Category: Board Game

  • GODSEND: Agenda

    Designer: Jerry D. GraysonPublisher: Khepera PublishingRelease Year: 2001Platform: Board GameGenre: Role-Playing GameTaxonomy: Black NPCs; Development, Playable Black Characters In an alternate Earth, impacted by godlike aliens, there are six factions you can join as you ultimately examine the influence and impact you have on the world and on your own legacy and future. interviews and…

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  • You Will Destroy Something Beautiful

    Designer: Samantha DayPublisher: itch.ioRelease Year: 2018Platform: Board GameGenre: Role-Playing GameTaxonomy: Development Working collaboratively as a group, your team describes a beautiful thing, its location, and who you are as you also explain why you want to destroy the beautiful thing. interviews and other media scholarship Return to List

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  • Wicked and Wise

    Designer: Fertessa AllysePublisher: Weird Giraffe GamesRelease Year: 2022Platform: Board GameGenre: Role-Playing GameTaxonomy: Development Play as a team of a Mouse and Dragon to fight over tricks, treasures, and coins as you compete to be crowned king of the caves. interviews and other media scholarship Return to List

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  • Lasgidi Rats

    Designer: Kenechukwu Ogbuagu, Peter AttahPublisher: NIBCARDRelease Year: 2019Platform: Board GameGenre: Role-Playing GameTaxonomy: Black Cultural Traditions; Development A great famine has descended upon the rat kingdom. However, there is hope. You, a guardian, must lead the surviving rats to the homes of Lasgidians (humans of Lasgidi). interviews and other media scholarship Return to List

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  • BEEEEES!

    Designer: Marcus Ross, Cara RyanPublisher: Indie Boards and CardsRelease Year: 2017Platform: Board GameGenre: Taxonomy: Development The High Queen around the meadow is seeking an heir. You’ll assemble your hive, competing to make the best hive. interviews and other media scholarship Return to List

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  • The Witcher (RPG)

    Designer: Cody Pondsmith, Lisa PondsmithPublisher: R. Talsorian GamesRelease Year: 2018Platform: Board GameGenre: Role-Playing GameTaxonomy: Black NPCs; Development; Playable Black Characters Set in the Witcher universe, during the events of Assassin of Kings, Wild Hunt, and the third Nilfgaardian War, this roleplaying game allows players to craft a backstory for their character in order to deal…

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  • Advanced Civilization

    Designer: Jennifer Schlickbernd (co-designer)Publisher: The Avalon Hill Game CompanyRelease Year: 1991Platform: Board GameGenre: Board GameTaxonomy: Development In exploring the development of ancient civilizations from agriculture to the emergence of Rome as a power, players lead a nation of people throughout cultural, economic, and political developments. interviews and other media scholarship Return to List

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  • Rap Godz

    Designer: Omari AkilPublisher: Colorway Game LabsRelease Year: 2020Platform: Board GameGenre: Role-Playing GameTaxonomy: Black cultural Traditions; Black NPCs; Development, Playable Black Characters; Politics/ ideology/ history; Robust Character Creation System; As an up-and-coming rap artist, you must earn money, build your street cred, and improve your rap skills in order to become the ultimate rap god. interviews…

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