Can you copyright a board game? If a game has been patented for more than 20 years, is it legal to use the card mechanics? Is it still covered by intellectual property? What protections do board games have? What can I do to protect my game designs? In this article,
TTRPG fans and board gamers are notoriously hard to buy for. What do you get the tabletop gamer who already has everything? While it seems like the obvious choice would be to just get them a new game, that’s usually not the best answer. In this article, I suggest a
One category of games that has been popular for a very long time is Word Games. While there are some great mass market games out there that everyone knows, like Scrabble, Scategories, and Boggle, today I want to highlight some lesser-known word games. We will be looking at a mix
Looking for board games to play as a couple? Here are 24 great date night board game suggestions, broken down by game length and tablespace needed.
When game time is limited, getting the most out of the game nights you do have can be important. In addition to sharing our game night optimization tips, we announce our giveaway winners and talk about what we’ve been playing lately, including first thoughts on a couple of small box
Back when I was in high school Euchre was all the rage. Every day the lunch room was filled with sets of kids playing card games. While Euchre is great, I’m happy there are now so many other choices for great portable games you can bring to school. Disclosure: Some
Welcome to Clickbait Board Games: How to avoid mismatched expectations when choosing games. In this episode we talk about how not to be fooled by a game and how to make sure you get what you expect in the box. Then we get into what we’ve been playing lately, which
We talk about icebreakers and get to know you games. We follow that up with two weeks worth of game plays including first thoughts on Cytosis, a cell biology board game, Tir Na Nog from Grand Gamers Guild, a not-quite-yet-released cooperative card game called Ultimatch, Point City, and more! We
In this episode, we tackle an interesting question about dealing with people playing favourites at the board game table. We talk about what we’ve been playing, including Stool Pigeon, Distilled with the Cask Strength Expansion, The Artemis Project with the Satellites and Commanders Expansion, and tons more. Then we wrap
Happy Holidays everyone. Since not everyone has the privilege of being able to gather together during the holidays, tonight we’re going to be sharing some great games you can play together online. After that, we’ve got a review of one such game, MonsDRAWsity, followed by a review of the Sea
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