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.
So you find yourself under quarantine. Stuck in your house for weeks. Possibly months. What do you do? If you’re a board gamer, the answer is pretty simple – you play more board games, right? Not so fast. Unlike their couch-co-op cousins, video games, board games are inherently social. You get together. You laugh, you swear, you touch a LOT of the same stuff. So board gaming doesn’t translate perfectly to weeks on end of isolation. Or does it? We live in the golden age of board games. There are quite literally dozens of board games for every possible situation,…
Liz and Jason rank the Oniverse Games! No more needs to be said. This episode originally aired as a video on the Beyond Solitaire YouTube channel on 3/14/20. Beyond Solitaire video – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01H84yGn_4w One Stop Coop Shop Slack – bit.ly/onestopslack BGA Patreon – https://www.patreon.com/bga
The NCAA tournament may be canceled, but we’re not! BGA is back with rounds 2 and 3 of March Gamer Madness – our epic rundown of the top 64 Kickstarter campaigns of all time. We’re whittling 32 down to 8 this week – join us to learn if your favorite makes the cut. Special thanks go out to everyone who voted in our poll to help break ties. We’ll be in touch real soon for the winner! If you haven’t yet, be sure to connect with us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/boardgamersanonymous), Twitter (http://twitter.com/bgapodcast), and on our website (www.www.boardgamersanonymous.com). You can support…
Stuck inside? Working at home? BGA has your back! We’re recording every week and have our biggest episode of the year for you right now – the first round of the 2020 March Gamer Madness. Join us as we run through the top 64 Kickstarter campaigns of all time, from Kingdom: Death Monster to Root, Brass to Zombicide. We’ve got them all and we’ll be pitting them one-on-one until we there’s just one left. This week, we’re running through round 1 with 32 matchups. Special thanks go out to everyone who voted in our poll to help break ties. We’ll…
Jason had the amazing privilege of being a guest on the Play is the Thing podcast with Max Davie. This episode originally aired on July 3rd, 2019. In this episode. Max and Jason discuss trauma, treatment, board games, and some other random silliness along the way. Max’s blog – https://playisthething.home.blog/One Stop Coop Shop Slack – bit.ly/onestopslack BGA Patreon – https://www.patreon.com/bga
To kick things off this week we look at the listeners’ responses to the question of the week around their responses to the Asmodee parts replacement policy change. In acquisition disorders this week, Anthony looks at Tumble Town, a new dice stacking game on Kickstarter now, and Chris looks at the Merlin Deluxe Big Box from Queen Games, the all-in-collection for Stefan Feld’s Merlin. At the table this week, Anthony played Little Town, a light and breezy little resource game that he had a blast playing with his son. Chris (and Anthony) both had a chance to play Trial by…
It’s that time of year again – when we pit 64 games in a category of our choosing for your entertainment. This year, the theme is biggest funded Kickstarter campaigns! More importantly, you have an opportunity to join in the fun and fill out your own bracket. Like last year, we’ll be giving away a game to the player whose bracket closest matches our final bracket on Episode 266. The rules? Simple – just complete the bracket below or on Facebook and you’ll be automatically entered for a chance to win. Whoever’s bracket is closest to ours will win a game from…
This is an appearance that Jason did on the Room 51 podcast on Feb 4th, 2020. This one is about IPs in games – when they’re bad and when they’re good. The back half of the episode also has our Top Three IP games. Room 51 – @MelissaMakak on twitter One-Stop Coop Shop Slack – bit.ly/onestopslack BGA Patreon – https://www.patreon.com/bga
To kick things off this week Chris continues to try and push Anthony off the cliff that is the Marvel United Kickstarter. In acquisition disorders this week, Anthony looks at The Ming Voyages and The March of Progress on Kickstarter right now, and Chris looks at Gladius, with some familiar mechanics from an oldie. At the table this week, Anthony played Pipeline for the first time, one of ten plays he has planned for 2020, and Chris (and Anthony) played Space Explorers, a recent release that evokes a lot of what made Splendor such a big hit. Finally, in the…
Jason is joined by Liz Davidson from Beyond Solitaire this week. We have some game reviews for you, and also make an announcement. Listen to find out! First up, Jason reviews the 18 card, tile laying mini-game from Leitman Games, Squire for Hire (10:40), comparing it to some very well known contemporaries like Sprawlopolis and Circle the Wagons. Does Squire for Hire stand with these other beloved games? We then follow up with three games from Weird Giraffe Games. First up is Fire in the Library (17:41), a quick, push your luck filler game. Then we have Stellar Leap (24:18),…