Say what you will about Queen Games and their publishing practices, but when you partner with a game designer like Stefan Feld, you’re bound to generate some good games, even if the boxes are larger than necessary, the prices are a bit high, and the colorful artwork rarely endeavors beyond the Fisher-Price palette. I am […]
Symbiosis is a well-known concept. Defined as the mutually beneficial relationship between two different organisms or groups. We see plenty of examples in nature, such as those fish that eat scraps from large predators’ mouths; the fish eat, and the predator gets dental care. Or the plant pheromone that attracts butterflies but repels birds; the […]
I am an abstract fanatic. While I certainly haven’t played them all, because as far as I know, my time in life is finite, I have played more than the average bear. But my favorite “rivalry” in the space is seeing how Gigamic’s Classic Series (Quarto, Quoridor, Qawale, etc.) shape up to Project GIPF (GIPH, […]
What’s a better way to spice up your summer travel plans than packing new micro-games from Button Shy’s Summer 2026 collection. I’ll be giving a preview of two of the new titles, Forest Rivals (for 2-players), and The Cursed Cast (for solo play), both consisting of 18 cards and playing in around 10 minutes. Forest […]
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. Check it out and […]
Seventy-four thousand people walk into a bar. That’s it. That’s Gen Con. BGQ was there, and we’ve got the recap to prove it. The Gen Con Experience Tony: Gen Con’s attendance this year came in at 74,000+, which was apparently a record. But it felt more crowded than ever to me. When the dealer hall […]
As I approached the BGQ Review Copy Altar (B.R.C.A, for short), a new in-shrink copy of the Galileo Galilei expansion, Luna, materialized in front of me. I looked around. “Hello?” No one responded. Tony is usually there for a snide comment, or Chris is hiding, waiting to snipe the copy right before you pick it […]
Icaion, the impossible to pronounce sequel to the equally slippery Mysthea, has been reviewed by BGQ before. Spencer covered the multiplayer game and came away less-than-impressed. This time, we’re diving into Icaion solo, with some multiplayer thoughts sprinkled in as well. Icaion, from Martino Chiacchiera and Marta Ciaccasassi, with art by Travis Anderson, and published […]
Here are two facts you should know about me: I love area control games, and I often only get to play board games with two players. Sounds like a conundrum, right? Well! Moytura pitches itself as a two-player area control game with the feel of a five-player game, thanks to three bot players. But does […]
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. Check it out and […]
Over the last few years, there’s been a clear trend of creating “distilled” or more “accessible” versions of larger games. Terraforming Mars has Ares Expedition, 7 Wonders has 7 Wonders Architects, Pandemic has Pandemic: Hot Zone, and Ticket to Ride has its Express line, to name a few. When Wingspan first came out in 2019, […]
It is well known around Board Game Quest Headquarters that I am the resident Stefan Feld aficionado/fanboy/devotee/stalker. Naturally, then, when the BGQ Bulletin Board announced an assignment to review a new version of my favorite game of all time, I jumped at the chance. The next day at my desk—neatly nestled beside my daily BGQroissant […]
Splendor, designed by Marc Andre, crashed into the boardgaming scene in 2014 as a fantastic gateway-level game that’s a straightforward engine-building race made extra appealing due to its poker-like chips. It is currently ranked 53rd as a family-weight game, and 243th overall on BGG. Though the base game plays well at 2-players, a Duel version […]
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. Check it out and […]
We’ve all been there. You see a game, love the art, hear the hype, and think: “This is the one. We are going to grow old together.” But then the cardboard hits the table, you play it, and the spark just isn’t there. Not because they’re bad games, but because they just weren’t the right […]
Are you searching for something to watch in the doldrum days of summer reruns? Do you find yourself endlessly scrolling through the options on multiple streaming services looking for something that catches your eye? Do you then settle on a show that you’ve seen a hundred times already when the scrolling gets to be too […]
Adrenaline pumping, high-speed races have never registered with me as something that could translate well into a board game, but when I had the opportunity to trade for Flamme Rouge, I decided to give it a try. It turned out to be a surprisingly fun and engaging game. It played quickly, and with the slipstreaming […]
Hegemony made a huge splash in the board gaming world with its 2023 debut, representing one of the most thematic politico-economic Eurogames ever released. Containing seven unique policies about which four asymmetric factions could push and pull levers to their class’s unique benefit, this creation was equal parts board game and government simulation. The main […]
Ever play a game that you want to love, that you think you should love, but when you play it, you don’t, and you keep playing anyway, hoping you’ll fall in love with it? For me, that game is Smash Up by Alderac Entertainment Group (AEG). On paper, the concept is fantastic. The “shufflebuilding” premise […]
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. Check it out and […]
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