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by W. Eric Martin I normally focus on games being released in the specialty market or at conventions, but plenty of games debut in mainstream outlets, especially those based on licensed properties, so let's sample what's been released within the past ...

by Carles Carreras Hello, I'm Litus, the creator and illustrator of Gold Nugget! I write all this to share a little about what the creation and design of this great little project was like. I am not a person well versed in board games -- but I am ...

by Greyfax Here is the discussion for this week: I visit a game night once a week, and it's become one of the highlights of my week. Unfortunately, I do see that a bit too often for my tastes, new players don't seem to be getting the warm reception ...

by W. Eric Martin In addition to Reiner Knizia's Shell We?, which I covered here, Korea Boardgames has announced four other game releases for 2025, so let's knock out the rest of its line-up: - Foldris is a new edition of Jinwoo Seo's flip-and-write ...

by W. Eric Martin Is it too early for another round-up of games from designer Reiner Knizia, especially since he was in a BGG News post just the other day? Depends on your appetite for those designs, I suppose, but I kept sending myself notes about ...

by Wojciech Grajkowski The Idea In the fall of 2021, I was assigned by my employer, Lucky Duck Games, the task of designing a new digital hybrid game for children. The perspective of creating a game from scratch, within a setting of my choice, got me ...

by W. Eric Martin I'm nearing five thousand game listings created in the BoardGameGeek database -- 4,996! -- and while it feels good to have submitted nearly 3% of all the items listed, I also regret that many of my listings remain exactly as ...

by W. Eric Martin German publisher Schmidt Spiele has revealed several games it plans to release in early 2025. - Let's start by looking at Atua, a 1-6 player game from Scott Almes that seems like a representative 2020s design with players openly ...

by Joeri Hessels Welcome on board, let's get ready to raft down the river! Roaring River is a 2-6 player card game that plays in about 20 minutes. The game is designed by Wouter Moons and Joeri Hessels (me!) and published by Jolly Dutch Productions,

by shengpal Partners in Crime How many of you have ever thought of committing the perfect crime? If you have, I advise you to keep it to yourself -- and perhaps one day channel that dark curiosity into crafting a murder mystery that others will be ...