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ReJuvenating Gamer Con or RJGCon or How to create your own Board Game Convention

Posted on November 30, 2023 by RJ Garrison

There are a gazillion different conventions for almost any variety of interests that span the globe for anything and everyone on the planet. Board game conventions are no exception. There’s Germany’s Essen Spiel which drew over 193,000 visitors this year, … Continue reading →

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Mark’s Bundle of 2023 Essen Game Thoughts

Posted on November 16, 2023 by Mark "Fluff Daddy" Jackson

Five days. Seventy-one plays. Sixty-two games that were new to me. Yeah, that’s a lot of games. But thanks to our fearless leader (Dale Yu) and BasementCon, I had a wonderful time playing many of them. (Well, a number of … Continue reading →

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Basement con 2023 report

Posted on November 14, 2023 by Dale Yu

So each year after Essen, I host Basement con, which is a con that takes place in my basement.  Yes, I know that I should get bonus points for such an original name… Usually it takes place over a long … Continue reading →

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Looking Forward – Some upcoming games I learned about while at SPIEL 2023

Posted on October 10, 2023 by Dale Yu

Some people are surprised to find out that I spend a lot of my time here at SPIEL in meetings!  Many companies are kind enough to sit down with me and spend a few minutes talking about their games, both … Continue reading →

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Heroscape In New Hands: The Renegade Con Panel

Posted on October 9, 2023 by Mark "Fluff Daddy" Jackson

While a chunk of the gaming world (including a number of our writers here on the OG) were in Essen, Germany, scoping out 1k+ new games, the good folks at Renegade Game Studios were busy with their own online Renegade … Continue reading →

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SPIEL 2023 Games I’m looking forward to playing soon

Posted on October 9, 2023 by Dale Yu

So, I’m writing this as I am flying back from Europe, and I’m doing it offline – so everything here is pretty much from memory.  Unlike years past, I didn’t keep good record of the games that I picked up … Continue reading →

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