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A Board Game Piece Is More Than A Mere Chunk Of Plastic

Two years ago, I began transitioning from video games to table games. But I always thought that one day, I’d come back. I kept one eye on my cards, the other on the door, which was actually very impractical but did give me a spooky Forest Whitaker look that would unsettle my opponents.

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You’re With Me: Five Team Board Games You Should Play

Today, we’re always being told that video games are social. It’s only recently that I’ve been able to take enough of a step back to realise that this is weapons-grade nonsense.

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Forget Game Of Thrones. The Best Board Games Are German-Style

Board games are big business now! I’ve been screaming this for so long that my lungs resemble two teabags flapping in a breeze. Excitingly, this means every week I get a tweet, email or text from someone who’s started their board game collection.

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The 5 (Or So) Board Games To Get Excited About In 2013

Right. For my first ever board game column for Kotaku, the editor-in-chief here suggested I cover the top games coming in 2013. This created an anime-sized bead of sweat on my forehead. You see, board games aren’t like video games. You want to know if a video game’s coming out, you call a guy who works in a place, or perhaps do a Google. Board games? Oh, man.

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6 Board Games That Video Gamers Should Play

At the end of part one of this essay on analogue games, I said I’d talk about specific examples of board games to show why you, a video gamer, should be playing them.

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Board Games Are Better Than Video Games In So Many Ways

People have been asking what I’ve been doing recently.

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