake Wylie

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September 13, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Bugs???🦋🦋🦋Or gems?!?💎💎💎 YOU decide!(in the comments)

Build a path towards the podcast gate co-parented by @themieux and @lukesinstagram to hear their thoughts on Indigo(aka Butterfly Garden) in the third instalment of the Tile-Layin’ With The Boys series!

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September 3, 2025 at 4:36 AM
💁I made you this glass!🏺

Join @themieux and @lukesinstagram as they search for any sign of actual mille fiori in Reiner Knizia’s Mille Fiori!

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August 28, 2025 at 4:08 PM
🦕WE'RE BACK BABY!!!! 🦖

Join @themieux, @lukesinstagram, and special guest @matthewericwinquist as Simple, Yet Intriguing is born again to the podcast scene with Reiner Knizia's REBIRTH!

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July 9, 2025 at 3:02 AM
LET ME SEE YOUR BOSS FACE 👓

In the final instalment of Dice Guys Finish Last: Cubes So Nice We Named Them Dice, @themieux, @lukesinstantgram and @sophie.shin discuss Gang of Dice, and tell us their final rankings for this series!

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May 7, 2025 at 4:11 AM
💯4⃣0⃣0⃣1⃣5⃣0⃣0⃣🏃🦘🌉🦘🌇🦘💈🦘🥏✏️🎱

This week, @themieux, @lukesinstantgram and @sophie.shin play Reiner Knizia's Decathlon!

Which of them will succeed, and which will finish last, much like the Dice Guys(Cubes so Nice We Named Them Dice)?

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April 30, 2025 at 7:24 PM
ROLL FOR INTELLIGENCE🧙‍♂️🎲

This week on Die Würfler kommen zuletzt: Würfel, die so schön sind, dass wir sie Würfel nennen, @lukesinstantgram and @themieux are joined by me(@matthewericwinquist) as they examine Einfach Genial: Das Wurfelspiel

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April 22, 2025 at 6:06 AM
What's life without a little D.R.A.M.A.(Dice Rolled Among Multiple Amigas)?🦙💅

Dice Guys Finish Last: Cubes So Nice We Named Them Dice continues this week with @themieux, @lukesinstantgram and @sophie.shin taking on Don't L.L.A.M.A. Dice!

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April 16, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Thix podcaxt epixode ix rated XXX 🥵🥵🥵

This week on Dice Guys Finish Last: Cubes So Nice We Named Them Dice, @themieux, @lukesinstantgram and @sophie.shin tackle Excape!

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April 14, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Reiner is back!!!🥳Throw some worms on the barbie!🔥🐛🔥

@themieux, @lukesinstantgram and @sophie.shin jump back on the main story-Rein, diving into the dice game series they're calling Dice Guys Finish Last: Cubes So Nice We Named Them Dice.

First up: Pickomino!
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April 2, 2025 at 7:34 PM
🎲Do dice guys really finish last?🎲

For the next 1.5 months, tune in to hear SYI tackle six Reiner Knizia dice games!
April 1, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Sidequest complete! @themieux, @lukesinstantgram and @sophie.shin agree:
📈: 🕊️💐
📉:🧚‍♂️
March 28, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Maximum Overdrive? NO! MINIMUM UNDERGROVE🤏🍄

Join @themieux, @lukesinstagram, and @sophie.shin as they complete their Elizabeth Hargrave sidequest with their review of Undergrove. Maybe they'll get to meet a new NPC as their reward!😏

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March 26, 2025 at 3:34 AM
👩‍⚕️👩‍🔬🦊🦊👉🧬🦊🦊

Join @themieux, @lukesinstagram, and @sophie.shin as they breed new best friends while they navigate the penultimate obstacle of their Elizabeth Hargrave sidequest: The Fox Experiment!

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March 9, 2025 at 5:13 PM
These games: “So small! Fit in wallet! Wow!”
Other games: “Oi…soot. 🔥😶‍🌫️🚬🎩

Join @themieux, @lukesinstagram, and @sophie.shin on their side quest as they encounter a two-headed beast: Elizabeth Hargrave’s Tussie Mussie and Picky Pixie!

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February 28, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Join @themieux, @lukesintagram, and @sophie.shin as they migrate flappy bugs in Elizabeth Hargrave’s Mariposas! Will they return as a newer generation of themselves after they inevitably die on this side quest?
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February 18, 2025 at 5:46 PM
FREE BIRDS GETCHA BIRDS

Now that I have your attention, on this leg of SYI’s Elizabeth Hargrave side quest, @themieux, @lukesinstantgram, @sophie
.shin, and guest bird skeptic @maggieshanahanahan flock together to discuss Wingspan!

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February 15, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Podcasters! Another designer needs your help!

🚨SIDE QUEST ALERT🚨

Starting tomorrow, SYI will be taking a break from the g-Rein-d, and spending the next few weeks examining the work of another one of their favorite designers: Elizabeth Hargrave!

Stay tuned for some sweet, fresh ouevre👩‍🎨🥚
February 9, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Here are the top card game picks for @themieux, @lukesinstantgram and @sophie.shin from the latest episode

It's good to know that they can all agree on something!🦙🦙🦙🦙🦙🦙🦙🦙🦙🦙🦙🦙🦙🦙🦙🦙🦙🦙🦙🦙🦙🦙🦙🦙🦙🦙🦙🦙🦙🦙🦙🦙🦙🦙🦙🦙🦙🦙🦙🦙🦙🦙🦙🦙🦙🦙🦙🦙🦙🦙🦙🦙🦙🦙🦙🦙
February 7, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Aw, rats! Someone poisoned my donuts! Unlucky!!!!

Join @themieux, @lukesinstantgram and @sophie.shin as they review the final game in the first(of MANY) Reiner Knizia card game line-ups

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February 6, 2025 at 9:30 PM