Beyond Solitaire
By Liz Davidson
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Episodes: 230
Description
A podcast all about going not just Beyond Solitaire, but beyond the board! Join your host, Liz Davidson, for interviews that touch on gaming history, historical games, and the cultural significance of the games we play.
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Episode 230 - Danielle Reynolds on Mass Market Design
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Mar 30, 2026 |
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Episode 229 - Taylor Shuss on Walkable City
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Mar 23, 2026 |
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Episode 228 - Joe Dewhurst on The Pure Land
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Mar 16, 2026 |
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Episode 227 - Shadi Torbey on inPatience
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Mar 09, 2026 |
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Episode 226 - Bree Woodward on Creative Direction
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Mar 02, 2026 |
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Episode 225 - Dan Bullock on Penitent
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Feb 23, 2026 |
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Episode 224 - Jason Morningstar on The Blue Way
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Feb 16, 2026 |
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Episode 223 - Pam Walls on Independent Game Design
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Feb 09, 2026 |
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Episode 222 - Jeremiah McCall on Designing Historical Games for Class
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Feb 02, 2026 |
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Episode 221 - Diana Toma on Meeple Foundry
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Jan 26, 2026 |
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Episode 220 - Adam Blinkinsop on Echo from the Dark
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Dec 08, 2025 |
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Episode 219 - Ted Caya on Take
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Dec 01, 2025 |
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Episode 218 - Jaysen Headley (Ezeekat) on Book + Game Coverage
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Nov 24, 2025 |
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Episode 217 - Carlos Ureta on the Art of Queen of Spies
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Nov 17, 2025 |
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Episode 216 - Fertessa Allyse on Designing for IPs
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Nov 10, 2025 |
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Episode 215 - Ricky Royal on Deckers and Oath
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Nov 03, 2025 |
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Episode 214 - Hannah Fair on Playing with the Anthropocene
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Oct 27, 2025 |
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Episode 213 - Gonzalo Maldonado on Salt & Pepper Games
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Oct 20, 2025 |
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Episode 212 - Rachel Billingsley on Marketing at GMT
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Oct 13, 2025 |
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Episode 211 - Carly Kocurek on Coin-Operated Americans
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Oct 06, 2025 |
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Episode 210 - Liam Liwanag Burke on Dog Eat Dog
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Sep 29, 2025 |
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Episode 209 - Efka Bladukas on Game Coverage as Story
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Sep 22, 2025 |
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Episode 208 - Pat Harrigan on Zones of Control
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Sep 15, 2025 |
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Episode 207 - Clifford Ando on the Humanities Crisis at UChicago
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Sep 08, 2025 |
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Episode 206 - Suzanne Sheldon on Restoration Games
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Sep 01, 2025 |
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Episode 205 - Nigel Scarfe on Imagination Gaming
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Aug 25, 2025 |
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Episode 204 - Gabe Barrett on Best with 1 Games
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Aug 18, 2025 |
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Episode 203 - Emily Friedman on the Study of Actual Play
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Aug 11, 2025 |
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Episode 202 - J. Rey Lee on Unsettling Catan
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Aug 04, 2025 |
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Episode 201 - Matteo Menapace on Cooperative Game Design
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Jul 28, 2025 |
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Episode 200 - Thoughts on the State of Historical Gaming
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Jun 09, 2025 |
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Episode 199 - Ian, David, and Liz on the Art of Night Witches
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Jun 02, 2025 |
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Episode 198 - Ananda Gupta on Designing for Board and Video Games
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May 26, 2025 |
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Episode 197 - Lars de Wildt on the Pop Theology of Videogames
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May 19, 2025 |
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Episode 196 - Erin Escobedo on Meltwater
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May 12, 2025 |
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Episode 195 - Brooks Barber on Sykes-Picot, Spindletop, and Painkillers
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May 05, 2025 |
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Episode 194 - Mark Herman on "Wargames According to Mark"
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Apr 28, 2025 |
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Episode 193 - Eric Lang on Design, Activism, and Mentorship
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Apr 21, 2025 |
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Episode 192 - Jason Matthews on Tariffs, GAMA, and Collective Action
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Apr 14, 2025 |
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Episode 191 - Michelle Strayer on Wargame Analysis
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Apr 07, 2025 |
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Episode 190 - Lichao Zhu on the Linguistics of Games
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Mar 31, 2025 |
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Episode 189 - Ada Palmer on LARPing the Renaissance
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Mar 24, 2025 |
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Episode 188 - Amabel Holland on Cardboard Ghosts
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Mar 17, 2025 |
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Episode 187 - Thomas Malaby on Anthropology and Gaming
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Mar 10, 2025 |
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Episode 186 - Emily Knox on Book Banning
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Mar 03, 2025 |
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Episode 185 - Eric Zimmerman on Teaching Game Design
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Feb 24, 2025 |
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Episode 184 - Laine Nooney on the Apple II Age
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Feb 17, 2025 |
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Episode 183 - Sreyashi Mukherjee on the Game World of Reality TV
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Feb 10, 2025 |
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Episode 182 - Daniel Newman and Marceline Leiman on the Indie Games Night Market
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Feb 03, 2025 |
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Episode 181 - Greg Loring-Albright on Keep the Faith
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Jan 27, 2025 |
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Episode 180 - Paul Wright and Liz Davidson on Foxes & Lions
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Dec 09, 2024 |
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Episode 179 - Natalia Zwarts and Chris Gledhill on Gaming Ukraine
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Dec 02, 2024 |
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Episode 178 - Clarence Simpson on Growing as a Game Designer
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Nov 25, 2024 |
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Episode 177 - Anthony Chatfield on Board Game Academics
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Nov 18, 2024 |
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Episode 176 - Tim Clare on The Game Changers
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Nov 11, 2024 |
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Episode 175 - Alison Collins on Publish or Perish: Wiñay Kawsay
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Nov 04, 2024 |
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Episode 174 - Dave Neale and David Thompson on War Story
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Oct 28, 2024 |
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Episode 173 - David Digby on Solo Mode Design and Dev
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Oct 21, 2024 |
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Episode 172 - Xoe Allred on Non-Hierarchical Games
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Oct 14, 2024 |
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Episode 171 - Geoff Engelstein on Kurt Vonnegut's Lost Board Game
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Oct 07, 2024 |
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Episode 170 - Jarrod Carmichael on Red Dust Rebellion
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Sep 30, 2024 |
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Episode 169 - Torill Elvira Mortensen on Transgressive Play
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Sep 23, 2024 |
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Episode 168 - Josh Fitzgerald on Games of 19th Century Mexico
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Sep 16, 2024 |
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Episode 167 - Jason Carr on Solo Modes at GMT
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Sep 09, 2024 |
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Episode 166 - Cosima Werner on Inclusion and German Gaming Culture
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Sep 02, 2024 |
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Episode 165 - Marceline Leiman on Designing Solo Modes
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Aug 26, 2024 |
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Episode 164 - Andrew Bucholtz and Joe Schmidt on SDHistCon
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Aug 19, 2024 |
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Episode 163 - Kenna Alexander on Coyote & Crow
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Aug 12, 2024 |
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Episode 162 - Yoni Goldstein on Chicago '68
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Aug 05, 2024 |
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Episode 161 - Non Breaking Space on Games as Communication
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Jul 29, 2024 |
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Episode 160 - Trevor Benjamin, Roger Tankersley, and David Thompson on Co-Design
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Jun 17, 2024 |
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Episode 159 - Marco Arnaudo on The Tabletop Revolution
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Jun 10, 2024 |
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Episode 158 - Will Thompson on Winter Rabbit
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Jun 03, 2024 |
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Episode 157 - Kai Jensen on Production at GMT
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May 27, 2024 |
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Episode 156 - Pete Pellegrino on Gaming at the Naval War College
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May 20, 2024 |
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Episode 155 - Andrew Olimpi on Adapting Games for the Classroom
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May 13, 2024 |
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Episode 154 - Calvin Wong Tze Loon on Mass Effect
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May 06, 2024 |
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Episode 153 - Holly Black on Enemies and Lovers
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Apr 29, 2024 |
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Episode 152 - Eduardo García-Molina on Archaeogaming
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Apr 22, 2024 |
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Episode 151 - Joe Dewhurst on Developing Heavy Games
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Apr 15, 2024 |
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Episode 150 - Elizabeth Hargrave on Science Games + the TTGDA
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Apr 08, 2024 |
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Episode 149 - Alastair Kocho-Williams on Teaching History through Wargames
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Apr 01, 2024 |
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Episode 148 - Weyodi OldBear on Indigenous Futurism in Games
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Mar 25, 2024 |
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Episode 147 - Jason Carr on Development at GMT
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Mar 18, 2024 |
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Episode 146 - Jane Draycott on Women in Historical Video Games
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Mar 11, 2024 |
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Episode 145 - Henry Lowood on Preserving Gaming History
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Mar 04, 2024 |
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Episode 144 - Verdis LeVar Robinson and Paul Otto on Gaming Bacon's Rebellion
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Feb 26, 2024 |
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Episode 143 - Hermann Luttmann on Designing Across Genres
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Feb 19, 2024 |
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Episode 142 - Betsy Joslyn on Thinking with Wargames
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Feb 12, 2024 |
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Episode 141 - Pablo Clark on The Old King's Crown
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Feb 05, 2024 |
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Episode 140 - Josh Sawyer on Pentiment
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Dec 11, 2023 |
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Episode 139 - Steven Dashiell on Gaming and Cultural Capital
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Dec 04, 2023 |
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Episode 138 - Jason Perez and Paul Wright on Mr. President
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Nov 27, 2023 |
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Episode 137 - TreaAndrea Russworm and Samantha Blackmon on the Black Games Archive
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Nov 20, 2023 |
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Episode 136 - Rodney Smith on Wargaming
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Nov 13, 2023 |
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Episode 135 - Jenny Cromwell on Gaming Ancient Egypt
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Nov 06, 2023 |
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Episode 134 - Amabel Holland on Doubt Is Our Product
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Oct 30, 2023 |
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Episode 133 - Luis Aguasvivas on Game Journalism
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Oct 23, 2023 |
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Episode 132 - Jo Kelly on Molly House
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Oct 16, 2023 |
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Episode 131 - Cole Wehrle on Oath
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Oct 09, 2023 |
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Episode 130 - Hamish Cameron on Gaming Ancient Borders
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Oct 02, 2023 |
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Episode 129 - Christienne Hinz and Akar Bharadvaj on Zenobia II
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Sep 25, 2023 |
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Episode 128 - Wendy Robertson on The Hydrologic Cycle
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Sep 18, 2023 |
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Episode 127 - Aaron Trammell on The Privilege of Play
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Sep 11, 2023 |
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Episode 126 - Mike Nerdahl on Gaming Ancient Rome
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Sep 04, 2023 |
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Episode 125 - Stuart Ellis-Gorman on the Lost Cause Narrative in Games
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Aug 28, 2023 |
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Episode 124 - Emily Gray on Role-playing the Reformation
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Aug 21, 2023 |
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Episode 123 - Jeremiah McCall on Gaming the Past
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Aug 14, 2023 |
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Episode 122 - Sebastian Bae on Littoral Commander
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Aug 07, 2023 |
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Episode 121 - Jason Morningstar on Night Witches
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Jul 31, 2023 |
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Episode 120 - Eivind Vetlesen and Paul Wright on Europa Universalis
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Jun 12, 2023 |
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Episode 119 - Kevin Bertram on the Business of Historical Games
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Jun 05, 2023 |
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Episode 118 - Stefan Aguirre Quiroga on White Mythic Space
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May 29, 2023 |
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Episode 117 - Mike, David, and Liz on Night Witches
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May 22, 2023 |
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Episode 116 - John Coveyou on Genius Games
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May 15, 2023 |
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Episode 115 - Josh Hartman on Puerto Rican Classical Reception
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May 08, 2023 |
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Episode 114 - Alex Knight on Land and Freedom
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May 01, 2023 |
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Episode 113 - S. Ayuandini and C. Hinz on Kartini: From Darkness to Light
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Apr 24, 2023 |
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Episode 112 - Frank Klaassen on Virtus
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Apr 17, 2023 |
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Episode 111 - Maurice Suckling on Postcolonialism in Games
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Apr 10, 2023 |
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Episode 110 - Jason Perez on Playing Oppression
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Apr 03, 2023 |
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Episode 109 - Nick Proctor on Reacting to the Past
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Mar 27, 2023 |
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Episode 108 - Martha McGill on Witch Hunt 1649
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Mar 20, 2023 |
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Episode 107 - Ian Brown on The Krulak Center
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Mar 13, 2023 |
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Episode 106 - Kate Cook on Women in Classical Video Games
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Mar 06, 2023 |
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Episode 105 - Ray Kimball and Kimberly Redding on Eyeball to Eyeball
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Feb 27, 2023 |
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Episode 104 - Gary Mengle (aka Ardwulf) on the Charles S. Roberts Awards
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Feb 20, 2023 |
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Episode 103 - Adrienne Shaw on LGBTQ+ Representation in Gaming
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Feb 13, 2023 |
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Episode 102 - Jason Cox on Five Hundred Year Old Vampire
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Feb 06, 2023 |
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Episode 101 - Julián Pombo on Pampero
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Jan 30, 2023 |
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Episode 100 - Thoughts on the Past, Present, and Future of Historical Gaming
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Dec 05, 2022 |
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Episode 99 - Kathleen Mercury on Teaching Game Design
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Nov 28, 2022 |
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Episode 98 - Emily Yoder on Malign
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Nov 21, 2022 |
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Episode 97 - Amabel Holland on Endurance
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Nov 14, 2022 |
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Episode 96 - Beth LaPensée on Games with Social Impact
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Nov 07, 2022 |
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Episode 95 - Jason Perez on Cultural Consulting
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Oct 31, 2022 |
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Episode 94 - Tory Brown on Votes for Women
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Oct 24, 2022 |
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Episode 93 - Fred Serval on Historical Games and Homo Ludens
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Oct 17, 2022 |
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Episode 92 - Jim Dietz on The Dietz Foundation
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Oct 10, 2022 |
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Episode 91 - Lamaro Smith on Board Game Art, Design, and Branding
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Oct 03, 2022 |
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Episode 90 - Geek Gamers on the Solo Game Master's Guide
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Sep 26, 2022 |
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Episode 89 - Dan Bullock on Controversial Game Topics
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Sep 19, 2022 |
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Episode 88 - Ada Sayin on Hybrid Threat Rising
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Sep 12, 2022 |
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Episode 87 - Paul Wright on Reacting to the Past and Game Development
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Sep 05, 2022 |
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Episode 86 - Scott Nicholson on Escape Rooms
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Aug 29, 2022 |
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Episode 85 - Ray Kimball on 42EdGames
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Aug 22, 2022 |
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Episode 84 - Bret Devereaux on Learning History Through Video Games
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Aug 15, 2022 |
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Episode 83 - Qamar on After the Last Sky
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Aug 08, 2022 |
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Episode 82 - Damon Stone and Ted Torgerson on Free At Last
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Aug 01, 2022 |
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Episode 81 - Reina Pennington and David Thompson on Night Witches
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Jul 25, 2022 |
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Episode 80 - Geoff Engelstein and David Thompson on Zheng He
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May 09, 2022 |
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Episode 79 - Charles Cartier on Wargaming at CNA
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May 02, 2022 |
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Episode 78 - Scout Blum on Rising Waters
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Apr 25, 2022 |
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Episode 77 - Joe Schmidt and Taylor Shuss on The Sacred Band
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Apr 18, 2022 |
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Episode 76 - Zoe Antoinette Eddy on LARPing and Cultural Appropriation
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Apr 11, 2022 |
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Episode 75 - Eloy Lasanta on Making RPGs Accessible
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Apr 04, 2022 |
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Episode 74 - James Fielder on Teaching Political Science Through Games
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Mar 28, 2022 |
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Episode 73 - Tim Hutchings on Making Games and Art
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Mar 21, 2022 |
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Episode 72 - Kathryn Hymes on Games about Language
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Mar 14, 2022 |
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Episode 71 - Ev Davis on RPGs Beyond D&D
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Mar 07, 2022 |
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Episode 70 - Mary Flanagan on Games that Change Minds
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Feb 28, 2022 |
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Episode 69 - Mary Jane Treacy on Greenwich Village, 1913
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Feb 21, 2022 |
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Episode 68 - Greg Loring-Albright on Bloc by Bloc
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Feb 14, 2022 |
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Episode 67 - Ricky Royal on Solo Game Design
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Feb 07, 2022 |
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Episode 66 - Paul Booth and Aaron Trammell on a Board Game Book Series
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Jan 31, 2022 |
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Episode 65 - Talia Rosen on Gaming the Supreme Court
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Jan 24, 2022 |
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Episode 64 - Patrick Rael on Gaming Difficult History
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Jan 17, 2022 |
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Episode 63 - Non Breaking Space on Cross Bronx Expressway
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Jan 10, 2022 |
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Episode 62 - Jason Perez on Healthy (and Unhealthy) Misbehavior in Games
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Jan 03, 2022 |
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Episode 61 - Jason Perez on Historical Tourism
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Dec 27, 2021 |
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Episode 60 - Liz Davidson on Gladiator Games
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Oct 04, 2021 |
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Episode 59 - Dan Thurot on Reviewing Historical Games
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Sep 27, 2021 |
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Episode 58 - Volko Ruhnke and Brian Train on A Distant Plain
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Sep 20, 2021 |
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Episode 57 - Liz and Jason on Misogyny in Games
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Sep 13, 2021 |
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Episode 56 - Edward Uhler on Teaching Heavy Games
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Sep 06, 2021 |
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Episode 55 - Candice Harris on Growing the Hobby
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Aug 30, 2021 |
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Episode 54 - David Thompson on the Fifth Platoon
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Aug 23, 2021 |
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Episode 53 - Lottie Hazell on Books, Board Games, and Narrative
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Aug 16, 2021 |
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Episode 52 - T. Caires on Games for Kids
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Aug 09, 2021 |
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Episode 51 - Mark Carnes on Reacting to the Past
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Aug 02, 2021 |
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Episode 50 - Dan Hallagan on Obsession
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Jul 26, 2021 |
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Episode 49 - Mary Beth Looney on Monumental Consequences
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Jul 19, 2021 |
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Episode 48 - Adelyne Rizzo on the Fine Art of Puzzles
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Jul 12, 2021 |
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Episode 47 - Dávid Turczi on Mechanism and Theme
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Jul 05, 2021 |
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Episode 46 - Kevin Bertram on Mainstream Historical Games
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Jun 28, 2021 |
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Episode 45 - Jess Cassady on Game Development
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Jun 21, 2021 |
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Episode 44 - Besime Uyanik on Sammu-ramat
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Jun 14, 2021 |
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Episode 43 - Jonathan Truitt on Academic Game Publishing
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Jun 07, 2021 |
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Episode 42 - Jonathan Truitt on Games of Colonial Mesoamerica
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May 31, 2021 |
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Episode 41 - Amabel Holland on Gaming Nicaea
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May 24, 2021 |
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Episode 40 - Liz Davidson on Creating with Purpose
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Mar 29, 2021 |
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Episode 39 - Christina Kahrl on Gaming and Sports
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Mar 22, 2021 |
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Episode 38 - Sally Davis on Inclusion in Wargaming
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Mar 15, 2021 |
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Episode 37 - Phil Bolger on Pro Wargame Design
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Mar 08, 2021 |
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Episode 36 - Keith Toda on Classroom Gaming
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Mar 01, 2021 |
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Episode 35 - Megan Norcia on Gaming Empire
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Feb 22, 2021 |
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Episode 34 - Cole Wehrle on Games as Historical Arguments
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Feb 15, 2021 |
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Episode 33 - Jason Matthews on Gaming Politics
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Feb 08, 2021 |
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Episode 32 - Patricia and Lauren Ganger on Gaming and Accessibility
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Feb 01, 2021 |
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Episode 31 - Tanya Pobuda and Shelly Jones on Gendered Language in Board Games
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Jan 25, 2021 |
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Episode 30 - Jan Heinemann on EuroWarGames
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Jan 18, 2021 |
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Episode 29 - Yuna Wong on Breaking Into Pro Wargaming
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Jan 11, 2021 |
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Episode 28 - Jason Perez on Gaming and Therapy
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Jan 04, 2021 |
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Episode 27 - Sebastian Bae on Teaching Wargame Design
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Dec 28, 2020 |
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Episode 26 - Taylor Shuss on Gaming the Stonewall Uprising
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Dec 21, 2020 |
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Episode 25 - Mike Tuñez and Benerson Little on Blood & Plunder
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Dec 14, 2020 |
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Episode 24 - Ian O'Toole on Board Game Illustration
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Dec 07, 2020 |
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Episode 23 - Harold Buchanan on Gaming U.S. History
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Nov 30, 2020 |
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Episode 22 - Rex Brynen on Gaming the Election
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Nov 23, 2020 |
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Episode 21 - David Thompson on Soldiers in Postmen's Uniforms
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Nov 16, 2020 |
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Episode 20 - Christienne Hinz on Gaming World History
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Sep 28, 2020 |
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Episode 19 - Natalia Wojtowicz on Wargaming with NATO
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Sep 21, 2020 |
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Episode 18 - Ben Maddox on Board Game Criticism
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Sep 14, 2020 |
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Episode 17 - Robert Domaingue on State Department Gaming
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Sep 07, 2020 |
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Episode 16 - Deborah from Geek Gamers on Solo RPGs
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Aug 31, 2020 |
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Episode 15 - Jason Perez on Pandemic: Fall of Rome
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Aug 24, 2020 |
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Episode 14 - Morgane Gouyon-Rety on Hubris
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Aug 17, 2020 |
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Episode 13 - Morgane Gouyon-Rety on Games Set in the Ancient World
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Aug 10, 2020 |
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Episode 12 - Matthew Kirschenbaum on Kriegsspiel
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Aug 03, 2020 |
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Episode 11 - Amabel Holland on Games as Art
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Jul 27, 2020 |
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Episode 10 - Doug Glover and Mitch Reed on Military Wargaming
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Jul 20, 2020 |
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Episode 09 - Volko and Andrew Ruhnke on Falling Sky
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Jul 13, 2020 |
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Episode 08 - Mike Kelley and Eric Slauson on Teaching Games
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Jul 06, 2020 |
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Episode 07 - Kirby Whitehead on Wargaming in the Classroom
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Jun 29, 2020 |
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Episode 06 - Caitlyn Leong on Professional Wargaming
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Jun 22, 2020 |
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Episode 05 - Marco Arnaudo on the Future of Wargaming
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Jun 15, 2020 |
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Episode 04 - Marco Arnaudo on Games and Storytelling
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Jun 08, 2020 |
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Episode 03 - Robert DeLeskie on Later Roman History
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Jun 01, 2020 |
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Episode 02 - David Thompson on GIS and the Battle of Mortain
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May 25, 2020 |
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Episode 01 - Chris Dobbs Talks Ancient Board Games
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May 20, 2020 |