Resources Board Games Games The Game 2007

About.com

Articles to help budding game designers.

http://boardgames.about.com/msub6.htm

About.com: Board Games

Features news, free games, articles, rules, and a discussion forum.

http://boardgames.about.com/

Avalon Hill Reliability, Experience and Ability Scoring System

Rankings for players in around 200 different games (primarily wargames).

http://wolff.to/area/

The Baldor Games

Directory of board games by category. Includes reviews and pictures. Written in English and Swedish.

http://members.lycos.co.uk/baldorgames/

The Board Game Designers Forum

Forum for board game designers. Includes downloadable resources and game design journals.

http://www.bgdf.com/

Board Game Studies

An academic journal for historical and systematic research on board games.

http://www.boardgamesstudies.org/

Board Game Webring

Searchable database of places to buy used board games and parts.

http://www.jobogames.com/boardgamewebring/

A Board Games Database

A database of pictures, parts inventory, and rules details of American commercial board, dice, and card games.

http://aboardgamesdatabase.com

Board Games Fan Page at Graceful Boot

Presents a board game journal, rules clarifications and variants, and strategy articles.

http://gracefulboot.com/board_games/

Board Games FAQ

FAQ's on board games from rec.games.board on usenet.

http://www.faqs.org/faqs/games/board-games-faq/

Brett and Board

Presents information and news about German family board games.

http://brettboard.dk/

Brikker & Brett

Offers pictures and descriptions of board and card games.

http://games.brikkerogbrett.com/

Dan Becker's Game Site

Reviews board, card and dice games. Also includes photos of gaming sessions.

http://www.io.com/~beckerdo/games/games.html

A monthly magazine covering board and card games with an emphasis on the European games scene. Each issue features reviews, original games, surveys of traditional games, and rule translations for new Eurogames.

http://www.gamecabinet.com/

Game Zombies Board Game Review

Board game reviews from a private collector. Reviews include a brief description of play, pictures from the game being played, and a brief opinion about the game.

http://www.angelfire.com/games/zombiereviews/

GameCaravan

A database and guide to games, gaming groups, and conventions.

http://www.gamecaravan.com/

The Games Forum

Features descriptions, rules, and variants for multiple games. Also features a gamer database, articles, swap and sell, and online gaming.

http://www.thegamesforum.com/BoardGames.html

Games Information Depot

Rules for and histories of multiple games. Also includes details about starting a collection.

http://www.gamesinfodepot.com/games/board/

The Games Journal

Archives of articles from a monthly board game publication that ceased publication in October 2005. Articles cover subjects like game strategy, board game awards and convention reports, and the business of board game design.

http://www.thegamesjournal.com/

The Games of Bruno Faidutti

Game reviews and information from French game designer Bruno Faidutti.

http://www.faidutti.com/

Globetrotter Games

Categorized directory of board games. Includes game descriptions and rules. Swedish/English.

http://globetrotter-games.com/

Hjärntorgets Sällskapsspelsällskap

Reviews and pictures of multiple board games.

http://home.swipnet.se/~w-15221/

Internet Top 100 Games List

A collection of board game ratings from users of rec.games.board.

http://scv.bu.edu/~aarondf/Top100/

Kulkmann's G@mebox

Covers on old and new German and English boardgames. Features articles about Games Workshop, Talisman, Tolkien boardgames, the SPIEL convention at Essen and others.

http://www.boardgame.de/

Larrigoni 3M Games

Features photos of a personal collection of 3M board games. Photos are categorized by game type.

http://members.tripod.com/~Larrigoni/index.html

LemonyFresh Gaming

Features game reviews and session reports.

http://dolphin.upenn.edu/~pgamers/lemonyfresh/

Luding

Database of games that includes to reviews, variants, and biographies on the designers. [English and German]

http://sunsite.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/luding/

Solo Board Games

Describes board games meant for a single player. Also features multiplayer games with solo scenarios. Covers multiple genres, including wargames, historical, fantasy, science fiction, and sports.

http://www.huntbc.freeserve.co.uk/

Spelmagazijn - English

Translation and smaller version of Dutch site with gaming news and reviews of card and board games.

http://home.wxs.nl/~rubik/uk/index.html

Spielboy

Quarterly boardgaming magazine featuring games, session report generator, and pictorials.

http://www.spielboy.com/

Spotlight on Games

Errata, variants, analysis, rules summaries, reviews, charts and background information for a variety of board games and simulations. By Rick Heli.

http://www.spotlightongames.com/

Traditional Games Database

Alphabetical listing of traditional games. Listings include publisher and developer details, as well as the year each game was published.

http://www.games-db.com/Traditional/

Trev's Boardgames

Pictures, gamebox descriptions, and short reviews of multiple British, German, and American boardgames and cardgames. Also includes trip reports from game conventions.

http://www.clanfork.co.uk/Trev/

Two Player Games

Lists board games that are playable by two players. Lists are sub-divided into games that are multiplayer but can be played by only two players and games that are specifically designed for two players only.

http://sunsite.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/luding/two_player_list.html

Yarmouth Games

Contains ideas for new board games. Includes pictures and descriptions of these new games.

http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/greatyarmouthgames

Yehuda

Board games and gaming blog from Jerusalem, Israel.

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