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Tag: board games
Linkbait: The Politics of Competitive Board Gaming Amongst Friends
Apropos of Friday’s roundtable post, here’s an interesting short documentary on the interactions of friends playing Settlers of Catan.
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Roundtable Post: Games with Strangers
What insights about a person’s personality can you glean from playing board games with them? If you were to play board games with a stranger to get to know them, what board game would you pull out?
Expansion Pack: Eminent Domain, Imperialism IN SPAAAACE
This feature is a companion to my board game reviews on the Extra Life Community Blog. You can find my review of Eminent Domain here for context and a more thorough description of game mechanics. Imperialism is a tricky subject to tackle, and games about the expansion and maintenance of empires have to negotiate their paths carefully. Board games
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