Board Gamers Anonymous

Welcome back to another episode of Board Gamers Anonymous. This week we’re looking at some of Anthony's favorite quick play roll and write games. First up, we have the winner of this week’s Patreon contest – Rico will be getting a game of his choice from Game Surplus. To kick things off, we ask our question of the week, "Are there any games you used to love that have fallen out of favor, either du...

Welcome back to another episode of Board Gamers Anonymous. This week we're looking at an all-time great game and some other games you might like if you're a fan.  First up, we have the winner of this week's Patreon contest - Kyle will be getting a game of his choice from Game Surplus.  To kick things off this week, we look at the recent Origin's Awards nominees. Which games are up for the first aw...

We're live! Kind of. Anthony is in Staten Island this week, so the guys recorded in person, a rarity, and a good excuse to pull together a special episode.  First thing's first, thank you to our newest Patreon Producer, John S. who joins us this week. Congratulations as well to Jordan for winning our weekly Patreon contest. Jordan will receive a game of their choice from Game Surplus.  Featured in...

Thank you so much to this week's new Patreon backer Erik for helping us bring this episode to you.  And congratulations to this week's Patreon contest winner, Peter.  This week on the show, we kick things off with our question of the week, What's your favorite game that is considered very light on BGG (sub-2.0 difficulty rating)? Next up, for our acquisition disorders, we looked at Barenpark: The...

Thank you to all of our new Patreon backers this week! Windbag Miles, Michael, Anthony, and Jordan all join us at the Producer level.  And congratulations to this week's Patreon contest winner, Jeremy C, who will be getting a copy of Root, courtesy of Game Surplus.  To kick off this week's episode, we asked listeners our question of the week: What's a long out of print game (board or card) that yo...

Congratulations to this week’s Patreon contest winner, Keith. Enter by joining us on Patreon at https://patreon.com/bga. To kick off the show this week, we ask our Facebook Page and twitter followers the question of the week: "What's the worst first play experience you've ever had with a game you ended up enjoying?" For our acquisition orders this week, Anthony looks at Venice, the new game coming...

Congratulations to this week's Patreon contest winner, William who will get a copy of Root. Enter by joining us on Patreon at https://patreon.com/bga.  Double congratulations to Russ who won our March Gamer Madness contest, getting the closest of anyone to the final bracket results. He'll receive a copy of The Voyages of Marco Polo.  To kick things off this week, we ask our question of the week, W...

This week on BGA, we're closing out our 2019 March Gamer Madness, winnowing it down to the final game in our historical era brackets.  This week’s contest winner is Amy. Congratulations to Amy! And if you want to get in on the Patreon contest fun, check out patreon.com/bga. To kick things off, we answer our question of the week, asking the listeners " Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/b...

Week 2 of our March Gamer Madness bracket features 32 games across four regions representing different historical eras. We have Ancient, Medieval, Early Modern, and Late Modern era games duking it out.  This week's contest winner is Evan. Congratulations to Evan! And if you want to get in on the Patreon contest fun, check out patreon.com/bga.  Round 2 Games Remaining Ancient Era: 7 Wonders Concord...

It's that time of year again - BGA is back with our March Gamer Madness bracket. This time around, we're looking at the top board games by historical era, featuring Ancient, Medieval, Early Modern, and Late Modern.  This is the first of three episodes and features us going through all the first round matchups - all 64 games in the bracket. Read the full list of games included below: Ancient Era: 7...

So many contests!  If you haven't yet, check out the BGA Patreon (patreon.com/bga). We've unlocked weekly game giveaways that you're automatically entered into as a backer of the show.  We've also launched the annual Board Game Bracket contest, now live on our website (http://boardgamersanonymous.com/2019-board-game-bracket-contest/). For the show this week, we kick things off with our question of...

Hey everyone, we're back with another look at the BGG Hotness, this time for February 2019.  First up, we name the winner of this week's Patreon contest - congratulations Adrienne! If you haven't yet and want to be part of our weekly giveaways, signup at https://patreon.com/bga.  For our question of the week, we asked the listeners, "What game in your collection is the biggest headache to teach to...

This week, we're revisiting a past topic through 2019 with the best female characterization in gaming. We're also excited to have launched our Patreon contests last week - congratulations to our first winner, Jon who took home Root, and this week's winner Jeremy.  For our question of the week, we asked the listeners "What's your favorite video game that feels and plays like a board game (not a boa...

Happy Valentine's Day!  This year we're looking at the top 10 games you can play with your partner on the day all about love - from low key themes to romantic experiences.  For our question of the week, we ask a question from Niko: During a long game (1+ hour), how do you deal with a player who becomes uninterested, overwhelmed, unhappy, or otherwise unengaged with the game? For acquisition disord...

This week, Anthony and Chris take a closer look at Teotihuacan, the hottest euro game released in the last 6 months, and share some other games you might also like if you're a fan.  First, though, they dive into the question of the week, asking listeners, " Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit me...

It's that time of the month again - time to dig in and check out the hotness for January. But first off, we're psyched to announce that we've hit our goal on Patreon to launch our weekly contests! Back us at patreon.com/bga to join the party! First up, we ask everyone the question of the week: With so many reprints and reimplementations lately, what do you still have on your grail game list? For o...

Thanks to our new Patreon backer this week, Andrew. We’re only $9 away from our next milestone – which would mean contests every week for backers. Check it out! To kick things off this week, we asked the listeners our question of the week: What's your go to digital board game when on a bus, in a line, or otherwise, whiling away time? Then we dive into acquisition disorders, in which Anthony looks...

Thanks to our new Patreon backer this week, Jim. Special thanks as well to Martin for his upgraded pledge. We’re only $13 away from our next milestone – which would mean contests every week for backers. Check it out! It's that time of year again - we're looking forward to the games we already know are on the horizon to share what we're most looking forward to.  We kick off this week's episode with...

Thanks to our new Patreon backers this week, Keith and Amy. Special thanks as well to Jim for his upgraded pledge. We're only $26 away from our next milestone - which would mean contests every week for backers. Check it out! With 2019 now here and new games just around the corner, we want to take one last look back at 2018 and the games we listed as our most anticipated of the year last January. ...

Another year of amazing games is behind us, and that means it's time to share our best of the best and hand out our annual awards.  This year, we've selected 10 categories (5 of which were recommended by listeners) and then rounded it off with our top 2 games of the year overall. Categories include: Listener Categories: Overlooked Gem of the Year Most Innovative of the Year Biggest Surprise Theme...

As a followup to Episode 200, we wanted to hear from the listeners on what their favorite games were, and you came through! We're excited to share the results of a survey of nearly 300 listeners who shared their top 20 games. We've aggregated the results and pulled the top 20 overall games together into a list of the best of the best.  Additionally, we take a look in this episode at what fell off...

It's the big 200 this week - our 200th episode of all time, and we're psyched. So psyched that we recorded a whole bunch of content to help keep you guys busy over the holiday break.  That's right, it's time for our Top 100 games of all time again, and this time with a bit of a twist. Anthony and Chris have both prepared a top 100 list of their own games. On episode 200 you can listen to the top 5...

This week's episode is a fun one, if only because you can tell we are jazzed for next week and our big milestone at 200. In advance of that, we're going back to a classic with our "if you like" series. This time around, focused on Talisman - the classic fantasy themed roll and move.  To kick things off, we asked the listeners our question of the week: " Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com...

Alright, Pax is over and we had a blast. One of the best cons of the year for us (not just because it's local) and full of tons of games being played.  As is our tradition, we're recapping this week how the con went, what we loved, and what games we both saw and got a chance to play. Because this is Pax, there were a lot!  Previews and discussions of: Keyforge, Quacks of Quedlinburg, Azul Stained...

We're getting ready for Pax this week and wanted to do something a little longer than the typical weekly episode, so we've revisited one of our more popular episodes from last year, reviewing the BGG Top 100.  To kick things off, we share our Question of the Week, courtesy of listener, Chris Jarvis, Would you rather see more licensed boardgames of big IPs from other media, such as film or video ga...