Meeplepedia – Meople's Magazine

Simultaneous Action Selection

12 November, 2014 Kai Meeplepedia

Simultaneous Action Selection is another popular game mechanic in modern board games. In games with this mechanic, all players choose[…]

Worker Placement Games

25 June, 2014 Kai Meeplepedia

Worker Placement is a game mechanic used mostly in medium to heavy strategy games. Players start the game with one[…]

Monopoly

22 April, 2013 Kai History of Gaming, Meeplepedia, Nostalgia

When you mention modern boardgames to people who don’t play The Settlers of Catan, Ticket to Ride or any of the other thousands of games we call our hobby, then this is what 90% or more of them will think of. Admit it, you’ve heard that reply yourself when telling your non-gaming acquaintances about your hobby: “What, like Monopoly”?

Cooperative and Competitive Games

12 February, 2013 Kai Meeplepedia

Cooperative games are a very recent phenomenon: games where all players win or all players lose, no one has to feel slighted by the end of the game. A more peaceful pastime than competitive games for sure, but where does the tension come from without opposing players? Find out more about cooperative games in this week’s Meeplepedia.

Ancient Games: Alquerque

24 August, 2012 Tine Meeplepedia

Games are not a new phenomenon by any means, they are as old as civilization itself. See, for example, Alquerque. And even today, we play games that either come from Alquerque directly or at least draw from its ideas.

Junta

25 March, 2012 Kai Meeplepedia, Nostalgia

Republica de los Bananas is a peaceful country. About one day out of twenty, at least. The other days, the country is in the grip of a revolution, counter-revolution, counter-counter-revoultion, insurgency, rebellion or upheaval. Since 1979, when Junta in its current form was firts published. This is an entry in the series “How to lose friends very quickly and with maximum drama”.