Metal coins! I’d forgotten how excellent and intricate the detail is in these coins from Fief. I just spend five minutes playing with them, stacking them and trying to decipher the Latin. Such excellent production quality, @academy_games ! Metal coins are heavy and expensive but totally worth it for the tactile experience when playing a game! #metalcoins #pimpthatgame #worldofcardboard #tabletopgaming #boardgames #tactile #fief #academygames
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You know that thing about apples and the trees they fall from? A cheerful morning game of Sleeping Queens. (Until the game called for stealing from each other, which is a recipe for siblings fighting, natch.) #worldofcardboard #boardgames #kidfriendly
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Starting to get into Clans of Caledonia. Game designers seem to be obsessed with Scotland. #worldofcardboard
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Bohnanza: Time Marches On, So do the Beans
It is safe to say that Uwe Rosenberg's classic game, Bohnanza, is the best-selling and highest-rating board game about bean-farming....
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Arboretum: A Simple, Subtle Card Game with Beguiling Art
The mark of good board game art is how often you find yourself distracted during a game by the artwork....
Continue ReadingStarting to get into Clans of Caledonia. Game designers seem to be obsessed with Scotland. #worldofcardboard
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Bohnanza: Time Marches On, So do the Beans
It is safe to say that Uwe Rosenberg’s classic game, Bohnanza, is the best-selling and highest-rating board game about bean-farming. It is a bona fide classic and remains a high watermark of game design innovation, for it dares to create something that never existed before.
Arboretum: A Simple, Subtle Card Game with Beguiling Art
The mark of good board game art is how often you find yourself distracted during a game by the artwork. When you find yourself captivated by the intricate work of the brush, shade and pattern and colour combining; when the art beguiles such that you forget that it is your turn; when that clever strategy […]
Railroad Ink
Railroad Ink, by Hjalmar Hach and Lorenzo Silva, is a peaceful, puzzly roll-and-write game. You roll dice and use them to build a network of rail and roads, trying to connect the most end-points, fill the centre squares, and make as few mistakes and dead-ends as possible. Like many roll-and-write games, there is no direct […]
CheapAss Games: The Book.
As I’ve documented elsewhere, CheapAss Games and I have a significant relationship. Early in my board-gaming journey, when I was poor and black-and-white cardboard was all I could afford, CheapAss provided an affordable entryway into the hobby I now love. So although this Kickstarter campaign is not a game, it is a significant bit of […]
Coup, by Rikki Tahta
Coup is a devious little bluffing game for a medium-size group. Each player has two secret cards who could be any of 5 different characters, each of whom allows you to perform one or more special actions. These cards double as lives. There are two caveats: 1) you can pretend to hold any character and […]
Qwinto
There are many roll-and-write games that came out over the last few years (this article has a useful graph), but Qwinto, by Uwe Rapp and Bernhard Lach , is one of the purest examples of a good quick roll and write. You roll dice and enter numbers into a grid given certain constraints, and score […]
Career Highlight
Exactly a year ago, the internet acknowledged that I was “Someone Who Writes About Board Games.” Which means something… right?