Pick Up and Deliver

Brendan talks about what games Pisces gamers might like or be good at. Join us, won’t you?

• Allure.com’s “12 Zodiac Signs: Dates and Personality Traits”
• Intuitive
  • The Mind (2018)
  • Mysterium (2015)
  • The Resistance (2009)
• Empathetic / Sensitive
  • Hanabi (2010)
  • Bärenpark (2017)
  • A Gentle Rain (2021)
• Swimming in Opposite Directions
  • Schotten Totten (1999)
    Lost Cities (1999)
  • Drones vs Seagulls⁠ (2022)
• Fish
  • Oceans (2020)
  • Finspan (2025)
  • Fleet: The Dice Game (2018)
    Ark Nova: Marine Worlds (2023)
  • Nusfjord (2017)

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Brendan shares his first impressions of three games and one expansion he played for the first time recently. Join us, won’t you?

• Ticket to Ride Legacy: Legends of the West (2023)
• Bomb Busters (2024)
• Histrio (2016)
• Flash Point: Fire Rescue (2011)

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Brendan looks back at a year of gaming from before he was doing the podcast, and chooses his superlative games and his top 5. Join us, won’t you?Top 5 games:

1. Shipyard (2009)
2. The Resistance (2009)
3. Small World (2009)
4. Arctic Scavengers (2009)
5. Dungeon Lords (2009)

Superlative games:

• Best Two-Player Game: Jaipur (2009)
• Coolest Game: Claustrophobia (2009)
• Best Family Game: Castle Panic (2009)
• Weirdest Game: Bunny Bunny Moose Moose (2009)
• Best Table Presence: The Adventurers: The Temple of Chac (2009)

What games do you love from 2009? Share your thoughts over on boardgamegeek in guild #3269.

Brendan talks about the games he played in February and the games he wants to play in March. Join us, won’t you?

• February Top of the Stack
  • NEW GAME – Capital Lux✓
  • SHELF CLEARER – Alien: Fate of the Nostromo✓
  • NEW GAME 2 – Miskatonic School for Boys✓
  • Top 50 Choice – Dungeon Petz
• Shelf of Opportunity
• My Top 50
• Expand Yourshelf
• March Top of the Stack
  • NEW GAME – Resafa
  • SHELF CLEARER – Clue: The Office
  • NEW GAME 2 – Sherlock Holmes: Baker Street Irregulars
  • Top 50 Choice – Carpe Diem

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

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

• Homeworlds (2020)
• Mistborn: The Deckbuilding Game (2024)
• Revive: Call of the Abyss (2023) (expansion)
• ALIEN: Fate of the Nostromo (2021)

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

Brendan shares his “most-played games” list and talks a bit about memorable plays from last year. Join us, won’t you?Most-played games, online only

• 33 plays – Pax Renaissance: 2nd Edition (2021)
• 23 plays – Daybreak (2023)
• 23 plays – Through the Ages: A New Story of Civilization (2015)
• 22 plays – Gaia Project (2017)
• 20 plays – Pax Pamir: Second Edition (2019)

Most-played games, on the table only

• 27 plays – Frosthaven (2022)
• 15 plays – Dorfromantik: The Board Game (2022)
• 8 plays – Wits & Wagers (2005)
• 8 plays – Incan Gold (2005)
• 8 plays – Coup (2012)

Most-played games, both table and online

• 17 plays (5 irl / 12 bga) – Ark Nova (2021)
• 17 plays (2 irl / 15 bga) – Obsession (2018)
• 12 plays (5 irl / 15 yuc) – Innovation (2010)
• 11 plays (6 iPrl / 5 bga) – 7 Wonders (2010)
• 9 plays (1 rl / 8 bga) – Terraforming Mars (2016)

What games did you play the most in 2024? Share your plays over on boardgamegeek in guild #3269.

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

• Slide 5 (1980)
  • Connect Four (1974)
  • Slide 5 (2007)
• Dream Crush (2021)
  • Electronic Dream Phone (1991)
  • Mystery Date (1965)
• High Society (1995)
• Capital Lux (2016)
  • Capital Lux 2: Generations (2020)

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Brendan puts two games from the same designer next to one another and looks for similarities and differences. Join us, won’t you?

• Praga Caput Regni (2020) (#23 in my top 50)
• Underwater Cities (2018) (#24 in my top 50)
• Vladimír Suchý

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

• Drones vs Seagulls⁠ (2022)
  • Schotten Totten (1999)
• Risk ‘n’ Roll 2000 (1999)
  Survive The Island (2024)
  • Survive: Escape from Atlantis! (1982)
• Castle Combo (2024)

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

Brendan shares his thoughts on several films he watched in November and December of 2024. Join us, won’t you?

• Penguin Pool Murder 1932
  • Awkward Guests: The Walton Case (2016)
• Hot Frosty 2024
  • Santa’s Workshop (2017)
• Haul Out the Holly: Lit Up 2023
  • Holly Jolly (2021)
• In a Violent Nature 2024
  • Last Friday (2016)
• The Bourne Supremacy 2004
  • Mind MGMT: The Psychic Espionage “Game.” (2021)
• The Bourne Ultimatum 2007
  • Specter Ops (2015)
• National Treasure 2004
  • Fortune and Glory: The Cliffhanger Game (2011)

Watched but not discussed:

• That Thing You Do! 1996
• Smile 2022
• Elf 2003
• Mixed Nuts 1994

What films did you watch in November and December of 2024? Share your films over on Boardgamegeek in guild #3269.