This doesn’t happen every year — in fact, it’s never happened before. This year’s Spiel des Jahres, a prestigious German award for the best board game of the year, has gone to a video game adaptation: ...

Dorfromantik: The Board Game is cooperative, easy to learn, fun to play, great-looking on your table, and it actively encourages repeat attempts. In Dorfromantik: The Board Game, up to six players use ...

When I first started looking into the gorgeous top-down puzzle game Dorfromantik, I wasn’t sure what to expect as its unique name doesn’t give much away, at least at first glance. Digging deeper, I ...

The German word “dorfromantik” can be literally translated as “village romanticization.” Its real meaning is more ineffable. In a recent interview with Eurogamer, the developers of Dorfromantik (the ...

When I’m stressed out — and I’m often stressed out — I tend to turn to a go-to video game to calm my nerves. For the past few years, my go-to genre has been one that’s been on the rise recently: The ...