I feel like I’m really underselling Inis by illustrating it here, to fully understand how gorgeous this game is, you really need to see it for yourself. Matagot also have a few related games of specifically-flavoured historical fantasy area control, each with a different focus. If you want something that’s a bit more about aggression and ruthless combat, maybe check out Kemet, and if you want something with a bit more economic management and an auction mechanic (it’s more exciting than it sounds), take a look at Cyclades.

What’s this? The first actual game recommendation on this blog since April 2019?

Wingspan generated a lot of buzz outside of board game circles when it came out, and y’know what? Good! It’s a good ambassador for the hobby, with its charming, accessible theme and beautiful production, built on top of a solid mechanical core that pushes your brain, but not too hard.

It’s time for your anual bgwf update kids and kiddettes

You can play heavy eurogames and crunchy strategy games on Tabletop Sim, but I don’t think that’s getting the most out of it. There’s a lot of games that have lots of neat automation if you want to play something a bit closer to a video game, but I feel that the game really shines when you’re using it for the things that only board games can do - playing with your friends.

If you don’t have it already, it’s on Steam here!

*emerges from the crypt, groaning with jaw hanging off*

If you - the reader - would like to hear about the indie games that have contacted BGWF, let me know! I’d really like to help everyone here. It happens rarely enough that I can’t really do roundup posts, and I can’t really justify the kind of illustrated reviews that I use for the main coverage, but the odd bump can’t hurt!

now to resume my exile, the board game police are still hunting me down

Are these adequate replacements? Maybe! They’re more fun at any rate. Today’s games are Funemployed, Welcome to the Dungeon and Coup.

For more, here’s our RPG update, and here’s our holiday update (part 1)!

Next time, we try to unseat three of the most popular and accessible card games on the market. That’ll go well.

Part 2! Skull, Spyfall, Sheriff of Nottingham, and Dead Man’s Draw.

In a Board Games With Friends first, it’s a double feature! Rainbow Dash will come back with her recommendations for holiday games that are a little spicier next [unit of time] when I can get around to drawing the update.

Once again this time’s games are:

Timeline, The Mind, Codenames, and Sushi Go.

askfirestarterspitfire:

hey check it out i’m gonna be at Bronyscot in a couple of weeks! I know it’s kinda way too late for this to influence anyone’s weekend plans but HEY look for me there if you wanna hang out! I’ll be in the games room and doing an animation thing and probably doing something similar to what I did at Galacon where I just walk around blasting Eurobeat from a speaker.

See you there!

Hey there table friendos! It may interest you to learn, if you are heading to Bronyscot, that I’ll be bringing a couple of custom horse™ conversions of Popular Board Games® to inflict on the general public: Changelingfall (a FiM-themed version of social deduction farce Spyfall), and Crossfire: Fallout Equestria (who knew, it’s a Fallout Equestria-themed version of social deduction accusation machine Crossfire).

In addition to these games, I should be bringing everything I brought to Galacon plus more:

• Pandemic: The Cure & Experimental Meds Expansion
  
• Magic Maze & Maximum Security Expansion (new!)
  
• Splendor
• Crossfire (regular version as well as the FoE version)
• Skull
• Love Letter (regular version, though I know a pony version exists!)
  
• A Fake Artist Goes To New York (new!)
  
• Welcome to the Dungeon (new!)
  
• Buck: Legacy (new!) (maybe! It’s not my copy!)