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Confused in Catan? Conflicted about Carcassonne? Puzzled in Puerto Rico? You've heard about all these awesome new board games that are out these days, but don't know where to begin? Help is here!...
View ArticleKids who don't want to have fun need not apply
"Having now played the game, I'd like to take issue with the slogan on the box. 'Fun' this game is not. And 'educational'? Well, if disappointment, conflict and frustration are character building...
View ArticleDO NOT COLLECT 200 BOTTLECAPS
There are few boardgames that the connoisseurs over at BoardGameGeek hate with as much passion as Monopoly. But many of them are drooling over a custom Monopoly set Elisabeth Redel made for her...
View ArticleRisky Risk
Risk, the game of World Conquest, has been a feature in mainstream boardgaming for decades, but is not usually well thought of by more serious boardgamers. Several recent editions have been...
View ArticleThe Board Games Women Make
Ever played Monopoly? Then you've played a board game that was designed by a woman (it was, under its original title, "The Landlord's Game," the creation of Elizabeth Magie). Want to play more board...
View ArticleThey all have optimal strategies but pursue different victory conditions
Big Game Theory!Board games that tell stories. The Bored Gaymer. A girl likes games. HiveGod's Yell Matrix. QWERTYUIOP. 365 Days of Gaming. Those are a few of the most favorited current blogs on...
View ArticleNetrunner
You probably know Richard Garfield as the creator of Magic: The Gathering. But his favorite creation is actually Netrunner, intended to be a "richer game" with bluffing and skill "more like Poker."...
View Article"The simplest answer is: More gaming choices."
The 2015 People's Choice Top 100 Solo Tabletop Games: a list produced by BoardGameGeek's 1 Player Guild in connection with the 1 Player Podcast. Over 200 voters today put the Mage Knight Board Game in...
View ArticleLike Choose Your Own Adventure, but with miniatures
In BoardGameGeek's 18 years of existence, cataloging and judging board games from all over the world, only seven games have occupied the #1 overall position. The newest is Cephalofair...
View ArticleWingspan Wins Wall of 'Wards
Wingspan is a pretty popular board game. It got a NYT piece (and a MeFi FPP) after its first two print runs quickly sold out, and last week it came almost as close as a game can to sweeping the...
View ArticleIt's just a silly name that I came up with on the bus!
Despite its tagline of "A Heartless Card Game", Abandon All Artichokes is a cute game with a twist on the deck-building mechanic -- you are given a pile of 10 artichoke cards, and the winner is the...
View Article"For some, this might be old hat, and -for others- a revelation"
No Pun Included is a board game review YouTube channel and podcast run by Elaine and Efka. As you'd expect, it features boardgamereviews, best-of-the-year assessments, Let's Plays, and theme episodes...
View Article10 of the Meanest Board Games Ever Made
10 of the Meanest Board Games Ever Made [SLYT 13min 8 sec] Collaborative board games are the norm, but outright combative, nay vengeful, and/or mean ones, can really test the boundaries of a social...
View ArticleTop Two-Player Games and More
At BGG (11/17/2021), W. Eric Martin's "2021 BGG Holiday Gift Guide: Top Two-Player Games" expands on the "2021 BoardGameGeek Holiday Gift Guide" and offers "a quick take on our six suggested games for...
View ArticleBrass Shinier Than Gloom
After almost five years, Gloomhaven has been knocked out of the #1 spot on BoardGameGeek (with some back-and-forth thanks to review-bombing drama). The new top game (as compiled from ratings by BGG...
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