We check in with the annual Golden Geek Awards, which has added an all new category for the best "Zoomable" game. The largest tabletop gaming community in the world has given Plaid Hat’s Forgotten Waters high praise.
Hailing from Poland, Tumbleweed evolved in many ways out of a life-long love of board games. “Some of my first memories involve playing Ludo, Draughts and Snakes & Ladders with my mom: I think I might have learned to play before I’ve learned to read,” Zapala said via email. “And, very early on I’ve decided I want to make games of my own. As a kid I made a lot of generic roll-and-move race games, then as a teen I started experimenting with Go variants, (one of the ancient classics), and chess variants. “Few of those attempts were even playable, and none was particularly interesting.”