The voting for the 2025 Meeples Choice Awards is complete and, due to ties, there are more winning games than usual. Instead of the usual three winning games, this time there are five. The winners are:
LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING – TRICK-TAKING GAME
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: FATE OF THE FELLOWSHIP
GALACTIC CRUISE
HOT STREAK
TAKE TIME
Rounding out the top ten were Vantage, Sanctuary, Star Trek: Captain’s Chair, Magical Athlete, and The Druids of Edora. Continue reading
In the tile-laying game Twinkle Twinkle, you’ll fill your star chart with clear plastic tiles, trying to connect constellations, build belts of asteroids, collect comets, pick up planets, and study them with satellites. Take care with those pesky black holes – unless you have a perfect spot for them, of course. Constellations, asteroids, comets, planets, and black holes all score differently! With 10 modular scoring conditions in the box, you can mix and match for 32 different setups. Whoever finds their highest score in the stars wins. The game features an optional scoring app that allows you to point your phone at the board and watch it magically tally up your points!
In a faraway land in the midst of a verdant forest crossed by the Crystal River lies the small kingdom of Brightspring, ruled by the wise Queen Beavery, who is facing a problem: Her four regions are separated by seven bridges, and to divide her time evenly between the subjects of these regions, the kingdom would need an eighth bridge…
Help the Queen build a new bridge! Scour the kingdom, recruit the best artisans, gather construction resources, and create magnificent decorations. Note, however, that you can never use the same bridge more than once in the same day.
Kingdom Crossing is inspired by the problem of the “Seven Bridges of Königsberg”, and gameplay combines engine-building and programming mechanisms, with a solo mode that features an Automa and four difficulty levels.
The Meeples Choice Awards is an annual game award that has been voted on by the members of the Spielfrieks user group since 1995. The purpose of the award is to select the group’s three favorite designs from the previous calendar year. The first stage of the voting for the 2025 awards has been completed and 27 games have been nominated. The group will now vote on their favorites from the nominated games and the three games which receive the most votes will be declared the winners. The winning games will be announced next week. Continue reading
Amazon Prime Day Boardgames on Sale – all at least 30% off
If you’re not interested in buying games on sale, then please ignore this… But it’s time for the annual Amazon Prime day (well 4 day) sale, and lots of bargains to be had on games.
Below is a list of games that we have reviewed here, click on the game title to see our review, and then the Amazon Sale link to the right.
Vineyard – 50% off https://amzn.to/4uSbPd4
Catan – 45% off – https://amzn.to/4aMvHqI
Everdell complete collection – 35% off – https://amzn.to/4xKPTTU
Splendor – 40% off- https://amzn.to/4fXdXwn
Carcassonne – 43% off – https://amzn.to/43ShWTC
EXIT: The Game, Family – 48% off – https://amzn.to/4vq8ItL
Rebel Princess – 39% off – https://amzn.to/4aircUH
Mycelia – 45% off – https://amzn.to/4ezu5lf
Dixit – 33% off – https://amzn.to/4uWyG77
Duck and Cover – 36% off – https://amzn.to/4uSyYMA
Above and Below Haunted – 49% off – https://amzn.to/4eZ3JKR
MIND MGMT – 49% off – https://amzn.to/4eDq1AB
(all links here are affiliate links and help us keep the lights on)
I’ll probably post another list of links tomorrow as many of these deals are quantity limited, and thus the boardgame sale list always changes.
Until your next appointment
The Gaming Doctor
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