Greetings all! Just a standard question today - does anyone here also play video games in addition to board games?

I definitely count myself in that category. I’m a PC gamer, and I predominantly play strategy or management style games. I’ll also mix in some RPGs every once in a while. 

Since I’m old now (32 years old) FPS games give me mild motion sickness/headaches so I tend to avoid them. Back in the day I could hold my own in Counterstrike 1.6 or other FPS games from that era.

Currently on my PC I’m playing a fun 4X game called Field of Glory: Empires. I recently finished a play through of Pathfinder: Kingmaker. 

What about you guys?

What games are considered “classic” games of modern board gaming? What characterizes a classic game? If a game is considered a classic is it always a classic or will it eventually lose that status over time?

Games like Catan, Carcassone, Pandemic, and Agricola (among others) are often hailed as classics. Have these games been replaced or will the always be classics?

Ok are there any good solo euro games? Either specifically solo or have a good solo variant? 

Gamelyn Games has announced their new TE game, and this time it's all about dinosaurs! I love dinosaurs (always have), so I'm really excited for this. I know there have been a surge in dino games lately, but I love the TE  games a lot, so I'm really looking forward to this. What are your thoughts on TE Dinosaurs? Link to box art: https://boardgamegeek.com/image/4995784/tiny-epic-dinosaurs

What criteria do you have for adding new games into your collection or limiting games that come into your collection?

Do you make sure to have games that fit a certain theme? I.e. I need a good Viking game

Games with certain kinds of mechanics? I.e. I already have 5 deckbuilders so I can't get another one 

Games for certain kinds of gamers? I.e. I really could use a good follow up gateway game

Just ones that grab your attention? 

Onto the third round of our $60 board game giveaway! (Ends Wednesday on October 23, 2019 at 11:59 PM PST). Just as before, this is an entirely separate giveaway from the one on our social media.

You will get +1 entry every time you complete any of these actions to contribute to our community:

• Make a post on our forum or write an article
  
• Comment or reply on posts/articles
• Refer a friend using this link: https://www.boardgameatlas.com/signup?referral (send this link to your friends and have them input your username under the referral section)

Each contribution is 1 additional entry and there's no limit to your contributions so let's see how far we can go with this third round of giveaway!

You can see the full rules here.

Also, you can check out our past winners here:

• Brian (u/Skurvy5)
• Scott (u/sdirrane)
• Benjamin (u/BenjaminK) - Ben's selection of Wingspan is on his way as we speak!

Which game will you be getting if you won?

I was going back and forth with u/Benjamink about luck in games. I have some people who will not even consider a game if there is luck involved in it, and others (my wife) who just love the luck aspect of games. Where do you land?

This is a weekly post to leave your suggestions and feedback for Board Game Atlas! Some things to think about are:

• Feature requests (be creative, think wild!)
• What sort of content would you like to see by Board Game Atlas? (we currently do interviews and news coverage. Anything else you'd be interested in?)
• How can we make your experience here even better?
• Mention your favorite/least favorite feature
• Suggestions for industry professionals to interview (designers/artists/publishers/content creators/etc.)
• Bugs/annoyances

Here are some updates on my end:

• I interviewed a board game cafe owner. You'll be able to see the article next week (prepare for the horrors of managing game inventory!)
• I am preparing interview questions for game designer Jonathan Ying. I've also been gathering questions from some of you for the "questions from our users" section, so feel free to post any additional questions you have for Jonathan here or you could always PM me
• We postponed our first podcast recording to prepare for a big announcement that will come soon! (brace yourselves because our community may get quite a bit bigger!)

Congrats to Benjamin for winning and let's see which game(s) he ends up choosing and wait for his victory picture :)

Benjamin was also one of the top three contributors so another round of applause for all of you for continuing to add so much value to this community.

I will start up the next round of giveaway this week so stay tuned! (sorry Scott and Brian, you will have your shot at your repeat win next time lol)

Hey everyone. I'm a long time board gamer but i've never really been the person in charge of explaining the rules of games or how to play them. Lately i've had a group of friends who don't play board games at all ask me to bring some over. I'm a bit nervous because i don't really know how to teach non-gamers how to play board games. 

I found a few articles on the topic but don't really know where to start.

How To Teach Board Games - Game Hungry

How To Teach Games In General - BGG

Does anyone have any quick tips for me? Any advice at all would be appreciated thanks!