Pick Up and Deliver

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

• Knarr (2023)
• Civolution (2024)
• Blood on the Clocktower (2022)
• Last Will (2011) (revisited)
  • Episodes tagged ‘Last Will‘

What do you think of these three games? Share your thoughts over on Boardgamegeek in guild #3269.

Brendan shares a bit about his history with storytelling games and role-playing games. Join us, won’t you?Role-playing Games

• Dungeons & Dragons
• Continuum: Roleplaying in the Yet
• Gumshoe
• Amber

Storytelling Board Games

• Once Upon a Time: The Storytelling Card Game (1993)
• Machine of Death: The Game of Creative Assassination (2014)
• Alice is Missing
• Fiasco
• The Quiet Year
• Microscope

Which of these games have you played? What did you think of them? Share your storytelling play over on boardgamegeek in guild #3269!

Brendan shares the list of games he’s offering up in the Chicagoland No Ship Math Trade. Join us, won’t you?

• Link to the Math Trade
• Start of Brendan’s listings on the 2025 Chicagoland No-ship Math Trade

What games are on your trade pile? How do you get games out of your collection? Share your thoughts over on boardgamegeek in guild #3269. Join us, won’t you?

Brendan talks about what he likes about Res Arcana. Join us, won’t you?

• Pick Up & Deliver 439: Res Arcana vs. Mottainai (DUEL)
• Pick Up & Deliver 194: Roam and Res Arcana (Shootin’ from the Hip)
• Episodes tagged with ‘Res Arcana’
• Res Arcana (2019)
• Other games mentioned:
  • Race for the Galaxy (2007)
  • The City (2011)

What do you enjoy about Res Arcana? Share your thoughts over on boardgamegeek in guild #3269.

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

• Tribond (1989)
• BUILDZI (2020)
• Rolemodels: The Battle for Vyk’ Tornaahl (2013)
• Thunderbirds (2015) (revisited)
• The Gang (2024)

Have you played any of these games? Share your thoughts on them over on boardgamegeek in our guild, #3269.

Brendan talks about games where experience and depth of knowledge gives players a dramatic advantage in play. Join us, won’t you?

• Fantasy Realms (2017)

Knowing the Deck

• Race for the Galaxy (2007)
• Everdell (2018)
• Res Arcana (2019)
  Villagers (2019)

Mastering Complex Systems

• Through the Ages: A New Story of Civilization (2015)
• Underwater Cities (2018)
• Ark Nova (2021)
• Terraforming Mars (2016)

The Nature of Efficiency

• Agricola (2007)
• Trickerion: Legends of Illusion (2015)
• Century: Golem Edition (2017)

What games do you think offer extreme home field advantage? Share your thoughts over on boardgame geek in guild #3269.

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Brendan talks about three games he played recently for the first time, and one he dusted off. Join us, won’t you?

• Android: Infiltration (2012)
  • Clank!: A Deck-Building Adventure (2016)
  • The Adventurers: The Pyramid of Horus (2011)
• Minotaur Lords (2004)
  • Battle Line (2000)
  • Scarab Lords (2002)
• Sidereal Confluence (2017)
• Sherlock Holmes: Baker Street Irregulars (2020)

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

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Brendan shares his innumeracy regarding the chances of succeeding with random success. Join us, won’t you?

• Han Solo’s famous quote
• Bad odds with cards
  • Terraforming Mars (2016)
    • “Search for Life” card
  • Skyjo (2015)
  • Flip 7 (2024)
• Bad odds with dice
  • Perudo (1800)
  • Elder Sign (2011)
  • Ghost Stories (2008)
• Gambling on finding the thing you need
  • Calico (2020)
  • 7 Wonders (2010)

When do you ignore the odds for the sake of fun? Share your stories over on boardgamegeek in guild #3269.

Brendan shares his thoughts on real-time games… in real time! Join us for this unedited episode of Pick Up & Deliver, won’t you?Quick Reaction Games

• Anomia: Party Edition (2013)
• Heist: One Team, One Mission (2019)
• SET (1988)
• Dutch Blitz (1960)
• Dro Polter (aka DroPolter) (2023)
• Taco Cat Goat Cheese Pizza (2018)
• Stay Cool (2019)

Shouty Games

• Pit (1903)
• Happy Salmon (2016)
  Call of the Wild (2018)
• dude (2018)

Fast Action Co-Ops

• Escape: The Curse of the Temple (2012)
  FUSE (2015)
• London Dread (2016)
• Space Alert (2008)
• Illiterati (2023)

Fast Action Competitive Games

• Pendulum (2020)
• Galaxy Trucker (2007)
• Bullet Heart (aka Bullet♥︎) (2021)
• Sidereal Confluence (2017)

Turn-based Real Time Co-ops

• Kites (2022)
  Magic Rabbit (2020)
• Bomb Busters (2024)

What real-time games do you enjoy most? Share your ideas over on boardgamegeek in guild

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Brendan talks about three games he played for the first time recently and one game he dusted off. Join us, won’t you?

• Clue: The Office (2009)
• Resafa (2024)
• Galactic Renaissance (2024)
• Cryptid (2018) (revisited)

What do you think of these games? What other games have you tried lately? Share your thoughts over on boardgamegeek in guild #3269