Episode 548 - 10 Most Influential Games of the 20th Century
This week, we take a look at the 10 most influential games of the 20th century, fresh off our visit to the Strong National Museum of Play for Board Game Academics' annual conference, plus a whole bunch of fun previews of upcoming games.
Magic The Gathering Universes Beyond reveals
Roll for Preview: Underwater Cities: Data Era, Academia: A Game of Administrative Bloat, Obsession Big Box, Origin Story
Feature: 10 Most Influential Games of the 20th Century
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Episode 547 - Top 10 Games with Deckbuilding
This week, we do a deep dive on the games that use deckbuilding most effectively in 2025, plus reflect on our original 2017 list of top 10 deckbuilders (episode 155), and review the expansion materials for Energy Empire.
Magic the Gathering Universes Beyond reveals
Roll for Preview: Dogs of War, Slay the Spire: Downfall
Roll for Review: Manhattan Project: Energy Empire Cold War
Feature: Top 10 Games with Deckbuilding
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Episode 546 - Top 10 Heavy Euros
This week, Anthony and Chris revisit a popular topic and update their 2018 list of top 10 heavy euros. See which one stick around and which new games have entered the discussion.
Join us at the Board Game Academics Conference at the Strong Museum of Play: https://boardgameacademics.com/register/
Roll for Preview: Andromeda's Edge: Genesis, Dinosaur Island: Fully Charged
Roll for Review: DC Super Heroes United: Hush
Feature: Top 10 Heavy Euros
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Episode 545 - Gamefound Most Funded Games of All Time!
Episode 545 is up featuring our rundown of the most funded games of all time on Gamefound, which hold up, and how many we've gotten to the table, plus a rundown of the BGG Hotness for September.
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Episode 544 - Top Ranked Games from Every Year of BGA
This week, Anthony and Chris do a deep dive into the games that rank highest on Board Game Geek in each year of the podcast dating back to 2013. Find out if Chris can guess them all, and which games rank highly for us as well.
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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.