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Amigo Spiele
The Board Gamer:
Amigo Spiele is a German board and card game publisher. Many of their games have won Spiel des Jahres awards, and many have been published in English by Rio Grande Games.
Game Tree
The Board Gamer:
Game Tree is an app available on IoS and Android. It seems to be more popular with video gamers than tabletop gamers, but it did find some baord gamers within 50km of me when I did a local search.
As part of setting up the app, you tell it what type of games you like. Then it tries to match you up with people who like the same kind of games that you do.
The Board Gamer:
The board games area of Reddit has over a million subscribers. The chances are there are some people in there who live near you.
It’s reasonably common for people to post in the boardgames subreddit saying they are looking for a group, where they are located and what games they like to play. This kind of post usually gets several responses from board game players interested in meeting up.
Roll for Group
The Board Gamer:
Roll for Group is a website like meetup.com but it’s specifically for gamers. Gamers can use Roll for Group to arrange to meet up with other gamers and to organize their regular gaming group activities. It is free to join, but users can pay for additional account features.
Meetup.com
The Board Gamer:
Meetup.com is a huge website with over 8 million members worldwide. It has a few cool features to help you find other board game players.
Your Friendly Local Game Store
The Board Gamer:
If you’re lucky enough to have a FLGS, they are a great place to start your search for a board game group. FLGS often have events for gamers to meet up, sessions for people who are new to the larger games like Magic: The Gathering and they usually have a notice board with what’s happening locally
Hasbro
The Board Gamer:
Find all your favourite toy brands in one spot, including Nerf, My Little Pony, Transformers, and more! View action figures, dolls, electronic games, board games, and so much more today! Explore our brands below, or find toys based on age group.
Board Game Quest
The Board Gamer:
This comprehensive review site covers all aspects of board gaming including top ten lists, which games sold out the fastest and the history of games. Great for a deep dive into games that is still accessible to the beginning player.
The Board Game Family
The Board Gamer:
Literally written by a family of six, the Board Game Family site concentrates on games that are good for the whole family. In addition to very realistic reviews, this site includes articles on how to make family game nights more fun by emphasizing togetherness and curbing competitiveness.
Board Game Land
The Board Gamer:
A good general board game review site, Board Game Land shines through it’s categorization of games. Want the best cooperative games? Need games for couples? Need a game that is only five minutes long? This site has answers to all of these and more.
Shut Up and Sit Down
The Board Gamer:
Incredibly irreverent, Shut Up and Sit Down features a Youtube series, a podcast and on site reviews. If you like your reviews with a large dose of sarcasm and weird tangents, this is the site for you.
Geek and Sundry
The Board Gamer:
Geek and Sundry runs a YouTube show called Tabletop that features celebrities playing various board games. These videos are extremely entertaining and honest reviews of the games as they are being played, but not always kid friendly.
Happy Meeple
The Board Gamer:
The Happy Meeple online board games offer is slightly different to the others. It has different levels of AI bots which you can try to beat. As you beat progressively more difficult bots you unlock a coloured meeple for that game.
All the games on Happy Meeple are 2 player games.