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Not for the Win - games aren't necessarily about winning (Topic Discussion)
If you're a competitive person, you want to win. If you're a really competitive person, winning is your absolute goal. Competitive games will probabl…
2 years, 2 months ago
Hidden Agendas (Saturday Review)
We all had our different plans. Getting the right bills through the Senate was never easy. There would always be compromises and endless debates. We …
2 years, 3 months ago
Cultural Games - board games as cultural assets (Topic Discussion)
The term Kulturgut is very hard to translate into English. In fact, I don't think there is a similar concept in the UK. "Cultural asset" doesn't real…
2 years, 3 months ago
Berlin Brettspiel Con 2024 (Saturday Review)
Over the weekend during a hot July in Germany at a different, but much cooler location compared to last year, around 16,000 people attended the "big …
2 years, 3 months ago
Knarr (Digital Eyes)
Vikings were known for plundering, but what many people forget is that they also did a lot of trade. In fact, the Viking Era saw an increase in trade…
2 years, 3 months ago
Flamme Rouge (Saturday Review)
We had started in Florence when everyone was still fresh and raring to go. An endless sea of bicycles with teams sticking closely together had lined …
2 years, 3 months ago
Early Finish - why we don't always have to finish games (Topic Discussion)
There is an unwritten social contract that, when you choose to play a board game, you agree to play it to its conclusion. Everyone around the table e…
2 years, 3 months ago
Shikoku 1889 (Saturday Review)
The period of sakoku has only recently ended, and now with the Meiji Restoration in full swing, the country is investing heavily in new technologies.…
2 years, 3 months ago
Round and Refined - when games are perfectly designed (Topic Discussion)
Games come in all shapes and sizes. Designers create them in different ways and with different intentions. Some games are an interesting mix of mecha…
2 years, 4 months ago
Mayan Curse (Saturday Review)
We made it! We finally decoded a very important ancient Mayan manuscript and found the temple described in the old document deep in the jungles of El…
2 years, 4 months ago