Brendan shares his stats and experiences from September of 2025 and looks forward to October. Join us, won’t you?

• Top of the Stack, September 2025
  • NEW GAME – Saltfjord ✓
  • SHELF CLEARER – Fallen Angel
  • NEW GAME 2 – The Mirroring of Mary King
  • Top 50 Choice – Dungeon Petz
• Shelf of Opportunity
• Expand YourShelf
• Top of the Stack, October 2025
  • NEW GAME – Beast
  • SHELF CLEARER – Panic Station
  • NEW GAME 2 – The Mirroring of Mary King
  • Top 50 Choice – The Hunger

What games did you play in September? Share your plays over on boardgamegeek in guild #3269.Transcript (uncorrected): TXT and PDF

Brendan shares his first impressions of three games he tried out recently, and one he dusted off. Join us, won’t you?

• Fountains (2025)
  • The Gardens (2022)
  • Carcassonne (2000)
• Ready Set Bet (2022)
  • Hot Streak (2025)
• Raas: A Dance of Love (2026)
  • Tzolkin: The Mayan Calendar (2012)
• Dice Miner (2021) (revisited)

What games have you been playing lately? Share your thoughts over on boardgamegeek in guild #3269.

Brendan shares his reading list from April, May, and June of 2025. Join us, won’t you?

• The Hand of Oberon
• The Hearse You Rode In On
  • Deadline (2017)
• The Strange Tales of Oscar Zahn, Vol. 1: A Graphic Novel
• The Ten Thousand Doors of January
• Out There Screaming: An Anthology of New Black Horror
• After the Rain
• Masterpiece
• The Luminous Dead
• Dead Lies Dreaming
  • Arkham Horror: The Card Game (2016)
• The Lathe of Heaven
• After the Rain
• The Dark Tower

What books did you read in 2025? Share them over on boardgamegeek in guild #3269.

Brendan talks for a few minutes at a time about each of the games he dusted off in April and May of 2025 but hadn’t talked about yet.May dusty games

• A Study in Emerald (2013) (2 Years, 7 Months, 19 Days dusty)
  • My Top 50
• Royals (2014) (5 Years, 11 Months)
  • El Grande (1995)
• Stick Stack (2016) (2 Years, 1 Month, 13 Days dusty)
  • Jenga (1983)
• Kingdomino (2016) (6 Years, 2 Months, 5 Days dusty)

June dusty games

• Smile (2017)  (6 Years, 5 Months, 26 Days dusty)
• Maori (2009)  (1 Year, 2 Months, 20 Days dusty)
• Century: Golem Edition (2017)  (1 Year, 2 Months, 23 Days dusty)
  • Dominion (2008)
• Game of Thrones: Westeros Intrigue (2014)  (7 Years, 9 Months, 19 Days dusty)
  • 7 Wonders Duel (2015)
• Welcome to the Moon (2021)  (1 Year, 7 Months, 20 Days dusty)

What games have you dusted off in the last few months? Share your thoughts over on Boardgamegeek in our forums, #3269.

Brendan shares his first impressions of three games he tried recently. Join us, won’t you?

• Umbrella (2024)
• High Rise (2020)
• Lost Cities (1999) (revisited)
• Stellarion (2022)

What games have you played recently? Share your thoughts over on boardgamegeek in guild #3269.

Brendan shares his favorite games that have the number 7 in the title. Join us, won’t you?

• Flip 7 (2024)
  • Las Vegas (2012)
  • Dead Man’s Draw (2014)
• The 7th Continent (2017)
  • Vantage (2025)
• Gen7: A Crossroads Game (2018)
  • Dead of Winter: A Crossroads Game (2014)
  • Forgotten Waters (2020)
• Level 7 [Escape] (2012)
  • Cube (1997)
• 7 Wonders: Architects (2021)
• 7 Wonders Duel (2015)
• 7 Wonders (2010)
• Games with years in the title that include the number 7
  • Tortuga 1667 (2017)
  • Hollywood 1947 (2023)
  • Messina 1347 (2021)

What are your favorite games that have the number 7 in them? Share your thoughts over on boardgamegeek in guild #3269.

Brendan pontificates on what makes a game a ‘Clobberin’ game. When will it likely be fun to win or lose at a game? Join us, won’t you?

• The Great Zimbabwe (2012)
• Through the Ages: A New Story of Civilization (2015)
• Res Arcana (2019)
• Revive (2022)
• Dominion (Second Edition) (2016)
• Blood Rage (2015)
• Nanty Narking (2019)

What games do you think of as ‘Clobberin’ games? Share your thoughts over on boardgamegeek in guild #3269.

Brendan shares his thoughts about three games he tried for the first time recently. Join us, won’t you?

• MonsDRAWsity (2020)
  • Telestrations (2009)
• Skip-Bo (1967)
  • Skyjo (2015)
  • Dutch Blitz (1960)
• Magic Rabbit (2020)
• Conquest of Pangea (2006)

What games have you played recently? Share your plays over on boardgamegeek in guild #3269.

Brendan shares his games played in August 2025 and his plans for September. Join us, won’t you?

• Top of the Stack, August 2025
  • NEW GAME – The Mirroring of Mary King X
  • SHELF CLEARER – Fallen Angel X
  • NEW GAME 2 – Endeavor: Deep Sea ✓
  • Top 50 Choice – Dungeon Petz X
• Shelf of Opportunity
• Expand Yourshelf list
• Top of the Stack, September 2025

What games did you play in August? Share your plays over on BoardGameGeek in guild #3269.

Brendan shares his thoughts about seven movies he watched in June of 2025. Join us, won’t you?

• Implosion: The Titanic Sub Disaster (2025)
• Titan: The OceanGate Submersible Disaster (2025)
  • Raise the Titanic (1987)
  • Deep Sea Adventure (2014)
• Einstein and the Bomb (2024)
  • The Manhattan Project (2012)
• Dunkirk (2017)
  • D-Day: The Tide Turns (noiser podcast)
  • Dunkirk: France 1940 (2018)
• Best in Show (2000)
  • Best in Show Dashing Dogs (2025)
• The Mask of Zorro (1998)
• The Monuments Men (2014)

What films did you watch in June? Share your viewings over on boardgamegeek in guild #3269.

Brendan talks about the games he uses in his board game class. Join us, won’t you?

• Pick Up & Deliver 366: My Board Game Class
• Easy to Start
  • Beyond Balderdash (1993)
  • Just One (2018)
• Euro Games
  • Dominion (2008)
  • 7 Wonders (2010)
  • Carcassonne (2000)
• Role-playing Games
  • Lasers & Feelings
  • The Quiet Year
• Libertalia: Winds of Galecrest (2022)
• Puerto Rico 1897 (2022)
• The Crew: Mission Deep Sea (2021)

Brendan shares his first impressions of three games he tried recently. Join us, won’t you?

• Unconscious Mind (2024)
• Skyway Robbery (2015)
• Return to Dark Tower (2022) (revisited)
• Piggy Piggy (2024)

What do you think of these games? What games have you tried lately? Share your plays over on boardgamegeek in Guild #3269.PU&D 771: Unconscious Mind; Skyway Robbery; Piggy Piggy; Return to Dark TowerTranscript: PDF or TXT

Brendan recommends some games to go with the theme “the great outdoors.” Join us, won’t you?

• Themestorms
• Visiting National Parks and similar venues
  • PARKS (2019)
  • Trekking the National Parks: Second Edition (2018)
• Constructing Habitats
  • Cascadia (2021)
  • Harmonies (2024)
  • Nimalia (2023)
• Going onto Mountains
  • K2 (2010)
  • Mountains of Madness (2017)
• Observing Animals
  • Wild: Serengeti (2022)
  • Habitats (2016)
  • Wingspan (2019)

What games would you add to this of games about the great outdoors? Share your thoughts over on our boardgamegeek guild, #3269.

Brendan shares his thoughts and delights from Gencon 2025. Join us, won’t you?

• Gencon Roundups
• Reign of Dragoness (2022)
  Marsh Hallow (2025)
• Raas: A Dance of Love (2025)
• High Rise (2020)
• River Valley Glassworks (2024)

What are your highlights from Gencon? Share them over on boardgamegeek in guild #3269.

Brendan talks about three games he tried recently for the first time, and one he dusted off. Join us, won’t you?

• Wondrous Creatures (2024)
• Kinfire Delve: Callous’ Lab (2024)
• Animal Upon Animal (2005)
  Nusfjord (2017) (revisited)

What games have you tried recently? Share your thoughts over on boardgamegeek in guild #3269.

Brendan gives a ‘post trip report’ of his games played on his visit to Colorado. Join us, won’t you?

• Pick Up & Deliver 765: Have Games, Will Travel
• Didn’t play:
  • Tussie Mussie (2019)
  • Sprawlopolis (2018)
• Solo Games Played:
  • Ganz Schön Clever (aka That’s Pretty Clever!) (2018) x4
  • Stellarion (2022)
• Multiplayer Games played
  • Skyjo (2015)
  • Qwixx (2012) x2
  • Skip-Bo (1967) x2
    • Dutch Blitz (1960)
  • Skull King (2013)
• Games played at 2
  • Lost Cities (1999)
  • Tacta (2025)
  • Qwixx (2012)
• Game Stores we visited
  • The Wizard’s Chest
  • The Colorado Games Company

What do you think of these games? Share your thoughts over on boardgamegeek in our guild, #3269.

Brendan shares his plays from July and his plans for August. Join us, won’t you?

• Top of the Stack, July 2025
  • NEW GAME – Wondrous Creatures✓
  • SHELF CLEARER – Fallen Angel
  • NEW GAME 2 – Kinfire Delve: Callous’ Grotto✓
  • Top 50 Choice – Dungeon Petz
• Kingdoms Lawn Game
• Brendan’s Collection
• Top 50 List
• Shelf of Opportunity
• Expand yourShelf
• Top of the Stack, August 2025
  • NEW GAME – The Mirroring of Mary King
  • SHELF CLEARER – Fallen Angel
  • NEW GAME 2 – Endeavor: Deep Sea
  • Top 50 Choice – Dungeon Petz

What games did you play in July? Share your thoughts in our guild, #3269.

Brendan talks a bit about the games he plans to bring on his trip to Colorado, and why he chose them. Join us, won’t you?

• Pick Up & Deliver 140: Have Games, Will Travel
• Not bringing — too big
  • Welcome To… (2018)
  • London (Second Edition) (2017)
  • Eight-Minute Empire: Legends (2013)
• Solo Games I will likely bring
  • Sprawlopolis (2018)
  • Mr. Cabbagehead’s Garden (2016)
  • Pulp Detective (2018)
• Competitive Games I could bring
  • Crypt (2018)
  • Tides of Madness (2016)
  • Fugitive (2017)
  • Lost Cities (1999)
  • Tacta Promotional Edition (2025)
  • Qwixx (2012)
• Cooperative Game
  • Kinfire Delve: Callous’ Lab (2024)
  • Unlock!: Short Adventures – The Awakening of the Mummy

What games would you bring on your trip? Share your thoughts over on boardgamegeek in guild #3269.

Brendan shares his thoughts about three games he tried for the first time recently. Join us, won’t you?

• Feed the Kraken (2022)
  • Secret Hitler (2016)
• Fresco (2010)
• Cloud City (2020) (revisited)
  • Bärenpark: The Bad News Bears (2019)
• Sir Ocelot’s Cave (2025)

Do you enjoy these games? Share your thoughts over on boardgamegeek in guild #3269.

Brendan looks back 400 episodes and sees that he was talking about games with tracks. So he revisits that subject.

• Pick Up & Deliver 363: Games with Tracks
• 400 Back series
• Tech tree / Tech Tracks on BGG
• Track as counter
  • Coimbra (2018)
  • Nucleum (2023)
• Theme fails
  • Planet Unknown (2022)
  • Tapestry (2019)
  • Revive (2022)
• Theme succeeds
  • Praga Caput Regni (2020)
  • Messina 1347 (2021)

Which games with tracks did I miss? Which ones do you love? Share your thoughts over on boardgamegeek in guild #3269.