Big Think Games Blog
Flat Top: Build a Better Box
I'm I guess what you would call a casual user of boardgamegeek.com. I don't spend a great deal of time there due to the fact I can start looking around about 10:00pm and before you know it, it's 1:00am. It is a site that is a wonderfully fun time-suck. One thing I...
When Good Game Stores Go Good
I don't know what it is, but part of the appeal of going into a game store is going somewhere that's kind of a not a bad place to be but not a real nice one either. My local game store (I say local when it was a good 40 minute drive with no traffic) moved from the...
Gaming Goodies Page
Seems weird posting about a page but one of the things about the previous incarnation of Big Think Games that was popular was the Gaming Goodies Page. I kept a list of hard to find or interesting supplements, alternate rules, game play utilities and other various and...
After Action Magazine
Twilight Struggle Play the Experts #1: Slouching Toward Southern Europe
<i>I have been a huge fan of Brian Reynolds and his digital game designs for over 20 years, since I first played his smash hit, Civilization II. As many</i> …
Op-Ed: We Need Friction In Digital Wargames Too
Friction doesn’t get the love it should in videogames wargames. We the players are given complete, hivemind-like control over our forces — whether …
“When Star Wars was new”: Remaking Ogre, Steve Jackson’s first game, for PC
Ogre is a 40-year-old board game about a massive tank, bristling with guns, trying to smash through an army
September 21 GMT Update: New P500s and Reprints, Production, More!
Hi everyone!<p>As Rachel and I follow what so many of you are playing and saying about our games on Consimworld, BGG, and various social media outlets, …
Review: Gary Grigsby’s War in the West
W<i>ar in the West</i> is my dream game. In every World War II game I’ve played; be it <i>Graviteam Tactics</i>, <i>Hearts of Iron</i> or any of the host of other titles …
Review: Command LIVE: Pole Positions
C<i>ommand Live</i> scenarios usually are rife with noisy things like missiles, bombs, acrobatic jets, burning buildings and exploding ships. <i>Pole Positions</i> …
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Gaming Goodies
Stuff for the discerning gamer.
Get all kinds of cool and hard to find stuff here. You will find variants, utilities and other sundry gaming goodies both analog and digital.
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What is Big Think Games?
Big Think Games is simply a hobby site. It centers mainly around wargames but may also veer off into models, miniatures and even pop culture. If it doesn’t fit my professional life it will probably land here.