Pick Up and Deliver

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

• Saltfjord (2024)
  • The Magnificent (2019)
• Up or Down? (2024)
• Mountains of Madness (2017) revisited
• Collapsible D: The Final Minutes of the Titanic (2012)

What do you think of these games? Share what you’ve been playing over on Boardgamegeek in guild #3269.

Brendan looks back at the games that came out in 2005 and 2006 to see which games are the best games. Join us, won’t you?Top 5 from 2005-2006

1. Mission: Red Planet (Second/Third Edition) (2015)
2. Cleopatra and the Society of Architects (2006)
3. Wits & Wagers (2005)
4. Nexus Ops (2005)
5. Ticket to Ride: Märklin (2006)

Superlatives

• Best Abstract Game: Qwirkle (2006)
• Best Gimmick: Gloom (2005)
• Genre Definer: Shadows over Camelot (2005)

Excluded because of my Top 50

• Glory to Rome (2005)

Look Back at 2007-2008What games do you like best from 2005 and 2006? Share your thoughts over on boardgamegeek in guild #3269.

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

• Top of the Stack, October 2025
  • NEW GAME – Beast ✓
  • SHELF CLEARER – Panic Station X
  • NEW GAME 2 – The Mirroring of Mary King ✓
  • Top 50 Choice – The Hunger ✓
• Shelf of Opportunity
• Expand YourShelf
• Top of the Stack, November 2025
  • NEW GAME – Nocturne
  • SHELF CLEARER – Infamy
  • NEW GAME 2 – Ethnos (2nd ed)
  • 10×10 Choice – Great Western Trail

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

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

• Previous Astrology Files episodes
• Allure.com’s “12 Zodiac Signs: Dates and Personality Traits”
• Balance
  • Jenga (1983)
  • Paku Paku (2017)
  • Stick Stack (2016)
• Harmony
  • Harmonies (2024)
  • 20th Century (2010)
• Equilibrium
  • Tigris & Euphrates (1997)
  • Ingenious (2004)
  • Evacuation (2023)
  • 7 Wonders (2010)
• Scales
  • Between Two Cities (2015)
  • Lords of Xidit (2014)

Are you a Libra? Do these games appeal to you? Share your thoughts over on boardgamegeek in guild #3269.

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

• A Touch of Evil: Dark Gothic (2014)
  • Star Wars: The Deckbuilding Game (2023)
• Whale Riders (2021)
  • Butterfly Garden (2012)
• Love Letter (2012) revisited – 1 year, 5 months dusty
• Vantage (2025)
  • The 7th Continent (2017)
  • Tales of the Arabian Nights (2009)

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

Brendan talks about the movies he watched in July and August of 2025. Join us, won’t you?JULY 2025

• Trainwreck: Poop Cruise (2025)
  • Perseverance: Castaway Chronicles – Episodes 1 & 2 (2022)
  • Perseverance: Castaway Chronicles – Episodes 3 & 4 (2025)
• This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
  • This Game Goes to Eleven (2018)
  • Rock Hard: 1977 (2024)

AUGUST 2025

• Most Dangerous Game (2020)
  • Specter Ops (2015)
  • Beast (2023)
• The Wicker Man (1973)
  • “The Festival” by H.P. Lovecraft
  • Arkham Horror: The Card Game – The Feast of Hemlock Vale: Campaign Expansion (2024)
• Deep Cover (2025)
  • Fiasco
• KPop Demon Hunters (2025)
  • Free Radicals (2022)
• Dante’s Peak (1997)
  • The Downfall of Pompeii (2004)

Have you seen these films? What do you think of them? What did you watch in July and August? Share your thoughts over on boardgamegeek in guild #3269.

Brendan talks a bit about what he finds in the Fantasy Flight Games 2010 Summer Catalog. Join us for this look back at the state of FFG 15 years ago, won’t you?

• Pick Up & Deliver 723: Fantasy Flight Games Catalog, Spring 2004
• DungeonQuest (Third Edition) (2010)
• Space Hulk: Death Angel – The Card Game (2010)
• Blood Bowl: Team Manager – The Card Game (2011)
• Tide of Iron (2007)
  Battles of Westeros (2010)
• Tannhäuser (2007)
  • Unmatched: Battle of Legends, Volume One (2019)
• Constantinopolis (2010)
• Arkham Horror: The Lurker at the Threshold Expansion (2010)
• The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game (2011)
• A Game of Thrones: The Card Game (2008)

Which of these games are you most interested in trying? Share your thoughts over on boardgamegeek in Guild #3269.

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

• River Valley Glassworks (2024)
  • Canvas (2021)
  • Sushi Go! (2013)
• Endeavor: Deep Sea (2024)
  • Endeavor: Age of Sail (2018)
  • Favor of the Pharaoh (2015)
• Revisited: Victoriana (2019) (3 years, 14 days dusty)
  • Arkham Horror (2005)
• A Place for All My Books (2025)
  • Flamecraft (2022)

What do you think about these games? What new games have you tried recently? Share your thoughts over on boardgamegeek in guild #3269!

Brendan talks about dice games he likes and why he likes them. Join us, won’t you?

• “Pure” dice games
  • Perudo (1800)
  • Qwixx (2012)
    Las Vegas (2012)
• Yahtzee rolling
  • Yahtzee (1956)
  • Dice Throne (2018)
  • Cromlech (2015)
  • Elder Sign (2011)
• Dice Selection / Dice Drafting
  • Dice Miner (2021)
  • Coimbra (2018)
  • Pulsar 2849 (2017)
  • Castle Dice (2013)
• Additional Delightful Dice Games
  • Euphoria: Build a Better Dystopia (2013)
  • Strike (2012)

What dice games do you like best? Share your recommendations over on boardgamegeek in guild #3269.

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.