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Escape from the Sweet Board Game Bubble

By Levi Rubeck • December 20th, 2018

There’s a bubble brewing around board games.

The Board Soul

Let’s Get Physical

By Jeremy Signor • May 24th, 2018

Catacombs may be a game about flicking discs, but it brings the action of dungeon crawling to life in surprising, intuitive ways.

Flamme Rouge Earns the Yellow Jersey

By Sam Desatoff • April 12th, 2018

Racing games are a dime a dozen, but they usually involve cars. But Flamme Rouge feels fresh and new.

The Board Soul
The board game Downforce, the box, with the set behind.

Nonsense

By Jeremy Signor • February 19th, 2018

Not every board game’s mechanics have to make thematic sense to be a ton of fun.

The Board Soul
Three questing adventures, a human knight, a dark elf and a dwarf stand poised on the edge of a orange city. This is the cover art for the Lords of Waterdeep.

Pieces

By Jeremy Signor • February 8th, 2018

Game pieces are supposed to represent something specific, transcending their forms and letting us manipulate representations of objects and people. But what happens when a cube is just a cube?

Seeland and the Community of Economy

By Sam Desatoff • January 18th, 2018

One of my favorite examples of game economy comes from a rather unassuming title. Seeland is a game about using windmills to reclaim land from the sea.

A pile of assorted tabletop dice with text over that reads "best board games of 2017"

Best Board Games We Played in 2017

By Jeremy Signor and Team Unwinnable • January 4th, 2018

These are the board games that impressed the Unwinnable writers the most in 2017.

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A set of brightly colored tiles with a logo in the middle that reads "Azul"

Skin Deep

By Jeremy Signor • December 21st, 2017

Why do we deem judging a game based on how it looks as superficial? A game’s aesthetic beauty is every bit as integral to its quality as its gameplay.

A golden idol head.

Simplicity Rules in El Dorado

By Sam Desatoff • December 14th, 2017

What makes El Dorado so good is its simplicity. A mashup of two different genres has the potential to become clunky and confusing, but that is not the case here.

The Board Soul
A test screen that reads "Please Stand By" with logos for Bethesda and Fantasy Flight along the bottom.

The Board Soul: Feast or Famine

By Jeremy Signor • December 14th, 2017

The Fallout board game can let you grasp greatness, but is just as likely to leave you out in the cold.

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