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Why Board Games Are Becoming More Popular [Updated 2021]
You may have heard that board games are making a come back. This is true, and in fact board games are now more popular than
5 Most Popular Board Games In Other Cultures (From China to Brazil)
When I say ‘board game’, what comes to mind? If you’re from a western liberal country, you probably thought of Monopoly or Chess. Or else
7 Reasons To Play More Board Games Starting Today in 2021
You may have noticed that right now people play more board games that they ever have before. But, maybe you don’t quite get the hype
Dominion Big Money Strategy And How To Beat It
Big Money is a frustrating Dominion strategy, especially for beginning players. In this post we explain what it is and how you can beat it.
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Best Expansion Combinations For Dominion
People often ask us for the best expansion combinations for Dominion. In truth, the game designers made sure that all Dominion expansions mix together well.
2 Player Dominion: Is It Good?
Can you play Dominion with 2 players? You can, and you should! It’s still the same great game as with more than 2 players, with
Settlers of Catan: Strategy Tips For The Base Game
Settlers of Catan is most certainly one of the classics in the board game genre. It’s hard to find anyone that hasn’t heard from this game.
Best Designed Cards in Dominion [Updated 2021]
Dominion has some of the best designed cards of all deck building games. In this post we share some of our personal favorites. Black Cat Black
The Best Dominion Cards
Dominion is one of our favorite games, exactly because its cards are generally very well balanced. Nevertheless, some cards are stronger than others. This is
How to play Dominion with 5-6 players
The set up to play Dominion with more than 4 players requires more treasure and victory cards. Therefore you need to have two Dominion games
7 Wonders Duel Science Victory: Is it Good?
In 7 Wonders Duel the science victory is the hardest to obtain. There’s a debate about whether it’s worth it to even try to win
7 Wonders Duel: How expensive is it to win?
There are 3 ways to win 7 Wonders Duel. You can either win by having a civilian victory, by scientific supremacy, or by miltary supremacy. If
Citadels: Is it smart to assassinate the King?
Many beginning Citadels players assassinate the king when they are the Assassin. In this post I discuss whether this is really the best strategy for
Citadels: Strategy with two players
Citadels is one of our favorite games. We used to only play it with groups of at least four players, but lately we have been
Dominion: How to make a quick kingdom
Are you looking for a Dominion kingdom for a quick game? In this post we explain how different card types influence how long it takes
Asante: How much should you pay the Healer?
The Healer is a very strong card in Asante. The Healer let’s you search the discard pile and take 1 or 2 person cards. Your
Asante: Voodoo doll vs. Mancala
Voodoo doll and Mancala have similar effects, but they differ subtly which makes them excel in different situations. In this post we break down their
Asante: Which goods should you buy?
In our previous post we discussed how many copies there are of each card in Asante. Noteworthy is that there are only 6 unique cards
Asante: How many copies are there of each card?
When playing card games it is often important to know how many copies there are of each card to estimate the probability of drawing certain
The best cards in Dominion Prosperity
What are the strongest cards in Dominion Prosperity? We designed an experiment to answer this question, which we call Dominion Ultimate. In this post we
7 Wonders Duel: What is the worst wonder?
In this post we explain why the statue of Zeus is by far the worst wonder in 7Wonders Duel. Weak and Expensive To understand why
7Wonders Duel: Piraeus Strategy
The Piraeus is one of the best designed cards in 7 Wonders Duel. It has two effects that are both very powerful individually, but because
7 Wonders Duel: Mausoleum Strategy
The mausoleum might very well have the strongest effect of all wonders in 7 Wonders Duel, but it requires a skilled player to use it
7Wonders Duel: How good are extra turn wonders?
Wonders that grant you an extra turn are powerful and versatile in
The hidden luck factor in Risk
As of many board games, luck or chance is a part of Risk. This is not a necessarily bad thing. Without luck the best player always
The biggest mistake players make in Dixit
Dixit can be one of the most fun party game there is. Unfortunately, people often (accidentally) play the game in a way that makes it
A radical strategy to make One Night more exciting and win more often
One Night is by far our favorite social deduction game. To win it consistently, it is crucial to uphold your credibility; and therefore you should
Use this tactic to win more Dixit games
Dixit is more about enjoying company than about winning, so a strategy guide to Dixit is somewhat inappropriate. But it is fun to see how,
Dominion Prosperity is the solution for Big Money
Dominion is our favorite deck building game, but it’s not perfect. It suffers from the ‘Big Money problem’. Fortunately, Dominion Prosperity solves this problem, which
4 broken card combo’s in Dominion Prosperity
A good Dominion player doesn’t only know which cards are strong individually, but also what combinations of cards are strong enough to break the game.