Pick Up And Deliver

Pick Up & Deliver 228: The 'geek Asks 5 - Brendan uses the General Gaming forum as an impromptu advice column to answer. Join us, won't you?

PU&D 227: Rando-writers - Brendan talks about several recent randomize-and-write games he's played lately. This includes "Roll and Writes," "Flip and Writes," and other games that involve randomized bits and then a written bit. Join us, won't you?

Episode 226 - Brendan talks about three games he tried for the first time in the last week or two, Letterpress, Las Vegas, and Trismegistus: The Ultimate Formula. Join us, won’t you?

Pick Up & Deliver 225: Drafting - Brendan talks about the pick-and-pass mechanism usually called "drafting," its pros and cons, and several games he enjoys that use this mechanism. Join us, won't you?

Pick Up & Deliver 224: Paper Tales, The Isle of Cats, Everdell: Pearlbrook - Brendan shares his quick-fire thoughts in response to three new games he's tried recently. Join us, won't you?

Brendan shares his monthly game play update, sharing what games he's played and how much progress he's made on his various goals and tasks for play. Games discussed include Gloomhaven, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Rattus, and Seventh Hero, among others.

Pick Up & Deliver 222: Fun Paperwork - Brendan shares some of the parts of games that he enjoys that resonate with the bureaucratic part of his life. File your TPS forms and join us, won't you?

Pick Up & Deliver 221: Locke & Key (Themestorm) - Brendan ponders what a game built on the comic book and/or show Locke & Key would be like.

Pick Up & Deliver 220: Brendan shares his first thoughts about a few new games he’s played — that’s right, it’s a Shootin’ from the Hip Triple-shot. The three games he discusses today are Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Board Game, Root, and Tiny Epic Dinosaurs.

Brendan continues his narcissistic project of assuming all questions on Boardgame Geek are aimed at him, and answers them without reading the posts. Join us for the hilarity, won’t you?

Pick Up & Deliver 218: BG Sommelier - COViD-19 - Brendan shares his thinking about some thematic pairings relating to the current world pandemic. What games and other texts go together as you think about pandemics, bunkers, infection, cooperation, and boredom? This show gives you the inside scoop. Join us, won't you?

Pick Up & Deliver 217: Carbon City Zero, Broom Service, Le Havre (Shootin' from the Hip Triple Shot) - Brendan shares his early reactions to: an action-selection game, a classic worker placement game, and a the nice tight deck-builder. Join us, won't you?

Brendan discusses his thinking about how to do some remote gaming for his game group if it gets shut down due to Corona virus, and what might be some of the best ways to create a live event that people could do a shared game together.

Pick Up & Deliver 215: Campaign and Legacy Games - Brendan shares his thinking about legacy games, campaign games, what makes them work or fail, and how to approach playing them.

Brendan explores the subject of "Elections" as your curator of experiences, your Board Game Sommelier. Sample this flight of pairings about voting, corruption, fascism, and hope. Join us, won't you?

Pick Up & Deliver 213: Shelf of Opportunity Update 2 - Brendan talks about his Shelf of Opportunity, some games on it, and his new approach to the process of reducing the games on it.

Pick Up & Deliver 212: Top of the Stack, March 2020 - Brendan shares his monthly update -- how did he do in his gameplays? What did he play? What did he enjoy? You can find out in this episode. Join us, won't you?

Pick Up & Deliver 211: Unusual Game Experiences - Brendan shares some games that have provided (or do provide) strange or unique experiences in their gameplay or in his game group.

Pick Up & Deliver 210: Top 8 and Highlights of 2018 - In this episode, Brendan quickly shares his top 8 games of 2018, then discusses in a bit more detail some commentary about a few other games from 2018.

Episode 209 - This week, Brendan shares his gut reactions to one play each of three games at Lyoncon last weekend. Find out of these sound like they are games you’d enjoy!