Pick Up and Deliver

Pick Up & Deliver 241: Top of the Stack, July 2020 - Brendan shares his gameplay experience from July 2020, reporting on the four games he'd planned to play.

Brendan shares a bit about recent gaming at his house, then gives his early impressions of two new games, Whistle Stop and Forgotten Waters. Games mentioned: Agricola, Whistle Stop, Forgotten Waters What have you been playing lately? Pop over to BoardGameGeek guild #3269 and let us know!

Pick Up & Deliver 239: Duel - Valley of the Kings vs Arctic Scavengers. Brendan discusses two strong and interesting deck building games, Arctic Scavengers and The Valley of the Kings. Join us, won't you?

Brendan talks a bit about systemic racism and its place in board games, and our need to reflect, react, and work against its influence. Please take a few minutes to listen. Reach out to me if you’d like to discuss this. brendan@rattleboxgames.com

Brendan shares his plans for June and discusses how his game plays went in May.

Pick Up & Deliver 236: Victory from the Jaws of Defeat - Brendan thinks a bit about how games can have a last-minute turnaround that allow for a shift in leader or a dramatic win.

Brendan shares his early thoughts on three games that he played for the first time recently. Get the early impressions of Glory to Rome, SPQF, and Sentinels of the Multiverse. Join us, won’t you?

Pick Up & Deliver 234: Tile Placement - Brendan shares a brief discussion of his five favorite tile laying games in his collection. Join us, won't you?

Pick Up & Deliver 233: Mottainai (Message from the Deep) - Brendan shares his thinking about the multi-use card game Mottainai, from designer Carl Chudyk and publisher Asmadi.

Pick Up & Deliver 232: Top of the Stack, April 2020 - Brendan shares his update about how his game playing went in April 2020. Fin out if he managed to play The Isle of Cats, Murder, She Wrote, and Letterpress. Join us, won't you?

Episode 231 - Brendan shares his thinking about the five different kinds of solo games he plays, and gives examples of each. Join us, won't you?

Pick Up & Deliver 230: 52 Games in 52 Weeks - Brendan shares his current progress on the 52 game challenge. He shares the games he's played, the games he's thinking about playing, and the prompts that have him stumped. Join us, won't you?

Pick Up & Deliver 229: Duel - Agricola vs. Everdell - Brendan examines these two worker placement games next to one another, exploring them through theme, variability, and difficulty. Join us, won't you?

Pick Up & Deliver 228: The 'geek Asks 5 - Brendan uses the General Gaming forum as an impromptu advice column to answer. Join us, won't you?

PU&D 227: Rando-writers - Brendan talks about several recent randomize-and-write games he's played lately. This includes "Roll and Writes," "Flip and Writes," and other games that involve randomized bits and then a written bit. Join us, won't you?

Episode 226 - Brendan talks about three games he tried for the first time in the last week or two, Letterpress, Las Vegas, and Trismegistus: The Ultimate Formula. Join us, won’t you?

Pick Up & Deliver 225: Drafting - Brendan talks about the pick-and-pass mechanism usually called "drafting," its pros and cons, and several games he enjoys that use this mechanism. Join us, won't you?

Pick Up & Deliver 224: Paper Tales, The Isle of Cats, Everdell: Pearlbrook - Brendan shares his quick-fire thoughts in response to three new games he's tried recently. Join us, won't you?

Brendan shares his monthly game play update, sharing what games he's played and how much progress he's made on his various goals and tasks for play. Games discussed include Gloomhaven, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Rattus, and Seventh Hero, among others.

Pick Up & Deliver 222: Fun Paperwork - Brendan shares some of the parts of games that he enjoys that resonate with the bureaucratic part of his life. File your TPS forms and join us, won't you?

Pick Up & Deliver 221: Locke & Key (Themestorm) - Brendan ponders what a game built on the comic book and/or show Locke & Key would be like.

Pick Up & Deliver 220: Brendan shares his first thoughts about a few new games he’s played — that’s right, it’s a Shootin’ from the Hip Triple-shot. The three games he discusses today are Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Board Game, Root, and Tiny Epic Dinosaurs.

Brendan continues his narcissistic project of assuming all questions on Boardgame Geek are aimed at him, and answers them without reading the posts. Join us for the hilarity, won’t you?

Pick Up & Deliver 218: BG Sommelier - COViD-19 - Brendan shares his thinking about some thematic pairings relating to the current world pandemic. What games and other texts go together as you think about pandemics, bunkers, infection, cooperation, and boredom? This show gives you the inside scoop. Join us, won't you?

Pick Up & Deliver 217: Carbon City Zero, Broom Service, Le Havre (Shootin' from the Hip Triple Shot) - Brendan shares his early reactions to: an action-selection game, a classic worker placement game, and a the nice tight deck-builder. Join us, won't you?