Recently, while playing Hearts, I heard people referring to rounds as tricks. I’ve never been into a game enough to use words like tricks, and so I just avoided ever using the word. I knew...
Category: Understanding Games
Explaining board games can be much harder than it looks. There is nothing worse when explaining board games than being barraged with questions because you got into the details of a game before...
What is an american style/ameritrash board game? An american-style/ameritrash board game is one focused on drama and excitement in gameplay. Major ways that this is accomplished is through employing...
Most people, including me, until recently, thought the terms tabletop game and board game referred to the same thing. Though they can be used interchangeably for most intents and purposes, I learned...
If you’re like me, you love understanding how things work. Recently, I got really interested in how dice towers work. I don’t really even use them when playing games; but the concept was...
What is a board game? A board game is a tabletop game that uses a defined set of rules and a number of varied game components, that are usually exclusively played on top of some sort of game board or...