Outback Crossing
The bitumen road had given way to a well-maintained dirt track.
Spiel des Jahres – hobby games for non-hobbyists
I recently had the honour to be tasked with donating most of the 2023 Spiel des Jahres, Kinderspiel des Jahres and Kennerspiel des Jahres nominations and longlist titles to good causes on behalf of Spiel des Jahres.
Next Station: London
London's ageing underground network is creaking and groaning.
Demo vs Teach – different types of presenting games
Fresh off the back of demoing games for Asmodee at UK Games Expo 2023, I wanted to share my experiences with introducing people to a new game.
UK Games Expo 2023
I visited the show last year as a member of the press.
Trick Taking – a modern card mechanism
Most of the earliest card games were trick-taking games played in the 800s in China.
Qwirkle
Gosh!
Round the Outside – tracking scores in board games
Pretty much every hobby game contains some sort of score which measures who is in the lead and decides who wins the game.
Raiders of the North Sea
We were a band of feared Viking warriors of Borg on the Lofoten islands.
Deck Building – a modern card mechanism
Card games date back to the 1400s with Karniffel, or Thuringian Karnöffel, often listed as the oldest one, at least the oldest in Europe that we know of.