Author: Anthony

Star Trek Frontiers is here (and currently on a steady rotation at my table). I’m not quite ready to review it, but let’s take a look at first impressions of this highly anticipated Star Trek redux of Mage Knight. I picked up Mage Knight, against the objections of at least one other BGA host about 3 years ago. I was in the early stages of board game obsession and wanted every big, meaty, epic, long game I could get my hands on, not yet realizing just how long it takes to actually learn and play them. The game languished on…

Until a shiny new set of metal polyhedral dice from Easy Roller Dice Co. arrived a few weeks back, I didn’t think much about the dice I used. Sure, I have my lucky set, and there are certain patterns I like more than others, but in the end, unless a D20 had become possessed and seemed intent to kill my character as quickly and mercilessly as possible, I didn’t think much about the dice I used. And now I have discovered that my general ambiguity toward dice was because I had always used crappy dice. Cheap, plastic, boring dice that do…

The BGA crew is back from Origins and it was a blast. The City of Columbus is quite the place, and the the Origins show (despite some notable organization related issues), was well put together, bigger than past years, and WAY more laid back than GenCon for first time con-goers. As such, it was one of the best times we’ve had in a long time gaming, and that means we played a LOT of games along the way. In Episode 103 we’re going to dig in and take a closer look at those games, what we loved about them, what…

Whether you’ve been gaming for years or are just getting into the hobby, you likely have at least a handful of gateway games on your shelves. Did you know there are multiple expansions for most of those games? Don’t run to the store just yet – some of these expansions are better than others. On this episode, we’re taking a look at the best and worst of these expansions, when you should consider an upgrade and which ones you should absolutely avoid. Plus our recent acquisition disorders, at the table plays, and a run through of the Dice Tower Award…

One of our all time favorite segments is back with “If you like, try…” This month we’re looking at one of our favorite games of all time (which made the top 10 in our recent Top 100 list) – Terra Mystica. Anthony, Chris, Daniel, and Drew each pick three games that match one of their favorite parts of the game as recommendations for games you might like if you also like Terra Mystica. Acquisition Disorder Corner After several months, we have a massive backlog of games we want to talk about in our acquisition disorder corner. Anthony kicks things off…

Since joining the BGA team two years ago, Daniel has contributed countless games to At the Table and our feature reviews. Below is a full list of all of Daniel’s favorite games, comprising his Top 50 Games of All Time. In the list you’ll read some of the many games we’ve discussed over and over again (including a certain sci-fi racing game). You can read more about all of our favorite games as well with the Board Gamers Anonymous Top 100 Games of All Time list. Check out the Top 50 lists from Anthony, Chris, and Drew as well. Without…

To celebrate the release of Episode 100 and the Board Gamers Anonymous Top 100 list, each of us created our own Top 50 list. Below is Chris’s full top 50 games of all time list, complete with many of the games you’ve heard him talk about on the show every month. You can scroll down to see the full list, including Chris’s Number 1 game of all time, or you can click here to see the full Top 100 list, including several games that Chris has on his list, along with write-ups and comments from him and the team about…

Drew’s representing the old school with his Top 50 games of all time, including a number of brilliant classics and a good chunk of new favorites. It’s the rare mix of old and cult of the new (not something you’ll see with the rest of our lists…) You can read more about Drew’s picks on our full Top 100 list, where he’s added comments on more than 30 games that made it to the final list from his. Or if you want to see more of the team’s lists, here are Anthony’s, Daniel’s, and Chris’s. Without further ado, here are…

We made it! To celebrate Episode 100 and a milestone I don’t think any of us thought we’d hit, we’ve put together a list of our Top 100 board games of all time. To listen to the episode and hear us run through all 100 of the games, use the player below. For those that want to jump right to it, you can find the first 10 games below and a list to guide you through the rest of the Top 100. Please let us know which games you are excited made it on the list, and which you would…

Last year we put together a Top 50 list to commemorate our 50th episode. It was a lot of fun and a lot of work, and because I was off attending the birth of my second child, I had minimal say in how that list turned out. Fortunately, Chris and I are of similar minds and it looked pretty good, but there were a fair number of games I would have included in that list had I been there – so I figured why not create my own list. Furthermore, this year we’re going to be sitting down and each…