Going Analog Podcast
by Going Analog
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- 🇰🇷KR · Games#1681K to 10K
- 🇦🇷AR · Games#543K to 10K
- 🇮🇸IS · Games#563K to 10K
- 🇿🇦ZA · Games#793K to 10K
- 🇵🇹PT · Games#124500 to 3K
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5.3K to 22K🎙 ~2x weekly·172 episodes·Last published 1w ago - Monthly Reach
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11K to 43K🇰🇷23%🇦🇷23%🇮🇸23%+2 more - Active Followers
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181: The top board game conventions (and what they offer) (guest: Paula Deming)
Aug 20, 2026
45m 39s
180: Gen Con 2026: The news, the games, the almost-tornado
Aug 6, 2026
56m 20s
179: Interesting card games with a twist
Jul 23, 2026
40m 53s
178: 7 new, different, and weird trick-taking games to check out (guest: Taylor's Trick-Taking Table)
Jul 9, 2026
1h 10m 08s
177: All the interesting bits from the 2026 UK Games Expo
Jun 25, 2026
55m 13s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 8/20/26 |  181: The top board game conventions (and what they offer) (guest: Paula Deming) | Board game conventions: These massive gatherings of game makers, game players, and games can be so fun (and sometimes chaotic), but how do you know which to go to? You've got Gen Con, Essen Spiel, BGG.CON, PAX Unplugged, Origins, Dice Tower...and these are just the big-name ones. This week, we're joined by Paula Deming of Things Get Dicey (and about a billion other board-game-related projects). She suggested we talk about all these board game conventions that we get to go to. What are our favorite and bucket-list shows? How are they all different from each other? Want to know what the vibes are at these major conventions? Then tune in. Chapters: Going Analog's Game Pick: Whisperwood. Paula's Game Pick: Among Cultists. Paula's topic: Board game conventions -- how they differ, our faves, and which ones we still want to go to. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 45m 39s | ||||||
| 8/6/26 | 180: Gen Con 2026: The news, the games, the almost-tornado | Gen Con 2026 was eventful. We saw some big shifts in the tabletop industry, we previewed a trillion new games, and we even got a close call with a tornado. Yes, a real-life tornado. As cool as it would've been to see thousands of cards, dice, cubes, and other pieces swirling into the heavens, we were thankful no precious games got hurt. Oh, and people, too. We're back from North America's largest tabletop gaming convention and sat down to chat about all the fun and excitement. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 56m 20s | ||||||
| 7/23/26 | 179: Interesting card games with a twist | Last episode, we had an expert come on the show to talk about trick-taking games. But we're not sure what's an "expert" for the broader category of just "card games" so...no guest today! Just Christina and Shoe talking about new cards games they got to try that all have one interesting element or twist to them. Chapters: Going Analog's Game Pick: Cozy Stickerville. Sponsored spot: MILLRAT Pack! – 4 Games Made for Game Night. Card games with a twist: Haunted Mouse. dnup. Beach Bandits. Soothsayers. Questline. Circadia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 40m 53s | ||||||
| 7/9/26 | trick-taking gamesgame development+3 | Taylor Reiner | EntropyFinger Crane Game Championship+1 | — | trick-takingboard games+3 | — | 1h 10m 08s | ||
| 6/25/26 | UK Games Expoboard games+3 | Henry Stenhouse | SETI: Space AgenciesSpooky Goose | United Kingdom | UK Games Expoboard games+3 | — | 55m 13s | ||
| 6/11/26 | board gamesvideo games+4 | Tim Schafer | PostcardsCave Evil+4 | — | board game designvideo game design+6 | — | 29m 36s | ||
| 5/28/26 | American Tabletop Awardsgame nominations+3 | Eric Yurko | VNTYPL8SMicroMacro: Kids+1 | — | American Tabletop Awardstabletop games+4 | — | 1h 03m 04s | ||
| 5/14/26 | big decksboard games+4 | Josh Wood | Let's Go! To JapanLet's Go! To France+2 | — | big deck energyboard game design+3 | — | 54m 42s | ||
| 4/30/26 | light gamesparty games+3 | — | Vantage | — | light gamesparty games+4 | — | 57m 35s | ||
| 4/16/26 | heavy gamesboard games+3 | Daniel | Brass: PittsburgSpeakeasy+7 | — | heavy gamesboard game reviews+3 | — | 1h 02m 00s | ||
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| 4/2/26 | educational board gameshistory in games+4 | Kevin Bertram | Fort Circle GamesVotes for Women+3 | — | board gameseducation+6 | — | 41m 53s | ||
| 3/19/26 | board gamesDice Tower West+3 | — | PantheauctionBullseye+1 | — | board gamesDice Tower West+4 | — | 51m 01s | ||
| 3/5/26 | board gamescommunity+3 | Brent Beck | Pandora's LegacyMille Bornes+1 | — | board gamesBrent Beck+5 | — | 50m 43s | ||
| 2/5/26 | board gamesgame design+3 | Andrew Stiles | Wine CellarSnow Colony+1 | — | board gamesWine Cellar+5 | — | 46m 50s | ||
| 1/22/26 | board gamesgame awards+3 | Candice Harris | BoardGameGeekKickin' It Creative | — | 2025 Games of the Yearparty games+3 | — | 1h 10m 00s | ||
| 1/8/26 | 2-player gamesgame recommendations+3 | Grant Lyon | Mistborn: The Deckbuilding GameHow to Save a World+6 | — | 2-player gamesboard games+8 | — | 50m 46s | ||
| 12/18/25 | 2-player gamesboard games+3 | Grant Lyon | Grant's Game RecsOrigin Story+7 | — | 2-player gamesboard game recommendations+5 | — | 45m 40s | ||
| 12/4/25 | board gamesconventions+4 | — | BGG.CONBoardGameGeek+2 | — | BGG.CONboard games+3 | — | 32m 12s | ||
| 11/20/25 |  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 picks. Plus, the sequel to Yomi, is here. Shoe's played a lot of fighting (video) games, so what does he think about probably the most pure card-game interpretation around? Timeline 0:53 - Going Analog's game pick: Yomi 2. 7:54 - 6 new drafting games worth checking out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 43m 12s | ||||||
| 11/6/25 |  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 and owner of Druid City Games, took time out of promoting his Wonderland's War Duel Kickstarter (check out our preview!) to explain why it's so difficult. We've heard the facts from the board game industry before, but James has additional insight worth hearing out. Timeline 1:30 - Going Analog's game pick: Everbloom. 4:58 - James' game pick: Galileo Galilei. 11:35 - Wonderland's War Duel, a new Wonderland's War expansion, Madcala, Off With Their Heads!, and an expansion to Tidal Blades 2. 22:03 - James' topic: Why making board games in America is so difficult. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 40m 20s | ||||||
| 10/23/25 |  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 create powerful combinations and streamling gameplay while beautifying the art. The result is a much better game (from our one play), and now we have to suffer the wait for the November Kickstarter campaign to run and fulfill. Designer John D Clair and CEO of publisher Alderac Entertainment Group (AEG) John Zinser stopped by our home to play a full game of Mystic Lands with us (Shoe would rather we don't discuss the final scores). Before we would let them out of the house, however, we made both sit down to record this podcast. Clair is working on some autobattler game designs, so that was his topic for us this week. Timeline 1:15 - Going Analog's game pick: Fight 5. 3:05 - John D Clair's game pick: Living Forest. 5:13 - John Zinser's game pick: Love Letter. 7:37 - Mystic Lands and card-crafting. 21:38 - John D Clair's topic: The new trend of autobattler board and card games. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 37m 20s | ||||||
| 10/9/25 |  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-Autumn Festival) Moon Bunny and then discuss some exciting new push-your-luck dice games that we've been enjoying. Timeline 1:30 - Game pick: Moon Bunny 7:12 - Topic: push-your-luck dice games Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 36m 03s | ||||||
| 9/25/25 |  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 the latest one in the franchise, Kinfire Council, a competitive worker-placement game set in the same world. Publisher Incredible Dream Studios is approaching gaming differently, so we asked CEO and co-founder Jane Hoffacker to discuss the massive amount of work that goes into designing a shared-universe space. And we continued the chat with Jane posing some thoughtful questions about cultural appropriation in gaming. Timeline: 4:08 - Going Analog's game pick: Tea Witches. 8:25 - Jane's game pick: Dungeon Mayhem. 10:38 - Going Analog's topic: board game universes, the Kinfire series. 31:46 - Jane's topic: cultural appropriation in gaming. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 50m 58s | ||||||
| 9/11/25 |  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 non-conflict. Maybe you'll be cuddling up with kitties. Or you'll be sitting around, peacefully matching tiles at your own pace. Or you'll be arranging books around your home in ways that please only you, as in our guest's co-designed A Place for All My Books. Alex Cutler joins the podcast this week to talk about what exactly makes a game "cozy." Plus we lean into his experience as a developer (not just designer) to learn what makes for a good product. Sure, great gameplay is a must -- but what else will make gamers want to make that purchase? Timeline: 3:15 - Going Analog's game pick: Black Forest. 6:59 - Alex's game pick: Fishing. 10:33 - Going Analog's topic: cozy games. 22:12 - Alex's topic: what makes a game a good product. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 53m 20s | ||||||
| 8/28/25 |  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 convention. Corey leads Above Board TV, cohosts the Board Games Insider podcast, co-owns Play to Z Games, and...lots more that will just take up way too much space to write all out. So he was the perfect guest to invite on our show to chat about about more Gen Con highlights -- and some of our recent and classic two-player favorites. Timeline: 3:48 - Going Analog's game pick: Panda Spin. 7:30 - Corey's game pick: Giberrers. 10:57 - Going Analog's topic: final Gen Con thoughts and highlights. 29:36 - Corey's topic: great two-player games (classic and new). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 58m 41s | ||||||
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Chart history for Going Analog Podcast
Peaked at #54 in AR, currently #54 in AR.
| Market | Genre | Peak | Current | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AR | — | #54 | #54 | — |
| IS | — | #56 | #56 | — |
| South Africa | — | #79 | #79 | — |
| PT | — | #124 | #124 | — |
| South Korea | — | #168 | #168 | — |
Chart Positions
5 placements across 5 markets.
Chart Positions
5 placements across 5 markets.