Stories Adapted to Board Games

Pick Up and Deliver · May 27, 2025 · 14m · transcript

Brendan shares thoughts about Stories being adapted into board games, and what makes them work. Join us, won’t you?

Capture the feeling of the source

Jaws (2019)

The Goonies: Never Say Die (2021)

Back to the Future: An Adventure Through Time (2016)

Adapting but with a generic story

Last Friday (2016)

InBetween (2017)

Use the setting without imitating the plot

Red Rising (2021)

The Expanse Board Game (2017)

A Game of Thrones: The Board Game (Second Edition) (2011)

Similar but unique

A Touch of Evil: The Supernatural Game (2008)

Obsession (2018)

Which games do you think do a good job…