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It’s hard to buy holiday gifts for board gamers. We can have strong opinions about our hobby, and what seems like a nice gift to the giver can come off as clueless and off-target to the recipient. Just imagine receiving this for Christmas. These three tricks will help you buy holiday gifts for the board gamers in your life like a pro. 1: Ask Their Friendly Local Game Store If your board gamer is…

New! The Clever Move Board Game Recommender

Hi all, Let’s start with the headline: Today, CleverMoveGames.com unveils its brand new Board Game Recommender. Go check it out. It’s fun. How we got here Now, let’s backtrack: It’s been a while since you’ve seen an update here. During that time, I’ve done some odd things with my life. First, I became a professional fencing coach. Then I became a data scientist. The latter brings us to today. As…

Agricola Life — Board Game Comics

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Two Video Games All RPG Game Masters Should Play (And Think About)

So, you’ve got a group of players together. They’ve made some characters and you’re ready to start your Dungeons & Dragons, Shadowrun, GURPS or Star Wars RPG game. You have a grand plot of a top-level bad guy who will bedevil them at every turn. And the way you craft your campaign should be modeled on two of the best video games of all time. “What?” you say. “Video games?” Yes, video games —…

Game-(and Cthulh)-ification — Board Game Comics

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New Cards for One Night — Board Game Comics

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5 Everyday Challenges That Should be Board Games

Have you ever felt that you’re using your board game skills in other everyday challenges? No? Just me? Well, you clearly can use your board-game-breed strategy and planning skills in everyday tasks, but here are some everyday tasks that would be a lot more fun if they went cardboard. Eating. You have a budget. You have only an hour to shop. You have limited fridge space. You have limited time to…

Netrunner, Spoilers and the Postman — Board Game Comics

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Board Game Rule Books Are Written Backwards

Board game rule books are written wrong, but I’ve only recently understood why. Talk with board gamers long enough, and one of them will tell you that the rule books are awful. We all agree on that. People will offer ideas about why they’re awful — they’re organized poorly, you can never find the one rule you have a question about when you need to, they’re translated from Dutch… But those…

What Hurling Has to Do With Board Games — Comics

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How to Teach Board Games: a Better Way

Do you know how to teach board games? Take what the rule book suggests, and then do it backwards. Most board game rule books begin with the setup, and then tell players what each individual piece does. But this can often be a pretty inefficient way how to teach board games. As others have said, the right way to teach board game rules is to start with the goal: what is the player trying to do? But…

Fantasy Flight Proof of Purchase — Board Game Comics

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11 of the best commons in Oath of the Gatewatch

With prerelease events this weekend, we thought right now would be a great time to look at some of the best common cards in Oath of the Gatewatch. Note that, as in previous lists like this, we’re looking at these cards from the perspective of a limited (non-constructed) environment. Here they are, in no particular order. Blinding Drone Being able to tap-down your opponent’s most powerful creature…

How to Make a Board Gamer Cringe — Board Game Comics

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Two Things You Need to For Game Nights in Small Apartments

You might think that you can’t host a board game night in your small city apartment. You don’t have a large enough table. You don’t have enough chairs. You simply don’t have enough space. You’re wrong. Right now, I run Clever Move world headquarters out a 450 square foot apartment where we have hosted several game nights — with as many as six players. So, what’s different between game nights at…

Love, Death and Conflict — Board Game Comics

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Happy New Year in Board Game Comics!

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