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The lovely Paul from Mid Sussex Meeples has given me a review copy of Home Team Heroes, a two-player football deck-building game. It looks really interesting, with lots of teams available already and more to come. 😃👍 #DeckBuilding #CardGames
January 29, 2026 at 10:47 AM
The lovely Paul from Mid Sussex Meeples has given me a review copy of Home Team Heroes, a two-player football deck-building game. It looks really interesting, with lots of teams available already and more to come. 😃👍 #DeckBuilding #CardGames
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It's #BoardGamersLift time!
Sorry it's a little late this week, I've been focusing on making stock for To Boldly Game this weekend and somehow it's already Wednesday 😂
Share what you've been playing, reviewing, buidling, and support your fellow #boardgames enthusiasts!
Sorry it's a little late this week, I've been focusing on making stock for To Boldly Game this weekend and somehow it's already Wednesday 😂
Share what you've been playing, reviewing, buidling, and support your fellow #boardgames enthusiasts!
January 28, 2026 at 10:58 AM
It's #BoardGamersLift time!
Sorry it's a little late this week, I've been focusing on making stock for To Boldly Game this weekend and somehow it's already Wednesday 😂
Share what you've been playing, reviewing, buidling, and support your fellow #boardgames enthusiasts!
Sorry it's a little late this week, I've been focusing on making stock for To Boldly Game this weekend and somehow it's already Wednesday 😂
Share what you've been playing, reviewing, buidling, and support your fellow #boardgames enthusiasts!
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With everything that's happening in the world lately, it's been hard to find the words. Posting regular studio updates while people are being murdered by ICE, the IDF continue to terrorise Palestine, and fascism is rife globally...
Stand together, keep fighting, grasp hope. No matter how hard it is
Stand together, keep fighting, grasp hope. No matter how hard it is
January 27, 2026 at 5:09 PM
With everything that's happening in the world lately, it's been hard to find the words. Posting regular studio updates while people are being murdered by ICE, the IDF continue to terrorise Palestine, and fascism is rife globally...
Stand together, keep fighting, grasp hope. No matter how hard it is
Stand together, keep fighting, grasp hope. No matter how hard it is
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Just a few days left to submit your board game design to the 2026 Cardboard Edison Award! Submissions are open through January 31! cardboardedison.com/award
January 27, 2026 at 12:54 PM
Just a few days left to submit your board game design to the 2026 Cardboard Edison Award! Submissions are open through January 31! cardboardedison.com/award
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Board Game Beat is officially launched & loaded with content...with more to come as I report on Spielwarenmesse!
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Tabletop and board game journalism with deep-dive news, reviews, interviews, videos, and essays, plus rulebook writing and editing services.
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January 26, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Board Game Beat is officially launched & loaded with content...with more to come as I report on Spielwarenmesse!
If you're into independent board game journalism—articles, videos, interviews, news, reviews & more—please check it out and share.
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If you're into independent board game journalism—articles, videos, interviews, news, reviews & more—please check it out and share.
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January 26, 2026 at 12:36 PM
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In this week's video, I answer game design questions from my viewers, including how to stay motivated with a design, pros and cons of self publishing, and why I don't design complex games.
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Considering component cost, motivation & self-publishing | Ask Matthew
YouTube video by Matthew Dunstan
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January 26, 2026 at 7:51 AM
In this week's video, I answer game design questions from my viewers, including how to stay motivated with a design, pros and cons of self publishing, and why I don't design complex games.
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There’s almost exactly ONE WEEK LEFT to submit your unpublished board game design to this year’s Cardboard Edison Award! cardboardedison.com/award
January 25, 2026 at 4:40 AM
There’s almost exactly ONE WEEK LEFT to submit your unpublished board game design to this year’s Cardboard Edison Award! cardboardedison.com/award
Terraforming Mars had become an evergreen title in my regular game group, but when the publisher said they won’t support creatives anymore, I stopped playing the game, in fact, refused to play it. So when a big brand such as @boardgamegeek.com decides to elevate this game, it sends an awful message.
Join us this week as we reveal the 2026 BoardGameGeek Hall of Fame Awards! Today our final 2026 Inductee: "Terraforming Mars" by designer Jacob Fryxelius! www.youtube.com/watch?v=fymm...
Terraforming Mars: 2026 BoardGameGeek Hall of Fame Inductee
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January 24, 2026 at 12:51 PM
Terraforming Mars had become an evergreen title in my regular game group, but when the publisher said they won’t support creatives anymore, I stopped playing the game, in fact, refused to play it. So when a big brand such as @boardgamegeek.com decides to elevate this game, it sends an awful message.
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Have you been enjoying But Why Vikings? Could you give us a rating on itunes to help us out? Other podcast platforms also useful! Also send us your tabletop questions. No question is too weird, esoteric, or straightforward for us.
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But Why Vikings?
Games Podcast · Updated fortnightly · Any unanswered questions at your gaming table? Ava Foxfort, Tim Clare, and Iain McAllister mull over tabletop conudrums: from etiquette at the table to recommenda...
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January 24, 2026 at 10:15 AM
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On a lovely summer's day, we decided to go out together to Frank's Zoo by Frank Nestel from @heidelbaer.de with art by Doris Matthäus.
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Frank's Zoo (Saturday Review) | Tabletop Games Blog
On a lovely sunny summer's day, we decided to go out together as a family. We wanted to see mice, shrimp, hedgehogs, fish, foxes, seals, lions, polar bears, crocodiles, elephants and orcas, but we wan...
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January 24, 2026 at 11:54 AM
On a lovely summer's day, we decided to go out together to Frank's Zoo by Frank Nestel from @heidelbaer.de with art by Doris Matthäus.
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(photo courtesy of Heidelbär Games)
#boardgames #reviews #CardGames
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I'm going to be at Tabletop Gaming Live this year. I am running the pub quiz alongside Flavien from @hachettebguk.bsky.social and taking part in my first live actual play! Who is going? What should I play? Hit me with your recommendations.
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Tabletop Gaming Live 2026 - Tabletop Gaming
Tabletop Gaming Live 2026 Book Tickets Now Tabletop Gaming Live is BACK for 2026 and you're invited! Join us on the 14th - 15th February 2026 at Doncaster Racecourse, South Yorkshire for a weekend of ...
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January 24, 2026 at 9:12 AM
I'm going to be at Tabletop Gaming Live this year. I am running the pub quiz alongside Flavien from @hachettebguk.bsky.social and taking part in my first live actual play! Who is going? What should I play? Hit me with your recommendations.
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The latest episode of But Why Vikings? features not only the wonderful @ava.foxfort.net and the dashing @timclare.bsky.social but also questions about etiquette from @semicoop.bsky.social and their thoughts on the role of BGA thanks to @maxdavie.bsky.social
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The tyranny of structurelessness
Podcast Episode · But Why Vikings? · 23/01/2026 · 1h 4m
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January 23, 2026 at 9:54 AM
The latest episode of But Why Vikings? features not only the wonderful @ava.foxfort.net and the dashing @timclare.bsky.social but also questions about etiquette from @semicoop.bsky.social and their thoughts on the role of BGA thanks to @maxdavie.bsky.social
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Why We Fight's designer believes RPGs can teach players how to put their politics into direct, radical action, even if the steps between tables and communities aren't so clear.
Why We Fight sees a connection between dice and direct action
Play as praxis boasts one ardent defender.
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January 21, 2026 at 5:53 PM
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January 21, 2026 at 10:07 AM
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The January raffle in aid of @trusselluk.bsky.social, the UK food bank charity, is still going until 31 January!
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January 21, 2026 at 1:46 PM
The January raffle in aid of @trusselluk.bsky.social, the UK food bank charity, is still going until 31 January!
If you want to be in with a chance to win some games, please take part here: tabletopgamesblog.com/raffle/
Also, please reshare!!
#charity #foodbanks
If you want to be in with a chance to win some games, please take part here: tabletopgamesblog.com/raffle/
Also, please reshare!!
#charity #foodbanks
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January 21, 2026 at 10:07 AM
Are you interested in history and/or historical board games?
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Molly House und John Company 2: www.spielworxx.de/2026/01/20/m...
Molly House und John Company 2
Vorbestellungen beginnen am 26.01. Plus: Arkwright, Angel´s Share, EPOS
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More To Boldly Game prep 😁 starting with purple and then teal, this shows a good thing I have to consider regularly though. You can see there's a new crossover between purple meeples, this happens from time to time with different components and I have to work out when to change the...
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January 20, 2026 at 8:30 AM
More To Boldly Game prep 😁 starting with purple and then teal, this shows a good thing I have to consider regularly though. You can see there's a new crossover between purple meeples, this happens from time to time with different components and I have to work out when to change the...
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January 19, 2026 at 9:32 PM
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I just posted a supporter update on Ko-Fi and Patreon with some exciting news. If you want to know what it's about, sign up as a member, and you can read this and all older supporter-only posts.
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Supporter Update - got a new idea
Tabletop Games Blog added a post for monthly subscribers!
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January 19, 2026 at 3:49 PM
I just posted a supporter update on Ko-Fi and Patreon with some exciting news. If you want to know what it's about, sign up as a member, and you can read this and all older supporter-only posts.
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Today's video is about approaching game design in a new way - trying to design a bad game from the start!
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Stop trying to design good games
YouTube video by Matthew Dunstan
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January 19, 2026 at 10:47 AM
Today's video is about approaching game design in a new way - trying to design a bad game from the start!
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January 19, 2026 at 10:37 AM
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The January raffle in aid of @trusselluk.bsky.social, the UK food bank charity, is underway!
If you want to be in with a chance to win some games, please take part here: tabletopgamesblog.com/raffle
Also, please reshare!!
#charity #foodbanks
If you want to be in with a chance to win some games, please take part here: tabletopgamesblog.com/raffle
Also, please reshare!!
#charity #foodbanks
January 14, 2026 at 9:09 AM
The January raffle in aid of @trusselluk.bsky.social, the UK food bank charity, is underway!
If you want to be in with a chance to win some games, please take part here: tabletopgamesblog.com/raffle
Also, please reshare!!
#charity #foodbanks
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We also would love to hear from more board game designers outside of the U.S. and Europe!
HEY BOARD GAME DESIGNERS! We're updating our reports on publishing contracts! If you've signed a game with a publisher in the past 5 years, let us know (our Gmail is our name) and we'll send you the anonymous survey. See our past reports here: cardboardedison.com/reports And please spread the word!
January 18, 2026 at 6:17 PM
We also would love to hear from more board game designers outside of the U.S. and Europe!