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BGA Episode 164 - If You Like Azul, Try... Apr 09, 2018

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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 Kickstarter now.

For our at the table reviews, Anthony digs into Michael Kiesling's Heaven & Ale and Chris looks at another Kiesling production, Riverboat.

Finally to top off our delve into all things Kiesling, we look at six games you might like if you also like Azul. Check it out:

Question of the Week: 5:57
Acquisition Disorders: 10:42
Heaven and Ale Review: 17:25
Riverboat Review: 24:45
If You Like Azul, Try...: 28:46

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BGA Episode 163 - BGG Hotness Review, Bunny Kingdom, and Ora et Labora Apr 02, 2018

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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 the week. Next up, we offer reviews of Bunny Kingdom and Ora et Labora.

Finally, in our feature, we look at the top 15 games on BoardGameGeek right now

Question of the Week: 6:42
Acquisition Disorders: 10:07
Bunny Kingdom Review: 17:06
Ora et Labora Review: 23:19
BGG Hotness Review: 29:15

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BGA Episode 162 - The Final Round for Our Board Game Bracket Mar 25, 2018

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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, both on Kickstarter right now. Anthony then reviews Fields of Arle: Tea and Trade, and Marco Polo: Agents of Venice. Chris then dives into Charterstone, which his group recently completed.

Finally, we run through the final 8 games in our board game bracket and crown one of them the winner as the most representative with its components.

Question of the Day: 2:14
Acquisition Disorder Corner: 7:15
Fields of Arle: Tea and Trade Review: 14:48
Marco Polo: Agents of Venice Review: 19:34
Charterstone Review: 25:23
Board Game Bracket Final Rounds: 33:01

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BGA Episode 161 - Board Game Bracket 2018 Rounds 2-3 Mar 19, 2018

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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 bracket contest, along with a full regular episode featuring our newest acquisition disorders and reviews.

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BGA Episode 160 - Board Game Bracket 2018 Round 1 Mar 12, 2018

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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 announce the winner, and the winner of our bracket contest.

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BGA Episode 159 - Top 10 LCGs and Customizable Card Games Mar 05, 2018

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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, including Kami Sama and Batman: Gotham City Chronicles.

At the table this week, Anthony reviews Town Center and Card City XL, while Chris shares his thoughts on Rise to Nobility, a recently delivered Kickstarter release.

Finally in our feature, we share our top 10 living and customizable card games:

Question of the Week: 5:35
Acquisition Disorders: 7:20
Town Center Review: 14:58
Card City XL Review: 18:10
Rise to Nobility Review: 20:28
Top 10 LCGs and Customizable Card Games: 25:19

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BGA Episode 158 - The BGG Hotness Feb 26, 2018

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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 Aeon's End: Legacy and Chris dives into Caverna: Lost Peoples.

For our At the Table segments, Anthony reviews Valletta from Stefan Dorra and ZMan Games and Chris looks at A Column of Fire from Kosmos and designer Michael Rieneck.

Finally, in our feature, we dig into the top 15 games on the BGG Hotness as of February 22, 2018.

Question of the Week: 3:39
Acquisition Disorders: 6:28
Valletta Review: 13:30
A Column of Fire Review: 19:07
BGG Hotness: 26:40

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BGA Episode 157 - If You or Your Friends Like Video Games, Try... Feb 19, 2018

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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 segments this week, Anthony reviews Indian Summer from Uwe Rosenberg, yet more tile laying goodness, and Chris looks at his own polyomino game, Santa Maria.

Finally, we delve into some games you might like if you like video games.

Question of the Week: 3:38
Acquisition Disorders: 10:17
Indian Summer Review: 16:31
Santa Maria Review: 22:20
If You Like Video Games, Try...: 27:18

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BGA Episode 156 - Best Games for Female Characterization Feb 13, 2018

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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 Dorn's Montana, and Chris dives into a little game you may have heard of, Eric Lang's Rising Sun.

Finally, Chris delves into the best games for female characterization in our feature review for the week.

Question of the Week: 3:19
Acquisition Disorder: 5:59
Montana Review: 10:03
Rising Sun Review: 17:40
Best Games for Female Characterization: 28:47

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BGA Episode 155 - Top 10 Deck Building Games Feb 05, 2018

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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 for?"

For our acquisition disorders, we look at Teotihuacan: City of Gods from one of the designer of the Voyages of Marco Polo and Tzolk'in: The Mayan Calendar, as well as Coimbra.

In our At the Table segment, we review Pulsar 2849 and Antiquity - find out which of these is worth tracking down.

And finally, in our feature this week, we look at the top 10 deck builders:

Question of the Week: 4:50
Acquisition Disorders: 7:25
Pulsar 2849 Review: 13:21
Antiquity Review: 19:22
Top 10 Deck Builders: 28:20

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