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12 family board games worth adding to your closet for rainy days - Tom's Guide
12 family board games worth adding to your closet for rainy days ... Who doesn't love a board game ? There's nothing quite like sitting down ...
Read at tomsguide.com (opens in a new tab)Grandparents find 'dream for Lego fans' gift that's 'fantastic for family game night' - AOL UK
Any minifigure-collecting NINJAGO fans in the family will also appreciate the fact that the board game ... board games at the retailer. Priced at ...
Read at aol.co.uk (opens in a new tab)10 best board games of 2026, ranked - Quartz
A low wooden coffee table holds several open board games mid-play, with colorful ... Exploding Kittens: The Board Game is the strongest overall pick for ...
Read at google.com (opens in a new tab)Dundee cafe Cake or Dice has been named the best board game cafe in Scotland
A Dundee cafe that offers a variety of food, drinks and hundreds of board games has been named the best board game cafe in Scotland.
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Best 3 Games with…Designer Maurice Suckling!
During the summer of 2019, we were introduced to Maurice Suckling and his very interesting design Freeman’s Farm 1777 from Worthington Publishing and really enjoyed the mechanics and how they all came together to crea…
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Regarding the Art of Diplomacy: A Congress of Vienna Player’s Guide- Issues (Part 1 of 2)
Introduction by Fred Schachter, CoV Assistant Designer & Editor: Frank and I were pleased to meet Justin during a game convention a few years ago, where we were running Congress of Vienna “Learn the Rules / Play the G…
Read at Inside GMT (opens in a new tab)Cosy Games Done Different – Your guide to cosy games with a difference
It's Autumn, or Fall for my transatlantic friends. Time to hunker down with warm, comfy things, and that includes games.
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Designer Diary: The Journey of The Great Harbor
by Milan Tasevski The Great Harbor has had quite an interesting journey since it first arrived on our table. The game originally came to us from designer Matteo de Nardis , under the working title Lubecca. At its core…
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Designers' Diary — The Making of Mythologies
by Charles Amir Perret Super Meeple is posting this diary on behalf of the designers of Mythologies , Maxime Babad and Mickaël "Froh" Garcin , and we invite you to read the illustrator's diary for the game HERE . Gene…
Read at BoardGameGeek (opens in a new tab)Illustrator's Diary — Turning Myth into Reality
by Charles Amir Perret Super Meeple is posting this diary on behalf of the illustrator of Mythologies Arthur Boccard. If you haven't read the Designers' Diary for the game, you'll find it HERE . From Concept Artist to…
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Designer Diary: Kano - AN AMAZING JOURNEY
by Pablo Jiménez Editor's note - an artist diary for Kano was published at the same time, which you can read HERE . Part 1: Early Concepts and Thematic Shift I remember the first time we met with Pablo Jiménez . He ha…
Read at BoardGameGeek (opens in a new tab)Artist Diary: Bringing KANO to Life Through Japanese Art
by Matagot Contact Editor's note: a designer diary for Kano was published at the same time, which you can read HERE . Jun Sato first connected with Matagot via an Instagram DM. That short message revealed possibilitie…
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Designer Diary - Nature: Climate - Redesigning a Classic
by Dominic Crapuchettes The Nature system currently has a BoardGameGeek rating of 8.6 - well beyond my wildest expectations! This designer diary tells the story of its most recent module, Nature: Climate . The first f…
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Interview with Brian Asklev Co-Designer of Napoléon 1870: The Collapse of the Second French Empire from Shakos Currently on Kickstarter
I do love a good Napoleonics wargame and The Conquerors Series from Shakos is really very good as we have played a few games over the years. They have a new volume in that series on Kickstarter that is designed by a t…
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Designer’s Diary: BLACK FLAG!
by Emiliano Sciarra The BANG! System's Long Voyage to the Caribbean It may seem strange to say it now, with Black Flag! about to be published by DV Games nearly a quarter of a century after the release of the first ed…
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Designer Diary: Tanglung
by Mark William Howdy everyone. I am Mark William, former video editor, current data insights officer and the designer of Tanglung . This post is adapted from the blog series that I wrote on the game’s page. The Malay…
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Designer Diary: Dungeon Cube
by Nicolò Chioato Twenty Days, a Couch, and a Rubik's Cube It was the autumn of 2022, and I had just undergone surgery for two herniated discs in my back. My recovery came with some fairly strict instructions: I could…
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Designer diary: NASCARD
by Guillem Coll Nascard aims to capture the excitement and feel of big racing games, but condenses that experience into a deck of just 110 cards. The challenge, however, was precisely that: how could we represent a ra…
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Publisher Diary: Fadenfroh
by Julian Steindorfer Where and when does this story start? Let me try to untangle the thread and tell you how Fadenfroh * came to be. *(a German word creation merging the words “thread” (Faden) and “colorful” (farben…
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