Pick Up and Deliver

Pick Up and Deliver 166: Bridge- Brendan shares his experience starting to learn to play Contract Bridge, and the way it helped him think about game design, the rules from other endeavors that it reminded him of, and a few random observations.

Pick Up and Deliver 165: Gencon 2019 Top 5 moments. Brendan shares his favorite memories from his trip to Gencon this year.

Brendan shares the highlights of his July gaming experiences. Find out how he’s doing on his 10×10 and top of the stack. Top of the Stack, July 2019 La Isla Dread Curse How is your list coming? Are you making progress and enjoying yourself? Sound off over in the forums, Boardgame Geek guild #3269.

Episode 163 takes up a question from Douglas in the Pick Up and Deliver guild - what are some good games to give as wedding gifts? Join us as we consider the answers offered by listeners and what insights Brendan has to offer. Bonus: At the end of the episode, Brendan offers a "Shootin' from the Hip" reaction to Lorenzo il Magnifico.

Episode 162: Brendan shares his thoughts on three new games he’s tried this month, two at [toggle]Top Day last weekend. Also, a wildlife sighting!

Pick Up and Deliver 161: Shelf of Opportunity Update - Brendan discusses the current state of his Shelf of Opportunity, both proud of where it is and disappointed that he hasn't reduced it more.

In Episode 160, "Revisiting Old Games," Brendan reflects on some delightful family games and some classic card games he played over the course of his trip to Northern Michigan.

Episode 159: In this “Message from the Deep” episode, Brendan shares his thoughts on the story-based adventure game, Legacy of Dragonholt.

Episode 158, Brendan shares the results of his June game playing, and offers the July 2019 Top of the Stack. It was a very fruitful month!

In Episode 157, Brendan shares his "just played for the first time" thoughts about three games: 20th Century, Everdell, and Hellboy.

In Episode 156, Brendan answers the discussion started over on the __ podcast, talking about whether he enjoys playing a few shorter games at a game night over a longer, complex experience.

Episode 155: Brendan shares some of his experience of playing lots of games with a large group. Buckle in for the ride.

Episode 154: Brendan shares a brief discussion about his games played in May and his plans for June. The new games for next month will be: Apocrypha Adventure Card Game, Welcome to Dino World, Impulse, and 20th Century.

Pick Up and Deliver 153: What does "mean" mean? Episode 153: Brendan summarizes the conversation on boardgame geek about what it means to play a "mean" game and offers his own thoughts.

In episode 152, Brendan shares his thoughts about three different "mean" card games he tried for the first time recently (Blood & Fortune, High Society, Arboretum).

In Episode 151: Brendan shares some thoughts on a recent set of conversations about how online content creators (videos and podcasts) should be compensated for their time and effort.

Brendan answers questions from the PUaD guild over on boardgame geek to commemorate the 150th episode of the podcast.

Episode 149: Brendan shares his philosophy and thinking about intentionally playing less than optimally. He ponders three phrases for this idea: "sandbagging," "handicapping," and "pulling your punches."

Pick Up and Deliver Episode 148: End Game - Brendan talks about the challenge of creating a game that's fun to play but also has a satisfying narrative arc and ending.

Episode 147 - Brendan gives very quick takes on five different games, and covers a couple other topics of recent news.

In Episode 146, Brendan shares his thinking about how his favorite regular board game night works and what approaches they take to keep and grow members.

Episode 145: Brendan shares his "top of the stack" report for the beginning of May, telling us a bit about what he played and a bit about what he plans to play in May.

In Episode 144: Brendan shares a discussion of what it means to have to block someone in a game, and his thinking about what it means to have to do so.

Episode 143: Brendan shares his updated Top Want List and Games of Interest lists -- these are games he's interested in and/or games he wants to buy. Join us to speculate about future games!

Episode 142 - Brendan shares his experiences trying three games during his trip to Washington D.C. - Oceans, Tiny Towns, and K2.