Choose a board game that fits the people at your table
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Board Game Quest
A board game site with reviews, news and recommendations. Useful for players looking for a new game to try.
Why it is here: Board game reviews and news that help players pick the next game.
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Meeple Mountain
A board game site with reviews, videos, lists and humor. Useful for hobby gamers choosing games.
Why it is here: Board game reviews and lists written with a light, humorous tone.
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Ludology
A podcast with analytical discussion of how and why board games work. Focuses on game design and the hobby's ideas rather than reviews.
Why it is here: Game design discussion that looks at why games work, not only what is new.
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There Will Be Games Blog
The blog of There Will Be Games, a tabletop site with board game reviews, essays and strategy. Useful for hobby players who want depth.
Why it is here: Board game reviews and strategy essays for players who want to think about games more closely.
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The Thoughtful Gamer
A board game site called The Thoughtful Gamer. Useful for hobby players who like to read about games.
Why it is here: Considered board game writing for hobbyists who like to dig into designs.
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On Board Games
A podcast about board and card games, with hosts who discuss games from the viewpoints of new and experienced players.
Why it is here: Podcast conversation on board and card games for new and seasoned players.
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Beyond Solitaire Blog
A blog about solo board games, especially solo historical games. Written for solo gamers who play on their own.
Why it is here: Solo play coverage that serves the growing number of players who play board games alone.
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More Games Please
An archive of interviews with board game artists and designers on More Games Please. Useful for players interested in the art and people behind games.
Why it is here: Interviews that show the art and design work behind board games.
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Gameblog Mikko Saari on board games
A blog by Mikko Saari about board games, with reviews, commentary and notes on the hobby written from a personal point of view.
Why it is here: Personal board game writing from a hobbyist writer in Finland.
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What Board Game Blog
A board game blog with tabletop reviews, previews and interviews. Useful for hobby players choosing games.
Why it is here: Tabletop reviews, previews and interviews for hobby board gamers.