Going Analog Show

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105: The history of colonialism in board games, co-op interactivity (guest: Resonym) Mar 23, 2023

Show notes

Indie games publisher Resonym does things differently. Just take a look at its recent Glitch Squad (a party game about faulty forensic science), Surrealist Dinner Party (you can guess what that's about), and Buffalo (a party game that makes you less prejudiced). We love the company's socially conscious design philosophy, and Mary Flanagan (founder, professor, game designer, and artist) just co-authored an entire book about the history of colonialism in board games, Playing Oppression. We snagged Mary and fellow Resonym game designer Max Seidman to discuss all of the above -- plus how much cooperation we really want in cooperative games.

Timeline:

4:11 - Christina's game pick: Shamans.
5:47 - Max's game pick: Lost Ruins of Arnak.
7:01 - Mary's game pick: MonsDRAWsity.
8:46 - Max's topic: The four categories of interaction in co-op games.
23:22 - Mary's topic: The long, sordid history of colonialism in board games.
41:36 - Christina's topic: Hiding social good in games (embedded game design).

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104: Hot games of all sizes! Mar 09, 2023

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Sometimes substantive board game discussion topics are tiring. And pretty much all the time, we play a lot of new games. So this episode, Shoe and Christina just talk about some new, sexy games in a variety of sizes. HOT!

Timeline:

3:19 - Christina's big game: Mosaic: A Story of Civilization.
13:05 - Shoe's big game: Marvel: Age of Heroes.
26:58 - Christina's small game: Fiction.
35:18 - Shoe's small game: Marvel: Damage Control.
43:05 - Christina's expansion: QE: Commodities.
48:00 - Shoe's expansion: Unmatched: Houdini vs. The Genie.

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103: Video games X board games, mean content, Asmodee (guests: Plaid Hat) Feb 23, 2023

Show notes

Plaid Hat CEO Colby Dauch and Marketing Manager Niki Shults team up to discuss some hot (spiteful content creation, life with mega publisher Asmodee, etc.) and not-so-hot (Candy Land??) on the Going Analog Podcast this week. They've put out some incredible and memorable board games over the years, so give them a listen!

Timeline:

4:00 - Christina's game pick: Motor City.
6:20 - Niki's game pick: The Guild of Merchant Explorers.
11:54 - Colby's game pick: Candy Land. Yes, that Candy Land.
17:24 - Colby's topic: The intersection of video gaming and board gaming.
35:36 - Christina's topic: Talking Plaid Hat's life before, during, and after the huge Asmodee aquisition.
53:33 - Niki's topic: Mean and spiteful content creation -- does it have a place?

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102: American Tabletop Awards, gaming at bars, culling (guest: What's Eric Playing?) Jan 26, 2023

Show notes

This episode guest stars prolific and punny content creator Eric Yurko from What's Eric Playing?, a site full of fantastic board game photography and 1000+ (!) reviews. And as a founding committee member of the American Tabletop Awards (and a big fan of cocktails) Eric is THE go-to guy to talk games...especially which ones to play at which drinking establishments.

Timeline:

5:45 - Eric's game pick: Mists over Carcassonne.
11:39 - Shoe's game pick: Orichalcum.
18:00 - Christina's game pick: Great Western Trail: Argentina.
23:25 - Shoe's topic: Which American Tabletop Award winner would you keep?
36:40 - Christina's topic: Which games would you bring to a beer hall, vineyard, and cocktail bar?
56:45 - Eric's topic: What's our process for culling games?

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101: The 2022 Games of the Year episode (guest: Our Family Plays Games) Jan 13, 2023

Show notes

We're a podcast! Therefore, we're contractually obligated to tell you our Games of the Year. But who wants to hear just Christina and Shoe squabble about their faves of 2022? Everyone would rather hear us and Mik and Starla from Our Family Plays Games squabble, so far be it for us to withhold this top-notch content from our listeners! So get ready for lots of discussions (and lots of yelling at Christina for cheating on her picks) in this episode!

Timeline:

Intro (before we get into the awards):

2:32 - Starla's game pick: Wonderland's War.
4:40 - Mik's game pick: Heat: Pedal to the Metal.
5:55 - Shoe's game pick: Keystone: North America.
8:37 - Christina's game pick: Blackout: Hong Kong.

The 2022 Games of the Year:

10:35 - Party games of 2022.
23:32 - Light games of 2022.
35:44 - Medium games of 2022.
50:22 - Heavy games of 2022.

Check out website to read the list of winners!

*Note: Our Family Plays Games is still working on their own Games of 2022, so their picks for this show are "as of today" but not necessarily final. Also, some games appear in different categories due to everyone's subjective opinions on weight.

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100: Our 100th Episode! Best games, best moments, and more Dec 30, 2022

Show notes

For our 100th episode, we had to make sure everyone's topics were epic. So we rounded up some of the Going Analog crew, including OG contributor Nick Suttner and writer Henry Stenhouse, to discuss...

Timeline:

7:19 - Henry's topic: Board games that stand up to 100 plays...or more.
26:56 - Christina's topic: Your favorite board gaming moment ever.
39:22 - Shoe's topic: BoardGameGeek's top 100...save one game, kill one game, swap in one game.
1:02:32 - Nick's topic: Your favorite memory from 100 episodes of The Going Analog Podcast.

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99: The PAX Unplugged 2022 Wrap-Up Show Dec 15, 2022

Show notes

We're back from chilly Philly where the PAX Unplugged board game convention just wrapped up. It's our fourth con of the year -- you'd think we've seen it all by now but nope! There were still plenty of new board games to discover and try out.

With us to discuss the show are Kasey Girven (better known as Brain in a Jar) and Miguel Plylar-Moore (aka Johnny Deathhawk). They create/stream board game content -- and she's a neuroscientist! And they love to talk board gaming, so have a listen as we discuss...

Timeline:

3:29 - Shoe's game pick: Deal with the Devil
12:34 - Kasey's game pick: Electropolis
21:47 - Miguel's game pick: Bitoku
32:56 - Kasey's topic: The most exciting or promising games we saw at PAXU that aren't out yet
55:34 - Miguel's topic: The games we were surprised to see at PAXU and the ones we wish were there
1:05:50 - Shoe's topic: How does PAXU stack up to other board game cons?

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98: The BGG.CON 2022 Wrap-Up Show Nov 21, 2022

Show notes

We're back from BoardGameGeek's big show, BGG.CON 2022! Your hosts Christina and Shoe sit down to talk about their Top 10 games panel with Our Family Plays Games, stand-up comedy with Grant Lyon, our own live Board Game Quiz Show events, and of course, all the great games they got a chance to check out.

Timeline:

1:47 - BGG.Con highlights, including our live Board Game Quiz Show!
4:50 - Our Family Plays Games Top 10 games panel
8:21 - Grant Lyon's board game standup
12:09 - Exhibit Hall, Many Worlds Tavern
13:59 - Gaming stories
19:50 - BGG Top 5 games we played
20:07 - Starship Captains
27:13 - Lacrimosa
31:40 - Tiletum
36:40 - Atiwa
42:28 - Splendor Duel

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97: Too many games! Highlights from a weeklong board gaming binge Nov 03, 2022

Show notes

We recently spent six solid days playing board games. Seriously. It was exhausting -- but amazingly fun.

We blame Going Analog contributor Jess Yi, who visited and forced us to play one board game after another. At the end, with bloodshot eyes and brains working at half speed, Shoe and Jess picked three games each to discuss. Hear their thoughts on...

Timeline:

2:52 - Knight Fall
11:02 - Star Wars: Rebellion, Stars Wars: Rebellion - Rise of the Empire
18:26 - Bequest
23:00 - My Father's Work
31:58 - Disney Sorcerer's Arena: Epic Alliances, Disney Sorcerer's Arena: Epic Alliances – Turning the Tide
44:40 - The Guild of Merchant Explorers

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96: Music pairings and a board game where turns last as long as you can hold your breath (guest: Terrible Games) Oct 13, 2022

Show notes

Can a board game kill ya? Nah...but Black Mold may try. This "co-op till it's not" survival-horror game has players taking as many actions as they can until they can no longer...hold their breath. You read that right.

So we have questions -- lots of questions -- for our guest John de Campos, CEO of Terrible games and co-designer of Black Mold.

Timeline:

2:37 - Oceans: Legends of the Deep

7:00 - Veiled Fate

11:59 - Keystone: North America

17:00 - Shoe's topic: What's up with Black Mold?

32:19 - Christina's topic: Other games with great/interesting pitches

46:59 - John's topic: Pairing the right music with your board games

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