Ilya and Tylor 🎥🏳️‍🌈🎲

Okay... What are our thoughts on ending the game halfway through if the table is not having a good experience? Have you done this? How do you approach this delicate situation?

Top 5 Games of January: youtu.be/riFmwc3vYsE

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Hi person problem 😉

I want to see designers avoid designing against "alpha-gaming." It limits creativity and innovation in what games could be.

At it's heart, alpha-gaming is a PERSON problem, not a game problem.

The best comparison I've heard is cheating. Not many games are designed to prevent cheating?

“Unbiased” board game reviews are the last ones to be trusted. Everyone has biases. Far more trustworthy are reviews that acknowledge their influence and bias. It indicates a level of awareness, honesty, and ability to contextualize that hints at more thoughtful and meaningful analysis and review.

Thanks to the folks out there in board games trying to lead the horses to water.

Grant grace. Believe people when they show you who they are. Hold accountable. These three things are not mutually exclusive nor should they be.

YouTube video by kovray Spicy Hot Takes - Board Game Edition | Generative AI Art, Alpha Gamers, Big Boxes, and More!

Spicy Hot Takes: youtu.be/v0ro5TP6ztw

Join us this saturday as we discuss our stance on AI Art, Alpha Gaming, Rules in Games, Innovation and Capitalism, Expansion, and MORE!

A stylised golden sun illustration, with the letters AS D'OR in white in the centre. Nomme Cannes above, and Jeu De L'Annee 2026 below. Logo for French board game award the As d'Or.

Multicoloured, shiny card game box, surrounded by cards with large coloured single numbers on them. Flip 7 by Eric Olsen.

A blue plastic castle and several cardboard chits with lightning bolts on them, on a green board showing forests and other terrain types. Rebirth by Reiner Knizia.

A board game representing a field of battle between toys - the player's tokens we can see include a robot, rubber duck with axe and viking helmet, and pirate monkey. Toy Battle board game.

France’s highest-profile board game prize, the As d’Or, has updated its rules for 2026 to ensure that artist names must appear on a game box in order for designs to be eligible for the award:

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Dino Racer box art. Featuring 5 dinosaurs racing down a racetrack: red T-Rex, blue Raptor, yellow Triceratops, purple Stegosaurus, and green Brontosaurus.

Announcing!!!!

🦖 DINO RACER 🦕🍌

Dino Racer is a fast-paced card game where you’ll draft cards of five wacky dinos competing in a prehistoric race to the finish.

Expect this one to *saur* at Gen Con 2026!!!! 🎲✂️

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Really excited to share Red Leaf University with folks. It's quite a combotastic worker placement.

This is so neat and will be extra neat to review at the end of the year!.... and maybe I'll actually keep up with a thing for an entire year haha.

The BoardGameGeek Hall of Fame 2026 - Day 5 Inductee | BoardGameGeek News

wow wow this sucks. bigot ai art game - let's put it in the hall of fame - thank you bgg - cool moves

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Who's ready for a Board Game Bingo 2026 Challenge? Want to get involved? Join our Discord Server: discord.gg/QC48ebJC

YouTube video by Boardgaymergirl My 10 Favorite Games of 2025 | Obvious & Surprising Picks

Tis a BIG drop day with my Top 10 games of 2025 list! It's a bit of a ride to settle in for so as always, check it out if you wish and let me know what were some of your favourite games you played in 2025?

#boardgames #boardgamesky #youtube
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YouTube video by kovray The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers™ Trick-Taking Game | 2 Player Board Game Playthrough

Tylor and I started to play a quick game at lunch occassionally, we've been LOVING our adventures through The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers™ Trick-Taking Game!

Check out our Playthrough Video, which was sponsored by @officedoggames.bsky.social !

youtu.be/TzA0-0VKhXw

Three men smile at the camera in separate images. The one on the left has folded arms and wears a black polo shirt and black cap, and has a short beard. The central one has light brown hair and wears a white t-shirt. The one on the right has dark hair and beard, glasses and is wearing a colourful beige, blue, red and orange patterned shirt. Ross Thompson, Ilya Ushakov and Ross Connell.

Board game industry people moves:

- Ross Thompson leaves Asmodee’s Atomic Mass Games

- Druid City Games brings in ex-Incredible Dream marketing director Ilya Ushakov

- Ross Connell joins Mantic from North Star Games

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With all this snow, I've developed a new fear: "Having a fall."

YouTube video by kovray Most Anticipated Board Games of 2026 | 93 Upcoming Games! Cards, Tiles, and Crunchy Brains

It’s here! Curious what 2026 has in store game wise? Join us for an hour and a half as we talk about some of the games that caught our eye. You can also make hot chocolate, we sure did!

youtu.be/guP4qXsm9As

Who’s ready for over 100 minutes of Tylor and I talking about games we’re excited to see in 2026? We’re basically a movie.

Peter you continue to bring so much joy to our tables! Can’t wait until we get to see you again and to share another game ❤️

YouTube video by kovray Lodge | How to Play | Learn to Play in 8 Minutes! | Tile Placement Board Game Tutorial

@kovray.bsky.social Just posted their lovely how-to-play video for Lodge! If you're curious about the game (including its solo mode), this is a great place to start.

An illustration of a landscape filled with trees and houses. Three enormous heads poke out of the ground.

Hey, guess what: buriedgiantstudios.com

Let’s go!!!!

We're starting a tradition, every year we will commission a family portrait by a board game illustrator to utlize as a holiday card and to capture the memories of that year. This year we were lucky enough to partner with Giacomo Vichi, who did such a remarkable job!

YouTube video by kovray Hummingbirds | How to Play | Learn to Play in 3 Minutes! | Hidden Sand Timer Board Game Tutorial

🌺 Hummingbirds 🌺 A Unique Party Game with Hidden Sand Timers!

How to Play: youtu.be/zGk6CySnd20
Playthrough: youtu.be/n4lw0sFHT_w

Humminbirds is designed by Jason Tremblay, it's illustrated by Jess Franks, and published by @theop.games

#Hummingbirds #HummingbirdsGame #BoardGames

YouTube video by Boardgaymergirl I left YouTube in 2025, here's what I learned

Check out Natalie's Channel! @boardgaymergirl.bsky.social

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She's an incredible human with great insight and is making her way back to YouTube. If you enjoy solo-gaming, you'll definitely connect with her content =)

YouTube video by kovray Top 5 Board Games We Played in December 2025 | Did We Meet Our Annual Goal?

Our FIRST video of the year: youtu.be/l2cYLNYA-30

How was our December? Did we both unfortunately get sick and stayed in bed for majority of the holidays? Yes. Did we still play some RAD games? Absolutely.

YouTube video by kovray Libertalia: Winds of Galecrest | Facing Stormy Seas with the Ideal Crew | Board Game Playthrough

Libertalia: youtu.be/SfsfSzXghH4

Curious to see a full game of Libertalia: Winds of Galecrest? Well, you've come to the right place, join us as we sail the seas, assemble the best crews and earn all the doubloons!

YouTube video by kovray Sanibel | How to Play | Learn to Play in 9 Minutes!

Beautiful how to play video from @kovray.bsky.social for my game Sanibel, coming mid January.

I am so excited for you all to play this game! I may be a little relentless about it in the next few weeks.