Root's beautiful woodland aesthetic belies its complexity, with unique victory conditions adding to the challenge. Wingspan's stunning bird artwork and aesthetics are unparalleled, despite a deep ...

Let’s start with the Thorn Mammoth in the room, the biggest duelling game on the planet in the form of Magic: The Gathering. Despite being 30 years old, it’s still going from strength to strength. And ...

Many board game publishers make a tidy profit on upgraded components — things like metal coins and card sleeves that make their products more appealing at the table. But some companies are building ...

Amabel Holland, a forty-one-year-old board-game designer from Dearborn, Michigan, believes that a chance discovery at a comic-book store saved her life. In 2010, she wandered into the shop with her ...

Modern games are mostly the product of a design trend that dates back to the mid-'90s. So it's of particular interest to go digging for gold in the years prior to that explosion. Here, presented in ...

A good game is fun, challenging, and social. Your challenge is to invent a new game. This could be a board game, card game, an outdoor game with physical activity, or even a game you can play over ...