Rumblings From The Deep – Board Game Quest https://www.boardgamequest.com Board Game Reviews, News and More Wed, 03 Jul 2024 13:05:02 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 The “Postumus Opening” in Time of Crisis https://www.boardgamequest.com/the-postumus-opening-in-time-of-crisis/ https://www.boardgamequest.com/the-postumus-opening-in-time-of-crisis/#comments Wed, 03 Jul 2024 13:05:02 +0000 https://www.boardgamequest.com/?p=58966 Thanks to the wonderful “Rally the Troops” gaming website, I’ve played many, many games of GMT’s Time of Crisis (designed by Wray Farrell and Brad Johnson, art by Rodger MacGowan). It’s rare I get to play a game enough to really explore its full variety of possibilities, but with over sixty games played, I think […]

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]]> https://www.boardgamequest.com/the-postumus-opening-in-time-of-crisis/feed/ 2 Brutal But Not Mean: A Tasty Tidbit from Food Chain Magnate https://www.boardgamequest.com/brutal-but-not-mean-a-tasty-tidbit-from-food-chain-magnate/ https://www.boardgamequest.com/brutal-but-not-mean-a-tasty-tidbit-from-food-chain-magnate/#respond Wed, 10 Apr 2024 13:03:18 +0000 https://www.boardgamequest.com/?p=57861 Chris from the excellent “Board Game Hot Takes” podcast recently asked me about Food Chain Magnate (FCM) and the sometimes-expressed feeling that it is a “mean” game. I understand where that is coming from, because it is a game that punishes the slightest disparity in strength between two would-be magnates of the food-chain variety, meaning […]

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]]> https://www.boardgamequest.com/brutal-but-not-mean-a-tasty-tidbit-from-food-chain-magnate/feed/ 0 How Kickstarter Killed the Completionist in Me https://www.boardgamequest.com/how-kickstarter-killed-the-completionist-in-me/ https://www.boardgamequest.com/how-kickstarter-killed-the-completionist-in-me/#comments Fri, 28 Jan 2022 14:05:33 +0000 https://www.boardgamequest.com/?p=47164 My journey into tabletop gaming is probably similar to many others. At some point in the early 2000s, I was introduced to The Settlers of Catan. Up until then, board games made me think of Risk, Axis and Allies, and Monopoly. Yet things changed when I played my first euro game. After one go, I […]

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]]> https://www.boardgamequest.com/how-kickstarter-killed-the-completionist-in-me/feed/ 18 Great Board Games That Would Make Bad Movies https://www.boardgamequest.com/great-board-games-that-would-make-bad-movies/ https://www.boardgamequest.com/great-board-games-that-would-make-bad-movies/#comments Wed, 17 Nov 2021 14:23:39 +0000 https://www.boardgamequest.com/?p=46435 As Board Game Quest’s self-professed movie person, I’ve been tasked with compiling a list of board games that would make terrible movies. (I’d like to point out that I only describe myself as the “self-professed” movie person because the editorial staff of the site disagrees with that assessment. I’m also being told that I need […]

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]]> https://www.boardgamequest.com/great-board-games-that-would-make-bad-movies/feed/ 3 The Legend of Trudvang Legends https://www.boardgamequest.com/the-legend-of-trudvang-legends/ https://www.boardgamequest.com/the-legend-of-trudvang-legends/#respond Fri, 15 Oct 2021 13:45:46 +0000 https://www.boardgamequest.com/?p=45742 Let us fill out another page in our chronicle… Each of the 113 updates for Trudvang Legends have started similarly. But what is the story behind Trudvang Legends? With most legends, the truth is buried in the shadows of the past and behind doors closed to un-credentialed reviewers. And like most of our modern Legends, […]

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]]> https://www.boardgamequest.com/crowdfunding-as-an-investment/feed/ 3 The Place Where Everyone Knows Your Name – in Support of your Friendly Local Game Store https://www.boardgamequest.com/the-place-where-everyone-knows-your-name-in-support-of-your-friendly-local-game-store/ https://www.boardgamequest.com/the-place-where-everyone-knows-your-name-in-support-of-your-friendly-local-game-store/#comments Fri, 21 May 2021 15:15:06 +0000 https://www.boardgamequest.com/?p=43955 The board game industry has developed a number of fantastic resources in the past decade in order to promote gaming, help newcomers, and expand accessibility and inclusion to all. There are virtual tabletops like Tabletopia; live, interactive play through on Twitch; reviews, previews, and overviews from all sorts of points of view; and even library […]

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]]> https://www.boardgamequest.com/the-place-where-everyone-knows-your-name-in-support-of-your-friendly-local-game-store/feed/ 2 The Rise of the $1 Backer https://www.boardgamequest.com/the-rise-of-the-1-backer/ https://www.boardgamequest.com/the-rise-of-the-1-backer/#comments Fri, 13 Nov 2020 15:08:43 +0000 https://www.boardgamequest.com/?p=41332 How many of you have backed a Kickstarter project before? Show of hands? Yes, about all of you, that’s what I’ve figured. Now how many of you have Kickstarter regrets where you backed a game that ended up being a clunker, something you promptly got rid of? Hrm, yup, that’s about the same amount of […]

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]]> https://www.boardgamequest.com/how-to-keep-the-dust-off-your-game-collection/feed/ 5 Games That Sell Out Quickly at Conventions https://www.boardgamequest.com/games-that-sell-out-quickly-at-conventions/ https://www.boardgamequest.com/games-that-sell-out-quickly-at-conventions/#comments Fri, 26 Aug 2016 13:46:43 +0000 http://www.boardgamequest.com/?p=19634 Gen Con was a smash hit this year, with some 60,000+ attendees descending upon Indy for 4 days of passionate gaming. While there is a multitude of awesome things to do at the convention, the biggest draw (for me at least) has to be the new game releases. The shiny luster of new games, that […]

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