Game time! We catch up on a bunch of reviews for new games and expansions -- tune in to find out how much we liked them! And whether Christina ever found her Pringle.

Thanks to the publishers for providing review copies.

Timeline:

New games:

• 1:30 - The Architects of Amytis.
• 6:24 - Medieval Academy.
• 11:41 - Combo.
• 15:55 - Star Trek: Star Realms.

New expansions:

• 21:45 - Evergreen: Pines and Cacti.
• 27:52 - Ancient Knowledge: Heritage.
• 34:44 - Sky Team: Turbulence.
• 40:31 - Rebel Princess: Happily Never After.

The 2025 American Tabletop Awards were just announced! (Whispers offstage inform us that they were announced back in April....)

Well, we're now ready to talk about them after our extended break. With ATTA cofounder and content creator Eric Yurko of What's Eric Playing?, we react to the recently crowned finalists and winners -- and tell you how we each voted as part of the judging panel.

Timeline:

• 7:08 - Early Gamers category.
• 17:54 - Casual Games category.
• 30:29 - Strategy Games category.
• 40:03 - Complex Games category.

We're back! Again! Tune in to hear all our excuses about why we haven't been podcasting recently, then stay to hear our guest, fabulous designer (Evolution, Wits & Wagers, Oceans) and North Star Games founder Dominic Crapuchettes! We talk about the upcoming Evolution sequel Nature, tariffs (gah), and Dominic's process when designing a science-based game.

Timeline:

• 1:39 - Nature.
• 8:45 - Going Analog's game pick: Super Boss Monster.
• 12:26 - Dominic's game pick: The Gang.
• 17:32 - Going Analog's topic: tariffs impacting the board game industry.
• 29:42 - Dominic's topic: designing science/real life games.