Board Gamers Anonymous

It's that time of year again - shopping!  To help everyone looking for gifts for the gamers and families in their lives, we've pulled together our 2018 holiday shopping guide, complete with more than 35 games released in 2018 that will be a good fit for your next game night or family get together.  First, we shared some of the recent games we've been playing. Anthony reviews the new Arthur expansi...

This week, we're trying things a little differently. We're looking at the top 10 countries based on games that use them in their theme. Check out which country-themes we like best.  Before that, though, we share the answers to the question of the week, "What's a game you love that has a mechanic you normally hate?" For our acquisition disorders, we look at Archmage Ascension and Patchwork Doodle,...

This week, Anthony and Chris look at six games you might like if you also like Coimbra.  Before kicking things off, though, we read answers to the question of the week from the listeners: What games do you pull out for big family gatherings like Thanksgiving? For our acquisition disorders, Anthony looks at Reavers of Midgard, the sequel to Champions of Midgard from Greyfox Games, and Chris looks a...

This week, Anthony and Chris look at the hottest games from the Essen Spiel Geekbuzz list - discussing why they were hot, when and if we'll get a chance to play them, and what we're most excited to try.  Before we dive in, we look out our question of the week, discussing the answers our listeners gave to our question, "What's your favorite game that's at least 20 years old?" After this, for our ac...

This week we're looking at games we love for the end of a long, arduous day, when there's no energy left to think or fight.  Before that, though, we remind everyone about our current ongoing contest. Click the link below and share your top games to enter a chance to win one of them from the final list. Contest ends on October 31! https://gleam.io/jwEDM/your-top-20-board-games-of-all-time For our q...

It's that time of year again - time to look at the hottest games on BGG and try to figure out why they are there. Join us for a run down of the top 15 games on the Hotness list, what puts them there, and what you should be looking forward to.  Before that, though, we remind everyone about our current ongoing contest. Click the link below and share your top games to enter a chance to win one of the...

Welcome to spooktacular October episodes! This week, we're delving deep into the very best of the best in mystery games, featuring our Top 10.  Before we dive in, though, make sure you take the time to enter our October contest - tell us your top 20 games and be entered for a chance to win one of the games on the final top 20 listener games list.  https://gleam.io/jwEDM/your-top-20-board-games-of-...

Contest Alert! Enter our Top 20 Listener Games contest to win a game from the final list: https://gleam.io/jwEDM/your-top-20-board-games-of-all-time This week, Anthony and Chris are looking at games you might like if you're a fan of Root and its blend of cute animals vying for woodland domination in the most unique wargame we've seen in a while.  To kick things off, we asked our question of the we...

If you're a long time role player or if you have a friend who would rather spend their evening playing D&D than a new board game you bring over, we have six games this week that might bridge that gap.  Before diving into the feature, we kick things off with our question of the week, asking you, the listeners, "What's the weirdest way and least expected strategy with which you've ever won a game?"...

This week Chris and Anthony are discussing the hottest games currently on BGG to provide some insight on why they're there and what's upcoming.  First up, though, we have our question of the week, asking the listeners: "Between Two Cities of Mad King Ludwig was a pleasant surprise. What other games or game franchises would you like to see mashed together?" Next up, for acquisition disorders, Antho...

Chris is flying solo this week with Anthony out of town at a (non board game?!) conference. But the show must go on and Chris brings the good with reviews of four games, including three hot recent releases, a new top 10 list, and double duty on acquisition disorders.  To kick things off, Chris looks at answers to the question of the week, What's your favorite medium/heavy euro at a two player coun...

It's easy to get caught up in the cult of the new. So easy in fact, that we got caught up in the rerelease of an older game! Thank goodness, though, because Brass (a game Chris and Anthony both missed out on), is amazing. Which is why this week's episode is full of all things Brass.  To kick things of, we ask  At the table this week, Anthony dives into not only Brass: Lancashire (the update to the...

Wait, what? Five years already? Dang, time flies.  That's what this episode is all about as we take a look back at the last year of the podcast with our favorites from 2017-18, but also at the last five years and what we've been able to accomplish in that time. Join us for four new reviews, a bevy of good games we're excited to play soon, and some of our favorite stuff from recent episodes.  To ki...

This time of year is full of gaming with the kids. School hasn't quite started but the summer has slowed down, plus lots of new games from cons to get to the table. So this week we're looking at the top ten children's games we get to our tables.  First up, though, we ask the listeners what gamer they love to play, but the more they play it, the worse they do.  For our acquisition disorders, we hav...

We had a chance to speak with a ton of great publishers, designers, artists, and gamers at Gen Con and recorded some of those conversations.  In this special bonus episode you can find all of our interviews in a one hour presentation, featuring conversations with: ARES GAMES: 1:34   AEG: 12:26   BEZIER GAMES: 22:39   FLYING FROG PRODUCTIONS: 26:35   NAVOO GAMES: 38:53   ADAM APPLE GAMES: 41:34   K...

We're tackling one of the great games of skill and chance this week as we look at six modern board games you might like if you're a fan of Poker. Whether you're getting into modern hobby games or just looking for something new with poker mechanics in it, we have a few you might want to check out.  To kick things off, we asked the listeners our question of the week - what game mechanics they'd like...

Gen Con!  We're back from the big show and are excited to share with you everything we saw, played and experienced at the show this year.  We start off by discussing the games we got a chance to demo or see that aren't yet out, but that we are excited to see more of in the weeks and months to come. Then we delve into the games we DID bring home and you can look forward to reviews of in the next fe...

Ever want to wine and dine a potential client or get to know your new colleagues over board games? This week, we look at some games that offer the social interaction without potential gaffes or uncomfortable situations that work perfectly for low-key non-drinking ice-breakers.  Before we dive in, we look at our question of the week - asking the listeners "What's the most ostentatious thing you've...

Only one week to Gen Con! That means it's time to run down some of the hottest games everyone's talking about, plus lots of reviews of our recent plays from Origins.  To kick things off, we chat about the recently announced Spiel des Jahres winners - Azul, Die Quacksalber von Quedlinburg, and Dragon's Breath.  Then we read listener answers to our question of the week, which asked, "What criteria d...

In the grand tradition of the (relatively new) cinematic universe, this week we're looking at our favorite board game universes. Join Chris and Anthony as they delve into several different universes that have expanded with shared rules, components, and characters.  We start by asking the listeners about some of their favorites, then dive into Acquisition Disorders. Anthony talks about Rurik: Dawn...

This week, Anthony and Chris delve into the heaviest of the heavy, sharing the top 10 games they love when it's time to get crunchy.  To kick things off, we ask the BGA listeners our question of the week, What 80's IP would you like to see next get a board game reimagining? And there are some great ideas we would absolutely pay money for.  For our acquisition disorders, Anthony delves into the new...

With the recent release of Century: Eastern Wonders, new attention is being paid to the gateway series of games from Plan B Games and Emerson Matsuuchi. To celebrate, this week we're looking at six games you might like if you already like Spice Road, the first entry in the series.  Before we dive into that, we talk about gaming guilty pleasures in our question of the week - some of the games we pl...

Another year down, and another Origins Game Fair attended. Join Anthony and Chris as they run through some of the numbers, the stuff we enjoyed the most, and the games that stood out during the 5 day con.  If you haven’t yet, be sure to connect with us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/boardgamersanonymous), Twitter (http://twitter.com/bgapodcast), and on our website (www.boardgamersanonymous.com). Yo...

Convention season is here! So to help you have the best time possible at any cons you might attend this summer or into the fall, we've collected advice from our listeners on how to have a great con.  To kick things off this week, thank you to Kyle - our newest Patreon backer!  For our acquisition disorders this week, Anthony discusses Neta-Tanka on Kickstarter now and Chris looks at Heroes of Teri...

It's time for another bracket! This time around, Anthony and Chris are delving into the top 32 sci fi board games out there, whittling them down in our World Cup of Science Fiction Board Games.  We've created eight pools of four games each. We selected two games from each pool (with the help of the dreaded die!) and then ran them through a single elimination tournament of sixteen games to find the...