Category: Board Games
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The Therapeutic Benefits of Board Games
Beyond being a source of entertainment, board games offer significant therapeutic value. They bring people together while supporting mental and cognitive health. Widely used by educators and health professionals. They provide opportunities to enhance social interaction, emotional regulation, problem-solving, and executive functioning.
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Eurogames explained: Mechanics, Strategy, and Design
Eurogames, also called German-style board games, are a type of tabletop game that typically emphasises indirect player interaction during other opponent’s turns, present various paths to score points and/or progress, and avoids player elimination. Eurogames focus more on economic strategy than on luck or warfare, while still requiring more thoughtful planning and strategy than casual party…
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Luck Mechanic in Board Games, Chaos, Chance and Opportunity
Luck is a mechanic often used in board games. Whether the whole game it’s completely based in chaos and uncertainty, or if it’s part of a bigger action or mechanic to the game. It is also a mechanic that divides opinions depending on the play weight it represents during the playthrough.
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Murder Mystery Board Games, for True Crime Enthusiasts
Murder mystery and true crime are captivating the board game industry. They are an interactive role-playing experience where players assume fictional characters 一usually the role of an investigator一 and work together to solve a murder. This rising trend gathers players around the table to work together, analyse clues and solve the most elaborate and interesting…
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A New Tier of Cognitive Challenge: Brain-Burning Games
Designed for strategy lovers, those players who analyse every possibility and weigh every action during their turn. Let us talk about brain-burning games.
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Runways of Board Games: Luxury Brands Enters the Game
Luxury brands are taking cross-industry experimentation a step further. Their new playground? Board Games. Brands like Balenciaga, and Miu Miu surprised audiences and collectors alike by collaborating with classic game titles, turning familiar pastimes into high-end, collectible experiences. The 2025 holiday season was surprisingly rich with the release of luxury board games. These unique releases…
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How Gen Z is Becoming a Generation of Board Gamers
If Millenials are the generation that retook board games and reintroduced them into their social schedules and gatherings, Gen Z is taking the next step. Rather than simply reviving tabletop play, they are consciously setting aside screen time and weaving board games into their everyday social lives.
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Games for New Year’s Eve: Play your Way into 2026
The end of 2025 is here, and we’d like to send you off into a new year full of fun, games, and good vibes. Because grinding gamers together is what we do best, we had the idea of sharing some home made game that will turn your New Year’s Eve into a game night一one everybody…
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Addressing Analysis Paralysis in Board Games: Causes and Possible Solutions
Have you ever had the sensation of choice overload during a turn? Analysing each and every path, movement, and option, your mind is alert and every factor and change in the game is important. Your next move could decide if you win or lose and, in the meantime, time flies and your team or opponents…
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Beyond points and mechanics: Narrative-Driven Board games that Engage the Imagination
Board game mechanics, stats, and strategies. We’ve analysed and discussed them many times; however, this time we are going to address a different type of board game. A kind of game that will exercise your imagination and unique stories around the game’s journey: these are narrative-driven board games.