Author: Anthony

One of the hottest trends in gaming right now is Legacy – the idea that a game can tell a true story that grows and evolves with time and plays. With Pandemic Legacy out, Gloomhaven’s recent Kickstarter a smashing success and other storytelling games that grow over time like T.I.M.E Stories hitting the market, we want to look at how other games would look if given the Legacy treatment. Join Anthony, Chris, and Daniel to discuss three games they’d like to see Legacyed and what that would look like. We’re also talking about recent play throughs of Isle of Skye,…

On Episode 92, we delved into some of the board games that were best improved by their expansions. There were a lot of them. The board game industry is booming and for better or worse, some games hit the store shelves in a not-quite perfect state. I’m just grateful the designers and publishers are willing to admit it and roll out fixes to make the games better. Preparing for that episode got me thinking though – what board game expansions are just legitimately awesome, regardless of how they improved (or did not improve) the original game. What expansions add so…

This week, Anthony and Chris sit down to discuss some of the games that weren’t quite perfect on the first go but were fixed by their expansions in our newest Top 10 list. We also discuss recent plays of Dead Man’s Draw and Empires: Age of Discovery as well as a couple of upcoming games in our Acquisition Disorder Corner – Agility and Fog of Love. Acquisition Disorder Corner This week in our acquisition disorder corner, Anthony talks about a new two player gamer from Pittsburgh designer, Brent Povis, currently on Kickstarter called Agility. Focusing on dog agility contests, it’s…

I wrote a list of the best two player board games a long time ago and while it’s a useful reference point, not all two player games are a good fit for special time with your significant other. When you have a few hours alone together – especially if you have children and these hours are rare – the last thing you want to do is tear each other apart in Terrinoth or reenact the Cold War. Or maybe you do, in which case this list won’t be for you. Rather this list is for gamers and their boyfriends, girlfriends,…

This week, we’re extremely excited to welcome Jamey Stegmaier as our Fifth Host. This week, we’re taking a look at Scythe and some of our favorite games and types of games that use similar mechanics. In addition to Scythe, Anthony, Chris, Daniel, and Jamey discuss games we’ve gotten to the table lately, our upcoming acquisition disorders, and a ton of Drew’s news from the tabletop. Shout it from the Tabletop This week Drew shares a few of the most interesting stories from recent posts to Twitter. They include: Museum of Play is a must see attraction in upstate New York…

This week we’re looking at Essen and all the games (seriously, so many games) that we’re interested in picking up as soon as they make it stateside. Check out our list of wanted games in this week’s feature, plus overflow in our regular acquisition disorder corner segment. Additionally, Anthony is talking quick fun games, Chris got Samurai to the table, and the guys talk about unfair moments in gaming. Shout it From the Tabletop This week, we had a lot to choose from (and you can see it all on our Twitter feed here each day), with Drew bringing the…

This week on Board Gamers Anonymous, Anthony, Chris, Daniel and Drew sit down to discuss how we rate board games on Board Game Geek and in general for our future reference. We also discuss some games we’re eager to get to the table soon (including one that could quite possibly kill Daniel) and three euros we got to the table this last week with Princes of Florence, Shipyard and Caylus. Shout it From the Tabletop This week Drew discusses the recent shift in the news with new articles being posted five or more times a day on our Twitter feed.…

Epic! That’s how I like my board games – big, meaty, complicated, and brain burning. But let’s face it, too much brain burn can add up – two days into a convention of heavy euros and all I want is something mindless. Short and mindless. That’s where good filler games come in. A good filler is fun, engaging, and allows you to have a good conversation with your fellow players without having to pay 100% attention to the game. So I tossed a few out right off the bat. One Night Ultimate anything is a good filler and a borderline…

This week we’re looking at games you might like if you also like Dead of Winter. As one of the hottest games of the last 12 months, lots of people are getting this to the table, sometimes as one of their first hobby gaming experiences. Listen and learn which games you might also like if you like this one. Plus three new games that got to our tables, and four games you might consider picking up that are hot right now. Acquisition Disorder Corner This week, in the wake of Force Friday, Anthony has two more games he’s eager to…

This week, Chris, Daniel and Drew sit down and discuss the games that hit the top of our listener’s survey responses from last month in a feature top 10 list. These are the games that our listeners told us were their favorite games along with the reasons they told us about those games. We’re also discussing a couple of games we got to the table recently, two games we’re eager to play in the near future and a bunch of interesting news stories from Drew in our Shout it from the Tabletop segment: Shout it from the Tabletop “Legend of…