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.
It’s time again for March Gamer Madness! Our annual bracket face off challenge pitting 64 board games against each other to find the very best of a very particular set of requirements. 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 === CONTEST! Our annual March Gamer…
We’re going digital this week with a look at some of the best all-digital deck builders, card flippers, and more. === 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 === CONTEST! Our annual March Gamer Madness bracket is now live. Enter your picks for a chance to win a game, and to help break ties on the episodes: https://woobox.com/8avpq2 === * Acquisition Disorders – Queen’s Blood (Final Fantasy VIII Rebirth, UniVersus…
This week, we give ChatGPT a series of prompts and pitches board games based on those prompts. Chris guesses what input led to the description written by the AI. Can we guess the direction of the generative AI or will it outsmart us with clever designs? * Question of the Week: What’s the best thing you’ve ever purchased for your board game collection? * Acquisition Disorders: Mage Knight: The Apocalypse Dragon, Mass Effect: The Board Game – Priority: Hagalaz * At the Table Reviews: Wyrmspan, Glitch Squad, Kite If you haven’t yet, be sure to connect with us on Facebook…
We’re looking at games that spin off from and are often better than the board game they are based on (dice games, card games, and everything in between). What are some of your favorites that fit this? Acquisition Disorders: Puerto Rico Special Edition, Star Trek Ascendancy on Game Found, Castles of Burgundy: Special Edition Reprint, Cascadia Rolling At the Table Reviews: Rats of Wistar, Cats and Quilts of Calico, Shelfie, Surfosaurus 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…
This week, Anthony and Chris are looking at some of the many games to hit big box stores as exclusives or limited time releases (or streamlined versions of long time classics), in particular, Target and its long run of hobby games. Question of the Week: What’s the best designer/publisher combo? Acquisition Disorders: King of Tokyo: Origins, Fled, Feudum At the Table Reviews: Federation, Imperial Miners 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…
We’re looking at the best of the best from Vladimir Suchy this week, running down our top 10 of his very diverse ludography. Question of the Week: What’s a game you think should be in the upper pantheon of board games that everyone stopped talking about? Acquisition Disorders: Inferno Deluxe Edition, Dante: Inferno At the Table Reviews: Flamecraft, Canvas: Finishing Touches – Deluxe Edition, Dominion (App) 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…
Anthony and Chris run through the catalog of Stonemaier Games and put them on a tier list using our review rating scale. Plus: Question of the Week: What do you do in support of tabletop gaming? Organize? Design? Publish? Media? Events? DM? Teach games? Acquisition Disorders: Speakeasy, Stefan Feld City Collection Nassau & Kathmandu, Kemet Blood and Sand expansions At the Table Reviews: Sankoré: The Pride of Mansa Musa, Age of Rome, Think Like a Shrink 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…
If 2022 was a down year for the types of games that we generally play at BGA, then 2023 was as close as it gets to a banner year. Maybe not 2017 levels of euro-goodness, but pretty darn solid across the board, to the point that we had to choose between well over a dozen games for our game of the year award. Moreover, I don’t feel like I’ve played that many games in 2023, but when I put my list together, I found more than 50 unique games that I’ve given a play or buy rating to (or that…
It’s that time again; we take a deep dive into the best games currently listed on BoardGameGeek’s hotness list, plus we have fresh new reviews and previews: Question of the Week: Let’s talk expansions: what new elements added to a game have the best chance to wow you and enter rotation? (e.g. asymmetry, new cards, the dreaded 5th player) Acquisition Disorders: A Song of Ice & Fire Tactics, TOKYO HIGHWAY Rainbow City At the Table Reviews: Barcelona, Scarface 1920 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…
This week, we’re looking at the top 100 thematic games as listed on BoardGameGeek.com. Which ones deserve to be ranked so high and which would we drop lower? Find out in a full rundown of the top 100 listing on BGG. Question of the Week: What’s your favorite thematic game and why? Acquisition Disorder: Steam Power, EVE: War for New Eden, Conan by Monolith: Red Nails Expansion and Versus Mode At the Table Review: Oranienburger Kanal, Undaunted: Normandy 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…