Pick Up and Deliver

Brendan discusses his thinking about how to do some remote gaming for his game group if it gets shut down due to Corona virus, and what might be some of the best ways to create a live event that people could do a shared game together.

Pick Up & Deliver 215: Campaign and Legacy Games - Brendan shares his thinking about legacy games, campaign games, what makes them work or fail, and how to approach playing them.

Brendan explores the subject of "Elections" as your curator of experiences, your Board Game Sommelier. Sample this flight of pairings about voting, corruption, fascism, and hope. Join us, won't you?

Pick Up & Deliver 213: Shelf of Opportunity Update 2 - Brendan talks about his Shelf of Opportunity, some games on it, and his new approach to the process of reducing the games on it.

Pick Up & Deliver 212: Top of the Stack, March 2020 - Brendan shares his monthly update -- how did he do in his gameplays? What did he play? What did he enjoy? You can find out in this episode. Join us, won't you?

Pick Up & Deliver 211: Unusual Game Experiences - Brendan shares some games that have provided (or do provide) strange or unique experiences in their gameplay or in his game group.

Pick Up & Deliver 210: Top 8 and Highlights of 2018 - In this episode, Brendan quickly shares his top 8 games of 2018, then discusses in a bit more detail some commentary about a few other games from 2018.

Episode 209 - This week, Brendan shares his gut reactions to one play each of three games at Lyoncon last weekend. Find out of these sound like they are games you’d enjoy!

Pick Up & Deliver 208: Hamilton (Themestorm) - Brendan engages in a brainstorm about what a game themed around the Hamilton musical would play like.

Pick Up & Deliver 207: Invisible Workers (Culture and Games) - Brendan considers the invisible workers in Brass, and asks what a game that takes into account the experience of workers in the Industrial revolution might look like.

Pick Up & Deliver 206: Walking in Burano, Artifacts Inc, Azul: Summer Pavilion (SftH) - Brendan talks about three different games he's tried recently. That's right, he's shootin' from the hip!

Pick Up & Deliver 205: The 'geek Asks 3 - In which Brendan pretends that the main BoardgameGeek forums are a Q&A forum for him. It's an exercise in hilarity and narcissism!

Pick Up & Deliver 204: February 2020 Top of the Stack - Brendan shares his monthly update, discussing what games he's played, what progress he made on his various personal challenges, and his plans for February. Join us, won't you?

Pick Up & Deliver 203: 2019 Game Awards - Brendan shares a light overview of his 2019 games played and offers some silly "awards" to the games.

Episode 202: Brendan shares one of this year's goals - his family's 20x5 challenge, in which they pick twenty games to play five times each this year.

Pick Up & Deliver 201: Top of the Stack, January 2020 - Brendan pops his head out from his winter burrow to deliver the January Top of the Stack update before going back into hibernation. We'll be back in a couple weeks!

Pick Up & Deliver 200: Top 50 Updated (MegaEpisode) - Brendan revisits his top 50 list and updates it for the end of 2019. Hold on to your butts, this is a long one. It's also the end of Season 2. We will be back with more in late January for Season 3.

Pick Up & Deliver 199: Brendan answers a few questions from the Q&A thread over at BoardgameGeek guild #3269.

Pick Up & Deliver 198: On the Chopping Block - Brendan discusses four games in his collection that are hovering on the edge of getting booted out of the collection, but that he wants to try again before they go.

Pick Up & Deliver 197: Setting the Stage - Brendan discusses the Sports Night problem, when a text misleads you in a way that makes it harder to enjoy the content, in the context of board games.

Pick Up & Deliver 196: Top of the Stack, Dec 2019 - Brendan shares his monthly update and new plan for December. Join us, won't you?

Pick Up & Deliver 195: Thanksgiving (Board Game Sommelier) - In this Board Game Sommelier segment, Brendan curates a selection of media, activities, and board games to engage with the themes and ideals of American Thanksgiving.

Pick Up & Deliver 194: Roam and Res Arcana (SftHx2) - Brendan discusses two games he played recently for the first time, Roam and Res Arcana.

In Episode 193, Brendan shares a few games that he really likes but hasn’t played in a long time. “Top 5 games that I really like but want to get back to the table.”

Pick Up & Deliver 192: Nanty Narking (SftH) - Brendan shares his thoughts after his first play of Nanty Narking and a continuation of the conversation about "overpowered."