Author: Anthony

This week we’re looking at the best of the best from one of the best: Reiner Knizia. We whittle down our selection of the ten best of his more than 600 game designs from the last 30 years, plus some previews and reviews of what’s coming out soon. Question of the Week: What is the most challenging aspect of the board gaming hobby? (e.g. finding players, managing budget, finding space) Acquisition Disorders: Ironwood, Yonder At the Table Reviews: Mage Knight Ultimate Edition, Tesseract, Behext, Skyrise If you haven’t yet, be sure to connect with us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/boardgamersanonymous), Twitter (http://twitter.com/bgapodcast),…

Summer is almost upon us and that means convention season! This week we’re diving in a bit earlier to look at the games we’re expecting to see at Origins Game Fair in June. We also talk about the Golden Geek Award winners at the top of the show, plus give our thoughts on X-Men ’97 and the newly announced Lord of the Rings movie coming in 2 (!) years. Acquisition Disorders: Vicious Gardens, Black Forest At the Table Reviews: Tolerance If you haven’t yet, be sure to connect with us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/boardgamersanonymous), Twitter (http://twitter.com/bgapodcast), and our website (www.www.boardgamersanonymous.com). You…

This week, we’re looking at the best of the best from Splotter; the heavy, crunchy, kind of mean, and not always pretty (but frequently brilliant) euro games from Jeroen Doumen and Joris Wiersinga. Question of the Week: What game makes you saltier than any other game? Do you avoid playing it? Acquisition Disorders: Dune: War for Arrakis – Desert War, Star Wars: The Deckbuilding Game – Clone Wars Expansion At the Table Reviews: Nucleum Australia, After the Empire If you haven’t yet, be sure to connect with us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/boardgamersanonymous), Twitter (http://twitter.com/bgapodcast), and our website (www.www.boardgamersanonymous.com). You can support…

This week, we take a deep dive into the recently announced BBG award nominations to discuss what we like for the awards and which games we want to track down and play before voting. Question of the Week – What’s a game for which the retail edition is just as good as the crowdfunded version (or close enough)? Let’s talk about games that didn’t need to be crowdfunded. Acquisition Disorders – Keyforge Aember vs. Mindbug Battlefruits, Feudum Big Box, Munchkin Big Box, Canvas Big Box At the Table Reviews – Books of Time, Fractured Sky If you haven’t yet, be…

This week, we’re joined by special guest Chris Rodriguez from Board Games for the Better to discuss the hottest games on the April 2024 Board Game Geek hotness list. Acquisition Disorders: Vantage, Slay the Spire: The Board Game, 2025 Board Game Mosaic Calendar, Earth Abundance Expansion At the Table Reviews: Trailblazers, Expeditions: Around the World If you haven’t yet, be sure to connect with us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/boardgamersanonymous), Twitter (http://twitter.com/bgapodcast), and our website (www.www.boardgamersanonymous.com). You can support the show as well by donating on Patreon (www.patreon.com/bga) or using our Amazon affiliate link.

This week we look at data from several sources outlining some of the best selling games from 2023, and what we think of how well they sold. What games hit the most tables last year, which expansions did we all hoard? We take a deep dive to find out. Question of the Week: What’s the most complex game you’d comfortable recommend for people new(ish) to gaming? Acquisition Disorders: We All Take from the River, Bloomchasers: Delightful 3D Tree Game of Flowers and Wits At the Table Reviews: Rising Waters, Defenders of the Realm expansions If you haven’t yet, be sure…

For the last three years, I have conducted research designed to support the viability of board games as a pedagogical tool in the writing classroom. The central thesis of that work is that games are as thematically rich and rhetorically complex as any novel, film, or other piece of art that we commonly hold up as a representative work in educational settings. Any single board game can be used to teach elements of cooperation, communicative emergence, or the challenges of historical decisions when presented in the right light. But that does not mean all games are well-suited to the classroom.…

This week we’re revisiting the best of the best games of 2023 to discuss what games we will be nominating for the Golden Geek Awards (and why). Check out all of our picks for the last year’s best games, plus previews of DC Heroes United and Bebop. * Acquisition Disorders: DC Heroes United, Bebop === Nominate us for a Golden Geek Award! The nominations are now open here: https://boardgamegeek.com/geekawards/boardgame We’d appreciate your support as we aim to make this podcast a little bit less anonymous in 2024. === If you haven’t yet, be sure to connect with us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/boardgamersanonymous),…

This week we take you on an epic tabletop odyssey into the worlds of Star Wars and Star Trek board games and RPGs. Find out how to string together some of the best experiences from both IPs at your table. === Nominate us for a Golden Geek Award! The nominations are now open here: https://boardgamegeek.com/geekawards/boardgame We’d appreciate your support as we aim to make this podcast a little bit less anonymous in 2024. === Acquisition Disorders: Rebirth, Millennium Blades…Again! At the Table Reviews: Star Wars Unlimited, Castle Up, Star Trek Away Mission Kirk & Scotty, Terraforming Mars on BGA If…

Part two of March Gamer Madness is now! Enjoy our rundown of the 32 best-remaining games from the top non-IP-based themes in board games. Find out which one comes out on top in this year’s bracket showdown. This year, we’re looking at the most popular non-IP-based themes, meaning the best games featuring: Cats Zombies Aliens Robots Samurai Knights Vikings Cowboys === If you’re attending Long Island Tabletop Gaming Expo, be sure to stop by and say hi, or attend one of our two panels over the weekend: Long Island Tabletop: Level Up Your Teach & Your Mental Health === If…