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by W. Eric Martin This is a purely functional post to give me a way to link to both the Gen Con 2025 Preview and the SPIEL Essen 25 Preview in one go on the front page. With yesterday and today's additions to these previews, the SPIEL Essen 25 ...

by W. Eric Martin - The world is overflowing with people, events, history, and culture that's yet to appear in a board game -- which is why I want to highlight Uninvited Guests at a Wedding, a new game from Phalgun Polepalli of Mozaic Games that ...

by Danielle Reynolds What is a trick-taking game? A game in which everyone plays rounds hoping to have a hand of cards with high numbers to lead you to victory?! For the longest time, trick-taking games gave me anxiety and frustration. I didn't grow ...

by W. Eric Martin Here's a sampling of some of the smaller games that you'll find at SPIEL Essen 25: - In 2024, German publisher HeidelBÄR Games released a new edition of Mü & more from Doris Matthäus and Frank Nestel, a.k.a. Doris & Frank.

by Greyfax Here is the discussion for this week: A player is playing incorrectly, helping the current winner win more or going after the loser when a better play for themselves is clear. What to do? This, of course, is assuming a competitive ...

by Matt Leacock Origins The Lord of the Rings: Fate of the Fellowship has been a long time coming. Its roots can be found in my earliest attempts at game design and my love of J.R.R. Tolkien. My uncle Pat introduced me to the works of Tolkien when I ...

by W. Eric Martin Canadian publisher Synapses Games has announced the acquisition of two more product lines previously released by publisher Greater Than Games: Dave Chalker's "outrace the shark" game Get Bit! and the party game Medium by Danielle ...

by W. Eric Martin - In September 2022, Days of Wonder released Ticket to Ride: Northern Lights, a scaled-up version of Alan R. Moon's 2007 game Ticket to Ride: Nordic Countries, with this new item being available solely in Scandinavia. I say "scaled ...

by W. Eric Martin Hisashi Hayashi's game Bomb Busters has won the 2025 Spiel des Jahres, Germany's game of the year award. Hayashi had released the game Bomb Squad in 2020 through his own OKAZU Brand company, then French publisher Cocktail Games ...

by Rafael Miralles Arenas It all started as it usually does -- when one of us has a crazy idea. This time, it was Rafael who broke the silence with his now-classic remark: "J, I've got an idea for a game." This time, it was about creating a board ...