Adamantly Analog: A Board Game Podcast

What We've Been Playing Corey SETI: The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Harrison Stonespine Architects Featured Topic Digital deckbuilders! Corey's List  Mahokenshi (2023) - Steam Across the Obelisk (2021) - Steam, Switch, PS4, Xbox Roguebook (2021) - Steam, Switch, PS4, Xbox Harrison's List Monster Train (2020) - Steam, Switch, Xbox Fights in Tight Spaces (2021) - Steam, Swit...

What We've Been Playing Corey SETI: Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Endeavor: Deep Sea Luxor Harrison Wild Tiled West Emerald Skulls Featured Topic Games with terrain tiles! First player rule: Trivia Question? I am born from the earth and disappear with the wind; I can be tall but never grow. What am I? Corey's List  Mage Knight (2011) / WizKids Dorfromantik (2022) / Pegasus Spiel...

What We've Been Playing Corey Ark Nova Twice as Clever Harrison Pixies Carnegie Featured Topic Our sequels wishlist! First player rule: Trivia Question (Corey has) Corey's List  The Gang / Kosmos (campaign) Scythe: Rise of Fenris / Stonemaier Five Tribes / Days of Wonder (coop or duel) Harrison's List Bunny Kingdom / IELLO Spaceteam / Stellar Factory The Isle of Cats / The City of Game...

This week we're talking about our favorite sequels in board gaming - either a game created in the universe of another or a game that iterates on the first. What We've Been Playing Corey Harmonies Reef Project Castle Combo Harrison Roll Player Adventures: Gulpax’s Secret Featured Topic Our favorite sequels! First player rule: Trivia Question (Corey has) Corey's List  Marco Polo II: In t...

Love is in the air! That’s right: board gamers everywhere are getting ready to celebrate with the most board gamer-y holiday: Valentine’s Day? Let’s talk about red games, love games, and more! What We've Been Playing Corey Grand Austria Hotel Pirates of Maracaibo Harrison Clank Legacy 2 (no spoilers!) Dawn of Ulos Featured Topic Games featuring the color red or love First player rule: The play...

This week we find ourselves stranded on a deserted island.  Don’t worry, we’ve brought some board games to last us until we get rescued.  It could be a long time so let’s hope we can cover a lot of our bases in just three games.  This week’s list is our best attempt at that… What We've Been Playing Corey Dead Cells: The Rogue-Lite Board Arcs The Gallerist Harrison Sonic Speed Battle Flip 7 Fea...

We're breaking form for a moment and talking about our favorite digital board game implementations and what they do best. Seems a bit ironic for a podcast named "Adamantly Analog", right? We'll be back to the cardboard next week... What We've Been Playing Corey Revive Trajan Harrison Orapa Mine Featured Topic Digital games that explore something new. Corey's List Gloomhav...

This week, we're discussing six games that would be fun, interesting, or exiting to get "jumanji'd" into. Are you game!? Also, we'll talk about the upcoming co-operative Mahjong game, Vesta. What We've Been Playing Corey Vesta Biblios The Guild of Merchant Explorers Harrison Cyclades RoboRally Featured Topic Interesting game worlds to get "jumanji'd" into. C...

This week, Corey and Harrison talk about games that we hope to play in 2025. This includes our own personal "shelf of opportunity" and upcoming 2025 releases that we're psyched for. What We've Been Playing Corey Lacrimosa Amun-Re (20th Anniversary Edition) Harrison ⁠⁠Aeon's End Legacy Featured Topic Games we hope to play in 2025 Our "Shelf of Opportunity" Corey: ⁠ Trajan / Renegade Games Corey: Th...

We're back to our regularly scheduled programming following five weeks of counting down the top 50. Well...sort of! This week we're looking back at our stats for 2024 and awarding some coveted awards (a broken stapler, empty pint glass, lego Pokeball) to our favorites of the year. Also, we spent some time with Botany by Dux Somnium Games this week and will cover that at the start of the episode. W...

We've reached the end! This week we share our top ten games of the last fifty years. For previous lists (#40-11), please check in with our last four episodes in this series. In each episode, we share 10 games each and highlighting them with a brief 'logline' explanation of how they work and what they do. Featured Topic Our #10-1 So that we don't spoil our picks, we're not including links here as w...

This week we continue our five-part series in which we count down our top 50 board games in the last 50 years. We'll spend each episode sharing 10 games each and highlighting them with a brief 'logline' explanation of how they work and what they do. Featured Topic Our #20-11 So that we don't spoil our picks, we're not including links here as we usually do. We will provide a link to the entire list...

This week we continue our five-part series in which we count down our top 50 board games in the last 50 years. We'll spend each episode sharing 10 games each and highlighting them with a brief 'logline' explanation of how they work and what they do. Featured Topic Our #30-21 So that we don't spoil our picks, we're not including links here as we usually do. We will provide a link to the entire list...

This week we continue our five-part series in which we count down our top 50 board games in the last 50 years. We'll spend each episode sharing 10 games each and highlighting them with a brief 'logline' explanation of how they work and what they do. Featured Topic Our #40-31 So that we don't spoil our picks, we're not including links here as we usually do. We will provide a link to the entire list...

This week we begin a five-part series in which we count down our top 50 board games in the last 50 years. We'll spend each episode sharing 10 games each and highlighting them with a brief 'logline' explanation of how they work and what they do. Featured Topic Our #50-41 So that we don't spoil our picks, we're not including links here as we usually do. We will provide a link to the entire list when...

It's Thanksgiving! That means we're thinking about food. This week we share a list of our perfect board game "three-course meal". That is an appetizer, an entree, and a dessert. Also, Corey and Harrison finally managed to knock out a bunch of their "we should play that together" games and have plenty to say about it. What We've Been Playing Corey and Harrison The Vale of Eternity Underwater Cities...

This week we welcome JR Cillian Green on the cast to talk about the Midwinter Gaming Convention in Peewaukee, Wisconsin. JR also joins us in our feature section to talk about our favorite social games. What We've Been Playing Corey Bloodborne: The Board Game Harrison ⁠⁠⁠ Let's Go to Japan Sea Salt and Paper JR ⁠Explorers of Navoria Featured Topic Our favorite social games. ⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠ Blood on the Cloc...

On this episode of Adamantly Analog, we spoke to Sam Stockton, designer of Forges of Ravenshire and co-owner of B.A. Games. Sam shares some thoughts about working with his brothers, the process and inspiration behind Forges of Ravenshire, and teases some upcoming games. For our feature topic, we each share a list of our favorite worker placement games. What We've Been Playing Corey Lost Ruins of A...

It is the fourth day of November so that means the "holiday season" is in full effect. As we look forward to November shopping, we're excited to share our list of games that we love to give as a gift. Also, we'll talk about recently played games including Arcana Rising, Cartographers, Mountains of Madness, Rolling Realms, and Akropolis. What We've Been Playing Corey Arcana Rising Cartographers Car...

This week, Corey and Harrison share a list of spooky games! These games are tense, suspenseful, or may contain monsters, zombies, or other terrible creatures. Consider any one of these an excellent choice for your halloween-themed board game night. Also, we'll chat about recently played games including Kinfire Delve: Callous' Lab, Forges of Ravenshire, and Roll Player Adventures. What We've Been P...

This week we are talking about games with great tactile appeal. These titles offer fantastic quality components that enhance the physical game experience in a unique way. Also, we'll discuss recently played games including Forges of Ravenshire, Evil Dead 2: 1%, and Challengers!. What We've Been Playing Corey Forges of Ravenshire Harrison Evil Dead 2: 1% Challengers! Featured Topic Games with great...

This week we are joined by the hosts of "Ryan and Bethany Board Game Reviews", a review project of the dynamic husband and wife duo...Ryan and Bethany. They join us to talk about their favorite games that you can play again and again. We'll also cover recently played games including Sherlock Solitaire, Harvest, Dead Cells, The Morrison Game Factory, and Scythe. What We've Been Playing Bethany Sher...

Board Game Geek, colloquially known as "BGG", has become the board gamer's encyclopedia in many respects. The merit of its famous 10-point rating scale is contentious (to say the least) but, nonetheless, influential when it comes to purchasing a new game. Today, we will talk about board games that have a "low" rating (7.0 or below) on BGG that we still love! We'll also cover recently played games...

Philip duBarry is the designer of a number of highly regarded games including Black Orchestra and Revolution!. In October, crowdfunding for his latest title, Citizens of the Spark (Thunderworks Games) will go live. Citizens of the Spark is a card-drafting and tableau building game with a widely variable set-up, drawing inspiration from classics like Dominion. This week, Philip joins us to talk abo...

Some games are impossible to ignore. Whether it be incredible board art, fun miniatures, or triple layered magnetic player boards, table presence is certainly a big part of the experience of hobby board gaming. Today we will talk about our favorite examples of that. In addition, we'll share some thoughts on a few recently played games including QE (Quantitative Easing), Heat: Pedal to the Metal, T...