Brendan shares the games he played last month. Join us, won’t you?

• April 2024 Top of the Stack list
  • NEW GAME – Porta Nigra
  • NOVELTY CHOICE – Raise the Titanic!
  • SOLO – Hunted: Wode Ridge
  • TRYING AGAIN CHOICE – Alien Artifacts✓
• Shelf of Opportunity
• May 2024 Top of the Stack list
  • NEW GAME – Ryu
  • NOVELTY CHOICE – Columbo Detective Game
  • SOLO – Hadrian’s Wall
  • TRYING AGAIN CHOICE – Porta Nigra

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

Brendan reflects on the ideas of determinism and randomness in games, in response to a recent The Secret Cabal episode. Join us, won’t you?

• TSC 295: Aquatica and Randomness vs Determinism
• Definitions: Input Randomness, Output Randomness
• Input Randomness
  • Mottainai
  • Innovation
• Output Randomness
  • Strike
  • Quacks of Quedlinburg
  • Incan Gold
  • Last Night on Earth
  • A Touch of Evil
• Deterministic Games
  • Small World
  • Strife: Legacy of Eternals
  • Onitama
  • Cairn
  • That Time You Killed Me

What game do you think falls right in the middle of Determinism vs. Randomness? Share your thoughts over on Boardgamegeek in guild #3269.

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

• Titanic
• Aeon’s End
• dude
  • more dude
• Bastion

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

Brendan shares his favorite games from 2013. Join us, won’t you?Eliminated from Consideration:

• A Study in Emerald
• Euphoria: Build a Better Dystopia

Top 5 Games:

1. Concordia
2. Castle Dice
3. Sushi Go!
4. Kings of Air and Steam
5. Tash Kalar: The Arena of Legends

Honorable Mentions

• Glass Road
• Russian Railroads
• Forbidden Desert
• Gravwell
• S.O.S. Titanic

Superlative Awards

• Best Satire: Ladies & Gentlemen
• Best Push-Your-Luck Game: Welcome to the Dungeon
• Best Should’ve Enjoyed it More: Rococo
• Best Cool Little Game: The Agents
• Best Storytelling Game: The Quiet Year
• Best Party Game: Two Rooms and a Boom

Games I should play

• Bora Bora
• Freedom: The Underground Railroad

What 2013 games are your favorite? Head over to boardgamegeek guild #3269 and let us know!

Brendan talks about six movies he watched in February of this year, and games to go with them. Join us, won’t you?

• Oppenheimer
  • Manhattan Project
  • The Manhattan Project: Energy Empire
• The Vast of Night
  • Visitor in Blackwood Grove
• Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes
  • That Time You Killed Me
• The Lost King
  • Tobago
• The Lost City
  • The Adventurers: The Temple of Chac
• BlackBerry
  • Smartphone Inc

What movies did you watch in February? What games would you pair with them? Share your thoughts over on Boardgamgegeek #3269.

Brendan shares his first impressions of FOUR games he tried for the first time recently. Join us, won’t you?

• Wyrmspan
  • Wingspan
  • Apiary
• Charty Party
  • Apples to Apples
• Herd Mentality
  • Green Team Wins
• SMARTish
  • Wits & Wagers

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

Brendan suggests some games that have themes related to taxes, and some films that go with them. Join us, won’t you?

• Games that have taxes in them
  • Monopoly
  • Orléans
  • Power Grid: Taxes
  • Hegemony: Lead Your Class to Victory
  • Film suggestion: The Accountant
• Poverty in Games
  • London (Second Edition)
  • Film suggestion: The Commitments
• The Economics of Children
  • Agricola
  • Stone Age
  • Film suggestion: The VVitch
• Collaborative Effort to survive
  • Brian Boru: High King of Ireland
  • AuZtralia
  • Film suggestion: Night of the Living Dead
• Complex Calculations
  • 7 Wonders
  • Transatlantic
  • Bunny Kingdom
  • Acquire
  • Film Suggestion: A Beautiful Mind

What games do you play on Tax Day? What films do you watch? Head over to boardgamegeek guild #3269 and share your list there.

Brendan gives a deep-dive review of Lord of Waterdeep. Join us, won’t you?

• Lords of Waterdeep
  • Previous mentions of Lords of Waterdeep on this podcast
  • Scoundrels of Skullport
• Limited Workers
  • Lost Ruins of Arnak
  • Everdell
• Contract Fulfillment
  • Kings of Air and Steam
  • Via Nebula
  • Obsession
• Pushmi-Pullyu
  • Nanty Narking
  • Ark Nova
• Secret Objectives
  • Sagrada
  • Ticket to Ride

What do you think about Lords of Waterdeep? Share your thoughts over on Boardgamegeek in guild #3269.

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

• Dream Home
• Medieval Academy
• Forest Shuffle
• Potion Explosion (revisited)
  • Potion Explosion on PU&D previously

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

Brendan talks about his favorite house rules and what he thinks about them.

• Episode inspired by Cardboard Philosophy episode 10: Are House Rules Good?
• Ark Nova
• Gloomhaven
• Monopoly
• Shipyard
• Obsession

What house rules do you use? Share your tweaks over on boardgame geek in guild #3269.