Carnegie
Make money and do charity in this heavy gamers’ game.
Unboxing: Priests of Ra vs Ra
How do the components of this variant of the Reiner Knizia classic auction game compare with the original?
Why Terraforming Mars: Turmoil is my favourite expansion in the entire series
Turmoil is the Terraforming Mars expansion that introduces something actually fresh into the mix: a solid dose of reality in the form of global events that can mess up your best-laid plans. In all fairness, these global events can also bring some lucrative windfall benefits – that is IF you’ve planned for it and taken stock of the unfolding situation. Keep an eye on the unfolding political upheavals taking place within the Terraforming Committee and position your delegates carefully and accordingly to welcome any winds of change that are inevitably coming.
Havana
The Game Havana is the capital of Cuba. The game Havana is a sister game of the game Cuba, but they are by different designers. Just same publisher. Havana was released in 2009. I was looking for low complexity games to play with younger daughter Chen Rui during […]
Sky Towers
The Game Sky Towers is a card game from Japan, designed by Charles Ward, winner of the BGG 2020 9-card nanogame design contest. The game is an entry in the BGG 2021 54-card design contest. The voting period will start on 1 Jul 2021. Charlie contacted me […]
An obsession for Obsession
If ever there is a prize for a board game that best marries mechanics and theme so eloquently and elegantly, Obsession 2nd Edition would have to be a serious contender. Dan Hallagan’s first board game design about love and courtship in Victorian England is itself a true labour of love.
Teotihuacan: City of Gods
The Game Teotihuacan is an archaeological site in modern day Mexico, famous for its many pyramids. It was once one of the largest cities in the world. It was most prosperous from 1AD to 500AD. Historians still debate whether it was the seat of an empire, but most […]
Azul: Stained Glass of Sintra
The Game Stained Glass of Sintra is the second of three games in the Azul series. I have played the other two and enjoyed them both. So I was not going to pass up the opportunity to play this one. The mechanism for claiming […]
Lost Ruins of Arnak
The Game Lost Ruins of Arnak is one of the hottest games in 2021. It has just been nominated for the Kennerspiel des Jahres. When I first heard of it, the setting did not grab me at all. It seemed like a very typical run-of-the-mill Eurogame. I hadn’t intended […]
BGG 9-card PNP Contest: A Win for Malaysia!
Congrats to a Malaysian-designed game winning BGG’s 2021 9-card PNP contest. Cheers all to Dancing Queen!
The formula for hobbyist board games and heavy metal songs
I sometimes have a nauseating feeling that I am playing the same game over and over and over. I have been a board game hobbyist since 2003, and I mostly play heavy Eurogames. Board games is enjoying a golden age now. There are many new games being released […]
A World Record Music Medley.. by a model train!
As we await for more news of #KeretapiCON, here’s a mind-blowing video to keep you occupied.
Around the Klang Valley on Trains
KeretapiCON announced, and a quick look at what were played around the Klang Valley last week plus an update on some new “train games” from our webstore.
Santas in Secret, once upon a time
Our plans to revive our Secret Santa meet this year hit the unstoppable COVID-19 wave. So we can only use today’s Throwback Thursday to reminisce on a meeting of Secret Santas many moons back in the early days of Boardgamecafe.net.
Get BGC Rebates for supporting the Geek
How would you like to get purchase rebates from us while supporting something you are passionate in? Piqued? Then don’t miss our BGC Geek Rebates. Continue reading for the deets.
Happy b’day to Oct & Nov babies!
Our BGC Birthday Promo was one of our signature promos back when we started Boardgamecafe.net. It’s back now, and better! Let this Blast from the Past post bring back this fantastic promo!
Spiel15: What does a 6-mth-old do in Essen Spiel?
Spiel15: What does a 6-mth-old do in Essen Spiel? You are just 6 months old. Never mind walk, you have yet to find your voice. So what do you do if your mom brought you to Essen Spiel, the largest board game convention in the world?
Boardgaming on Merdeka – then…
As Malaysia celebrates her 63rd Merdeka (Independence) Day today, there would be boardgame meetup sessions organized thru-out the country. But have you ever wondered what type of boardgames were played some 14 years back on Merdeka Day? Let this BLAST FROM THE PAST post take you down memory lanes.
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