Going Analog

Where video game industry veterans introduce great board games to video gamers

Podcast #89: Animal games, gaming lifestyles, rising prices (guest: Board Game Bollocks)

Christina makes everyone discuss their favorite animal games, Mike asks about board gaming as a lifestyle, and guest Matt discusses the implications of rising board game prices.

Matt from YouTube's Board Game Bollocks drops by to (somehow successfully!) not swear while chatting about his gaming lifestyle, nihilism, and how Americans are so "happy and bouncy."

Our topics this week:

  • Christina (host): Our favorite animal-themed games (10:36)
  • Mike (editor): Board gaming as a lifestyle (19:59)
  • Matt (guest): The rising prices of board games and their implications (32:27)

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Games mentioned this episode:

Intro:

  • Ark Nova
  • Cyclades
  • Kemet
  • Dream Crush
  • Fog of Love
  • Terraforming Mars
  • Zooloretto

Christina's topic: Animal-themed games

  • Animal Upon Animal
  • Wildlife Safari
  • Wingspan
  • Wingspan: Oceania
  • Ark Nova
  • Terraforming Mars
  • Cascadia
  • Calico
  • Dog Lover
  • Fauna
  • Terra
  • America

Mike's topic: Board-gaming as a lifestyle

  • Monopoly
  • Clue
  • The Game of Life
  • Dungeons & Dragons
  • Catan
  • Calimala
  • Caylus

Matt's topic: Rising price of board games

  • Terraforming Mars
  • Ark Nova
  • Ra
  • Modern Art
  • Rococo
  • Caylus
  • Caylus 1303
  • Kingdom Builder