I’ve decided to quit Best of Board Games. I’m not satisfied on the level of the blog, yet I’m not really that interested to put more effort to make it better. Thanks to my fellow contributors for your contributions, thanks to everyone who’s linked to us and thanks to all readers.
It’s Payback Time - Yehuda shares his blog ad profits with his readers through a bunch of exciting games.
Deep Thoughts: By Coldfoot Handy is an interesting blog entry on board games compared to literature.
Ever wondered why Age of Steam income reduction was designed? BoardGameGeek thread Design goal behind AoS income reduction explains, and has also good thoughts about AoS strategy.
At Essen 2006, Ludovic Gimet and his friends sold a hand-made expansion for Age of Steam with a run of 180 copies, 20,000 Rails Under the Sea. I asked him if he had any spare copies at Essen and he looked at me as if I was mad.
He photographed the whole manufacturing process. It’s well worth a look.
The Designer’s Mind: Silk Road is an excellent article on the design of Silk Road, involving designers Ted Cheatham and Bruno Faidutti and the publisher Zev Shlasinger.
The Gone Gaming 2006 Board Game Internet Awards have been awarded. Congratulations for the winners.
Ted Alspach’s Age of Steam Survey Results are an interesting and impressive read, with good comments from JC Lawrence.
Valley Games announced a reprint of Hannibal: Rome vs Carthage, one of the biggest Holy Grail out-of-print games. Pretty nifty!
Interested in the BoardGameGeek game ratings? Read On Ratings by Matthew Gray to learn more.
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