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This week we get a good number of solid games to the table and start talking about one of the most controversial topics in the board gaming hobby – Kickstarter. Anthony and Chris are joined by Rob and Daniel for a feature review of Rob’s new favorite, Quantum, along with a Daniel fave, DC Deck Building Game, the Heroes Unite expansion, and group play throughs of Sentinels of the Multiverse and Civilization the Board Game. Listen and learn whether you should buy, play, dodge, or burn our featured games this week. When to Back a Kickstarter Game In recent weeks,…

Now this is one we’ve been waiting for for a while. Battlelore: Second Edition finally arrives and we’re excited to sit down and get it to the table. Anthony, Chris, Dan and Kim all get a shot at this wonderful, newly revised two player game and share their thoughts on it as a two player experience, an upgrade from the first edition and a skirmish battler. We also talk about Terra Mystica again, this time with a full five players, and the new expansion for Boss Monster, Tools of Hero Kind. At the Table This week we managed to get…

It’s a BIG week for gaming as we bring 6 games to the table PLUS we get a chance to discuss our recent Super Bowl experience (in which Anthony was a very happy fellow). The big review this week is of Terra Mystica – a game we’ve been trying to track down copies of for months – while we also have a chance to get favorites like City of Iron, Rampage, Tokaido Crossroads, 1st and Goal, and Spartacus to the Table. Hear how each of these games stacks up in this week’s episode. At the Table At the table this week,…

Anthony, Chris, Dan and Kim get together this week to talk about one of the most talked about games of 2013 and one of the hardest to find – Caverna. As we get this new one to the table, we discuss the merits of it as a euro, and compare it to its spiritual predecessor, Agricola. Also this week, we play through a bunch of games, including bringing a couple of old favorites back to the table. Back to the Table Every now and then we want to go back into the vault and play through games we haven’t had…

It’s the big 2-0 and the Board Gamers Anonymous team is together in full at Myriad Games for a special on-location recording with good friend and BGA member, Mike. We’ll be talking about a number of new kickstarter projects hitting the net as well as some recent plays of Suburbia, Inc., Talisman, Back to the Future The Card Game, and Tales of the Arabian Nights. Finally, we’ll look at our big feature review for this week with Robinson Crusoe, a game we finally managed to track down with the help of a good friend. At the Table With a full…

This has been one of the toughest gift giving seasons we’ve had in several years! Why so hard? Because it wasn’t easy to sit back and wait on giving the gifts we’ve picked for each other. Combined with the great gaming embargo of 2013, we’ve been eagerly awaiting this moment when we can finally share our gifts with each other. Join Anthony, Chris, Dan and Kim as we hand out gifts, discuss our favorite games of 2013 and prepare for another big year in 2014. At the Table – Favorite Games of 2013 The end of the year is here…

Time is running out! Only a few more days until Christmas, and the team is more excited than ever before – we have our wish lists out and we’re eagerly anticipating the day when we can share gifts with each other once and for all. Until then, the embargo stretches on so join Anthony, Chris, Dan and Kim to discuss some of our recent play throughs and to learn more about what games we hope we’ll see under the tree this year. At the Table There are a lot of games being played these days as the holidays stretch on.…

For this week’s episode, we get a number of new and updated games to the table, including a pair of expansions we’ve been waiting eagerly for and a new game from Days of Wonder that we worried may be flying under the radar. Join Anthony, Chris, Dan and Kim as we discuss Relic Runners this week, along with Coup, Flashpoint Fire Rescue and its newest expansions, and the Summoner Wars Second Summoners. At the Table We’ve been waiting for Coup to reach our doorstops for what seems like months and finally the Kickstarter backed game arrived and we got it…

It’s finally here! Dan has been eagerly awaiting the arrival of Bootleggers for weeks and it finally made it to the table this week (multiple times). Join the regular team and special guest, George, as we focus our feature review on Bootleggers, as well as some recent plays of Blood Bowl Team Manager Card Game, Anthony’s new favorite abstract game, The Duke, and a couple of recent tablet releases in Cyclades and Lords of Water Deep On the Tablet Let’s face it – the board gaming hobby takes place as much on the tablet as it does on the table…

Fantasy Games Lords of Waterdeep: Scoundrels of Skullport Designer: Chris Dupuis, Peter Lee, & Rodney Thompson Publisher: Wizards of the Coast Scoundrels of Skullport is the first expansion for Lords of Waterdeep, the worker placement game set in the world of Dungeons & Dragons from Wizards of the Coast. If you know someone who owns the original, this is a must buy. Learn More: BGA Episode 1 Board Game Geek Buy the Game: MSRP: $39.95 MiniatureMarket.com CoolStuffInc.com Amazon.com Lost Legends Designer: Mike Elliot Publisher: Queen Games Lost Legends is a cross between classic dungeon crawler and card drafting, bringing…