The Green Games Guide

In brief: check out the Green Games Guide! Most folks are well aware that board gaming, like most industries, carries an environmental cost. While the total impact of our industry may not be as high as that of other sectors, we should still address it: we need lots and lots of systemic improvement all through human society in order to…

Spirit Island in a paper analyzing island-themed board games

Dr. Hannah Fair of the University of Oxford has published an analysis of island-themed board games, looking at how they reflect society’s ideas of the world – environmental, social, and more. The main three games examined are Taluva, Vanuatu, and Spirit Island. It’s a really neat read if you enjoy academic papers; I was struck by a number of its…