Author: Anthony

To kick things off this week, we look at answers to our question of the week: What’s your spooky game of choice for Halloween this year? For Acquisition Disorders, Anthony looks at Abomination: The Heir of Frankenstein and Chris looks at Movie Cliches: The Game. At the table this week, Anthony discusses his recent play of Fury of Dracula, and reviews the new Ravensburger game, Horrified. Finally, in our feature this week, Anthony and Chris discuss some of the games they recommend if you’re looking for something horrific to play this Halloween. Question of the Week: 8:07 Acquisition Disorders: 9:40 Fury…

Congratulations to Martin, this week’s winner for the weekly Patreon contest. Don’t miss out on the fun. Become a Patreon backer for your chance to enter our weekly contest! Every backer is eligible to enter the contests, which run each week from Thursday until Monday at 8 pm EDT when we record. https://www.patreon.com/bga for more information. *** To kick things off this week, we look at answers to our question of the week: What’s a genre or style of game you’ve never played but still want to try? For Acquisition Disorders, Anthony looks at Emperor’s Choice, and Chris looks at Fresco Mega…

ENGN 161 – Post-GenCon 2019 Wrap-Up, Part 7 – More Hot and Heavy EurosJason was very happy to contribute to the last episode on Hot and Heavy Euros. This week, we have more for you, but Jason has played none of these and has to keep his trap shut! Instead, we invite back Jeremy from Jambalaya Plays Games to help out Anthony and finish off our grand tour of games from GenCon 2019 (finally)! First up is Escape Plan (3:08), a surprisingly easy to play offering from noted heavy game designer Vital Lacerda about getting loot and escaping the town…

Don’t miss out on the fun. Become a Patreon backer for your chance to enter our weekly contest! Every backer is eligible to enter the contests, which run each week from Thursday until Monday at 8pm EDT when we record. https://www.patreon.com/bga for more information. *** To kick things off this week, we look at answers to our question of the week: What recent release would you like to see a legacy or campaign mode for? For Acquisition Disorders, Anthony looks at Ecos: First Continent, and Chris looks at the digital edition of Spirit Island from Handelabra currently on IndieGoGo. At the table…

Our wrap-up of games from GenCon rolls on! Anthony has returned with a heavy helping of Euro fun. We begin with an expansion to one of Anthony favorite games from the last few years, Teotihuacan: Late Preclassic Period (4:17). That subtitle is not a typo, that’s really the name. Are the contents inside as… well, bad as this name? Jason then hops back into chat about Lockup: A Roll Player Tale (12:06). While this one is not quite a “hot and heavy” Euro, it sneaks in there because it of it’s worker placement mechanisms, combined with a healthy dose of…

Jason is happy to be joined by the host of Solo BG, Dereck Rodriguez, for a MEGA-length preview pod – our longest one! However, this episode is so much more than a preview. Yes, we chat with Adam and Brady Sadler about the new KS project launching in November, Hour of Need – how it works, some design choices, and the fact that it is indeed different from the previous Modular Deck System games (think of the MDS like, say, the COIN system – very different games, even within the same system). However, we talk about so much more. Adam…

Liz and Jeremy are back once again to talk about some bigger, meatier projects. Many of these were featured at the big show in Indy this past year, so into the wrap-up they go! Liz starts us off with Detective: City of Angels (10:16), the highly thematic case-solving game from Van Ryder Games that will unfortunately not hit retail due to scale and cost. Go ahead and check Kickstarter, as well as some conventions, if you want to get hold of this one. Next, Jeremy gives us some knowledge about Gugong (16:38), a mid-weight economic game set in the Forbidden…

Don’t miss out on the fun. Become a Patreon backer for your chance to enter our weekly contest! Every backer is eligible to enter the contests, which run each week from Thursday until Monday at 8pm EDT when we record. https://www.patreon.com/bga for more information. *** To kick things off this week, we look at answers to our question of the week: What game would you like to see get a 2.0 update or reimagining with a new theme? For Acquisition Disorders, Anthony looks at Irish Gauge, and Chris looks at the newest expansion for Wingspan coming soon. At the table this week, Anthony…

We interrupt our romp through all the hotness from GenCon to bring you a MEGA-sized podcast. You guys know that Jason likes to keep episodes to under an hour in length. However, Tristan Hall from Hall or Nothing Productions is too much fun to talk to, so we decided to keep it all! Tristan stops by for three reasons. First, he is here to preview a project called 1565: St. Elmo’s Pay. This is the follow up to 1066: Tears to Many Mothers, a historical war-themed card game for 1-2 players. This project launches today, October 4th. Second, at around…

Don’t miss out on the fun. Become a Patreon backer for your chance to enter our weekly contest! Every backer is eligible to enter the contests, which run each week from Thursday until Monday at 8pm EDT when we record. https://www.patreon.com/bga for more information. *** To kick things off this week, we look at answers to our question of the week:What’s the most underrated game that’s got a rating above 1000 on BGG? For Acquisition Disorders, Anthony looks at Marco Polo II and Chris looks at Everdell’s two new expansions on Kickstarter: Spirecrest and Bellfaire. At the table this week, Anthony reviews…