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Archives for April, 2011

spielbox April 2011

My final spielbox subscription issue arrived today. The envelope was suspiciously hard for a magazine and upon opening it I found an A4 cardboard within the issue, with 222 small pieces! If this was a game expansion, the base game wasn’t named on the cardboard; and the spielbox centrefold games never come with game material. My curiosity piqued, I turned to the centre of the magazine and surprise: Read more… »

BoardGameInfo Games Giveaway

Board Game Info, the new kid on the block of general boardgaming sites, is giving players the opportunity to contribute to the site (by uploading reviews and game data, for example) and thereby earn points which can then be converted to free games. If you prefer to spend less effort to get a game for free, you can always try their giveaway competitions. The first one ends 23rd April: a copy of Minion Games’ Those Pesky Humans is up for grabs.