Finding good board games is far from easy due to the large number of games on offer at local retailers and on the Internet. If you don't know in advance which board game to buy, you have a problem: there are many good board games. Whether these are automatically the best board games the market has to offer is often a question of personal taste. This is exactly how you should treat top lists of board games that you can find in various formats on the Internet.
We have listed some popular board games from different categories, mostly to inspire beginners. You shouldn't always focus solely on the novelties - good board games can often be found in the past.
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Spieleschmiede: New solo campaign booklet for Senjutsu
Giant Roc would like to publish a second campaign booklet for Senjutsu - Battle for Japan. As with the Path of Ronin solo campaign included in the base game, the new campaign, titled Winds of Change in English, comes in the style of a...

True crime game: Ravensburger echoes true crime
"True crime" as a parlor game: Listen, puzzle and solve together: In the successful audio mystery series "echoes", the players try to reconstruct mysterious stories, and they do so through their sense of hearing. From February there will be a very...

Board Game Review of Federation: Big Discussion in the Galactic Senate
In October 2021, the worker placement game Federation, touted as an interactive expert euro, was successfully funded on Kickstarter by French publisher Explor8. With an innovative double-sided worker placement mechanic, the game should be a bit...

Crowdfunding Preview: Ynaros Fallin' by Peekwik Dreams
On March 7th, Ynaros Fallin', the first game from Italian indie publisher Peekwik Dreams, will be released on Kickstarter. In German, the game will be financeable in the course of the year thanks to publisher Mirakulus in the game forge. We were able to...

Board game localization: Sherwood Bandits in the game forge
The young publisher Shrimp Games is currently looking for support for the localization of Sherwood Bandits in the game company. In Sherwood Bandits, two to five daring thieves ambush and plunder greedy King John's carriages. To the sheriff's guards...

Crowdfunding Preview: An Age Contrived by Bellows Intent
In our latest crowdfunding preview, we introduce you to An Age Contrived. A lot of love and work has gone into the board game from indie publisher Bellows Intent, which will be released on Kickstarter on February 28th, and it shows through and through. We have with Chris...

Board games: novelties from Noris and Zoch
From February 01st to February 5th, the Nuremberg Toy Fair opened its doors to trade visitors again. In addition to many different products within the toy range, numerous board game publishers were of course...

Board game review of Sapa Inka: With a lot of love for history
The burst games GmbH is actually a sales partner for miniature games, role playing games, parlor games, trading card games, game accessories and much more. With the LuPri brand, made up of the Latin words Ludos Prime (engl. good games),...

New board game from Pegasus Games: Orichalcum
With the new connoisseur game Orichalkum, which was recently published by Pegasus Spiele, players can expect a placement game with a mythological theme in which they have to find a new home for the people of Atlantis. Using action cards, they explore a new...

Berlin Con 2023: 55 percent more "early birds"
Three months after the start of advance ticket sales for the Berlin Brettspiel Con 2023, the early bird phase has been successfully completed. In the comparison period to the last event in 2022, ticket sales increased by 55 percent. The...
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