A long time ago before industry folks were willing to take the time to shoot the shirt with Going Analog, this original crew filled all our airwaves: board game hoarder/producer Dan "Shoe" Hsu, board game enabler/host Christina Ha, beige-game expert and podcast/video editor Mike Zipkin, and indie-loving Nick Suttner.

Two years later and we've reached our 50th episode! So we got the gang back together to do what we do best: argue about games and Shoe's overly strict topic choices. With our powers combined, we discuss:

1. Mike (editor): What's your favorite board game genre and game within that genre? (3:08)
2. Shoe (producer): What are your top 3 games in the BoardGameGeek Top 100? (14:32)
3. Nick (contributor): What was the game that got you into board gaming? (36:51)
4. Christina (host): What's your favorite Going Analog Podcast memory? (50:58)

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Thank you for being with us through 50 shows! To celebrate, we're giving away two copies of the limited-edition King of Tokyo: Dark Edition (one for a Twitter follower, one for a Facebook/Instagram follower). To enter:

1. How to enter on Twitter (UPDATE: Congrats to Brian Wood for winning the Twitter drawing)

• Follow @goinganalogshow
• Reply to THIS TWEET on our 50th episode and tell us about your favorite game in BoardGameGeek's current top 100

2. How to enter on Facebook/Instagram (you can get two entries here, one for each social media account) (UPDATE: Congrats to Angela Li for winning the Instagram/FB drawing)

• Follow Going Analog Show (Facebook) and/or @goinganalogshow (Instagram)
• Reply to THIS FACEBOOK POST and/or THIS INSTAGRAM POST about our 50th episode and tell us about your favorite game in BGG's current top 100

In about a week, we'll pick one winner on Twitter and one winner on Facebook/Instagram and reach out to them on those platforms. We'll also update this post. This contest is only valid in the contintental U.S. and is void where prohibited.

Here's a full list of games discussed on the show:

Mike's topic: Favorite game in our favorite genre

• Gloomhaven
• Hansa Teutonica
• 7 Wonders
• Libertalia
• Campy Creatures
• R (BraveRats)
• Orleans
• Caverna
• A Feast for Odin
• Alien Frontiers

Shoe's topic: Top 3 games in the BGG Top 100

• Caverna
• Tzolk'in: The Mayan Calendar
• Codenames
• 7 Wonders
• La Boca
• Wingspan
• Innovation
• Caverna: The Forgotten Folk
• Terra Mystica
• Crokinole
• Lords of Waterdeep
• The Castles of Burgundy
• Broom Service
• Hansa Teutonica
• Lords of Vegas
• Troyes
• Terraforming Mars
• Chess
• Boggle
• Monopoly
• Go
• Black Angel
• San Juan
• Concordia

Nick's topic: The game that got us into board gaming

• HeroQuest
• Magic: The Gathering
• Vampire: The Masqerade
• Talisman
• Catan
• Monopoly
• Monopoly: The Lord of the Rings Trilogy Edition
• Sorry!
• Trouble
• Puerto Rico
• Bohnanza
• Thunderstone
• Illuminati
• Car Wars
• Arkham Horror

Final thoughts

• War of the Ring

• Podcast