Author: Anthony

A few weeks ago, we did a review of Mangaka, a competitive drawing game, built around manga style illustrations by Jason Thompson. It was a fun game, with a few scaling and difficulty issues late in the game. Overall, though, I liked it and gave it a play recommendation. So I was intrigued when Jason let me know they were launching a sequel of sorts, this time focused on a more American style of animation – and with some rule tweaks to streamline things a bit. It’s up on Kickstarter now, and while I haven’t had a chance to play…

It’s that time year again – gift giving! Chris and Anthony share their 24 games of the holiday season, with an epic list of board games you should check out for gift ideas. These games are all currently available in one form or another and came out or were first available in their current form in 2017. Don’t miss out holiday themed questions of the week as well. We ask about what everyone is thankful for, followed by a question about deep discounting on Cyber Monday.

This past week, Anthony and Jason met up at PAX Unplugged 2017 in Philadelphia, PA! Anthony talks about some of the games he played there, then Jason interviews a slew of different attendees in short, 2-4 minute clips. They will give you a nice cross-section of everything that went on at PAX this year. As a special treat, we also get to hear from all three fellows from the Dice Tower. They talk about their adventures in solo gaming, negative comments that may or may not have been said in the past, and a promise to always, always, give Zee…

We are zigging and zagging here on Every Night is Game Night! This time, we had the pleasure to be joined by Philipp Neitzel of Ulisses Spiele to talk about… RPGs! If you didn’t think that RPGs and solo players don’t mix, then this is the episode for you. Philipp and I discuss the Aventuria Adventure Card Game, a living card game set in the Dark Eye universe. It has already gotten consistent support (three expansions in English, with more on the way), so it might appeal to those who were fans of the discontinued Warhammer Quest  ACG. We also…

Chris and Anthony recorded from Pax Unplugged 2017, the very first board game only convention run by Pax, and they have a bunch to talk about.  Join us for our question of the week asking about the most anticipated releases of next year, our acquisition disorders, including Chronicles of Crime and Meeple Circus, and our At the Table reviews of Nusfjord and Majesty: For the Realm. Finally we give our full overview of the very first Pax Unplugged convention.

We’ve saved the grand daddy of guest cohosts for last! We had the great fortune to be joined by Albert Hernandez, aka fractaloon, guildmaster of the popular 1 Player Guild on BGG as well as the cohost of the 1 Player Podcast. Albert and Jason are joined by two fine fellows involved with BGG’s annual Solitaire Print and Play contest – Chris Hansen, who runs the contest, and John Kean, who designed the winning game, Black Sonata We chat about the basics of printing and playing games (2:04), particularly how it appeals to those who love crafting in general, as…

This week on BGA, Chris and Anthony look at games you can introduce to your non-gamer friends if they’ve started to dip their toe in the water with games like Exploding Kittens. Before diving into our feature, we look at our question of the week. Listeners answered what they do with their old board games they no longer want or need in their collection. Next up, with our acquisition disorders, Anthony looks at the new legacy game from Inka and Marcus Brand, Queensdale, coming next year from Alea and Ravensburger. Chris delves into Pocket Mars. At the Table, Anthony reviews…

Time for something different! Today, we are happy to present a much shorter episode about a game whose genre – roll and write – we don’t talk about a lot. Alexander Shen visited the show to talk about his current, self-published Kickstarter project, Honeycomb Caverns. Please check out the episode to hear about the game itself, as well as some of the interesting decisions that led to this project landing on Kickstarter.

Yes, this is a Preview Series episode in the regular ENGN time slot. Due to a scheduling error, we posted the regular episode with Ant Lab Games one week early! We hope you enjoyed hearing from them. This week, Jason chats with Timo and Tinsku Multamaki, two of the minds behind Perdition’s Mouth: Abyssal Rift, a 1-6 player dungeon crawler whose second print run is currently on Kickstarter. We get into some of the unique mechanisms that mitigate a lot of the luck in the game, as well as whether it makes sense for a hero to get smarter by…

It’s that time of year again – sports are everywhere. From the recent conclusion of an all time great World Series to the midst of Football season and the onset of both Basketball and Hockey seasons (yes, I know, we’re very American), it’s time to talk sports with our top 10 sports games. First on the episode, we look at common mechanics or tropes in video games listeners want to see in board games in our question of the week. Next up, we dig into Root from Leder Games and Batman: The Board Game from Monolithic Games in our Acquisition…