Last updated August, 2003
Last updated August, 2003
Resources
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Updates
 | One of the most complete lists of Board Games imaginable. Games listed by Title, Author or Publisher with Reviews in several languages. Very large Data Base so sometimes loads slowly; worth the wait |
 | Great site maintained by the diligent efforts of Erik Arneson; reviews, news, discussions, chat rooms and more; getting better all the time, with information you can't get elsewhere. |
| BoardgameGeek | A database maintained by the MetroGamers of Dallas; Features "Session Reports", reviews, and much much more; One of the fastest growing game sites on the web, now arguably the best. |
 | Discontinued |
 | Mik Svellov, one of the true experts on boardgames (from Copenhagen), maintains this site; includes reviews, links, reports from Essen, previews, pictures, and a whole lot more. I seem to use this site more and more. |
 | Mary Couzin runs this tremendous resource for inventors, retailers, manufacturers and all gamers. Discover Games is the Internet's largest game promotion community, a directory of new games and a community of gamers. |
 | An excellent monthly, Internet based publication focusing on articles about board games and related issues. Edited by Greg Aleknevicus; Frank Branham is the publisher. Many well known contributors. |
 | Fantastic Board Game site, maintained by Rick Thornquist, that is loaded with information, reviews, session reports & previews. They often get gaming news before anyone else; many of our customers consider it to be the premier gaming site on the web. |
| Web-Grognards | For Wargamers, this is the site to visit; it's all you need. Very complete Links for all kinds of games |
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Of Special Interest | |
| Brettspiel Welt Portal for Online Games | Very unique and cool Java based site where you can play multiplayer Designer Games. Some available are Carcassone, Liar's Dice/Bluff, Manhattan, Tichu, Lost Cities, Acquire and Settlers of Catan. Most of the site is in German but there are English speaking folks around much of the time, and the games are, for the most part, not language specific. There is more to this site so take a look. Maybe I'll see you there! |
 | New site (6-19-03) by Eric Fuller, a puzzle enthusiast, that displays his collection, links and a selection of custom crafted puzzles he offers. |
 | GHOULASH is a FREE adventure game in which 2 players race against time and each other on a series of quests, each one with its own set of thrills. It is played entirely on paper, using specially designed charts (free to download). No dice, cards, spinners, combat formulas or movable pieces of any kind are used. All you need to play are the scenario charts (one per player) and a pencil. And, did I mention all of the rules, charts and scenarios are FREE? |
More Great Resources | |
| Cards Games | If you want to find out about a card game, this is the place to go |
| D'Antiques Game Resources | Lots Rules for board games (some scanned, some links to other sites), game links, pictures and other resources |
| Game Pile | Site hilights Board Games (about 40 w/pics), 3M Games, NBC Games; nice layout |
| The Game Report | Peter Sarrett's page has a voice chat, Bulletin Board, Game-related links, Reviews |
| Go in Ancient China | 6 part article: Introduction ; Legends ;Go & war; Go in the classics; Confusion in Han and Wei times; Literature. by John Fairbairn, written at the request of the British Museum |
| Medieval Games | The title says it all; lots of rules & links to similar pages; good for research |
| Museum & Archive of Games | University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada site dedicated to research and the collection, preservation, and exhibition of games and game-related objects. |
| SCA Games | Links to unique sites about games through out history; you can spend a lot of time here |
| Steffan O'Sullivan | Game reviews, articles, and more |
| (Ed's) Stratego Page | Nice page devoted to Stratego w/message boards, rules, strategies and history |
| Kitchen Table Gamers | Cleveland-Akron based gaming group which includes gaming session reports, ratings, photos, biographies and more. Maintained by Craig Berg |
| Toronto Gamer | European Board Games & the Toronto Gamer is the full name; one of the best looking gaming sites anywhere. Lots of links plus game logs, reviews & info geared to Toronto players of German/Designer Games. |
| Westbank Gamers | New Orleans Area Gaming Group; Quality site; Reviews, session reports, news and more; maintained by Greg Schloesser |
| South Shore Gamers | The SSG meet in the south-shore Boston, MA area; Reviews, Sessions, more and maintained by Dave Bernazzani |
| Silicon Valley Boardgamers | TVB from the Silicon Valley/South Bay portion of the San Francisco Bay Area |
| MetroGamers | Dallas TX Group responsible for the "Boardgame Geek", a great resource above |
| Billabong Boardgamers | Ausrailian Group site with reviews, session reports, links and more |
| Athens Gaming Club | Kevin Gonzalez's site for this Georgia based group; session reports & message boards |
| Totnes Board Game Group | Bill Eaton maintains this new site for a group based in South Devon, UK. Includes reviews, session reports and links. Mainly concerned with Designer Games (aka German Games). |
| Abacus Spiele | Mfr. of "Samarkand", "Pony Express", "Chain Reaction"; site is in German. |
| Adlung Spiele | Mfr. of card games "Bambuti", "Take Off", and more. Site is in German |
| Ajjava L.L.C | Mfr. of "Sense-ation!" an ESP game |
| All Things Equal | Mfr. of "Loaded Questions" & "Group Photo" |
| Aristoplay | Mfr. of acclaimed educational games, "Hail to the Cheif", "Made for Trade", more |
| Atlas Games | Mfr. of "Once Upon a Time", "Lunch Money" & "On the Edge" RPG and others |
| Avalanche Press | Mfr. of Digging, Res Publica, Survival of the Witless, war games, and others |
| Avalon Hill | Mfr. now subsidy of Hasbro; new site for titles released by the new company, "Battle Cry", "Axis & Allies Europe", "Acquire", "Stratego Legends" and others. |
| Binary Arts | Mfr. of puzzles including the "Rush Hour" series; several online puzzles make this a fun site |
| Bioviva LTD | Mfr. of "Bioviva", best trivia game of 1999 by Games Magazine |
| Buffalo Games | Mfr. of family board games, jig saw puzzles; ("iMAgiNiff) |
| Cadaco Games | Mfr. of family games, "Tripoly", "Bas-ket" and many others |
| Carrom | Mfr. of the classic "Carrom Boards", Foosball, Skittles and other skill/action games |
| Cheapass Games | Mfr. of numerous "quick-playing games, most in the neighborhood of five bucks". |
| Clash of Arms | Mfr. of wargames and others |
| Columbia Games | Mfr. of unique "wood block" wargames, card games and "Harn" RPG System; "Victory", "Dixi" Civil War Card Game, "Eastern Front", "Bobby Lee", "Napoleon" |
| Cosmic Wimpout | Mfr. of "Cosmic Wimpout" dice game |
| Cranium | Mfr. of "Cranium" and Expansions |
| Crokinole Game | Mfr. of "Crokinole" a skill & action table game; site has history of game, variants |
| Crystal Caste | Mfr. of many varieties of Dice including the unusual Crystal and Dwarven Stone semiprecious sets |
| D&F Games | Mfr. of "Ursuppe", "Frank's Zoo", "Mu" and others. (AKA Doris & Frank Games) |
| Decipher | Mfr. of the "How to Host a Murder" series, "Star Wars CCG, "Pente", more |
| DAO | Mfr. of DAO, a 2 player strategy game played on a 4X4 board and 2 sets of 4 pieces. Various versions. |
| Dream Green | Mfr. of "Tic-Tac-Chec", 123 O (both are Games 100 picks), the G8 game timer, and several other clever games |
| Drueke Games | Mfr. of high quality Chess Boards and other games and accessories |
| Eden Studios | Mfr. of RPGs Abduction, Extinction and more |
| Eight Foot Llama | Mrf. of "Who Stole Ed's Pants" & "Monkeys on the Moon" (both on Games Magazine's 100 'best games' list). |
| Endless Games | Mfr. of "Encore", "Password", "Kismet", "Jotto" and "6 Degrees of K. Bacon" |
| Eurogames | Mfr. or Formula Dé, Montgolfière, Serenissima, Vinci, Democrazy & more |
| Fleet Games | Mfr. of Fleets - A strategy board game of galactic conquest |
| FX Schmid | Mfr. of board games like "Call My Bluff" & "Burried Treasure", jig saw puzzles |
| Gather Around Games | Mfr. of Fib-or-Not, a new bluffing/party game. |
| Generations | Mfr. of the board game "Generations" |
| Gigamic Games | Mfr. of Cathedral, Quarto, Quoridor and many other board games |
| Goldsieber Spieleverlages | Mfr. of Carabande and many others (many distributed in the US by Rio Grande). Site is only in German. |
| Great American Puzzle Factory | Mfr. of both domestic jigsaw puzzles & games (Chronology) for children & adults. |
| Hasbro | Milton Bradley, Parker Bros. etc; replacement parts; on line play |
| Iron Crown Ent. | Mfr. of board, card games and R.P.G. |
| Iron Dragon | Mfr. of Rail Empires: Iron Dragon, a PC game based on and faithful to the board game by Mayfair |
| JAX Ltd. | Mfr. of Sequence & various versions, Kings in the Corner, and others |
| Kerrigan Toys | Mfr. of "Laugh Trax" |
| Klutz Mfrs. | Mfr. of quality children's hobby books and "how to" items |
| Looney Labs | Mfr. of "Fluxx", "Aquaqrius" & an odd little number called "Icehouse The Martian Chess Set" |
| Mayfair Games | Mfr. of board & card games ("Settlers of Catan", "Empire Builder & 18XX series; many more) |
| Out of the Box | Mfr. of "Apples to Apples", "Bosworth" & many more. Arguably the fastest growing game co. in the U.S. |
| Pardee Games | Mfr. of "Chebache" strategy game, a Games 100 pick |
| Patch Products | Mfr. computer games, action toys, family board games, children's games, travel games, puzzles; ("Tribond", "Blurt", "Malarky") |
| Piatnik | Mfr. of "Pass the Bomb" and many other games |
| Pressman Toys | Mfr. of "Rummikub", "Tri-Ominos", "Careers", "Mindtrap" 1&2, and many more |
| Prism Games | Mfr. of Fast Food Franchise, Time Agent, Throneworld and other board games |
| Proverbial Wisdom | Mfr. of "Proverbial Wisdom". |
| R&R Games | Mfr. of "Sold", "Times Up", "Overthrone" and others, headed by Frank DiLorenzi |
| RavensburgerUSA | Mfr. of "Scotland Yard", "Amazing Labyrinth", jigsaw puzzles, much more (Under construction) |
| Ravensburger | Mfr. of "Scotland Yard", "Amazing Labyrinth", jigsaw puzzles, much more (Site in German) |
| Rex Games | Mfr. of "L-Game", "3-Spot", and the popular puzzle game "Tangoes" |
| Rio Grande | Mfr. board and card games; many best game awards in US and abroad. ("Tikal", "El Grande", "Torres", "Mama Mia", "Hare & the Tortoise", many, many others |
| Sassi Games | Mfr of "Girls Nite Out", a party game for women. |
| Set Enterprises | Mfr. of card games like "Set", "Quiddler", and "5 Crowns" |
| Steve Jackson | Mfr. of board, card & role playing games;"Illuminati", "Chez Geek", "G.U.R.P.S." |
| Strat-o-matic | Mfr. of stat based sports games for 38 years, usually using a card representing each player in the NFL, NHL, NBA, & MLB. |
| Talicor | Mfr. of many board games including "The Ungame", "Stack Dice Game", "Hummmble", and many more. |
| TDC Games | Mfr. of Reminiscing, B.S., Dirty Minds and more |
| Thompson Bros. | Mfr. of "Plunder" board game, a Games Mag top 100 selection |
| Thompson Industries | Mfr. of "Time Control", a new time travel strategy game that we have not had a chance to preview yet. |
| UBERPLAY | Mfr. of numerous award winning family strategy games from the U.S. and around the world. New company (2003). Keep an eye out for these folks; their catalog is already quite large with lots of impressive titles. |
| University Games | Mfr. of "221B Baker Street", "20 Questions", "Brain Quest", many others |
| US Game Systems | Mfr. of playing cards, card games and Tarot decks; The "Web Museum" is an ever changing gallery of "rare cards and games"; very interesting |
| WhySpire Co. | Mfr. of Tenjo, strategic war game set on the battlegrounds of feudal Japan |
| Winning Moves | Mfr. of some new and some classic card and board games; ("Mille Bornes", "Pit", "25 Words of Less") |
| Winsome Games | Mfr. of "Tracks to Telluride", "Lancashire Railways" many more. Pittsburgh based |
| Wrebbit | Mfr. of 3D Jigsaw Puzzles, games and other related products |
| Zobmondo | Mrf. of Zobmondo, a party game that targets young adults |
| Abalone | New starting positions to fix static game |
| Cathedral | New Start Rule by Tom Lehmann to fix advantage to first player |
| Cloud 9 (FX Schmid) | "We now start one board length behind the start square. This (longer game) allows more interesting dynamics to develop." from Author Aaron Weissblum |
| Condottiere 2nd Edition Rules (Euro Games) | 2nd Edition Rules for Condottiere |
| Das Amulet (English Rules) | "You can find the English game rules, the English card rules, and the English stickers for the cards. We will add a FAQ later & expand the site to include some of our other games." from Alan Moon & Aaron Weissblum (Designers) |
| Knights of the Rainbow (FX Schmid) | Rules rewrite by Author: Alan Moon |
| Lost Cities (Rio Grande)- 4 Player Rules | By author Reiner Knizia |
| Rules for Tichu | A great trick taking game |
| Union Pacific | Optional Rules by Author, A. Moon |
| Werewolf . | A party game |
Please notify me of any dead links or other corrections.
