As most of you know, some in the community were disappointed with Days of Wonder’s release of a couple of expansions for their Commands & Colors (C&C) games before they headed off to GenCon. Within 10 days of the outcry summarized in this thread, DoW announced the complete sale of all things Batt...

I may now disclose that Queen Games has licensed "Wabash Cannonball" from Winsome Games. Queen is an established, very capable firm with a long history of excellent games, including the Spiel des Jahres winner "Alhambra" and the excellent "Metro" train game, both by the talented Dirk Henn. "Wabash C...

Following my obsessive (compulsive?) need to play the legendary games, I recently purchased a copy of ‘Die Macher’—the beast, the long game that everyone tells me you’ll enjoy playing once and never want to play again. My intention? Just that. Play the game once, and then sell/trade it.So I ...

There have been a lot of military history lists on this site, the latest being this one: http://www.boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/34083. It got me thinking about battles that aren't necessarily great or decisive, but those that fascinate us or speak to us on a deeper level. I've made a list of ten of t...

I love history. I have averaged finishing a book per week since I was eight years old. My two great loves are good science fiction and military history. I have read Band of Brothers, Brazen Chariots, Ivan's War, Enemy at the Gates, and innumerable others. Throughout my reading I have search...

It seems like just yesterday......

How many wargamers are there on BGG?1.0 Please post only once. 2.0 Tell us:2.1 Which war game are you currently obsessed about?2.2 Which war game publisher do you like the best?2.2.1 It is acceptable to not have one favorite publisher.2.3 What is your favorite non-war game?Edit: Thanks everyone for...

Announcing The 2008 Golden Geek Awards!The Golden Geek Award is given annually to the best new games of the year, as selected by you, the users.The "Geekies" will be given in the following categories: - Best Gamers' Game - Best Family Game - Best Wargame - Best 2-player Game - Best Party Game - B...

Bathtub rubber ducky racing has long been a popular sport. Every year rubber duckies from all walks of life train in bathtubs, spas and small ponds around the world to prepare for the annual Kenducky Derby, the premier bathtub ducky race.In this contest you will solve a ducky race puzzle following t...

Ratings...so much discussion has been given to whether or not they are meaningful, accurate, clear, full of shill-ratings, full of anti-shill ratings, etc...I'm here to say that none of this really matters. Or at least it shouldn't. No one else's rating, regardless of its shill-fullness or anti-sh...

In general most games come with everything you need to play your game and store it. Some game companies like GMT provide little ziplocks to help you store your counters. Z-Man provided a nice number of baggies in Agricola. But some of us like a little bit more than your standard issue when it comes ...

So, I have had a love-hate relationship with RPGs for a long time. I love the idea of RPG’s, but I hate playing them. I love the concepts behind them, but I find that most of them require more commitment from the players than they are actually willing to give. I love storytelling and epic drama...

There are a bajillion reviews on here now for this game, and rather than adding to the general clamor and blind abject animeeple Fimo-clay pornfest, I thought I'd take some time to explain why this game might actually appeal to those of you, like me, who are not really the target market for wooden b...

Agricola is an economic engine, worker-placement game for 1 to 5 players. Games last around two and a half hours. So what does it have to offer?all the shortcomings of an ATAgricola has all the fiddliness of an AT. There are a lot of actions to choose from (and many of these actions need to be seede...

You can keep your Agricolas and your Puerto Ricos with their endless optimization strategies and brainburn. Those are too much like work, and not enough about "game". Me, I want to play a game that is fun. A game that I will enjoy. Not a game that takes minutes-hours just to recover from. I play for...

Fromhttp://www.daysofwonder.com/en/msg/?goto=139428#msg_139428Days of Wonder has announced an agreement to sell the BattleLore Game System to Fantasy Flight Games. You can read the announcement on our Press Releases Page.Why did Days of Wonder do this deal?We progressively came to realize that we di...

I admit that I have a streak of fanboy in me. When a game comes out that's based on one of my favorite series, whether it's books, film, or TV, I tend to get excited. It happened with Game of Thrones and War of the Ring, and I felt the same adrenaline surge of excitement with Battlestar Galactica....