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.
This week Chris takes a look at four new Kickstarter campaigns and some recently completed campaigns: BoardGameGeek: The Card Game https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/boardgamegeek/board-game-geek-the-card-game Story War: Sentinel Conflict & “Cosmic Contest” Comic Book https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gtgames/story-war-sentinel-conflict-and-cosmic-contest-com Pixel Tactics Deluxe! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/level99games/pixel-tactics-deluxe Handcrafted Wooden Deck Box https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/rustedfriend/handcrafted-wooden-deck-box
It’s a special episode this week – Anthony is back (yes that’s me – humor me for a minute). Chris and Anthony get together to talk about the year in review, as well as a lot of Star Wars goodness, and the face off between Richard Garfield’s new iteration, King of New York, and the original classic, King of Tokyo. Shout it from the Tabletop This week, Anthony talks about a new ship for X-Wing miniatures that builds something entirely new into the Star Wars Legends expanded universe, and Chris and Anthony both discuss their best and worst lists for…
This week Chris is taking a look at some of the hottest Kickstarter campaigns of 2014.
The board game industry is booming. So much in fact that while we have a TON of favorite games, we’re hesitant to claim any of them as our all time favorites for more than this year. So for the first time, we’re proud to present our Top 50 games of all time, but only for this year. Chris, Daniel, Drew, and Anthony scoured the list of games they’ve played with a heavy focus on the ones they’ve been playing lately and have discussed on the podcast and created a list of the fifty best of those games. The Criteria All…
Check out the newest Kickstarter campaigns covered by Chris in this week’s Kicking the Habit: “Viceroy” Fantasy Pyramid Card/Board Game https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/maydaygames/viceroy-fantasy-pyramid-card-board-game-1-4-player “Name that Game” Posters https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/markgonyea/name-that-game-posters The Guardians: Explore https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/163928843/the-guardians-explore Epic Metal Coins for Tabletop Gaming https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/infinityplus1/epic-metal-coins-for-tabletop-gaming
This week the BGA team with Chris and Danuel sit down to discuss the Top Ten Party Games for Gamers and Walled City along with some other recent favorites and a few triggers to our acquisition disorder: Shout it from the Tabletop Drew is away for the holidays so Chris borrows the soapbox and shares his open letter to game publishers about game box size. Make sure to leave a comment if you agree (or don’t) and what you think would be a good change within the industry so we can make room for more games. Acquisition Disorder Corner Chris…
This week Chris takes a look at the following games along with a few recently completed campaigns: MIND-The Fall of Paradise https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/586888488/mind-the-fall-of-paradise-0 Game Designer’s Toolkit 2015 https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/167427101/game-designers-toolkit-2015 Mine, All Mine! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1994321553/mine-all-mine Robots Love Ice Cream – The Card Game https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/378405153/robots-love-ice-cream-the-card-game
Chris and Drew take a swing at a few recent favorites and the brand new game from Stefan Feld (until his next one!), La Isla. Listen as the guys review five games, discuss their upcoming acquisition disorders and review a boat load of news from atop the tabletop. Shout it from the Tabletop The guys get down to business this week with a boat load of interesting news stories from across the world of tabletop gaming – articles from big time publications, recent blog posts, sales numbers and more on this week’s session from the tabletop. Acquisition Disorder Corner Christmas…
This week, Chris takes a close look at recent completely projects and four new projects currently on Kickstarter: Intervention: A Party Game for Everyone’s Worst Habits https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/weekendwarriors/intervention-a-party-game-for-everyones-worst-habi Twistocity – A tongue twister card game that’s actually fun! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/861197367/twistocity-a-social-tongue-twister-card-game-with WordTov: Word Tov The Board Game Of Dramatic Reversals https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1505341370/wordtov-the-board-game-of-dramatic-reversals Moral Dilemma https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1677242759/moral-dilemma-0
We’re back with one of our most popular features in Versus. This week we’re pitting an expansion to a popular deck building game against one of the largest and most complex Superhero games published today – it’s DC Deck Building Game with the Crisis Expansion vs. Marvel Legendary. In addition we’ll talk about a couple of brain burners and the use of IPs in gaming as a whole. Shout it from the Tabletop The guys stand back, give Drew some room, and discuss the hottest news items in the industry. From recent news articles in global newspapers and magazines to…