Author: Anthony

Congratulations to Drew, our Patreon contest winner from last week who will be receiving a game of his choice from Game Surplus. If you want to join the fun, become a Patreon backer for your chance to enter. 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. *** This week, we kick things off with our question of the week, “What is the best first player token in board games?” For our acquisition disorders this week, Anthony looks at Maracaibo, the newest from Alexander Pfister…

Jason welcomes Jordan Shoenberger, host of the Second Chance Shelf segment from Board Game Breakfast, to the show for the first time. Before we get swept up in the madness of all the new releases of 2019 (believe me, people, there are MANY episodes of new hotness coming), we slow things down and talk about what we love about finding rare gems and pulling old, beloved games off of the shelf. We then get into some reviews of some older games for lots of different tastes. Jason begins with Citadel of Blood (14:18), a relic of an earlier generation of…

Congratulations to Michael, our Patreon contest winner from last week who will be receiving a game of his choice from Game Surplus. If you want to join the fun, become a Patreon backer for your chance to enter. 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. *** This week, we kick things off with our question of the week, “What’s your desert island game – the one game you could play forever if stranded with nothing else to do?” For our acquisition disorders this…

Jason welcomes good friend Gary Pope from the Dice Tower to talk about… uh, talking! Games first, though. Jason shares about World Shapers, a rare drafting game with a solo variant from Board&Dice that attempts to put its own spin and advance upon games like 7 Wonders and Tides of Time. Then, Gary sings the praises of one of his favorite games over the past few years, Heroes of Land, Air, and Sea. For our discussion, Jason and Gary pull from their experiences as a marriage counselor and forum moderator, respectively, to chat about how we help people who disagree…

Every week on the BGA podcast, we run a contest for Patreon backers that involves a custom contest of some sort. Sometimes it’s a guessing game. Sometimes it’s a submission contest. Last week it was a scavenger hunt, and due to popular demand, we’re going to start publishing the top answers every week here. Submissions are anonymized, but we thought it might be fun to see the different creative ways people found to answer the same questions. Enjoy! *** Want in on the fun? We run a contest every week from Thursday to Monday for Patreon backers at every level.…

We have two separate segments for you this week. First, Brandt from the Portal Gaming Podcast joins Jason to chat about SpaceCorp 2025-2300 AD, a card driven space exploration game that plays more like a Euro than what we’re used to from GMT. Second, Jason and Liz are joined by a listener, Tommy Ray, to chat about how they have recently gotten into wargaming. There’s a lot of barriers to overcome – where to start, how to get used to the massive time investment, becoming a part of that community, etc. We break it all down, including some game talk…

Congratulations to Martin, our Patreon contest winner from last week who will be receiving a copy of My Story. If you want to join the fun, become a Patreon backer for your chance to enter. 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. *** This week, we kick things off with our question of the week, “What are your big acquisition disorders after the summer conventions?” For our acquisition disorders this week, Anthony looks at Yedo Deluxe, coming to Kickstarter in September from Board…

We made it to Episode 150! To mark the occasion, Jason is going to try a whole new style of reviewing games, which will hopefully stick moving forward. Jason is very interested in the psychological experience of a board game, whether its the thematic, imaginative immersion it generates or the strategic, logical challenge it presents. That distinction folds nicely in with the concept in pop psychology of the “right brain” (creative, “big picture’) and “left brain” (analytical, detail-oriented). So, when Jason reviews games moving forward, the critical questions will be about game experience from these two perspectives. Unless, of course,…

Join the fun and become a Patreon backer for your chance to enter our weekly game giveaway. 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. *** This week, Anthony is back from Gen Con and he’s got a boatload of updates to share. Games played, events attended, and announcements witnessed. To kick things off, we start with our question of the week, for which we asked the listeners “What’s a board game for which you’d like to see a direct sequel?” For acquisition disorders,…

Congratulations to Anthony, our Patreon contest winner from last week for his incredible dad joke caption. It was a blast reading these. We’ll definitely do it again! If you want to join the fun, become a Patreon backer for your chance to enter. 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, Anthony and Chris read answers to the question of the week, “What’s a game for which the reviews are surprising to you (too positive or too negative)?” For…