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A monthly publication.
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The Games Journal  It is with much regret that I announce that The Games Journal has ceased publication. It was not an easy decision to make but it was the only one that made sense. The evolving nature of the web and the...
http://www.thegamesjournal.com/

A database of reviews, session reports, images, and news.
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/

A monthly magazine covering board and card games with an emphasis on the European games scene. Each issue features reviews, original games, surveys of traditional games, and rule translations for new Eurogames.
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The Game Cabinet  Makers the folks responsible for all this Game Shops where to buy these games Search have a chat with the Cabinet mouse Copyright who owns what Submissions articles we would like to see Materials for Review how to get us...
http://www.gamecabinet.com/

Presents information and news about German family board games.
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Brett n Board: Welcome!  German family board games and other Designer games Games News Search Info Gallery Links Library Essen Guide Mik Svellov 1997-2004e 100 105 116 111 114 64 98 114 101 116 116 98 111 97 114 100 46 100 107;Update: 19....
http://brettboard.dk/

Translation and smaller version of Dutch site with gaming news and reviews of card and board games.
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Spelmagazijn English  Due to recent problems with the Planet Internet server I put a copy of this site on MyWeb. http www.spelmagazijn.myweb.nl All about card- and boardgames Game reviews Gaming news Main index Latest changes on October 1st, 2000 by Ronald Hoekstra...
http://home.wxs.nl/~rubik/uk/index.html

rec.games.board FAQ and intro
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rec.games.board FAQ and intro  There are reader questions on this topic!Help others by sharing your knowledge From: ahabig@bigbang.astro.indiana.edu Newsgroups: rec.games.board, rec.games.board.marketplace Subject: rec.games.board FAQ and intro Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2004 21:00:47 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: bump9v$911$1@hood.uits.indiana.edu Reply-To: ahabig@bigbang.astro.indiana.edu Summary: useful information for readers of...
http://www.faqs.org/faqs/games/board-games-faq/

A collection of links to online board games, including Backgammon, Checkers, Chess, Othello, and WebTV games.
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Board Game Central Board Games, Table Games, Parlor Games, Abstract Games, Party Games  This site is a central resource for board game information, rules, software, and links, focussed on the traditional and family board games that many people know and love, as well as new games you might not yet be familiar with,...
http://boardgamecentral.com/

Reviews board, card and dice games. Also includes photos of gaming sessions.
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Dan Becker's Game Site Games Home  My tastes run towards abstract and lightly-themed games with easy rules and tough strategies. Typically a gaming night is a long night filled with fun tales and good cheer. I'm not a strategy expert, and most nights I really don't...
http://www.io.com/~beckerdo/games/games.html

Pictures and descriptions of games.
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Brikker Brett  Norsk versjon with descripton and pictures from more than 60 games! Click here. What's new? 2003.01.05: Three new games: Flinke Flitzer, Kykkelimø og Lost Cities. 2002.09.01: 3 new games: En Garde, Metro and Union Pacific. 2002.07.15: 5 new games: Coco...
http://games.brikkerogbrett.com/

Extensive coverage on new and old German and English boardgames. Special features are available on Games Workshop, Talisman, Tolkien boardgames, the SPIEL convention at Essen and others.
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Kulkmann's G@mebox  Once again dozens of new boardgames were revealed to the boardgames scene at the SPIEL convention. The G@mebox crew has started reviewing these news, so check at the German Boardgames Section to browse through the growing list of reviews. Also,...
http://www.boardgame.de/

Rankings for players in around 200 different games (primarily wargames).
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Avalon Hill Reliability, Experience, and Ability Scoring System  The intro page was last updated on July 23, 2005. This is a web page for providing AREA information to people. I am interested in getting feedback about the presentation of this information. There are currently 3016 active and 3043...
http://wolff.to/area/

Errata, variants, analysis, rules summaries, reviews, charts and background information for a variety of board games and simulations. Capsule reviews for over 800 different games. By Rick Heli.
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A Spotlight on Games A Website by Rick Heli spotlightongames.com  ...
http://www.spotlightongames.com/

A listing of board games that are playable by two players, or that were specifically designed to be played by two.
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Two Player Games  Your browser doesn't support frames; press here for the old-fashioned version....
http://sunsite.informatik.rwth-a...n.de/luding/two_player_list.html

A collection of ratings.
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THE INTERNET TOP 100 GAMES LIST Index  This list is intended to serve as a guide to the best games around. It is compiled from ratings sent in by email. Anyone is eligible to participate but the majority of people are readers of the newsgroup rec.games.board. The...
http://scv.bu.edu/~aarondf/Top100/

Board game reviews from a private collector -- Reviews include a brief description of play, pictures from the game in play and a brief opinion about the game.
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Game Zombies Board Game Review  Our prayers are with the victims of hurricane Katrina. 8/11/2005 Quelf is slated for review next month. The marketing spiel alone should make you curious about this one. 7/17/2005 Skallywaggs in August! Good news! RoboRally has been re-released just this...
http://www.angelfire.com/games/zombiereviews/

Features news, free games, articles, rules, and a discussion forum.
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Board Games Card Games Monopoly Settlers of Catan Spades Poker  Players are challenged to find the holes in their opponent's secret pipeline before the opponent finds the holes in yours. The pipelines are probed by adding colored liquid and seeing where it goes. Read more Wednesday October 26, 2005 permalink...
http://boardgames.about.com/

Features description, rules, and pictures of board games. Also includes games for sale.
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Redirect Script  Gamebits is in the process of moving to a new server to offer you a better service. Our new address is http www.newgamebits.com click on the link if you are not redirected automaticaly. order flowers online...
http://www.gameroom.com/gamebits/

A database and guide to games, gaming groups, conventions, and links.
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GameCaravan Board games, games database, resource guide to games, gaming groups, online games and more.  Caravan for your guide to fun and adventure with games Search the text pages Most info is in the databases Match: Anyword Allwords Exactphrase Sound-alikematching Search the databases: Boardgames Movies PC Video Board Books Magazines www.chipsbits.com Search Now: Amazon's electronic...
http://www.gamecaravan.com/

Information and links for game collectors, specifically 3M games.
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Larrigoni 3M Games  I love to play board games, so I've been given the nickname The GameMeister by friends and family. I also have a pretty decent collection of games. The core of my collection is 3M games including a couple of rare...
http://members.tripod.com/~Larrigoni/index.html

With descriptions, rules, and variants for several games. Also features gamer database, articles, swap and sell, and online gaming.
http://www.TheGamesForum.com/BoardGames.html

Descriptions of board games for a single player, and multiplayer games with solo scenarios. Covers several genres, including wargames, historical, fantasy, science fiction, and sports.
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Solo Board Games  This site is aimed at people who enjoy playing board games but either through choice or lack of opponents choose to play solo board games. The site also includes Multi-Player Games with solo scenarios or multi-player games that can be...
http://www.huntbc.freeserve.co.uk/

Pictures, gamebox descriptions, and short reviews of over 100 British, German, and American boardgames and cardgames.
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Trev's boardgames  Welcome to my boardgames pages. From here you can access details of all the boardgames I own and have got as far as adding to the site. In practice, that means about one half to two thirds of the boardgames...
http://www.clanfork.co.uk/Trev/

Gaming journal and links.
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Board Games Fan Page at Graceful Boot  This is a my collection of web pages devoted to my interest in board games and gaming in general. My Games Journal This is a journal (or is it more trendy to call it a blog of all the games...
http://GracefulBoot.com/board_games/

Reviews and pictures of many board games by Roland Johansson.
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Hjärntorgets Sällskapsspelsällskap  ...
http://home.swipnet.se/~w-15221/

Brief reviews and session reports by a gaming group at the University of Pennsylvania.
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LemonyFresh Gaming  This page is dedicated to providing as much information I can amass about the wonderful world of boardgaming. I hope to provide you with a dependable and up-to-date gaming information source any submissions or suggestions to the page would be...
http://dolphin.upenn.edu/~pgamers/lemonyfresh/

A site for fledgling board game designers to meet, discuss and share ideas and resources.
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The Board Game Designers Forum  Sites with resources about game creation Login/Create an Account Modules Home Designer Registry Discussion Forums Downloads Journals Members List News Archives Polls Private Messages Send Feedback SpielTalk! Chat Submit a News Story Web Resources Your Account Site Messenger Want to...
http://www.bgdf.com/

Reviews and images of categorised board games. Written in English and Swedish.
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Baldor Games  Acquire Adel Verpflichtet Africa Alfapet Assassin Bohnanza Brottsplats Titanic Calolus Magnus CaracallaCarcassonne Cathedral Cluedo Condottiere Den Förtrollade Labyrinten Diamond City Diplomacy El Caballero El Grande Euphrat Tigris Excalibur Finans Flux Flykten från Atlantis Första, Andra, Tredje Gå vidare till Norrmalmstorg...
http://members.lycos.co.uk/baldorgames/

A board game database with pictures and descriptions. Some second-hand board games for sale.
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Paul Jordan HOME PAGE Board Games  Here you will find my stack of board (and card) games. Each will eventually have a full description, review, box and overhead pictures plus other notes (noticeable differences between versions The Game database My board game shelf My Board Game...
http://www.sandman.connectfree.co.uk/board/

Quarterly boardgaming magasin, featuring games, session report generator, and pictorials.
http://www.spielboy.com/

Articles to help budding game designers.
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Inventor and Designer Resources  Resources for designers at every stage from rookies to seasoned veterans. Board Game Design Email ListA fairly active email discussion list devoted to issues related to game design.Discover Games"The Internet's largest game promotion community packed with resources for game inventors....
http://boardgames.about.com/msub6.htm

Large database covering mostboard games.
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Traditional Games Database Games-db.com: computer games, video games, arcade, pinball, handheld, traditional  You are interested in sharing your knowledge? Submit your data here 149; Top contributors Explore our Traditional Games Archive Traditional Games(made of cardboard or wood, you play them with a dice or cards)A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H,...
http://www.games-db.com/Traditional/

Contains ideas for new board games.
http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/greatyarmouthgames

Sources of used board games and parts.
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The Board Game Webring Search  Results will showwhich dealers have the game in stock. Check Box for Phonetic matching (leave unchecked for exact spelling) View Links to All Dealers in WebringPost Your Games Wanted List Get Notified When Dealers Add Games ToTheir Websites (Enter your...
http://www.jobogames.com/boardgamewebring/