Have you been able to start gaming in person again? As we ease into in-person game days with more vaccinated folks, Christina and Shoe take a look back with social-bubble buddy James Hudson (Senior Director of Tabletop Games at Skybound Games) on how quarantine has changed our gaming habits. James also brings in a publisher's perspective as the board game industry tackles the longer-term consequences of the pandemic on shipping costs and logistics. Spoiler: Things don't look very good at all.

Our topics for this show:

• Shoe (producer): Board gaming outside of the social bubble: what it's been like so far, what's changed, what are the challenges? (6:26)
• Christina (host): Games that surprised you over the pandemic (20:12)
• James (guest): How publishers are evaluating the short- and long-term future, with current COVID conditions and trends (32:07)

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The games mentioned in this episode:

Intro:

• The Grimm Masquerade
• Guardian's Call
• Tidal Blades: Heroes of the Reef
• Wonderland's War
• Valor & Villainy: Lludwik's Labyrinth
• Robot Quest Arena
• Sky Towers
• Beyond the Sun

Shoe's topic: Board gaming outside of the social bubble

• Beyond the Sun
• Dune: Imperium
• Lost Ruins of Arnak
• Tidal Blades: Heroes of the Reef
• P for Pizza
• Dark Harvest
• Gorilla Marketing
• Eclipse
• Dwellings of Eldervale
• Monopoly

Christina's topic: Games that surprised us over the pandemic

• P for Pizza
• Forgotten Waters
• Sovereign Skies
• Tekhenu: Obelisk of the Sun
• The Gallerist
• Sheepy Time
• Lost Ruins of Arnak
• Dune: Imperium
• The Crew: The Quest for Planet Nine
• Obsession

James's topic: How publishers are evaluating the short-term future, with current COVID conditions/trends

• Wonderland's War

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