BGA Summer of Games - Every day BGA will release a new game (boardgamearena.com)
For those playing on BGA, this might be interesting. 31 new games coming to BGA.
AI-Driven Game Mechanics in Board Games Will Soon Be A Reality With Hasbro and Xplored (www.cryptopolitan.com)
The next fad after companion apps?
Board Game Facts #1 • Semi Co-op (www.semicoop.com)
The last couple of years we’ve been having fun with some comic experiments during the Summer holiday. Last year, we introduced Lion & Gazelle, who even stuck around because we enjoy the format and how it divers from our normal comics. We also had some fun with euro game covers and before that, we had… Continue reading
What Were the Ancient Greek Board Games Like? (greekreporter.com)
Weekly Crowdfunding Roundup: July 30 2023 (docs.google.com)
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10 board game genres – their weaknesses, and the games that defy them (bitewinggames.com)
GtG posts another update about the EU-delay for Spirit Island: Nature Incarnate, will affect retail copies, too (www.backerkit.com)
This is such a weird situation. Overall it’s nothing bad, as they say they’re still well ahead of the original promised release date, but at the same time they had already said in a past update how the EU copies “are already with [the fulfillment company]”....
FTC warns board game content creators, publishers over failing to properly disclose relationships, free games (boardgamewire.com)
Weekly Crowdfunding Roundup: July 23 2023 (docs.google.com)
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Spiel Des Jahres winners (www.spiel-des-jahres.de)
Game of the year 2023...
Invincible and Walking Dead get new board games inspired by Hellboy (well, sort of) (www.gamesradar.com)
Pixelated Cardboard - Board game apps reviewed for Android and iOS (www.pixelatedcardboard.com)
Just thought I'd share this. It's an excellent site for reviews of apps and online versions of board games. The guy who runs it has got a pretty exhaustive list of reviews (though not complete!)...
Gloomhaven - Buttons and Bugs: a new tiny solo version (boardgamegeek.com)
For a quick solo Gloomhaven experience! There was a similar print and play version called Gloomholdin‘....
Sagrada Artisans - Your Thoughts? (kbin.social)
I just saw some how to play videos hitting my Youtube feed. While I concede the point that it is different than the base game of Sagrada I don't feel as though it brings enough to the table to warrant buying it. I really enjoy Sagrada, but I'll be passing this one up for sure. Maybe if it hits a deep discount I'd give it a try.
Spiel des Jahres Winners - 2023 (www.dicebreaker.com)
Weekly Crowdfunding Roundup: July 16 2023 | 19 ending soon (incl. Gloomhaven Grand Festival, Arena: The Contest – Tanares Adventures) & 19 new this week (incl. Hamlet: By the Lake, Shadows of Brimstone: Lost Tombs of Khamuntet) (docs.google.com)
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Digital boardgame deals from Steam Summer Sale (store.steampowered.com)
Not sure if the community is interested in deal posts and digital implementations so why not try both?...
Risk but as a 20min card/dice game? new game in the Risk family (boardgamegeek.com)
Never got deep into risk but this might be an interesting addition if you do not have all day to play anymore.
How Playing Board Games Helps Children Progress in Math - News18 (www.news18.com)
As we would need more reasons to play
Weekly Crowdfunding Roundup: July 9 2023 (docs.google.com)
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Cyclades Legendary Edition hauls in half a million in crowdfunding for revamped Bruno Cathala board game (www.dicebreaker.com)
Cyclades: Legendary Edition has already secured over half a million in crowdfunding for a new edition of the popular Greek God territory battler.
Classic board game Tigris & Euphrates is set to make a return this October (www.dicebreaker.com)
Tigris & Euphrates, the classic board game about building ancient civilisations, is set to make its return this October.
Day 9: Best Medium Euro game - Concordia (lemmy.world)
Medium Euro games are by far my favorite boardgame genre. Picking a winner was extremely hard for me, I’ve been postponing this review forever now…...
Beans (boardgamegeek.com)
Anybody play this?...
Using ChatGPT for bordgames? (www.digitaltrends.com)
Has anyone played around with this before? I know its used to DM dnd session but am curious how useful it could be for boardgames!