Board Gamers Anonymous

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.

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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 tie in game that is very much for fans of the property. 

Finally, in our feature, we look at six games you might like if you're a fan of Cosmic Encounter. 

• Question of the Week: 8:07
• Acquisition Disorders: 13:00
• Crown of Emara Review: 22:16
• Jaws Review: 28:56 
• If You Like Cosmic Encounter, Try...: 33:54

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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!).

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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. 

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. 

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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. 

This week's episode is a special contest featuring 32 games that represent alternate histories and tweaks and historical events. 

First, congratulations to Drew for winning our first weekly Patreon contest in the new format. And if you haven't yet, check out patreon.com/bga for three new contests going on this week. We'll have one every week, but this is catch up week!

For our question of the week we asked about what video games everyone plays when they don't have a game night scheduled, and there were some good recommendations in there if you are looking for a new game to play. 

Finally, we dig into the big topic of the week - the Women's World Cup bracket featuring alternate history games. 

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This week Anthony is on vacation, but the games don't stop, nor do the reviews. Jason Perez from Every Night is Game Night (@engn_podcast) joins Chris to fill in this week and discuss the dilemma of paid and sponsored reviews. 

To kick things off, we remind everyone about our revamped Patreon contest, which will be running every week from Thursday to Monday on Patreon.com/bga. 

Then we share answers to our question of the week, If you're traveling with minimal luggage, what's your go-to game for the airplane or hotel?

Acquisition disorders this week include Roll Players: Fiends and Familiars from Jason and The Ancient World Second edition from Chris. 

At the table, Jason reviews One Key and Chris reviews Batman: Gotham City Chronicles. 

Finally, they discuss the big question about reviewers and their approach to paid and sponsored content. 

• Question of the Week: 8:22
• Acquisition Disorders: 12:35
• One Key Review: 17:33
• Batman: Gotham City Chronicles Review: 23:27
• Reviewer's Dilemma: 31:01

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We're back with another "if you like" feature this week, this time looking at Suburbia and six games you might be interested in if you're a big fan of the city building modern classic. 

To kick things off, we have some announcements on the Patreon contest front. Be sure to head over to Patreon.com/bga to learn more about the changes. 

For our question of the week, this week, we asked the listeners "How do you decide which games to queue up for the next game night? Hotness? Time since last play? Something else?"

For our acquisition disorders, Anthony looks at Terra Mystica: Merchants of the Sea, and Chris looks at Neom. 

At the table, Anthony reviews a trio of small games, with Krass Kariert, Just One and Werewords, and Chris reviews Escape Plan, the newest game from Vital Lacerda and Eagle Gryphon Games. 

Finally, in our feature, we dig into the six games you might like if you're a fan of Suburbia. 

• Question of the Week: 8:02
• Acquisition Disorders: 11:48
• Krass Kariert Review: 17:04
• Just One Review: 20:14
• Werewords Review: 21:57
• Escape Plan Review: 23:46
• If You Like Suburbia, Try...: 30:16

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First up, we have the winner of this week’s Patreon contest – Elise will be getting a game of her choice from Game Surplus.

To kick things off this week, we ask the question of the week, looking at listener answers to "

Welcome back to another episode of Board Gamers Anonymous. This week we’re joined by Jason from Every Night is Game Night to look at the best of the best Game of Thrones board games.

First up, we have the winner of this week’s Patreon contest – Brian will be getting a game of his choice from Game Surplus.

To kick things off this week, we have a reminisce about the final season of Game of Thrones. Yeah, we have thoughts. 

Then we dive into the Spiel des Jahres nominees and the Dice Tower awards nominees to discuss what we like, what we don't like, and what we've never heard of. 

Finally, we delve into the big feature - our rundown of the best of the best Game of Thrones board, card, and miniatures games. 

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Welcome back to another episode of Board Gamers Anonymous. This week we’re looking at some of Anthony's favorite quick play roll and write games.

First up, we have the winner of this week’s Patreon contest – Rico will be getting a game of his choice from Game Surplus.

To kick things off, we ask our question of the week, "Are there any games you used to love that have fallen out of favor, either due to a new game taking their place or just your tastes changing?" For our acquisition disorders this week, Anthony looks at Clinic Deluxe and Chris looks at Century: A New World. At the Table, Anthony played Tiny Towns and Chris played Century: Eastern Wonders. 

Finally, in our feature, Anthony runs down his top ten roll and write games, plus a few on the horizon he's looking forward to. 

• Question of the Week: 9:08
• Acquisition Disorders: 13:01
• Tiny Towns Review: 21:45
• Century: Eastern Wonders Review: 27:57
• Top Ten Roll and Write Games: 32:18

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Welcome back to another episode of Board Gamers Anonymous. This week we're looking at an all-time great game and some other games you might like if you're a fan. 

First up, we have the winner of this week's Patreon contest - Kyle will be getting a game of his choice from Game Surplus. 

To kick things off this week, we look at the recent Origin's Awards nominees. Which games are up for the first awards of the season this summer and what do we think about them? 

Next up, we review some of the games we've been getting to the table lately - Res Arcana and Noctiluca. 

Finally, we dig into six games that you might like if you're a fan of Catan (or know someone who is). 

• Origins Game Fair Award Nominees: 4:17
• Res Arcana Review: 17:59
• Noctiluca Review: 26:40
• If You Like Catan, Try: 31:17

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