This is the first time I’ve seen it. One of the joys of our little hobby is that it’s still small and scrappy; individuals with

The closest thing we’ve got to the endless sequels and spinoffs in the cinematic world here in board gaming are 2-player/dice/card versions of games we

We board gamers live in a time of abundance. Everywhere you look there’s a new interesting game to try out and chances are it’s going

What’s the value of a game that gives you space to chat with your friends while you play? I pondered this while talking with my

There’s something about the color scheme in Agropolis that looks a bit dour. I understand that the folks at Button Shy probably had some trouble

I’ve never been in this position before, reviewing a game for the second time, but I keep getting these EXIT games from Kosmos so I

After playing hundreds of board games I rarely find anything that feels new. There are many good games out there, but they often blend together

Most of what we do here at The Thoughtful Gamer is aimed at people who are already part of the modern board gaming hobby, but

Why is Terraforming Mars so popular? This was the question I posed to twitter the other day. I was admittedly in a bit of a

I’m calling it here: there’s going to be a boom of trick taking games over the next couple of years. The roll and write fad