Episode 563 – Would You Rather: BGA Edition

This week, Anthony and Chris dig into a big list of questions, asking each other some truly impossible ones about what they would rather do, plus discussions of recent games hitting the table and more.

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Contents

• Roll for Preview: The Crew: Journey to the Ends of the Earth
• Roll for Review: Flamecraft Duals
• Feature: Would You Rather: BGA Edition

Play Along!

Would you rather…
…play Gloomhaven with a group that can never meet consistently,
or Frosthaven with a group that burns out halfway through?
…teach Root at six players count with brand-new players,
or teach Vast to people who think they remember how to play?
…play Terraforming Mars with constant chatter and questionable strategy
or Ark Nova with perfect efficiency and zero table talk?
…get absolutely crushed in Brass: Birmingham, or lose Food Chain Magnate by one point after four hours?
…play Wingspan with every expansion,
or only the base game of Everdell forever?
…win Spirit Island, but you feel you have to quarterback the entire game,
or lose Pandemic Legacy: Season 1 while everyone feels equally responsible?
…play Scythe with people expecting an Ameritrash,
or Blood Rage with people expecting a Euro?
…sit through a flawless teaching of the 1979 Dune game,
or play Dune: Imperium Uprising without any teaching or rulebook and figure it out as you go?
…play The Crew: Mission Deep Sea with someone who won’t stop signaling,
or Codenames with someone who gives the worst clues imaginable?
…own Mage Knight Board Game and never get it to the table,
or play Marvel Champions so often you’re genuinely tired of it?
…play Azul with someone who overthinks every tile,
or Splendor with someone who finishes their turn before you blink?
…playAeon’s End with perfect cooperation but zero drama, or Arkham Horror: The Card Game with maximum drama and bad decisions?
…play Twilight Struggle with someone who narrates the Cold War like a documentary, or War of the Ring: Second Edition with someone who treats it like a casual dice fest?
…play Spirit Island on the hardest difficulty and barely survive, or Pandemic Legacy: Season 1 and permanently scar your group?
…play The Castles of Burgundy with players who complain it’s boring, or Eclipse: Second Dawn with players who complain it’s too long?
…play Slay the Spire: The Board Game with perfect synergy and zero surprises, or survive by the skin of your teeth through pure chaos?
…sit through a bad game with good friends, or a great game with people you don’t actually like?
…have listeners say, “you talked me out of buying that,” or “you talked me into buying that”?
…play a game Chris loves, and Anthony bounced off of immediately, or a game Anthony enjoyed that Chris keeps calling “a thing”?
…listen to Anthony explain why the design works, or Chris explain why the experience didn’t?
*…end an episode thinking, “that was a great discussion!” or thinking, “that was probably more entertaining than helpful”?

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