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Primal: The Awakening Second Wave of Expansions Reviewby Brian Biewer on November 20, 2025Reggie Games, publisher of Primal, has been busy. After successfully funding and delivering their hit game Primal: The Awakening and its five expansions, they began working on multiple new expansions, as well as reprinting the Primal base game and the original expansions. Their new webstore at Reggiegames.com opened on November 17th, 2025. You will be Source
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Caesar and Cleopatra Reviewby Michelle Ridge on November 19, 2025Many of the games I loved playing as a kid were some variation of area influence or area majority. These days, with scheduling and just the financial landscape, I find myself gravitating to more solo or two-player games. When Caesar & Cleopatra came up as a potential review candidate, I had to give it a Source
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Periodic: A Game of the Elements Reviewby Andrea Champagne on November 18, 2025The job that takes me out of the house every morning (and funds my board gaming hobby) is ‘analytical chemist’. This means I spend my day running fancily named instruments and explaining to other people what the numbers or graphs they spit out mean. In order to understand this stuff myself, a pretty significant chunk Source
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Umami Reviewby Kerry Bohac on November 17, 2025Food themed games seem to be everywhere these days, and Umami stands out as a delightful entry. As autumn approaches, I reach for my favorite sweaters and find myself looking forward to more cozy activities– the comfort food theme, playful aesthetic, and easy-to-learn style of Umami make it extra appealing. Umami is illustrated by Ikuko Source
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Crowdfunding Campaigns of the Week – 11/17/25by Tony Mastrangeli on November 17, 2025Welcome to this week’s batch of crowdfunding campaigns. We’ve got a variety of offerings here, so hopefully you will find something that catches your eye. Also, if you want to chat with the BGQ team, join our Discord Server where we talk about games, movies, sports, and other fun stuff. Or, if Facebook is more Source
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Top Ten Cozy Board Gamesby Andrea Champagne on November 14, 2025‘Cozy’ means something different to everyone. With fall officially here, and winter on the horizon, the idea of cozy keeps coming up. Two BGQ reviewers decided to get together and pick a couple of games that give off cozy vibes. Since there are different reasons to think something is ‘cozy’, we picked five categories, and Source
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Fountains Reviewby Kerry Bohac on November 13, 2025Fountains, with their bubbling water and glimmering artistry, bring me joy and peace. The designers of Fountains, Kedric Winks and Shaun Ellis, seem to have drawn their inspiration from a fictional Renaissance city. Artists and scientists of the time used the power of water to fascinate and inspire. Small automatons would have wowed their patrons. Source
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My City Digital Reviewby Andy Schwarz on November 12, 2025We’ve all had this happen. You pack up a bag full of games after careful thought about which ones would really excite you at the game meetup, but when you get there, everyone’s already set up, and there’s one seat for a game you’ve heard a lot of buzz about. So you put your carefully Source
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Kronologic: Cuzco 1450 Reviewby Christopher Biewer on November 11, 2025Since I reviewed Kronologic: Paris 1920 in January, we have gone on to play every scenario and restarted with Grandparents. Just like I mentioned in that review, if there is enough time between game plays, there is no way you will remember the ending, which ensures its replay value. That being said, the family has Source
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Crowdfunding Campaigns of the Week – 11/10/25by Tony Mastrangeli on November 10, 2025Welcome to this week’s batch of crowdfunding campaigns. We’ve got a variety of offerings here, so hopefully you will find something that catches your eye. Also, if you want to chat with the BGQ team, join our Discord Server where we talk about games, movies, sports, and other fun stuff. Or, if Facebook is more Source
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