Boardgames at Christmas with the family

Christmas is upon us once again! I thought a combined ‘gift guide/what to play’ might be a good idea for anyone who wants to game or gift games to family and friends. Boardgames at Christmas can be a bit of a difficult affair – balancing time with the family against chilling out, so you aren’t […]

Free boardgames online!

The global pandemic has been pretty rough on us here in Australia and overseas. With the rising cost of freight and logistics I thought that I would put together a bunch of places where you can play boardgames online for free. This is a living document, so I will update it as I find more! […]

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What can we do about counterfeit board games

Following on from the piece on how counterfeits impact the hobby, today we are looking at what can be done about the problem. This time I also spoke to Kevin Chu, a consumer with an interest in tracking counterfeit products, in addition to industry professionals. What are companies doing? As you can imagine there is […]

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The impact of counterfeits on the board game hobby

The industry of board gaming and tabletop gaming is growing exponentially, between 2015 and 2019 pledges for board games on Kickstarter have increased almost $100 million, with more than triple the projects successfully funding. Anecdotally, the industry is also booming locally with more and more people engaging in solo and family gaming due to COVID […]

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Why I didn’t buy Too Many Bones

Is Too Many Bones complicated? Is it worth the money to buy? Do I need to buy everything in order to properly experience the game? As of writing, Too Many Bones currently sits at Number 55 in the rankings of board games on boardgamegeek.com. Being in the Top 100 is a pretty prestigious thing, but […]