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
Shootin from the Hip: Transatlantic, NMBR 9, Hellboy Jealousy
In Episode 134, Brendan shares a new segment where he reflects on his own jealousy of other gamers, gives a quick response to a new game, and does a “Shootin’ from the Hip” segment for the 2017 Mac G…
00:22:09 |
Tue 26 Mar 2019
Board Game Sommelier - Spring
Episode 133 - It's the return of the Board Game Sommelier segment. Brendan explores several themes related to SPRING, suggests films to watch that engage with that theme, and offers board game accomp…
00:16:49 |
Thu 21 Mar 2019
Old Games Anew
Episode 132 - Old Games Anew. Brendan talks a bit about what he's been playing, particularly older games he's revisited in the last few weeks.
00:13:38 |
Wed 20 Mar 2019
Escape Room Games
In Episode 131, Brendan shares a brief discussion of five different "escape room" tabletop games, comparing the experience and describing what they are like to play.
00:17:18 |
Mon 11 Mar 2019
Established Creative Worlds
Episode 130: What makes us enjoy games that are built on pre-established creative worlds (“Intellectual Property” games)? Brendan shares his thoughts on the subject and his experiences with a few gam…
00:16:48 |
Thu 07 Mar 2019
Triple Shot 2: Reykholt, Holding On, Roll for It!
In Episode 129, "Triple Shot 2 - Reykholt, Holding On, Roll for It!" Brendan shares quick responses to three games he played for the first time over the weekend, a “Shootin’ from the Hip Triple Shot.…
00:16:23 |
Tue 05 Mar 2019
Top of the Stack, March 2019
In Episode 128, "Top of the Stack, March 2019," Brendan shares the overview of his February game experiences.
Check out the Top of the Stack 2019 Geeklist.
New York 1901
Julchen und die Monster
Star Trek…
Check out the Top of the Stack 2019 Geeklist.
New York 1901
Julchen und die Monster
Star Trek…
00:18:39 |
Sat 02 Mar 2019
Board Game Snobbery
In Episode 127: Board Game Snobbery, Brendan shares his experience at the Board Game Club for which he serves as faculty adviser, and the thoughts it gave him about how we talk about our hobby and ou…
00:15:58 |
Fri 01 Mar 2019
What Games to Bring...
In Episode 126, Brendan shares his thinking about bringing games to a game group when he doesn’t know the size of the group, the hobby-level of the group, or the style of play they prefer.
Games I bro…
Games I bro…
00:14:29 |
Wed 27 Feb 2019
Shootin' from the Hip, Feb 2019
In Episode 125, Brendan shares his quick thoughts after a first play of four different games:
New York 1901
League of Six
Comanauts
A Handful of Stars
What new games have you tried lately? Post your initi…
New York 1901
League of Six
Comanauts
A Handful of Stars
What new games have you tried lately? Post your initi…
00:17:18 |
Thu 21 Feb 2019
Writing Better Rulebooks
In Episode 124, Brendan shares some lessons he’s learned as he studied the particularly difficult-to-parse rulebook for A Handful of Stars.
Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective – Jack The Ripper and …
Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective – Jack The Ripper and …
00:20:36 |
Tue 19 Feb 2019
An Ideal Game Day
Episode 123: Brendan ponders a difficult question from the Pick Up and Deliver Guild: if you could have any game group you’d like and choose the games, what would the game day be?
Show
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00:17:40 |
Tue 19 Feb 2019
Quick Questions
PUaD Episode 122: Brendan shares some answers to a few brief questions that were posted in the BoardGameGeek guild this weekend. #3269
Games I played this week: Tides of Time, Wingspan, Small World.
Fo…
Games I played this week: Tides of Time, Wingspan, Small World.
Fo…
00:18:35 |
Mon 11 Feb 2019
DUEL - London vs. Wingspan
PUaD Episode 121: Brendan explores the similarities between London and Wingspan, two engine building games that he's playing a lot this year.
00:20:26 |
Thu 07 Feb 2019
Top of the Stack, Feb 2019
Episode 120: Brendan shares his “Top of the Stack” update for February 2019.
Show notes:
See the whole Top of the Stack post over on BoardGameGeek.
Betrayal Legacy
Codenames Duet
dude
Chronicles of Crime
Ju…
Show notes:
See the whole Top of the Stack post over on BoardGameGeek.
Betrayal Legacy
Codenames Duet
dude
Chronicles of Crime
Ju…
00:17:14 |
Tue 05 Feb 2019
Q and A
PUaD 119: Brendan answers a question from the PUaD forum and talks about Lord of the Rings: Journeys in Middle Earth, The Arkham Horror Card Game, and Hellboy.
00:14:35 |
Fri 01 Feb 2019
Board Game Concierge - Winter
PUaD 118: Brendan shares his board game pairings to accompany films or novels about this episode’s topic: Winter.
00:18:33 |
Fri 25 Jan 2019
Season 2
Episode 117: Here at the beginning of January 2019, we start season 2 of PICK UP AND DELIVER. Brendan leaps back into it with a bit of "games I've been playing" and a discussion of this year's gaming…
00:24:25 |
Tue 22 Jan 2019
Triple Shot
PUaD 116: Brendan discusses three games he’s recently played, each one only once, and his first impressions thereof.
The games:
Kings of Air and Steam
1960: The Making of a President
Cerebria: The Inside…
The games:
Kings of Air and Steam
1960: The Making of a President
Cerebria: The Inside…
00:16:33 |
Mon 17 Dec 2018
Homer Simpson Car
PUaD 115:Brendan responds to a listener question about the "Homer Simpson Car" game he would like to see.
Things Brendan would include:
Asymmetry
Hidden components and bluffing
Multiple paths to victory
H…
Things Brendan would include:
Asymmetry
Hidden components and bluffing
Multiple paths to victory
H…
00:16:52 |
Thu 06 Dec 2018
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