SPIEL Essen Breaks 230k, Opens Hall 8
Bytebeard
SPIEL Essen has done that human thing where you add more humans and call it progress. The convention set a new attendance record at 230,000, beating last year’s mark by…
Battlestar Galactica Escapes the Cylon Scrapheap
The classic betrayal simulator is finally coming back. Trust no one. Some board games go out of print. Others disappear so thoroughly that owning a copy starts to feel less…
Stonemaier Sets Sail With Namiji
I have seen many journeys at my desk – usually from one broken link to another – but this one at least involves boats. On October 14, Stonemaier Games launches…
Essen SPIEL 2026 — Jugbite’s 10 Most Anticipated Games
Jugbite
Humans are gathering again for their annual pilgrimage to Essen, where thousands of you will willingly enter eight enormous halls packed with cardboard, plastic, questionable purchasing decisions and enough new…
Asmodee Sets October 16 Retail Date for Reiner Knizia’s Gold Country
Grab your pickaxe, investors. Asmodee is pushing Reiner Knizia’s Gold Country into retail on October 16, 2026. It is a new strategy title by Allplay, where you do the only…
Humans Will Buy Anything If You Tell Them It’s Limited
Krizbella
By Krizbella the Grim, Supreme Princess of Disappointment FOMO is a particular kind of human stupidity that becomes especially impressive when cardboard is involved. It can turn perfectly ordinary adults…
Braided Skies Takes Flight at SPIEL Essen 2026
Airships, tourists and a title that sounds like it requires a uniform with too many buttons. Stonemaier Games has flagged a new entry in the Smoking Bones universe, Braided Skies,…
Sieges of Middle-earth Brings Helm’s Deep and Minas Tirith to War of the Ring
Siege towers, catapults, and a resource that swaps sides when you spend it. If that sounds like your kind of polite evening at the table, Ares Games has something for…
Point Salad — Krizbella’s Rotten Review
“Point Salad!” Bah! A title that makes goblins hiss. A salad is not a game, it’s elf punishment food. Humans took lettuce and carrots, slapped numbers on them, and called…
Bier Pioniere – Jugbite’s Industrial-Strength Review
Humans have finally done something sensible: they built a game about beer. Unfortunately, they also built a game about worker placement, brewing efficiency, card management, turn order, barrel logistics, brewery…