Author: Anthony

It’s that time of year again – when we pit 64 games in a category of our choosing for your entertainment. This year, the theme is biggest funded Kickstarter campaigns! More importantly, you have an opportunity to join in the fun and fill out your own bracket. Like last year, we’ll be giving away a game to the player whose bracket closest matches our final bracket on Episode 266. The rules? Simple – just complete the bracket below or on Facebook and you’ll be automatically entered for a chance to win. Whoever’s bracket is closest to ours will win a game from…

This is an appearance that Jason did on the Room 51 podcast on Feb 4th, 2020. This one is about IPs in games – when they’re bad and when they’re good. The back half of the episode also has our Top Three IP games. Room 51 – @MelissaMakak on twitter One-Stop Coop Shop Slack – bit.ly/onestopslack BGA Patreon – https://www.patreon.com/bga

To kick things off this week Chris continues to try and push Anthony off the cliff that is the Marvel United Kickstarter. In acquisition disorders this week, Anthony looks at The Ming Voyages and The March of Progress on Kickstarter right now, and Chris looks at Gladius, with some familiar mechanics from an oldie. At the table this week, Anthony played Pipeline for the first time, one of ten plays he has planned for 2020, and Chris (and Anthony) played Space Explorers, a recent release that evokes a lot of what made Splendor such a big hit. Finally, in the…

Jason is joined by Liz Davidson from Beyond Solitaire this week. We have some game reviews for you, and also make an announcement. Listen to find out! First up, Jason reviews the 18 card, tile laying mini-game from Leitman Games, Squire for Hire (10:40), comparing it to some very well known contemporaries like Sprawlopolis and Circle the Wagons. Does Squire for Hire stand with these other beloved games? We then follow up with three games from Weird Giraffe Games. First up is Fire in the Library (17:41), a quick, push your luck filler game. Then we have Stellar Leap (24:18),…

To kick things off this week we look at the listeners’ responses to the question of the week: “What’s a game you hated at first but later came to love?” In acquisition disorders this week, Anthony looks at the third expansion for War of the Ring: Kings of Middle Earth, and Chris looks at Of Knights and Ninjas – Medieval Card Game, on Kickstarter now. At the table this week, Anthony played Root: The Underworld Expansion as well as the first three games of King’s Dilemma, and Chris played Clinic, the newest rerelease from Alban Viard. Finally, in the feature,…

To kick things off this week we look at the listeners’ responses to the question of the week: “What’s the best game for limited or no setup required?” In acquisition disorders this week, Anthony looks at the expansion for PARKS, Nightfall, along with the memory game companion, and Chris looks at the newest miniatures-explosion on Kickstarter from CMON – Marvel United. At the table this week, Anthony played Masters of Rennaisance: Lorenzo il Magnifico The Card Game – a game he had been very excited about – does it live up to the hype? Chris plays Vindication – a big…

Jason is joined this week by thebrandt, his good buddy from the Portal Gaming Podcast, to chat about some solo games hitting the table recently. But before we get into all of the fun, we give a heartfelt, final shout out to a podcast that came directly before this one – Low Player Count. They recently released the final episode in their run, so we’d like to thank Travis, Donny, and Shawn for blazing the trail and for being generally awesome to listen to. Kudos. For our first game, Brandt and Jason chat about Sorcerer City (5:51), a mashup of…

Jason is back in the chair solo this week, and can’t believe it’s taken 176 episodes to get to this topic! Jason is a licensed, practicing psychotherapist in Connecticut who has used board games in his therapy for almost a decade. Along with way, Jason has accrued some go-to board games for different situations, dealing with mental health and wellness. Some of these include: Promoting cognitive sharpness (4:53, including a review of Brain Waves: The Astute Goose, a memory game from Dr. Reiner Knizia). Connecting with teenagers (25:25) Managing Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (36:29) Coping with Anxiety (42:32) Coping with Depression…

To kick things off this week we look at the listeners’ responses to the question of the week: “What’s your favorite “feeling” you get from a game – for me, it’s solving a particularly tough puzzle. Do you enjoy the feeling of a perfect die roll? A cascade of effects from a tableau you’ve built, the awe of a board covered in miniatures?” In acquisition disorders this week, Anthony looks at the likely sequel to Castles of Burgundy, Castles of Tuscany, coming from Alea and Stefan Feld later this year. Chris looks at the newest from Genius Games on Kickstarter,…

For our 175th episode (nice round number!), Jason welcomes Dice Tower veteran and current outreach manager for Mythic Games, Sam Healey. He is famous in the gaming community for his love of miniatures in board games, so we could think of no on better to chat about the subject. We answer the critical question – what is the point of them? Jason gets to play some fun Devil’s advocate in this one! We then get into Sam’s Top Ten Board Games with miniatures (38:00), which hopefully will give you some ideas about what to get if you want to explore…