Author: Anthony
Anthony
Anthony cofounded Board Gamers Anonymous in 2013 and has been on (almost) every episode. Today, he lives in Philadelphia with his family and teaches first year writing at Thomas Jefferson University.
Anthony and Chris dig into the full list of nominees (all 120 of them!!) for the Origins Awards, recently announced of June’s Origins Game Fair. Plus more discussion of AI’s impact on the industry, and Hasbro’s recent comments on the future use of AI in MTG and D&D. If you haven’t yet, check out the recently updated BGA website at www.boardgamersanonymous.com! Join us over at www.boardgameacademics.com. The CFP is up for Volume IV of the journal. Contents 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.boardgamersanonymous.com).
Game Master Dave joins Chris this week to talk about the nuts and bolts of running a board game convention in the lead up to Long Island Tabletop Gaming Expo. If you haven’t yet, check out the recently updated BGA website at www.boardgamersanonymous.com! Join us over at www.boardgameacademics.com. The CFP is up for Volume IV of the journal. Contents 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.boardgamersanonymous.com).
This week, Anthony and Chris take a deep dive into 10 of their favorite designers, and identify the game that represents them at the peak of their designer game. Plus discussions on the good, the bad, and the ugly of the board gaming hobby right now, and previews of Labyrinth Chronicles and Almighty: The Godliest God Game. If you haven’t yet, check out the recently updated BGA website at www.boardgamersanonymous.com! Join us over at www.boardgameacademics.com. Registration is now open for Tabletop Scholars, and the CFP is up for Volume IV of the journal. Contents If you haven’t yet, be sure to connect…
This week, Anthony and Chris look at 11 games that act as the magical bridge between medium and big, crunchy Euro games. Which heavy games come first? We have you covered. If you haven’t yet, check out the recently updated BGA website at www.boardgamersanonymous.com! Join us over at www.boardgameacademics.com. Registration is now open for Tabletop Scholars, and the CFP is up for Volume IV of the journal. Contents 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.boardgamersanonymous.com).
This week, Anthony and Chris delve into ten games that are not just defined by one central mechanic, but that are as good as they are almost solely because of that mechanic. If you haven’t yet, check out the recently updated BGA website at www.boardgamersanonymous.com! Join us over at www.boardgameacademics.com. Registration is now open for Tabletop Scholars, and the CFP is up for Volume IV of the journal. Contents 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.boardgamersanonymous.com).
This week, Anthony and Chris delve into the five games added to the BGG Hall of Fame this year, with plenty of controversy and concern on display. If you haven’t yet, check out the recently updated BGA website at www.boardgamersanonymous.com! Join us over at www.boardgameacademics.com. Registration is now open for Tabletop Scholars, and the CFP is up for Volume IV of the journal. Contents 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.boardgamersanonymous.com).
This week, Anthony and Chris are joined by Will and Megan to talk about a whole bunch of games we’ve all been playing lately, plus some corrections and additions to our board game cinematic universe last week, and a breakdown of how and why so many board games companies are failing all of a sudden. If you haven’t yet, check out the recently updated BGA website at www.boardgamersanonymous.com! Join us over at www.boardgameacademics.com. Registration is now open for Tabletop Scholars, and the CFP is up for Volume IV of the journal. Contents If you haven’t yet, be sure to connect with us…
This week, Anthony and Chris dig into a big list of questions, asking each other some truly impossible ones about what they would rather do, plus discussions of recent games hitting the table and more. If you haven’t yet, check out the recently updated BGA website at www.boardgamersanonymous.com! Join us over at www.boardgameacademics.com. Registration is now open for Tabletop Scholars, and the CFP is up for Volume IV of the journal. Contents Play Along! Would you rather……play Gloomhaven with a group that can never meet consistently,or Frosthaven with a group that burns out halfway through?…teach Root at six players count with brand-new…
The year is just getting started, and we have a dozen spicy predictions about how it will go in the next eleven and a half months. Check out Anthony and Chris’s thoughts for the year ahead, plus new reviews and discussions. If you haven’t yet, check out the recently updated BGA website at www.boardgamersanonymous.com! Join us over at www.boardgameacademics.com. Registration is now open for Tabletop Scholars, and the CFP is up for Volume IV of the journal. Contents 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.boardgamersanonymous.com).
Every year, I have a blast pulling together a huge list of all the board games currently scheduled to come out in the upcoming year that we’re excited about. There are hundreds of new games every year, but these 51 (and likely a bunch more yet to be announced) are the ones we’re most excited about. Listen to our discussion on the podcast (episode 561 linked here), or skim the list below; links to the Board Game Geek page for each game are available. Most Anticipated Board Games of 2026 Greylune View on BoardGameGeek The Danes View on BoardGameGeek Brass:…