Casual Game Insider - Summer 2020

In this issue

Silver Coin by Bezier Games offers new gameplay twists as the newest stand-alone game in the Silver series. Plus: save the world from a raging virus in five great titles from the Pandemic series, the "rock stars" of game design who forever changed the world of board gaming, six categories of board gamers (which one are you?), the growing use of technology in tabletop games, and how Restoration Games is revisiting the classics.

Flipping Out Over SILVER COIN

Game series don’t come along all that often. Expansions, sure, but not an actual series of stand-alone games. Silver is both a series of games (Silver Coin is the third of at least seven planned entries) and a collection of expansions, with each game being both stand-alone as well as an expansion for the previous titles. Even weirder is the notion that the two previous games in the series—Silver and Silver Bullet—serve as expansions to Silver Coin.

2 mins

Pandemic

Taking a Gaming Break from the Outbreak

7 mins

BOARD GAME ROCK STARS

5 Game Designers Who Changed the World

9 mins

What Kind of Board Gamer Are You?

IT’S SAFE TO SAY THAT WE ALL PLAY BOARD GAMES BECAUSE WE ARE LOOKING TO ENJOY OURSELVES. BUT WHAT KIND OF FUN WE’RE LOOKING FOR CAN DIFFER FROM GAMER TO GAMER. SOME OF US PREFER GAMES THAT INCLUDE EVERYONE AT FAMILY GAME NIGHT. OTHERS SEARCH FOR NEW WAYS TO CHALLENGE THEMSELVES AND TEST THEIR STRATEGIC ACUMEN AGAINST LIKE-MINDED OPPONENTS (OR THEIR LONG-SUFFERING SIGNIFICANT OTHERS). AND THERE ARE OTHERS STILL THAT ARE JUST LOOKING FOR THE CHANCE TO INTRODUCE THEIR FRIENDS TO BOARD GAMES.

8 mins

ROBOT INVASION: THE CONVERGENCE OF TABLETOP GAMES AND TECHNOLOGY

It will be a surprise to absolutely no one that technology is slowly creeping into the world of tabletop games, just as it has in every other facet of life. What might actually be surprising is how slowly the creep is. Especially considering the wild success of mobile games and the ubiquity of smartphones, you might expect more tabletop games supplemented with apps. So why are tabletop games lagging behind when we embrace technology in other areas without looking back?

7 mins

HINDSIGHT IS 2020: REVISITING THE CLASSICS WITH RESTORATION GAMES

There is mounting evidence that the board gaming industry boom is not going away. People of all ages are flocking to board gaming as a means of entertainment, fun, and connecting with others in variable settings. Conventions devoted to promoting the latest games continue to swell, with anticipation of the latest hotness working thousands into a frenzy.

5 mins

GAME REVIEWS: MENTAL BLOCKS

Mental Blocks is a cooperative puzzle game in which each player is dealt a card that shows one perspective for the block tower they are building.

10+ mins

Pictures is Major Fun!

MAJOR FUN REVIEW

4 mins

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