Adamantly Analog: A Board Game Podcast

Recently Played Games

• 3:39 - Flip Pick Towers
• 7:40 - Dino Racer
• 11:31 - Enchanted Ivy
• 14:26 - Torchlit
• 15:31 - Night at the Zoo
• 23:13 - Drillers
• 27:45 - Gibberers

30:49 - Featured Topic : Highlights from Gen Con  

Corey:

• Shows - Chill Touch Improv, Call of Cthulhu Live Play
• Demoing unreleased games: Escargo, Kingdom Come, Defenders of the Dictionary
• Social events - Allplay Party, games at Punchbowl Social after the con

Harrison:

• Dice Tower Awards Winner
• Inside Rain
• Clank! 10th Birthday

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• [email protected]
• Instagram: @AdamantlyAnalog

3:03 - Protospiel Wisconsin & Gen Con Hype List

Catching Up

• 19:05 - Torchlit
• 27:07 - First Giants

30:40 - Gencon Hype List

• 33:41 - Ji-So-Gi Anime Studio Tycoon
• 35:56 - Daytime Minutes
• 39:34 - Lairs
• 43:09 - Strange Slot Simulator
• 46:00 - Lost Ruins of Arnak: Surprise Shipment
• 48:07 - Enchanted Ivy

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• [email protected]
• Instagram: @AdamantlyAnalog

Recently Played Games

Corey 

• 1:51 - Knarr

Harrison  

• 4:05 - Fairy Ring 

• 6:35 - Almighty (KS)

10:38 - Featured Topic

Games that support six or more players.

Corey’s Picks:

• Planet Unknown (2024)

• Design: Ryan Lambert, Adam Rehberg

• Publisher: Adam’s Apple Games

• Hot Streak (2025)

• Design: John Perry

• Publisher: CMYK

• Decrypto (2018)

• Design: Fabien Fulchiron

• Publisher: Scorpion Masque

Harrison’s Picks:

• Challengers! (2022)

• Design: Johannes Krenner, Markus Slawitscheck

• Publisher: 1 More Time Games

• Twilight Inscription (2022)

• Design: James Kniffen

• Publisher: Fantasy Flight Games 

• Shadows Over Camelot (2005)

•  Design: Bruno Cathala, Serge Laget

• Publisher: Days of Wonder

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Recently Played Games 

Harrison

• 4:32 - Dewan⁠

• 7:56 - ⁠Fantasy Realms: Greek Legends⁠

Corey 

10:18 - Off With Their Heads

15:24 - Madcala

18:29 - Featured Topic

Our picks for modern classics (highly regarded games with wide appeal that will stand the test of time - released in the last 10 years)

First player rule: most recently went on a date (love letter)

Corey’s Picks:

• Wingspan (2019)

• Design: Elizabeth Hargrave

• Publisher: Stonemeier Games

• Heat: Pedal to the Metal (2022)

• Design: Asger Aleksandrov Granerud, Daniel Skjold Pedersen

• Publisher: Days of Wonder

• Azul (2018)

• Design: Michael Kiesling

• Publisher: Next Move Games

Harrison’s Picks:

• Love Letter (2012)

• Design: Seiji Kanai

• Publisher: AEG

• Flip 7 (2024)

• Design: Eric Olsen

• Publisher: The Op Games

• Kingdomino (2016)

• Design: Bruno Cathala

• Publisher: Blue Orange Games

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Recently Played Games 

Corey 

• 2:37 - Daydream

• 5:37 - Soda Jerk

Harrison  

• 7:55 - Dice Pool Party

• 10:10 - Phoenix New Horizon, 

15:40 - Featured Topic

Our favorite interactive mechanics in games.

First player rule: Highest initiative goes first.

Corey’s Picks:

• Four Humors (2022)

• Design: Charlie McCaron

• Publisher: Adam’s Apple Games

• Citizens of the Spark (2025)

• Design: Philip DuBarry

• Publisher: Thunderworks Games

• Maracaibo (2019)

• Design: Alexander Pfister

• Publisher: Capstone Games

Harrison’s Picks:

• Castles of Mad King Ludwig (2014)

• Design: Ted Alspach

• Publisher: Bezier Games

• Power Grid (2004)

• Design: Friedmann Friese

• Publisher: Rio Grande Games

• Spirit Island (2017)

• Design: R. Eric Reuss

• Publisher: Greater Than Games

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Recently Played Games 

Harrison  

• 2:55 - A Place For All My Books

Corey 

• 5:51 - Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Trick-Taking Game

Trivia Time!

9:48 - Connections: Each answer has a word in common with the next in sequence.  For example, “Peanut Butter and Jelly” might follow “Jelly Beans”. [6 questions]

16:16 - Crossword: The first letter of each answer combines to spell out the name of this famous board game designer.  Hint: They were the first to have their name printed on a game box as a selling point. [7 questions]

27:32 - Caveman Clues: I’ll describe the game using one word syllables, you guess what it is. [5 Questions]

Things and Links

• Pub Trivia Group Podcast

• Merge Maestro

• Skyscraper Live

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Recently Played Games 

Corey 

• 1:53 - Double Match

Harrison  

• 4:28 - Australis

8:06 - Featured Topic

Games and game worlds we want to mash together!

First player rule: The youngest and tallest player goes first (mashed up rule from “most games” and The Dragon’s Tomb)

Corey’s Picks:

• Scrabbledeep

• Lords of Waterdeep (2012)

• Design: Peter Lee, Rodney Thompson

• Publisher: Wizards of the Coast

• Scrabble (1948)

• Design: Alfred Mosher Butts 

• Publisher: Many

• Between Two Carcassonne

• Between Two Cities (2015)

• Design: Beth Sobel

• Publisher: Stonemaier

• Carcassonne (2000)

• Design: Klaus-Jergen Wrede

• Publisher: Hans Im Gluck

• Fluxxopoly

• Monopoly (1935)

• Design: Charles Darrow, Elizabeth J. Magpie

• Publisher: Parker Brothers

• Fluxx (1997)

• Design: Andrew Looney, Kristin Looney

• Publisher: Looney Labs

Harrison’s Picks:

• Clank-thulhu!: A Sanity-Twisting Misadventure

• Clank!: A Deck-Building Adventure (2016)

• Design: Paul Dennen

• Publisher: Dire Wolf

• Arkham Horror: The Card Game (2016)

• Design: Nate French, MJ Newman

• Publisher: Fantasy Flight Games

• King of The Factory

• King of Tokyo (2011)

• Design: Richard Garfield

• Publisher: IELLO

• Scythe (2016)

• Design: Jamey Stegmaier

• Publisher: Stonemaier Games

• Let’s Go! to Mecatol Rex

• Let’s Go to Japan (2024)

• Design: Josh Wood

• Publisher: AEG

• Twilight Imperium: Fourth Edition (2017)

• Design: Dane Beltrami, Corey Konieczka, Christian T. Petersen

• Publisher: Fantasy Flight Games

Other Things:

• 26:23 - Orphan Black

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3:23 - Recently Played Games 

Corey 

• 4:40 - Citizens of the Spark

• 7:43 - Tir Na Nog

Harrison  

• 12:10 - Druids of Edora

18:28 - Featured Topic

House rules we like to play with

First player rule: Make it up - it’s a house rule!

Corey’s Picks:

• Gloomhaven (2017) - initiative number

• Design: Isaac Childres

• Publisher: Cepholofair

• Deception: Murder in Hong Kong (2014) - embrace the chaos

• Design: Tobey Ho

• Publisher: Jolly Thinkers

• Endless Winter: Paleoamericans (2022) - third worker

• Design: Stan Kordonskiy

• Publisher: Fantasia Games

Harrison’s Picks:

• Lords of Waterdeep (2012) - remove mandatory quests

• Design: Peter Lee, Rodney Thompson

• Publisher: Wizards of the Coast

• Magical Athlete (2025) - Less mean MOUTH

• Design: Richard Garfield, Takashi Ishida

• Publisher: CMYK

• Carcassonne (2000) - three tiles in hand

• Design: Klaus-Jürgen Wrede

• Publisher: Hans im Glück

Other Things:

• 45:48 - StarVaders (on Steam)

• 49:51 - The Life of Chuck (Film)

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2:16 - Recently Played Games 

Corey 

• Reforest

Harrison

• Fest Season
• Jungo

12:58 - Featured Topic

The game releases in 2026 that we’re most looking forward to

Corey’s Picks:

• Decko

• Design: Haakon Gaarder (Villagers, Moon, Streets)

• Publisher: GEM Games

• Bunny Kingdom Town

• Design: Richard Garfield

• Publisher: IELLO

• Avalon: The Riven Vale

• Design: Jamey Jolly

• Publisher: Shadowborne Games

• Let’s Go! To France

• Design: Josh Wood

• Publisher: AEG

• Western Legends Stories

• Design: Herve Lemetre

• Publisher: Kolossal Games

Harrison’s Picks:

• Raas: A Dance of Love 

• Design: Mihir Shah & Shaleen Harlalkah 

• Publisher: Arcane Wonders

• Crits & Tricks 

• Design: Pete Wissinger

• Publisher: Inside Up Games

• Satchel Quest

• Design: Molly Johnson, Robert Melvin, & Shawn Stankewich

• Publisher: Weird City Games

• Kalypso

• Design: Gilles Turbide

• Publisher: Inside Up Games

• Slay the Spire: Downfall

• Publisher: Contention Games

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2:47 - Recently Played Games (Rapid Fire Catch Up)

Corey 

• 2025 Holiday All Stars: Things in Rings, Fliptoons
• Origin Story
• Wyrmspan
• Captain Flip
• Up or Down

Harrison  

• 2025 Holiday All Stars: Flip 7, Panda Royale
• Yonkai no Yokai

25:39 - Featured Topic

Community Top 10 List

• Trivia Game to guess each one - Harrison gets a single sentence from the rulebook

Winner: Nick Lo (email us at [email protected] to claim your prize)

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