When word of these two new games leaked ahead of the show , my initial reaction, like that of many others I read online, was quite negative. However, now that I’ve actually had a chance to...

Gold is a card game by Michael Schacht from Abacus. It’s a filler card game in the Knizia style: cards in six colors are flipped up, and you can use your cards to swap for other...

BGG has its own little store where it sells BGG swag, mostly tees from old BGG.cons. It also has a number of “BGG only” promos. The most well-known are the Dominion promos. However, they’ve also...

The symphonic metal band Therion will be transformed into a steampunk-themed board game, designed by Marco Valtriani and published and illustrated by Paolo Vallerga of Scribabs . Not only was the game’s development followed by the...

The symphonic metal band Therion will be transformed into a steampunk-themed board game, designed by Marco Valtriani and published and illustrated by Paolo Vallerga of Scribabs . Not only was the game’s development followed by the...

The Spiele Museum presents WIN 419 , a free summary of what was new in games at the recent Nuremberg Toy Fair, with information about 653 new games from 241 designers and 145 publishers. Available in...

Those of you who’ve been reading Purple Pawn for a while may remember when I first broke the story in August 2009 about a new Battleship game . At that time, however, I knew little more...

Those of you who’ve been reading Purple Pawn for a while may remember when I first broke the story in August 2009 about a new Battleship game . At that time, however, I knew little more...

The puzzle board game genre is defined by Thinkfun ‘s game Rush Hour : a board, a few simple geometric pieces, 40 or 50 cards indicating the starting positions for one puzzle, and the object is...

The puzzle board game genre is defined by Thinkfun ‘s game Rush Hour : a board, a few simple geometric pieces, 40 or 50 cards indicating the starting positions for one puzzle, and the object is...