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Pick Up and Deliver

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A brief podcast about hobby board games, recorded by English professor Brendan Riley on brief 15 minute walks around town. Join us for a stroll as we discuss mechanisms, gameplay, theory, and topics of the day.Find show notes at RattleboxGames.com

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All Episodes

23:52

Top of the Stack, April 2020

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2020/04/01

Brendan shares his monthly game play update, sharing what games he's played and how much progress he's made on his various goals and tasks for play. Games discussed include Gloomhaven, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Rattus, and Seventh Hero, among others.

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23:52

Fun Paperwork

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2020/03/30

Pick Up & Deliver 222: Fun Paperwork - Brendan shares some of the parts of games that he enjoys that resonate with the bureaucratic part of his life. File your TPS forms and join us, won't you?

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16:13

Locke & Key (Themestorm)

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2020/03/25

Pick Up & Deliver 221: Locke & Key (Themestorm) - Brendan ponders what a game built on the comic book and/or show Locke & Key would be like.

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19:52

Buffy, Root, and Tiny Epic Dinos (Shootin' from the...

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2020/03/23

Pick Up & Deliver 220: Brendan shares his first thoughts about a few new games he’s played — that’s right, it’s a Shootin’ from the Hip Triple-shot. The three games he discusses today are Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Board Game, Root, and Tiny Epic Dinosaurs.

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16:35

The 'geek asks 4

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2020/03/23

Brendan continues his narcissistic project of assuming all questions on Boardgame Geek are aimed at him, and answers them without reading the posts. Join us for the hilarity, won’t you?

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15:27

COViD-19 Board Game Sommelier

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2020/03/16

Pick Up & Deliver 218: BG Sommelier - COViD-19 - Brendan shares his thinking about some thematic pairings relating to the current world pandemic. What games and other texts go together as you think about pandemics, bunkers, infection, cooperation, and boredom? This show gives you the inside scoop. Join us, won't you?

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21:09

Carbon City Zero, Broom Service, Le Havre (Shootin'...

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2020/03/12

Pick Up & Deliver 217: Carbon City Zero, Broom Service, Le Havre (Shootin' from the Hip Triple Shot) - Brendan shares his early reactions to: an action-selection game, a classic worker placement game, and a the nice tight deck-builder. Join us, won't you?

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16:03

Gaming in the Time of Coronavirus

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2020/03/11

Brendan discusses his thinking about how to do some remote gaming for his game group if it gets shut down due to Corona virus, and what might be some of the best ways to create a live event that people could do a shared game together.

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25:38

Campaign and Legacy Games

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2020/03/09

Pick Up & Deliver 215: Campaign and Legacy Games - Brendan shares his thinking about legacy games, campaign games, what makes them work or fail, and how to approach playing them.

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15:59

Elections (Board Game Sommelier)

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2020/03/07

Brendan explores the subject of "Elections" as your curator of experiences, your Board Game Sommelier. Sample this flight of pairings about voting, corruption, fascism, and hope. Join us, won't you?

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17:02

Shelf of Opportunity Update #2

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2020/03/05

Pick Up & Deliver 213: Shelf of Opportunity Update 2 - Brendan talks about his Shelf of Opportunity, some games on it, and his new approach to the process of reducing the games on it.

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24:12

Top of the Stack, March 2020

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2020/03/02

Pick Up & Deliver 212: Top of the Stack, March 2020 - Brendan shares his monthly update -- how did he do in his gameplays? What did he play? What did he enjoy? You can find out in this episode. Join us, won't you?

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18:25

Unusual Game Experiences

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2020/02/29

Pick Up & Deliver 211: Unusual Game Experiences - Brendan shares some games that have provided (or do provide) strange or unique experiences in their gameplay or in his game group.

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16:53

2018 Top 8 and Highlights

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2020/02/28

Pick Up & Deliver 210: Top 8 and Highlights of 2018 - In this episode, Brendan quickly shares his top 8 games of 2018, then discusses in a bit more detail some commentary about a few other games from 2018.

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18:09

Drop It, Azul: Stained Glass of Sintra, Obcurio...

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2020/02/26

Episode 209 - This week, Brendan shares his gut reactions to one play each of three games at Lyoncon last weekend. Find out of these sound like they are games you’d enjoy!

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19:53

Hamilton (Themestorm)

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2020/02/19

Pick Up & Deliver 208: Hamilton (Themestorm) - Brendan engages in a brainstorm about what a game themed around the Hamilton musical would play like.

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16:13

Invisible Workers (Culture and Games)

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2020/02/14

Pick Up & Deliver 207: Invisible Workers (Culture and Games) - Brendan considers the invisible workers in Brass, and asks what a game that takes into account the experience of workers in the Industrial revolution might look like.

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14:41

Walking in Burano, Artifacts Inc, Azul Summer...

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2020/02/12

Pick Up & Deliver 206: Walking in Burano, Artifacts Inc, Azul: Summer Pavilion (SftH) - Brendan talks about three different games he's tried recently. That's right, he's shootin' from the hip!

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16:27

The 'geek Asks 3

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2020/02/05

Pick Up & Deliver 205: The 'geek Asks 3 - In which Brendan pretends that the main BoardgameGeek forums are a Q&A forum for him. It's an exercise in hilarity and narcissism!

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17:38

Top of the Stack, February 2020

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2020/02/03

Pick Up & Deliver 204: February 2020 Top of the Stack - Brendan shares his monthly update, discussing what games he's played, what progress he made on his various personal challenges, and his plans for February. Join us, won't you?

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