Somehow I've just published my 350th review! I can't remember more than about ten games I've played though, so I'm not sure how that works. No. 350 isn't new, but it is very good. Rumble Nation, check it out right here - punchboard.co.uk/rumble-natio... @77spiele.jp

Look what just landed… The production values are wild(ly fantastic) @volko.bsky.social @fortcircle.bsky.social

Just finished this with my 6 year old, good fun!

Does anyone know if any other publisher is taking over osprey’s board game backlog?

Yesterday we played our first game of #EternalPalace with our friend N. Overall we enjoyed it and would be happy to play again adding some of the expansions. Watching our paintings develop was interesting as was getting to admire our landscapes at the end. #boardgames

Story of my life

I find this cover strangely alluring.

Our next family adventure board game has arrived 🙌🏽

Oooh

My blue sky account seems to be freaking out!

My favorite dice-crafting game... thanks, Tom! akapastorguy.blogspot.com/2026/04/49-d...

I think if restoration games continues with the IP unmatched sets then ghostbusters or He man would be cool.

Finding myself drawn towards jigsaw puzzles 🧩 these days. Tried an Exit puzzle, puzzle and it was a lot of fun! Same analogue vibe as a board game but much much easier to get to the table with family!

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