Casual Game Insider - 5 Dez 2025
Whispwood
BIG BOX GAMES
SPIEL 2025
Ever-changing Rules: How Tariffs Are Reshaping the Board Game Industry
The Game Makers: The Meta and Literal Making of a Game About Making Games
Your Turn! A Spotlight on the Gaming Community
Communal Experiences of SPIEL 2025
The Human Element in Board Gaming
Major Fun Award: Cyber Pet Quest
Are Big Box Games Casual?
Free Game! Giftbringer
Cover Story: Wispwood
Game Reviews
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Communal Experiences of SPIEL Essen 2025
Consumer-minded Culture
All By Myself?
Trekking the Halls
Where the World Comes to Play
Games that Stole the Show
Railroad Tiles
The Human Element in Board Gaming
Board Games as Social Connectors
The Psychology of Play
Negotiation, Conflict, and Cooperation
The Role of Culture and Identity
Beyond the Table: Community and Belonging
The Fragility and Magic of the Human Element
Conclusion:
THE GAME MAKERS
Inspiration and Mechanics: The Birth of The Game Makers
Ben Rosset: From Gamer to Game Designer
From Playtesting to Production
Deluxe Components Literally Make the Game
Nostalgia, Conversation, and Community
Licensing: The Real, Ultimate Set Collection Game
Manufacturing Our Future
A New Idea to Chew On
ARE BIG BOX GAMES CASUAL?
USE YOUR RESOURCES CAREFULLY AND RELY ON YOUR AIDS
START BY SETTING A BUDGET
Form Versus function
CIVOLUTION .
LUTHIER
SANCTUARY
LOST RUINS OF ARNAK
Ever-changing Rules:
The First Roll of the Dice
Maybe We Can Just Play a Game of Area Control
Can Someone Explain the Rules of Tariffs?
Everything Comes Down to Strategy
Rolling With the Changes
Build solar systems and fill them to create the most point-rich galaxy!
Point Galaxy
The princesses are throwing a ball — no princes allowed! Unfortunately, the princes have all snuck in, so the princesses must work hard to avoid some pesky marriage proposals.
Rebel Princess
A two-player abstract strategy game of careful movement and tactical planning, Leaders plays quickly but won’t be easy to master.
Leaders
Where do you place a zebra on the scale of expensive to sweet? Or the horizon on a scale of square to advertised?
Perfect Mismatch
Build a strange, beautiful world above the clouds — but beware the world eaters that can undo all your hard work.
Strange World Above the Clouds
Use cunning to crack the code without giving too much away to the other players!
Temple Code
In a game in which each card has its own scoring mechanic, the order they’re played in becomes vital.
Score Cards
Cyber Pet Quest Wins the Major Fun Award!
Cyber Pet Quest
Your Turn! CG
A Spotlight on the Gaming Community
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