Board Gamers Anonymous

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...

To kick things off this week, we look at answers to our question of the week: Do you have any other hobbies beyond board games and if so, do you combine the two in any way? For Acquisition Disorders, Anthony looks at The Magnificent and Chris looks at Titan. At the table this week, Anthony discusses his time with Marvel Champions: The Card Game and Chris reviews Trismegistus: The Ultimate Formula....

  To kick things off this week, we look at answers to our question of the week: What's your spooky game of choice for Halloween this year? For Acquisition Disorders, Anthony looks at Abomination: The Heir of Frankenstein and Chris looks at Movie Cliches: The Game.  At the table this week, Anthony discusses his recent play of Fury of Dracula, and reviews the new Ravensburger game, Horrified. Finall...

Congratulations to Martin, this week's winner for the weekly Patreon contest. Don’t miss out on the fun. Become a Patreon backer for your chance to enter our weekly contest! Every backer is eligible to enter the contests, which run each week from Thursday until Monday at 8pm EDT when we record. https://www.patreon.com/bga for more information. *** To kick things off this week, we look at answers t...

Don’t miss out on the fun. Become a Patreon backer for your chance to enter our weekly contest! Every backer is eligible to enter the contests, which run each week from Thursday until Monday at 8pm EDT when we record. https://www.patreon.com/bga for more information. *** To kick things off this week, we look at answers to our question of the week: What recent release would you like to see a legacy...

Don’t miss out on the fun. Become a Patreon backer for your chance to enter our weekly contest! Every backer is eligible to enter the contests, which run each week from Thursday until Monday at 8pm EDT when we record. https://www.patreon.com/bga for more information. *** To kick things off this week, we look at answers to our question of the week: What game would you like to see get a 2.0 update o...

Don’t miss out on the fun. Become a Patreon backer for your chance to enter our weekly contest! Every backer is eligible to enter the contests, which run each week from Thursday until Monday at 8pm EDT when we record. https://www.patreon.com/bga for more information. *** To kick things off this week, we look at answers to our question of the week:What's the most underrated game that's got a rating...

Don't miss out on the fun. Become a Patreon backer for your chance to enter our weekly contest! Every backer is eligible to enter the contests, which run each week from Thursday until Monday at 8pm EDT when we record. https://www.patreon.com/bga for more information. *** To kick things off this week, we look at answers to our question of the week:  Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/bran...

Congratulations to Antoine, our Patreon contest winner from last week who will be receiving a game of his choice from Game Surplus. If you want to join the fun, become a Patreon backer for your chance to enter. Every backer is eligible to enter the contests, which run each week from Thursday until Monday at 8pm EDT when we record. https://www.patreon.com/bga for more information. *** This week, we...

Congratulations to Adrienne, our Patreon contest winner from last week who will be receiving a game of his choice from Game Surplus. If you want to join the fun, become a Patreon backer for your chance to enter. Every backer is eligible to enter the contests, which run each week from Thursday until Monday at 8pm EDT when we record. https://www.patreon.com/bga for more information. *** This week, w...

Congratulations to William, our Patreon contest winner from last week who will be receiving a game of his choice from Game Surplus. If you want to join the fun, become a Patreon backer for your chance to enter. Every backer is eligible to enter the contests, which run each week from Thursday until Monday at 8pm EDT when we record. https://www.patreon.com/bga for more information. *** This week, we...

Congratulations to Drew, our Patreon contest winner from last week who will be receiving a game of his choice from Game Surplus. If you want to join the fun, become a Patreon backer for your chance to enter. Every backer is eligible to enter the contests, which run each week from Thursday until Monday at 8pm EDT when we record. https://www.patreon.com/bga for more information. *** This week, we ki...

Congratulations to Michael, our Patreon contest winner from last week who will be receiving a game of his choice from Game Surplus. If you want to join the fun, become a Patreon backer for your chance to enter. Every backer is eligible to enter the contests, which run each week from Thursday until Monday at 8pm EDT when we record. https://www.patreon.com/bga for more information. *** This week, we...