As I get older and my time in the hobby extends, I am much more skeptical about labelling games as ‘bad’.

The game I have been playing the most of late is Warhammer Rogue Trader - my intro into the world of warcraft and a genuinely fantastic game.

I'm w/ ya. The last 2 yrs I've been excited about like 2 new games. These are the years I focus on older ones. I've had an unofficial buy freeze because of my move, but now that I am moved in & have my shelves up, I am not really eyeing anything really...might be a lull from tariff shakeups still.

What would be considered a blockbuster? By sales? By online discourse? That root expansion is coming out. Oath 2. Tag team 2. That Scythe x Expeditions dueler. Moytura. Cyberpunk Legends. The Great Library (Lacerda) the Wingspan card game. (New) Container. Sail Legacy.

feels like digital is (alas) finally taking hold. Maybe? I feel like that's where the news comes from (Slay the Spire, etc..)

I think LotR:FotF might still qualify boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/43...

I might be a bit out of the loop but it doesn’t feel like there’s any massively exciting releases this year, asides perhaps Brass Pittsburg - am I missing something or has the era of blockbuster releases truly passed in board games?

I am really nailing this board game minimalism thing, eh? 😂

Anyone still playing fireball island? 🏝️ was wondering if it might be a fun game for a 7 year old?

Oh no 😣 I bought multiple board games today

I 🤬 hate these stupid stickers! I get the aim of plastic reduction but can we use stickers that don’t trash you board game box!?!?

Oooh now you have my attention

I guess it’s officially spring now!

I’ve never been afraid to move on games that no longer have a place in my collection for whatever reason, but that’s mostly due to my restriction on space. I have 50 games at the moment but I’m culling about a third of those. Nothing’s really getting played at the moment anyway.

I don’t have a huge board game collection by hobbyist standards. Maybe 80 games. 100 max (including games for kids 6+). But I still yearn for that dream collection size of 15-30 games. It would also be a ‘dynamic’ collection where I can quickly rotate games in and out with ease.

That’s why finding a good way to release old games into the world is key later in the hobby. I started a little free library in front of my house where I give them away, I donate to the local public library and my local game store sells used games on consignment. Games are for sharing.

It’s interesting how slowly your board game preferences evolve and adapt. You spend years being exposed to certain games, mentally wishlisting the ones you like, then buying the ones you can, all followed with the challenge of getting they games played. There’s a sort of pipeline if you will.

If the shitstain files scandal had happened in france/Italy/many asian nations - there would have been a revolution. The french kind.

For a second I thought this was a covid conspiracy article 😂

Hate this

So is 2026 the year cinema/tv reverts to buff white dudes as the main hero of simple morality tales?

This one has gone down well with the family but calling it a board game is very generous!

First playtest with my daughter SUCCESSFUL! I already did edits on *two* cards! Playtesting is the holy grail of the board game designer! 🎲📐🖌️❤️ #boardgames #tabletopgames #lilninja #expansion

Circumstances have led me to attend a few gateway / non gamer game nights and I have honestly found it quite refreshing - being able to enjoy sub 7.5 bgg rated games without my jaded, hobbiest glasses on!

This looks fantastic

Reading Sarah Shipp's "Thematic Integration in Board Game Design" has had a profound impact on how I think about games. In particular, her three layers of theme model has really stuck with me. I wrote about it at Skeleton Code Machine in May 2024: www.skeletoncodemachine.com/p/layers-of-...

In cheerful news, my advanced copies of Shadow Moon Syndicates arrived and that means backers should be getting notifications in the near future. Filmed an unboxing video last night, so exciting that my game is real!

I just subscribed to this. One of my favourite board game commentators!

Europe - blowing up and invading brown countries > ‘fo shure’ Also Europe - Please respect intl law in greenland, America!

Europe whining to USA that they were infact equally at the forefront of destructive wars against brown people, that totally violated intl law and caused a generation of misery.

Been really enjoying this app assisted island exploration game with my 6 year old. Great fun!

Some weekend reading! Thanks for inspiration @matthewdunstan.bsky.social

Love the art!

Gone Cardboard: Are SPIEL Essen 25 previews starting already?! Get an overview of Abroad, a game from Rodrigo Rego, Danilo Valente, and 1 More Time Games that challenges you to have the best time possible in Europe and earn the points to prove it: boardgamegeek.com/blog/1/blogp... —WEM

My read as a non publisher/non designer: The board game industry has become terrified of causing any offence whatsoever. Also, I am not sure mainstream euros were ever especially political/critical. That leaves historic games that seem to focus on ww2 and prior events for the most part.

Our next game! #abroad

Reis, Reis, Baby: In der Kritikenrundschau zu "Abroad" (Rodrigo Rego und Danilo Valente bei @1moretimegames.bsky.social) werden Spielejournalist:innen zu Reisejournalist:innen. www.spiel-des-jahres.de/kritikenrund...

Recently discovered a board game club that meets in a nearby pub, attended for the first time last night and was fascinated to discover it was essentially a non hobbyist board game group, all casual / gatewayish games.

Check out my latest accessibility review, this time for Great Western Trail: Second Edition! "...the game provides mostly accessible components for colorblind and low-vision players, with some exceptions."

Disappointed this is just an expansion rather than a spin off/ standalone game.

Quite surprised by this, best of luck to all involved!

What we playing this week?

My recap of the best new (to me!) #boardgames of 2025 is now live on the Opinionated Gamers site. opinionatedgamers.com/2026/01/07/b...

Can only imagine the outrage if a popular kids band had ‘demon’ in the title when I was a kid. Seems a bit unnecessary tbh.

Oh well back to board games

New year and a new American war. A sickening parasitical state that cannot survive without murdering humans somewhere in the world.

My board game wishes for 2026? 1. Stop the anthropomorphic animal and dystopia themes, please 🙏 that’s honestly enough now. 2. Make more ‘new’ old school style games instead of just rebooting old school games.

Hold on boys, it’s another Knizia reboot!

I gest so?