Well, if your neighbors produce it, you can give them coins to essentially ... is key to the success of 7 Wonders and makes it appealing as a family board game. Wonders, however, tend to ...

In fact, it’s a great time to grab a board game, especially as folks are trying to disconnect from the TV and phone even more. Whether you want something for a smaller group of four or five ...

Players plant, harvest, and sell different types of beans, aiming to earn the most coins. The game’s ... two-player version of the popular board game Seven Wonders. In Seven Wonders Duel ...

The first is used to determine which wonders are currently available to build. The others won’t see use in every game, as one controls an automaton for solo board ... from the seven gold they ...

Board games are always a fun activity for big groups of friends, but if you live with a partner or roommate, two-player games can keep you occupied even when its just the two of you. We’ve ...

One of the great advantages of 7 Wonders is that it allows ... but you are also costing them additional coins when they have to buy one. Like the original, the game is played over three ages ...

7 Wonders itself is one of the best board games we’ve seen because it condenses ... building a little engine that gives you the resources and coins you’ll need to play more buildings or ...

In 12-plus years as a journalist & photographer, he has covered simulation, strategy, and spacefaring games, as well as public policy. The growth of the board ... same time? 7 Wonders attracted ...

Board game lovers who had turned to virtual versions can now beat the video-chat fatigue with in-person competitions. As usual, to create this year’s list, we spoke with board game sellers and ...

so it doesn’t encourage board-game-night fights,” says senior staff writer Kimber Streams. And while trading can get heated in Catan, neighbors cannot refuse a trade in 7 Wonders, and it doesn ...

If anything, board games have become even more popular than last year, when Smithsonian.com inaugurated our first-ever board game gift guide. Analysts predict that the industry will become a $12 ...