Tag: board games
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Not enough Rush for an Hour
Rush Hour is a good time killer, but in the long run a mediocre puzzle game about traffic jam doesn’t offer enough fun.
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Lustfärd till Avasaka – Huvimatka Aavasaksaan: You can still learn from an old educational board game today
Lustfärd till Avasaka – Huvimatka Aavasaksaan is the oldest know Finnish board game from 1862 and still fun to play.
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Splendor Review
Gain riches and power before anyone else by collecting and trading jewels!
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Problematic Themes of Colonialism in Board Games
Goa and Navegador depict colonialist empire-building without violence.
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Capitalism and Unfairness in Competitive Board Games
Games offer a good medium for critical reflection of social inequality.
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The Allure of Struggle and Failure in Cooperative Board Games
Failing together is fun.
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One Night Ultimate Vampire Review (Tabletop)
One Night Ultimate Vampire is a vampire themed hybrid tabletop game with social play emphasis, a digital mobile app companion and fast, paranoid gameplay.
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Mansions of Madness (2nd Edition) Review
Experience horror and radness in the Mansions of Madness.
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RPG Mythos: Narrative Gaming as Modern Mythmaking
The odd commonality between Kalevala and Cyberpunk 2020: Narrative Gaming as modern mythmaking #RPG #liveaction #narrative
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Twilight Imperium
Space opera in a box. Twilight Imperium will consume your days and offer unforgettable memories.
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Arkham Horror: The Black Goat of the Woods Expansion Review
This great expansion is easy to pick up, and brings plenty of new content. #arkham #horror #board #game #expansion
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Secret Hitler
Secret Hitler is a board game about lying, passing laws and killing Hitler. #SocialDeduction #Boardgames #politics
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In Love
Solve tasks in areas of sensuality, relationship and knowledge to win a lovey-dovey gift from your partner! #adultgame #partygame In Love is a quiz-like board game for a romantic date or for a couple who just wants to get to know each other better. In the game a man and a woman compete and the…
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Digitising Boardgames: Issues and Tensions
Digitising board games isn’t as straightforward or easy as it sounds, because when media changes, so does the game to an extent. #Digitising #boardgames Article ’Digitising Boardgames: Issues and Tensios” by Melissa J. Rogerson, Martin Gibbs and Wally Smith from Microsoft Research Centre for Social Natural User Interfaces in The University of Melbourne was…
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Playing Monopoly with children is an exciting experience
Monopoly is a captivating property trading board game loosely based on economic concept of single entity market domination. The economic dimension, dealing with money, property trades, random events and bankrupting players makes the game experience very emotional for the players. The core gameplay consists of buying and developing properties to maximize rent from other players…
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Timantit ovat parhaita, rosvot kamalia! Varhaiskeski-ikäiset naiset Afrikan tähden pelaajina
Voiko samalla juoruta, kun pelaa Afrikan tähteä? Keski-ikää lähestyvien naisten lautapelaamisen suosio on laskussa. Tuoreimman Pelajaabarometrin mukaan aktiivisten (vähintään kerran viikossa pelaavien) 30-39 -vuotiaiden naisten lauta- ja seurapelaaminen on vähentynyt 6 % vuoteen 2011 verrattuna. Tässä artikkelissa kerrotaan havaintoja tämän ikäisten naisten Afrikan tähden pelihetkestä sekä pohditaan lautapeli-innon laskun syitä. Afrikan tähti on ilostuttanut suomalaisia…
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Bioshock Infinite: Siege of Columbia
Tuomas Alahäivälä Designer: Isaac Vega Publisher: Plaid Hat Games Number of players: 2–4 Suggested ages: 13+ Playing time: 60–90 minutes Siege of Columbia freshly reinterprets the acclaimed RPG shooter Bioshock: Infinite as a board game. The players take on the rival factions of Founders and Vox Populi to battle over the control of the game areas. The…
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Ubongo
Erika Kallinen Platform: Board game Developer: Grzegorz Rejchtman Publisher of the Finnish version: Competo Release year: 2007 Age rating: 8+ The number of players: 2-4 Length of play: 20-30 min. Ubongo is an African Aborigine themed board game which is best described as a Tetris-like puzzle solving game. Players have to solve their puzzles while…