165: The new age of great 2-player games, part 1 (guest: Grant's Game Recs)
About this episode
The episode discusses the rise of great 2-player games with guest Grant Lyon, highlighting several game recommendations.
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 came out over the past yeart that it's hard to refute that statement. So hard that, rather than refute, we'll just create a two-part podcast special covering all the great 2P games we've been playing. This is part one! Timeline: 2:00 - Going Analog's game pick: Origin Story. 9:38 - Grant's game pick: Pinched!. Great 2-player games, part one: 16:50 - The White Castle Duel. 19:59 - Madcala. 25:35 - Enthrone. 29:19 - Compile: Main 2. 35:33 - Scales of Fate. 39:17 - Bombastic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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