Wikipedia:WikiProject Board and table games/Sources
This page contains a list of useful internet resources for writing about board and table games-related topics. It is maintained by the WikiProject Board and table games. There is no guarantee that sources listed here can be used for a particular purpose, and this page is not a substitute for understanding Wikipedia:Identifying reliable sources.
Reliable Sources
Web sources
| Source | Owner / Publisher | Description | Evidence | Usable content | Discussion(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Journal of Play | |||||
| Arcane (magazine) | Board game related articles | There is consensus that Arcane is generally reliable. | 1 | ||
| Ars Technica | Technology + Board game + Video game news and review articles | There is consensus that Ars Technica is generally reliable for board and video game related articles per discussion, as it has an editorial team and evidence of fact-checking. | 1 | ||
| Association for Games & Puzzles International | |||||
| Board Game Studies Journal (1998-2015) BGS Journal (2016-) |
Currently published by Sciendo (De Gruyter) | Peer-reviewed multidisciplinary journal | Editorial board of published experts; ISSN 2183-3311 | ||
| Dicebreaker | Gamer Network Limited | Board game news + review website | There is weak consensus that Dicebreaker is generally reliable. Editors generally agree the its news section is reliable, and point out its editorial board of credible journalists. However, some editors expressed concerns on Dicebreaker for exceptional or controversial claims, and due weight should be considered. | 1 2 | |
| Kotaku | Board game + Video game news and review articles | Has editorial control and considered generally reliable for video game and board game related news and review articles. In the Sources list for the Wikiproject Video games, editors adviced caution for "blog/geeky posts that have little news or reporting significance". See also this discussion. |
1 | ||
| Polygon | Board game + Video game news and review articles | Polygon is considered to be a reliable source for video. In Archive 371, there was consensus that sources reliable for video games should be also be considered as generally reliable for board games as well, in another subsequent short discussion, two editors agreed that Polygon is reliable for board game coverage. | 1 2 | ||
| Pyramid | Magazine on role-playing games, board games, and card games | There is consensus that Pyramid is a generally reliable source for board games, card games, and RPG related content. It is not considered an indepedent source for reviews on games published by Steve Jackson Games, and does not contribute to notability, but may be used for mundane designer and release coverage. Some editors also adviced caution for its capsule reviews, which are short and does not indicate notability. | 1 |
Printed Sources
A large collection of scanned magazines is available at the Internet Archive's Game and Gamer Magazines Archives.
A scholarly edited volume: Costikyan, Greg; Davidson, Drew (eds.). Tabletop: Analog Game Design. n.p.: ETC Press. pp. 158–166. doi:10.1184/R1/6686933.
Individual user collections and collections from other WikiProjects can be found at the following locations:
- Games magazine collection (via WP:VG)
- Dragon magazine collection (this list emphasizes video games, but the magazine covers board and tabletop games as well) (via WP:VG)
- Ares collection (via User:BOZ)
- Imagine collection (via User:BOZ)
- Games International collection (via User:BOZ) - general games magazine that later transitioned into Computer Games Magazine
- The Games Machine collection (via User:BOZ) - video game magazine that also covered tabletop games early in its run
- The Space Gamer collection (via User:BOZ)
- White Dwarf collection (via User:BOZ)
WikiProject Board and table games collections:
| Source | Owner / Publisher | Description | Evidence | Usable content | Discussion(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Situational
| Name | Media | Date | Type | Notes and limitations | Owner | Quick links & discussions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Comic Book Resources | 2022 | Comics, films, and board/video games related news, reviews, and listicles. | Comic Book Resources (CBR) is considered to be marginally reliable. There is consensus that reviews and news from CBR are generally reliable, but more reliable secondary sources should be used if possible. However, the listicles are usually short, superficial, do not count towards Notability, and is marginally reliable to generally unreliable. Some editors also suggest additional caution for post-2016 content. | 1 | ||
| The Dice Tower | 2022 | Youtube channel, blog | The Dice Tower is considered to be marginally reliable for mundane details, including publishers, release dates, and basic news releases. Nevertheless, more reliable secondary references should be preferred, a game present in The Dice Tower’s database or as a news article is usually not indicative of notability. Their annual awards are also significant, and is marginally reliable. The Dice Tower is generally unreliable for reviews, which are routine, subjective, not indicative of notability, and could generally be considered as self-published. | Tom Vasel | 1 | |
| Geekdad | 2022 | Blog | Marginally reliable to generally unreliable blog, with no clear editorial policies, but also won several awards. Reliability depends on the expertise and background of the author, and is marginally reliable for mundane information on gameplay and release details, but is generally unreliable for other subjective reviews, which are not editorially controlled and could be considered to be self published. | Ken Denmead | 1 |
Unreliable
- BoardGameGeek (
boardgamegeek.com/) [1] - User-based content. - Board Game Quest (
https://www.boardgamequest.com//) [2] - Self-published source without editorial control. - Meeple Mountain (
https://www.meeplemountain.com/) [3] - The website has a list of editors, but its coverage is routine. Its editorial control is also unclear, with no indication of expertise for the editors.
Undetermined
This is a list of sources that have been found but not discussed yet on whether they're reliable or not.
- Web
- Comic Book Resources
- Di6dent (French; used to be released as a magazine as well but is now only published online)
- GameFan
- TheGamer
- Gry-Online (Polish)
- Guide du Rôliste Galactique (French; in addition to their own content and their database, they have licensed some reviews from out-of-print French RPG magazines, which are added to the corresponding items' entries in the database)
- ICv2
- Mir Fantastiki (Russian)
- SciFi-Universe (French)
- SF Site
- Tabletop Gaming Magazine (also exists as a magazine)
- Techraptor
- Tom's Hardware (Italian)
- Tor.com
- Unification France (French)
- Valkyrie
- abstractgames.org
- Printed
- Australian Realms
- Backstab (French)
- Casus Belli (French)
- Computer + Videogiochi (Italian; focused on video games, but also covered TTRPGs)
- Dragão Brasil (Portuguese)
- Dragon
- Envoyer (German; also has some reviews available online)
- Fenix (Swedish; also has some reviews available online)
- The Games Machine (Italian; focused on video games, but also covered TTRPGs)
- Magia i Miecz (Polish)
- Mephisto (German)
- Realms of Fantasy
- Rollespilsmagasinet Fønix (Danish)
- Rue Morgue
- Saga (Danish)
- Shadis
- Świat Gier Komputerowych (Polish; focused on video games, but also covered TTRPGs)