Let me be clear: there is one way to play Stealing Santa. Seeing as how Santa’s not real,1 you don’t need to pretend to be nice during Christmas. And being naughty is so much more fun. So for some light-hearted, mean-spirited, present re-distribution that indulges the kleptomanic amongst us, you should play Stealing Santa. Maybe with your family, […]
If there’s a game that every board game designer wants to turn into cardboard, it would have to be the best-selling video game of all time: Tetris. Games featuring tetrominoes (shapes made out of 4 squares), pentominoes (shapes made out of 5 squares) and all of the various other permutations (called polyominoes) have been around for […]
Board games without boards aren’t exactly novel. And yet, board game geeks are sharpening their pencils and competitively scribbling on pieces of paper in bars and lounge rooms across the world. Bingo didn’t suddenly become sexy again. It’s the new craze: the golden age of “Roll and Write” games. Because I am a nerd, I made […]