I have done the unspeakable. I have been cheating on my computer and I must say, I don't feel bad about it at all. It had been incapacitated for 2 weeks until today and I have been unable to play my most anticipated Christmas present, Civilization IV. In the meantime my eyes have wandered elsewhere, to an unexpected place: Board Games! More specifically, German board games. It may come as a surprise to some people but Germany is the largest producer of board games in the world. In fact, the most prestigious award that a board game can receive comes from Germany: The Spiel des Jahres Award. There are so many quality games from Germany out there it would be impossible for me to mention all of them. I recently purchased a few which include Power Grid, Torres, and Tikal. These are all very good games and anyone who enjoys computer games could very easily get into this underground world of board games as I have. I become no less excited when I play one of these games than I do when I play my favorite Computer games.

Check these links for more:

funagain.com

boardgamegeek.com

Spiel des Jahres