It’s Friday! You guys are probably just counting down the hours at work, surfing the net and thinking about the weekend.  In the meantime, I’ve rounded up some board-game links and other fun things for you all to enjoy.

— An entertaining boardgamegeek.com thread about naming your kids after board games. I love Meeples probably more than the next guy (obviously since it’s part of my alter ego)  but that would be an awful baby name. But I must admit, Caylus sounds pretty bad-ass.

— A great list of top 10 cooperative games by Board Game Quest. Eldritch Horror is on the list, which is a great game and a slightly shorter version of Arkham Horror.

— Opinionated Gamers did a review on Istanbul. I had a chance to play this at BGG Con. It has a mechanic that’s similar to Five Tribes in terms of moving around the board and collecting resources.

— The Board Game Family talks about going to SaltCon, which is a gaming convention in Utah.

— Over at The Daily Worker Placement, a review talks about how Diamonds brings a fresh approach to the old trick-taking card-game mechanic. I also love how the website banner looks like a newspaper masthead.

— Lastly, who doesn’t love a board-game birthday cake?? Here’s the thread that accompanies the photo below.

Have a good weekend, everyone! Happy gaming!

It’s been a great week for me personally as I’ve been picked to be part of Team Geek at this year’s BGG.Con. Woohoo! I will be volunteering my time at the event (I had so much fun last year) and will get a snazzy BGG jersey with my name on it. You can get convention tickets here. It’s selling out quickly!

Anyway, it’s Friday, folks! I’ve rounded up some board-game related links and other fun things for you guys to enjoy.

— The Worst Board Games Ever Invented. The author writes “The worst games, for the most part, have one thing in common: luck.” A distaste for luck is what separates those who play eurogames vs. games such as Monopoly.

— Daniel Solis writes up a quick introduction to typography grids in graphic design, as it pertains to rule books for board games.

— Why many eurogames are inherently single-player games.

— Sixth Tribe Causes Identity Crisis. The meme accompanying this article cracks me up. I wrote about Five Tribes a few months back, and it still bugs me that it’s a four-player game. Why is it not five?! Now it’ll have six tribes!

— The first teaser is out for Alan Tudyk and Nathan Fillion’s web series Con Man, whose IndieGogo campaign launched this week and has already raised over $1.5 million for episodes.

— Table Flips You goes back to 1979 by playing the Star Trek Game.

— You can now play Cards Against Humanity online. We are all terrible, terrible people.

— Lastly, Happy Pi Day tomorrow! Time to make pies and celebrate! I’ll be having some folks over for Arkham Horror and pie-eating.