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Top 10 Roll and Move Board Gamesby James Wolff on April 10, 2026Roll and Move, justifiably, gets a lot of hate from hobby board gamers. Games like Chutes and Ladders are pretty bad with a lack of player agency, as that roll of the dice is the only mechanic in the game. Today, I’m going to list 10 games that use that tired and true mechanic but Source
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Nature Digital Reviewby Andrea Champagne on April 9, 2026I am an animal nut. While I could do without snakes and some bugs, the rest get the full measure of my affection. It helps if they are cute, but they don’t even really have to be. I mean, pangolins are weird-looking, but still lovable in my book. When I learned there was a board Source
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Off with Their Heads! Reviewby Kerry Bohac on April 8, 2026When the Queen of Hearts invites you to Wonderland, you’d better know your cards. Off with Their Heads!, designed by JB Howell and Michael Mihealsick with illustration by Manny Trembley, is a trick-and-write card game for 2-4 players published by Druid City Games. The game shares the same theme and trippy aesthetic as Druid City’s, Source
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Angel’s Share Reviewby Andrew Smith on April 7, 2026Angel’s Share refers to the portion of a spirit lost to evaporation as it ages. Set in Scotland, players will be purchasing and storing barrels, trying to time the market for maximum profits. But throughout the years, the quality of each distillery will change, the supply will fluctuate, and fees will have to be paid. Source
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Crowdfunding Campaigns of the Week – 4/6/26by Tony Mastrangeli on April 6, 2026Welcome to this week’s batch of crowdfunding campaigns. We have a variety of offerings here, so we hope 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 Source
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2025 Board Game Award Nomineesby Tony Mastrangeli on April 3, 2026Welcome to our 13th annual Board Game Quest Board Game Awards. Each year, we take some time to honor the best and most creative new tabletop games from the previous year. For those wondering, why we wait until the following year to announce our winners, it’s to give us a chance to check out the Source
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Propolis Reviewby Zach Langsley Norman on April 2, 2026Sunshine filters delicately through the dew. Edvard Grieg’s Morning Mood babbles softly forth from the nearby brook. Pastels abound. The air vibrates with the gentle buzzing of medieval Worker Beeples as they embark upon their quest to build the most pimped-out Bee Palace. Propolis, from Molly Johnson, Robert Melvin, and Shawn Stankewich, with art from Source
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The Lord of the Rings: Journey to Mordor Reviewby Emma Fish on April 1, 2026As a fan, I’m starting to feel overwhelmed by the number of The Lord of the Rings games out there. Do you want a war game? There’s a Tolkien game for that! Living Card Game? Look no further than the Shire. There are trivia games, trick-taking games, deck building, strategy, battle, and more than one Source
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Ada’s Dream Reviewby Victoria Stefanelli on March 31, 2026Ada Lovelace (1815-1852) was the author of the first published computer algorithm before computers existed; to put it succinctly, she was a computer science pioneer and visionary. Sadly, her ambitions were never fully realized during her own lifetime owing both to her gender and her untimely death. In the 200 or so intervening years, society Source
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Crowdfunding Campaigns of the Week – 3/30/26by Tony Mastrangeli on March 30, 2026Welcome to this week’s batch of crowdfunding campaigns. We have a variety of offerings here, so we hope 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 Source
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