Clubs & Groups
- Central Texas Boardgames Meetup Group
Austin Board Gamers
Appalachian Gamers - Ted Cheatham's West Virgina based game group
Billabong Boardgamers - Australian game club with reviews and variants
Busco Charlie's Gaming Social
Board Gamers Anonymous - Game group in Northern Ireland - Reviews and session reports
CharCon - Home of several game clubs in West Virgina
Columbus Area Boardgaming Society - CABS, host of the Buckeye Game Fest
Dallas Gamers / Dallas Dé Trippers
Devner Gamers
East Tennessee Gamers - Tennessee game group organized by Greg Schloesser
Game Night
Games Club of Maryland - Hosts of Euro Quest
Graduate Library Gamers
Grand Rapids Area Boardgamers Chris Lohroff's game site
Halesowen Club
The Houston Gamers
The Jerusalem Strategy Gaming Club
Kitchen Table Gamers
Seattle Cosmic Game Night
Seattle Cosmic Game Night Wiki Page
South Shore Gamers
SGS Worldwide Gamers Database
Westbank Gamers - New Orleans game group - Informative reviews and session reports
Westpark Gamers
Gaming Related Yahoo Discussion Groups
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SpielFrieks /
messages
- General discussion about "German Style" games
Niggly Bits / messages - "Gaming Pub" - Light boardgaming talk
Crokinole / messages - Group discussing the traditional dexterity game of Crokinole.
Formula Dé / messages - Support for the Formula-Dé racing game
Austin Gamers / messages - A place to meet gamers in Austin, TX
Double R Gamers / messages - Communications group for our local game group based out of Round Rock, Texas
Atlanta Board Game Group / messages - A fun board gaming group based Atlanta, Ga
BSWgamers / messages - Discuss the German based BrettSpieleWelt boardgame web site
Boardgame Blogs
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aka Pastorguy
Austin Boardgamer - Mike Chapel's game blog [RSS Feed]
Best of Board Games [RSS Feed]
Billy Games
Blogging the Game of Life [RSS Feed]
Boardgameplayer [RSS Feed]
Boardgamers' Pastime [RSS Feed]
Boardgames To Go Mark Johnson's game blog [RSS Feed]
Chairman Mike
Chris Brooks' - Games, Technology, and Other Stuff [RSS Feed]
Chris Farrell's gaming blog [RSS Feed]
Chris's Game Comments - Chris Lohroff's blog [Atom Feed]
Day Gaming - John Gravitt [Atom Feed]
Diary of a Mad Gamer - Stephen Glenn [Atom Feed]
Duly Exhausted Anye Sellers' blog
Dreifuss Gaming
A Fist Full of Games - Paul Tevis' blog [Atom Feed]
Gathering of Engineers - Several gamers from the Pacific Northwest discuss games [RSS Feed]
Gameblog - Mikko Saari's gaming life [RSS Feed]
Game Designer Wannabe - Michael Keller [Atom Feed]
The Game Table - ekted's blog [Atom Feed]
Gamefest Blogs
Gamer Dad
Gamer's Eye
Games Gist - Gerald's blog [Atom Feed]
Gaming in Pearland
Gone Gaming - A gaming blog with several regular contributors [RSS Feed]
Greg Schloesser [RSS Feed]
Inconsequential ruminations - games, internet, software and other stuff in a minimalist style [RSS Feed]
Incunabula
Jerusalem Strategy Gaming Club [Atom Feed]
JoG - James Miller [Atom Feed]
Journal of Boardgame Design [Atom Feed]
Ludography
Magic Rat's Games and Such
Mandarin's Manor
Matthew Gray
Marquand.net - Matthew Marquand [RSS Feed]
Monte's Journal
Meeple Monologues - Mary's ("sodaklady") Gameroom [Atom Feed]
Mike Doyle's Art Play [Atom Feed]
Musings, Ramblings, and Things Left Unsaid - Alfred's Game blog [RSS Feed]
netFrantz - Mike Frantz's Family and game blog [Atom Feed]
NatureLich's Games [Atom Feed]
Nimrods
Northwoods Games
Pete and Megan - Two Kiwi's view of the world
Playing with Myself - "Friendless"'s blog [Atom Feed]
RCK2 [RSS Feed]
Rick's Blog
San Antonio Boardgamers [Atom Feed]
Settling Catan [Atom Feed]
Shanon Appelcline
Spiel Boardgames in the UK
Tao of Gaming
Thinking Out Loud
Trabsact Sagme
Wags Chronicles
&Games
Personal Game Sites
- Dan Becker's site - Friend's web site full of game information, miniatures and stuff
Mark Hamzy - another local friend with game comments, observations and interesting links
Jon Grimm - yet another local friend's blog
Stan Hilinski's Game Box
Matthew Horn's Home Page
Kulkmann's Gamebox
Spotlight on Games Richard Heli's game site
Steffan O'Sullivan's Gameviews
Yahu Gaming Yirmeyahu Avery's game page
Nick Danger's Game Shelf
Bert Dreifuss' Game Page
Tom Vasel's "Real Men Play Board Games"
Joe Steadman's Wargame News
Information
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The "German" Game FAQ - A good introduction to "German" games
Another good intro to "German" games
Babelfish Web Page Translator - Translate German web pages into English
Battle Cry - A Command & Colors Game
boardgames.start4all.com - Page with A LOT of links to boardgame sites
Board Game Central
Boardgame Geek Database - Large and ever growing database of game reviews, rules, sessions reports, etc
Boardgames on About.com
Boardgame News - Gaming news
Board Game Stuff
Boardgame Designers Forum
Board Game Factory
Brett & Board - Mik Svellov's Game page - latest information about German games
Card Games - Lots of information on cards games
ConsimWorld - News and discussions mainly of historical games
DiscoverGames - Insider resource for game designers
Dork Tower - One of the best gaming comics
European Boardgames & The Toronto Gamer
Fun and Board Games - Eric Martin's game site
The Game Cabinet - Rules translation database
Game Central Station Mark Jackson's gaming site
Games People Play - Randy Cox's game page
Game Table Online - Game news, online games, Dork Tower & more
Game Tracker - Program/database to manage, record and track games and sessions
Gaming Report
Globetrotter Games
Go information and store
Great Bits news, stories, polls and more.
Harpoon 4
The House of Cards
Internet Top 100 Boardgames List - On going vote for best games
Luding die spieledatenbank - Large database for reviews, but slow
Luding Two Player game list
Ogre Cave
Maitreg's World
Motley Fool Board Games Discussion board
NetSet - Freeware Settlers of Catan for the internet
RPGNet
Rick Heli's Spotlight on Games
The Russ Zone/RussCon - Austin, Texas based gaming group
Spiel des Jahres German "Game of the Year" Award site
Die Siedler von Catan
Spielbox Online Mainly in German but has some links for English translations
Spielen in Osterreich Mostly in German but database is in English
Tichu Strategy by Aaron Fuegi
Used Boardgames & Parts
Web Grognards
Wood Cubes & Cardboard
Pod Casts
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Boardgame Podcasts - Nice collection of pointers to the boardgaming podcasts.
The Adlie Show - Scott Alden's follow on to Boardgame Speak
Geekspeak - Derk and Aldie's boardgame show from the BoardgameGeek
Boardgames to Go - Mark Johnson
Boardgame Babylon - Eric Burgess
The Dice Tower - Tom Vasel and Sam Healy
Game On! with Cody and John
Garrett's Games and Geekiness - Doug Garrett
Geek Fu Action Grip - Mur Lafferty's podcast on geekiness
Have Games Will Travel - Paul Tevis's podcast on boardgames and RPGs
Into the Gamescape
It's Time 4 Games - Richard Denning's UK based podcast
The Metagamers
On Board Games
All Games Considered
The Vintage Gamer
The Spiel
Pulp Gamer
Board Games with Scott - Video blog about boardgames
Magazines & 'Zines
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The Games Journal
Game Report
Knucklebones
Games Magazine
Fairplay Online - German site with on going game poll
Spielboy - Gaming parodies, comments and more
Dice 2 Mice
Designers
- Knizia-Spiele - The Reiner Knizia Official Site
Bruno Faidutti Games - Game designer's site in English and French
Wolfgang Kramer - mostly German
Ragnar Brothers
Michael Schacht - Timbuktu games
Klaus Teuber's home page
Companies
- Alea - in German
Atlas Games
Avalon Hill
AZA-Spiele - TurfMaster & MotorChamp
BTRC
Cafe Games
CardChess
Cheapass Games - "Cheap" DTP games
Clash or Arms
Columbia
Critical Hit
Dancing Eggplant Games
daVinci Games
Days of Wonder
Decision Games
Doris & Frank
Eagle
Eurogames/Descartes Editeur
Face to Face Games
Fantasy Flight Games
Fiendish Board Games
Flying Buffalo - Nuclear War, Lost Worlds, PBEM & more
Games Workshop
Gemaco Cards - Playing cards and special order cards
GMT Games - wargame company getting into European games
Great White Games
Grey Ghost Press
Hans im Glück - German publisher, mostly in German
Hasbro
Hero Games
Holistic Design
Interformic Games
Iron Crown
Jolly Roger Games
Jumbo International
Krimsus Krimskrams-Kiste
Looney Labs
Mayfair Games - Settlers of Catan, rail games & more
Multi-Man Pub
Omni Gaming Products
Operational Studies Group
Optimus Design
Out of the Box
Pagan Publishing
Phalanx Games
Plenary Games - American publisher of English language "German" style games
Puremco - Dominoes manufacturer
QED Games
Queen Games - In German
R Talsorian Games
Ravensburger
Reaper Minis
Rio Grande Games - The publisher of German games in English
Splotter Spellen - Small, Dutch company
Steve Jackson Games - Old, Austin based, game company
Twilight Creations
Timbuktu Games
Überplay - New, fast growing publisher of English language German games
US Playing Card Company - Bicycle/Bee Playing cards
Valley Games
Warfrog
White Wolf
Winsome Games
Wiz Kids
Wizards of the Coast
Sales
- Game Store Database - Traveling? Look up stores in any city
BGG Marketplace
Boardgame Prices - Search for Board Game prices
Boardgame Seeker (Down/Gone?) - Search several boardgame online stores at once.
Stores we have bought from and recommend:
- Boards and Bits - Yet another newer online board game dealer
Boulder Games - Not flashly, but great prices and service
Rogues' Gallery - Games and comic books store in Round Rock, TX. (Formally the Round Rock Dragon's Lair store)
Dragon's Lair - Austin store with comic books and games
Fair Play Games
Funagain Games - Large internet based game store with new and used games
Gamefest - West coast based online board game dealer
Game Surplus - Great prices, service and owners. Highly recommended.
Great Hall Games - Austin based game store
Le Valet d'Coeur - Mail order game shop in Quebec, Canada. Good source for French language games.
Thought Hammer
Time Well Spent
Stores we have found but have not bought from:
- Backgammon Shop - Denmark based internet shop specializing in Backgammon supplies
Boardgames.com
Boardgame Revolution
Cardhaus
Do or Dice
Fine Games - Mainly wargames
GatePlay - Specializes in gateway games and bundles
German Boardgame Company - Canadian based internet game store
Leisure Games
New Spiel.com - Another new online game store, this one in Southern California
Shire Games (UK)
Spiele Offensive German based game store, sort of replaces Adam Spielt
Troll and Toad - Mainly collectable games but they carry some boardgames and other items
Board Games on EBay
New Wave Entertainment
PlayMe - German based internet retailer
Royal Bag - Source for zip-lock bags
My Chess Set - Offering a wide variety of chess sets, boards, chess pieces, clocks, chess tables and components.
Conventions
- Gulf Games
G.I.T.H.O.T. - Games in the Heart of Texas in Round Rock, Texas
MillenniumCon - Austin, TX, usually scheduled in late November
Essen Spiel The German board game convention
Euro Quest
Dragon*Con - Atlanta, GA
GenCon - Indianapolis, Indiana
Origins - Columbus, OH
Unity Games - Massachusetts
Atlanta Game Fest - Atlanta, GA
Game Fest South - Chattanooga, TN (Run by people that put on the Atlanta Game Fest)
CharCon - Charleston, West Virgina
Southern California Games Day
Crokinole
- Mr. Crokinole - Boards, plans, parts, information
Crokinole and Carrom - Carl and Stan Hilinski's crokinole and carrom web page
Crokinole Boards by Willard - Family run maker of high quality boards
Miracle Ventures - Canadian based crokinole vendor
Creative Wood Products Boards and pieces
Workshop Supply - Board plans
Hearts
TopDominoes
- Domino-Games.com -
Dominoes portal with domino rules, domino history, domino books, and a comprehensive listing of domino games.
Puremco - Dominoes manufacturer just up the road from us in Waco, Texas
Texas 42 Rules
Windows Domino Games
Backgammon
- Gammon Village
Backgammon Galore
Backgammon Shop - Denmark based internet shop specializing in Backgammon supplies
BG Info
Backgammon Portal
JellyFish Backgammon for Windows
Snowie - World class backgammon program
NetGammon - Play backgammon on the internet
Diskwars
TopFormula Dé
- Formula Dé Homepage
Fédération Francaise de Formule Dé
Mid Ohio Formula One League
Dallas Dé Trippers
Championship Formula 1
San Francisco Grand Prix League
The Dutch Ones
Khalsa Brain Games - Sells additional pewter Formula De cars
RoboRally
TopOnline and Computer games
- Brettspielwelt:
- Brettspielwelt Home - German site with many computerized board games
English Help - English based help site for Brettspielwelt
English Town - Largest English speaking town
Ludagora.Net - Online (PBEM) Medina, Durch die Wüste, Hare & Tortoise
Vinci Online
You Play It - Play Cartagena, Blue Max & King Me by e-mail
Spiel by Web - Play Bus, Tiakl, Reef Encounter, Wallenstein and more
Boitea Jeux - French site with Alhambra, Torres, DVONN, GIPF and several others
Mabi Web - Nice site with Hansa and Richelieu
Boardgame Geek - Play Euphrat & Tigris, Auf Heller und Pfennig
Little Golem - Play by e-mail Streetsoccer, Go, Chess, DVONN and others
YINSH - One of the GIPF games
PÜNCT - Another one of the GIPF games
Yucata - Yucata, Kahuna, Chinagold, Rosenkönig and more
A Game of Thrones - Fantasy Flight's game based on the George R. R. Martin books
Blokus
Paris, Paris - Play vs three computer oppenents
Cosmic Encounter Online
Stan Hilinski's Gamebox Online - Play Taj Mahal or Tycoon
Board games using THOTH - Several German style games using the THOTH game engine
Jimmy Figiel's THOTH page - More board games using the THOTH game engine
Game Table Online - Game news, online games, Dork Tower & more (Now free)
Online and Computer based board game list
Pogo.com
The Zone
Java game collection
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