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A detailed medieval board game with colorful hex tiles and small settlement pieces
  • May 26, 2025
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How Kingdom Builder Uses Tiles for Area Control

Imagine a medieval world where every settlement you build shapes the destiny of your growing realm. Welcome to the Kingdom Builder board game, an innovative title crafted by Donald...
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A modular board game setup with hexagonal tiles and colorful resource tokens
  • April 1, 2025
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The Genius of Catan: How Its Modular Board Redefined Board Games

The release of Catan in 1995 marked a revolutionary shift in modular board game design. Created by Klaus Teuber, this groundbreaking title challenged the traditional notion of static board...
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Carcassone Board Game
  • March 11, 2025
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Crafting the Board: The Evolution of Tile Placement & Modular Game Design

Board games are all about new and creative ways to play, with tile placement and modular game design being two of the most important features in today’s tabletop games....
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  • March 6, 2025
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Why Carcassonne Became the Most Famous Tile-Laying Game Ever

The Carcassonne history is a story of how a simple yet brilliant design turned a medieval-themed tile game into one of the most iconic board games of all time....
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