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10 Questionable Board Game Tie-Ins that will make you ask WTF?!

Joel WindelsMay 27, 2016

There are some surprisingly good board games with strange branded tie-ins that don’t always make sense, but are actually great fun to play. (more…)...

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Lies, Damned Lies and Board Games

Glenn JaumeMay 25, 2016

I am an imposter. I am literally going to look you in the eye and tell you I’m on your side, “You can trust me. I wouldn’t lie to you.” I am lying to you,...

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A Funny Old Game: Cube Fusion (1971)

Joel WindelsMay 20, 2016

Imagine, if you will, a world in which regular cubes were merged together to form a single piece of matter. Two cubes as one. A cube fusion, if you like. Wel...

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7 Dodgy Board Games You’ll Never Want to Play

Joel WindelsMay 18, 2016

Like British TV programming from the 1970s, board games have something of an image problem. Unlike British TV programming from the 1970s, we’re trying to do ...

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A Funny Old Game: Spec (1987)

Joel WindelsMay 13, 2016

The most hotly anticipated game of the year, out of all the games that came out in 1987, is finally here! I think Spec is short for SPECulative. Like the ...

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7 Brilliant Party Alternatives to Cards Against Humanity

Glenn JaumeMay 11, 2016

Are you looking for alternatives to Cards Against Humanity? Great games for a party? You like hosting a great party right? Cards Against Humanity has been a ...

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A Funny Old Game: Ulcers (1975)

Glenn JaumeMay 6, 2016

The year is 1975. There was yet to be a female prime minister in the UK, Monty Python and the Holy Grail was in the cinemas and Queen released Bohemian Rhapsody...

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12 Shit Monopolies that can’t possibly exist, but they do

Joel WindelsMay 5, 2016

It’s well documented that Monopoly is among the shittest of board games. Yet, somehow, it remains one of the most popular. There are over 500 editions of Mon...

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9 Games I Don’t Understand but Desperately Want to Play

Joel WindelsApril 20, 2016

Some board games can be complicated to understand at the best of times. I've wasted many evenings, head held in hands and hunched over my table, vainly tryin...

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A Funny Old Game: Neighbours (1988)

Glenn JaumeMarch 20, 2016

♫ Neighbours ... ♫ ♫ Everybody needs good neighbours ... ♫ ♫ With a little understanding, you can find the perfect bleennnNN ♫ *cough* - that was alwa...

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