Food Chain Magnate - Between Two Deluxes (www.thegamecrafter.com)
recently, it was announced one-time only deluxified version of Food Chain Magnate (FCM) would be held on Gamefound (campaign not launched yet) featuring a different art style than the infamous Spotter Spellen game known for its retro yet functional graphic design which some felt was so bad refused to play it despite it receiving...
Archaeologist finds 500 year old board game in castle ruins (www.wargamer.com)
Top 15 Tile Placement Games - Bitewing Games (bitewinggames.com)
Weekly Crowdfunding Roundup: September 3 2023 (docs.google.com)
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Can an ancient board game solve quantum problems? (www.futurity.org)
This is about Mancala Style boardgames which are probably one of the oldest types of games since all you need is some pits and pebbles and a set of rules to play it
What Were the Ancient Greek Board Games Like? (greekreporter.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]”....
Spiel des Jahres Winners - 2023 (www.dicebreaker.com)
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.
Origins Award 2023 Winners Announced (icv2.com)
Weekly Crowdfunding Roundup: June 25 2023 | 25 ending soon (incl. Waypoints, Thiefdom) & 22 new this week (incl. Scarface 1920: Bloody Business, Waypoints) (docs.google.com)
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Has anyone ever shopped at Gate Play? (www.gateplay.com)
Has anyone ever shopped at the online store Gate Play? I have never heard of them....
Design of the tabula backgammon engine (code.rocket9labs.com)
tabula is a backgammon engine I recently created....
'Rap Rat' Wasn't Meant to Be Halloween Nightmare Fuel, Yet Here We Are (www.belloflostsouls.net)
Designer Diary: Challengers! | BoardGameGeek News (boardgamegeek.com)
Challengers is a game I play a lot on BGA so it’s very interesting to see the designers talk about the evolution of the design. Pictures of prototype components are always fun to see too.
7 of the Most Valuable Board Games From the ‘80s and ‘90s (www.mentalfloss.com)
Weekly Crowdfunding Roundup: September 10 2023 (docs.google.com)
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Renegade Game Studios Unveils New Transformers Robo Rally and GI Joe Axis & Allies (news.tfw2005.com)
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
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.
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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Invincible and Walking Dead get new board games inspired by Hellboy (well, sort of) (www.gamesradar.com)
The Rise Of Dungeons & Dragons... and D20 Clones (kbin.social)
found on the RPG magazine on Kbin, some decent OC. Trying to drum up an audience for D&D across Lemmy, the subs I've seen seem fairly inactive....