Being part of the board game community sure has opened my eyes to all that goes into the creation of a game. Like an author writing a book, it doesn’t go from the imagination to hardback. There are several steps in-between that involve the ...
One of the hottest trends in board games right now is a genre being called “roll and write”. This style of game typically has players rolling one or more dice and recording the results on their own score sheet. The term has beco ...
Sometimes it feels like deja vu around here. On Wednesday, I shared with you an overview of Lanterns Dice and how it’s a roll & write take on the hit game we featured back in 2015, Lanterns: The Harvest Festival. Well… those ...
We’ve been telling you recently about a variety of roll and write (Bloom dice game and Patchwork Doodle) as well as flip and write games (Kokoro, Second Chance and Deadly Doodles). We’ve shared overviews of these games ...
Lately it seems like we pass on more games at thrift because they are incomplete. Missing parts can be hard to replace, so it may have been the reason it was donated in the first place. I just wish thrift stores would take the time to inven ...
The end of summer means many things to different people. For school teachers it means they get to meet their classrooms of new students. For the students it signals the end of their summer vacation and time to hit the books. Some areas drea ...
Our involvement in the board game industry has allowed us to experience more games than the average person. We’ve discovered what we like most and what are least on our priority list. We understand what works and what doesn’t. O ...
We’ve mentioned a few times how we visited Las Vegas quite often when we lived in Los Angeles. We weren’t heavy gamblers, but did enjoy playing the low minimum tables downtown. We knew slots offered the worst odds, while blackja ...
I’m not one to spend a lot of money at the local Starbucks, but my passion for coffee runs deep. Or at least my passion for coffee makers since I own about five different. Don’t laugh. They all have their purpose! My current fav ...
Last year at this time, I had the privilege of an exclusive interview with Steve Jackson where he opened up about the benefits of playing board games, Easter Eggs in pop culture, ways to introduce new players to role playing games and some ...
