Talking Shelf Space

SPIEL Essen 2025 – Day 4: Closing Time

SPIEL Essen 2025 – Day 3: Let’s Just Hang …

SPIEL Essen 2025 – Day 2: Going With The Flow

SPIEL Essen 2025 – Day 1: Welcome to Queue Land, Population Me

Table Talks: Content Creators at the SPIEL Essen 2025

SPIEL Essen 2025 – Day 0: Press Conference & Novelty Show

SPIEL Essen 2025 – Day “-1”: Making Plans

First impressions of Forestry – Chop, Chop, We Don’t Have All Day!

Review of Railroad Tiles – … But Turns Out The Tile is Mightier Than The Pen

First Impressions of Fathom – Lots of Diving, But No Depths

Origin Story: Space Biff – An Interview With Board Game Critic Dan Thurot

Review of Kartini: From Darkness to Light – The Case of History vs Euro

Review of Hot Streak – Pure, Unadulterated Fun

Review of Behold: Rome – Heavy Gaming in Your Pocket

Review of Smartphone Inc. – Clean Like a Tech Commercial

The Delay Between Cause and Effect

Recommendations For Solo Board Games in 2025

Review of Greed Incorporated – Never Has Embezzlement Been This Much Fun

Origin Stories: Molly House – An Interview With Co-Designer Jo Kelly

Review of Sol: Last Days of a Star – We Already Screwed It Up This Far, So …

On The Table: Sol, Tycoon India, New Cold War, and more