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There are certain categories of games that I absolutely love. You will have heard about my recent escapades in the world of 18xx games and the excitement these types of games create for me. They offer me a good dose of brain training, while also being thematically enjoyable. Yet, there is another genre of games that I love: tile-laying games. So, in this article, I want to talk about these games a bit more and explain what I like about them so much.

Read the full article here: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2024/10/08/pattern-matching-pleasure-from-carcassonne-to-looot-topic-discussion/

Useful Links

• 18xx games: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/tag/18xx-games/
• Carcassonne: https://www.asmodee.co.uk/collections/carcassonne
• Applejack review: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2023/09/30/applejack-saturday-review/
• Akropolis review: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2023/09/09/akropolis-saturday-review/
• Looot: https://en.gigamic.com/accueil-fr/1136-looot.html

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A black hole is a region of spacetime where gravity is so strong that nothing, not even light, can escape. Black holes are enormous and entirely ungovernable. They form when massive stars collapse on themselves at the end of their life. They grow by absorbing mass from their surroundings and if they absorb other stars or merge with other black holes, they become supermassive, millions of solar masses in size. Yet, some black holes are even more gigantic and powerful. They are Ultramassive by Alex Greenberg and Jacob Phillips from Studio Unknown.

Read the full review here: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2024/10/05/ultramassive-saturday-review/

Useful Links

• Ultramassive: https://www.studiounknowngames.com/ultramassiveboardgame
• Rulebook: https://www.studiounknowngames.com/_files/ugd/3543fc_e4111f93dcbd4034a12b939d314a9e9c.pdf
• Kickstarter page: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/studio-unknown/ultramassive
• Studio Unknown: https://www.studiounknowngames.com/
• BGG listing: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/407965/ultramassive

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I think many of us like games that take an hour or two to play, maybe even longer. I guess that's at least true when you've got a game group you play regularly with. I love longer games, but I also love those quick games that take less than half an hour to learn and play. They're ideal to play before, after or even in between other games. They're also perfect for game groups, because you can play them while you wait for others to arrive, after some people have left or in between other games, while some of you freshen themselves up. So in this article, I want to look at these "in-between" games.

Read the full article here: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2024/08/20/in-between-games-quick-games-while-you-wait-topic-discussion/

Useful Links

• Bombyx: https://studiobombyx.com/en/
• Sea Salt & Paper review: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2023/07/08/sea-salt-paper-saturday-review/
• Knarr review: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2024/07/20/knarr-saturday-review/
• Pixies review: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2024/08/10/pixies-saturday-review/
• Prey Another Day review: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2024/08/17/prey-another-day-saturday-review/

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Now don't get me wrong. I don't mind long games. I happily play the same game for two to three hours, as long as it keeps me captivated. Even when a game requires a lot of focus and concentration, I usually have no problem sticking with it for a few hours. One of the ways in which a game can keep players invested is by reducing the amount of downtime, that is the time it takes for a turn to come back round to you. Something that helps in this respect is overlapping turns, which I want to look at more closely in this article.

Read the full article here: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2023/09/05/speed-boost-overlapping-turns-in-board-games-topic-discussion/

Useful Links

• Tapestry review: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2019/11/09/tapestry-saturday-review/
• Scythe review: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2019/01/19/scythe/
• Karuba review: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2023/04/08/karuba-saturday-review/
• Quacks of Quedlinburg review: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2020/06/06/the-quacks-of-quedlinburg-saturday-review/

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The living room floor was a mess, sort of anyway. Everything was neatly arranged in a grid pattern, but there was no order to it whatsoever. Books were next to plants, which were next to games, which were next to frames all while some of our cats were tiptoeing around everything. All of it was only temporary though. I just wanted to get everything lined up, before returning it all to My Shelfie by Matthew Dunstan and Phil Walker-Harding from Lucky Duck Games.

Read the full review here: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2023/09/02/my-shelfie-saturday-review/

Useful Links

• My Shelfie: https://luckyduckgames.com/games/340-my-shelfie
• Rulebook: https://boardgamegeek.com/filepage/243983/my-shelfie-rules-eng
• Lucky Duck Games: https://luckyduckgames.com/
• BGG listing: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/366456/my-shelfie
• Village Rails review: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2023/03/11/village-rails-saturday-review/
• Connect Four: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/2719/connect-four

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The discussion about whether board game reviews should be paid for comes up regularly. Arguments can centre on the moral angle, come from a legal viewpoint or be purely personal opinions. More often than not, what is being debated is not well defined and the discourse starts to drift into different, seemingly opposing, directions. In this article, I want to try and untangle the topic and focus on maybe one or two specific areas.

Read the full article here: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2023/08/29/reviews-kant-be-paid-a-look-at-paid-reviews-topic-discussion/

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• Kantian Ethics Wikipedia entry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kantian_ethics

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Fungi have long been misclassified as plants. In reality, they are a whole kingdom of their own. What we call a mushroom is just a fungus's fruit that appears above ground, but a mushroom is just a tiny part of a fungus. It's their underground root system composed of dense masses of fine, thread-like filaments, called hyphae, that makes up the majority of a fungus. Yet, mushrooms are crucial in a fungus's propagation. Mushrooms send out spores, which are carried through the air to new locations. When they eventually germinate they create new Mycelia by J. J. Neville from Split Stone Games.

Read the full review here: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2023/08/26/mycelia-saturday-review/

Useful Links

• Mycelia: https://splitstonegames.com/
• Split Stone Games: https://splitstonegames.com/
• BGG listing: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/378476/mycelia

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After talking to Gaiagames at Berlin Brettspiel Con this year, I was impressed by how much they focus on sustainability for their games, not just when it comes to the product itself, but also the gameplay experience. It spurned me on to write about the topic of our hobby's impact on the environment and how that manifests itself in so many different, faceted ways.

Read the full article here: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2023/08/22/green-greener-greenest-sustainability-and-board-games-topic-discussion/

Useful Links

• Gaiagames: https://gaiagames.de/
• Berlin Brettspiel Con: https://berlin-con.de/
• "Plastic fantastic" article: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2019/09/03/plastic-fantastic/
• "Less is more" article: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2020/07/07/less-is-more-topic-discussion/
• "Carbon-neutral games" article: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2021/11/02/carbon-neutral-games-topic-discussion/
• Forest Stewardship Council (FSC): https://fsc.org/en
• Forests of Pangaia review: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2023/05/20/forests-of-pangaia-saturday-review/
• Pangaia Games: https://www.pangaia.games/
• Postmark Games: https://www.postmarkgames.com/
• Atikin Games: https://atikingames.com/
• Daybreak: https://www.daybreakgame.org/
• re-wood: https://czechgames.com/en/home/news-23-07-27-introducing-re-wood/

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The first snow of winter had fallen. Underneath the cosy blanket of snow, new life was stirring. The land was coming alive with creatures trying to carve out a life. It wasn't long until the warm sun melted the snow atop the giant mountain overlooking this realm. A slow trickle soon turned into a stream, which grew and grew and threatened to flood the animals with a giant River Wild by Steven Aramini from Button Shy.

Read the full review here: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2023/08/19/river-wild-saturday-review/

Useful Links

• River Wild: https://buttonshygames.com/products/river-wild
• Rulebook: https://boardgamegeek.com/filepage/259138/official-rules-button-shy
• Button Shy: https://buttonshygames.com/
• BGG listing: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/352593/river-wild
• Crumbs! review: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2023/08/05/crumbs-the-sandwich-filler-game-saturday-review/
• Patience: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/10400/patience

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Starting out in any hobby can be daunting. There is so much to learn and understand. The modern board game hobby is no different. There is terminology that will be unfamiliar to people who have not played much other than Monopoly or The Game of Life. Even the idea that you do anything other than roll and move can be alien and lead to analysis paralysis. So in this article, I want to look at how you can introduce people to our hobby.

Read the full article here: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2023/08/15/opening-gambit-where-to-begin-in-the-modern-hobby-topic-discussion/

Useful Links

• Monopoly: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/1406/monopoly
• The Game of Life: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/2921/game-of-life
• "How to get into board games in 2023" article from Adam at Punchboard: https://punchboard.co.uk/how-to-get-into-board-games-in-2023/
• "Introduction to Modern Board Games" article from Ian at The Giant Brain: https://giantbrain.co.uk/2023/08/03/introduction-to-modern-board-games/
• Board Game Geek (BGG): https://boardgamegeek.com/
• Star Trek Fluxx: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/246531/star-trek-fluxx
• Ticket to Ride: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/9209/ticket-ride
• Clans of Caledonia review: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2019/03/02/clans-of-caledonia/
• Brian Boru review: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2022/04/16/brian-boru-high-king-of-ireland-saturday-review/

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