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
Tile Placement
Pick Up & Deliver 234: Tile Placement - Brendan shares a brief discussion of his five favorite tile laying games in his collection. Join us, won't you?
00:22:56 |
Mon 11 May 2020
Mottainai (Message from the Deep)
Pick Up & Deliver 233: Mottainai (Message from the Deep) - Brendan shares his thinking about the multi-use card game Mottainai, from designer Carl Chudyk and publisher Asmadi.
00:18:40 |
Mon 04 May 2020
Top of the Stack, May 2020
Pick Up & Deliver 232: Top of the Stack, April 2020 - Brendan shares his update about how his game playing went in April 2020. Fin out if he managed to play The Isle of Cats, Murder, She Wrote, and L…
00:28:29 |
Fri 01 May 2020
Solo Gaming
Episode 231 - Brendan shares his thinking about the five different kinds of solo games he plays, and gives examples of each. Join us, won't you?
00:21:23 |
Mon 27 Apr 2020
52 Games in 52 Weeks
Pick Up & Deliver 230: 52 Games in 52 Weeks - Brendan shares his current progress on the 52 game challenge. He shares the games he's played, the games he's thinking about playing, and the prompts tha…
00:20:14 |
Fri 24 Apr 2020
Duel: Agricola vs. Everdell
Pick Up & Deliver 229: Duel - Agricola vs. Everdell - Brendan examines these two worker placement games next to one another, exploring them through theme, variability, and difficulty. Join us, won't …
00:20:46 |
Wed 22 Apr 2020
The 'geek Asks 5
Pick Up & Deliver 228: The 'geek Asks 5 - Brendan uses the General Gaming forum as an impromptu advice column to answer. Join us, won't you?
00:19:58 |
Mon 20 Apr 2020
Rando-writers
PU&D 227: Rando-writers - Brendan talks about several recent randomize-and-write games he's played lately. This includes "Roll and Writes," "Flip and Writes," and other games that involve randomized …
00:18:24 |
Mon 13 Apr 2020
Letterpress, Las Vegas, & Trismegistus: The Ultimate Formula
Episode 226 - Brendan talks about three games he tried for the first time in the last week or two, Letterpress, Las Vegas, and Trismegistus: The Ultimate Formula. Join us, won’t you?
00:20:15 |
Sat 11 Apr 2020
Drafting
Pick Up & Deliver 225: Drafting - Brendan talks about the pick-and-pass mechanism usually called "drafting," its pros and cons, and several games he enjoys that use this mechanism. Join us, won't you…
00:24:14 |
Fri 10 Apr 2020
Paper Tales, The Isle of Cats, Everdell: Pearlbrook (Shootin' from the Hip Triple Shot)
Pick Up & Deliver 224: Paper Tales, The Isle of Cats, Everdell: Pearlbrook - Brendan shares his quick-fire thoughts in response to three new games he's tried recently. Join us, won't you?
00:20:12 |
Sat 04 Apr 2020
Top of the Stack, April 2020
Brendan shares his monthly game play update, sharing what games he's played and how much progress he's made on his various goals and tasks for play. Games discussed include Gloomhaven, Buffy the Vamp…
00:23:52 |
Wed 01 Apr 2020
Fun Paperwork
Pick Up & Deliver 222: Fun Paperwork - Brendan shares some of the parts of games that he enjoys that resonate with the bureaucratic part of his life. File your TPS forms and join us, won't you?
00:23:52 |
Mon 30 Mar 2020
Locke & Key (Themestorm)
Pick Up & Deliver 221: Locke & Key (Themestorm) - Brendan ponders what a game built on the comic book and/or show Locke & Key would be like.
00:16:13 |
Wed 25 Mar 2020
Buffy, Root, and Tiny Epic Dinos (Shootin' from the Hip Triple Shot)
Pick Up & Deliver 220: Brendan shares his first thoughts about a few new games he’s played — that’s right, it’s a Shootin’ from the Hip Triple-shot. The three games he discusses today are Buffy the V…
00:19:52 |
Mon 23 Mar 2020
The 'geek asks 4
Brendan continues his narcissistic project of assuming all questions on Boardgame Geek are aimed at him, and answers them without reading the posts. Join us for the hilarity, won’t you?
00:16:35 |
Mon 23 Mar 2020
COViD-19 Board Game Sommelier
Pick Up & Deliver 218: BG Sommelier - COViD-19 - Brendan shares his thinking about some thematic pairings relating to the current world pandemic. What games and other texts go together as you think a…
00:15:27 |
Mon 16 Mar 2020
Carbon City Zero, Broom Service, Le Havre (Shootin' from the Hip Triple Shot)
Pick Up & Deliver 217: Carbon City Zero, Broom Service, Le Havre (Shootin' from the Hip Triple Shot) - Brendan shares his early reactions to: an action-selection game, a classic worker placement game…
00:21:09 |
Thu 12 Mar 2020
Gaming in the Time of Coronavirus
Brendan discusses his thinking about how to do some remote gaming for his game group if it gets shut down due to Corona virus, and what might be some of the best ways to create a live event that peop…
00:16:03 |
Wed 11 Mar 2020
Campaign and Legacy Games
Pick Up & Deliver 215: Campaign and Legacy Games - Brendan shares his thinking about legacy games, campaign games, what makes them work or fail, and how to approach playing them.
00:25:38 |
Mon 09 Mar 2020
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