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Chris and Anthony share their top ten 3 player games this week, diving into the board games that play best (or only) with three players.  First up, though, we dive into the question of the week, asking everyone out there (including you!), with TI4 released and Eclipse 2E coming next year, what other massive game do you think is due for a major design refresh? Then we dive into this week's acquisit...

Chris and Anthony are going old school this week with a rundown of 25 classic board games and their modern, gateway alternatives if you're trying to convert your friends to something newer.  First up, we look at our question of the week, asking you the listeners what game you have equal fun losing as winning.  Next up, we hit the acquisition disorders. Anthony talks about Mac Gerdts' Transatlantic...

It's that time year again - gift giving! Chris and Anthony share their 24 games of the holiday season, with an epic list of board games you should check out for gift ideas. These games are all currently available in one form or another and came out or were first available in their current form in 2017. Don't miss out holiday themed questions of the week as well. We ask about what everyone is thank...

Chris and Anthony recorded from Pax Unplugged 2017, the very first board game only convention run by Pax, and they have a bunch to talk about.  Join us for our question of the week asking about the most anticipated releases of next year, our acquisition disorders, including Chronicles of Crime and Meeple Circus, and our At the Table reviews of Nusfjord and Majesty: For the Realm. Finally we give o...

This week on BGA, Chris and Anthony look at games you can introduce to your non-gamer friends if they've started to dip their toe in the water with games like Exploding Kittens.  Before diving into our feature, we look at our question of the week. Listeners answered what they do with their old board games they no longer want or need in their collection.  Next up, with our acquisition disorders, An...

It's that time of year again - sports are everywhere. From the recent conclusion of an all time great World Series to the midst of Football season and the onset of both Basketball and Hockey seasons (yes, I know, we're very American), it's time to talk sports with our top 10 sports games.  First on the episode, we look at common mechanics or tropes in video games listeners want to see in board gam...

We're a little late this week due to some technical difficulties, but we have a bunch of new games to talk about, so the show must go on! We may not have made it to Essen last week, but we sure watched the hot games as they hit the show. This week we have a rundown of which games were hottest and which ones we're most excited to have in hand in the future.  First up is our question of the week, in...

This week we feature part two of our conversation about the BGG.com Top 100 games of all time and our quick take reviews on each of them. Find out which of these are plays and buys, and what one game made it to the dodge list (for one of us).  Before that, dive into our question of the week. Anthony asks the listeners how they handle next play selection in their game groups. Some interesting answe...

Chris and Anthony are back this week to discuss the BGG.com top 100 board games. We get asked a lot which of these we've played and which we haven't, and whether we'd recommend one particular hot game or another. So, we figured, why not do them all! To kick things off, we ask everyone our question of the week, "What game has been sitting on your shelf unplayed the longest?" We got dozens of respon...

Chris and Anthony are talking about word games this week! Check out our top 10 games all about words and wordplay, plus reviews of recent plays and our question of the week.  We kick things off by asking the listeners how many times they play a game before they feel comfortable remembering the rules in our question of the week.  For acquisition disorders this week, Anthony digs into the new game f...

Chris and Anthony are back this week with another if you like... episode. This week, we're looking at Stefan Feld's The Castles of Burgundy - one of the highest rated point salad games every made!  Specifically, we're going to dive into six games you might like if you also like Castles of Burgundy, with two lighter games, two medium games, and two slightly heavier games.  In addition, we have our...

Chris and Anthony are back with another BGG Hotness review, giving you a rundown of the 15 hottest games on BGG right now, why they're there, and whether we're equally hyped about them.  To kick this week's episode off, we announced a brand new contest. If you haven't yet, make sure to check out our Fix My Game! Contest, sponsored by Geeks 1st. You can win a gift certificate to Geeks 1st for modul...

On this week's episode, Chris and Anthony are looking at 10 games that have unique end-game conditions. Whoever gets their first! We're talking about games built around a race - to build something, reach a destination, or achieve something first.  In addition, we ask the listeners whether they prefer photographs or poorly made artwork in our question of the week, then dive into acquisition disorde...

This week, Chris and Anthony look at one of the most successful euros of the last 10 years - Uwe Rosenberg's Agricola - and discuss some games you might like if you also like this one.  To kick things off, we asked listeners what games they had purchased because they were worried about future availability with our question of the week.  Next up, we look at some of the upcoming games we're excited...

Four years! We've been doing this for a while, so we took a few minutes this week to think back on what's happened over those four years, and specifically what we have enjoyed most about the last year.  We kick things off with some news, including the winners of our recent contest, discussion of FFG's Force Friday release, and the upcoming Pax Unplugged.  For our question of the week, we asked the...

This week, we're looking at the top 10 board game dice mechanics. These are not necessarily the top 10 dice games, but the strategy board games and card games that have the most innovative and interesting dice mechanics.  In addition to our top ten list, we have our question of the week, asking the listeners what their most anticipated games announced or released at Gen Con are.  Next up, we dig i...

Gen Con is over and we're recording live from the hotel room the morning after! We're talking about the games we saw, the (few) games we were able to play, and all the stuff that was hot for purchase at the show.  We kick things off with a big announcement - you can check out our new website here, or enter our contest for a chance to win $50 directly here.  Our acquisition disorders included the n...

This week, Chris and Anthony sit down to discuss CMON's must buy games - the five titles you should check out from their catalog.  In addition, we have the question of the week, this week asking what factors people consider when choosing a game for their collection. Our Acquisition Disorders include Isle of Skye: Journeyman and Professor Evil and the Citadel of Time, and at the table this week, An...

On Episode 129 of BGA, Anthony and Chris dig into Five Tribes and share 6 games you might like if you also like this one - breaking them down by lighter, similar, and heavier weights.  To start, we'll dig into our question of the week, asking you, the listeners what game mechanic you use to introduce people to board gaming. Next, we dive into our acquisition disorders, including Queendomino and Te...

In a special fifth episode this month, we're taking questions from the listeners! Thanks to everyone who shared their questions on Facebook and Twitter.  In addition to listener questions, we are looking at some upcoming acquisition disorders, including the expansion for Harry Potter Hogwarts Battle, Mario Level Up!, and Bob Ross: Art of Chill. Then we dig into reviews of recent plays including Th...

It's that time again - Anthony and Chris sit down to discuss the BGG Hotness, giving a rundown of the top 15 games currently on the Hotness list. In addition to the hotness review, we'll have early previews of Summit the Board Game and Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Card Game.  We also provide at the table impressions of Word Slam and automobile, and we ask the listeners this week about games and...

This week, Anthony and Chris dig into the top 10 battle games - board games that are primarily built around combat. These are not wargames, but mid-heavy weight board games that utilize some of the core mechanisms we know and love from wargames and board games alike to create a unique, combat-oriented experience. Listen to our top 10 picks in this category.  In addition, we share our recent plays...

This week, Anthony and Chris dig into euro-mega-designers Uwe Rosenberg and Stefan Feld to determine once and for all, who does it better. In this special designer edition of our VS. feature, we'll look at the games of both designer, as well as their impact on gaming and overall fun-factor for us to determine which comes out ahead. We also ask the listeners in our question of the week who they'd p...

This week, Anthony and Chris are looking at 6 games you might like if you also like Santorini, the new abstract game from Roxley Games that has rapidly risen up the Top 100 on BGG.  We're also looking at acquisition disorders including Paramedics: CLEAR! and Founders of Gloomhaven. We also dig into recent plays of Unearth and Kanagawa.  Be sure to connect with us on BoardGameGeek (guild 1735), as...

In this week's episode, we look back at the games of Origins Game Fair 2017. We highlight 15 different games that were hot this year, including several that released at the game fair, and several more that will be releasing over the summer and at Gen Con in August.  Additional, Anthony looks at his upcoming acquisition disorder with Ex Libris from Renegade Games, and Chris digs into Betrayal at Ba...