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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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  • 22 episodes
  • fortnightly
  • Avg 49 min
  • English

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  • #162
    Nov 6, 2025 · 40 min

    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

  • #161
    Oct 23, 2025 · 37 min

    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

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