When you are playing Igloo Pop you are taking the role of an Ice giant, shaking igloos with Inuit children in them. But its not child cruelty, because they had fun being shaken. (Also: Igloos dont really have floors, do they?)

1982 Risk was about to get a PG18 rating in Germany because of the militaristic content. It was only avoided by changing the wording of the rules (for example "free" einstead iof "conquer" and claiming attack and defense are "diplomatic actions")

Among hte things you need to play Spaceship Unity is a hoover.

Germanys Settlers of Catan and subsequent products made it clear that the Settlers where Vikings that settled on uninhabitated land in the Atlantic. Mayfair changed the graphics and shifted the setting to the Game to North America.

Eric Martin W. Eric Martin played his copy of Qwirkle with Thorsten Gimmler at an After Essen event in Berlin. Gimmler liked it so much that he signed it for Schmidt Spiele. It won Spiel des Jahres for them.

In 1990 the US Secret Service raided the office of Steve Jackson games because of their TTRPG GURPS Cyberpunk

The City of Lauda-Königshofen is listed on BGG as a publisher because they are publishing a couple of medium-weight Eurogames about their city

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Semi Co-op @Koenigvonsiam Random Boardgame Facts The double-sided Ticket to Ride UK & Pennsylvabia board has one station that appears on both sides of the board - Reading! The designer of Ticket to Ride attended a release event for that set at Eclectic Games in Reading (England).

The rules of Thunder Road Vendetta clearly state that "choppers are not the same as cars"

Christoph Tisch, who has now llustrate several boardgames, started in the scene as an illustrator for a German bg fanzine. He was hired after sending in a voting card where each game, he voted for, was illustrated with a short sketch

Firefly: Tenth year anniversary collectors edition will be coming out for the 11th year anniversary of Firefly

New comic! The coming Mondays, we'll be sharing some fun Random Boardgame Facts together with @Koenigvonsiam. This week, we learned about the origin of the name Bezier Games, Inc..😁 For more comics about #boardgames, follow us or check out semicoop.com for hundreds of comics!

Strohmann Games is a completly different publisher than Stothmann-Spiele

Scotland Yard was developed for the 100 year anniversary of Ravensburger by a team from all parts of the company: The head developer, a sales person, a technician, an illustrater and press person.

Sadly, only existing wargames can win the Charles S. Roberts Award for best hypothetical wargame

New comic! This month, we'll be sharing some Random Boardgame Facts with @Koenigvonsiam. Did you know Wingspan is the reason a lot of the birds in the game now have an official Serbian name? For more comics about #boardgames, follow us or check out semicoop.com!

New comic! More Random Boardgame Facts with @Koenigvonsiam. The Secret Service raided Steve Jackson Games which, according to the judge, saved the company! This fact had to be done in Blue Skies Muskrat's style. 😁 For more comics about #boardgames, follow us or check out semicoop.com!

German news anchor Judith Rakers quit her job to pursue her other business. Among the projects: Collaborating on a boardgame based on her books. sueddeutsche.de/medien/tagessc…