Board Gamers Anonymous

Ever want to wine and dine a potential client or get to know your new colleagues over board games? This week, we look at some games that offer the social interaction without potential gaffes or uncomfortable situations that work perfectly for low-key non-drinking ice-breakers. 

Before we dive in, we look at our question of the week - asking the listeners "What's the most ostentatious thing you've seen printed for or with a board game (besides CMON's jumbo Cthulhu)?"

For our acquisition disorders, Anthony puts the spotlight on Detective: A Modern Crime Board Game hitting the states at Gen Con this week, and Chris looks at a blast from the past in Trogdor!! The Board Game. 

At the Table this week, we have a few games to talk about, starting with Most Wanted from North Star Games and Senshi from Arcane Wonders, both reviewed by Anthony. Then Chris delves into Red Dragon Inn 7 from Slugfest Games and Mystery of the Templates from Emperor S4 and Deepwater Games. 

Finally, we look at six games you should consider when trying to win friends and influence people. 

• Question of the Week: 3:14
• Acquisition Disorders: 7:35
• Senshi Review: 14:38
• Most Wanted Review: 17:58
• Red Dragon Inn 7 Review: 23:12
• Mystery of the Temples Review: 26:33
• Games to Win Friends and Influence People: 28:28

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Only one week to Gen Con! That means it's time to run down some of the hottest games everyone's talking about, plus lots of reviews of our recent plays from Origins. 

To kick things off, we chat about the recently announced Spiel des Jahres winners - Azul, Die Quacksalber von Quedlinburg, and Dragon's Breath. 

Then we read listener answers to our question of the week, which asked, "What criteria do you use when/if culling your board game collection?" - a spot on question for convention season. 

Next up, in our acquisition disorders, Anthony looks at the newest Vital Lacerda game, Escape Plan, on Kickstarter right now. Chris then looks at Eclipse: Second Dawn for the Galaxy, also on Kickstarter currently. 

At the table this week, Anthony reviews Carthago, the newest release from Capstone Games, and Chris looks at both Megaland from Red Raven Games and End of the Trail. 

Finally, we dig into the hotness on BGG for the end of July. 

• Question of the Week: 4:45
• Acquisition Disorders:  9:19
• Carthago Review: 15:16
• Megaland Review: 22:21
• End of the Trail Review: 26:28
• BGG Hotness Review: 29:42​

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In the grand tradition of the (relatively new) cinematic universe, this week we're looking at our favorite board game universes. Join Chris and Anthony as they delve into several different universes that have expanded with shared rules, components, and characters. 

We start by asking the listeners about some of their favorites, then dive into Acquisition Disorders. Anthony talks about Rurik: Dawn of Kiev, currently on Kickstarter, and Chris looks at the newest from Next Move Games (Plan B): Azul: Stained Glass of Sintra. 

At the table this week, Anthony reviews the Kennerspiel nominated Ganz Schon Clever (which you can play online here), and Kingdomino: Age of Giants, the first expansion for the popular Blue Orange game. Chris looks at Sorcerer & Stones, from Emperor S4, distributed by Deep Water Games.

Finally, we delve into the best of the board game universes. 

• Question of the Week: 5:07​
• Acquisition Disorders: 9:01
• Ganz Schon Clever Review: 15:18
• Kingdomino: Age of Giants Review: 19:25
• Sorcerer & Stones Review: 23:12
• Best Board Game Universes: 27:45

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This week, Anthony and Chris delve into the heaviest of the heavy, sharing the top 10 games they love when it's time to get crunchy. 

To kick things off, we ask the BGA listeners our question of the week, What 80's IP would you like to see next get a board game reimagining? And there are some great ideas we would absolutely pay money for. 

For our acquisition disorders, Anthony delves into the newest Stefan Feld game coming out this fall with Forum Trajanam, and Chris looks at the newest plastic-fest from CMON - Cthulhu: Death May Die. 

At the table this week, Anthony looks at Century: Eastern Wonders and Chris reviews the German game with the tricky name, currently nominated for the Kennerspiel des Jahres, Die Quacksalber von Quedlinburg. 

Finally, for our feature, we look at the top 10 heavy euros - games with around a 4+ weight in BGG, big crunchy euros with lots of thinking to be done. 

• Question of the Week: 5:43
• Acquisition Disorders: 10:23
• Century: Eastern Wonders Review: 16:32
• Die Quacksalber von Quedlinburg Review: 22:27
• Top 10 Heavy Euros: 26:54​

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With the recent release of Century: Eastern Wonders, new attention is being paid to the gateway series of games from Plan B Games and Emerson Matsuuchi. To celebrate, this week we're looking at six games you might like if you already like Spice Road, the first entry in the series. 

Before we dive into that, we talk about gaming guilty pleasures in our question of the week - some of the games we play and love regardless of BGG rating. 

We then dive into Acquisition Disorders with Anthony discussing Starship Samurai and Chris delving into Tang Garden from ThunderGryph Games and Folded Space, a new game insert Kickstarter campaign. 

At the table this week, Anthony looks at Coimbra, a new one from Eggertspiel we had a chance to pick up at Origins, and Chris reviews Round House from Emperor S4 and Deep Water Games. 

Finally, we dive into the six games you might want to try if you're a fan of Spice Road. 

• Question of the Week: 9:35
• Acquisition Disorders: 14:35
• Coimbra Review: 27:30
• Round House Review: 38:52
• If You Like Century: Spice Road, Try...: 45:35

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Another year down, and another Origins Game Fair attended. Join Anthony and Chris as they run through some of the numbers, the stuff we enjoyed the most, and the games that stood out during the 5 day con. 

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Convention season is here! So to help you have the best time possible at any cons you might attend this summer or into the fall, we've collected advice from our listeners on how to have a great con. 

To kick things off this week, thank you to Kyle - our newest Patreon backer! 

For our acquisition disorders this week, Anthony discusses Neta-Tanka on Kickstarter now and Chris looks at Heroes of Terinnoth - a new take on the Warhammer Quest Adventure Card Game formula that was so short lived. 

At the Table this week, Anthony reviews Istanbul The Dice Game and Chris looks at a classic Feld game, It Happens...

Finally, we go through answers from the listeners on how to have a good time at a con, and share a few of our own. 

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It's time for another bracket!

This time around, Anthony and Chris are delving into the top 32 sci fi board games out there, whittling them down in our World Cup of Science Fiction Board Games. 

We've created eight pools of four games each. We selected two games from each pool (with the help of the dreaded die!) and then ran them through a single elimination tournament of sixteen games to find the winner. 

Listen to find out which game came out on top, and to hear which of our listeners came out on top with their picks in our World Cup contest. 

Convention season has started! 

Anthony and Chris kick off the season of many cons with their rundown of the games they are most looking forward to seeing this summer. Is the list complete? Probably not, but we're excited for every game on it. 

Before we kick things off, make sure to enter our World Cup of Sci Fi Games contest, ending on June 9th. You can find more information here. 

2018 World Cup of Science Fiction Board Games Contest

To start the episode, we ask our question of the week and listeners share how many plays they will give a game before they feel they have made their mind up about it. 

For Acquisition Disorders this week, Anthony looks at the final game in Uwe Rosenberg's puzzle trilogy, Spring Meadow, and Chris looks at the new Vast game, The Mysterious Manor. 

At the table, we're reviewing Dragon Castle, the new tile placement game from CMON and Argent: The Consortium, the second edition of which just shipped from Level 99 Games.  Finally, we have our big run down of 16 games we're excited to see this summer at the cons we'll be attending. 

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It's the end of May, and that means time to look back at the hotness for this month and why some games have jumped into the limelight (and others remain). 

First up this week, we're talking about our World Cup contest for Sci Fi games, coming up in 2 weeks. You can enter the contest here for a chance to win a free sci fi board game. 

2018 World Cup of Science Fiction Board Games Contest

Our question of the week this week asked everyone what games they have replaced components for and why (in honor of the horrible little coins in Nusfjord). 

For our acquisition disorders, Anthony looked at the new Vital Lacerda game, On Wars, and Chris looked at the recently SdJ nominated Luxor: Forgotten Treasures. 

At the Table, Anthony reviews Kashgar and Chris looks at 7 Wonders Duel: Pantheon. 

Finally, we delve into the 15 games at the top of the BGG Hotness during the week of 5/25. 

• Question of the Week: 7:43​
• Acquisition Disorders: 11:05
• Kashgar Review: 17:36
• 7 Wonders Duel: Pantheon Review: 21:26
• BGG Hotness Review: 27:15

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