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Pics from Gen Con 2026 VII

W. Eric Martin — Fri, 04 Sep 2026 18:00:30 +0000

Pics of Kingdom Come: Deliverance, Ghost Blitz, Hypothetically, and more

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Divide Up the Game Board in Kulami

W. Eric Martin — Thu, 03 Sep 2026 17:00:53 +0000

Helvetiq reveals its SPIEL Essen 26 line-up

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Place Amber and Build to a Crescendo

W. Eric Martin — Wed, 02 Sep 2026 22:00:42 +0000

Overviews of the two new titles MEBO Games will present at SPIEL Essen 26

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Boss Fighters QR, Galactic Cruise & Sanctuary Top DSP 2026

W. Eric Martin — Tue, 01 Sep 2026 16:00:35 +0000

German-speaking gamers have voted on their favorite games of 2025-2026

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Asmodee Purchases the Welcome To... Game Line

W. Eric Martin — Tue, 01 Sep 2026 15:00:31 +0000

Benoit Turpin's flip-and-write classic finds a new home

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Marvel at the Lord of the Star Wars Rings

W. Eric Martin — Mon, 31 Aug 2026 20:00:51 +0000

Ubiquitous nostalgic sales traps are being set on every market

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Wyrmspan Shrinks, SCOUT Grows, and Meeples Get Boxy

W. Eric Martin — Sun, 30 Aug 2026 16:00:25 +0000

Teasers of four upcoming game releases, including Concept Stories

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Dice to Meet You...on the Gaming Table

W. Eric Martin — Sun, 30 Aug 2026 06:00:40 +0000

Dig into Dicecream, Dicey Waters, Jump Masters!, and Robo Rally Dice

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Stack Letters, Put on a Play, and Fight Pandas with Cats

W. Eric Martin — Thu, 27 Aug 2026 18:00:24 +0000

A quartet of French game releases awaits your prying eyes

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Extra Beats: First Thoughts on Strange Creatures

W. Eric Martin — Wed, 26 Aug 2026 17:30:53 +0000

Matthias Cramer blends trick-taking & deck-building in this SPIEL Essen 26 title

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Matthew Dunstan Reflects on a Full-Time Game Design Career

W. Eric Martin — Tue, 25 Aug 2026 20:30:08 +0000

Also, memorials for Carla and Jeff Horger, and the 2026 IGA nominations

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Oa My, The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of

W. Eric Martin — Mon, 24 Aug 2026 20:00:24 +0000

Explore familiar worlds from Jack Vance, Sarah Maas, and others on your tabletop

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Loop 40 Numbers, Play With Eggs, and Help the Insider

W. Eric Martin — Sun, 23 Aug 2026 17:00:35 +0000

Oink Games reveals its line-up for SPIEL Essen 26, PAXU, and Game Market

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Tour the World, Make Cakes, and Fill Your Secret Museum

W. Eric Martin — Sat, 22 Aug 2026 06:00:05 +0000

Schmidt Spiele reveals its late 2026 release schedule

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Co-Designing Lessons for Tabletop Games

David Gordon — Fri, 21 Aug 2026 06:00:50 +0000

Game designer David Gordon dishes on what he's learned from design partners

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Teasers for Heat, Magical Athlete, Dixit, and Secret Museum

W. Eric Martin — Thu, 20 Aug 2026 17:00:23 +0000

New athletes, new racing tracks, new artwork, and new Matthias Cramer

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Games Played: Wingspan Pocket, Don Quixote

W. Eric Martin — Thu, 20 Aug 2026 06:00:22 +0000

I've got one bird in my pocket, and the other one is tilting at windmills.

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Pics from Gen Con VI

W. Eric Martin — Wed, 19 Aug 2026 06:00:42 +0000

Overviews of Starlines, Whisperwood, Strange Slot Simulator, Qomet, and Mighty Shot!

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Explore GameFiesta! for Latin American Creations

W. Eric Martin — Tue, 18 Aug 2026 06:00:53 +0000

Discover designers and publishers from Mexico, Colombia, Argentina, and Brazil.

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Fighting Gollum and the Confederate army

W. Eric Martin — Mon, 17 Aug 2026 16:00:52 +0000

Opposing forces collide in Middle-earth and the middle of Tennessee

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SPIEL Essen 26 Preview: Fragments

W. Eric Martin — Mon, 17 Aug 2026 06:00:59 +0000

Yohan Servais and IELLO challenge you to piece these stories together

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Member Survey: What Kind of Board Gamer Are You?

W. Eric Martin — Sun, 16 Aug 2026 16:00:39 +0000

When and what do you play? This survey is for our Bits and higher supporting members.

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Union Pacific Rides Again

W. Eric Martin — Sat, 15 Aug 2026 06:00:45 +0000

Alan R. Moon revamps his 1999 Spiel des Jahres-nominated classic game

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Pics from Gen Con 2026 V

W. Eric Martin — Fri, 14 Aug 2026 06:00:09 +0000

The Monolith, Kanō, Hanami, and World's Smallest Rush Hour

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Ticket to Ride Boards Legendary Characters

W. Eric Martin — Thu, 13 Aug 2026 22:30:14 +0000

A new mini-expansion heads to Hobby Next stores in asmodee's network

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Deep Print Games Delivers Duplicity, Roommates, and Cuba

W. Eric Martin — Thu, 13 Aug 2026 18:00:35 +0000

Get overviews of Familiar Feat, Cubaneo, Bloom Kingdom, Deckers: Duplicty, and more

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Pics from Gen Con 2026 IV

W. Eric Martin — Wed, 12 Aug 2026 16:00:48 +0000

Small Batch, Old Ones: Origins, Stuglandet, The Why Files Declassified, and more

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Marceline Leiman Unleashes Ordinary Magic

W. Eric Martin — Tue, 11 Aug 2026 19:30:33 +0000

Unstable Games launches a new studio with three of her designs.

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Pics from Gen Con 2026 III

W. Eric Martin — Mon, 10 Aug 2026 16:30:54 +0000

Black Flag, Mind Sweeper, The Bird, and Barkane — the RPG for dogs

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Games Played: One Round?, The Crew 3

W. Eric Martin — Mon, 10 Aug 2026 00:00:05 +0000

Two rounds of One Round, and another 29 hands of journeying to the ends of the Earth

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