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.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 68 minutes
- Episodes
- 548
- Years Active
- 2013 - 2025
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 …
01:23:00 |
Wed 10 Sep 2025
Episode 543 - Our Friends’ Favorite Thematic Games
This week, Chris is joined by special guest Erin from Board Games for the Better to talk about her favorite thematic board games.
Join us at the Board Game Academics Conference at the Strong Museum …
01:13:07 |
Wed 03 Sep 2025
Episode 542 - Our Friends’ Favorite Games Designed by Women
This week, Chris is joined by special guest Erin from Board Games for the Better to talk about her favorite games designed by women and what makes them work so well.
Join us at the Board Game Acade…
01:21:10 |
Wed 27 Aug 2025
Episode 541 - Our Friends’ Favorite GEN CON Games 2025
Episode 541 features our friend and guest, Ian Gauger, co-founder of The Adventure Nexus. We've partnered with Ian and his company to support the upcoming Board Game Academics Conference, plus he was…
00:48:51 |
Wed 20 Aug 2025
Episode 540 - Our 12 Year Anniversary
Anthony and Chris do a deep dive into the last year of the podcast, with a stroll down memory lane with their picks of the best previews, reviews, and features from the last 52 episodes.
Join us at…
01:19:34 |
Sat 16 Aug 2025
Episode 539 - Games That Fight the Power!
This week, we're looking at games that stand up and push back against the status quo, putting players in a position to fight the power, whether against real-world oppression or evil space wizards.
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01:07:53 |
Wed 06 Aug 2025
Episode 538 - Gen Con 2025 Preview
This week, we're taking a deep dive into the new games that will be available at Gen Con later this week, which we'd like to play and track down.
Join us at the Board Game Academics Conference at t…
01:04:33 |
Wed 30 Jul 2025
BGA Episode 537 - Board Game: Face-Off or Team-Up?!
This week, we're tapping into the Voice of the Gamers to discuss games that would be interesting with coop modes (or coop games that would be interesting with competitive modes).
Join us at the Boa…
01:11:28 |
Wed 23 Jul 2025
Episode 536 - Most Buck for Your Bang!
This week, we take a look at the games that have the most buck associated with a whole lot of bang—e.g. the big, expensive, massive, sprawling games that live on the top shelf of our game rooms but a…
01:10:44 |
Wed 16 Jul 2025
Episode 535 - BGG Hotness and Draft Update
It's that time again - let's take a deep dive into the BGG Hotness for June and into July and discuss what games everyone is getting psyched for going into the convention season. Plus, an update on t…
01:11:32 |
Wed 09 Jul 2025
Episode 534 - Let them Fight: Andromeda's Edge vs. Dwellings of Eldervale
This week we're pitting two heavy weights of recent gaming against one another, both with a similar design and common designer: Andromeda's Edge and Dwellings of Eldervale. Which is worth tracking do…
01:20:25 |
Wed 02 Jul 2025
Episode 533 - Best Bang for Your Buck Games
This week, we asked all the listeners for the games they own that offer the best bang for their buck - the games you play a lot, were inexpensive, or have additional value outside of just playing the…
01:02:57 |
Wed 25 Jun 2025
Episode 532 - Board Game Club: Terraforming Mars
This week, Anthony and Chris do a deep dive into all things Terraforming Mars, along with the listeners, in our first Board Game Club presentation. We rereview each of the games and expansions, hear …
01:10:33 |
Tue 17 Jun 2025
Episode 531 - BGG Hotness + Board Game Draft Update!
Anthony is back this week with a big update on the BGG hotness, our board game draft, and all the amazing stuff on Gamefound that's calling for his wallet. Plus a review of Nova Era from Chris and pr…
01:03:27 |
Wed 11 Jun 2025
Episode 530 - The Top 10 Games on Everyone’s Shelf
Chris is joined again this week by Chris Rodriguez from Board Games for the Better to discuss the top "owned" games on BoardGameGeek, what makes these games so lasting and sought after.
Join us at …
01:12:04 |
Wed 04 Jun 2025
Episode 529 - Top Ten Dexterity Games
Chris is joined this week by Chris Rodriguez from Board Games for the Better to talk about the top 10 dexterity games.
Join us at the Board Game Academics Conference at the Strong Museum of Play: …
01:14:53 |
Wed 28 May 2025
Episode 528 - Our Favorite Games Gone Digital
This week we're turning to the voice of the gamers for a rundown of the games that we love that only got better through their digital implementations.
Join us at the Board Game Academics Conference…
00:58:07 |
Wed 21 May 2025
Episode 527 - Expansions that Fix Games You Now Love
(Apologies for the audio! Anthony's microphone had an oopsie this week, so his audio is the backup).
This week, we asked the gamers among you to tell us which games were made all-time greats becaus…
01:08:59 |
Wed 14 May 2025
Episode 526 - Games that Need a Crowdfunded Redux
This week we're looking at games that could use a revisit, revamp, or fancy, expensive redux on Kickstarter or Gamefound.
Join us at the Board Game Academics Conference at the Strong Museum of Play…
00:57:03 |
Thu 08 May 2025
Episode 525 - April BGG Hotness and Fantasy Draft
This we take a deep dive into the BGG Hotness for April 2025, plus give an update on month four of the Fantasy Board Game Draft and review Stupor Mundi.
Join us at the Board Game Academics Conferen…
01:02:07 |
Wed 30 Apr 2025
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