Brendan talks about what games Libra gamers might like or be good at. Join us, won’t you?

• Previous Astrology Files episodes
• Allure.com’s “12 Zodiac Signs: Dates and Personality Traits”
• Balance
  • Jenga (1983)
  • Paku Paku (2017)
  • Stick Stack (2016)
• Harmony
  • Harmonies (2024)
  • 20th Century (2010)
• Equilibrium
  • Tigris & Euphrates (1997)
  • Ingenious (2004)
  • Evacuation (2023)
  • 7 Wonders (2010)
• Scales
  • Between Two Cities (2015)
  • Lords of Xidit (2014)

Are you a Libra? Do these games appeal to you? Share your thoughts over on boardgamegeek in guild #3269.

Brendan discusses three games he tried for the first time recently. Join us, won’t you?

• A Touch of Evil: Dark Gothic (2014)
  • Star Wars: The Deckbuilding Game (2023)
• Whale Riders (2021)
  • Butterfly Garden (2012)
• Love Letter (2012) revisited – 1 year, 5 months dusty
• Vantage (2025)
  • The 7th Continent (2017)
  • Tales of the Arabian Nights (2009)

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

Brendan talks about the movies he watched in July and August of 2025. Join us, won’t you?JULY 2025

• Trainwreck: Poop Cruise (2025)
  • Perseverance: Castaway Chronicles – Episodes 1 & 2 (2022)
  • Perseverance: Castaway Chronicles – Episodes 3 & 4 (2025)
• This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
  • This Game Goes to Eleven (2018)
  • Rock Hard: 1977 (2024)

AUGUST 2025

• Most Dangerous Game (2020)
  • Specter Ops (2015)
  • Beast (2023)
• The Wicker Man (1973)
  • “The Festival” by H.P. Lovecraft
  • Arkham Horror: The Card Game – The Feast of Hemlock Vale: Campaign Expansion (2024)
• Deep Cover (2025)
  • Fiasco
• KPop Demon Hunters (2025)
  • Free Radicals (2022)
• Dante’s Peak (1997)
  • The Downfall of Pompeii (2004)

Have you seen these films? What do you think of them? What did you watch in July and August? Share your thoughts over on boardgamegeek in guild #3269.

Brendan talks a bit about what he finds in the Fantasy Flight Games 2010 Summer Catalog. Join us for this look back at the state of FFG 15 years ago, won’t you?

• Pick Up & Deliver 723: Fantasy Flight Games Catalog, Spring 2004
• DungeonQuest (Third Edition) (2010)
• Space Hulk: Death Angel – The Card Game (2010)
• Blood Bowl: Team Manager – The Card Game (2011)
• Tide of Iron (2007)
  Battles of Westeros (2010)
• Tannhäuser (2007)
  • Unmatched: Battle of Legends, Volume One (2019)
• Constantinopolis (2010)
• Arkham Horror: The Lurker at the Threshold Expansion (2010)
• The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game (2011)
• A Game of Thrones: The Card Game (2008)

Which of these games are you most interested in trying? Share your thoughts over on boardgamegeek in Guild #3269.

Brendan chats a bit about three games he tried for the first time recently. Join us, won’t you?

• River Valley Glassworks (2024)
  • Canvas (2021)
  • Sushi Go! (2013)
• Endeavor: Deep Sea (2024)
  • Endeavor: Age of Sail (2018)
  • Favor of the Pharaoh (2015)
• Revisited: Victoriana (2019) (3 years, 14 days dusty)
  • Arkham Horror (2005)
• A Place for All My Books (2025)
  • Flamecraft (2022)

What do you think about these games? What new games have you tried recently? Share your thoughts over on boardgamegeek in guild #3269!

Brendan talks about dice games he likes and why he likes them. Join us, won’t you?

• “Pure” dice games
  • Perudo (1800)
  • Qwixx (2012)
    Las Vegas (2012)
• Yahtzee rolling
  • Yahtzee (1956)
  • Dice Throne (2018)
  • Cromlech (2015)
  • Elder Sign (2011)
• Dice Selection / Dice Drafting
  • Dice Miner (2021)
  • Coimbra (2018)
  • Pulsar 2849 (2017)
  • Castle Dice (2013)
• Additional Delightful Dice Games
  • Euphoria: Build a Better Dystopia (2013)
  • Strike (2012)

What dice games do you like best? Share your recommendations over on boardgamegeek in guild #3269.

Brendan shares his thoughts about the crunchy cooperative game, Spirit Island. Join us, won’t you?

• Spirit Island (2017)
• Extremely customizable
  • Mage Knight Board Game (2011)
• Flexible options to handle difficulties
• Really Complicated

Do you like Spirit Island? Share your thoughts (favorite spirit?) over on boardgamegeek in guild #3269.

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.