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The Best Board Games for Couples, Part 2

Glenn WhiteOctober 7, 2017

It's been about a year since we told you some of our favourite games for couples (or 2 friends that want some cool one-on-one times). Loads of new games have co...

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How Many Players Makes the Perfect Board Game?

Joel WindelsOctober 1, 2017

Every so often, we like to inspect the data behind what makes a good game – or indeed, a bad one. Most of you will be familiar with the website Board Game Geek,...

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Identifying the Most Popular Terrible Games

Joel WindelsAugust 25, 2017

You can't trust people. People like Coldplay and voted for the Nazis. For some unknown reason, garbage tends to do well at the box office and trash makes its wa...

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The Art of Losing in Board Games

Marcus BeardAugust 18, 2017

Learning about Buddhism has taught me a lot about board games. I think it’s all about expectations One of my theories for the wealth of dissatisfaction in today...

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What’s the Best ‘Simple’ Board Game?

Joel WindelsAugust 12, 2017

With a severe risk of sounding like a broken record, at Best Play we're all about making board games more accessible. Bringing the best the medium has to offer ...

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The Biggest Board Games in the World

Glenn WhiteJuly 28, 2017

You might have noticed that we recently covered the best tiny board games - those little boxes of joy you can take with you anywhere. Well, what about the oppos...

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Who are the board game curious?

Glenn WhiteJuly 7, 2017

When we started Best Play we had one goal in mind, get more people into Board Games. Anyone that has played a modern board game or two has experienced those ...

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5 of the best tiny travel games

Glenn WhiteJuly 1, 2017

With rent seemingly marching ever upwards in major cities, it's no surprise that many of us find shelf space something of a luxury. That's why we wanted to look...

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A Love Letter to Complex Board Games

Joel WindelsJune 30, 2017

At the risk of repeating ourselves for the millionth time, Best Play is about making board games more accessible. To appeal to the board game curious with simpl...

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The Wonderful World of Pandemic

Joel WindelsJune 9, 2017

Pandemic is an unusually good game. The legacy version of the title is the best-rated game of all time over on Board Game Geek, the IMDB of board games. The ori...

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