Look Back at 1996-2000

Pick Up and Deliver · Aug 19, 2026 · 27m · transcript

Brendan talks about his favorite games from 1996-2000. Join us, won’t you?Pick Up & Deliver 827: Look Back at 2001-2004Top 5 games from this era:

Lost Cities (1999)

Ra (1999)

Through the Desert (2017)

Torres (1999)

Guillotine (1998)

Honorable Mentions:

Carcassonne (2000)

Samurai (1998)

Bohnanza (1997)

Grandparent of modern games:

of co-ops: The Lord of the Rings (2000)

of asynch deck construction games: Netrunner (1996)

of modern parlour games: Time’s Up! (1999)

of dumb judge games: Apples to Apples (1999)

Game I played once and stunk at: Tigris & Euphrates (1997)Great head to head games…