An Infamous Traffic, Virgin Queen, John Company Megagame and More: Report from a Historical Game Convention

Episode 276- SD HistCon North 2026

Pete is joined by Cardner Babakitis of Odd Candy Games and Buried Giant Studios.  They discuss the historical games they played at the inaugural SD HistCon North.  

Check out Cardner's games here: https://www.oddcandygames.com/

Time Stamps

15:00- Hellraisers in Kanawha County
19:30- An Infamous Traffic 2nd Edition
27:30- Baltic Empires
33:00- Penitent
42:00- Nicaea
49:00- John Company megagame
1:01:50- Oath with New Foundations
1:08:05- Muddy Buddies
1:09:15- Virgin Queen
1:23:00- Big Shot

Preplanners

The next episode is Deckbuilding 301 which focuses on the relationship of Slay the Spire to tabletop games!

Music and Sound Credits

Thank you to Hembree for our intro and outro music from their song Reach Out. You can listen to the full song on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQuuRPfOyMw&list=TLGGFNH7VEDPgwgyNTA4MjAyMQ&t=3s

You can find more information about Hembree at https://www.hembreemusic.com/. 

Thank you to Flash Floods for use of their song Palm of Your Hand as a sting from their album Halfway to Anywhere: https://open.spotify.com/album/2fE6LrqzNDKPYWyS5evh3K?si=CCjdAGmeSnOOEui6aV3_nA

Intermission Music:
music elevator ext part 1/3 by Jay_You -- https://freesound.org/s/467243/ -- License: Attribution 4.0

Bell with Crows by MKzing -- https://freesound.org/s/474266/ -- License: Creative Commons 0

hammer v2.wav by blukotek -- https://freesound.org/s/337815/ -- License: Creative Commons 0

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