Lately, I’ve found that I enjoy reading board game rules, whether I’m playing the game or not, and I wanted to know if this is normal for the boardgame aficionado or is this something strange?  Most of all I find it gets me in the mood to play games even if it’s not the board game […]

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I’m not a huge football fan, but used to be back in the ’70s when the Iron Curtain of the Pittsburg Steelers were in command.  I haven’t really cared that much for football in recent memory, though, until lately.  Times have changed for me.  I have an older son that likes football and has been […]

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Wow, we had 15 people today at our Georgia Boardgames Association meetup.  Some familiar faces and some new people too.  I’m not sure all the games that were played, but what I saw was:
Wyatt Earp
Bohnanza
Ticket to Ride and Ticket to Ride 1910
Carcassonne (lots of folks huddled around this huge tile game)
Walk the Dogs (for the […]

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This is a fine gateway game and also one that spouses (women :)) tend to like.  Not so fun with two players, though.  I can only stand to go through the deck once.  I enjoy the set collection and negotiation, but the game gets tedious.  Perhaps I was tired that night and it could have been […]

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“I’ll be the shoe. You draw seven letters. Don’t touch the side or his nose lights up.” I remember these from my childhood. Much of this was replaced by a joystick and later a keyboard and mouse. Now that I have children and discovered the new board game phenomenon, terms like First person shooter are […]

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I went to a scrapbooking store today with my wife. Real niche audience, and I have no idea of the niche population difference between scrapbookers and boardgamers, but some of the game store owners should go in one of these stores. It was so nice and clean that I wanted to stay, and I hate […]

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There is always a tendency to in the review world to write on the latest and greatest.  After all, we live in a culture of news about the entire world in sixty seconds.  If it happened 120 seconds earlier, it may no longer be news at all.
But with some things in this world, you can […]

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Announcing a new event for Georgia Boardgames Association!
What: Georgia Boardgames Association January 26th Meetup
When: Saturday, January 26, 12:30 PM
Where: Click the link below to find out!
Event Description: Our next Georgia Boardgames Association meeting will be Saturday, January 26th from 12:30 to about 4:30. It will be at the same location as before, The Atlanta Bread […]

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