History & Game Podcast
A board game podcast with a twist! Has your history of habitually historical gaming ever harnessed history from your historical games? Each episode of History & Game serves a sleek concoction of historical events, board games, and subjectivity into a lively and often witty, short-form podcast!
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History & Game blends history, a board game, and a quick review into an informative, highly entertaining, and down-right comical short-form podcast! Additionally, each episode of History & Game deconstructs and disregards prevalent narrative structures by experimenting with atypical styles and formats. Some episodes showcase Andrew's comical wit through first-person narration, some disseminate historical content akin to a textbook, while others dive into the world of historical fiction.
Since 2020, History & Game has completed two seasons for your listening pleasure.
Episodes
Wednesday Jul 13, 2022
Wednesday Jul 13, 2022
In this episode, we hear the story of a beautiful young girl and her aspirations and convictions to do the right thing even when her world and culture is against her. Hear why we, in 2022, need more individuals with convictions and wherewithal to stand up and do the right thing - no matter the circumstances. Also, let me tell you about the time I killed Hitler...
Twitter: @HistoryandGame
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Wednesday Jun 29, 2022
Wednesday Jun 29, 2022
The Great War, which lasted from 1914 to 1918, changed the face of the world. Soldiers were exposed to all new aspects of horrific combat. They were enveloped in madness where the fundamental rules of combat came from nihilism and attrition military ideologies. This episode dives into the phenomenal and uplifting event known as the Christmas Truce of 1914. The Grizzled is a cooperative card game about friends from a French village trying to survive the horrors of The Great War.
Twitter: @HistoryandGame
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Tuesday Jun 07, 2022
Tuesday Jun 07, 2022
In 1972, Francis Ford Coppola's seminal film, The Godfather, blew audiences away and became a part of our cultural zeitgeist. However, this story is about the man behind the characters and story of The Godfather, Mario Puzio.
Eric M. Lang's board game, The Godfather: Corleone's Empire, gives players a chance to dive into the American mafia of New York.
Twitter: @HistoryandGame
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Monday May 23, 2022
Monday May 23, 2022
How did you become a gamer? How does anyone become so ensconced, hip-deep, in any hobby? This is a special audio episode as it is part of the APMA Podcast and not a member of the History & Game series. In this episode, you will hear Andrew's origin story. What got him into gaming and how he couldn't shake the meeple monkey on his back. Also, listen to Andrew's thoughts on the importance of games and what we can learn about ourselves by playing them. Enjoy!
Tuesday May 10, 2022
Tuesday May 10, 2022
The French Revolution brought about many political changes. Unfortunately, it also ushered in France's official method of punishment by death: the Guillotine. The Guillotine was used so frequently that, at one point during the revolution, it was chopping heads around the clock. Guillotine, the card game, is fast and fun, where players collect heads of the dearly departed for points. However, does its cartoonish theme and ease of play devolve the game into not much of a game at all?
Twitter: @HistoryandGame
www.historyandgamepodcast.com
Tuesday Apr 26, 2022
Tuesday Apr 26, 2022
In the newest episode of the History & Game series, Andrew discusses the American space program during the 1960s. With the Gemini and Apollo programs, the United States of America was in a space race with the communist superpower the Soviet Union. The nation's primary objective:
To put a man on the moon by the end of the decade.
Twitter: @HistoryandGame
www.historyandgamepodcast.com