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

(Art and components shown are not final.) Stop me if you’ve played this game before. There are some actions, but through an arbitrary process, you

One day, while wading through obstinate, naive political opinions on twitter (are there any other kind?) my eye caught the Good Stuff–a new review from