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[theindoorsman]

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[anderswasrightt]

guess who's playing vantage again 😎

3d-printed rocky is there too.

[homeofmark]

Sky Team #boardgame

Designed by Luc Rémond, published by Scorpion Masque

More games and session reports here:

https://homeofmark.com/more-tabletop-games/

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[theindoorsman]

The Op Games' Epic Summer Giveaway: 600 Winners, $11K Prize Pool!

We're celebrating an epic summer with The Op Games, who is giving away a prize pool of amazing games to 600 winners, worth over $11,000! Thi

[caseyscraftycorner]

im really loving the resurgence of trick-taking card games for the last few years. I feel like a lot of people -- not just board gamers -- sometimes forget how everywhere trick-taking games used to be. Hearts, Bridge, Spades...all classic trick-taking games that most people knew how to play.

and there's a reason these games were so popular for so long -- because they are easy to learn, hard to master, and have a really good amount of strategic depth. But for a really long time, the modern board game scene just kindof...ignored them? and then The Crew: Quest For Planet Nine -- a cooperative, limited-communication trick taking game -- released to massive critical acclaim, and now "trick taking games with a twist" are everywhere!

anyways, i'm super excited for Cat in the Box, which is quite possibly the hardest-to-explain trick-taking game i have personally encountered. I'm hoping i get to play it with some friends tonight. Also the art is great, and i should totally post some pics of it.

[homeofmark]

Beacon Patrol #boardgame

Designed by Torben Ratzlaff, published by Pandasaurus Games

More games and session reports here:

https://homeofmark.com/more-tabletop-games/

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[homeofmark]

Shallow Sea #boardgame

Designed by Yeom.C.W, published by Bad Comet Games

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https://homeofmark.com/more-tabletop-games/

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[theindoorsman]

One of my favorite games from last year!

[grantlyon]

These are some great games you can play with all (most) ages! I also recommend cooperative games and party games for family time, and I've already put out a video on my Top 10 Cooperative Games and my Top 10 Party Games.

[grantlyon]

It's All Funny & Games brings great comedians together to play through some fun board games, card games, and more. On this episode, we check out 3 Of A Kind - one of the best 'think like other people' games out there. It's full of weird and funny combinations, and you only get points if you write the same thing as others.

[homeofmark]

GROVE: A 9 Card Solitaire Game #boardgame

Designed by Mark Tuck, published by Side Room Games

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https://homeofmark.com/more-tabletop-games/

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[homeofmark]

Obsession #boardgame

Designed by Dan Hallagan, published by Kayenta Games

More games and session reports here:

https://homeofmark.com/more-tabletop-games/

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[theindoorsman]

I Commit looks like something that should be brought back.

TikTok - Make Your Day

[foldingfittedsheets]

While playing Codenames I took a turn as spymaster. My words that round were incredibly disparate and I was frantically trying to get more than one per round.

So I looked at my spread and inadvertently said, “Oh my god, that’s a bummer.” This got me scolded by the fucking rule police.

And my wife, on the other team, looked at the layout of 20-25 words (I can’t be bothered to look it up) and instantly exclaimed, “I know what you’re doing.”

“That’s impossible!” I said, blatantly ignoring our drift compatibility.

They started texting me and when my turn came I announced, “9/11, for two,” to make my team guess both “Plane” and “America”.

My wife held up their phone on which they’d written, “You’re going to say 9/11.”

[theindoorsman]

😂

[kasstoon]

[todays-xkcd]

I can't believe Candles of Vienna caved to commercial pressure and added the Goku expansion.

Types of Board Game [Explained]

Transcript Under the Cut

Types of Board Game

[Under this header text, the comic contains 8 panels. Each of them is labeled at the top with a short description of the board game being played and features (from left to right) Cueball, Ponytail, Megan, and White Hat sitting on chairs around a table trying to play it.]

Boring Megan: Each turn, roll a die and move your token. Turns proceed clockwise around the table until we get bored and go home.

Abstract Cueball: Each turn, you can place any number of red triangles or blue squares on a hexagon, or move any hexagon to a...

Hyperspecific Theme Ponytail: It's October 2, 1814. The Congress of Vienna convenes. You are each in charge of distributing and lighting candles for the opening ball, which was held at these three locations...

Overcomplicated White Hat: It's a cross between *Twilight Imperium* and *Cones of Dunshire,* but implemented entirely in category theory. Every cone is a monad, and...

Cooperative Megan: We're working together to sort these decks of cards using only hand gestures. After that, we'll silently organize my junk drawer.

Branded Cueball: You can play as Phoebe, Chandler, Monica, Rachel, Ross, Joey, or, due to an ill-advised tie-in, Goku.

Party Ponytail: Each of the cards in your hand has a bad word on it. On the count of three, yell the...

Social Deduction Megan: Remember, per our *Find the Secret Murderer* house rules from last week, discovering that a player had committed a real-life murder does *not* count.

[absotutelyalmostalright]

Day 4163

May 25, 2026

[grantlyon]

All the new editions of board games coming out in May!