Pick Up and Deliver

Brendan talks about three games he tried recently for the first time, and one he dusted off. Join us, won’t you? Wondrous Creatures  (2024) Kinfire Delve: Callous’ Lab  (2024) Animal Upon Animal  (2005) Nusfjord  (2017) (revisited) What games have you tried recently? Share your thoughts over on  boardgamegeek in guild #3269 .

Brendan gives a ‘post trip report’ of his games played on his visit to Colorado. Join us, won’t you? Pick Up & Deliver 765: Have Games, Will Travel Didn’t play: Tussie Mussie  (2019) Sprawlopolis  (2018) Solo Games Played: Ganz Schön Clever  (aka That’s Pretty Clever!) (2018) x4 Stellarion  (2022) Multiplayer Games played Skyjo  (2015) Qwixx  (2012) x2 Skip-Bo  (1967) x2 Dutch Blitz  (1960) Sk...

Brendan shares his plays from July and his plans for August. Join us, won’t you? Top of the Stack, July 2025 NEW GAME –  Wondrous Creatures ✓ SHELF CLEARER –  Fallen Angel NEW GAME 2 –  Kinfire Delve: Callous’ Grotto ✓ Top 50 Choice –  Dungeon Petz Kingdoms Lawn Game Brendan’s Collection Top 50 List Shelf of Opportunity Expand yourShelf Top of the Stack, August 2025 NEW GAME –  The Mirroring of Ma...

Brendan talks a bit about the games he plans to bring on his trip to Colorado, and why he chose them. Join us, won’t you? Pick Up & Deliver 140: Have Games, Will Travel Not bringing — too big Welcome To…  (2018) London (Second Edition)  (2017) Eight-Minute Empire: Legends  (2013) Solo Games I will likely bring Sprawlopolis  (2018) Mr. Cabbagehead’s Garden  (2016) Pulp Detective  (2018) Competi...

Brendan shares his thoughts about three games he tried for the first time recently. Join us, won’t you? Feed the Kraken  (2022) Secret Hitler  (2016) Fresco  (2010) Cloud City  (2020) (revisited) Bärenpark: The Bad News Bears  (2019) Sir Ocelot’s Cave  (2025) Do you enjoy these games? Share your thoughts over on  boardgamegeek in guild #3269 .

Brendan looks back 400 episodes and sees that he was talking about games with tracks. So he revisits that subject. Pick Up & Deliver 363: Games with Tracks 400 Back series Tech tree / Tech Tracks on BGG Track as counter Coimbra  (2018) Nucleum  (2023) Theme fails Planet Unknown  (2022) Tapestry  (2019) Revive  (2022) Theme succeeds Praga Caput Regni  (2020) Messina 1347  (2021) Which games wit...

Brendan shares some thoughts about one of his favorite game designers,  Uwe Rosenberg . Join us, won’t you? The Great Designers series Farm games Agricola (2007) Caverna: The Cave Farmers (2013) Nusfjord (2017) Polyomino games Patchwork (2014) A Feast for Odin (2016) New York Zoo (2020) Other games Le Havre (2008) Glass Road (2013) Bohnanza (1997) Nova Luna (2019) Applejack (2022) Reykholt (2018)...

Brendan shares his first impressions of three games he played for the first time recently, and one he revisited. Join us, won’t you? Arcs  (2024) Pax Pamir: Second Edition  (2019) Voidfall  (2023) Evidence: Hush Money  (2023) Nucleum  (2023) (revisited) Brass: Birmingham  (2018) Sorcerer City  (2020) Galaxy Trucker  (2007) What games have you tried recently? What do you think of these games? Share...

Brendan shares his thoughts about the movies he watched in May of 2025, and the games that would be good to play alongside those movies. Micmacs  (2009) Stuffed Fables  (2018) Mice and Mystics  (2012) Bill Burr: Drop Dead Years  (2025) Joking Hazard  (2016) Charty Party  (2019) The Mandalorian: Adventures  (2024) The In-Laws  (1979) [redacted]  (2014) The Andromeda Strain  (1971) Pandemic Legacy:...

Brendan talks about the games he dusted off in March and April of 2025 but didn’t get a chance to talk about again. Join us, won’t you? March dusty games –  Elder Sign  (1 Year, 4 Months, 17 Days dusty) –  Patchwork  (1 Year, 7 Months, 12 Days dusty) –  Chocolate Factory  (1 Year, 8 Months, 6 Days dusty) –  Bärenpark  (1 Year, 13 Days dusty) April dusty games –  Escape: Curse of the Temple  (2 Yea...

Brendan shares his first impressions of three games he tried recently. Join us, won’t you? In the Year of the Dragon: 10th Anniversary  (2017) Beijing  (2026) Notre Dame: 10th Anniversary  (2017) Agricola  (2007) Parade  (2007) Hardback  (2018) (revisited) Ascension: Deckbuilding Game  (2010) Evenfall  (2023) Elysium  (2015) What games have you tried lately? What do you think of these games? Share...

Brendan shares things he likes a lot about  Revive , from Aporta games. Distinct player factions 7 Wonders  (2010) Shared map with interaction Mosaic: A Story of Civilization  (2022) Combotastic Tech Tree Praga Caput Regni  (2020) Do you enjoy Revive? Share your thoughts on it over on  boardgamegeek in guild #3269 .

Springing from a great conversation over on the  PU&D Guild forums on Boardgamegeek , Brendan reflects on what makes for a great first play. Join us, won’t you? “The Poisoned Chalice” A Great Teach “How to Teach Games Like a Pro” The Party Game Cast Nucleum  (2023) Happy Salmon  (2016) Everdell Farshore  (2023) Nanty Narking  (2019) Life & Mood & Atmosphere Tiny Towns  (2019) Carpe Die...

Brendan shares his first impressions of three games he tried recently for the first time. Join us, won’t you? XenoShyft: Dreadmire  (2017) Aeroplanes: Aviation Ascendant  (2012) Valeria: Card Kingdoms  (2016) Concordia Venus  (2018) expansion What games have you tried out recently? Share your plays over on  boardgamegeek in guild #3269 .

Brendan shares a summary of his plays in June and his plans for July. Join us, won’t you? June Top of the Stack TOTAL For the Year so far: 15/18 NEW GAME –  Aeroplanes ✓ SHELF CLEARER –  In The Year of the Dragon ✓ NEW GAME 2 –  Xenoshyft: Dreadmire ✓ Top 50 Choice –  Ghost Stories ✓ Shelf of Opportunity Expand YourShelf July Top of the Stack NEW GAME –  Wondrous Creatures SHELF CLEARER –  Fallen...

Brendan talks about what games Cancer gamers might like or be good at. Join us, won’t you? Sea and Shore Le Havre  (2008) A Feast for Odin  (2016) Nusfjord  (2017) Fleet: The Dice Game (Second Edition)  (2020) Emotional and Material Realms Unconscious Mind  (2024) Comanauts  (2019) Cerebria: The Inside World  (2018) Psychic Abilities Arkham Horror: The Card Game  (2016) Mind MGMT: The Psychic Espi...

Brendan shares his first impressions of three games he tried recently. Join us, won’t you? Project: ELITE  (2020) Escape: The Curse of the Temple  (2012) Molly House  (2025) Pax Pamir: Second Edition  (2019) Root  (2018) Hollywood 1947  (2023) Above and Below  (2015) revisited What games have you tried lately? Share your thoughts over on  boardgamegeek in our guild, #3269 . Transcript: TXT  and  P...

Brendan looks back at the games that came out in 2007 and 2008 to see which games are the best games. Join us, won’t you? Top 5 from 2007-2008 A Touch of Evil: The Supernatural Game  (2008) Le Havre  (2008) Galaxy Trucker  (2007) Race for the Galaxy  (2007) Lost Cities: The Board Game  (2008) Honorable Mentions 1960: The Making of the President  (2007) Dominion  (2008) Pandemic  (2008) Parade  (20...

Brendan talks about several underused mechanisms he loves. Join us, won’t you? Evenfall  (2023) Upper Row / Bottom Row Elysium  (2015) Valley of the Kings  (2014) Action Towers Elysium  (2015) One player has all the points Android: Netrunner  (2012) Follow and copy Glory to Rome  (2005) Puerto Rico  (2002) Broom Service  (2015) Arcs  (2024) Auctions You Don’t Mind Losing Furnace  (2020) Brian Boru...

Brendan shares his first impressions of three games he tried recently. Join us, won’t you? One Night Ultimate Alien  (2017) Nefarious  (2011) Trickdraw  (2022) Drones vs Seagulls⁠  (2022) Flipology  (2019) Crossfire  (2017) Savernake Forest  (2023) Nimalia  (2023) What games have you tried lately? Share your plays over on  boardgamegeek in guild #3269 .

Brendan shares his thoughts about the films he watched in March and April of 2025. Join us, won’t you? The Devil Wears Prada Prêt-à-Porter  (2010) Fit to Print  (2023) Doom DOOM: The Board Game  (2016) Philomena Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective: The Thames Murders & Other Cases  (1981) The Post Fit to Print  (2023) Watergate  (2019) Thelma Holding On: The Troubled Life of Billy Kerr  (2018...

Brendan shares his first impressions of three games he tried out recently. Join us, won’t you? Whitehall Mystery  (2017) Scotland Yard  (1983) Time Bomb Evolution  (2016) Madame Medora’s House of Curiosities  (2024) Cockroach Poker  (2004) (revisited) Have you played any of these games? If so, what do you think of them? Share your thoughts over on  boardgamegeek in guild #3269 .

Brendan shares his thoughts about games with scripted openings and their effect on gameplay. Join us, won’t you? Concordia  (2013) Which games have the most heavily-scripted openings? Chess  (1475) Puerto Rico 1897  (2022) Barrage  (2019) Food Chain Magnate  (2015) Brass: Birmingham  (2018) 7 Wonders  (2010) What experience have you had with scripted openings? Share your thoughts over on  boardgam...

Brendan talks about the books he read in Jan, Feb, and March of 2025. Join us, won’t you? The Murder of Roger Ackroyd The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet The Labyrinth Index Futuristic Violence and Fancy Suits Prisoner’s Base Fritz Leiber’s Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser The Field Guide to Dumb Birds of North America King of the Vagabonds Horror Movie Song of Susannah The Sear...

Brendan shares his gameplay stats from May. Join us, won’t you? May 2025  Top of the Stack NEW GAME –  Sorcerer City  X SHELF CLEARER –  Badass Zombie Killers  X NEW GAME 2 –  Fallen Angel  X Top 50 Choice –  Pulsar 2849  ✓ Shelf of Opportunity My Top 50 Expand yourShelf June 2025  Top of the Stack NEW GAME –  Aeroplanes SHELF CLEARER –  In The Year of the Dragon NEW GAME 2 –  Xenoshyft: Dreadmire...