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How to Make Money as a Board Game Content Creator
Every few months, the conversation comes up about "Paid Reviews", and there's generally a thread or two that gets fairly heated at the concept that some people out there are taking money from publishers in return for a good review. I've already laid out my thoughts on...
Top 5 Vladimír Suchý Games (That I’ve Played)
Over the last 6 months, my table has been somewhat inundated with the works of Vladimír Suchý. This wasn't entirely on purpose, but his games have just happened to come into our possession. Last night (at time of writing) I played my 5th game of his, so I felt the...
Every game is a 7 – Why I Don’t Include Numbers as Part of my Reviews
Otter and I have had a few arguments about how we each rank and rate the board games we play. We both use Board Game Geek's collection feature, and add our rankings to each game we play. If you're unfamiliar with BGG's system, there's a 10 point rating scale, and they...
Where Has All the Engagement Gone?
Want to hear my voice read this post? Catch it on Episode 8 of the Talkin' Tabletop Podcast I never really gave 'engagement' much attention before I started this blog. I was never all that into social media, beyond having a Facebook account to keep up to date with the...
Big Box Paradox
Want to hear my voice read this post? Catch it on Episode 7 of the Talkin' Tabletop Podcast! For the purposes of this discussion, I'm going to define what I consider to be the "Big Box" trademark. A Big Box edition of a game is a single release that contains the base...
Shelf of Dust
Want to hear my voice read this post? Catch it on Episode 6 of the Talkin' Tabletop Podcast As board gamers, we're all acquainted with the idea of a 'Shelf of Shame', or 'Shelf of Opportunity' if you're looking to put a positive spin on your pile of unplayed games,...
How do you Rank Games?
Want to hear my voice read this post? Catch it on Episode 5 of the Talkin' Tabletop Podcast I think I've mentioned it before, but we recently welcomed a new child into our household. He's our second kid, and what's different this time around is my partner is now...
Toss a Coin to your Game Teacher
Want to hear this post in a podcast? Check out the Talking Tabletop Podcast Episode 4 to hear my voice read these words, amongst other great contributors! I feel like this post may be preaching to the choir, as I suspect the intersection of person who reads a board...
Buying games ≠ playing games
Want to hear my voice read this? I contributed this segment to the Talking Tabletop Podcast Episode #3! I know I’m not alone when I say that I don’t get to play board games as often as I would like. Between being a parent, a husband, and an employee, my hobby time...
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