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115: Post-Gen Con games! Freelancers, Search for Lost Species, Robot Quest Arena + more Aug 24, 2023

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Hosting this podcast isn't all just fun and games...no, wait, it actually is! Check out this episode for our impressions of a hilarious adventure game where monsters thrive in a human-less world, a deckbuilding game with cute robots smashing each other, the sequel to our favorite logic-deduction game, a roll-and-write version of Tetris, and two party games (one involving literal junk and the other guessing your friends' D&D-style alignments).

Timeline:

1:45 - Freelancers.
12:19 - Trash Talk.
19:49 - The Search for Lost Species.
27:23 - Kiss the Goblin.
31:10 - Robot Quest Arena.
37:28 - Number Drop.

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114: Our top games from Gen Con 2023 (guest: Ruel Gaviola) Aug 10, 2023

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The 2023 edition of Gen Con, North America's largest board game convention, was the biggest yet -- breaking attendance records and our wallets so we could get the hottest games...to tell you about, of course! We asked American Tabletop Awards committee member, content creator, and general awesome gamer Ruel Gaviola to join us to discuss the show and to share our fave board games that we got to check out.

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113: Games! Expeditions, Overboss Duel, Marrakesh, Vaalbara, District Noir, Rauha Jul 27, 2023

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We hosted a huge party recently and got a ton of new board games to the table -- so we wanted to dedicate an episode to six of them!

You've wondered about the hot new sequel to Scythe, Expeditions, and we played it! Plus Marrakesh from Stefan Feld and Queen Games' City Collection, Vaalbara and Rauha from Hachette Games, Overboss Duel from Brotherwise Games, and District Noir from Pandasaurus Games. We've got opinions....

Timeline:

2:15 - Expeditions.
12:29 - Vaalbara.
17:55 - Overboss Duel.
22:32 - District Noir.
29:05 - Marrakesh.
35:41 - Rauha.

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112: A.I., our hobbies x games, the "Crossroads" system (guest: Plaid Hat Games) Jul 13, 2023

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Forget Terminators. The thing about artificial intelligence that you should be worrying about is how it's creeping into the creative aspects of board-game-making.

Plaid Hat Games Marketing Manager Niki Shults and Multimedia Director (and newly minted game designer of Freelancers: A Crossroads Game) Donald Shults join our podcast this week to tell us about how A.I. is being talked about around the office. We also take a closer look at the publisher's "Crossroads" system and chat about about how our non-board-game hobbies affect our board gaming.

Timeline:

5:49 - Christina's game pick: Next Station: London.
8:55 - Niki's game pick: Mountain Goats.
13:37 - Donald's game pick: Skate Summer.
17:42 - Christina's topic: The evolution of Plaid Hat's "Crossroads" system.
35:28 - Niki's topic: The rise of A.I. in the board game space.
47:05 - Donald's topic: Have your hobbies influenced what board games you play?

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111: LGBTQ+ representation, solo games, guilty pleasures (guest: GeekyGaymerGuy) Jun 29, 2023

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Women and people of color are barely getting proper representation in the board game industry. And how about the LGBTQ+ community? Even worse.

Joining us with no shortage of opinions on this matter is Theo, aka GeekyGamerGuy. Theo's a board game content creator on the frontlines, fighting for equality and representation in this hobby he loves so much. Listen to his heartfelt thoughts on this and more.

Timeline:

5:08 - Shoe's game pick: Ito.
9:11 - Christina's game pick: Sea Salt & Paper.
14:45 - Theo's game pick: Resist!
19:55 - Christina's topic: What are your "guilty pleasure" games?*
33:11 - Shoe's topic: LGBTQ+ representation in board gaming.
51:06 - Theo's topic: Great solo games.

*Note: Theo inadvertently called his "guilty-pleasure game" No Dice when he meant Roll Out!

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110: The Gloomhaven universe, state of crowdfunding, "dry" Euros (guest: Isaac Childres) Jun 15, 2023

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Maybe you've heard of that hefty game called Gloomhaven, the #1 game on BoardGameGeek for over 5 years. Or its heftier sequel, Frosthaven, the highest-funded gaming project on Kickstarter ever. We're not sure how their designer, Isaac Childres, had time to chat with Going Analog, but we weren't going to pass up the opportunity. We pick his brain on all the -havens, his upcoming plans for the franchise, modern-day crowdfunding, and his love for "dry Euros."

Timeline:

4:03 - Shoe's game pick: Familiar Tales.
7:22 - Isaac's game pick: Gaia Project.
13:00 - Christina's game pick: nana.
15:12 - Shoe's topic: the growing Gloomhaven/Frosthaven universe.
26:40 - Isaac's topic: the current state of crowdfunding.
35:19 - Christina's topic: how Isaac's love of "dry Euros" plays into his design philosophy.

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109: We went to Japan! (guest: Before You Play) Jun 01, 2023

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We just returned from a whirlwind two-week visit to Japan, and visions of fantastic food and strange (to us) board games still swirl around in our head. What is the board game scene there like? What was it like shopping for games whose titles and descriptions we couldn't read, but whose art was so, so pretty? We teamed up with Monique and Naveen of Before You Play, who happened to tour Japan at the same time we did, to relive our amazing adventures.

Timeline:

3:54 - Naveen's game pick: Let's Go! To Japan.
9:48 - Monique's game pick: Hanamikoji.
15:11 - Christina's game pick: Rumble Nation.
19:03 - Christina's topic: attending the Tokyo Game Market.
34:58 - Naveen's topic: Japanese vs. Western board games.
46:56 - Monique's topic: Japanese-themed games -- just how accurately thematic are they?

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108: May the Fourth be...with your games! (Guest: Corey Konieczka) May 04, 2023

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We're publishing this episode on May the Fourth, and we somehow wrangled superstar designer Corey Konieczka (Star Wars: Rebellion, Imperial Assault, Destiny, and Outer Rim...phew!) for our Star Wars special show. Now at his own studio Unexpected Games (The Initiative, Voices in my Head, 3000 Scoundrels), Corey humors our geeky Star Wars board game questions and discusses what makes a design transcend its mechanics.

Timeline:

3:05 - Shoe's game pick: Darwin's Journey.
6:17 - Corey's game pick: Betrayal Legacy.
11:40 - Christina's game pick: Wicked & Wise.
15:47 - Shoe's topic: Designing Star Wars games.
32:10 - Christina's topic: Favorite Star Wars tabletop experiences.
41:29 - Corey's topic: Games that transcend mechanics.

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107: The 2023 American Tabletop Awards (guests: Eric Yurko, Nicole Brady) Apr 20, 2023

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The 2023 American Tabletop Awards were just announced, and as brand-spanking-new committee members, we at Going Analog of course wanted to chat about these elite games -- with two of the judges themselves, Nicole Brady of SAHM Reviews and Eric Yurko of What's Eric Playing? Listen to hear our thoughts!

Timeline:

2:45 - ATTA nomination process.
10:15 - Early Gamers.
17:40 - Casual Games.
32:18 - Strategy Games.
47:02 - Complex Games.

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106: Great expansions, underappreciated card games, the best gamers (guest: Beneeta Kaur) Apr 06, 2023

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We have prolific content creator and Twitch streamer Beneeta Kaur on the show to trade opinions on our favorite expansions and underrated card games. And if you want to become our board game BFF, we discuss what qualities we value in a good gaming partner.

Timeline:

3.46 - Shoe's game pick: Earth.
8:47 - Beneeta's game pick: Mille Fiori.
12:51 - Christina's game pick: Rolling Heights.
16:22 - Shoe's topic: Our favorite underrated card games.
38:02 - Christina's topic: What makes a good gaming friend?
50:46 - Beneeta's topic: Great expansions.

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