Author: Anthony
Anthony
Anthony lives and plays games in Philadelphia, PA. A lover of complex strategy, two-player war games, and area control, Anthony is always eager to try a new game, even if he's on rule-reading duty.
We take a look at the BGG hotness and discuss the hottest upcoming games, plus provide an update of the 2025 Fantasy Board Game draft to see where everyone’s picks have landed so far. Patreon this week: More BGA After Hours, with game discussions, what we’ve been watching and reading, and more. Survey! Complete our audience survey for a chance to win a game: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1nQUZ94QboaT7kgkJJFG0ZmPQLLlQJswf63R9B_WAs4o/viewform?ts=67a53138&edit_requested=true Roll for Preview: Agricola: Special Edition & Dead Harvest Roll for Review: Mesos Feature: Fantasy Draft update + BGG Hotness review If you haven’t yet, be sure to connect with us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/boardgamersanonymous), Bluesky (https://bsky.app/profile/bganonymous.bsky.social) and…
This week, we asked the listeners (yes you!) to tell us your favorite game companies. Here are the companies that got the most shoutouts, organized into a Top 10 list. Plus, more duel games! Patreon this week: More BGA After Hours, with game discussions, what we’ve been watching and reading, and more. Survey! Complete our audience survey for a chance to win a game: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1nQUZ94QboaT7kgkJJFG0ZmPQLLlQJswf63R9B_WAs4o/viewform?ts=67a53138&edit_requested=true Roll for Preview: Star Trek Ascendancy Final Frontier Roll for Review: Azul Duel Feature: Top Ten Game Companies If you haven’t yet, be sure to connect with us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/boardgamersanonymous), Bluesky (https://bsky.app/profile/bganonymous.bsky.social) and our website (www.www.boardgamersanonymous.com).…
We take a look at the Board Game Geek inaugural Hall of Fame class, discussing the 25 games that made it and asking you all what games they missed and which ones would need to be removed to make room for them. ======== Check out the upcoming Catan Masterpiece Series, featuring dozens of carefully crafted upgrades for the all-time classic: https://www.boardgamersanonymous.com/catan. ======== Patreon this week: The first episode of BGAfter Hours drops tomorrow, featuring Anthony and Chris discussing their recent watches and reviews on movies and TV. Survey! Complete our audience survey for a chance to win a game: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1nQUZ94QboaT7kgkJJFG0ZmPQLLlQJswf63R9B_WAs4o/viewform?ts=67a53138&edit_requested=true…
We take a look at the Board Game Geek inaugural Hall of Fame class, discussing the 25 games that made it and asking you all what games they missed and which ones would need to be removed to make room for them. ======== Check out the upcoming Catan Masterpiece Series, featuring dozens of carefully crafted upgrades for the all-time classic: https://www.boardgamersanonymous.com/catan. ======== Patreon this week: The first episode of BGAfter Hours drops tomorrow, featuring Anthony and Chris discussing their recent watches and reviews on movies and TV. Survey! Complete our audience survey for a chance to win a game: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1nQUZ94QboaT7kgkJJFG0ZmPQLLlQJswf63R9B_WAs4o/viewform?ts=67a53138&edit_requested=true…
This week, we’re diving into the first month’s results for the Fantasy Board Game Draft, with a rundown of everyone’s teams, how the draft went down, and the next steps as we track the winners each month. Patreon this week: Don’t miss Chris and Anthony’s Top 10 lists from the last few weeks; next week, tune in for BGAfter Hours We rundown the games we played and enjoyed at Level Up Retreat last weekend Roll for Preview: The Lord of the Rings: Fate of the Fellowship Roll for Review: Golden Cup Feature: Fantasy Board Game Draft Month 1 If you…
This week we asked you all what games have an overabundance of 10 or 1 point ratings in Board Game Geek, and we explore why this happens, some of the funny things people have to say about these games, and how to navigate the crowdfundification of online board game ratings. Patreon this week: Backers check out Chris’s top 20 TV shows of all time Join us at Level Up Retreat in Woodbridge, NJ this weekend Roll for Preview: Darwin’s Journey Oceania Roll for Review: The Fellowship of the Ring Trick Taking Game Feature: Best or Worst Game Ever? If you…
Join us as we explore answers from our community about whether it would be more fun to play a single epic, 4-hour game or four separate lighter games of an hour each. Patreon this week: Anthony’s Top 10 Video Games of 2024 Roll for Preview: Master of Orion: Ad Astra Roll for Review: Black Forest Feature: Choose Your Table! If you haven’t yet, be sure to connect with us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/boardgamersanonymous), Bluesky (https://bsky.app/profile/bganonymous.bsky.social) and our website (www.www.boardgamersanonymous.com). You can support the show as well by donating on Patreon (www.patreon.com/bga) or using our Amazon affiliate link.
I called 2023 a banner year for “BGA-style” games. I found my new #1 game of all time last year, and eight of the games on my top 10 for the year have since entered my top 100. I have played almost all of those games at least once in the last two months, and would gladly sit down for any of them now. So I didn’t expect 2024 to come close, but boy did it try. Voidfall is still on a pedestal well above almost anything I’ve played in recent memory, but 2024 had so many brilliant iterations, new…
To kick off 2025 proper, we’re launching a new format, featuring the voices of our listeners and community members. This week, we discuss the gifts that got us into gaming and had a big impact on our lives. Plus a review of SETI and more. Special thanks to new Patreon backer Emily for joining us at the table, and to all of our contributors for their input on the episode this week (names below). Patreon this Week: Chris’s Top 10 Movies The State of Play: Join us at the Level Up Retreat 1/31-2/2 in Morristown, NJ Fantasy Board Game Draft:…
Another year is upon us, and with it come dozens of new games and expansions that we’re excited to play in 2025. This year’s list is bigger than ever before (with a handful of caveats that have hit prerelease in late 2024). As always, you can listen to the full rundown of our most anticipated games of the upcoming year on the podcast (episode 509 linked here), or you can skim through the list below; links are available to the Board Game Geek page for each game. Want to keep track of the hottest of the list? Join us on…