I spent the bet­ter part of five days last week play­ing the newest board games at a con­ven­tion in Seat­tle. It was quite a change from the board game con­ven­tion I usu­al­ly go to, where play­ers have about 40 hours… Read morenew board games run­down

I know I talk a lot about board games, but I’ve nev­er talked about which ones are actu­al­ly good starter games for any­one inter­est­ed in build­ing a mod­ern board game col­lec­tion. So what games do you need? In no par­tic­u­lar… Read moreessen­tial board games

I went to Mind Games in April, at which judges play at least 30 games and vote on their favorites. On Sun­day morn­ing, votes are tal­lied, and five games are her­ald­ed as win­ners with the right to put the Men­sa… Read moreboard game extrav­a­gan­za 2 (April)

I went to a board game con­ven­tion at the begin­ning of March, and I played lots of games! Here’s a list: Scov­ille: This is sim­i­lar to Pas­tiche, but with pep­pers. It’s a cute game where you plant pep­pers and try… Read moreboard game extrav­a­gan­za 1 (March)

We brought Scythe home a few weeks ago, and we’ve played it a few times. We’ve played one 2‑player and two 4‑player games, and Carl played the automa ver­sion once. I think I can give a decent review of it now.… Read moreboard game review: Scythe