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Going Analog Show

Going Analog

The board gaming podcast where different industry veterans bring a game and a topic for the group to discuss. By Christina Ha, Dan "Shoe" Hsu, and Mike Zipkin.

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186 episodes

  1. 186: Working with IPs - challenges and lessons learned (guest: Jay Cormier, Off The Page) 50:04
  2. 185: Life as a board game designer-turned-publisher (guest: Emily Vincent, Pink Hawk Games) 49:09
  3. 184: Board game art and artists: The good and the bad (guest: Joe Wiggins, Allplay) 1:01:42
  4. 183: New spins on great board games 58:19
  5. 182: Reviving older, classic board games (guest: Rob Daviau) 39:03
  6. 181: The top board game conventions (and what they offer) (guest: Paula Deming) 45:39
  7. 180: Gen Con 2026: The news, the games, the almost-tornado 56:20
  8. 179: Interesting card games with a twist 40:53
  9. 178: 7 new, different, and weird trick-taking games to check out (guest: Taylor's Trick-Taking Table) 1:10:08
  10. 177: All the interesting bits from the 2026 UK Games Expo 55:13
  11. 176: Making board games is harder than making video games (guest: Tim Schafer, Double Fine) 29:36
  12. 175: The 2026 American Tabletop Awards (guest: What's Eric Playing?) 1:03:04
  13. 174: Big deck energy, Let's Go! To France (guest: designer Josh Wood) 54:42
  14. 173: A bunch of light/party games we wanna tell you about 57:35
  15. 172: Time to get HEAVY...with these new heavy games (guest: The Game Table) 1:02:00
  16. 171: The educational value of board games (guest: Fort Circle Games) 41:53
  17. 170: The best board games we played at Dice Tower West 2026 51:01
  18. 169: Board games bringing people together (guest: Grandpa Beck) 50:43
  19. 168: 2026 board games we've played...and are excited about (guest: Andrew Stiles, designer) 46:50
  20. 167: The 2025 Games of the Year episode (guest: Candice Harris) 1:10:00
  21. 166: The new age of great 2-player games, part 2 (guest: Grant's Game Recs) 50:46
  22. 165: The new age of great 2-player games, part 1 (guest: Grant's Game Recs) 45:40
  23. 164: The best games we played at BGG.CON 2025 (and what's next for The Board Game Quiz Show) 32:12
  24. 163: 6 new drafting games worth checking out 43:12
  25. 162: Why we can't make board games in the U.S. (guest: James Hudson) 40:20
  26. 161: Autobattlers, card crafting, Mystic Lands (guests: John D Clair, John Zinser) 37:20
  27. 160: Moon cakes + Moon Bunny, push-your-luck dice games 36:03
  28. 159: Board game universes, cultural appropriation (guest: Jane Hoffacker, Incredible Dream) 50:58
  29. 158: Cozy games, what makes a game a good product (guest: Alex Cutler) 53:20
  30. 157: Great 2-player games, final thoughts on Gen Con (guest: Corey Thompson) 58:41
  31. 156: The 2025 Gen Con Games of the Show 1:05:57
  32. 155: Games from Asia, great 5/6-player games (guest: Cardboard East) 1:08:04
  33. 154: Running a first-time game con, going from content creator to retailer (guest: LFG Con) 40:15
  34. 144: Spooky games, indie vs. in-house design work (guests: designers Ben Kepner, Dan Stong) 1:01:13
  35. 153: Reviews! New games! Expansions! 51:37
  36. 152: The 2025 American Tabletop Awards (guest: What's Eric Playing?) 1:00:23
  37. 151: We're back! Tariffs, designing science games (guest: Dominic Crapuchettes) 45:12
  38. 150: The TOP 10 games of all time! 1:11:07
  39. 149: Film influence and playfulness in game design (guest: Phil Walker-Harding) 51:17
  40. 148: What's hot for 2025? Plus: The state of board game social media (guest: Grant Lyon) 59:29
  41. 147: The 2024 Games of the Year episode (guest: Beneeta Kaur) 1:04:50
  42. 146: Reviewed! 2 big-box games, 2 small-box games (and 2 in-between) 48:20
  43. 145: The games we loved at BGG.CON 50:22
  44. 143: The best area-control games, the latest from Reiner Knizia (guest: Bitewing Games) 1:14:40
  45. 142: Let's party (game)! 54:00
  46. 141: Good/bad second-edition board games, designing from theme up (guest: designer Ben Rosset) 58:10
  47. 140: Fancy components, how games delight and surprise us (guest: designer Chris Matthew) 1:04:02
  48. 139: The 2024 Gen Con Games of the Show (guest: Amanda Panda) 37:05
  49. 138: Gen Con 2024! Our thoughts on the big show and 5 of the games we loved 51:40
  50. 137: Prepping for Gen Con, our thoughts on some new board games (guest: Ruel Gaviola) 1:13:51