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.
We are traveling back in time this week.. a whole 14 months! 2016 gifted us with some of the most amazing games we’ve ever seen, and we’re here in the future to review some of their expansions. For any expansion, gamers want to know if it adds new, essential gameplay or just more stuff. We have answers for you! Anthony leads us off to talk about Scythe: The Wind Gambit (2:34) with comes with Airships and also different end game conditions. Next, Jason bumbles his way through his impressions of Star Wars Rebellion: Rise of the Empire (11:20), a review…
We are back with another preview series episode, this time with perhaps the smallest game we have ever covered. Palm Island is a resource management game that fits in the palm of your hand! After we get to know Jon, his family, and the founding of Portal Dragon Games, we get into Palm Island itself (11:40). We talk about how the game travels well and doesn’t require a table, then about squeezing as much resource management strategy and tangible decision making into as small a package as possible. In addition to this interview, please check out Anthony’s written preview: http://www.boardgamersanonymous.com/palm-island-review/.…
Another month, another recap of the BGG Hotness. Find out why these games are atop the hot list for February. To kick things off this week, Anthony and Chris look at answers to our question of the week, “What game have you played the most…ever?” We also announce the newest version of our annual Board Game Bracket contest. You can learn more and enter directly here: http://www.boardgamersanonymous.com/2018-board-game-bracket-contest/ For our Acquisition Disorders this week, Anthony looks at Aeon’s End: Legacy and Chris dives into Caverna: Lost Peoples. For our At the Table segments, Anthony reviews Valletta from Stefan Dorra and ZMan…
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 Components – and our regions are Cards, Cardboard, Wood and Plastic. 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 161. The rules?
Palm Island, from designer Jon Mietling and Portal Dragon is on Kickstarter now. A review copy of the game was provided for the purposes of this review. Palm Island is exactly the kind of game I tend to fall for. It’s almost comically concise – with a tiny deck of just 17 cards that you can fit in the palm of your hand. It offers variability, has a number of clever additions and variants for play, and most important of all, it’s a solo game. Combined with a beautiful aesthetic, it’s a game that immediately captured my attention, and one…
After 74 whole episodes, we are happy to receive a visit from the Podfather himself – Stephen Buonocore of Stronghold Games. For this episode, we experimented a bit with our usual podcast format so we could have some fun. For the first half, we talk about some recent expansions for Stronghold Games we really enjoy – Not Alone: Exploration (5:00) and The Pursuit of Happiness: Community (9:11). Then we preview some upcoming games from Stronghold – Indian Summer (13:41) and Noria (17:00). I recorded a short note about this part of the pod right at the jump, so please check…
Several days a week, I ask followers on Facebook and Twitter to share their thoughts on a question of the day. Follow us on either platform and you’ll see the questions and able to join in the conversation. It’s a fun way to see how other gamers plan their game nights, what games they really enjoy (or don’t), and how they respond to current events in the hobby. Last week, I asked for advice that BGA listeners would provide to people who are brand new to gaming, and they offered a lot of really good thoughts, so I wanted to…
This week, we’re looking at games you might like if you like video games (or more likely, if your stubborn video gaming friends are hesitant to try board games!) First up, we ask our question of the week, “what one piece of advice would you give to someone brand new to gaming?” For our acquisition disorders this week Anthony is looking at Xia: Embers of a Forsaken Star (and trolling himself in the process), while Chris looks at FINCA – a board game with…fruit! For our at the table segments this week, Anthony reviews Indian Summer from Uwe Rosenberg, yet…
We’ve wanted to have a pod conversation with these two gentlemen for a long time, and it’s finally here! It was out pleasure to speak with Morten Monrad Pederson and David Studley from the Automa Factory. For those who don’t know, an Automa is a small deck of cards that acts as a “bot,” simulating another player at the table. You can use it to fill in for another gamer at the table who can’t make it for the evening, or as an opponent for solo play. After telling us a little about themselves, they talk about fan reception to…
This week, we’re revisiting a classic episode (#85) and looking at games that do especially well in representing female characters. First up, we look at our question of the week. We asked the listeners what games thoroughly blew away their expectations, and share some of our own big surprises. Next up, we look at CO2, the revamped edition of the classic Vital Lacerda game, now on Kickstarter in our Acquisition Disorder for the week. For our At the Table reviews, Anthony looks at Rudiger Dorn’s Montana, and Chris dives into a little game you may have heard of, Eric Lang’s…