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Author: Brendan

Pick Up & Deliver 128: Top of the Stack, March 2019

Pick Up & Deliver 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 Deck Building Game Reykholt Detective: A Modern Crime Board Game Pocket Dragon Eight

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Pick Up & Deliver 127: Board Game Snobbery

Pick Up & Deliver 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 our engagement with people outside the hobby. They played: dude

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Pick Up & Deliver 126: What Games to Bring…

Pick Up & Deliver 126: What Games to Bring…

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 brought: Two Rooms and a Boom

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Pick Up & Deliver 125: Shootin’ from the Hip – February 2019

Pick Up & Deliver 125: Shootin’ from the Hip – February 2019

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 initial impressions of them over on our Board Game

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Pick Up & Deliver 124: Writing Better Rulebooks

Pick Up & Deliver 124: Writing Better Rulebooks

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 West End Mysteries A Handful of Stars A Few Acres of Snow Mythotopia Dominion Marvel Legendary

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Pick Up & Deliver 123: An Ideal Game Day

Pick Up & Deliver 123: An Ideal Game Day

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 Text of the original question, from our BGG

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Pick Up & Deliver 122: Quick Questions

Pick Up & Deliver 122: Quick Questions

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. Forgot My Dice podcast Questions answered today Other games mentioned

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Pick Up & Deliver 121: DUEL – London vs. Wingspan

Pick Up & Deliver 121: DUEL – London vs. Wingspan

Brendan explores the similarities between London and Wingspan, two engine building games that he’s playing a lot this year. Show Notes Forgot My Dice podcast, episode 56 London, 2nd edition Wingspan

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Pick Up & Deliver 120: Top of the Stack, February 2019

Pick Up & Deliver 120: Top of the Stack, February 2019

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 Justinian Photosynthesis Shelf of Opportunity Pop over to

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Pick Up & Deliver 119: Q and A

Pick Up & Deliver 119: Q and A

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. Show notes: Lord of the Rings: Journeys in Middle Earth Descent: Journeys in the Dark War of the Ring Arkham Horror 3rd Edition Arkham Horror:

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