Some friends from The Op join Christina to swap gaming stories and imagined celebrity gaming stories! Pat Marino (Game Design Manager and designer of Court of the Dead: Mourner's Call and Cuphead: Fast Rolling Dice Game) and Wes Ferrer (Lead Playtest Coordinator), with topics in hand, get on the Going Analog Podcast to discuss:

• Christina (host): If you could teach a game to any celebrity, real or fictional, whom would you pick? (9:38)
• Wes (guest): What makes a game an "instant classic"? (19:07)
• Pat (guest): What about a game can stick with you after playing it? (29:20)

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Games mentioned in this episode:

Intro: 

• Court of the Dead: Mourner's Call
• Cuphead: Fast Rolling Dice Game
• Walnut Grove
• Carcassonne
• Agricola
• SpaceCorp: 2025-2300 AD
• Libertalia: Winds of Galecrest
• Libertalia

Christina's topic: Which famous person would you want to game with and why?

• Cones of Dunshire
• Wavelength
• Time's Up: Title Recall
• Skull King
• Telestrations
• Dungeons & Dragons
• A Fake Artist Goes to New York
• Warhammer
• Nemesis
• Catan
• Ark Nova
• Star Trek: Catan
• Welcome To...(Your Perfect Home)

Wes's topic: What makes a game an instant classic?

• Witchstone
• Glory to Rome
• Splendor
• Azul
• Terraforming Mars
• Tokaido
• Tokaido: Crossroads
• Anno 1800
• Ark Nova

Pat's topic: What makes a game stick with you after the fact?

• Brass: Birmingham
• Witchstone
• Scrabble
• Castles of Mad King Ludwig
• Now or Never
• Anno 1800
• The Thing: Infection at Outpost 31
• Dominant Species
• Hive Mind
• Magic: The Gathering
• Scattergories
• Hues and Cues
• Star Wars: Rebellion
• Dead of Winter
• French Toast

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