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We're back! This week we have a special guest on - the designer of our #1 game of 2019, City of the Big Shoulders: Raymond Chandler III. In our feature we discuss his influences, favorite games and plans for the future. But first, we read your answers to last week's question of the week and share a new one, What would you like to see from a digital board game convention? For Acquisition Disorder t...

So we're all at home and that means playing board games online if anywhere. This week we're looking at the best places to play those games online, with some suggestions based on the types of games available and their costs.  But first, we answer the question of the week: What's the first game you'll play when the quarantine is lifted? For Acquisition Disorder this week, Anthony looks at a newly an...

To kick things off this week we look at the listeners’ responses to the question of the week, asking what people are doing to cope and relax in this time of high stress and being stuck indoors.  We don't have much in the way of new games to talk about this week, so we invited on good friend Jason Perez, the host of Every Night is Game Night to talk about gaming, working at home with small children...

As March wraps up, we have one more segment in our annual March Gamer Madness. Check out the finals and learn which game takes home the title of Top Kickstarter Campaign of All Time! Also joining us this week is Ryan from The Whole Card. We discuss Kickstarter Hype and let down, including some of the campaigns that didn't live up to the Hype and the impact of backing a game on our perceptions of t...

The NCAA tournament may be canceled, but we're not! BGA is back with rounds 2 and 3 of March Gamer Madness - our epic rundown of the top 64 Kickstarter campaigns of all time. We're whittling 32 down to 8 this week - join us to learn if your favorite makes the cut.  Special thanks go out to everyone who voted in our poll to help break ties. We’ll be in touch real soon for the winner!  If you haven’...

Stuck inside? Working at home? BGA has your back! We're recording every week and have our biggest episode of the year for you right now - the first round of the 2020 March Gamer Madness.  Join us as we run through the top 64 Kickstarter campaigns of all time, from Kingdom: Death Monster to Root, Brass to Zombicide. We've got them all and we'll be pitting them one-on-one until we there's just one l...

To kick things off this week we look at the listeners’ responses to the question of the week around their responses to the Asmodee parts replacement policy change.  In acquisition disorders this week, Anthony looks at Tumble Town, a new dice stacking game on Kickstarter now, and Chris looks at the Merlin Deluxe Big Box from Queen Games, the all-in-collection for Stefan Feld's Merlin.  At the table...

To kick things off this week Chris continues to try and push Anthony off the cliff that is the Marvel United Kickstarter.  In acquisition disorders this week, Anthony looks at The Ming Voyages and The March of Progress on Kickstarter right now, and Chris looks at Gladius, with some familiar mechanics from an oldie.  At the table this week, Anthony played Pipeline for the first time, one of ten pla...

To kick things off this week we look at the listeners’ responses to the question of the week: “What's a game you hated at first but later came to love?" In acquisition disorders this week, Anthony looks at the third expansion for War of the Ring: Kings of Middle Earth, and Chris looks at Of Knights and Ninjas - Medieval Card Game, on Kickstarter now.  At the table this week, Anthony played Root: T...

To kick things off this week we look at the listeners’ responses to the question of the week: “What's the best game for limited or no setup required?” In acquisition disorders this week, Anthony looks at the expansion for PARKS, Nightfall, along with the memory game companion, and Chris looks at the newest miniatures-explosion on Kickstarter from CMON - Marvel United. At the table this week, Antho...

To kick things off this week we look at the listeners’ responses to the question of the week: "What's your favorite "feeling" you get from a game - for me it's solving a particularly tough puzzle. Do you enjoy the feeling of a perfect die roll? A cascade of effects from a tableau you've built, the awe of a board covered in miniatures?" In acquisition disorders this week, Anthony looks at the likel...

To kick things off this week we look at the listeners’ responses to the question of the week, asking about games that people feel don't get enough love.  In acquisition disorders this week, Anthony looks at the long-awaited (but likely very expensive) reprint of Clash of Cultures and its expansions. Chris looks at Alma Mater, the followup from the design team behind Coimbra and Lorenzo il Magnific...

To kick things off this week we look at the listeners’ responses to the question of the week, asking about their favorite gaming sub-hobbies. In acquisition disorders this week, Anthony looks at a pair of tea games, including Alubari: A Nice Cup of Tea and Formosa Tea. Chris looks at Here to Slay, a strategic roleplaying card game with some Munchkin vibes.  At the table this week, discusses a tric...

To kick things off this week we look at the listeners’ responses to the question of the week, asking about their most anticipated upcoming releases of 2020.  In acquisition disorders this week, Anthony looks at Mariposas - the new game from Elizabeth Hargrave coming this summer - and Chris looks at Paris, the newest collaboration between Michael Kiesling and Wolfgang Kramer coming to Kickstarter s...

This week we present our massive list of most anticipated upcoming games of 2020, including a healthy list of new IPs, as well as our most anticipated expansions, reboots, and updates to old classics.  To kick things off we look at the listeners' responses to the question of the week, asking about their 2020 gaming resolutions. Then we dive right into a list of 35 upcoming games, expansions and re...

Thank you to Richard Ing - our newest Patreon Producer. You rock! This week on BGA, we talk about...Star Wars(?)  After a spirited debate to start the podcast over the merits of the last couple of Star Wars sequels, we dive into our question of the week: Where do you listen to podcasts?  For our acquisition disorders this week, Anthony discusses The Crew: The Quest for Planet Nine and Chris talks...

Another year has passed and many games have been played, but which of them are the best?  Join us for this year's iteration of the BGA Awards, featuring our picks for the best of the best games in seven categories to close out 2019.  A special thank you to all of our listeners who helped vote on nominations here on the site and narrow down some pretty big lists.  If you haven’t yet, be sure to con...

It's a Christmas Miracle!  Bonus content to celebrate the holiday season.  Enjoy this special episode we recorded for the Patreon feed - first time released at large.  This is the first in our series of BGA lookback episodes, running through our earliest episodes to discuss the games we reviewed, events we attended, and how we still feel (or don't feel) about our discussions from 6+ years ago.  We...

The year is coming to a close and that means it's time to start thinking about awards! To help us out, vote in our 2019 games of the year poll on the website now! To kick things off this week, we have an interesting end of year question of the week: "Do you do a 10x10 challenge or anything similar? If so, how did you perform in 2019, and what are your plans for 2020?" At the table this week, Antho...

Chris is back from Pax Unplugged 2019 and had a chance to see or try a whole bunch of games. Join us as he runs through these and the con as a whole to learn what you should keep your eyes out for.  First up, make sure you complete our Game of the Year poll on boardgamersanonymous.com and help us narrow down the nominations for this year's awards.  For the question of the week this episode, we ask...

Another year, another 50 episodes, and another top 100 list!  That's right folks, and for the first time ever, Anthony and Chris both present their entire top 100 lists on the podcast, with notes on what rose, what fell, and what is new to the list.  Enjoy the rundown of the best games of all time (in our opinion) and see how many you've played.  If you haven’t yet, be sure to connect with us on F...

BLACK FRIDAY SALE! Listen to one episode, get one Patron episode for FREE!! Enjoy this special episode we recorded for the Patreon feed - first time released at large.  This was done by request from our backers in the Patreon Slack group. Check out our rundown of games from overseas (but not Europe) worth checking out. Some are available in NA/EU, some are not - but all are a bit off the beaten pa...

Congratulations to Joshua for winning our Listeners' Top 20 contest this year. He'll be getting a game of his choice from the list!  No new reviews this week, but we do look at dozens of responses to the question, "What's your #1 game of all time", and then we dig into the Listener Top 20, our annual look at the best of the best according to you, the listeners, with some commentary on why they lik...

Don't miss out on your chance to win a game in our 2019 Listener's Top 20 Games of All Time contest. Submit your top 10 games to enter for a chance to win: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSePqOBchxBl5Nb-lpqOK_g_Wyg6gZDoltsgGkcMOsuX0zGLNg/viewform At the table this week, Anthony reviews Bus, the new edition of the very first Splotter Game (this time from Capstone Games) and Chris reviews t...

To kick things off this week, we look at answers to our question of the week: Do you use the promos you get? If yes, do you have any criteria for which ones you will or will not use? For Acquisition Disorders, Anthony looks at Flotilla and Chris looks at Tongaru. At the table this week, Anthony reviews Old West Emprassario and Chris reviews Coloma.  Finally, in our feature this week, we look at 10...