Pick Up and Deliver

Brendan shares his thoughts about games themed around heat and the desert. Join us, won’t you? The Lost Expedition  (2017) The Lost City of Z Through the Desert  (1998) Forbidden Desert  (2013) Evacuation  (2023) Daybreak  (2023) Honorable Mentions: CO2  (aka CO₂) (2012) Anachrony  (2017) Scoville  (2014) Heat: Pedal to the Metal  (2022) The Downfall of Pompeii  (2004) What games do you associate...

Brendan talks about the films he watched in June and what games would go well when paired with those films. Join us, won’t you? Boys in the Boat All the President’s Men Watergate  (2019) 1960: The Making of the President  (2007) Hit Man Fiasco The Killer Marlowe P.I.  (2012) Detective: City of Angels  (2019) Dune (Part Two) Dune: Imperium – Uprising  (2023) What films have you seen lately? Share w...

Brendan shares his first impressions of three games he tried for the first time recently. Join us, won’t you? Scooby-Doo: Escape from the Haunted Mansion  (2020) Sand  (2024) Patrician  (2007) (revisited) The Game of Wolf  (2019) What games have you played recently? Share with us over on  Boardgamegeek in guild #3269 .

Brendan devises maybe his weirdest episode theme yet! It’s a board-game focused meditation on the episode number, as filtered through Google. Hold on to your butts. The Meaning of the 640 Angel Number KFI AM 640 – The News. What It Means, Why It Matters Radio Game  (1925) Game of Radio  (1924) 640 Area Code Monopoly  (1935) Cape May  (2021) The Doom That Came to Atlantic City  (2013) 640 Credit Sc...

Brendan shares his thoughts on the delightful Worker Placement game Anachrony. Join us, won’t you? Anachrony  (2017) Different Worker Types Dwellings of Eldervale  (2020) Oak  (2022) Mechanism + Plot = Great Theming Trickerion: Legends of Illusion  (2015) Through the Ages: A New Story of Civilization  (2015) Variable goals and Individual Player powers Great Western Trail: Second Edition  (2021) Re...

Brendan shares his first impressions of three games he tried recently, and one game he dusted off. Join us, won’t you? Chicken!  (2023) Picture Perfect  (2020) Nexus Ops  (2005) (revisited) Inventions: Evolution of Ideas  (2024) What games have you played recently? Share your experience over at  BoardGameGeek in guild #3269 . Join us, won’t you?

Brendan shares a few thoughts about what games might go along with historical events from July 5th. Join us, won’t you? What happened in history: July 5 Idea borrowed from  Spielmill  on Tiktok 1996: Dolly the Sheep is cloned Android: Netrunner The Loop Star Wars: The Clone Wars 1978: Group of 19 Protest about bus accessibility Stonewall Uprising Let’s Make a Bus Route Bus 1946: Bikini Introduced...

Brendan talks about how he organizes his collection and what makes him keep or give up a game. Join us, won’t you? Previous episodes about collection management: Pick Up & Deliver 272: Organizing Your Collection Pick Up & Deliver 474: Games That Hang On (when they probably shouldn’t) Pick Up & Deliver 355: Leaving the Collection Pick Up & Deliver 048: Culling Your Collection Pick U...

Brendan shares his game plays from the month. Join us, won’t you? Top of the Stack, June 2024 NEW GAME –  Mythic Mischief ✓ NOVELTY CHOICE –  The Office Downsizing Game  X ONE PLAY –  Scooby Doo and the Haunted Mansion ✓ TRYING AGAIN CHOICE –  Forum Trajanum ✓ Shelf of Opportunity Top of the Stack, July 2024 NEW GAME –  Terrors of London SHELF CLEARER –  Space Freaks SOLO –  Warp’s Edge TRYING AGA...

Brendan shares his thoughts on three games he tried for the first time recently. Join us, won’t you? Tipperary  (2023) Voidfall  (2023) Pax Pamir: Second Edition  (2019) Hellboy: The Board Game  (2019) (revisited) What games have you tried lately? Share your game plays over on  boardgame geek in guild #3269 .

Brendan finishes going through his Shelf of Opportunity. Join us, won’t you? Previous SOO episodes Pick Up & Deliver 632: Shelf of Opportunity Review (part 1) Pick Up & Deliver 562: Shelf of Opportunity, Update 3 (400 Back) Pick Up & Deliver 213: Shelf of Opportunity Update 2 Pick Up & Deliver 161: Shelf of Opportunity Update Shelf of Opportunity Notes on this episode Rome & Ro...

Brendan talks about the games on his shelf of opportunity and why they’re there. Join us, won’t you? Previous SOO episodes Pick Up & Deliver 562: Shelf of Opportunity, Update 3 (400 Back) Pick Up & Deliver 213: Shelf of Opportunity Update 2 Pick Up & Deliver 161: Shelf of Opportunity Update Shelf of Opportunity What games are on your shelf? Share your thoughts over on  boardgamegeek.co...

Brendan shares a message from the deep about Ark Nova. Join us, won’t you? Ark Nova  (2021) Pick Up & Deliver 614: Essential Expansions Previous episodes in which I mention Ark Nova Rajas of the Ganges  (2017) Comparison 1:  Terraforming Mars  (2016) Race for the Galaxy  (2007) 7 Wonders  (2010) Comparison 2:  Bärenpark  (2017) or  New York Zoo  (2020) Cascadia  (2021) Wild: Serengeti  (2022)...

Brendan shares what movies he watched in April and May of 2024, what he thought of them, and what games would go well with a viewing. Join us, won’t you? Damsel The Princess Legacy of Dragonholt Dead Poets Society Miskatonic School for Girls Poetry for Neanderthals Wrath of Man Escape Plan Ghostwatch Late Night with the Devil Mysterium Hako Onna The Blackening Last Friday Final Girl I.S.S. Station...

Brendan shares his thoughts about what makes deck-building games fun or interesting. Join us, won’t you? Previous episodes: Pick Up & Deliver 015: Deck Construction Pick Up & Deliver 239: Duel – Valley of the Kings vs Arctic Scavengers Pick Up & Deliver 246: My top games for the 10 additional mechanisms Kris Hickman suggested (part 3) Pick Up & Deliver 267: Gentle Conflict Mechanis...

Brendan shares some thoughts about new/old games he’s played recently. Join us, won’t you? Cairn  (2019) Onitama  (2014) Hadrian’s Wall  (2021) Fleet: The Dice Game (Second Edition)  (2020) Three Sisters  (2022) A Handful of Stars  (2017) (revisited) Pick Up & Deliver 626: Negotiation … and Betrayal! Pick Up & Deliver 125: Shootin’ from the Hip – February 2019 Mythic Mischief  (2022) IV St...

Brendan looks back at 2012 and examines the games he’s played that were published in that year. Join us, won’t you? Top 5 Games from 2012 5.  Legacy: Gears of Time 4.  Las Vegas 3.  The Resistance: Avalon 2.  Escape! Curse of the Temple 1.  Lords of Waterdeep Disqualified from consideration:  Android: Netrunner ;  Terra Mystica ;  Merchant of Venus Honorable mentions:  City of Horror ,  Coup ,  Qw...

Brendan shares his views on negotiation games, articulating 3 different kinds of them and what he likes and dislikes about each. Join us, won’t you? Economic Negotiation Games CATAN  (1995) Sidereal Confluence  (2017) Monopoly  (1935) Organized Negotiation and Alliances Rex: Final Days of an Empire  (2012) Dune  (1979);  Dune  (2019) Political / Area Control Negotiation Games Diplomacy  (1959) A G...

Brendan looks back 4 years to see what was happening four years ago at this time. Join us, won’t you? Pick Up & Deliver 224: Paper Tales, The Isle of Cats, Everdell: Pearlbrook (Shootin’ from the Hip) Paper Tales 7 Wonders Sushi Go It’s a Wonderful World The Isle of Cats Extra boards Kittens & Beasts Explore and Draw Everdell: Pearlbrook Everdell Bellfaire expansion Spirecrest expansion Ne...

Brendan talks about the books he’s read since the last time he did one of these book review episodes. Join us, won’t you? The Rhesus Chart (Laundry Files #5)  by Charles Stross A Study in Emerald Cthulhu: Death May Die Bubble  by Jordan Morris and Sarah Morgan Mickey 7  by Edward Ashton Paranoia Where Black Stars Rise  by Nadia Shammus and Marie Enger The King in Yellow by Robert Chambers Arkham H...

Brendan shares his recent plays from May of 2024, and talks about what he’s gonna play in June. Join us, won’t you? Top of the Stack, May 2024 NEW GAME –  RYŪ ✓ NOVELTY CHOICE –  Columbo Detective Game ✓ SOLO –  Hadrian’s Wall X TRYING AGAIN CHOICE –  Porta Nigra ✓ Shelf of Opportunity The Gardens , with the Monuments variant Top of the Stack, June 2024 NEW GAME –  Mythic Mischief NOVELTY CHOICE –...

Brendan explores the Boardgamegeek Forums and responds to the thread titles as if they were questions for him. Join us, won’t you? Previous episodes of “The ‘geek Asks” Top 5 Game Night Accessories Anyone an early riser? Want to play a game? 1960 The Making of the President v Watergate 1960: The Making of the President  (2007) Watergate  (2019) Twilight Struggle  (2005) How do you decide when you...

Brendan shares his first thoughts about three games he tried recently, and one he dusted off. Join us, won’t you? Porta Nigra Faraway Dro Polter Photosynthesis  (revisited) What games have you tried recently? Have you played any of these? Share your thoughts over on  Boardgamegeek in guild #3269 .

Surrounded by Cicadas, Brendan talks about games themed around bugs. Join us, won’t you? 5.  Kabuto Sumo 4.  Beez 3.  Mariposas 2.  Honey Buzz 1.  Nexus Ops Honorable mentions: Gloomhaven  /  Frosthaven HIVE Games with High PEI (Potential Edibility Index) Honey Buzz Azul Azul Master Chocolatier Chocolate Factory Everdell Mint Works Through the Desert Other bug-themed games Cockroach Poker Cockroac...

Brendan talks about six movies he watched in March of this year, and games to go with them. Join us, won’t you? Saw X Unlock The Wedding Singer Fog of Love Dune Dune Dune Imperium The Cheap Detective Awkward Guests The Mystery of the 13th Guest Mysterium The Holdovers Miskatonic School for Girls Dumb Money Ponzi Scheme What games would you watch with these movies? What movies did you watch in Marc...