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

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054: My top 50: 10 - 1

In this episode, Brendan offers up his opinions on ten games from his current Top 50 games.

Games discussed:

10. Last Will
9. A Touch of Evil: The Supernatural Game
8. Anachrony
7. Arkham Horror: The Card…

00:29:00 | Fri 08 Jun 2018

053: My top 20-11

In this episode, Brendan offers up his opinions on ten games from his current Top 50 games.

Games discussed:

11. A Feast for Odin
12. Mottainai
13. Trickerion: Legends of Illusion
14. Elysium
15. Orléans
16…

00:22:03 | Wed 06 Jun 2018

052: My Top 30-21

In this episode, Brendan offers up his opinions on ten games from his current Top 50 games.

Games discussed:

30. Via Nebula
29. Galaxy Trucker
28. Arctic Scavengers
27. Castles of Mad King Ludwig
26. Eupho…

00:22:14 | Mon 04 Jun 2018

051: My Top 40-31

In this episode, Brendan offers up his opinions on ten games from his current Top 50 games.

Games discussed:
40 – Loop, Inc art by (Kwanchai Moriya)
39 – Shakespeare
38 – Onward to Venus
37 – 7 Wonders
36 …

00:21:34 | Fri 01 Jun 2018

050: My top 50 - 41

In this episode, Brendan offers up his opinions on ten games from his current Top 50 games.

Want to spoil the whole thing for yourself? Check out the whole list. https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/233…

00:18:52 | Wed 30 May 2018

049: Opacity and Transparency

Brendan talks about the way that games do, or don't, make it clear to the player what you need to do to win.

Games mentioned:

Munchkin
Star Wars: Rebellion
Agricola
Tzolk'in, the Mayan Calendar
Anachrony
Ha…

00:15:11 | Mon 28 May 2018

048: Culling your collection

Brendan discusses his process for culling his collection and the reasons one might cut a game out of the collection. Join us for the conversation!

Games discussed:

Warhammer 40k
Legends of Andor
Twilight…

00:16:07 | Thu 24 May 2018

047: Ethical History in boardgames

Brendan asks whether, and how, a games-maker can tackle difficult historical ages in which terrible things happened. In this case, how can you make a game out of colonizing North America and still ha…

00:12:59 | Wed 23 May 2018

046: Shootin' from the Hip - Pulsar 2849

Brendan returns to the “Shootin’ from the Hip'” format to discuss a new game he played, Pulsar 2849. It’s a thinky brain-burner! Tune in to learn more about the game. Find show notes at http://rattle…

00:15:57 | Mon 21 May 2018

045: Message from the Deep: Star Wars Rebellion

Brendan introduces a new segment: “Message from the Deep,” a response to a game I’ve played many times focused on aspects or elements of the game I find particularly interesting. This week, it’s Star…

00:18:55 | Fri 18 May 2018

044: Gamify Your Life

In this episode, Brendan discusses how different aspects of our modern world have been "gamified" and what affect that has on our behavior, how we might understand the benefits and drawbacks of those…

00:16:33 | Wed 16 May 2018

043: "Punishing" games

Brendan discusses games that are "punishing," either by setting up mean situations, a tight economy, or a brutal cooperative situation. Join us to discuss the game on BoardGameGeek guild 3269.

00:16:29 | Mon 14 May 2018

042: The Curious Case of Jakub Rozalski

Brendan dives head first into the current conversation about the paintings of Jakub Rozalski, the artist for Scythe. Does the history of copyright and the changing nature of creativity complicate the…

00:21:05 | Thu 10 May 2018

041: Top of the Stack May 2018

Brendan discusses his game plays in April, reports on his last top of the stack and reveals the new one, and does a 10 for 10 update. Games! Games! Games!

Brendan’s Top of the Stack Geeklist
Games ment…

00:16:19 | Wed 09 May 2018

040: Rasslin' with Rules, part 3

Brendan brings to a close his discussion of rules writing and rulebooks, exploring a few different rule types and games that have them. Is your favorite rulebook in this list?

Games mentioned:

Queen ga…

00:15:14 | Mon 07 May 2018

038: Rasslin' with Rules, part 1

Brendan discusses the difficult process of making rulebooks work well and teach well. Part 1 - how to interpret comments about rulebooks.

00:15:31 | Wed 02 May 2018

039: Rasslin' with Rules, part 2

Brendan continues his discussion of the difficulties of crafting a usable rulebook. In this episode he considers more closely the difference in what hard-core gamers and casual gamers want from ruleb…

00:15:47 | Tue 01 May 2018

037: Theme and Mechanisms

In this episode, Brendan talks about the way that theme and mechanisms integrate. In particular, he asks how the two go together in weird or unusual games. Post your thoughts on our Board Game Geek …

00:17:11 | Mon 30 Apr 2018

036: Area Control, also Sagrada!

Brendan provides his “hot take” on Sagrada, and then talks a bit about Area Control as a game mechanism.

00:13:45 | Fri 27 Apr 2018

035: These are the pods I hear I hear...

Brendan shares a bit about the podcasts he listens to keep himself in the loop in the hobby.

00:17:09 | Wed 25 Apr 2018

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