Life & fun · alternatives · 2026

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Prices are shown for the 1 we have checked on their own sites, 1 of them free or with a free tier. MetaGamify - Game Mechanics Q&A launched in 2011; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Happy Mitten - 37: Board Games, Business, and Protospiel Ann Arbor▲51

   Interviews and play testing with designers and publishers

   2016 · happymittengames.com · its alternatives →

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   Wings.io▲73

   Another fast paced multiplayer game

   2016 · wings.io · its alternatives →

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   Happy Mitten - 22: Board Games, Business, and West Michigan Tabletop Gamers▲65

   Tips for growing and nourishing a local game community

   2016 · happymittengames.com · its alternatives →

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   Happy Mitten - 29: Board Games, Business, and Tox from Crits Happen▲51

   Tox gives a reviewer's take on making an exceptional game

   2016 · happymittengames.com · its alternatives →

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   Happy Mitten - 39: Board Games, Business, and GenCon 2014▲52

   The motherlode of all board game industry interviews

   2016 · happymittengames.com · its alternatives →

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   Happy Mitten - 42: Board Games, Business, and State of Happy Mitten Games▲51

   A smash up of Happy Mitten and Dice Hate Me podcasts

   2016 · happymittengames.com · its alternatives →

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   Playtest▲89

   Be the first to play tomorrow's games.

   2014 · playte.st · its alternatives →

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   StarCraft HTML5▲126

   An HTML5 version of the classic RTS

   2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Pretense▲57

   A game night social metagame

   2015 · buttonshygames.com · its alternatives →

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    Play abstract strategy board games online with friends or against botsfree▲180

    Thought I would post in celebration of 1 year of my website being online. I've been working on it on and off and currently the website allows users to play Hex, Tumbleweed, Amazons, and Connect 6 against friends or against practice bots. I've been a long time player of some of these games and I felt for a long time that the world could use a few more popular abstract strategy games compared to Chess or Go. If you try it, let me know what you think. I'm always looking for new games or new features to add :)

    2025 · abstractboardgames.com · its alternatives →

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    Gamewheel▲73

    Empowering creators in the digital world

    2015 · gamewheel.com · its alternatives →

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    Sparq▲79

    A community for gamers

    2017 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    Game Nerf▲61

    Like BuzzFeed Community, but for gamers.

    2017 · gamenerf.com · its alternatives →

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    Hello Tech Pros: 10 Business Lessons Learned in Role Playing Games▲54

    Tabletop to board room

    2016 · gadgetsprimer.com · its alternatives →

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    Happy Mitten - 27: Board Games, Business, and Michael Coe of Gamelyn Games▲51

    Reflections on an epic Kickstarter campaign for a tiny game

    2016 · happymittengames.com · its alternatives →

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    Happy Mitten - 30: Board Games, Business, and Aldo of Impressions Game Distribution Services ▲52

    Advice about game distribution for designers and publishers

    2016 · happymittengames.com · its alternatives →

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    Gridland ▲87

    An adictive roleplaying stacking puzzle

    2015 · gridland.doublespeakgames.com · its alternatives →

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    PlayWell - Ep. 9: Games For the Greater Chaotic Good w/ Adam Koebel▲57

    A chat with Adam Koebel, designer of Dungeon World

    2015 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →

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    Happy Mitten - 35: Board Games, Business, and Andrew Federspiel▲51

    Pulling off a career change into the board game industry

    2016 · happymittengames.com · its alternatives →

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    Spaceteam: The Card Game▲113

    A chaotic and cooperative card game.

    2015 · playspaceteam.com · its alternatives →

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    Happy Mitten - 32: Board Games, Business, and Nate from #boardgamehour▲51

    Engaging board game fans on Twitter in a big way

    2016 · happymittengames.com · its alternatives →

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    Untap▲61

    The ultimate playtester!

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    Happy Mitten - 36: Board Games, Business, and Colby Dauch of Plaid Hat Games▲51

    Creating terrific games with rich themes

    2016 · happymittengames.com · its alternatives →

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    21st Century Game Design▲83

    Who are we designing games for and how do we do it best?

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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