About this episode

The episode features a discussion on various historical games played at the inaugural SD HistCon North.

Episode 276- SD HistCon North 2026 Pete is joined by Cardner Babakitis of Odd Candy Games and Buried Giant Studios. They discuss the historical games they played at the inaugural SD HistCon North. Check out Cardner's games here: https://www.oddcandygames.com/ Time Stamps 15:00- Hellraisers in Kanawha County19:30- An Infamous Traffic 2nd Edition27:30- Baltic Empires33:00- Penitent42:00- Nicaea49:00- John Company megagame1:01:50- Oath with New Foundations1:08:05- Muddy Buddies1:09:15- Virgin Queen1:23:00- Big Shot Preplanners The next episode is Deckbuilding 301 which focuses on the relationship of Slay the Spire to tabletop games! Music and Sound Credits Thank you to Hembree for our intro and outro music from their song Reach Out. You can listen to the full song on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQuuRPfOyMw&list=TLGGFNH7VEDPgwgyNTA4MjAyMQ&t=3s You can find more information about Hembree at https://www.hembreemusic.com/. Thank you to Flash Floods for use of their song Palm of Your Hand as a sting from their album Halfway to Anywhere: https://open.spotify.com/album/2fE6LrqzNDKPYWyS5evh3K?si=CCjdAGmeSnOOEui6aV3_nA Intermission Music:music elevator ext part 1/3…

People in this episode

Hosts: Jacob Frydman, Brendan Hansen, Pete Wissinger, Paul Salomon

Guest: Pete Babakitis

Topics covered

• historical games
• game conventions
• tabletop games
• game reviews
• game design

Keywords

• historical games
• SD HistCon North
• An Infamous Traffic
• John Company
• Virgin Queen

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Odd Candy Games, Buried Giant Studios

Books & works: An Infamous Traffic 2nd Edition, Baltic Empires, Penitent, Nicaea, John Company, Oath with New Foundations, Muddy Buddies, Virgin Queen, Big Shot Preplanners

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