Board Gamers Anonymous

To kick things off this week we look at the listeners’ responses to the question of the week, asking about their favorite gaming sub-hobbies.

In acquisition disorders this week, Anthony looks at a pair of tea games, including Alubari: A Nice Cup of Tea and Formosa Tea. Chris looks at Here to Slay, a strategic roleplaying card game with some Munchkin vibes. 

At the table this week, discusses a trick taking game that he's had a chance to play several times recently - Nokosudice. Chris digs into two games - Western Legends and Everdell: Pearlbrook. 

Finally, we dig into the top games on the Board Game Geek hotness as of January 21, 2020. 

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To kick things off this week we look at the listeners’ responses to the question of the week, asking about their most anticipated upcoming releases of 2020. 

In acquisition disorders this week, Anthony looks at Mariposas - the new game from Elizabeth Hargrave coming this summer - and Chris looks at Paris, the newest collaboration between Michael Kiesling and Wolfgang Kramer coming to Kickstarter soon. 

At the table this week, Anthony recounts his initial play of Roads and Boats. While not a final review after one play, he offers some insights on who might enjoy it and whether he'd play it again. 

Chris then dives into another Splotter game, this time the expansion for Food Chain Magnate: The Ketchup Mechanism and Other Ideas. 

Finally, in our feature, we look at 10 sub-hobbies of board gaming in no particular order. 

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This week we present our massive list of most anticipated upcoming games of 2020, including a healthy list of new IPs, as well as our most anticipated expansions, reboots, and updates to old classics. 

To kick things off we look at the listeners' responses to the question of the week, asking about their 2020 gaming resolutions. Then we dive right into a list of 35 upcoming games, expansions and reboots on their way in 2020. 

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.

Thank you to Richard Ing - our newest Patreon Producer. You rock!

This week on BGA, we talk about...Star Wars(?) 

After a spirited debate to start the podcast over the merits of the last couple of Star Wars sequels, we dive into our question of the week: Where do you listen to podcasts? 

For our acquisition disorders this week, Anthony discusses The Crew: The Quest for Planet Nine and Chris talks about Rococo: Deluxe Edition, going up for preorder soon from Eagle Gryphon Games.

At the table this week, Anthony reviews another big box game from Eagle Gryphon - Vital Lacerda's On Mars, and Chris reviews Lockup: A Roll Player Tale. 

Finally, in our feature, we look at the laundry list of games we anticipated for 2019 and what we ended up thinking of them, plus our resolutions and plans for games in 2020. 

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.

Another year has passed and many games have been played, but which of them are the best? 

Join us for this year's iteration of the BGA Awards, featuring our picks for the best of the best games in seven categories to close out 2019. 

A special thank you to all of our listeners who helped vote on nominations here on the site and narrow down some pretty big lists. 

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.

It's a Christmas Miracle! 

Bonus content to celebrate the holiday season. 

Enjoy this special episode we recorded for the Patreon feed - first time released at large. 

This is the first in our series of BGA lookback episodes, running through our earliest episodes to discuss the games we reviewed, events we attended, and how we still feel (or don't feel) about our discussions from 6+ years ago. 

We hope you enjoy!

(Want to hear more? Join us on Patreon.com/bga for exclusive access to all of our bonus episodes). 

The year is coming to a close and that means it's time to start thinking about awards!

To help us out, vote in our 2019 games of the year poll on the website now!

To kick things off this week, we have an interesting end of year question of the week: "Do you do a 10x10 challenge or anything similar? If so, how did you perform in 2019, and what are your plans for 2020?"

At the table this week, Anthony reviews Crystal Palace and Chris reviews Marco Polo II. 

Finally, we run through every year from 2010-2018 and pick our favorite games, as well as our favorite year of the last decade. 

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.

Chris is back from Pax Unplugged 2019 and had a chance to see or try a whole bunch of games. Join us as he runs through these and the con as a whole to learn what you should keep your eyes out for. 

First up, make sure you complete our Game of the Year poll on boardgamersanonymous.com and help us narrow down the nominations for this year's awards. 

For the question of the week this episode, we asked everyone: If you could change how you collected when you first got into board games, what would you change?"

Anthony shares his acquisition disorder for the week with the announcement of the Gloomhaven sequel, Frosthaven, and then reviews Azul: Summer Pavilion, the newest version of the mega-hit from Plan B Games. 

Finally, Chris digs into the games and sights of Pax Unplugged this year. Learn how the con was and what games to keep an eye out for. 

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.

Another year, another 50 episodes, and another top 100 list! 

That's right folks, and for the first time ever, Anthony and Chris both present their entire top 100 lists on the podcast, with notes on what rose, what fell, and what is new to the list. 

Enjoy the rundown of the best games of all time (in our opinion) and see how many you've played. 

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.

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Enjoy this special episode we recorded for the Patreon feed - first time released at large. 

This was done by request from our backers in the Patreon Slack group. Check out our rundown of games from overseas (but not Europe) worth checking out. Some are available in NA/EU, some are not - but all are a bit off the beaten path.