Pick Up and Deliver

Brendan shares his recent plays from May of 2024, and talks about what he’s gonna play in June. Join us, won’t you?

• Top of the Stack, May 2024
  • NEW GAME – RYŪ✓
  • NOVELTY CHOICE – Columbo Detective Game✓
  • SOLO – Hadrian’s WallX
  • TRYING AGAIN CHOICE – Porta Nigra✓
• Shelf of Opportunity
• The Gardens, with the Monuments variant
• Top of the Stack, June 2024
  • NEW GAME – Mythic Mischief
  • NOVELTY CHOICE – The Office Downsizing Game
  • ONE PLAY – Scooby Doo and the Haunted Mansion
  • TRYING AGAIN CHOICE – Forum Trajanum

What games did you play in May? What are you playing in June? Share your plays over on boardgamegeek in guild #3269.

Brendan explores the Boardgamegeek Forums and responds to the thread titles as if they were questions for him. Join us, won’t you?

• Previous episodes of “The ‘geek Asks”
• Top 5 Game Night Accessories
• Anyone an early riser? Want to play a game?
• 1960 The Making of the President v Watergate
  • 1960: The Making of the President (2007)
  • Watergate (2019)
  • Twilight Struggle (2005)
• How do you decide when you should not try to publish a game?
• Can Someone Help Me Find this Game? (thread deleted)
• Too Many Bones Teacher? (thread deleted)
  • Too Many Bones (2017)
• Question for those who have stored games on painted shelves!
• wonder what the freebies were
• [Sold Out] GameNerdz DotD (Thu 23-May-2024): Great Western Trail 2nd Edition: Rails to the North Expansion $24.97
  • Great Western Trail: Second Edition (2021)
  • Great Western Trail: Second Edition – Rails To The North (2022)
• Lunch-hour gaming: San Juan ✔️ RftG ✔️Jump Drive ✔️ what next?
  • Res Arcana (2019)
  • Oh My Goods! (2015)
  • Bohnanza (1997)
  • Mottainai (2015)
• Database into Libib?

How would you answer these questions? Share your thoughts over on Boardgamegeek in guild #3269.

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

• Porta Nigra
• Faraway
• Dro Polter
• Photosynthesis (revisited)

What games have you tried recently? Have you played any of these? Share your thoughts over on Boardgamegeek in guild #3269.

Surrounded by Cicadas, Brendan talks about games themed around bugs. Join us, won’t you?

• 5. Kabuto Sumo
• 4. Beez
• 3. Mariposas
• 2. Honey Buzz
• 1. Nexus Ops

Honorable mentions:

• Gloomhaven / Frosthaven
• HIVE

Games with High PEI (Potential Edibility Index)

• Honey Buzz
• Azul
• Azul Master Chocolatier
• Chocolate Factory
• Everdell
• Mint Works
• Through the Desert

Other bug-themed games

• Cockroach Poker
• Cockroach Salad
• Beeeees!
• Waggle Dance
• March of the Ants
• Xenoshyft

What bug games do you enjoy? Which ones should I have added to this list? Share your thoughts over on boardgamegeek in guild #3269.

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

• Saw X
  • Unlock
• The Wedding Singer
  • Fog of Love
• Dune
  • Dune
  • Dune Imperium
• The Cheap Detective
  • Awkward Guests
• The Mystery of the 13th Guest
  • Mysterium
• The Holdovers
  • Miskatonic School for Girls
• Dumb Money
  • Ponzi Scheme

What games would you watch with these movies? What movies did you watch in March? Join the conversation on boardgamegeek in guild 3269.

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

• Really Loud Librarians
• That’s Not a Hat
• Strike (revisited)
• Wild: Serengeti

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

Brendan talks about games that have cool, weird scoring conditions. Join us, won’t you?

• Moxy Früvous, “Lowest Highest Point”
• Blog Post – “You Gotta Spend Money to Make Money”
• Just One Loser
  • Cockroach Poker
  • That’s Not a Hat
• Make Your Own Win Condition
  • Shipyard (variant)
  • Arboretum
  • Coimbra
• Bottom Loser / Top Winner
  • High Society
  • QE
  • A Study in Emerald
• Individual / Secret Win Condition
  • ROOT
  • Nanty Narking
• Lowest Highest Point
  • Tigris & Euphrates
  • Lords of Xidit

What games do you like that have weird scoring conditions? Share the ones I missed over on boardgamegeek in guild #3269.

Brendan talks about some games he’s played by prominent designers Wolfgang Kramer and Michael Kiesling. Join us, won’t you?

• Jointly-designed Games
  • The Princes of Florence (2000)
  • Torres (1999)
  • The Palaces of Carrara (2012)
  • Porta Nigra (2015)
  • The Mask Trilogy: Tikal, Java, Mexica
• Wolfgang Kramer
  • El Grande (1995)
  • Downforce (2017)
  • Vampire Queen (2016)
• Michael Kiesling
  • Azul (2017)
  • Azul: Summer Pavilion (2019)
  • Heaven & Ale (2017)
  • Azul: Stained Glass of Sintra (2018)
  • Azul: Queen’s Garden (2021)
  • Riverboat (2017)

What are your favorite games by these designers? Share your opinions over on Boardgamegeek in guild #3269.

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

• Habitats
• Ted Lasso Party Game
• Alien Artifacts
• Call of the Wild (revisited)

What games have you been playing recently? Head over to Boardgamegeek guild #3269 and share!

Brendan talks a bit about which expansions he considers “essential,” whatever that means. Join us, won’t you?

• Altiplano: The Traveler
• Barenpark: The Bad News Bears
• Ark Nova: Marine Worlds
• Star Wars: Rebellion – Rise of the Empire
• Obsession: Upstairs, Downstairs
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  Honorable Mentions:
  • Lords of Waterdeep: Scoundrels of Skullport
  • Wingspan: Oceania Expansion

What expansions did I miss? Which ones do you consider essential? Head over to boardgamegeek guild 3269 and share your thoughts!