Author: Anthony

Medieval Europe was a violent place. Kingdoms, empires, and religious territories battled for land, supremacy, and the hearts and minds of the continent, and Swords & Sails does its very best to reflect what that looked and felt like. When I first opened Swords & Sails I was blown away by just how much stuff is in this box. I’m a euro gamer, but I am not quite old enough to have enjoyed the golden age of dudes on a map in the 1980s. So the epic armies, boxes of bits, and massive maps overflowing from cardboard boxes doesn’t have…

It’s been a couple weeks since Anthony and Jason reviewed recent releases, so guess what? It’s time for some rapid fire! This week, we’re digging into 7 games that have been released in the last two months, featuring some of the big name games that dropped at Gen Con. Join us for reviews of: Paramedics: Clear! Flatline Deckscape Escape from 100 Million B.C. Caverna: Cave vs. Cave Fate of the Elder Gods Spirit Island 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 the show as…

Wizards Wanted’s background shines through in almost every way – from the overproduction to the low price point, to the middle-range of difficult and accessibility of the game’s rules and mechanism. It’s a unique creation that I can’t see any hobby publisher producing, and yet, despite all that, I think it’s a good thing. This is the type of game that only a big box manufacturer could pull off, and it manages to find a hole in our hobby that I didn’t previously realize existed, and fill it. These are good things, though I can’t shake the feeling that the…

On this week’s episode, Chris and Anthony are looking at 10 games that have unique end-game conditions. Whoever gets their first! We’re talking about games built around a race – to build something, reach a destination, or achieve something first. In addition, we ask the listeners whether they prefer photographs or poorly made artwork in our question of the week, then dive into acquisition disorders, including Cerebria: The Inside World, now on Kickstarter, and a pair of expansions for very popular euros – The Companions of Marco Polo and Lorenzo il Magnifico: Houses of Renaissance. At the table this week,…

Secrets of the Lost Station is currently live on Kickstarter! In this episode, Jason sits down with the lead designer, Jim Samartino. They discuss, among other things, how it builds upon and improves Secrets of the Lost Tomb and how it weaves the theme into all aspects of gameplay.

Jason welcomes back the owner and founder of Gamelyn Games, Michael Coe, and designer of Heroes of Land, Air and Sea, Scott Almes to talk about the big new game coming soon.  The three talk about the game itself, the Kickstarter and controversy around its initial attempts to fund, and what they see for the future of both this game and other games in production by Gamelyn.  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 the show as well by donating on Patreon (www.patreon.com/bga), or…

This week, Chris and Anthony look at one of the most successful euros of the last 10 years – Uwe Rosenberg’s Agricola – and discuss some games you might like if you also like this one. To kick things off, we asked listeners what games they had purchased because they were worried about future availability with our question of the week. Next up, we look at some of the upcoming games we’re excited about, including two new Uwe Rosenberg titles, Nusfjord and Indian Summer, releasing at Essen (or shortly after) this year, and ZiPang Portable, now on Kickstarter. We then…

This week, Jason is joined by Michael Coe, CEO and Founder of Gamelyn Games, and Scott Almes, designer of the Tiny Epic series of games. They talk about the founding of Gamelyn, the background of the tiny epic series, and some pressing questions about the present and future of the game series. 

Four years! We’ve been doing this for a while, so we took a few minutes this week to think back on what’s happened over those four years, and specifically what we have enjoyed most about the last year. We kick things off with some news, including the winners of our recent contest, discussion of FFG’s Force Friday release, and the upcoming Pax Unplugged. For our question of the week, we asked the listeners what Kickstarter they are most pleased with to date that they have backed. And then we dive into our favorite acquisition disorders, at the tables and features…

Jason welcomes Walter Barber back to ENGN with the next episode in our preview series line up. This week, they dig into Champions of Hara, the newest Kickstarter game from Greenbrier Games, and Walter’s creation. Find out more about this game, how it plays, and whether you should consider it for backing.