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
Top of the Stack, June 2019
Episode 154: Brendan shares a brief discussion about his games played in May and his plans for June. The new games for next month will be: Apocrypha Adventure Card Game, Welcome to Dino World, Impuls…
00:18:11 |
Tue 04 Jun 2019
What does "mean" mean?
Pick Up and Deliver 153: What does "mean" mean?
Episode 153: Brendan summarizes the conversation on boardgame geek about what it means to play a "mean" game and offers his own thoughts.
Episode 153: Brendan summarizes the conversation on boardgame geek about what it means to play a "mean" game and offers his own thoughts.
00:13:40 |
Fri 31 May 2019
Mean Games Triple Shot
In episode 152, Brendan shares his thoughts about three different "mean" card games he tried for the first time recently (Blood & Fortune, High Society, Arboretum).
00:13:27 |
Tue 28 May 2019
TANSTAAFL
In Episode 151: Brendan shares some thoughts on a recent set of conversations about how online content creators (videos and podcasts) should be compensated for their time and effort.
00:23:47 |
Thu 23 May 2019
Sesquicentennial Q&A
Brendan answers questions from the PUaD guild over on boardgame geek to commemorate the 150th episode of the podcast.
00:17:24 |
Mon 20 May 2019
Pulling Your Punches
Episode 149: Brendan shares his philosophy and thinking about intentionally playing less than optimally. He ponders three phrases for this idea: "sandbagging," "handicapping," and "pulling your punch…
00:16:41 |
Fri 17 May 2019
End Game
Pick Up and Deliver Episode 148: End Game - Brendan talks about the challenge of creating a game that's fun to play but also has a satisfying narrative arc and ending.
00:15:05 |
Tue 14 May 2019
A Flight of Games
Episode 147 - Brendan gives very quick takes on five different games, and covers a couple other topics of recent news.
00:16:34 |
Thu 09 May 2019
Board Game Clubs
In Episode 146, Brendan shares his thinking about how his favorite regular board game night works and what approaches they take to keep and grow members.
00:14:06 |
Mon 06 May 2019
Top of the Stack, May 2019
Episode 145: Brendan shares his "top of the stack" report for the beginning of May, telling us a bit about what he played and a bit about what he plans to play in May.
00:15:08 |
Wed 01 May 2019
Blocking
In Episode 144: Brendan shares a discussion of what it means to have to block someone in a game, and his thinking about what it means to have to do so.
00:15:08 |
Tue 30 Apr 2019
Games of Interest/ Want List Update, April 2019
Episode 143: Brendan shares his updated Top Want List and Games of Interest lists -- these are games he's interested in and/or games he wants to buy. Join us to speculate about future games!
00:15:08 |
Fri 26 Apr 2019
Capital Gaming - Triple Shot
Episode 142 - Brendan shares his experiences trying three games during his trip to Washington D.C. - Oceans, Tiny Towns, and K2.
00:13:31 |
Wed 24 Apr 2019
DIceland Gaming
In Episode 141, Brendan shares his gaming experiences from his recent trip to Iceland - games, stores, and playing with the locals.
00:28:21 |
Mon 22 Apr 2019
Have Games, Will Travel
In Episode 140, Brendan shares his plans for which games he will bring on his trip to Iceland -- games that pack small and play well with one or two only.
00:15:03 |
Fri 19 Apr 2019
Two Short Topics
Episode 140: Two Short Topics. Brendan shares brief discussions of two short topics - the ongoing experience of Terraforming Mars and a chat he had with his son about what kinds of games he likes.
00:14:59 |
Tue 16 Apr 2019
Expand YourShelf
Episode 138: Brendan shares the contents of his new adjunct shelf of opportunity just for expansions, which he’s calling “Expand YourShelf.”
00:16:26 |
Fri 12 Apr 2019
Shootin' from the Hip: Underwater Cities
In episode 137, Brendan shares some thoughts about a game he has just tried and learned, Underwater Cities, from PUaD beloved designer Vladimir Suchy.
00:14:34 |
Mon 08 Apr 2019
One and Not Done
In Episode 136, Brendan talks about four games that survive cull after cull even though he has only played them once. Check out these four games he wants to play again!
00:15:43 |
Wed 03 Apr 2019
Top of the Stack, April 2019
Episode 135: Brendan shares the top of the stack report for the beginning of April, giving you a sense of what he played in March.
00:22:20 |
Mon 01 Apr 2019
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