x

75% of people globally want unbiased news (Pew Research) but are concerned they're not getting that.

Get balanced coverage with Symby. See how stories are covered across diverse outlets and spot when one side covers a story the other skips.

PODCAST

Board Gamers Anonymous

Board Gamers Anonymous

Board Gamers Anonymous is a podcast about tabletop board gamers and the insane fun they have at the table together - from Euros like Food Chain Magnate, Caverna, and Gaia Project to American Style games like Rising Sun, Gloomhaven, and more.

leisure games

All Episodes

35:59

BGA Episode 171 - BGG Hotness Review

Board Gamers Anonymous ·

2018/05/28

It's the end of May, and that means time to look back at the hotness for this month and why some games have jumped into the limelight (and others remain). First up this week, we're talking about our World Cup contest for Sci Fi games, coming up in 2 weeks. You can enter the contest here for a chance to win a free sci fi board game. 2018 World Cup of Science Fiction Board Games Contest Our question of the week this week asked everyone what games they have replaced components for and why

en

39:47

BGA Episode 170 - 2018 Awards Season Preview...

Board Gamers Anonymous ·

2018/05/22

Don't miss out on our new contest for June! We're running a 2018 World Cup contest for best sci fi games and you can win a game! Check it out here: http://boardgamersanonymous.com/2018-world-cup-science-fiction-board-games-contest/ This week on BGA, we're looking at the slew of award nominations that were announced the last two weeks, including Origins Games Awards, Dice Tower Awards, and Spiel des Jahres. For our question of the week this week, we asked people what game people would

en

36:17

BGA Episode 169 - Top 10 Themes in Board Games

Board Gamers Anonymous ·

2018/05/14

Thank you to Christian for joining us on Patreon! Welcome to the BGA-Team! On this week's episode, Anthony and Chris are delving into the top 10 themes in board games - where do your favorites rank, and which didn't make the list at all (you know there are a couple). For our question of the week, we asked the listeners what their most anticipated game of the summer was - hear some of the big games coming out shortly, as well as a couple of our most anticipated. For our acquisition

en

45:45

BGA Episode 168 - If You Like Orleans, Try...

Board Gamers Anonymous ·

2018/05/08

If you like Orleans, try out these seven games we've looked over - many of them bag building or similar in style and weight to the modern classic. Before we get to the feature, Anthony and Chris delve into the question of the week, asking the listeners what game they think most needs a second edition relaunch, in light of the recent announcement about X-Wing Miniatures Game 2nd Edition. For our acquisition disorders, Anthony looks at My Little Scythe, and Chris digs into both Arcadia Quest

en

40:17

BGA Episode 167 - Blood Rage vs. Rising Sun

Board Gamers Anonymous ·

2018/05/01

It's been a little while since the last versus episode we did, and what better time to bring it back than to compare the mega behemoth games from Eric Lang, Blood Rage and Rising Sun? To kick things off this episode, we share the answers from listeners for our question of the week, "What's a game you can win while ignoring key components of the game?" For our acquisition disorders, Anthony looks at Treasure Island and Chris looks at the Alhambra Designer's Edition. At the Table

en

47:09

BGA Episode 166 - Best and Worst of Kickstarter

Board Gamers Anonymous ·

2018/04/23

Kickstarter is ubiquitous with board gaming as a hobby, so we're taking a look this week at the two best and two worst campaigns we have each personally backed on Kickstarter thus far. Plus we ask the listeners about their own KS wins and fails. Don't miss your chance to enter our board game giveaway, exclusively for Producer-level Patreon backers (https://www.patreon.com/bga). For our acquisition disorders this week, Anthony offers an early hands on impression of Thanos Rising, the new

en

36:40

BGA Episode 165 - Top 10 Games that Need an Expansion

Board Gamers Anonymous ·

2018/04/16

This week on BGA, Anthony and Chris are looking at 10 games that need expansions. Seriously, get on it. Make these! First up, though, we have three new Patreon backers - thank you to William, Michael and Antoine. You guys rock! If you haven't yet, make sure to check out our Patreon page at https://patreon.com/bga. We're having a contest the end of this month only for Producer-level backers and higher. Get in on it now. We also take a look at the new Terraforming Mars steam beta, and then

en

39:24

BGA Episode 164 - If You Like Azul, Try...

Board Gamers Anonymous ·

2018/04/09

This week, Anthony and Chris are looking at six games you might like if you also like Azul, focusing on the pattern building and tableau aspect of the mega-hit game from Plan B. To kick things off, we're talking about our question of the week, Would you buy less expensive versions of big games with cardboard instead of minis? Then we dive into our acquisition disorders for the week, Anthony focusing on Street Fighter: Miniatures Game and Chris looking at Good Dog, Bad Zombie, both on

en

36:36

BGA Episode 163 - BGG Hotness Review, Bunny Kingdom,...

Board Gamers Anonymous ·

2018/04/02

It's that time of the month again - Anthony and Chris delve into the BGG Hotness for the end of March, including a quick discussion of the top 15 games in the hotness and why they are there. To kick things off, we discuss our question of the week, "With the launch of Asmodee Entertainment, which hobby board game property would you like to see as a movie or graphic novel?" Next up, Anthony looks at Railroad Rivals and Chris delves into 7 Wonders: Armada for our acquisition disorders of

en

48:39

BGA Episode 162 - The Final Round for Our Board Game...

Board Gamers Anonymous ·

2018/03/25

It's the last weekend of March and that means we've reached the end of our 2018 March Gamer Madness! Join Anthony and Chris as we reveal the winner of our month-long competition. Congratulations to Walker for winning our bracket challenge as well! For our question of the week, we asked the listeners what game suffers the most from a long setup or breakdown time? For our acquisition disorders, Anthony looks at Monumental and Chris dives into the relaunch and expansion for Dinosaur Island,

en

46:15

BGA Episode 161 - Board Game Bracket 2018 Rounds 2-3

Board Gamers Anonymous ·

2018/03/19

It’s that time of year again – Chris and Anthony delve into our 2018 Board Game Bracket, pitting 64 games against each other in an epic, three part showdown to determine which has the best use of components. This year, the theme is Components – and our regions are Cards, Cardboard, Wood and Plastic. In this week’s episode, we're going through Rounds 2 and 3, whittling the list down to just 8 games. Join us on March 26th for the finale, where we’ll announce the winner, and the winner of our

en

78:21

BGA Episode 160 - Board Game Bracket 2018 Round 1

Board Gamers Anonymous ·

2018/03/12

It's that time of year again - Chris and Anthony delve into our 2018 Board Game Bracket, pitting 64 games against each other in an epic, three part showdown to determine which has the best use of components. This year, the theme is Components – and our regions are Cards, Cardboard, Wood and Plastic. In this week's episode, we're going through all 64 games in Round 1, with 32 unique matchups. Join us next week for Rounds 2-3 and then on March 26th for the finale, where we'll

en

42:34

BGA Episode 159 - Top 10 LCGs and Customizable Card...

Board Gamers Anonymous ·

2018/03/05

This week, Chris and Anthony are diving into the growing world of Fantasy Flight's LCGs and other similar customizable card games with our newest top 10. Make sure you enter our March Board Game Bracket challenge as well for a chance to win a free game: http://boardgamersanonymous.com/2018-board-game-bracket-contest/ First up, we share answers from our question of the week, "What game has the best stand up and shout moment?" Then we dive into our acquisition disorders for the week,

en

33:00

BGA Episode 158 - The BGG Hotness

Board Gamers Anonymous ·

2018/02/26

Another month, another recap of the BGG Hotness. Find out why these games are atop the hot list for February. To kick things off this week, Anthony and Chris look at answers to our question of the week, "What game have you played the most...ever?" We also announce the newest version of our annual Board Game Bracket contest. You can learn more and enter directly here: http://boardgamersanonymous.com/2018-board-game-bracket-contest/ For our Acquisition Disorders this week, Anthony looks at

en

40:06

BGA Episode 157 - If You or Your Friends Like Video...

Board Gamers Anonymous ·

2018/02/19

This week, we're looking at games you might like if you like video games (or more likely, if your stubborn video gaming friends are hesitant to try board games!) First up, we ask our question of the week, "what one piece of advice would you give to someone brand new to gaming?" For our acquisition disorders this week Anthony is looking at Xia: Embers of a Forsaken Star (and trolling himself in the process), while Chris looks at FINCA - a board game with...fruit! For our at the table

en

38:12

BGA Episode 156 - Best Games for Female Characterization

Board Gamers Anonymous ·

2018/02/13

This week, we're revisiting a classic episode (#85) and looking at games that do especially well in representing female characters. First up, we look at our question of the week. We asked the listeners what games thoroughly blew away their expectations, and share some of our own big surprises. Next up, we look at CO2, the revamped edition of the classic Vital Lacerda game, now on Kickstarter in our Acquisition Disorder for the week. For our At the Table reviews, Anthony looks at Rudiger

en

37:54

BGA Episode 155 - Top 10 Deck Building Games

Board Gamers Anonymous ·

2018/02/05

This week's episode is sponsored by Academy Games, whose new game, Agents of Mayhem: Pride of Babylon is on Kickstarter now. We also want to thank all of our new Patreon backers this week: Finn, Eric, Barry, Suppiluliuma, and Jim. This week, we have an all new Top 10 list, featuring the best deck building games out there. First up, Chris and Anthony dive into our question of the week, looking at your answers to the question, "what game or designer would you attend a dedicated convention

en

38:00

BGA Episode 154 - BGG Hotness

Board Gamers Anonymous ·

2018/01/29

What's hot on BGG right now? Join us for our monthly BGG Hotness review. Chris and Anthony delve into the 15 games atop the hotness this week, along with a pair of new reviews and much more. To kick things off, we asked the listeners for the most important things a FLGS can do to earn their patronage. In our acquisition disorder this week, Anthony digs into UBOOT and Chris looks at the lighter, but still very pretty new game from Eagle Gryphon Games - The Scarlet Pimpernel. At the Table this

en

44:37

BGA Episode 153 - If You Like Twilight Imperium 4th...

Board Gamers Anonymous ·

2018/01/24

It's time for another If You Like episode. This week, we're digging into the biggest of them all - Twilight Imperium 4th Edition and six games you might like (at varying weights) if you're a fan of this epic experience. Before we dive into that, however, we asked our question of the week - your favorite asymmetrical implementation of player powers or starting conditions. Next up, we dove into our Acquisition Disorders, discussing Everdell and Fields of Arle: Tea & Trade. Then our At

en

36:51

BGA Episode 152 - Most Anticipated Games of 2018

Board Gamers Anonymous ·

2018/01/15

It's that time of year again - time for us to run wild with our acquisition disorders and list off 25+ games that we're excited to play in 2018. This year, the list was extra long so we had to do some pruning to make it manageable. Before we dive into our most anticipated, we asked the listeners what their most anticipated were and the answers were extremely varied. We then dove into our recent plays with reviews of Rajas of the Ganges and Azul. Finally, we shared the 30 games we're

en

572 results

Similar Podcasts

Expres Ráno

Expres FM

詭哭郎嚎

郎祖筠 & FMTaiwan製作團隊

Ron en Erik Podcast

Ron en Erik

Poor Man"s Pinball Podcast

Poor Men Ian and Drew

WeAreChange on Odysee

WeAreChange