Pick Up and Deliver

In Episode 141, Brendan shares his gaming experiences from his recent trip to Iceland - games, stores, and playing with the locals.

In Episode 140, Brendan shares his plans for which games he will bring on his trip to Iceland -- games that pack small and play well with one or two only.

Episode 140: Two Short Topics. Brendan shares brief discussions of two short topics - the ongoing experience of Terraforming Mars and a chat he had with his son about what kinds of games he likes.

Episode 138: Brendan shares the contents of his new adjunct shelf of opportunity just for expansions, which he’s calling “Expand YourShelf.”

In episode 137, Brendan shares some thoughts about a game he has just tried and learned, Underwater Cities, from PUaD beloved designer Vladimir Suchy.

In Episode 136, Brendan talks about four games that survive cull after cull even though he has only played them once. Check out these four games he wants to play again!

Episode 135: Brendan shares the top of the stack report for the beginning of April, giving you a sense of what he played in March.

In Episode 134, Brendan shares a new segment where he reflects on his own jealousy of other gamers, gives a quick response to a new game, and does a “Shootin’ from the Hip” segment for the 2017 Mac Gerts game Transatlantic.

Episode 133 - It's the return of the Board Game Sommelier segment. Brendan explores several themes related to SPRING, suggests films to watch that engage with that theme, and offers board game accompaniments.

Episode 132 - Old Games Anew. Brendan talks a bit about what he's been playing, particularly older games he's revisited in the last few weeks.

In Episode 131, Brendan shares a brief discussion of five different "escape room" tabletop games, comparing the experience and describing what they are like to play.

Episode 130: What makes us enjoy games that are built on pre-established creative worlds (“Intellectual Property” games)? Brendan shares his thoughts on the subject and his experiences with a few games he’s played.

In Episode 129, "Triple Shot 2 - Reykholt, Holding On, Roll for It!" Brendan shares quick responses to three games he played for the first time over the weekend, a “Shootin’ from the Hip Triple Shot.” The games: Reykholt Agricola A Feast for Odin Holding On: The Troubled Life of Billy Kerr Arkham Horror: The Card Game Roll for It! What games have you tried lately? Pop over to the Pick Up and Deliv...

In Episode 128, "Top of the Stack, March 2019," Brendan shares the overview of his February game experiences. Check out the Top of the Stack 2019 Geeklist. New York 1901 Julchen und die Monster Star Trek Deck Building Game Reykholt Detective: A Modern Crime Board Game Pocket Dragon Eight Minute Empire Legends Give us your Top of the Stack update — what did you get played? How are you doing on your...

In Episode 127: Board Game Snobbery, Brendan shares his experience at the Board Game Club for which he serves as faculty adviser, and the thoughts it gave him about how we talk about our hobby and our engagement with people outside the hobby.

In Episode 126, Brendan shares his thinking about bringing games to a game group when he doesn’t know the size of the group, the hobby-level of the group, or the style of play they prefer. Games I brought: Two Rooms and a Boom Welcome To… The Resistance: Avalon Ladies and Gentlemen Between Two Cities dude and More dude Gizmos What games would you bring for an event like this? Pop over to our Board...

In Episode 125, Brendan shares his quick thoughts after a first play of four different games: New York 1901 League of Six Comanauts A Handful of Stars What new games have you tried lately? Post your initial impressions of them over on our Board Game Geek guild, #3269.

In Episode 124, Brendan shares some lessons he’s learned as he studied the particularly difficult-to-parse rulebook for A Handful of Stars. Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective – Jack The Ripper and West End Mysteries A Handful of Stars A Few Acres of Snow Mythotopia Dominion Marvel Legendary Have you had a particularly difficult time understanding something in a rulebook? How have other rulebook...

Episode 123: Brendan ponders a difficult question from the Pick Up and Deliver Guild: if you could have any game group you’d like and choose the games, what would the game day be? Show Text of the original question, from our BGG forum. Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card (novel) Cerebria: The Inside World How I Met Your Mother (tv show) Monikers A Study in Emerald (1st edition) The Eyre Affair by Jas...

PUaD Episode 122: Brendan shares some answers to a few brief questions that were posted in the BoardGameGeek guild this weekend. #3269 Games I played this week: Tides of Time, Wingspan, Small World. Forgot My Dice podcast Questions answered today Other games mentioned this episode: Gloomhaven, Vindication, Letters from Whitechapel, Whitehall Mystery, Fury of Dracula, Nuns on the Run Favorite solo...

PUaD Episode 121: Brendan explores the similarities between London and Wingspan, two engine building games that he's playing a lot this year.

Episode 120: Brendan shares his “Top of the Stack” update for February 2019. Show notes: See the whole Top of the Stack post over on BoardGameGeek. Betrayal Legacy Codenames Duet dude Chronicles of Crime Justinian Photosynthesis Shelf of Opportunity Pop over to the Pick Up and Deliver guild, #3269, on Board Game Geek and let us know how your month went!

PUaD 119: Brendan answers a question from the PUaD forum and talks about Lord of the Rings: Journeys in Middle Earth, The Arkham Horror Card Game, and Hellboy.

PUaD 118: Brendan shares his board game pairings to accompany films or novels about this episode’s topic: Winter.

Episode 117: Here at the beginning of January 2019, we start season 2 of PICK UP AND DELIVER. Brendan leaps back into it with a bit of "games I've been playing" and a discussion of this year's gaming challenges. Lots of fun gaming on its way!