Author: Anthony

So many contests! If you haven’t yet, check out the BGA Patreon (patreon.com/bga). We’ve unlocked weekly game giveaways that you’re automatically entered into as a backer of the show. We’ve also launched the annual Board Game Bracket contest, now live on our website (http://www.boardgamersanonymous.com/2019-board-game-bracket-contest/). For the show this week, we kick things off with our question of the week, asking the listeners “What’s your favorite non-playing part of your board game collection (e.g. punching, sorting, painting, etc.)?” For acquisition disorders, Anthony looks at the new expansion for Teotihuacan, Late Classical Period, and Chris looks at the expansion for Feudum, Rudders…

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 Historical Eras – and our regions are Ancient (pre-500 CE), Medieval (500-1500 CE), Early Modern (1500-1700 CE) and Late Modern 1700-1880 CE). 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 214. The rules? Simple – just complete the bracket below or on Facebook and…

Anthony and Jason are always showing off new games for folks and playing as much of the hottest stuff as possible. Practice makes perfect, as they say, so this episode is about sharing all the tips for good teaching that have been picked up along the way. We all know what bad teaching looks like, so let’s help folks… uh, stop doing that! Jason has organized his teaching method into thirteen easy steps that involve everything from learning the game initially, to gathering a table of people to play, all the way through the end. In this episode, after we…

Hey everyone, we’re back with another look at the BGG Hotness, this time for February 2019. First up, we name the winner of this week’s Patreon contest – congratulations Adrienne! If you haven’t yet and want to be part of our weekly giveaways, signup at https://patreon.com/bga. For our question of the week, we asked the listeners, “What game in your collection is the biggest headache to teach to new players?” In acquisition disorders this week, Anthony looks at Terramara, a new game from Quined featuring the designers of Coimbra and part of Lorenzo il Magnifico. Chris looks at Tiny Epic…

Last week, you heard about the best from 2018 in a wide variety of categories. For this episode, we get down to brass tacks and present the absolute best games of 2018. Once again, we thank all of the presenters who helped us out with this episode. Please go follow them on social media and check out their channels! Best Short Game (2:10), presented by Travis Hill of Low Player Count – @travisdhill Best Family/ Gateway Game (9:50), presented by Jason and Anthony Best Adventure Game (13:15), presented by Tristan Hall from the Board Chitless Podcast – @ninjadorg Best Advanced…

This week, we’re revisiting a past topic through 2019 with the best female characterization in gaming. We’re also excited to have launched our Patreon contests last week – congratulations to our first winner, Jon who took home Root, and this week’s winner Jeremy. For our question of the week, we asked the listeners “What’s your favorite video game that feels and plays like a board game (not a board game app)?” For our acquisition disorders, Anthony looked at Newdale, the new Oh My Goods universe game from Alexander Pfister coming out soon, and Chris looked at the Kickstarter campaign for…

Welcome to the Second Annual ENGN Solo Awards! If you do a thing twice, does it become an annual tradition? Regardless, we are back to bring you the absolute best of 2018, as decided by Anthony, Jason, and ENGN fans across Facebook and BGG. We are happy to be joined once again by contributors from all over the board gaming universe – some familiar, some brand new. And this year, we also get to hear from the winners as well. Some folks went above and beyond with their clips, so please give a listen and check out their pages! The…

Happy Valentine’s Day! This year we’re looking at the top 10 games you can play with your partner on the day all about love – from low key themes to romantic experiences. For our question of the week, we ask a question from Niko: During a long game (1+ hour), how do you deal with a player who becomes uninterested, overwhelmed, unhappy, or otherwise unengaged with the game? For acquisition disorders this week, Anthony looks at the newly announced Star Wars Game, Outer Rim and Chris looks at PARKS: the Board Game. At the table, we’re reviewing Trapwords and Decrypto,…

Liz from Beyond Solitaire and Jeremy from Jambalaya Plays Games are back for more recently delivered Kickstarter fun! Liz and Jeremy start us off with a highly portable and quirky cult classic which is finally seeing the published light of day (5:38). Then Jason and Liz share about Direwild (12:35), the latest game to take a stab at marrying deckbuilding and dungeon crawling. Our discussion gets into some larger points about deckbuilders – what we enjoy, what we think makes them good, etc. Liz and Jeremy jump back in to share about Donning the Purple (31:21) a ‘king of the…

This week, Anthony and Chris take a closer look at Teotihuacan, the hottest euro game released in the last 6 months, and share some other games you might also like if you’re a fan. First, though, they dive into the question of the week, asking listeners, “What’s your go to digital board game when on a bus, in a line, or otherwise, whiling away time?” For acquisition disorders, Anthony looks at the new version of Castles of Burgundy coming form Alea in 2019 and Chris looks at the Munchkin Dungeon Kickstarter, currently live from CMON. At the table this week,…