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Board-game Review

Jeddah’s Top 5 Board Game Cafes

Whether you’re a fan of classic games or seeking a thrilling challenge, we at Destination have picked some of the best board game cafes in the city and these cafes are sure to provide the perfect setting for quality time with friends and family. With cozy interiors and shelves brimming with board game treasures, these […]

July 19, 2023

By Haneen.Sh

Board-game Review

Riyadh’s Top 5 Board Game Cafes

Whether you’re a fan of classic games or seeking a thrilling challenge, we at Destination have picked some of the best board game cafes in the city and these cafes are sure to provide the perfect setting for quality time with friends and family. With cozy interiors and shelves brimming with board game treasures, these […]

July 19, 2023

By Haneen.Sh

Board-game Review

Tabletop Games Club Write-up

The Tabletop Games Club (TGC) is a community of card- and boardgame enthusiasts who are getting together to play various tabletop games and who cherish the hobby of collecting and discussing boardgames. It is our aim to help spread the boardgame culture in Saudi Arabia more. We build communities through play, by welcoming players from […]

July 4, 2019

By Tabletop Games Club

Board-game Review

App-tastic Board Gaming with Mansions of Madness

It’s not every day you run into a game that manages to answer all your concerns, no matter which ones come up. I present Mansions of Madness (MoM): Second Edition, a Lovecraftian-themed cooperative adventure game filled with horror and mystery. What concerns did I have when I had first heard about this game and took […]

September 8, 2016

By Ahmad Dialdin

Board-game Review

Emergent Boardgaming: Where Stories Come From

You know what I love about boardgaming? The stories that emerge from the gameplay. In this article, I wanted to shine a brief boardgaming-shaped light on a term that’s usually reserved for video games: emergent gameplay. Emergent gameplay is what happens when you have a game with simple mechanics and rules mixed with very light, […]

June 26, 2016

By Ahmad Dialdin

Board-game Review

Gaming: The Most Epic Star Wars – Brought to You With Cardboard and Plastic

Guess what? I promise zero Star Wars puns or references in this entire article. Ahem: The Force of Star Wars love has been re-Awakened! Crap. Hmm. There’s a New Hope in the boardgaming scene… Sigh. (shaking hands) Prepare to boldly go where you’ve never gone before (Yes, loop hole)! Star Wars: Rebellion is a two-player […]

May 13, 2016

By Ahmad Dialdin

Board-game Review

Gaming: What Shall we Play First – Longer & Stronger

Gamers, welcome back! Picking up after last month’s piece about short and quick games, let’s look at some longer personal options that would still work really well as introductions into this wonderful world. King of Tokyo/New York (45min) Dice rolling at its simplest and finest, each player is an awesome monster terrorizing the city. Push your […]

March 22, 2016

By Ahmad Dialdin

Board-game Review

Gaming: What Shall We Play First – Part I: Short & Sweet

By Ahmad Dialdin Greetings gamers! So, I know that there are already many articles about getting people into boardgaming. I promise to add a personal touch with this series by not simply regurgitating the same list of games that others have confirmation-biased into copy-pasting over and over again. Yes, Settlers of Catan is the standard […]

February 17, 2016

By Ahmad Dialdin

Board-game Review

Here’s a game that will actually make you use your smartphone to socialize: The Jackbox Party Pack 2

While not exactly being a board game, Jackbox Party Pack 2 definitely fills a number of criteria that pretty much makes it the same thing since you need to have a group of people in one place to actually get the most fun out of the experience. With that said, Jackbox Party Pack 2 doesn’t […]

February 8, 2016

By Tamim Kashgari