Interviews

Richard Garfield Talks About Cooperative King of Tokyo, Bunny Kingdom’s Release, and Reflections on Solforge and Netrunner Richard Garfield originally came to fame for designing Magic: the Gathering in the early 90s, which had a huge impact on my [...]

Matt Leacock Talks Pandemic Legacy: Season 2, Game Design, and Social Justice You may have heard of a game called Pandemic, about saving the world from spreading diseases. In 2015, Pandemic designer, Matt Leacock, teamed up with Risk Legacy designer, Rob [...]

If you’ve gotten the impression that Star Realms is my favorite game, you’re right. So when a new big Kickstarter is happening for the game, you better believe I get excited. I had the chance to talk to Rob Dougherty, CEO of White Wizard Games [...]

You may have heard of a guy named Bruno Cathala. He’s designed a lot of board games. And finally, he’s up for the topmost award: the Spiel des Jahres, for Kingdomino. He’s also releasing a spiritual successor to Five Tribes, another [...]

Our staff members are constantly reminding each other that Geeks Under Grace is, above all, a ministry. We see the Biblical connections to movies we watch and video games we play, and we remember that the truth is written on all hearts (Romans 1:20). We [...]

Introduction Back in 2009, a friend introduced me to Settlers of Catan and that set me off into a board game craze. I began to read BoardGameGeek regularly and to buy into the hype as new games came out. It was often a disappointment, but I’ll never [...]

One of the most famous awards in the board game industry is the Spiel des Jahres. Winning this award can launch designers into being able to design full-time as a job instead of as a hobby, as it can lead to hundreds of thousands of sold copies for a [...]