I knew The Thoughtful Gamer would look different in 2023, as I couldn’t sustain what I was doing last year, but I didn’t think I
Here are 12 of my favorite games that are in stock, right now, for under $25. I’ve reviewed most of them, which you can find
Straight to the point: 2022 is the make or break year for The Thoughtful Gamer and I need help if this site is going to
Hello fine readers. I hope you all enjoyed yesterday’s bit of April Fools silliness. Believe it or not I’ve had that idea for years and
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Just a quick announcement about some changes that’ll be happening to the podcast and The Thoughtful Gamer generally going forward. In short, I’m going to
I’ve not posted anything here in a couple of weeks, and in the heavily competitive world of trying to get people’s attention on the internet,
Chris and Wendy from Meeple Overboard are super nice people who love board games. This past week I joined Chris to talk about Vital Lacerda’s
We recently dropped the Best Games of 2019 podcast, and while it’s always fun to try to play a bunch of new games and deem
It’s fundraiser week here at The Thoughtful Gamer, and I know that’ll cause a lot of eye rolling and clicking away, but hear me out.
It’s four days into December and I’ve still got Thanksgiving leftovers in the fridge. I’m actually kind of sick of Amber’s mashed potatoes right now,
It’s that wonderful time of the year again where GMT holds their annual sale! If I had to pick a favorite publisher it would undoubtedly
I’ve got a new logo! The original logo was acquired on the cheap and I always knew that I would want to update it. So
Dan Letzring is back, and he’s here to talk about the latest offering from Letiman games: Adventure Tactics. This is a campaign game inspired by
Hello, all. If you’ve been following The Thoughtful Gamer for a while you probably know that I’ve bought up the issue of publishers paying for
In my review of Exit: The Pharaoh’s Tomb I speculated about the naming ritual of calling such a puzzle game an “escape room”, it lacking
How can I talk about Crusaders without discussing the theme? The Crusades are a deeply uncomfortable part of western history and while I’m fairly ignorant
NOTE: The Kickstarter date for Thrive has been pushed back to March 5th instead of February 26th as mentioned in the audio. I sit down
Abstract month got pushed back a bit, and you’ll still see some remnants from that into February (like this afternoon’s podcast!), but starting with yesterday’s
For 2019 I’ve decided to implement one major change for The Thoughtful Gamer. We’re doing themed months! January will focus on abstract games, and while
We’ve done it, folks! We’ve made it another year and now I have to remember it’s 2019 for all those times I have to write
As you can probably tell, I’m not much of a graphic designer or someone who has any eye for that kind of visual, but I’ve
Netrunner may be now officially dead from a corporate perspective, but it’s still alive in our hearts. If there’s anything the game’s taught us it’s
Listen, people. I know. 2018 is over halfway done and here I am posting a top 10 of 2017 list like I’ve lost track of
Hello, all! I realize it’s been a little while since I last posted anything here (10 days by my count–yikes!), so I wanted to make
I have been blessed with some amazing supporters. We’ve created what I would selfishly describe as a rad little community. And I think I’ve just
We’re doing a double-countdown live-cast! Find out what my 80-41st favorite games of all time are with plenty of disagreement and debate–guaranteed. 8:30 pm EST
Hello, everyone! As you may know, we livestream all of our main podcast recordings to our Patreon Supporters, and it’s been a ton of fun!
I think I’ve finally got it. I just returned from PAX East and I’m not even particularly tired, though I feel general fatigue setting in,
Hello, everyone–exciting news. To commemorate the 1 year anniversary of The Thoughtful Gamer I’ll be doing an AMA (“ask me anything”) on r/boardgames on the
Hello faithful readers! The Thoughtful Gamer’s patreon campaign has been going along splendidly. I’m both surprised and delighted by how much support I’ve seen through
Hello, everyone. Check out this interview with Gamechurch I did at PAX Unplugged. There will be more interviews once per day for a week or so,
Hello, faithful readers. I’ve posted a quick review of 2017 and some goals for 2018 over on my Patreon page. I think 2017 has been a
Have you been enjoying the reviews and discussions here at The Thoughtful Gamer? Well, now you can help keep the lights on, as it were,
Hello, everyone. I was interviewed by two different board game people over the past few weeks, and now both interviews have been posted. I spoke
Hi Everyone, Marc is on vacation this weekend so here’s a guest post I put together recapping the process of building a custom game table
Hello, faithful readers! I’ve been talking about this a bit on the podcast and on social media before, but I want to put all the
Hello, readers! For those in the Boston area, I will be at the Knight Moves game cafe in Somerville for an evening of gaming on
Hello, everyone! I have recently set up a BoardGameGeek guild for The Thoughtful Gamer that you can access here. This will be a great place
I’m going to be honest. Magic: The Gathering intimidates me. I first played the game in the salad days of my youth (ok, in college), and I
If there’s one thing I know about the world, it’s that there’s nothing better than spending your day watching people talk in front of powerpoint
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