Nick shares his 1st impressions of 5 new board games:

0:42 - Agent Avenue

5:13 - Altay: Dawn of Civilization

8:50 - The Fellowship of the Ring: Trick-Taking Game

12:34 - Nova Era

18:20 - SETI: Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence

After two plays, Nick shares his experience and impressions in this full preview of Merchants of Andromeda by Reiner Knizia and Robert Hovakimyan.

Nick shares his Top 20 Board Games of 2024 as well as many other awards for what was a killer year for board gaming.

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Joe (Allplay) and Nick (Bitewing Games) discuss board game development. What is development? How do publishers take a design from signed prototype to published game? Best practices for board game development?

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Joe (from Allplay) and Nick (from Bitewing Games) share insights and experiences of board game publishing! Get a peek behind the curtains of the board game industry. This series is meant to be both interesting to hobbyist gamers and helpful to other publishers, designers, and professionals in board games.

In this episode, Joe and Nick discuss board game conventions. What is their purpose? How do publishers make the most of them?

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Nick shares 18 of his most anticipated Board Games of 2025!

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Nick revisits over 50 of the best board games of 2023 by categorizing them into lovers, keepers, dumpers, flingers, and seekers.

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Nick finishes his Top 100 Board Games of All Time list by sharing games 25-1 (plus how he would rank Bitewing's publications among his Top 100).

Check out SILOS, EGO, and ORBIT on Kickstarter!

Nick continues his Top 100 Board Games of All Time list by sharing games 50-26.

Check out Reiner Knizia's SHOCKING Confession Video.

Check out the Epic Knizia Project, now live on Kickstarter.

Nick continues his Top 100 Board Games of All Time list by sharing games 75-51.

Check out Reiner Knizia's SHOCKING Confession Video.

Check out the Epic Knizia Project, now live on Kickstarter.