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by Steph Hodge [imageid=9848748 medium rep]- Czech Games Edition (CGE) announced Codenames Party! An all-new way to play Codenames. Now on Netflix! You simply need your phone connected to the tv as a controller. If you have Netflix, you are ready to ...

by Guillem Coll Nascard aims to capture the excitement and feel of big racing games, but condenses that experience into a deck of just 110 cards.The challenge, however, was precisely that: how could we represent a race--complete with overtaking, risk ...

by Justin Bell "I meanhow are you DOING all of that???"The exasperated player to my right had finished their turn, and they were staring at my player board as I was finishing up a very long turn of my own. The game we were playing: Timespan, the ...

by Julian Steindorfer Where and when does this story start? Let me try to untangle the thread and tell you how Fadenfroh* came to be. *(a German word creation merging the words "thread" (Faden) and "colorful" (farbenfroh).Does this story start in ...

by Remo Conzadori By Remo Conzadori & Andrea MaininiSometimes, a game begins with a simple idea that refuses to grow. Other times, it just needs the right collaboration to finally take root.A Mechanic Looking for a GameFor a few months, I had been ...

by Peter Hayward [heading]Triangulation Design Diary[/heading]Triangulation was designed in three years and four hours.During the height of the pandemic, I had the idea: two teams, one leader on each team. The leader of Team A is trying to get their ...

by Steph Hodge [imageid=9149394 medium rep]- Tycoon Games released Everdell Emerland, From designers James A. Wilson & Clarissa A. Wilson (Game: Everdell). This is the next Everdell installment for 1-4 players and plays in 30-120 minutes. Many find ...

by cafestorybook Bake or Break started in a somewhat unusual place for a board game ...

by Peer Sylvester Game design is a mix of experimentation and inspiration. If you condensed a description of Upland & Prairie down to a single sentence, you'd be excused for thinking I've simply remade The King is Dead: 'Place one of three colours of ...

by Justin Bell Welcome to my second edition of "Behind the Hype"; if you missed the first, I spoke with Eveline Foubert at Mighty Boards a few months ago.This week, I'm sharing a conversation I had with my friend and colleague Rawan Anbar at Gigamic,