We’ve got a special shipping opportunity for you. See this crate? Yeah, the one wrapped in tin foil, well, I need you to get this to Star Base 12 by Saturday night without anything exploding. Why would it explode? Erm… no particular reason. Just, uh, don’t bump it, okay? And I wouldn’t store anything too […]
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There I was, enjoying my retirement, sipping on ice water, watching some Star Trek, when our fearless leader dropped a cryptic note in our Discord: “Any Wingspan fans?” Here’s a transcript of our conversation that followed. Me: “I am a Wingspan fan.” Tony: “You are also retired, no? ☺️” Me: “I am retired, but you […]
Vineyard has maybe the most bizarre thematic dissonance of any game I’ve played in 2025. On the surface, it’s a game about rival winemakers competing to export the best merlot or whatever. However, further inspection reveals that players actually own the same vineyard but are still competing to have the best wine. But actually, players […]
We talk casually about genetics and inherited traits. Literal physical traits like the color of mom’s eyes, and intangibles like dad’s love of gaming. Genetics as a whole isn’t something that is confined to discussions by white coated scientists anymore. It’s in our everyday vocabulary. We ask doctors to look for inherited disease markers, and […]
Baseball fans are sickos. If you know a baseball fan, you know this. If you are a baseball fan, you have elaborate rituals you perform in private to help Jhonkensy Noel out of a slump. You know, sicko stuff. Baseball fans are the reason there are hordes of nerds with spreadsheets running actual sports teams […]
Say hello to Joe, a gamer who wants to make it easier to trade used games that you are ready to move from. In the effort to do that, he’s created a new site called Tabletop Junkie. He’s hoping this will be a great way for not only gamers to get new (to them) titles […]
Welcome to this week’s batch of crowdfunding campaigns. We have a variety of offerings here, so we hope you will find something that catches your eye. Also, if you want to chat with the BGQ team, join our Discord Server where we talk about games, movies, sports, and other fun stuff. Or, if Facebook is […]
I requested this game because I’m such a big Witcher fan. Actually, that’s not true. I’ve never played a Witcher video game. But I liked the concept of the card game, and my sister is a Witcher fan, so I thought it would be fun to play together and discuss, thus allowing for an evaluation […]
When you hear the word Viking, what comes to mind? Did it invoke images and thoughts of Norse gods, two-handed axes, berserkers, or some thorn-head team out of Minnesota? I’m not going to lie that those are some of the first things that came into my mind. Did explorers or Lief Erikson come to mind? […]
There’s a real romanticism to pirates and piracy. The freedom of the open seas. Fighting back against authority. Chests full of money and jewels are pretty cool too. It’s easy to see why pirates and piracy are practically a genre all their own. The actual life of piracy was probably less glorious. Illness, constant threats […]
In the great debate of Ameri-trash vs Euro-games, Millennia: Tracks of Time falls decidedly in the Euro-game camp. I mean, it has “tracks” in its title, and its main board is a paean to tracks with seven large, colorful ones proudly on display. This game knows its audience and unabashedly lays out its minimal luck, […]
You can usually count on sci-fi shows to do at least one crash episode. This usually involves allied crewmen or crewmen with enemy crash survivors working together toward common goals on a planet with a hostile environment or critters. These episodes usually have the survivors Macgyvering equipment or their ships (possibly combining ships) to signal […]
Welcome to this week’s batch of crowdfunding campaigns. We have a variety of offerings here, so we hope you will find something that catches your eye. Also, if you want to chat with the BGQ team, join our Discord Server where we talk about games, movies, sports, and other fun stuff. Or, if Facebook is […]
My first experience with Nazi zombies was in a Call of Duty video game, but that broad concept is actually a well-established niche of the horror genre, dating all the way back to World War II. That won’t be a surprise to many–the allegory of a military superpower treating humans as puppets for the purpose […]
Like any self-respecting person(s), we only do anything if it gets us Credit on the Internet. Or if our boss tells us to. Either way, if the play wasn’t logged, if the run wasn’t recorded, if the calories weren’t counted, then obviously it never happened. Hang on, I think I just found a cookie loophole… […]
New Year’s Eve is today, and as we get ready to say goodbye to 2025, it’s time for our annual top 10 list. As is tradition here at BGQ, I’ll be teaming up with fellow reviewer Brandon to list off our Top 10 Board Games of 2025. We always pair up for these lists to […]
Partnering with the right IP can make a huge difference in finding an audience in the crowded space of modern board games; Star Wars: Battle of Hoth, Dune Imperium/Uprising, and Lord of the Rings: Fate of the Fellowship are prime recent examples. The Voynich Manuscript, dating to medieval times, is an illustrated codex written in […]
I’m always ready and willing to play trick-taking games. I’ve played those since I was a child, and I think it was due to my grandparents teaching me Pinochle and Bridge at an early age. Fast-forward to high school and college, and my friends and I were constantly playing like spades or hearts to pass […]
Welcome to this week’s batch of crowdfunding campaigns. We have a variety of offerings here, so we hope you will find something that catches your eye. Also, if you want to chat with the BGQ team, join our Discord Server where we talk about games, movies, sports, and other fun stuff. Or, if Facebook is […]
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