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Designer Diary: The Making of Uluru – We Came, We Sat, We Squabbled

Uluru is another of those games that seemed to be born fully mature overnight and completed in a weekend or so. We hear that about a lot of games, but the reality most often is that such...

FRED Distribution Acquires Face2Face Games

U.S. publisher FRED Distribution, which releases games under the Eagle Games and Gryphon Games brands, has acquired U.S. publisher Face2Face Games from company president Larry Whalen.Face2Face...

NY Toy Fair 2011: Reading the Crystal Ball

For the first time in five years, I won't be in Manhattan in February to cover Toy Fair – but I've been inundated with a digital mountain of press releases over the past several weeks, so I...

Ludoteca Ideale 2011 – Recognizing Italy's Best

I'm proud to announce the list of games nominated for Ludoteca Ideale 2011, a project developed by Club TreEmme and La Tana dei Goblin that aims to celebrate the ten best games released during...

Looney Labs in 2011: Pyramids, Dragons...but No Rabbits

With Pirate Fluxx hitting stores on Feb. 11, 2011, Looney Labs started to give people a look into the future by releasing information about its summer 2011 releases.The Pyramids Are Back!In...

Designer Diary: The History of Faux●Cabulary Thus Far

The origin of Faux●Cabulary goes back to a party that my wife (then girlfriend) and I had back in 2006. Unfortunately, I don't recall the party or what sparked the inspiration – I guess it...

New Game Round-up – Rio Grande's 2011 Line-up, Lots of Saboteurs & More

Time to add more games to your wishlist (or not) after looking over the items below:• In newsletter #106 (PDF) from Rio Grande Games, Jay Tummelson lays out the titles to expect from RGG in the...

Links: Dominion Dominates, Cheapass Gets Cheaper & More

Here are today's game news bites:• In newsletter #106 (PDF), Rio Grande Games' Jay Tummelson mentions that Dominion and its expansions have collectively sold more than one million copies when...

Nürnberg: What's That All About Anyway?

With the Nürnberg Toy Fair nearly over for 2011, I will attempt to write something about it. I have been there for all of Saturday and most of Sunday, and since most of you who read this...

Links: Reports from Nürnberg 2011, Saint Petersburg in Slate & More

Time for another round-up of game news from across the webs, starting with that giant toy and game show taking place in Nürnberg, Germany:• Photos from the Nürnberg 2011 Spielwarenmesse have...

Serge Laget Talks about Cargo Noir, Game Design & How to Design for Days of Wonder

U.S./French publisher Days of Wonder releases only one or two standalone games annually, and given the company's track record of hits – Mystery of the Abbey, Ticket to Ride, Memoir '44, Shadows...

New Game Round-up: 7 Wonders: Leaders, Dixit: The Odyssey, Shogun & More

At this point I'm still feeling my way around the BGG News stage and figuring out the best way to do things. Let me know in the comments whether you prefer posts that include short descriptions...

Links: Three Spiel des Jahres for 2011, Win a Trip to Carcassonne & More

Here's the latest from around the web relating to these games we play:• The Spiel des Jahres committee has announced that for the 2011 award ceremony, three games will be named "game of the...

Publisher Diary: How to Run a Game Company Out of Your Closet

It's not my day job, but I run a game publishing company. Pair-of-Dice Games was started in 2001 by me and a couple of my friends. My friends moved on after a few years while I kept the business...

Dragon*Con 2010

Dragon*Con is usually held in Atlanta, Georgia, over Labor Day weekend; for 2010 that was September 3-6. They hail themselves as the "largest multi-media, popular culture convention focusing on...

Nürnberg 2011: Pics of the Queen Games line-up

(In this Nürnberg 2011 report from Feb. 3, 2011, Rob Harris ran down what to expect from Queen Games in 2011. Rob has now sent photos from the show, so I'm reprinting that section below with...

Toronto Toy Show Report 2011

The last weekend in January means my annual trip to the Canadian Toy & Hobby Fair in Toronto. This is a small trade show featuring toys and games for the Canadian market. Since this show is...

Nürnberg 2011: Queen Games & Hans im Glück's Pantheon

All credit for the following Nürnberg 2011 report goes to Rob Harris (whistleblower) United KingdomSurbitonLondon Patron Badge for 2008 through 2021 who contacted me prior to Nürnberg 2011 to...

Philippe Keyaerts Takes Another Crack at Civilization with Olympos

Philippe Keyaerts scored gold with Small World, a new version of his Vinci that was released by Days of Wonder in 2009 to great acclaim and numerous awards. With Olympos, coming from French...

You Know You Make Me Wanna Link

Another round-up of links from around the gaming world, most new and some only sorta new as I continue to clear bookmarks from my two-month hiatus:• The nominees for the As d'Or for 2010 –...

War of the Ring and More from NG International

NG International, which releases games under the Nexus Games and Tenki Games brands, has announced its lineup for 2011, starting with the highly anticipated return of War of the Ring from...

Designer Diary: Creating a Row – Fighting for Your Domain in Principato

First, there was a mechanism.The core mechanism, the backbone, for almost all types of board games is some kind of action selection mechanism. These days, many board games can be classified as...

Links to Lead into February 2011

A news summary for the day with lots of links to check out:• Abacusspiele employee Matthias Wagner has posted an Airlines Europe geeklist that records the path of this Alan R. Moon game design...

Move to Victory in a Hop, Jump and Skippity

If Susan McKinley Ross' Qwirkle can be described as a simplified Scrabble – with colors and shapes replacing letters – then her 2010 release from MindWare – Skippity – might be dubbed...

Mayfair's Funfair Debuts with Got 'Em

In 2010, Mayfair Games announced the formation of an imprint titled FunFair that would release family-friendly games, such as Tom McMurchie's Tsuro, which was released in a new edition in 2009...

Pegasus Spiele Features Feld in Strasbourg and More

German publisher Pegasus Spiele has unveiled the first half of its 2011 line-up and in keeping with recent tradition much of its product line will be familiar to those who follow the U.S. market...

Designer Diary: The Making of Mondo

After many recent difficult productions, it's nice to have an easy one for a change – and that's what happened with my new board game Mondo, which will appear from Pegasus Spiele in German and...

Links to Love, Links to Leave Behind

Over the past two months I haven't posted much game news due to the Boardgame News implosion of 2010, but that doesn't mean I've been goofing off completely. Mostly goofing off, yes, but not...

Designer Diary: Time to Square Off in City Square Off

I am pleased to announce that my latest game, City Square Off, will be published by Gamewright in April 2011. I am extremely excited both about this game and about working with Gamewright...

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