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Checking Out the Fun

Borrow. Play & Build Community with a Board Game Library

For Love of the Game

Philosophies of Game Design

REDUCE, REUSE, REPLAY: THE HIDDEN TREASURE OF GAME THRIFTING INT

With almost 3,000 new tabletop games released every year, it's easy to get a little fear of missing out (FOMO).

Bringing the Heart with Board Games

Whether you are going out for a family camping trip or eagerly awaiting the next big blockbuster, these new casual games offer a little something for anyone! So, grab your strongest SPF, a favorite refreshing beverage, and dive into the waves of new titles this summer.

Finding a Unique Board Gaming Niche

Mimicking the explosion of board game manufacturing and designs, the expansion of the content creator space has done its own Big Bang in the last decade.

GAME REVIEWS: SKYTEAM

Mimicking the explosion of board game manufacturing and designs, the expansion of the content creator space has done its own Big Bang in the last decade.

Rebel PRINCESS DELUXE EDITION

Developing a Modern Classic

50 Years of D&D: You Can't Copyright Fun

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the original edition of Dungeons & Dragons (D&D), the granddaddy of tabletop role-playing games and one of the urtexts of nerd culture.

GAME REVIEWS

This little card game takes only a couple of minutes to teach, but is surprisingly engaging and full of fun.

PASSPORT TO FUN: This Summer's Sizzling New Casual Games

From a quaint festival in Portugal to impending doom in ancient China, or from the peaceful tranquility of a Japanese garden to the tarmac of the Montréal airport, the new casual board games of the summer of 2023 read like a captivating travel brochure

Scram! CRITTERS VS. CAMPERS

One team faces another in Bezier Games' latest card-shedding gam

PLAY FUNKOVERSE LIKE A PRO

Have you ever heard about the Funkoverse board game series? If not, then you are in for a real treat

Fun Is No Mystery with: Scorpion masqué

Scorpion Masqué is a Montreal-based board game publisher founded in 2006 by former literature teacher and game enthusiast Christian Lemay

PAGE TURNERS: Games Unfurl Their Majestic Pages

Have you picked up a good book lately? Perhaps you've struggled to find inspirational reading material

Josh Cappel: A Man of Many Hats

The name Josh Cappel is synonymous with variety. If you have a shelf of board games, it's likely that at least one of them has been touched by Cappel

A Part-Time Venture Creating Full-Time Fun

hawn Stankewich, along with co-founders Robb Melvin and Molly Johnson, started Seattle-based Flatout Games in 2017. Robb and Shawn lived in the same dorm in college and developed a friendship through playing board games. Molly was already into games when she met Shawn and Robb in 2013. After four years of friendship and playing games, they decided to design their own.

Back to Nature:

The Spring of Environmental Themes in Board Gaming

THE LAST KINGDOM BOARD GAME

A HISTORIC TALE OF EPIC PROPORTIONS

Hand-to-Hand Wombat is Major Fun!

The Concept - No one knows why wombats enjoy architecture. A desire to build towers is buried deep in their bones. But there are exceptions: wicked wombats, born to make trouble.

Project Not All Puzzles Are Created Equal

When sitting down to learn Project L, it may not seem to be a tabletop game at all, but rather the classic video game Tetris. After all, square-shaped board puzzles are acquired and players must fit various polyomino pieces into the recessed spaces of the puzzles.

THE KULTURE OF GAMES:

How Board Games Continue to Reflect Growing & Emergent Communities

CAT IN THE BOX

A fascinating twist on a well-known and well-loved genre, Cat in the Box brings a new dimension to trick-taking.

Essen SPIEL 2022: A Sparkle of Hope for Board Gaming

The last time I had the chance to attend Essen SPIEL, my son was just five weeks old, not exactly of the age where he could voice his opinion on the latest or greatest casual game.

The Root Beer Float Challenge is Major Fun!

You have come together to crown a new champion by assembling that most tasty treat, the root beer float! The ice cream, soda, straws, and cherries are laid out and ready.

BAG OF CHIPS

Carefully choose which objectives to complete in this tasty game of collecting chips.

GAME REVIEWS: DIVE

Dive deep into the ocean, avoiding sharks and seeking aid from turtles and manta rays as you race your opponents to the bottom.

Stroke of Genius: How Genius Games & Artana Gamify Science and History

It doesn't take a rocket scientist to make a board game, but at St. Louis-based Genius Games, one may join the creative process alongside designers, artists, and playtesters.

GAMING IN WAR: The Survival of the Board Game Community in Ukraine

Around 5 a.m. on February 24, 2022, Russian troops entered Ukraine and began bombing otherwise peaceful cities, airports, and critical infrastructure throughout the country from multiple fronts.

Out on the Tiles: The Evolution and Use of Tiles in Board Games

It's fair to say that any gamer who has spent enough time exploring the plethora of board games has played at least one tile-placement game. By its very nature, tile placement is ubiquitous because of its inherent versatility.

TIC-TAC-TOE EVOLVED: THE DEVELOPMENT OF FOUR CORNERS

Inspiration can strike in the unlikeliest of places. was sitting at an airport gate, waiting for my plane,” begins Ray Wehrs, and was mesmerized watching these kids next to me play games of Tic-Tac-Toe over and over again.” Wehrs watched as they stalemated numerous times and set right back up to do it again. In that moment, started thinking about how could make the game better.”