Going Analog Podcast
1) 166: The new age of great 2-player games, part 2 (guest: Grant's Game Recs)
We're back (and so is our guest, Grant Lyon of Grant's Game Recs) with a bunch more new 2-player games that we loved and want to tell you alllll about. Make sure to catch part 1 of our two-part speci...Show More
2) 165: The new age of great 2-player games, part 1 (guest: Grant's Game Recs)
2025 is "The Year of the 2-Player Game" -- at least according to our guest, professional comedian and board game content creator Grant Lyon of Grant's Game Recs. There have been so many good ones that...Show More
165: The new age of great 2-player games, part 1 (guest: Grant's Game Recs)
43:26 | Dec 18th, 2025
3) 164: The best games we played at BGG.CON 2025 (and what's next for The Board Game Quiz Show)
Our favorite "just playing games" convention is behind us now, and...we did spend a lot of time just playing games. A LOT. BGG.CON features BoardGameGeek's legendary library plus the latest hotness fr...Show More
4) 163: 6 new drafting games worth checking out
A lot of drafting games have been hitting our table lately, and they're all putting their own twists on the genre. We've been enjoying them so much that we're dedicating this whole episode to our top ...Show More
5) 162: Why we can't make board games in the U.S. (guest: James Hudson)
All this business (or loss of) around tariffs has repeated raised a question from the gaming community: Why not just manufacture games in the U.S. instead of, say, China? James Hudson, game designer a...Show More
6) 161: Autobattlers, card crafting, Mystic Lands (guests: John D Clair, John Zinser)
The OG card-crafting game Mystic Vale is getting a major makeover. Or is it a sequel? Whatever you want to call it, Mystic Lands is taking Vale's original concept of layering clear cards to creat...Show More
161: Autobattlers, card crafting, Mystic Lands (guests: John D Clair, John Zinser)
35:06 | Oct 23rd, 2025
7) 160: Moon cakes + Moon Bunny, push-your-luck dice games
Let's try something new! For some reason (spoiler: the reason is laziness), we don't have a guest this week, so Shoe and Christina decided to feature the seasonally appropriate (for the Chinese Mid-Au...Show More
8) 159: Board game universes, cultural appropriation (guest: Jane Hoffacker, Incredible Dream)
We've been keeping an eye on the Kinfire series (which includes the cooperative campaign Kinfire Chronicles and tactical card game Kinfire Delve), and we walked away very impressed with our plays of t...Show More
9) 158: Cozy games, what makes a game a good product (guest: Alex Cutler)
Cozy is the new zombie. Or Cthulhu. Seriously -- just keep your eye on those store shelves (especially over the next few months), and you'll likely see so many new board games themed around the art of...Show More
10) 157: Great 2-player games, final thoughts on Gen Con (guest: Corey Thompson)
We love Gen Con so much, we couldn't fit everything into our Games of the Show episode. And Corey Thompson loves Gen Con so much that he became a part-owner of the giant North American gaming conventi...Show More
157: Great 2-player games, final thoughts on Gen Con (guest: Corey Thompson)
55:27 | Aug 28th, 2025