Pick Up and Deliver

Brendan, inspired by plays of Electrify, talks about a few of his favorite Action Selection games. Join us, won’t you?Choose an action, varying strengthCivilization: A New Dawn (2017)Electrify (2027)Ark Nova (2021)Simultaneous action choice, all performRace for the Galaxy (2007)Puerto Rico 1897 (2022)Roll for the Galaxy (2014)Choose an action, others may followGlory to Rome (2005)Broom Service (2015)Hand ManagementTransatlantic (2017)Concordia (2013)Other AS methods (Suchy!)Praga Caput Regni (2020)Pulsar 2849 (2017)What are your favorite action selection games? Share your thoughts over in our guild, #3269.

Brendan revisits the subject of mystery-themed games. Join us, won’t you?Pick Up & Deliver 242: Mystery GameRace GamesWhitehall Mystery (2017)*Fury of Dracula (Third/Fourth Edition) (2015)Scotland Yard (1983)Mysterium Park (2020)HeroQuest; Apothebakery; Mysterium Park; Big Book of Madness (revisited)Story GamesThe Sherlock Files: Elementary Entries (2019)*Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective: The Thames Murders & Other Cases (1981)Time Stories (aka T.I.M.E Stories) (2015)MicroMacro: Crime City (2020)The Frank BookUndo: Cherry Blossom Festival (2019)Deduction and Clue gamesAwkward Guests: The Walton Case (2016)*Clue (1969)Awkward Guests 2: The Berwick Cases (2023)P.I. (2012)Cryptid (2018)Descriptions with an asterix ( * ) are also used in my current mystery class.

PU&D870: HeroQuest; Apothebakery; Mysterium Park; The Big Book of Madness (revisited)Brendan shares his thoughts on three games he tried recently for the first time, and one game he revisited or expanded. Join us, won’t you?HeroQuest (1989)Last Night on Earth: The Zombie Game (2007)Apothebakery: The Culinary Alchemists (2025)Mysterium Park (2020)Mysterium (2015)The Big Book of Madness (2015) (revisited)Pandemic (2008)Have you played these games? What do you think of them? Share your thoughts over on boardgamegeek in guild #3269.

Brendan adds to his Great Designers series, talking about his experience with Stefan Feld games, and which ones he likes the best. Join us, won’t you?His four games I’ve played the most:The Castles of Burgundy (2019)Carpe Diem (2018)Trajan (2011)Bonfire (2020)Played multiple times, but not top tierBruges (2013)Forum Trajanum (2018)AquaSphere (2014)La Isla (2014)What are your favorite Stefan Feld games? Share your thinking over on Boardgamegeek in our guild #3269.

Brendan talks about three games he played for the first time recently. Join us, won’t you?Night at the Zoo (2026)The Emerald Flame (2021)Elder Sign: Omens of the Pharaoh (2018) (expansion)dnup (2025)What do you think about these games? What have you been playing lately? Share your thoughts over on boardgamegeek in guild #3269.