Move and stack books in your apartment to meet temporary goals, and build up your social battery so you can go to town and buy more books! A boardgame all about introverts who love being surrounded by their stuff.
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Five classics of literature to introduce via board games. Whet your kids appetite, so that they WANT to read these books!
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This Fluxx game was really crafted with a love for Winnie the Pooh and it references all our favorite moments from these 100 year old stories.
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It’s hard to put a twist on trick-taking that really feels new. Bottle Imp does this, but in a way that makes us work a little harder than we’d like.
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In Flashback: Lucy, Scorpion Masqué didn’t bother calming your nerves, but leaned into creepiness instead of a light-hearted adventure.
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What if I told you there was a game you could play, but it would also help you with the design process and how to become a better board game designer, all at the same time?
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If you want to play word games with your kids, you’re going to have to wait a LONG time for them to be ready. We suggest a few games that can help your family work their way up to “adult” word games.
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Collect and arrange pages about the four kingdoms living in the forest: animals, plants, insects, and fungi, to add to the Codex Naturalis.
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Up to four readers solve mysteries and puzzles in this graphic novel adventure. But can you really play without all four books?
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Once a quarter, we welcome a guest to the show who has NOTHING to do with board games, but is still awesome. This week, for our first episode of Outside Board Games, we welcome author Rajani LaRocca.
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A security guard caught you red-handed sneaking into the school library late at night for some before-the-final cramming. Your penance is to sort and reshelve all the books that need to be cleaned up! Athenenum: Mystic Library is a drafting and spatial planning game for 2-5 players ages 10 and up. It takes between 30-45 minutes to sort and shelve
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This week, we’re talking about games inspired by children’s books – games that actually exist, and games we’d like to see!
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Our guest this week is Jenn Bartlett, AKA The Boardgame Librarian. We examine the idea of pairing up books with games.
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We’re joined today by Peter McPherson, the creator of Tiny Towns, coming soon from AEG. Tiny Towns was Andrew’s favorite game from PAX Unplugged.
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Today, we welcome Erin Dean, board game renaissance woman! She tells us about her book, the board game museum she is founding, along with a game or two she’s been working on.
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The Tea Dragon Society now has meetings in board game land! Does the game hold up to the tone and message of the comic? Is it still fun to play if you’ve never read the comic? Yes to both!
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Robit Riddle, by Baba Geek Games, is a co-operative storytelling game. Can you and your robot friends find the missing robits?
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