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by mads l. brynnum Dragon's Roll is a game that combines three things I love: monsters, dice, and cooperative games. I've already made a game where you play as the monsters trying to catch humans (Monster! Monster! Which is inspired by a book of ...

by Justin Bell Whenever someone tells me they are bringing hobby games home to play with their family for the holidays, I always laugh; disappointment equals pain. Ain't no way you are getting Wingspan in front of your grandparents; even if you are ...

by David Thompson (This design diary was written by Roger Tankersley and posted on BGG by co-designer David Thompson)As the co-designers of Sniper Elite: The Board Game, we wanted to give you a few behind-the-scenes details of how we created the new ...

by Beth Heile Instead of the usual lineup of game announcements and post-convention hauls, I wanted to write and photograph about the random tidbits that caught my attention at this year's Gen Con, including a wonderful interview with Felicia Day ...

by Steph Hodge [imageid=9718883 medium rep]- Cephalofair Games announced a new card game releasing this December called Mercenaries Wanted. From the designer Dennis Vögele (Gloomhaven (Second Edition)), he brings us back into the Gloomhven universe ...

by voskampj I am Joey Voskamp, a Canadian designer of a small box card game called The Big Haul. This diary will shed some light on the process of making this game!Still on the Beach In early 2025, my wife and I were travelling on the auto train from ...

by Justin Bell I learned a lot by watching Rodney Smith this weekend.Like many of you, I know Rodney from his YouTube channel Watch It Played. Prior to Gen Con 2026, I hadn't met Rodney in person at any of the other shows I've attended as a member of ...

by Anton Hallmann "The game is ugly as the night" - said the first reviewer I saw about the new artwork. Well, that is a good start into writing a blog post about redesigning an existing game, I guess. So I prepared my next failure and started ...

by Roger IELLO As a Godzilla fan, I had always hoped to work on a project like this. Around the release of the first U.S. Godzilla movie in 2014, I created a series of personal chibi kaiju illustrations inspired by the Monsterverse. Florent Baudry,

by Steph Hodge HELLO GEN CON! We are all ready for these new releases![imageid=8916698 medium rep]- Mythologies from Super Meeple is set to release August 12, but will be available for Gen Con pickup as well. This new game is designed by Maxime Babad ...