Athena: JW, would you be interested in playing a meta-game? Shelfie Stacker is about gamers with mild OCD stacking game boxes on their shelves. JW: Take a gu...

A lot of people don't like the "Beat Your Own Score" type of games. For all the wrong reasons. I started writing this post two weeks ago, but then a thread ...

The results are in for the best new games of the year, as voted for in the Annual Golden Geek Awards on BoardGameGeek. Wingspan is Board game of the Year, a...

Athena: May is blooming with Kickstarters, JW. Are you backing anything? JW: I am spring cleaning my collection. Only interested in games that can be played ...

Our fellow 1PGer Kevin Shaud posted this article on his BGG blog (Kevin's Korner) yesterday and, upon reading it, we decided it makes excellent Grumpy materi...

Athena: JW, does this pandemic signal the dawn of the solo gamer domination in the board game world? I read articles that say quarantines are here to stay. J...

When 1 Player Guild-member and superbacker Kevin Shaud (kevinruns262) told us he had an idea for a post, we told him, sure, go ahead. It was only when typing
a fact or situation that is observed to exist or happen, especially one whose cause or explanation is in question. 2. a remarkable person, thing, or event. C·MON·e·non noun: CMONenon; plural noun: CMONena 1. a Kickstarter experience that is observed to exist or happen, especially one whose cause or explanation is in que

JW: Well, we can act as if there are a lot of interesting games next month, but everybody will be backing Frosthaven, right? Because that's just what we need...

I recently watched a video by Daniel Davis (The Dungeon Dive YouTube channel) in which he talked about how his expectations of Secrets of the Lost Station we...

Athena: JW, have you seen anything you fancy from the February Kickstarter list? JW: Not really. Athena: Nothing? It can't be. Let's take a closer look. Rune...

Athena: JW, January sounds like your ideal Kickstarter month. It has not one, not two, but at least six sci-fi games launching. Not to mention Deep Space D6:...

82,90 euro. That's how much I forked out to buy Zeppelin Raider: Imperial German Naval Airships. The theme appealed to me, I had never before tried a Gregory...

Athena, tearful: JW... December is almost devoid of Kickstarter campaigns!!! I knew this was coming but it still pains me... JW: We have to be strong, Athena...

Two months ago, the CMON Time Machine Kickstarter funded successfully. Part of it was the Time Vault. Backers could get access to Kickstarter exclusive promo...

We are thrilled to present you our first female grumpy guest from the One Player Guild: Maricel (mtsedwards) Apex Theropod is headed for Kickstarter and I am...

In Pangea you try to save a group of animals from the Great Dying (the End-Permian extinction, some 250 million years ago). It takes place on the titular sup...

Where we find ourselves in the virtual editorial office, discussing the November Kickstarters and kissing our money goodbye. JW: Tranquility? Ah, a puzzle li...

There is a demon that often captures (solo) gamers' souls: he lures them into purchasing a game, and when they give in and acquire it, they end up crying bit...

That feeling when you open a new game box. It is hard to describe. It is mind-blowing. Awe-inspiring. We are so small and insignificant. When confronted wit...

- I want to play a fantasy game, but I have no imagination at all. - No problem, we couldn't let a story emerge from gameplay and mechanics if we tried. We h...