Ambie, Cassadi, and Crystal go off-format in this special episode and discuss their favorite games of 2016, as well as what they're looking forward to in 2017.

Ambie, Cassadi, and Crystal discuss some games they've played recently, including Dark Moon, Puerto Rico, and Quantum. We then discuss this year's Spiel des Jahres winners, as well as past Spiel winners that we like. In this week's "Board Game Etymology" segment, Crystal discusses the origins of the word "win."