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Stretch Cats, Topple Dominoes, and Rescue Souls from Cerberus

Tokyo Game Market is taking place on April 23-24, 2022, so despite me being far from Big Sight and observing the convention only from afar, I want to channel the spirit of the show and highlight...

Author Diary: Novelist, Thanks to BoardGameGeek

While I was a writer well before BoardGameGeek, it really is this very site that launched me on the path to traditional novelist. We'll skip the part of the story where I majored in writing,...

Explore Gielinor in RuneScape Kingdoms: Shadow of Elvarg

• UK publisher Steamforged Games has signed a deal with video game publisher Jagex to bring its long-lived RuneScape franchise to tabletops, with a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter for...

Arrange a Town, Fulfill Drink Orders, and Tidy the House Before Guests Arrive

Tokyo Game Market takes place on April 23-24, 2022, so I thought I'd highlight a few games from Japanese designers and publishers, games that may be available at that show — or available in the...

Build Fujiyama, Fight with Swords, Trick Rulers to Your Side, and Collect the Last Light

As a head's up, I'll let you know that should you wish to back the most expensive option of each of the crowdfunding projects listed below, you would spend at least US$2,178. That price will...

Place Beach Towels in Pleasing Patterns in Maui

If you play enough games, you can decipher elements of gameplay simply from looking at pictures of the game in midplay. Take this image of the newly announced Maui from Next Move Games:Okay,...

Designer Diary: Tenpenny Parks, or Building the Amusement Park of Your Dreams

It's amazing to see how far things come and evolve!Hi there, I'm Nate Linhart. I live in the Chicago suburbs, I am a board game enthusiast and amusement park lover, and I am the designer of...

Ten Years of Love Letters from Seiji Kanai

On May 13, 2012 at Tokyo Game Market, designer Seiji Kanai of Kanai Factory released Love Letter, a tiny game that I would argue has been one of the most influential games of the past decade,...

GAMA Expo 2022: Eric's Scrapbook

This post finally wraps my coverage of GAMA Expo 2022, and while much of what's included below has no relation to games, I thought it might be nice to convey elements of the con experience that...

Game Overview: Berried Treasure, or Pies, Pies, Pies, Yeah

Berried Treasure is a game of booby traps. Sometimes all of your choices are obviously bad, and you aim to do only the least self harm possible — or to take someone down with you to share the...

Snatch Coins, Avoid Dinosaurs, Fight Mutants, and Use Fire for Light

Okay, this is the next-to-last post about GAMA Expo 2022, and as often happens with convention coverage, I'm moving back in time with my coverage, ending with what I saw first — in this case,...

Interview: In Search of Monsters with Cryptid: Urban Legends Designers Ruth Veevers and Hal Duncan

[Editors note: This interview, conducted by Neil Bunker, took place in December 2021 and was first published on Diagonal Move in March 2022. —WEM]Cryptid: Urban Legends designers Ruth Veevers...

Colorblind Gaming 101

Editor's note: This article originally appeared on author Brian Chandler's Colorblind Games website. —WEMUp to 90 percent of tabletop gaming is visual, and much of that information is...

Make Wine Around the World, Experience Cosmic Odyssey, and Defeat Vampire Hunters

• In April 2022, Stonemaier Games announced Viticulture World, an exciting new, co-operative expansion for Viticulture Essential Edition, from designers Mihir Shah and Francesco Testini, and...

Embrace a King, Cause Anxiety in Others, and Make Way for Japanime

Okay, the end of GAMA Expo 2022 coverage is in sight, with perhaps only two more posts coming to wrap up happenings in Reno, Nevada.• Felix Albers' excellent chess-variant Paco Ŝako has been...

Conquer Northgard, Match Up Clues to Food, and Decipher Codes with Turing Machine

Can I finally finish off my GAMA Expo 2022 coverage in this post? No! The game pics and info were just too plentiful, and my notebook continues to spill forth for a bit longer.• Hachette...

Designer Diary: Skull Canyon: Ski Fest

Diary by Jason Klinke and Kip NoscheseJason: Growing up in Edmonton, Canada, I spent a large part of my youth on skis in the nearby Rocky Mountains. Friends and family would often gather for...

Remix Fluxx, Become King of the Dice, and Sparkle in Equestria with My Little Pony

I'm nearing the end of my coverage of GAMA Expo 2022, with nearly all the game pics and announcements now in this shared digital space instead of being stored less usefully on my phone and in my...

Solve Cases like Sherlock, Prepare for a Maglev Future, and Drink the Tears of Unsuspecting Chefs

The game pics and announcements from GAMA Expo 2022 continue. Yes, nearly a month has passed since the show ended, but all of these games are still in the future, and it's taken a long time to...

Unbag Your Guardians, Build a Venn Diagram, and Pass Dinosaurs to Others

The GAMA Expo 2022 coverage continues will still more game pics and announcements. Amazing how I can see so much in such a short time!• French publisher Catch Up Games had a few upcoming...

Publisher Diary: The Art of Balancing Games

Editor's note: Mario Sacchi, CEO and lead developer of Placentia Games and Post Scriptum, regularly blogs about game development and production on the Post Scriptum Games blog on BGG. I invited...

Earn the Most CrypCoin in Alexander Pfister's Skymines

In April 2022, Berlin-based publisher Deep Print Games announced its upcoming release, Skymines, from designers Alexander Pfister and Viktor Kobilke, which is due out in Q3 2022. Skymines plays...

Live the Life of the Mother of Frankenstein, and Relive the Siege of Vienna in Fire & Stone

Let's continue rolling out game pics and announcements from GAMA Expo 2022. Sure, the show might have ended weeks ago, but I've learned to spend my time at shows sleeping so that I feel like a...

Travel on Arcs with Cole Wehrle and Leder Games

The combination of designer Cole Wehrle and publisher Leder Games has already proven to be hugely successful in Root and Oath: Chronicles of Empire and Exile, and now they've officially announced...

Vlaada Chvátil Wants You to Keep on Trucking

When publisher Czech Games Edition announced a new edition of Vlaada Chvátil's Galaxy Trucker in April 2021, many people immediately started asking about expansions — which is not a surprise...

Transform a Planet Unknown, Defend Yourself from Curses, and Boop Cats

The game pics and announcements from GAMA Expo 2022 are still dammed up in my phone and notebook, so let me open the gates to relieve some of the pressure:• Portal Games will follow 2021's...

Fight Wonderland's War on Maul Peak, Then Explore Wildlife in Parks

The game pics and announcements from GAMA Expo 2022 demand to be seen, so I'll keep publishing them until the well is dry:• Caper: Europe from designer Unai Rubio and publisher Keymaster Games...

Designer Diary: Free Radicals

Free Radicals was first conceived in early 2015. I love asymmetric games, and I was keen to explore new paths for asymmetry. I wanted to design a game that gave each player a different...

Women's History Month 2022 Round-up

With March 2022 having ended, I want to give thanks to Chris — a.k.a., iomio — for making the Celebrating Women's History Month — 2022 GeekList a reality.Chris had contacted me (if I recall...

First Impressions: Ark Nova, or Playing Wildlife Lottery

Is it time to talk about Ark Nova, the debut design from Mathias Wigge? Given the game's presence on BGG's "The Hotness" since its debut in October 2021 from publisher Feuerland Spiele,...