Brendan reflects on Season 8 and his plans. Join us, won’t you?

• More intentional game design
• Plan more games
  • Struggle of Empires (2004)
  • Twilight Imperium: Fourth Edition (2017)
• Campaign games with my family
• Painting things!
• Top 5 anticipated games
  • Galactic Cruise (2025)
  • Luthier (2025)
  • Hot Streak (2025)
  • Recall (2025)
  • Epona (2025)
• Ep 700: Season 7 Finale

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Brendan talks about his game plays in December of 2025, and his plans for 2026. Join us, won’t you?

• Top of the Stack, December 2025
  • NEW GAME – 1902 Méliès (2023)
  • Dusty New game – The Cattlemen
  • Dusty New game – Moa
  • Dusty New game – Five Points: Gangs of New York
• Shelf of Opportunity
• Expand yourShelf
• Top of the Stack, January 2026
  • New Game – La Patisserie Rococo
  • Top 50 game – Praga Caput Regni
  • Dusty New Game – Duel or Deal
  • One More – The Hobbit: There and Back Again

What did you play in December of 2025? Share your journey over on boardgamegeek in guild #3269 in this thread.

Brendan continues his hellride through games he tried this year but hasn’t talked about on the podcast, yet. Join us for this first of three episodes to wrap up the year, won’t you?Part 1

• July
• – Tacta
• – Skull King 
• – Lord of the Rings: Fate of the Fellowship
• – The Great Zimbabwe
• – The Game
• – Qwirkle Flex

• August
• – Oh Hell!
• – First-class Letters
• – Apollo XIII
• – Indiana Jones Cryptic
• – Go Nuts for Donuts

Part 2

• – Sea Salt and Paper
• – Mascarade: Second Edition

• September
• – Nice Buns
• – Tree Society

• October
• – Tinderblox
• – Cthulhu Realms
• – Beast
• – Klondike
• – Boxtop Pinball: Haunted House
• – Cat Fluxx
• – The Mirroring of Mary King
• – Madame Ching
• – Cthulhu Wars
• – Glasgow

• November
• – Nocturne
• – Clue: Treachery at Tudor Mansion
• – Nuts About Mutts
• – Pandemic: Hot Zone – North America
• – Clue Conspiracy
• – Undergrove
• – Dorfromantik: Sakura
• – Go

Have you played any of these? Share your thoughts on them over on boardgamegeek in guild #3269. Join us, won’t you?PU&D798: New to Me Games I Haven’t Talked About, part 2Transcript: TXT or PDF

Brendan blasts through games he tried this year but hasn’t talked about on the podcast, yet. Join us for this first of three episodes to wrap up the year, won’t you?Part 1July

• Tacta
• Skull King 
• Lord of the Rings: Fate of the Fellowship
• The Great Zimbabwe
• The Game
• Qwirkle Flex

August

• Oh Hell!
• First-class Letters
• Apollo XIII
• Indiana Jones Cryptic
• Go Nuts for Donuts

Join us soon for parts 2 and three of the New to me Games Roundup! What do you think of these games? Share your thoughts over on boardgamegeek in Guild #3269.

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

• Fromage (2024)
• Cities (2024)
• Machi Koro (2012) revisited
• The Scarlet Pimpernel (2019)
  • Flip the Table: Transformers

What have you been playing recently? Join the discussion over on boardgamegeek in guild #3269.

Brendan reflects on the second half of the spooky movies he watched during the spooky season of 2025. Join us, won’t you? (See also: Part 1)

• PG: Psycho Goreman (2020)
• When a Stranger Calls (1979)
• A Cure for Wellness (2016)
• Evil Dead Rise (2023)
• The Babysitter (2017)
• The Mortuary Collection (2019)
• Death Becomes Her (1992)
• Sissy (2022)
• House of the Long Shadows (1983)
  Rubber (2010)
• Ernest Scared Stupid (1991)
  • FWA 89: Ernest Scared Stupid, w Zac of CZsWorld
• The Cursed (2021)
• Mandy (2018)
• Out of Darkness (2022)

What spooky movies did you watch in October? Share your thoughts over on boardgamegeek in guild #3269.

Brendan reflects on half of the spooky movies he watched during the spooky season of 2025. Join us, won’t you?

• 28 Years Later
• Pet Sematary
• Final Destination Bloodlines
• Smile 2
• It’s What’s Inside
• The Ritual
• Found Footage: The Making of the Patterson Project
• Frankenstein General Hospital
• Wolf Man
• Last Shift
• The Hallow
• Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
• This Is the End
• Freaks of Nature

Have you seen any of these films? What do you think of them? Share your thoughts over on Boardgamegeek in guild #3269.

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

• Top of the Stack, November 2025
  • NEW GAME – Nocturne ✓
  • SHELF CLEARER – Infamy X
  • NEW GAME 2 – Ethnos (2nd ed) ✓
  • 10×10 Choice – Great Western Trail X
• Shelf of Opportunity
• Expand YourShelf
• Top of the Stack, December 2025
  • NEW GAME – 1902 Méliès (2023)
  • Dusty New game – The Cattlemen
  • Dusty New game – Moa
  • Dusty New game – Five Points: Gangs of New York

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

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.