I don’t know why, but the lesson game designers seemed to take from Dominion is that deckbuilding is cool, but it’s not random enough. Or

I’ve received some great comments in response to last week’s article about micro- and macro-theming. After considering them I don’t think I explained the idea

The way the word “theme” is often used in reference to board games isn’t particularly useful. I’m not here to dictate to people how they

Over the last few weeks I’ve returned to Slay the Spire as my digital relaxation game of choice. It’s as brilliant and brutal as ever,

I’m stretching the title of this series because disc golf is definitely a game, but rules were made to be broken, so here we go.

I have to admit, I was tempted to be a bit of a snob about The Quest For El Dorado, Reiner Knizia’s Spiel des Jahres-nominated

I had the pleasure of sitting down (digitally) with David Libby, designer of the solo card game Anxiety to talk about the game design and his

As I mentioned in my first impression, Gloomhaven is remarkable not necessarily because it’s particularly innovative, but because it seems to do everything it wants