Pick Up and Deliver

Brendan shares his thoughts about the crunchy cooperative game, Spirit Island. Join us, won’t you?

• Spirit Island (2017)
• Extremely customizable
  • Mage Knight Board Game (2011)
• Flexible options to handle difficulties
• Really Complicated

Do you like Spirit Island? Share your thoughts (favorite spirit?) over on boardgamegeek in guild #3269.

Brendan shares his stats and experiences from September of 2025 and looks forward to October. Join us, won’t you?

• Top of the Stack, September 2025
  • NEW GAME – Saltfjord ✓
  • SHELF CLEARER – Fallen Angel
  • NEW GAME 2 – The Mirroring of Mary King
  • Top 50 Choice – Dungeon Petz
• Shelf of Opportunity
• Expand YourShelf
• Top of the Stack, October 2025
  • NEW GAME – Beast
  • SHELF CLEARER – Panic Station
  • NEW GAME 2 – The Mirroring of Mary King
  • Top 50 Choice – The Hunger

What games did you play in September? Share your plays over on boardgamegeek in guild #3269.Transcript (uncorrected): TXT and PDF

Brendan shares his first impressions of three games he tried out recently, and one he dusted off. Join us, won’t you?

• Fountains (2025)
  • The Gardens (2022)
  • Carcassonne (2000)
• Ready Set Bet (2022)
  • Hot Streak (2025)
• Raas: A Dance of Love (2026)
  • Tzolkin: The Mayan Calendar (2012)
• Dice Miner (2021) (revisited)

What games have you been playing lately? Share your thoughts over on boardgamegeek in guild #3269.

Brendan shares his reading list from April, May, and June of 2025. Join us, won’t you?

• The Hand of Oberon
• The Hearse You Rode In On
  • Deadline (2017)
• The Strange Tales of Oscar Zahn, Vol. 1: A Graphic Novel
• The Ten Thousand Doors of January
• Out There Screaming: An Anthology of New Black Horror
• After the Rain
• Masterpiece
• The Luminous Dead
• Dead Lies Dreaming
  • Arkham Horror: The Card Game (2016)
• The Lathe of Heaven
• After the Rain
• The Dark Tower

What books did you read in 2025? Share them over on boardgamegeek in guild #3269.

Brendan talks for a few minutes at a time about each of the games he dusted off in April and May of 2025 but hadn’t talked about yet.May dusty games

• A Study in Emerald (2013) (2 Years, 7 Months, 19 Days dusty)
  • My Top 50
• Royals (2014) (5 Years, 11 Months)
  • El Grande (1995)
• Stick Stack (2016) (2 Years, 1 Month, 13 Days dusty)
  • Jenga (1983)
• Kingdomino (2016) (6 Years, 2 Months, 5 Days dusty)

June dusty games

• Smile (2017)  (6 Years, 5 Months, 26 Days dusty)
• Maori (2009)  (1 Year, 2 Months, 20 Days dusty)
• Century: Golem Edition (2017)  (1 Year, 2 Months, 23 Days dusty)
  • Dominion (2008)
• Game of Thrones: Westeros Intrigue (2014)  (7 Years, 9 Months, 19 Days dusty)
  • 7 Wonders Duel (2015)
• Welcome to the Moon (2021)  (1 Year, 7 Months, 20 Days dusty)

What games have you dusted off in the last few months? Share your thoughts over on Boardgamegeek in our forums, #3269.

Brendan shares his first impressions of three games he tried recently. Join us, won’t you?

• Umbrella (2024)
• High Rise (2020)
• Lost Cities (1999) (revisited)
• Stellarion (2022)

What games have you played recently? Share your thoughts over on boardgamegeek in guild #3269.

Brendan shares his favorite games that have the number 7 in the title. Join us, won’t you?

• Flip 7 (2024)
  • Las Vegas (2012)
  • Dead Man’s Draw (2014)
• The 7th Continent (2017)
  • Vantage (2025)
• Gen7: A Crossroads Game (2018)
  • Dead of Winter: A Crossroads Game (2014)
  • Forgotten Waters (2020)
• Level 7 [Escape] (2012)
  • Cube (1997)
• 7 Wonders: Architects (2021)
• 7 Wonders Duel (2015)
• 7 Wonders (2010)
• Games with years in the title that include the number 7
  • Tortuga 1667 (2017)
  • Hollywood 1947 (2023)
  • Messina 1347 (2021)

What are your favorite games that have the number 7 in them? Share your thoughts over on boardgamegeek in guild #3269.

Brendan pontificates on what makes a game a ‘Clobberin’ game. When will it likely be fun to win or lose at a game? Join us, won’t you?

• The Great Zimbabwe (2012)
• Through the Ages: A New Story of Civilization (2015)
• Res Arcana (2019)
• Revive (2022)
• Dominion (Second Edition) (2016)
• Blood Rage (2015)
• Nanty Narking (2019)

What games do you think of as ‘Clobberin’ games? Share your thoughts over on boardgamegeek in guild #3269.

Brendan shares his thoughts about three games he tried for the first time recently. Join us, won’t you?

• MonsDRAWsity (2020)
  • Telestrations (2009)
• Skip-Bo (1967)
  • Skyjo (2015)
  • Dutch Blitz (1960)
• Magic Rabbit (2020)
• Conquest of Pangea (2006)

What games have you played recently? Share your plays over on boardgamegeek in guild #3269.

Brendan shares his games played in August 2025 and his plans for September. Join us, won’t you?

• Top of the Stack, August 2025
  • NEW GAME – The Mirroring of Mary King X
  • SHELF CLEARER – Fallen Angel X
  • NEW GAME 2 – Endeavor: Deep Sea ✓
  • Top 50 Choice – Dungeon Petz X
• Shelf of Opportunity
• Expand Yourshelf list
• Top of the Stack, September 2025

What games did you play in August? Share your plays over on BoardGameGeek in guild #3269.