Chrispyha

Been enjoying a lot of push-your-luck dice games lately with our friends -- @chrispyha.bsky.social and I chat about them while eating moon cakes:

Mid-Autumn Festival with Moon Bunny by @hotbananagame.bsky.social and homemade mooncakes by @chrispyha.bsky.social! Fun game (that we’ll talk more about in this week’s Going Analog Podcast). Yummy treats that Christina made too many of but oh well guess we gotta keep eating them
#boardgames

The golden rule: do unto others as you’d have them do unto you, but if the rule on a card conflicts with this rule, follow the rules on the card

Snuggle up under a blankie with your favorite fuzzy loved one -- it's time to talk cozy board games. 🥰And...outside of great gameplay, what makes for a good *product*?

We discuss with designer/developer Alex Cutler! www.goinganalogshow.com/article/304/... #boardgames

Watch (and listen) to our earlier Gen Con coverage if you missed it!

This is the correct response!

SO MANY GOOD RECS! If you need more trick-taking in your life, take this.

Gender of Game Designers: Board Game Geek Top 500, January 2025 A pie chart: 92% of the pie is Designed only by men. They made 461 of the top 500 games. 6% of the pie is Designed by a mixed-gender group. They made 28 of the top 500 games. 1% of the pie is Designed only by women or non-binary people. They made 5 of the top 500 games. Data are for January 1, 2025, using the names in the Designer field on BGG. Not shown are 6 games in the top 500 that have uncredited designers.

Update to this chart that I share a lot. Not breaking news: Game design teams are still OVERWHELMINGLY all men. About 7% of the top 500 games have a woman or non-binary person credited as a designer. A 🧵of related charts: (1/6)
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Covering a bunch of fantastic 2-player board games, giving a few more thoughts on the best of Gen Con, and more! Guest:
@aboveboardtv.bsky.social's Corey Thompson. www.goinganalogshow.com/article/302/...

Live NOW! JOIN US (threatening voice).

Super naturally photoshopped photo of Ruel Gaviola and Christina Ha holding mugs while hosting Good Morning Society #68

Want some game news and good company this Wednesday, 8/20, morning? Join in on the Good Morning Society stream at 10 am Pacific when I guest host with @ruelgaviola.com!

www.youtube.com/live/PvvCzDw...

What happy birthday!!!

MATRICES. Rows x columns.

Love that game! So crazy

Obligatory #gencon2025 haul photo. A little lighter than previous years’ due to @chrispyha.bsky.social being cheap and wanting one fewer suitcase for lower airline fees. 💸

Many of these games were provided by publishers — we’ll disclose them on any follow-up coverage on goinganalogshow.com!

ALL THE GAMES

If you missed our Checkpoint today, tune in tomorrow at 8:00 ET for our Gen Con Wrap-Up with @ruelgaviola.com!

I want to go back to Japan so bad

Want to run a con? Or sell games? This episode's guest has transitioned from content creation to doing both. Check out his journey here: 👀 👂 www.goinganalogshow.com/article/298

Lots of games here... @danshoehsu.bsky.social and @chrispyha.bsky.social team up to cover a bunch they played recently! Listen or watch here:
▶️ www.goinganalogshow.com/article/297/...

We’re baaack!

Image of library book display labeled:

“It's A Warning Not An Instruction Manual.”

Books on display:
• On Tyranny
• Twenty Lessons From
The 21st Century
• 1984
• A Handmaids Tale
• Diary of Anne Frank
• Parable of The Sower
• Fahrenheit 451
• Animal Farm
• Brave New World

~TAiLS of a Bookworm

Sorry for super long podcast break! To make it up to you, we recorded our 150th episode! And sat down and ranked our top 10 favorite childr—I mean, games!

Browned swoopy meringue on top of an Atlantic Beach pie in a saltine crust

Unbaked meringue topping

Creamy lemon filling

Saltine pie crust next to a box of Premium saltines

Happy Pi(e) Day! This year’s pie: Atlantic Beach creamy lemon meringue pie. Yes, that’s a PREMIUM pie crust (of saltines) and meringue-d the top instead of whipped cream because what else am I going to do with 4 egg whites? Saltine pie crust is basically crack, btw.

This was a really fun chat! Some really interesting questions and some great games discussed.

Taiwan’s airport (we’re on a layover on the way to Bangkok for VALORANT Masters) has different themes for each lounge and gate. I wanted the forest but am currently stuck in pastel Sanrio hell w/ @chrispyha.bsky.social.

First one was a fun, puzzly time!

Thrilled to chat with @philwh.bsky.social (praise be!) on our latest episode! Loved chatting about his design influences and some of his upcoming games — give us a listen!

Let’s dooooo it!!!