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Spiel des Jahres - hobby games for non-hobbyists (Topic Discussion)
I recently had the honour to be tasked with donating most of the 2023 Spiel des Jahres, Kinderspiel des Jahres and Kennerspiel des Jahres nominations…
3 years, 4 months ago
Next Station: London (Saturday Review)
London's ageing underground network is creaking and groaning. It can no longer keep up with the exponentially increasing demand of daily commuters an…
3 years, 4 months ago
Demo vs Teach - different types of presenting games (Topic Discussion)
Fresh off the back of demoing games for Asmodee at UK Games Expo 2023, I wanted to share my experiences with introducing people to a new game. I thin…
3 years, 4 months ago
UK Games Expo 2023 (Saturday Review)
I visited the show last year as a member of the press. I spoke to a lot of exhibitors and spent time in the evenings catching up with friends and pla…
3 years, 4 months ago
Trick Taking - a modern card mechanism (Topic Discussion)
Most of the earliest card games were trick-taking games played in the 800s in China. These will have felt quite different to our modern eyes. They di…
3 years, 5 months ago
Qwirkle (Saturday Review)
Gosh! The tiles were almost like dominoes, but square instead of rectangular. They came in a combination of six shapes and six colours. Every time yo…
3 years, 5 months ago
Round the Outside - tracking scores in board games (Topic Discussion)
Pretty much every hobby game contains some sort of score which measures who is in the lead and decides who wins the game. That's undoubtedly true for…
3 years, 5 months ago
Raiders of the North Sea (Digital Eyes)
We were a band of feared Viking warriors of Borg on the Lofoten islands. Our chieftain had tasked us with assembling a cunning and mighty crew, colle…
3 years, 5 months ago
Deck Building - a modern card mechanism (Topic Discussion)
Card games date back to the 1400s with Karniffel, or Thuringian Karnöffel, often listed as the oldest one, at least the oldest in Europe that we know…
3 years, 5 months ago
Forests of Pangaia (Saturday Review)
Before the dawn of time, Gaia, our Mother Earth, gave birth to the first trees. With their strong trunks and majestic crowns, they quickly converted …
3 years, 5 months ago