Board Games Starting a Board Game Collection: Part 1 13 Apr 201631 Aug 2025 Like any niche hobby, getting started in board gaming can be a daunting prospect. There are so many differing opinions on what makes a good game, or what makes an…
Board Games The Beauty of Asymmetry 9 Apr 2016 A lot of the board games that are considered mainstream family games (Monopoly, Cluedo, Uno et al) are what we might call symmetrical games. By this I mean that in…
Board Games Droll and Move 6 Apr 201631 Aug 2025 I've bitched and moaned about the roll and move mechanism extensively in my previous posts and, although I generally consider it lazy design, it's not always as bad as I…
Board Games Getting a Clue 30 Mar 201631 Aug 2025 As I suggested in a previous post, we really are in a Golden Age of board games just now, and it pains me to see so many people sticking to…
Blogging… Judging a Game by Its Cover 20 Feb 201624 May 2018 Just a short pictorial post today. Having recently spent some time looking through the work of the late Wayne England, I'm struck by how much artistic talent exists within our…
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