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Stonemaier Podcast · News

Pricing: Launch Secrecy and Convention MSRP

We've had two long-standing pricing practices that often raise questions, so today I thought I'd consolidate both into a post about pricing. One is about why we don't reveal the exact price for new products before they launch on our webstore, and the other is about why we charge full MSRP at conventions. I don't think we are alone among publishers for these practices due to the reasons explained below. https://stonemaiergames.com/pricing-launch-secrecy-and-convention-msrp/

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Stonemaier Games · News

Pricing: Launch Secrecy and Convention MSRP

We’ve had two long-standing pricing practices that often raise questions, so today I thought I’d consolidate both into a post about pricing. One is about why we don’t reveal the exact price for new products before they launch on our webstore, and the other is about why we charge full MSRP at conventions. I don’t […]

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ReviewsFrom Around the WebMeeple MountainAbram Towle

Tag Team: Arthur’s Legacy Game Review

Ever since I first played Tag Team with Meeple Mountain's Justin Bell at Gen Con 2025, I've racked up dozens of plays of the 2-player autobattler card game. I revel in its simplicity. After playing thoroughly with the entire stable of Fighters, I still craved more. Enter Tag Team: Arthur's Legacy , introducing six new Fighters from Arthurian myth, available to play standalone or combined with the base game.

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NewsFrom Around the WebBoard Game QuestTony Mastrangeli

Crowdfunding Campaigns of the Week – 10/19/26

Welcome to this week’s batch of crowdfunding campaigns. We have a variety of offerings here, so we hope you will find something that catches your eye. Also, if you want to chat with the BGQ team, join our Discord Server where we talk about games, movies, sports, and other fun stuff. Check it out and […] Source

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NewsFrom Around the WebGame WardboundJessica

Exploring Stitchery Faire and a Solo RPG That Unraveled

Design and create garments for patrons with charm, artistry, and diligence in Stitchery Faire.

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ReviewsFrom Around the WebWhat Board GameSteve Godfrey

Lost Ruins of Arnak: The Missing Expedition Review

Lost Ruins of Arnak: The Missing Expedition WBG Score: 8.5 Player Count: 1-2 You’ll like this if you like: Lost Ruins of Arnak, The previous Arnak campaign Published by: Czech Games Edition (CGE) Designed by: Elwen, Mín This is a review copy. See our review policy here By Steve Godfrey As usual with an Arnak expansion this comes with a bunch of new Item and artifact cards, new assistants, sites guardians and idols. It also comes with two new research tracks. A lot of these will be discovered...

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ReviewsFrom Around the WebWhat Board GameSteve Godfrey

Sniper Elite: Escalation Expansion Board Game Review

Sniper Elite: Escalation WBG Score: 8 Player Count: 1-4 You’ll like this if you like: Sniper Elite, Good dogs Published by: Rebellion Unplugged Designed by: Roger Tankersley, David Thompson (I) This is the reviewer’s copy. See our review policy here By Steve Godfrey Escalation adds a few different modules, or as they refer to them, ‘edges’, to your games of Sniper Elite. They come in different flavours, which I’ll talk about in a bit. At the start of the game, you need to decide how many of...

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FeaturesFrom Around the WebThe Players' AidGrant

Interview with Paul Wright Co-Designer of Foxes and Lions: Renaissance City-States in the Age of Machiavelli from GMT Games

We have played all of the games in the Reivers and Reformers Series designed by Ed Beach, including Here I Stand (multiple times), Virgin Queen (multiple times but not as many as HIS), Tanto Monta (once) and Border Reivers (twice) with our most recent play being a full 5-player game in March while attending Buckeye […]

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ReviewsFrom Around the WebWhat Board GameJim Gamer

Galaxy Glitch Board Game Preview

This is a preview copy sent to us for our early opinions. No money exchanged hands. Some art, rules or components will change in the final game. Find out more here. Galaxy Glitch is the sort of game that becomes more interesting the more people you put around the table. At its core, this is a competitive space combat game about upgrading your ship, surviving an increasingly dangerous galaxy and eventually taking shots at the Desolation Sun. But there is a wonderfully awkward problem sitting...

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ReviewsFrom Around the WebThe Opinionated GamersDale Yu

Dale Yu: Review of Dance of Ibexes

Dance of Ibexes Designer: Wolfgang Kramer Publisher: plyte Players: 2-8 Age: 14+ Time: 45 minutes Preorder link: preorder.playte.com Played with review copy provided by publisher Dance of Ibexes, which was first released as Tanz der Hornochsen! (“Dance of … Continue reading →

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NewsFrom Around the WebWhat Board GameJim Gamer

Top 5 Racing Board Games

Racing games often blend beautifully with a betting mechanic. Sometimes they are powered by dice, sometimes by cards, sometimes by clever hand management, and sometimes by little more than blind hope and loud optimism. But however they get moving, the best racing games all share one thing: they make everyone around the table care deeply about something that probably looked completely ridiculous five minutes earlier. This is a lively, chaotic and wonderfully noisy corner of the hobby. Horses,...

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