Pick Up and Deliver
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.
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- Update frequency
- every 2 days
- Average duration
- 17 minutes
- Episodes
- 774
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2025
Weaponized Incompetence
Pick Up & Deliver 416: Weaponized Incompetence - Brendan ponders how games use competence and incompetence as mechanisms. Join us, won't you?
00:15:12 |
Wed 02 Mar 2022
Top of the Stack, March 2022
Pick Up & Deliver 414: Top of the Stack, March 2022 - Brendan shares his end-of-the-month stats for February. Join us, won't you?
00:16:30 |
Tue 01 Mar 2022
Horror Films (Board Game Sommelier)
Pick Up & Deliver 413: Horror Films (Board Game Sommelier) - Brendan talks about four horror films he's watched lately and suggests board games you could pair with a viewing. Join us, won't you?
00:16:04 |
Mon 28 Feb 2022
Conspiracy, Dice Hospital, Balloon Cup, Almadi
Pick Up & Deliver 412: Conspiracy, Dice Hospital, Balloon Cup, Almadi - Brendan shares his early experiences playing four games online in asynchronous format. Join us, won't you?
00:16:01 |
Thu 24 Feb 2022
On Swimming, the Third
Pick Up & Deliver 411: On Swimming, the Third - Brendan reflects (again) on how running a competitive swim meet connects with board gaming. Join us, won't you?
00:18:05 |
Tue 22 Feb 2022
The Implications Are Horrifying
Pick Up & Deliver 410: The Implications Are Horrifying - Brendan shares a few examples of places where the game mechanisms create emergent narrative moments that, when you think about them, are prett…
00:18:05 |
Fri 18 Feb 2022
Goofy Games
Pick Up & Deliver 409: Goofy Games - Brendan recommends a few games he enjoys that involve acting silly. Join us, won't you?
00:16:23 |
Wed 16 Feb 2022
Three Sisters, Llamaland, Equinox
Pick Up & Deliver 408: Three Sisters, Llamaland, Equinox - Brendan shares his first impressions of three games he tried for the first time recently. Join us, won't you?
00:17:28 |
Mon 14 Feb 2022
Combos
Pick Up & Deliver 407: Combos - What kinds of games are you thinking about when you think about "Combos?" Brendan talks about a couple different types of "combo" games and what they're like. Join us,…
00:18:07 |
Fri 11 Feb 2022
Preparing Your First Play
Pick Up & Deliver 406: Preparing Your First Play - Brendan, fresh off his first day of teaching in the Spring semester, offers some comparisons between preparing the first day of class with preparing…
00:16:24 |
Wed 09 Feb 2022
Student Bodies, Endangered, Blood of the Northmen
Pick Up & Deliver 405: Student Bodies, Endangered, Blood of the Northmen - Brendan shares his first experience with three new games. Join us, won't you?
00:17:46 |
Mon 07 Feb 2022
2020 Game Awards
Pick Up & Deliver 404: 2020 Game Awards - Brendan examines the 2020 games he's played, and offers some awards for the best games and some superlatives.
00:18:15 |
Sat 05 Feb 2022
Kingdom Rush, Lincoln, Return to Dark Tower
Pick Up & Deliver 403: Kingdom Rush, Lincoln, Return to Dark Tower- Brendan shares his early impressions of three games he's tried recently. Join us, won't you?
00:18:49 |
Thu 03 Feb 2022
Top of the Stack, February 2022
Pick Up & Deliver 402: Top of the Stack, February 2022 - Brendan shares his monthly gameplay stats and goals for the next month. Join us, won't you?
00:19:19 |
Tue 01 Feb 2022
Season Five Has Arrived!
Pick Up & Deliver 401: Season 5 Arrives! - Brendan shares his plans for the upcoming season of Pick Up & Deliver. Join us, won't you?
00:17:19 |
Tue 01 Feb 2022
My Top 50, 5-1
Pick Up & Deliver 400: My Top 50, 5-1 - Brendan shares his top five games of all time, as listed in his most recent revision of his Top 50 list. Join us, won't you?
00:26:44 |
Sun 16 Jan 2022
My Top 50, 10-6
Pick Up & Deliver 399: My Top 50, 10-6 - Brendan shares another segment in his Top 50 list, this time revealing games 10-6. Join us, won't you?
00:20:42 |
Sat 15 Jan 2022
My Top 50, 16-11
Pick Up & Deliver 398: My Top 50, $16-11 - Brendan shares the next installment of his Top 50 games of all time (updated for 2022). Join us, won't you?
00:19:29 |
Fri 14 Jan 2022
My Top 50, 22-17
Pick Up & Deliver 397: My Top 50, #22-17 - Brendan shares the next 6 games in his Top 50 list. Join us, won't you?
00:20:18 |
Thu 13 Jan 2022
My Top 50, 29-23
Pick Up & Deliver 396: My Top 50, #29-23 - Brendan shares the next seven games on his Top 50 list. Join us, won't you?
00:18:32 |
Wed 12 Jan 2022
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