Harrison is back from Gencon and has lots to talk about. On this episode, he shares a list of favorites from the show. Also, we'll take a brief look at the Massive-Verse Fighting Card Game from Solis Game Studio, launching on August 30th.

Recently Played Games 

Corey

• Massive-Verse Fighting Card Game (on sale at Gencon)

• MicroMacro: Crime City

• FlipToons

Featured Topic

What was awesome at Gencon?

Harrison's List

• VIVO / Allplay

• Roaring 20s / Pegasus Spiele

• Twinkle Twinkle / Allplay

• Wroth / Chip Theory

• Fight 5 / Chip Theory

• Lightning Train / Dire Wolf

• Up or Down? / Capstone

Follow us on podcast player of choice

Follow us Instagram (@AdamantlyAnalog)

This week, we're getting ready to go back to school with a list of games that are either educational or can be used in the classroom.

Recently Played Games

Corey

Harrison

Games for the classroom or to get you ready for school!

Corey's List 

Harrison's List

Follow us on podcast player of choice

Follow us Instagram (@AdamantlyAnalog)

It's an action-packed week! We're covering the latest board game obsession, Vantage, based on Harrison's experience with the game (and answering Corey's many questions about it) as well as sharing our Gencon 2025 "Hype List"!

Recently Played Games

Harrison

• ⁠Vantage⁠

Corey

• Wonderland’s War

Featured Topic

Gencon releases!  Three games we’re excited to play

Corey's List 

• Defenders of the Dictionary (Demo at Gencon) / Adam’s Apple Games

• Gibberers: The Word Game of Language Invention and Civilization Development (For Sale) / Hobby Japan

• Merchants of Andromeda (For Sale) / AllPlay

• Honorable Mention: Alibis (For Sale) / AllPlay

Harrison's List

• Lightning Train (For Sale) / Dire Wolf

• Rumblebots (For Sale) / DV Games

• Roaring 20s (For Sale) / Pegasus Spiele

• Honorable Mentions: Twinkle Twinkle (Allplay), Lunar Skyline (Dead Alive Games)

Other Links

• Gencon and Essen Preview List (on BGG)

Follow us on podcast player of choice

Follow us Instagram (@AdamantlyAnalog)

This week we catch-up on the 2025 games we're most excited about.

Featured Topic

What we’ve been playing in the last month + Harrison’s Origins Top 3

Corey's List 

Harrison's List

This week we chat with Parker Simpson about print and play games, including their own upcoming print and play release, Starfront Scouting Academy.

Featured Topic

Print and play games.

Corey's List 

• Rise of the Oak Dell (2025) / Two Acorns Games

• Wizard in Training (2025) / Thinky Filler Games

Harrison's List

• 52 Realms: Adventures (2024) / Postmark Games  

• Gem Getter Pro (2023) / (self published by Daniel Young)

Parker’s List

• Voyages (2021) / Postmark Games

• Hanzo: Light and Shadow (2025) / Creardo

• Runner up: Pocket Puffins (2024) / self published by Edward Bell

Other Links

Follow us on podcast player of choice

Follow us Instagram (@AdamantlyAnalog)

This week we chat with Shea Parker of RTFM about his specialty, complex games.  Shea also shares a bit about the process behind the fantastic RTFM videos as well as a few recommendations from his recently played games.

Shea’s Recently Played/Recommended

• Earthborne Rangers
• Vantage
• Terminus Frontier

Featured Topic

Heavy/complex games that are worth the effort.

Corey's List 

• Gaia Project (2017) / Feuerland Spiele
• A Feast for Odin (2016) / Feuerland Spiele

Harrison's List

• Revive (2022) / Aporta Games
• Scythe (2016) / Stonemaier Games

Shea’s List

• Twilight Imperium: Fourth Edition (2017) / Fantasy Flight Games
• Spirit Island (2017) / Greater Than Games

Other Links

• RTFM (Youtube)

Follow us on podcast player of choice

Follow us Instagram (@AdamantlyAnalog)

This week we chat with Lee Miller of Molinarius games, whose solo deck-builder Time Troopers is live on Gamefound until July.

Featured Topic

Favorite board game and music pairing.  (Choose an album, playlist, genre, etc to pair with a particular game)

Corey's List 

• Great Western Trail: Second Edition (2016) / Eggert Spiele

• With Ennio Morricone (Good, the Bad, and the Ugly)

• Nemesis (2018) / Awaken Realms

• With Nemesis Board Game Soundtrack by Board Game Ambience

Harrison's List

• Spire’s End (2019) / Favro Ventures

• With Hades OST

• Aeon’s End (2016) / Indie Boards & Cards

• With Garbungus’s Fungal Music Mix

Lee’s List

• Dragon Eclipse (2025) / Awaken Realms 

• With Avatar Movie Soundtrack

• Overs (2025) / Maitlin Games

• With Soul Limbo by Booker T and the MGs.

Other Links

• Time Troopers on Gamefound

• Melodice.org

Follow us on podcast player of choice

Follow us Instagram (@AdamantlyAnalog)

We're packing for vacation and we can't leave home without board games. Here's a list of games to bring along on a trip.

What We've Been Playing

Corey

• Rebirth
• Parks (Second Edition)

Harrison

Featured Topic

Favorite vacation games.

First player rule: 

Corey's List 

• Fox in the Forest: Duet (2020) / Renegade Games
• Kinfire Delve (2023, 2024) / Incredible Dream Studios
• Deception Murder in Hong Kong (2014) / Jolly Thinkers

Harrison's List

• A Gentle Rain (2021) / Incredible Dream Studios
• Flip 7 (2024) / The Op
• Scout (2019) / Oink Games

Other Links

• Silver Threads of Fate Kickstarter
• Important Matter

Follow us on podcast player of choice

Follow us Instagram (@AdamantlyAnalog)

Today we cover some of our favorite space-themed games and preview the upcoming party game, Space Off.

What We've Been Playing

Corey

• Space Off

Harrison

Featured Topic

Favorite space-themed games.

Corey's List 

• Pulsar 2849 (2017) / Czech Games Edition
• Godspeed (2020) / Pandasaurus Games
• Galactic Cruise (2025) / Kinson Key Games

Harrison's List

• Gravwell: Escape from the 9th Dimension (2013) / Cryptozoic Entertainment
• Planet Unknown (2022) / Adam’s Apple Games
• Moon Colony Bloodbath (2025) / Rio Grande Games

Other Links

• Silver Threads of Fate (Kickstarter)
• Space Off (Adamantly Analog Overview and Review)
• Space Off (Kickstarter)
• For Discussion⁠

Follow us on podcast player of choice

Follow us Instagram (@AdamantlyAnalog)

After spending time apart, we come back together to talk about two-player head to head games.

What We've Been Playing

Corey

Harrison

• Protospiel TC
• Splendor: Duel

Featured Topic

Two player games

First player rule: The player that last used a needle (Patchwork)

Corey's List 

• Sniper Elite (2022) / Rebellion Unplugged
• Stellar (2020) / Renegade Games
• Watergate (2019) / Frosted Games

Harrison's List

• Patchwork (2014) / Lookout Games
• Wonderland (2018) / Renegade Games
• Tellstones: King’s Gambit (2020) / Riot Games

Other Links

Follow us on podcast player of choice

Follow us Instagram (@AdamantlyAnalog)