Going Analog Show

183: New spins on great board games

Everywhere we look, there are sequels and remakes of some older (and some not-so-old) classics. We're suckers for super deluxe beautified versions of, say, The Gang, and

182: Reviving older, classic board games (guest: Rob Daviau)

We've been playing so many board game remakes, redos, and sequels lately that we knew we had to invite Rob Daviau to the show. He's perhaps most well-known for creating

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

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-li

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..

178: 7 new, different, and weird trick-taking games to check out (guest: Taylor's Trick-Taking Table)

You just can't miss 'em: trick-taking games are everywhere. Maybe there are too many -- but we did find some interesting new ones that are worth a closer look. And who be

177: All the interesting bits from the 2026 UK Games Expo

It's always fun to get a peek at what goes on at these giant board game conventions in faraway exotic lands -- in this case, the United Kingdom. The 2026 UK Games Expo is

176: Making board games is harder than making video games (guest: Tim Schafer, Double Fine)

Legendary video game designer Tim Schafer of Double Fine (Psychonauts, Broken Age, and most recently, Kiln) has been one of our board game buddies for years now. So we to

175: The 2026 American Tabletop Awards (guest: What's Eric Playing?)

We were a little late in getting Eric Yurko from What's Eric Playing? on the show to discuss The American Tabletop Awards. But hey, these are 2026's winners and nominees.

174: Big deck energy, Let's Go! To France (guest: designer Josh Wood)

Our industry guests pick the topic that they want to discuss on our show, and Josh Wood, designer of Let's Go! To Japan (and the upcoming Let's Go! To France), asked us i

173: A bunch of light/party games we wanna tell you about

Last episode got too heavy for us, so we're going super light this time around. Light games, party games...we have a dozen of them to chat about this week! Chapters: Ga

172: Time to get HEAVY...with these new heavy games (guest: The Game Table)

We might need to make this an annual tradition: We get new heavy games in. We take forever to learn them. We then spend hours playing them (with our good friend Daniel fr

171: The educational value of board games (guest: Fort Circle Games)

Fort Circle Games takes history very seriously...but not overly so. Titles like Votes for Women and The Halls of Montezuma treat their subject matters with respect (the w

170: The best board games we played at Dice Tower West 2026

We're back from Dice Tower West, horribly dehydrated and almost 200 games lighter. While we offloaded a lot of our collection at the convention's flea market, we did get

169: Board games bringing people together (guest: Grandpa Beck)

Our guest this week is crazy enough to include his personal phone number in every game he sells. Brent Beck (aka "Grandpa Beck" of Grandpa Beck's Games) wants no barriers

168: 2026 board games we've played...and are excited about (guest: Andrew Stiles, designer)

We had to bring in this episode's guest to settle something. In our 2025 Games of the Year show, Christina called Wine Cellar a runner-up for her Party Game of the Year.

167: The 2025 Games of the Year episode (guest: Candice Harris)

It's our yearly tradition now: We invite a new content creator on our show, and we discuss the best games of the year in several weight categories. Joining us for our 202

166: The new age of great 2-player games, part 2 (guest: Grant's Game Recs)

We're back (and so is our guest, Grant Lyon of Grant's Game Recs) with a bunch more new 2-player games that we loved and want to tell you alllll about. Make sure to catch

165: The new age of great 2-player games, part 1 (guest: Grant's Game Recs)

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 ha

164: The best games we played at BGG.CON 2025 (and what's next for The Board Game Quiz Show)

Our favorite "just playing games" convention is behind us now, and...we did spend a lot of time just playing games. A LOT. BGG.CON features BoardGameGeek's legendary libr