Board Gamers Anonymous

To kick things off this week, we look at answers to our question of the week: Do you have any other hobbies beyond board games and if so, do you combine the two in any way? For Acquisition Disorders, Anthony looks at The Magnificent and Chris looks at Titan. At the table this week, Anthony discusses his time with Marvel Champions: The Card Game and Chris reviews Trismegistus: The Ultimate Formula.  Finally, in our feature this week, Anthony runs through 15 of the hottest releases at Essen Spiel from a couple weeks ago and what to expect from them.  Question of the Week: 4:15 Acquisition Disorders: 9:28 Marvel Champions Review: 18:14 Trismegistus Review: 31:44 Essen Spiel Hotness: 40:41 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.boardgamersanonymous.com). You can support the show as well by donating on Patreon (www.patreon.com/bga) or using our Amazon affiliate link. Advertising

  To kick things off this week, we look at answers to our question of the week: What's your spooky game of choice for Halloween this year? For Acquisition Disorders, Anthony looks at Abomination: The Heir of Frankenstein and Chris looks at Movie Cliches: The Game.  At the table this week, Anthony discusses his recent play of Fury of Dracula, and reviews the new Ravensburger game, Horrified. Finally, in our feature this week, Anthony and Chris discuss some of the games they recommend if you're looking for something horrific to play this Halloween. Question of the Week: 8:07 Acquisition Disorders: 9:40 Fury of Dracula Review: 17:24 Horrified Review: 23:58 If You Like Horror, Try...: 30:46 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.boardgamersanonymous.com). You can support the show as well by donating on Patreon (www.patreon.com/bga) or using our Amazon affiliate link. Advertisin

Congratulations to Martin, this week's winner for the weekly Patreon contest. Don’t miss out on the fun. Become a Patreon backer for your chance to enter our weekly contest! Every backer is eligible to enter the contests, which run each week from Thursday until Monday at 8pm EDT when we record. https://www.patreon.com/bga for more information. *** To kick things off this week, we look at answers to our question of the week: What's a genre or style of game you've never played but still want to try? For Acquisition Disorders, Anthony looks at Emperor's Choice, and Chris looks at Fresco Mega Box, now on Kickstarter. At the table this week, Anthony reviews Paladins of the West Kingdom, the newest from Shem Philips and Chris reviews Cowboy Bebop: Boardgame Boogie. Finally, in our feature this week, Anthony and Chris discuss the meaning of weights in games and some of the most common weight questions and concerns. Question of the Week: 4:42 Acquisition Disorders: 9:10 Paladins of the West Kingdom: 18:57

Don’t miss out on the fun. Become a Patreon backer for your chance to enter our weekly contest! Every backer is eligible to enter the contests, which run each week from Thursday until Monday at 8pm EDT when we record. https://www.patreon.com/bga for more information. *** To kick things off this week, we look at answers to our question of the week: What recent release would you like to see a legacy or campaign mode for? For Acquisition Disorders, Anthony looks at Ecos: First Continent, and Chris looks at the digital edition of Spirit Island from Handelabra currently on IndieGoGo.  At the table this week, Anthony reviews Fantastic Factories, a light tableau builder that just came in on Kickstarter, and Chris reviews Madeira which just wrapped up a collector's edition kickstarter.  Finally, in our feature this week, Anthony and Chris name their top 10 first player markers in board games: Question of the Week: 2:32 Acquisition Disorders: 7:59 Fantastic Factories Review: 13:00 Madeira Review: 18:40 Top

Don’t miss out on the fun. Become a Patreon backer for your chance to enter our weekly contest! Every backer is eligible to enter the contests, which run each week from Thursday until Monday at 8pm EDT when we record. https://www.patreon.com/bga for more information. *** To kick things off this week, we look at answers to our question of the week: What game would you like to see get a 2.0 update or reimagining with a new theme? For Acquisition Disorders, Anthony looks at Irish Gauge, and Chris looks at the newest expansion for Wingspan coming soon.  At the table this week, Anthony reviews Bosk, a new game about nature sure to turn your table into a warzone.  Finally, in our feature this week, Anthony and Chris discuss eight games you might like if you're a fan of civilization games (broken down by length): Question of the Week: 6:16 Acquisition Disorders: 12:06   Bosk Review: 21:02   If You Like Civilization Games, Try... 30:12 If you haven’t yet, be sure to connect with us on Facebook (www

Don’t miss out on the fun. Become a Patreon backer for your chance to enter our weekly contest! Every backer is eligible to enter the contests, which run each week from Thursday until Monday at 8pm EDT when we record. https://www.patreon.com/bga for more information. *** To kick things off this week, we look at answers to our question of the week:What's the most underrated game that's got a rating above 1000 on BGG? For Acquisition Disorders, Anthony looks at Marco Polo II and Chris looks at Everdell's two new expansions on Kickstarter: Spirecrest and Bellfaire. At the table this week, Anthony reviews the hotness of the moment - Tapestry from Stonemaier Games, and Chris reviews Hadara.  Finally, in our feature this week, Anthony runs down the top 15 games on the BGG hotness as of October 1, 2019.  Question of the Week: 9:53   Acquisition Disorder: 13:51   Tapestry Review: 20:35 Hadara Review: 39:16   BGG Hotness: 44:31 If you haven’t yet, be sure to connect with us on Facebook (www.faceb

Don't miss out on the fun. Become a Patreon backer for your chance to enter our weekly contest! Every backer is eligible to enter the contests, which run each week from Thursday until Monday at 8pm EDT when we record. https://www.patreon.com/bga for more information. *** To kick things off this week, we look at answers to our question of the week:  Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Congratulations to Antoine, our Patreon contest winner from last week who will be receiving a game of his choice from Game Surplus. If you want to join the fun, become a Patreon backer for your chance to enter. Every backer is eligible to enter the contests, which run each week from Thursday until Monday at 8pm EDT when we record. https://www.patreon.com/bga for more information. *** This week, we kick things off with our question of the week, “What's a map or module you'd love to see for one of your favorite games?” For our acquisition disorders this week, Anthony looks at Crystal Palace, a new one from Feurland Spiele and Capstone coming out at Essen this year, and Chris looks at Upstairs, Downstairs - an Obsession Expansion. At the table this week, Anthony and Chris both look at City of the Big Shoulders, the first game from Parallel Games and one that has been hotly anticipated on both of our tables. We're also running a contest, so be sure to visit boardgamersanonymous.com or our facebook page at fa

Congratulations to Adrienne, our Patreon contest winner from last week who will be receiving a game of his choice from Game Surplus. If you want to join the fun, become a Patreon backer for your chance to enter. Every backer is eligible to enter the contests, which run each week from Thursday until Monday at 8pm EDT when we record. https://www.patreon.com/bga for more information. *** This week, we kick things off with our question of the week, “What are the best games you've played this year that are old but new to you?” For our acquisition disorders this week, Anthony looks at Azul Summer Pavilion, the newest iteration on the SdJ winning game from Plan B Games, and Chris looks at Mint Cooperative - The Minty Fresh Cooperative Game, a new entry in the Mint games series.  At the table this week, Anthony reviews Ishtar, the newest from Bruno Cathala and Iello. Chris reviews Gugong, the gift swapping medium euro from Game Brewers.  Finally, in our feature, we look at ten games we love but will never play

Congratulations to William, our Patreon contest winner from last week who will be receiving a game of his choice from Game Surplus. If you want to join the fun, become a Patreon backer for your chance to enter. Every backer is eligible to enter the contests, which run each week from Thursday until Monday at 8pm EDT when we record. https://www.patreon.com/bga for more information. *** This week, we kick things off with our question of the week, “What's a game for which you'd like to see a more complex or harder version of?" For our acquisition disorders this week, Anthony looks at Gùgōng: Pànjūn, the first expansion for Gùgōng from Game Brewer and designer, Andreas Steding, and Chris looks at Kanban EV, the long awaited update to Kanban being released by Vital Lacerda and Eagle Gryphon Games At the table this week, Anthony reviews Dark Angel, the sci-fi opus from the design team behind Troyes. Chris reviews Vinhos Deluxe, another Lacerda-Eagle/Gryphon production.  Finally, in our feature, we look at six

Congratulations to Drew, our Patreon contest winner from last week who will be receiving a game of his choice from Game Surplus. If you want to join the fun, become a Patreon backer for your chance to enter. Every backer is eligible to enter the contests, which run each week from Thursday until Monday at 8pm EDT when we record. https://www.patreon.com/bga for more information. *** This week, we kick things off with our question of the week, “What is the best first player token in board games?” For our acquisition disorders this week, Anthony looks at Maracaibo, the newest from Alexander Pfister and Capstone Games, and Chris looks at Orleans Stories, a new take on the classic Orleans formula. At the table this week, Anthony reviews Watergate, the amazing new two-player political game from Capstone. Chris reviews Barrage with the expansion, a recently delivered (and highly controversial) Kickstarter.  Finally, in our feature, we look at the best games from each of our three favorite designers.  Question

Congratulations to Michael, our Patreon contest winner from last week who will be receiving a game of his choice from Game Surplus. If you want to join the fun, become a Patreon backer for your chance to enter. Every backer is eligible to enter the contests, which run each week from Thursday until Monday at 8pm EDT when we record. https://www.patreon.com/bga for more information. *** This week, we kick things off with our question of the week, “What's your desert island game - the one game you could play forever if stranded with nothing else to do?” For our acquisition disorders this week, Anthony looks at Horrified, the new Universal Monsters board game from Ravensburger, and Chris looks at the Funkverse Strategy Game, from...you guessed it, Funko. At the table this week, Anthony reviews the expansion for Teotihuacan: Late Preclassic Period. Chris reviews the Scythe Modular Boards and extra encounter cards. Finally, in our feature, we look back at year 6 of BGA with a retrospective on our favorite acqu

Congratulations to Martin, our Patreon contest winner from last week who will be receiving a copy of My Story. If you want to join the fun, become a Patreon backer for your chance to enter. Every backer is eligible to enter the contests, which run each week from Thursday until Monday at 8pm EDT when we record. https://www.patreon.com/bga for more information. *** This week, we kick things of with our question of the week, "What are your big acquisition disorders after the summer conventions?"  For our acquisition disorders this week, Anthony looks at Yedo Deluxe, coming to Kickstarter in September from Board and Dice, and Chris looks at Tapestry, the new civilization game from Stonemaier Games.  At the table this week, Anthony reviews a pair of shorter games he picked up at Gen Con - Point Salad and Amul. Chris reviews Dilluvia Project, a Spielworkxx Game making its way back to tables via Tasty Minstrel.  Finally, in our feature, we look at the top 10 games we've played this year that were released seve

Join the fun and become a Patreon backer for your chance to enter our weekly game giveaway. Every backer is eligible to enter the contests, which run each week from Thursday until Monday at 8pm EDT when we record. https://www.patreon.com/bga for more information. *** This week, Anthony is back from Gen Con and he's got a boatload of updates to share. Games played, events attended, and announcements witnessed.  To kick things off, we start with our question of the week, for which we asked the listeners "What's a board game for which you'd like to see a direct sequel?" For acquisition disorders, Anthony looked at Marvel Champions The Card Game, Masters of Rennaissance, Obscurio, Point Salad, and Trismegistus.  At the table, Anthony had a chance to play MegaCity Oceania, Old West Impressario and Shobu - check out his first impressions for all three (and which of them he bought on the spot).  Finally, we do a run-through of the con itself and discuss the famous designers met, the experience of the Thursday

Congratulations to Anthony, our Patreon contest winner from last week for his incredible dad joke caption. It was a blast reading these. We'll definitely do it again! If you want to join the fun, become a Patreon backer for your chance to enter. Every backer is eligible to enter the contests, which run each week from Thursday until Monday at 8pm EDT when we record. https://www.patreon.com/bga for more information. *** To kick things off, Anthony and Chris read answers to the question of the week, “What's a game for which the reviews are surprising to you (too positive or too negative)?” For acquisition disorders, this week, Anthony discusses his Gen Con hotness list and Chris looks at Era: Medieval Age.  At the table, Anthony reviews Villagers, and Chris reviews Agricola the Revised edition and discusses his first place of Le Havre.  Finally, in the feature, the guys run through the current top 15 games on Board Game Geek. Question of the Week: 7:16 Acquisition Disorders: 14:17 Villagers Review: 2

Congratulations to Ryan, our Patreon contest winner from last week for his incredible photo. Make sure to check out this week's contest where Ryan's and five other submissions are available for captioning.  If you want to join the fun, become a Patreon backer for your chance to enter. Every backer is eligible to enter the contests, which run each week from Thursday until Monday at 8pm EDT when we record. https://www.patreon.com/bga for more information. *** On this week's episode, Anthony is out of town with the family, so Jenn joins Chris for a special conversation. To kick things off, they read answers to the question of the week, "If you were to design a board game, what would it include (theme, mechanics, artwork)?" For acquisition disorders, this week, Jenn discusses Treasure Island and Chris flicks his way into Star Trek: Conflick in the Neutral Zone.  At the table, Jenn discusses her recent plays of Hadara, and Chris reviews Lorenzo il Magnifico: Pazzi Conspiracy - the new expansion cards from t

Congratulations to Chris, our Patreon contest winner from last week for guessing all 8 games from Anthony's Top 100 in our contest this last week. If you want to join the fun, become a Patreon backer for your chance to enter. Every backer is eligible to enter the contests, which run each week from Thursday until Monday at 8pm EDT when we record. https://www.patreon.com/bga for more information. *** To kick things off this week, we look at answers to our question of the week: If you were to recommend one game at $20 or less, what would it be? For our acquisition disorders this week, Anthony looks at Dwellings of Eldervale and Chris looks at Yggradisil Chronicles.  At the table, Anthony reviews two games - Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell: A Board Game of English Magic and Q.E.  Finally, for our feature, we look at six games that you can get for less than $30 in our budget segment.  Question of the Week: 4:40 Acquisition Disorders: 8:50 Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell Review: 15:46 Q.E. Review: 23:33

No contest winner this week because of the holiday, but be sure to check for next week when we'll have a new one announced and new contests on tap. If you want to join the fun, become a Patreon backer for your chance to enter. Every backer is eligible to enter the contests, which run each week from Thursday until Monday at 8pm EDT when we record. https://www.patreon.com/bga for more information. *** To kick things off this week, we read answers to the question of the week: "What's your favorite gaming experience (not necessarily favorite game, but best mechanic, event, or group dynamic created by a game)?" For the acquisition disorders this week, Anthony looks at a game he's sure he won't love, but is still interested anyways because of the theme, Cities: Skyline. Chris looks at the third edition of Pret-a-Porter on Kickstarter right now from Portal Games.  At the table this week, Anthony reviews Crown of Emara, a Pegasus Spiel game that was hot at Essen last year and Chris reviews Jaws, the newest movie

Congratulations to Amy, our Patreon contest winner from last week for guessing all 8 currencies shown in our mystery photo before anyone else (we had five people get them all!). If you want to join the fun, become a Patreon backer for your chance to enter. Every backer is eligible to enter the contests, which run each week from Thursday until Monday at 8pm EDT when we record. https://www.patreon.com/bga for more information. *** This week’s episode kicks off with our question of the week:  At the table this week, Anthony reviews Pax Pamir: Second Edition, the recent Kickstarter rerelease from Cole Wehrle, and Chris looks at the Lorenzo il Magnifico app, also recently delivered to Kickstarter backers. One of these delivers and the other...not so much. Find out which and by how much.  Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Congratulations to all of our contest winners for last week, including Rico for the World Cup Competition, and Rico (again!), Peter, and Chris for our Patreon contests. Lots of free games going out this week.  If you want to join the fun, become a Patreon backer for your chance to enter. Every backer is eligible to enter the contests, which run each week from Thursday until Monday at 8pm EDT when we record. https://www.patreon.com/bga for more information.  *** This week's episode kicks off with our question of the week,  For our Acquisition Disorders this week, Anthony looks at Watergate, a new one from Frosted Games and Capstone Games, and Chris looks at New Leaders & Wonders, an expansion for Through the Ages: A Story of Civilization from CGE. Both are coming out later this year.  Finally, in our feature, Anthony does a rundown of the top 15 games on BGG as of June 23, 2019. Check out the full list and why each game is getting hype right now in the full episode.  Advertising Inquiries: https://redci