Gaming with Science

About Gaming with Science

Gaming with Science is a podcast that looks at science through the lens of tabletop board games. If you ever wondered how natural selection shows up in Evolution, whether Cytosis reflects actual cell metabolism, or what the socioeconomics of Monopoly are, this is the place for you. (And if not, we hope you’ll give us a try anyway.) So grab a drink, pull up a chair, and let’s have fun playing dice with the universe!

Publisher

Gaming with Science Podcast

Category

education · leisure · science

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

31 Jan 2024

Latest episode

14 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

20 of 44 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   14 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

   S2E08.1 - Rock Buddies (bonus interview)

   Host Brian interviews Catherine and Jonathan Croft, founders of Catlilli Games, about their new geology board game, Rock Buddies, exploring game design and rock facts.

2. 

   30 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

   S3E08 - SETI (Searching for Aliens)

   Host Jason Wallace interviews Dr. Seth Shostak, senior astronomer at the SETI Institute, about the science behind searching for extraterrestrial intelligence and the SETI board game.

3. 

   16 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

   S3E07.1 - Elizabeth Hargrave (bonus interview)

   Host Brian and Host Jason Wallace interview game designer Elizabeth Hargrave about her creative process, inspirations, and journey into board game design, offering insights into her acclaimed work.

Inside a recent episode

S2E08.1 - Rock Buddies (bonus interview)

Published 14 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] And even if we mentioned the word, hey, rock cycle, people are like, oh, no. And so it was a little bit scary. But I think with the art that we have, I think we have the right combination to make it. fun one of the big things from the design perspective early on that Catherine insisted on was we have to minimize the number of words on the board because you don't want to scare people off and so instead of having like you know freezing and heat impression all this other stuff we rely just on these core symbols and really trying to get it just to those three keywords of igneous metamorphic and sedimentary those are the ones we leave you with and we're not trying to overwhelm you with too much science trying to have it it's a game about rocks it's not a rock lesson and that is gamified. […]

Who has been a guest on Gaming with Science

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Catherine Croft
• Jonathan Croft
• Seth Shostack
• Elizabeth Hargrave
• Angela Perry

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

2,314

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

4 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

7 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 37 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

35

Social presence

0

YouTube

68

Engagement

32

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