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.
Like all industries, tabletop gaming has its fair share of controversy. We touch on a lot of these every week while discussing recent news or specific topics from within the hobby, but this week we have a special episode in which we’ll delve even deeper. Join Chris and Daniel as they discuss the ramifications of some of the biggest controversies in tabletop gaming, from freedom vs. responsibility in creating a game to the actual act of playing a game and being part of a larger hobby. Shout it from the Tabletop For the last three weeks we’ve been inviting you…
This week, Chris, Daniel and Drew have some fun sharing their favorite gimmicks in gaming. Specifically the unique mechanisms, components, and artwork that make certain games stand heads and shoulders above the rest. We also get a few incredible games to the table and get to the Final (Fab) Four for our Tabletop Madness 2015 Bracket. Shout it from the Tabletop Drew is back with a full round of news, stories, and articles from the world of tabletop gaming. This week, he pulls together some interesting new mentions and stories in the realm of tabletop to join our special gimmicks…
Tabletop Madness is about to come to a close! And that means we need YOUR vote. You voted in our round of 4 and chose Dead of Winter over Caverna and Race for the Galaxy over Mice and Mystics. Now it’s time to choose the ULTIMATE winner! Now is the time – vote and make your voice heard. Listen in next week to hear who takes home the crown as the winner of 2015’s Tabletop Madness! Check back next week for the winner! Not sure which games to vote for? Listen to our votes in the Rounds of 32, 16 and 8…
It’s Week 2 of Tabletop Madness 2015! This week, we get back to the table and debate the next round of matchups in the ultimate gaming showdown – pitting the remaining 16 games from our 68 game field against each other. In this episode you’ll hear Chris, Anthony, Daniel and Drew narrow the field to the Final (Fab) Four games and set us up for the ultimate showdown in the next couple of weeks. Shout it From the Tabletop Another week, another unsolicited round of table hopping from Drew! This week, listen as Drew shares a handful of interesting stories…
For nearly two years, we’ve been talking about board games on Board Gamers Anonymous, and for me it’s one of the highlights of my week. Sitting down with three of my closest friends to talk about the games we’ve played and the hobby as a whole is a blast, but this week’s episode was by far one of my favorites ever. Borrowing liberally from a certain college basketball tournament, we sat down this week to pit 68 of the best games we’ve ever played according to BGG rank against each other in a tournament style bracket. You can read how…
This is one of my favorite times of year. The weather is nicer, baseball spring training is underway, and the NCAA college basketball tournament is about to start. In the spirit of our 2014 World Cup event, BGA wanted to commemorate the event with an obligatory bracket pitting the best of the best board games against each other in the ultimate VS. feature. This is Tabletop Madness and for the next three weeks we will be working our way through the full bracket of 68 board games chosen by us and our listeners to square off in the BGA board…
Fresh off our recent trip to Dreamation, we’re back with a run through of some of the games we got to the table, a super sized Final Round feature, and the second installment in our new ongoing feature: If You Like, Try…, this week focusing on Ticket to Ride and games that scratch the same itch for map based, set-collection, travel-oriented strategy (say that three times fast). We also get a handful of new games to the table, including Baseball Highlights 2045, Flea Marketeers, and Courtier. Shout it from the Tabletop Lots of interesting news on the docket this week,…
The first convention we ever attended was Pax East 2014. It was only a few months after starting the podcast and we were excited to go to something local where we might run across unpublished or soon to be published board games, much like Super Fantasy Rumble. Unfortunately, we weren’t able to play Super Fantasy Rumble at the convention – Luis and Miguel Lugo were sharing it with the crowd but it was almost always booked up when we walked by. Thankfully, a few months later, I got an email from them saying the game was ready and they forwarded us…
The below is a written review for Between Two Cities, the new Kickstarter project from Stonemaier Games. You can listen to our audio review on Episode 59 of the podcast here. Jamey at Stonemaier Games was awesome enough to send us an advance copy of Between Two Cities a few weeks ago. As a backer of two of their previous Kickstarter campaigns and an admirer of the sheer quality of components and execution in everything they’ve produced to date, I was excited to get this one to the table, and for good reason, because what this game does is impressive. Between…
This was a very special week for us. Not only were we able to come together for the first time in nearly three months at Dreamation 2015 in Morristown, NJ, but we had the opportunity to play a number of fantastic new games, including our feature review for this week’s episode, Between Two Cities. Below you’ll find Anthony’s written review as well as a link to the full podcast episode in which we discuss the game. This week we also discuss the ridiculous grabs we made at the convention auction and some of the other games we got to the…