Board Gamers Anonymous

Episode 570 - Origins Game Fair Awards Nominations - Board Gamers Anonymous Anthony and Chris dig into the full list of nominees (all 120 of them!!) for the Origins Awards, recently announced of June’s Origins Game Fair. Plus more discussion of AI’s impact on the industry, an...

Episode 570 is up, with a look at the nominations for the Origins Awards, plus reviews of Up or Down? and Point Galaxy, and more chat on potential future impact of AI on creative work (in and out of gaming): www.boardgamersanonymous.com/episode-570-...

Episode 569 - From Meeple to Megacon - Board Gamers Anonymous Dave Master Dave joins Chris this week to talk about the nuts and bolts of running a board game convention in the lead up to Long Island Tabletop Gaming Expo. If you haven’t yet, check out the recentl...

Episode 569 is up with special guest Game Master Dave to talk about all the nuts and bolts behind running a board game convention: www.boardgamersanonymous.com/episode-569-...

Episode 568 - Top 10 Designers at Their Peak - Board Gamers Anonymous This week, Anthony and Chris take a deep dive into 10 of their favorite designers, and identify the game that represents them at the peak of their designer game. Plus discussions on the good, the bad,...

Episode 568 is up, featuring a look at the peak designs from 10 of our favorite game designers, plus the good, the bad, and the ugly in tabletop gaming news, and previews of recent and upcoming crowdfunding campaigns: www.boardgamersanonymous.com/episode-568-...

Episode 567 - My First Heavy Game - Board Gamers Anonymous This week, Anthony and Chris look at 11 games that act as the magical bridge between medium and big, crunchy Euro games. Which heavy games come first? We have you covered. If you haven’t yet, check ou...

Episode 567 is up, featuring our picks for the first heavy games every gamer should try out: www.boardgamersanonymous.com/episode-567-...

Episode 566 - Top 10 Games Saved by One Brilliant Mechanic - Board Gamers Anonymous This week, Anthony and Chris delve into ten games that are not just defined by one central mechanic, but that are as good as they are almost solely because of that mechanic. If you haven’t yet, check ...

Episode 566 is up, featuring a look at ten games not only defined by their core mechanic, but that are great because of them: www.boardgamersanonymous.com/episode-566-...

Episode 565 - Critiquing BGG's 2026 Hall of Fame Class - Board Gamers Anonymous This week, Anthony and Chris delve into the five games added to the BGG Hall of Fame this year, with plenty of controversy and concern on display. If you haven’t yet, check out the recently updated BG...

Episode 565 is up, featuring a critique of the 2026 BGG Hall of Fame Class, plus a review of Aquaria, and a discussion of some upcoming mega Gamefound campaigns. www.boardgamersanonymous.com/episode-565-...

Episode 564 - Rolling a Nat 1 on Corporate Strategy - Board Gamers Anonymous This week, Anthony and Chris are joined by Will and Megan to talk about a whole bunch of games we’ve all been playing lately, plus some corrections and additions to our board game cinematic universe l...

Episode 564 is up, featuring a look at a bunch of games with special guests Megan and Will, plus a breakdown of what causes good companies to fail in the hobby: www.boardgamersanonymous.com/episode-564-...

Episode 563 - Would You Rather: BGA Edition - Board Gamers Anonymous This week, Anthony and Chris dig into a big list of questions, asking each other some truly impossible ones about what they would rather do, plus discussions of recent games hitting the table and more...

This week, Anthony and Chris dig into a big list of questions, asking each other some truly impossible ones about what they would rather do, plus discussions of recent games hitting the table and more.

www.boardgamersanonymous.com/episode-563-...

Episode 562 - Our Predictions for 2026 - Board Gamers Anonymous The year is just getting started, and we have a dozen spicy predictions about how it will go in the next eleven and a half months. Check out Anthony and Chris’s thoughts for the year ahead, plus new r...

Episode 562 is up, featuring a dozen predictions for 2026, some Thundercats RPG talk, and a review of Moon Colony Bloodbath: www.boardgamersanonymous.com/episode-562-...

51 Most Anticipated Board Games of 2026 - Board Gamers Anonymous Every year, I have a blast pulling together a huge list of all the board games currently scheduled to come out in the upcoming year that we’re excited about. There are hundreds of new games every year...

Browse our full list of the most anticipated games of 2026, as featured on Episode 561: www.boardgamersanonymous.com/51-most-anti...

Episode 561 - Most Anticipated Games of 2026 - Board Gamers Anonymous It’s that time of year again – we’re looking at the most anticipated games on the upcoming year’s release calendar. Check out more than 50 games, expansions, and rereleases we’re excited to see, play,...

Episode 561 is live, featuring our look at the most anticipated games of 2026: www.boardgamersanonymous.com/episode-561-...

Best Board Games of 2025 - BGA Awards - Board Gamers Anonymous 2025 was an interesting year for board games, impacted by a range of factors, including the tariffs that started in April, the shift in crowdfunding volume, and the continued contraction of the indust...

Check out the full list of winners for the 2025 BGA Awards, including this year's Game of the Year: Star Trek: Captain's Chair from @wizkids.bsky.social www.boardgamersanonymous.com/best-board-g...

Episode 560 - BGA Awards: Best Games of 2025 - Board Gamers Anonymous It’s time for the 2025 BGA Awards, in which we choose our top picks in 10 different categories for the year. Find out which game takes home our game of the year award, plus so much more in this year’s...

Episode 560 is up, our Awards for the best games of 2025! www.boardgamersanonymous.com/episode-560-...

Episode 559 - 2025 Year in Review - Board Gamers Anonymous We take a look back at all the games we thought would be in the hotness in 2025, discuss the ones we played, the ones we didn’t, and the surprises along the way. A great way to recap and prepare for n...

Episode 559 is up with our recap of 2025 and all the games we most anticipated 12 months ago: www.boardgamersanonymous.com/episode-559-...

Episode 558 - AI in Tabletop Gaming: The Wall-E Paradox - Board Gamers Anonymous This week, Chris and Anthony dig into the paradox that is AI and how it is impacting and influencing tabletop gaming. We have pros, cons, and a few extra thoughts on the future of AI in our hobby. Rol...

Episode 558 is live, featuring a look at the role of AI in tabletop gaming, for good and for bad. Plus a review a A Place for All My Books and...what's that? A new website design!: www.boardgamersanonymous.com/episode-558-...

Episode 557 - Your Ideal Tabletop Convention: Past Highlights & Future Wishes - Board Gamers Anonymous This week on BGA, Chris and Anthony are joined by Will to talk about conventions and what makes for a ...

Episode 557 is up with special guest Will Nation and a discussion of what makes a tabletop convention amazing, plus a review of SETI: Space Agencies www.boardgamersanonymous.com/episode-557-...

Episode 556 - Top Convention Library Games: Pax Unplugged & BGG - Board Gamers Anonymous This week, Chris and Anthony are joined by special guests and BGA cohorts Will and Meghan, who attended PAX Unplugged ...

Episode 556 is up featuring a look at several new games picked up at PAX Unplugged, plus a comparison of the games that were most popular in the library at both PAX Unplugged and BGG Con. www.boardgamersanonymous.com/episode-556-...

Episode 555 - PAX Unplugged Hotness - Board Gamers Anonymous Anthony and Chris are back from PAX Unplugged this year and have a whole bunch of games to talk about, ...

Episode 555 is up featuring our recap and preview of the games we played and demoed at PAX Unplugged this year: www.boardgamersanonymous.com/episode-555-...

Episode 554 - 2025 Holiday Gift Guide - Board Gamers Anonymous Anthony and Chris are back with another annual holiday gift guide, featuring our top picks in nearly a dozen categories ...

Episode 554 is up featuring our annual gift guide, plus reviews of Fliptoons and Clans of Caledonia: Industria: www.boardgamersanonymous.com/episode-554-...

Episode 553 - Dice, Defiance, and the Tabletop Revolution! - Board Gamers Anonymous This week, Chris is joined by Will Nation to discuss all things dice and defiance, including a preview of next ...

Episode 553 is up featuring Will Nation as a guest, discussing dice, defiance, and the tabletop revolution, plus reviews of Betrayal at House on the Hill: 3rd Edition, Trash Talk, and Flamecraft www.boardgamersanonymous.com/episode-553-...

Episode 552 - Calling Our Shots: 2025 in Board Games - Board Gamers Anonymous This week, Anthony and Chris dig into the games that we think have a shot at game of the year ...

Episode 552 is up, featuring a look at the games we think might win awards for 2025, plus what we'll be playing in 10 years and a review of The Hobbit: There and Back Again www.boardgamersanonymous.com/episode-552-...

Episode 551 - Essen SPIEL Hotness 2025 - Board Gamers Anonymous This week, we take a dive into the hottest games out of Essen SPIEL 2025, looking at the games that ...

Episode 551, with a rundown of the games we're excited about out of Essen this year, plus a review of Ayar: Children of the Sun: www.boardgamersanonymous.com/episode-551-...

Episode 550: Our Legacy in 5 Games, 5 Designers, and 0 Regrets (Mostly) - Board Gamers Anonymous This week, we hit a big round number (550) and talk about the five games that have had a lasting ...

Episode 550 is up featuring a look back at the most influential games, designers, and events of the last 550 episodes: www.boardgamersanonymous.com/episode-550-...

Episode 549 - Versus: All the Battles, None of the Rules! - Board Gamers Anonymous This week, Anthony and Chris are looking back at all of the Versus episodes they’ve done to reflect on which ...

Episode 549 is up, featuring a flashback to all of our versus episodes and who won (and would win today!) www.boardgamersanonymous.com/episode-549-...

Episode 548 - 10 Most Influential Games of the 20th Century - Board Gamers Anonymous This week, we take a look at the 10 most influential games of the 20th century, fresh off our visit ...

Episode 548 is up, featuring a look at ten of the most influential games of the 20th century, plus a whole bunch of previews of upcoming stuff we're excited about: www.boardgamersanonymous.com/episode-548-...

Episode 547 - Top 10 Games with Deckbuilding - Board Gamers Anonymous This week, we do a deep dive on the games that use deckbuilding most effectively in 2025, plus reflect on ...

Episode 547 is up, featuring a rundown of our top 10 games with deckbuilding, plus MTG universes beyond talk, and a review of the Cold War expansion for Energy Empire: www.boardgamersanonymous.com/episode-547-...

Episode 546 - Top 10 Heavy Euros - Board Gamers Anonymous This week, Anthony and Chris revisit a popular topic and update their 2018 list of top 10 heavy euros. See ...

Episode 546 is up featuring our look at the top 10 heavy euros, plus a review of DC Super Heroes United: Hush www.boardgamersanonymous.com/episode-546-...

Episode 545 - Gamefound Most Funded Games of All Time! - Board Gamers Anonymous Episode 545 is up featuring our rundown of the most funded games of all time on Gamefound, which hold up, ...

Episode 545 is up featuring our rundown of the top funded games on Gamefound of all time, plus the September hotness www.boardgamersanonymous.com/episode-545-...

Episode 544 - Top Ranked Games from Every Year of BGA - Board Gamers Anonymous This week, Anthony and Chris do a deep dive into the games that rank highest on Board Game Geek in ...

Anthony's back in Episode 544, featuring a rundown of the five best games on BGG each year of the podcast (60+ games!) www.boardgamersanonymous.com/episode-544-...

#questionoftheweek: What's your prediction for the future of gaming?