Check Out Boardgamegeek.com And Have Fun
The website, www.boardgamegeek.com, is a free online gaming community that focuses mainly on war games, strategy games and empire building games. Forum contributors say some of their favorite games include Agricola and Through the Ages: a Story of Civilization and Dominion, to name but two. Newcomers can register to the site to write their own game reviews, upload images and chat with other game enthusiasts. Visitors can read reviews, strategy tips, find opponents to play against and even buy games they can’t find in stores. For the ultimate gamer, a community is an invaluable resource.
The site, www.boardgamegeek.com, is a great place for parents to check for their annual “Board Game Gift Guide.” At a glance, parents will see a photo of the game pieces, the price, the number of players, the time it takes to play, the ages and where to buy it. They can also find links to reviews. For Christmas 2008, they recommended Incan Gold, TransAmerica, TransEuropa, The aMAZEing Labyrinth, Hey That’s My Fish, Qwirkle, Blokus and Zooloretto. For party games, they recommended Apples to Apples, Pit, Time’s Up, Wits & Wagers and Balderdash. Some of BGG’s favorite two-player games include Lost Cities, Hive and Memoir 44. The “stocking stuffer” category mentions card board games like No Thanks, Pick Picnic, Circus Flohcati and Loot. Then there’s that ever-hard-to-please teenage demographic. For this discerning audience, try Pandemic, Taluva, The Settlers of Cartan, Cartagena, Ticket To Ride, Carcassonne, Ingenious, Scotland Yard or Heroscape. By contrast, young children might love Go Away Monster, Sorry Sliders, Gulo Gulo, Cranium Cariboo, Cranium Hullabaloo and Make N’ Break.
Another reason to visit www.boardgamegeek.com is to buy games. The BGG Marketplace works very much like eBay, where individual sellers offer up games for sale. Many of the games on the site may be hard to find, out of print or from other countries, which makes shopping here practical. Prices of some games are as low as for near-new games. There are some expensive games that cost as much as 0,000 (for a rare complete collection of vintage Magic: The Gathering cards). Most games are very reasonably priced, however, and there is also a BGG Trade section where players can get rid of the old and buy the new to make their dollars stretch.
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