Gameboard and Gaming Pieces, ca. 1550–1295 B.C. Egyptian; Abydos, New Kingdom Faience, wood (restoration); Restored box: l. 43 cm (16 15/16 in); w. 13.5 cm (5 5/16 in); h. 9 cm (3 9/16 in) The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of Egypt Exploration Fund, 1901 (01.4.1a) http://www.metmuseum.org/Collections/search-the-collections/544775

Senet or How to Gamble with Gods – An Investigation About an Ancient Board Game

• Post author:Sara Mortazavi
• Post published:December 11, 2025
• Post category:Features

When ancient Egyptians played Senet, they weren't just playing a board game, they were practicing for the afterlife. This 5,000-year-old game started as entertainment for pharaohs but turned into something way more serious: a way to test if the gods were on your side.

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Creating your garden is easy, but can you keep all your FLOWERS?

• Post author:Daphne Bachmann
• Post published:November 16, 2024
• Post category:Game Reviews

For this game, you only need 20 minutes and a flat surface to create your own garden. Flowers is a quick tile-placing game where you create your own flower bed by matching numbers and colors together.

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Hanabi – Fireworks Show In A Card Game

• Post author:Veikko Juntunen
• Post published:March 20, 2024
• Post category:Game Reviews

In Hanabi you try to create as good fireworks show in cooperation as you can.

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Drawing your map to victory – A Cartographers review

• Post author:Gustavo Moreira Kares
• Post published:March 11, 2024
• Post category:Game Reviews

A casual yet unique take on role-playing boardgame of an uncharted territory.

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Train robbery which outcome depends on luck – Colt Express

• Post author:Karoliina Kotilainen
• Post published:December 12, 2023
• Post category:Game Reviews

First you scheme and then steal, two-phased rounds make sure you never know what’ll happen next in this board game.

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7 Wonders – A card Game With A Strategic Twist

• Post author:Veikko Juntunen
• Post published:December 8, 2023
• Post category:Game Reviews

7 Wonders is a tactical card game where players try to lead their civilization to glory over their opponents.

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Egg-Straordinary Avians and Ruffled Feathers – A Review of Wingspan

• Post author:Satu Prykäri
• Post published:December 6, 2023
• Post category:Game Reviews

With gorgeous art, soothing music, and intricate gameplay, Wingspan is a treat to gamers and bird lovers alike.

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“Alias”, the Finnish Taboo

• Post author:Sonia Hurtado
• Post published:December 21, 2022
• Post category:Game Reviews

Finnish culture has adapted to its gamer scene one of the classic and well-known boardgames: “Taboo”; and it has done so by giving it the name "Alias". A game that requires the same skill and the same mental agility as Taboo to have a good time

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A high tension “Operation”

• Post author:Sonia Hurtado
• Post published:December 14, 2022
• Post category:Game Reviews

Operation is one of the most historic boardgames that exist. A game that our parents and all of us have played at some time and with which we have all felt our tension shoot up. The reputed and known by those players with sufficient skill and ability, “Operation”

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The Game of Life version 2021 – A depiction of American capitalism in living, working, and retiring

• Post author:Kemchanin Pornpipatsakul
• Post published:December 12, 2022
• Post category:Game Reviews

Experiencing the future of life in the capitalist world by playing activities with money and seeing the consequence of what the capitalist world answers to players' decision

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Bezzerwizzer: like Trivial Pursuit, only better

• Post author:Ilmari Puiseva
• Post published:December 5, 2022
• Post category:Toys and Gadgets

Bezzerwizzer is a trivia game that breathes new life into the old genre.

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Coordination and dexterity through some wooden blocks

• Post author:Sonia Hurtado
• Post published:November 30, 2022
• Post category:Game Reviews

There is a modern and classic game that has already become one of the essential board games of our gamer imagination. A game that puts the psychomotor skills of its players to the surface with just a few wooden blocks: “Jenga”, the original version

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“La Oca”, why are you not going to stop playing it?

• Post author:Vicki Viana Calvo
• Post published:November 30, 2022
• Post category:Game Reviews

“La Oca”, an entertaining board game that allows you to develop some abilities since you are a child, until you become an adult. It’s an easy game that you can play it wherever you want.

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Shadows over Camelot – HARD FUN corporate game playing with the theme of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table

• Post author:Kemchanin Pornpipatsakul
• Post published:November 24, 2022
• Post category:Game Reviews

It's time to challenge your corporative skill with friends (or foes) in the board game of the KingArthur realm, and you will notice that communication is not enough to win.

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Were we just bad at teamwork or is 15 Minute Heist a mission impossible?

• Post author:Ida Pekkala
• Post published:February 2, 2022
• Post category:Game Reviews

15 Minute Heist is a board game where you win or lose as a team. Along with teamwork you also need plenty of luck.

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Patchwork – textile Tetris for beginners

• Post author:Selja Tanskanen
• Post published:April 27, 2020
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A casual, easy to learn 2-player boardgame about creating a patchwork by fitting pieces together

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Betrayal at the House on the Hill is here to captivate you…or take you captive

• Post author:TMansikkamaki
• Post published:March 21, 2020
• Post category:Game Reviews

A boardgame about teamwork, discovery and destruction, Betrayal at the House on the Hill is bound to make for both a fun AND terrifying time!

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Catan: Still One Of The Play-Worthiest Classic Board Games Out There?

• Post author:Betty
• Post published:January 16, 2020
• Post category:Game Reviews

It is still one of the hottest selling board games nowadays and it’s been played during family get-togethers and Silicon Valley networking events. Of course, I am talking about ‘The settlers of Catan’ or since it’s been rebranded: Catan.

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Scotland Yard: Find Mr. X Before It Is Too Late!

• Post author:Betty
• Post published:December 6, 2019
• Post category:Game Reviews

Tactics, #strategy and bluffing: The #boardgame #ScotlandYard is an exciting game, in which a team of detectives tries to hunt down the criminal Mr. X.

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