Podcast #56: Party games, "old" games, genres we love/avoid (guest: comedian Grant Lyon)
A professional comedian (and board game designer/content creator) appears!
A professional comedian (and board game designer/content creator) appears!
Plaid Hat Games power couple Niki and Donald Shults reveal deep, dark childhood gaming secrets and spicy hot takes on Catan, party games, gateway games, and house rules.
The designer of Wingspan and Mariposas stops by for a chat, but it ends up being a lot of us asking her a lot of questions....
Running a board game café is already tough work. Now try doing it during a global pandemic.
Dice Tower's Roy Cannaday joins the crew to discuss...The Crew and other Kennerspiel and Spiel des Jahres nominees and winners. And what's a "Euro" or "Ameritrash" game these days, anyways?
Yes, this is a board game podcast. So why are we talking about so many video games and tabletop RPGs in this episode?
To celebrate Going Analog's 50th podcast episode, we round up the original crew to argue -- er, to discuss what are some of the best games, period.
Ever wonder what the difference is between "design" and "development"?
What are our fave games where points don't matter? The best games that revolve around illustrations (but not necessarily drawing)?
What do we really mean when we want to play a "storytelling" game? Designers Banana Chan and Sen-Foong Lim join to discuss this as well as the upcoming Jiangshi RPG, our favorite board game themes, and board game cultural appreciation vs. appropriation.