richard garfield

Ten years ago, your Going Analog hosts Christina and Shoe were obsessed with the digital collectible card game SolForge. Sadly, the daily (and nightly) sessions of lane-based combat mixed with a revolutionary upgradable-card system went away when the game eventually sunsetted (solsetted?). But, Richard Garfield (Magic: The Gathering, Android Netrunner) and Justin Gary (Ascension, Shards of Infinity) knew their co-design still had some...ahem, magic to it, so they revived it via Kickstarter as a tabletop experience, SolForge Fusion.

Now SolForge is full-circling its career by returning to its original format. This time, however, the new digital game will work with its physical counterpart on a truly ambitious new platform.

We chat with Richard and Justin about SolForge and SolForge Fusion's interesting journey, with its ups and downs and ups again -- and what fans can expect from the franchise moving forward. 

Timeline:

• 3:32 - Going Analog's game pick: Critter Kitchen.
• 6:36 - Richard & Justin's pick: Dominion.
• 13:01 - Richard & Justin & Going Analog's combo topic: SolForge's journey from digital to physical and back to digital.

As Rob vacates the first player throne JP returns to familiar ground and brings us all into the dystopian future of Netrunner, an asymmetrical card game where a runner (hacker) attempts to hack a shady corporation in order to prevent them scoring their nefarious agendas.

FIRST PLAYER: JP
OTHER PLAYERS: Ian & Kerley

OVERVIEW
In this weeks episode, JP takes on the mantle of first player once again and along with Ian and Kerley they perform a deep dive into one of their favourite games Netrunner.  Prepare to be propelled into the dystopian future and get your hack on.  In this episode you'll learn:
- That Ian has actually played some more games, at this rate he might make it back in the group
- Kerleys kickstarters have all been delivered at once, pretty much
- what Netrunner is and why it's an important game for the group
- to explore all the corporations and runners in the game along with their thematic and mechanical flavours
- What games the group would save from their house if it was on fire

LINKS REFERENCED IN THE SHOW
NOTE: We are not affiliated with Null Signal Games or FFG but we want to help promote this fantastic game to everyone.  You can find out more information below:

Shut Up & Sit Down "Why You Should Get into Netrunner in 2023?" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ev24b_17-Po&t=165s
What is Netrunner? (Null Signal Games) - https://nullsignal.games/about/netrunner/
Getting started in Netrunner (System Gateway) - https://netrunnercards.co.uk/product/62/

EPISODE CHAPTERS
0:00 - TURN 1 - Player Count
1:18 - TURN 2 - Let's Talk About Hex
2:44 - Kerley - Scythe
6:10 - Ian - Quoridor
9:50 - JP - Cubitos
16:44 - TURN 3 - Jacking back into Netrunner
19:06 - What is Netrunner?
25:20 - Our groups introduction to Netrunner
28:42 - The death and resurrection of Netrunner
35:12 - Exploring the Corporations
41:08 - Haas-Bioroid (Purple Corp)
42:26 - Jinteki (Red Corp)
43:54 - NBN (Yellow Corp)
45:15 - Weyland (Green Corp)
47:35 - Exploring the Runners
49:07 - Shapers (Green Runner)
50:34 - Criminals (Blue Runner)
52:39 - Anarchs (Orange Runner)
54:22 - The rich deckbuilding experience
57:55 - How can you get started with Netrunner?
59:57 - TURN 4 - Question Time: What single game would you save from your
collection which is on fire?
1:03:43 - TURN 5 - The Penultimate Turn: What's Coming Up?
1:03:56 - Kerley - Mosaic, Europa Universalis & Frosthaven
1:09:04 - JP - Hoplomachus Victorum & Remastered
1:11:47 - Ian - Welsh Crokinole Tournament & planning more games in (yeah right!!!)
1:13:30 - TURN 6 - The Final Turn

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We've got another guest on the show and this time it's the designer of Zuuli, Chris Priscott from Unfringed.  Chris joins us to chat through the genesis of Zuuli and also game design in general.
 
GUEST PLAYER: Chris Priscott from Unfringed.co
THE PLAYERS: JP & Becky
 
OVERVIEW
In this Expansion Pack episode JP & Becky meet Chris Priscott the designer of Zuuli to talk about how his design began, whats coming up and who Chris the gamer is.  In this episode you'll learn:
- How Becky would have elbowed the other players out of the way to be on this episode (spoiler alert - she's a big fan)
- What happens to the animals in Zuuli when you can't fit them in your zoo
- What's up next for Zuuli fans
- more about Chris' niche number 1 answers
- that Resident Evil from the 90s has a strong pull for conversation

LINKS REFERENCED IN THE SHOW
Check out more on Chris and Unfringed below
- Website - https://unfringed.co
- Zuuli - https://unfringed.co/zuuli/

You can learn more about Chris on his socials:
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/unfringedthings/
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/UnfringedThings

EPISODE CHAPTERS
0:00 - TURN 1 - Player Count
1:07 - TURN 2 - Introducing Chris Priscott
3:29 - What is Chris' favourite game?
6:01 - What games does Chris enjoy right now?
9:19 - TURN 3 - Main Interview
9:42 - What was the genesis of Unfringed?
13:40 - Was your background in software engineering helpful with the process?
15:12 - What was the most surprising thing in the process in getting Zuuli out to market? 
16:48 - Having played Zuuli, what happens to the animals that don't fit in the zoo?
17:58 - What is Zuuli?

22:09 - What's it been like going through crowdfunding and getting the response you have? 
26:50 - How deliberate was the child friendly art style?
30:34 - What expert tips can you give Becky to help beat her husband (Kerley) at the game?
33:26 - Will you cover on socials fan made cards & animals?
36:23 - Listeners Questions - What's next from the Zuuliverse?
41:06 - Are you working on anything outside of the Zuuliverse right now?
42:48 - Listeners Questions - How did you find the blind draft when we switched playing with an open draft?
45:45 - Listeners Questions - Do you feel the success of Zuuli puts more pressure on you? 
47:47 - Chris' Niche Number 1's - Favourite game you've bought on a whim?
49:45 - Chris' Niche Number 1's - Favourite game that you don't own?
50:34 - Chris' Niche Number 1's - Favourite game with the most useless component?
54:42 - TURN 4 - Planning Your Turn - What's coming up for our guest
1:02:52 - Thanking Chris
1:04:00 - TURN 5 - The Final Turn

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Featuring:  Ammosart, Ashgar, Belghast, Kodra, Tamrielo, and Thalen

Hey Folks!  We were expecting to be down both a Grace and a Tam but at the very last minute, Tam was available.  We talked a bit about the new Return to Monkey Island game and how it is educating us on important anchor facts.  From there we talk about one of the longest-to-deliver Kickstarter called Two Guys Spaceventure, which styles itself as a new Space Quest game but largely fails at delivering.  From there we talk about the card games of Richard Garfield and what his initial design intent was versus how the games actually play.  From there we talk a bit about Star Ocean: The Divine Force which has released a demo this week.  We talked a bit about the announcement of the 4000 Series Nvidia cards and the 70% price increase that comes with them.  We talked about how Twitch seems to be eating itself and the onslaught of folks shifting to YouTube after changes in revenue splits.  Finally, Bel talks about getting a Steam Deck and how he has already caused his device to get into a boot loop.  We talk a bit about how the hardware works so well for being a completely hands-off console for Tam but also allowing Bel to tinker endlessly with his setup.

Topics Discussed

• Return to Monkey Island
• Two Guys Spaceventure
• As Garfield Intended
• Pokemon
• Magic the Gathering
• Richard Garfield’s Intent
• Star Ocean: The Divine Force Demo
• Nvidia Price Hike
• Don’t buy a 4000 Series Card
• AMD Price Drops
• Twitch Eats Itself
• The migration to YouTube
• Bricking the Steam Deck
• Bel gets a Deck and Fiddles with it
• Logitech G Cloud doesn’t make sense